Goring matadors isn’t cruel, it’s part of our culture, insist Spanish bulls The Spanish bull community has defended the goring of a matador in Seville , insisting that the upholding of a centuries-old tradition is definitely not cruel.

NEWS! Goring matadors isn't cruel, it's part of our culture, insist Spanish bulls newsthump.com/2026/04/22/g...

Thank you to Mary Bishop in Ireland for sharing this beauty , your #FoxOfTheDay this morning !

When I began this project I would never have imagined that within a decade people would be arrested and imprisoned in Britain for years just for discussing a possible protest, yet here we are. We now have anti-protest laws worthy of an authoritarian dictatorship and nobody seems to have noticed.

Now that's really interesting - something to explore later today 👍

Massive Wagons - Hero (Official Audio) YouTube video by Earache Records

#MusicChallenge
#AprilMusicChallenge

Day 22: a song with the letter H

I haven't put a Massive Wagons video up for at least a week, so here goes 😃

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAxG...

Thank you 😊.
Robert Plant was an easy choice as he's always playing around with different rhythms and influences from across the globe.

Absolutely, although my daughter would argue he's named after Dio Brando (a character from the Japanese manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)

Thank you 😊

Crying in the Rain (2011 Remaster) YouTube video by Whitesnake - Topic

#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic
#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge

Apr 22: a song about breaking up /
from the 1980s

Whitesnake - 'Crying In The Rain'

The original blues-rock version from the 1982 album 'Saints & Sinners', not the hair metal re-hash of 1987

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpxf...

Post you in another country:

Last year at Waterloo, Belgium

Another Tribe YouTube video by Robert Plant - Topic

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge

Day 22: a song with non-western harmonic ideas

Robert Plant & The Strange Sensation - 'Another Tribe'

Robert Plant has often looked to other parts of the world for inspiration, in this instance North Africa

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry1L...

Aerosmith - Pink YouTube video by AerosmithVEVO

#MusicChallenge
#ScavengerHunt2

Day 22: made of plastic or rubber

Aerosmith - 'Pink'

"I want to be your lover
I... wanna wrap you in rubber" 😳😂

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfbB...

Say hello to Dio 🐕

#dogsofbluesky #lurcher #rescue

YUUUUURRRRRSSSS

For those who missed it: this was the moment The Strokes ensured they’ll never be invited back to Coachella again! I'm so proud of them

#Pretenders from this selection

Labour’s great green energy plan could be a legacy as vital as the NHS | Polly Toynbee Ed Miliband has a rare chance to do for the climate what Nye Bevan did for health: create something future generations will be proud of, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

"Labour’s great green energy plan could be a legacy as vital as the NHS".

I agree. More power to Ed Miliband's elbow. Sod the haters in the rightwing press. They hate him because he's winning.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Image from Twitter

LACUNA COIL - Enjoy the Silence - US Version (OFFICIAL VIDEO) YouTube video by Century Media Records

#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge

Day 21: a cover version

Lacuna Coil - 'Enjoy the Silence'

Originally recorded by Depeche Mode. It also happens to be my ringtone 📱😀

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx58...

Peter Gabriel Sledgehammer single

PETER GABRIEL: His biggest hit, "Sledgehammer", was released 40 years ago today. The single not only knocked "Invisible Touch"(Genesis) off the top spot in the US charts, but also became the most-played music video in MTV’s history: youtu.be/OJWJE0x7T4Q
@itspetergabriel.bsky.social

Happy World Curlew Day!

We've put together some facts about our favourite bird and how you can help!

Share them with your friends and family to spread the love for the Eurasian Curlew as far as we can!

#Curlew #WorldCurlewDay #Nature

Thank you to Colin Marshall on Facebook for sharing this young #FoxOfTheDay , a beauty !

Fountains Of Wayne - Stacy's Mom (Official Music Video) YouTube video by FountainsOfWayneVEVO

#EcksteinsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge

Day 21: a song about forbidden love

Not a song I particularly like, but it was the first thing that jumped into my head ... and definitely meets the brief about forbidden love 😂

Fountains Of Wayne - Stacy's Mom

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZLf...

Castles in the Sand (2005 Remaster) YouTube video by Thunder - Topic

#MusicChallenge
#ScavengerHunt2

Day 21 - Found at the beach.

Thunder - 'Castles In The Sand'

www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7T5...

I was a huge UFO fan in the 70s/80s, but NPTR is pretty weak. Permanent Waves however is excellent, so that would be my selection.
#Rush

Ed Miliband to double down on net zero with measures to combat Iran energy shock As fossil fuel prices soar ‘the era of clean energy security must come of age’, energy secretary will say

There is no politician - and I mean none - who is better-placed than Ed Miliband to get us through this fossil fuel-driven energy crisis.

No-one in politics understands the energy system better. That’s why the billionaire fossil press hate him

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Doctor who claimed Covid jab probably caused royal cancers standing for Reform Last year, at the Reform annual conference, Professor Angus Dalgleish was cited as saying it was "highly likely" that the Covid vaccines had been "a significant factor in the cancer of members of the ...

Another conspiracy theorist loon standing for Reform. It's rapidly turning into the political equivalent of the Flat Earth Society.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

A rock band are playing on a stage lit up by purple light, with a handful of smaller spotlights shining white and blue from the gantry above. The musicians playing are a man in a hat playing an acoustic guitar on the left, a second man hidden behind some gold-coloured drums, and a third man on an electric violin on the right. Behind the stage there is a large backdrop with a simple cartoon-like sun that also depicts a smiling face in the style of a carved pumpkin (at least that is my interpretation of it).

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekPforPurple
#LiveMusic

Purple lighting over the stage at Rebellion Festival in Blackpool from Aug 2022. A new outdoor stage had been set up in front of Blackpool Tower, and one of the headliners that year was The Levellers.

David Attenborough takes on PHEASANTS!

“Native to Asia, but now released into our countryside on an industrial scale, over 30 million every year… eating vast numbers of insects, reptiles and amphibians every day.”

Time for the Government to regulate this out-of-control industry

#SecretGarden

Thank you 🙂