Bob’s funeral will be held at 12 on September 2nd at Salisbury Arts Centre. Tea and Coffee from 11.30.

Wear whatever you like.

No flowers, donations to the Samaritans via the funeral director (darren@dmfuneraldirectors.co.uk).

All welcome to our home for refreshments after the funeral.

Bob’s sons Tom, Jack and Joey here. We’re really sad to let you know that Bob died suddenly on Thursday. The funeral will be in about 3 weeks – we’ll share further details here when we can. If you want to get in touch, you can email Jane, our mum, at jcgannuk[at]yahoo.co.uk

People outside stall at environment festival

Stalls at environment festival in Salisbury

Lovely sunny day for meeting environment friendly businesses and community organisations at People in the Park. Looking forward to continuing conversations at Charter Assembly on 1 June

Home - Well-City Salisbury Well-City Salisbury is about connection – to the arts, to heritage, to our local area, to the landscape and to each other.

In #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek met Salisbury Well City and other brilliant local initiatives supporting mental health in our community. Particularly good to see schemes involving our green spaces and arts www.wellcitysalisbury.co.uk

Poster altered with graffiti to promote action against climate emergency

Spotted at Salisbury rail station. Who’s going to count the cost of not tackling climate change? Your children. And my grandchildren. #NetZero

Section of the Bayeux Tapestry showing King Harold with an arrow in his eye.

After two previous failed attempts (kids with tantrums, car break down) we finally saw the Bayeux Tapestry today. It was worth the wait

Messages from the past: Salisbury Cathedral launches graffiti tours Guides point out some of the thousands of marks around church – but stories behind many of them remain elusive

Looking forward to taking the graffiti tour of #Salisbury Cathedral. We’re used to seeing memorials of the rich & famous but these are the marks of the ordinary people of our city

www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Ducks on river at Maltings, Salisbury

Ducks on the river at Maltings, Salisbury

Reform candidate in St Edmunds is running on pledge to bring ducks back to the Maltings. There’s plenty of ducks there already and elsewhere on the river. We believe in free movement of ducks.

Two Labour Party candidates with a bike

Labour #localelection candidates Sharon Rideout (St Francis & Stratford) & Bob Gann (St Edmund’s) at Wiltshire Police bike marking this morning. Labour will support #cyclists by preventing bike theft & fixing #potholes

@salisburylabour.bsky.social Labour is working for Salisbury’s young people. We’re backing youth clubs and pushing Wiltshire Council to expand mental health services for young residents. #YouthSupport #LabourForSalisbury

List of achievements of Labour government

PM tells councils to prove action on pothole plague to unlock extra cash and reveals £4.8 billion for major roads The Plan for Change is tackling the pothole plague, building vital roads and ensuring every penny is delivering results for the taxpayer.

From April councils will start to receive their share of Labour’s £1.6bn road maintenance fund. Councils must publish how many #potholes they’ve fixed or lose funds. Make sure Wilts Council deliver on fixing our roads www.gov.uk/government/n...

Labour is committed to protecting Salisbury’s green spaces. We’re improving parks locally and pushing Wiltshire Council to defend our countryside. Let’s keep Salisbury green! #GreenerSalisbury #LabourForSalisbury

Potholes Cost Nation's Drivers �1.5bn in Repairs

According to Kwikfit, who should know, #potholes damage cost motorists £1.5bn last year - £120 per driver. Labour will act to fix roads & pavements #VoteLabour #LocalElections www.kwik-fit.com/press/pothol...

People running along a path by a river. There are long shadows from the trees

Taking part in #Parkrun in #Salisbury Churchill Gardens. #Labour will protect our green spaces and rivers, and support our community groups #VoteLabour #LocalElections

People digging in community garden. There are raised beds and a greenhouse

Down to the @wiltscouncil.bsky.social offices to pick up nomination papers for #localelections. Great to see volunteers working hard in Secret Garden. Peaceful haven for local community #SalisburyGreenerFuture

Me with bloody nose and bruised lip.

Beautiful spring day for #parkrun at #Clapham Common. Only marred by going face down over a tree root. Thanks to the kind marshals & other runners who picked me up. What a great community. PS. I still finished in reasonable time

Seed potatoes (variety: Rocket) laid out in a cardboard egg tray with the wooden side of a shed the background

Feels like #Spring as I lay out my seed potatoes.

Whitney Library Whitney Library provides the community in Southern Nevada with free events and programs, homework help and tutoring, ESL classes and…

Watching Queer Eye featuring a librarian in Las Vegas. Described himself as a “matchmaker for resources”. Pretty much sums up the role. thelibrarydistrict.org/locations/WH...

Display of orchids with model of a Peruvian vicuña

Always enjoy the Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social orchid show. Beautiful and bonkers at the same time

David Hessayon obituary Gardening writer whose no-nonsense Expert guides have remained in the bestseller lists since the 1950s

Relied on these Expert books when I first started gardening in the 1970s www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Dark blue background. Bold white text in a red rounded shape reads: "How we tackle digital exclusion." Further bold white text below reads: "National Databank. National Device Bank. Learn My Way. National Digital Inclusion Network." Four teal icons - A mobile phone, a WiFi connection symbol, a computer arrow and two people. Good Things Foundation logo to the bottom right. Three curved lines to the corners - one pink, one orange and one yellow.

We tackle digital exclusion through the National Databank, National Device Bank and Learn My Way.

These services are delivered by Digital Inclusion Hubs across the UK in the National Digital Inclusion Network.

Discover more about our services at www.goodthingsfoundation.org/our-services.

Newspapers all saying Make It Fair on front pages

Quite an impact at my corner shop this morning as all the papers with #MakeItFair on front pages. #AI in creative industries

The one change that worked: I found an escape from online life by swapping my home office for the library I can find essential and unusual facts for my arts journalism in the dusty old tomes – information not readily available on Google. And, as I did as a child, I lose myself in a world of books ...

Why working in the library beats WFH www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Sleeve of vinyl record by The Enemy Within released during Miners Strike in 1984

Part of excellent exhibition on 1980s at @salisburymuseum.bsky.social Released during miners strike, listeners were encouraged to play record at 6pm creating surge in demand for electricity

How Spain’s radically different approach to migration helped its economy soar As immigration has increased, GDP has surged and unemployment has fallen to lowest level since 2008

What we can learn from Spain on how immigration has made an open, prosperous country www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

The Salisbury Museum (@salisburymuseum.bsky.social) Discover over 500,000 years of history in our grade I listed building. Archaeology, art, fashion, local history & more. Open daily from 10am to 5pm.

Looking forward to seeing the new exhibition on the 1980s just opened @ salisburymuseum.bsky.social salisburymuseum.org.uk/whats-on/198...

Sad to see Rick Buckler of The Jam has died #RIPRick

Hand-sewn blood bag with text Red Blood Cells Donate O Rh neg and embroidered blood cells

A beautiful and thoughtful exhibition Blood: Ties and Tensions @thackraymuseum.bsky.social, explores connection, infection and much more. I learned about the US-dominated global plasma trade and The Blood Bag Project - set up by the Leeds-based textile artist Leigh Bowser to encourage blood donation