A family of Ravens is putting the goth back in gothic at NYC's largest cathedral--St John the Divine. There are five mouths to feed, so the parents are staying busy! ⛪️⛪️⛪️ #Ravens #Cathedral #birding

Just had a client moaning that the references I gave in a blog last week have now been usurped by figures released today. I’M NOT A FUCKING MIND READER, LADY! 🙄 And yes of course I’ll update them *smiles sweetly and thinks of invoice *

Private school pupils banned from conservatoire course The Royal Academy of Music’s ‘widening participation’ programme has stirred up discord with its application requirements

a crazy framing in the times here

this is a wider access foundation year for talented kids who didn't have the opportunities as their privately educated peers, and who have been let down by the systemic downgrading of music education for state schools...

www.thetimes.com/uk/education...

Meet James Bembridge, the Reform candidate for Westminster in next month’s local elections.

As well as this tweet, Temu Lex Luthor here, has also been quoted as saying "Most NHS nurses look like they're eating food banks out of business."

Don’t let him get his deposit back.

Hugs. Hope it passes soon.

"An Empire Built on Waste" by artist Emanuele (Jane) Morelli

Freedom is only a hop away. Can he make it?

This is just to say
I have let in
the duck
that was on the doorstep

and which
you were probably
hoping
would stay out

Forgive me
he was persuasive
so scary
and so loud.

Just over 100 years ago, Jacques Lartigue photographed his partner ‘Bibi’ (Madeleine Messager), quietly reading in a sunlit corner at the Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, Cap d’Antibes. She lives on reading here forever... (1920)

Reform UK: deport 400,000 asylum seekers. No plan. No legal routes. No costings. Just 'invasion' rhetoric and big numbers. Zia Yusuf on #BBCBreakfast couldn't name a single safe country to deport to. That's not a policy. That's a pantomime.

I was just cooking some breakfast this morning…..as you do, and #NigelMirage came on the radio….

A large white waterfowl with orange feet stands in front of a door. On the door is a cardboard sign secured with tape that reads, "DO NOT LET THE DUCK IN." Adding insult to injury, I think the duck might be a goose.

Whatever you do,

An image of a person with a pushchair down a residential street near inconsiderately parked cars. The person is wearing striped clothing and walking past a black car. The setting includes brick buildings and a view of houses on a hill in the background.

It's happening! 📢

On Tuesday, MPs will consider an amendment to enable local leaders to ban pavement parking in their area. We need you to help us get this amendment on to the Bill.

Ask your MP to agree to Amendment 265 when it's considered on Tuesday: https://bitly.livingstreets.org.uk/4tMU2Uq

I enjoyed maybe two minutes of that half #LFC

Feel sick. I already hate this game #LFC

Can't recall where I first read this but.... 'The Cloud is just someone else's computer'.

If Mamdani and Obama singing The Wheels On The Bus with a group of tiny kids doesn't spark some sort of joy in you, I've got nothing for you.

I always thought it must be so good.

I never had a grandad but looking at these I wish I did.

We all have days like this

Frühlingsbeinkitzel.

Stone reliefs on the entrance to a 1932 bank building in Liverpool, England. The reliefs show two enslaved African children with neck, wrist, and ankle restraints. The two children are holding money bags that represent the wealth plundered from Africa.

Martin's Bank Building, Liverpool, UK, 1932. Reliefs on the entrance to the bank show two enslaved African children with neck, wrist, and ankle restraints. The two children are holding money bags that represent the wealth plundered from Africa.

At the local hospital for my breast screening. I’m the only person wearing a mask!!! 😳

A colleague didn’t recognise me in my glasses so I tried to joke “I’m Clark Kent” but accidentally declared “I’m Ken Clarke”

Lovely footage of the first bear born in Aragon in more than 50 years, shortly after emerging from hibernation. Part of the slow recovery of brown bears in the Pyrenees. Via Aragón TV.

8 years ago, I told a story which changed my life forever. Shortly after, an old pal from college asked if he could turn it into a film.

So I am DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE that 'Me, Myself & Mary' is not only finished, but has been chosen to lead the Tribeca Festival's animated shorts roster this year.

The eBook of Castle is only 99p right now.

Repost this for a chance to win a signed copy of the original hardback edition.

www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...

Ooh how gorgeous! Butterflies and flowers! Thank you! 😊

Turquoise!

The Royal Daffodil out on the Mersey this morning for sea trials @yoliverpool.bsky.social @daveyph.bsky.social @merseyferries.bsky.social #RoyalDaffodil #MerseyFerries #Liverpool