Peer review killed the radio star 🎶
Peer review killed the radio star 🎶
Pictures came and broke your heart
Oh, ah-ah-ah, oh 🎶

Three cool scientists introduce their work "Our new theory has been submitted to a peer-reviewed journal, but we feel its depths and intricacies are best appreciated on the limited-edition vinyl release."

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com

There is so much truth in this article: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Oxford Lifelong Learning hosts Spinnaker Group meeting on Lifelong Learning Entitlement Lifelong Learning experts design sustainable programmes that better support students

Lifelong Learning experts design sustainable programmes that better support students | The Editor

How hidden contributions power modern research The people who work behind the scenes to keep research moving say that there should be more recognition for their roles.

www.nature.com/articles/d41... it's about time that we really recognise the teamwork inherent in good science and support these careers properly. Am thinking of so many friends and colleagues who left science when they got to the stage where they were supposed to be group leader.

Photo of Bristol at night. The Moon and Jupiter are visible in a dark sky, above illuminated buildings and their reflections in the Floating Harbour

Clear in Bristol, but too bright to see much

Photo of the night sky over Paddington. There is still a hint of pink on the horizon, deepening into blue, with a crescent moon competing with lights from the station and buildings

Hoping skies will be darker but still clear further West

Photo of a car parked completely on a pavement, by a sign reading 'caution beware pedestrians'

This made me cross today ...

Fortunately the road was quiet and I am not reliant on drop kerbs

Banning pavement parking is amongst the biggest things you could do to make my neighbourhood safer, more child-friendly and welcoming for people walking & wheeling.

I signed this👇

Screenshot of full page advert showing a woman sat on a washing machine beside a pylon, with the strapline "she can't have one without the other". Text under identifies advertiser as CEGB and top of following page identifies source as The Electrical Age, January 1962.

Admired by many at the time. This advert is from the January 1962 edition of The Electrical Age, which is now digitised and available without paywall from #TheIET www.theiet.org/membership/l...

The Pylon Men (1966) YouTube video by British Pathé

Going a bundle on The National Grid. Super comments from that deeply mysterious world, the recent past

LTHEchat 361: Moving beyond intention: What does an anti-racist curriculum really require? Join us on Bluesky for #LTHEchat on Wednesday 22nd April at 8pm GMT with guests Heather Pennington (@heatherpennington.bsky.social) and Rachel Johns (@johnsrm.bsky.social) to discuss anti-racist cu…

Join us for this week’s #LTHEchat which will explore anti-racist curriculum, and what it really requires with
@heatherpennington.bsky.social
and @johnsrm.bsky.social on Wednesday 22nd April 8-9pm BST. Read the blog post at: lthechat.com/2026/04/19/l...

Our review of last night’s @samkellymusic.bsky.social concert, is now up on the website. You can read it in full here: downendfolkandroots.com/index.php/57...

Thanks to @tallfolk46.bsky.social for the review, and to Chris Dobson for the photos.

#livemusic #folkmusic #downend #bristol

Photo of three folk musicians on stage at Christ Church, Downend

Hardly a still foot @downendfolkroots.bsky.social as Sam Kelly trio are Chasing Shadows downendfolkandroots.com/index.php

Photo looking over a flyer for Bristol Folk Festival (1-3 May 2026) towards the stage at Christ Church, Downend

Gearing up for #BristolFolkFestival
bristolfolkfestival.org @downendfolkroots.bsky.social

Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh dressed as Morgan le Fay for the Scottish National Pageant in Edinburgh (1908). Costume designed by Jessie M King and photograph by James Craig Annan. Margaret is wearing a long robe and a thick head band. Her long hair is partly gathered in a net at the back, while the rest is gathered in two bunches by ribbons and hangs down each shoulder.

Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh dressed as Morgan le Fay in 1908. With her husband Charles Rennie Mackintosh, sister Frances Macdonald McNair and brother-in-law Herbert McNair, Margaret's art was a seminal part of Glasgow's answer to the Art Nouveau style (see ⬇️) #Hunterian #FolkloreFriday #ArtHistory

At one point, when the 19 service was better and the ring-road was particularly beset with roadworks, google maps recommended catching the train at Bath Spa (13 miles) rather than Parkway (5 miles) or Temple Meads (also 5 miles) to reach London from Fishponds!

Particularly frustrating as a route via #BristolAndBath #SciencePark could well collect up enough passengers to be viable into the evening. Or send it via Fishponds and ask Bristol to share the subsidy!

Good opportunity to speak up for more diverse routes between Bristol and Bath - 19 has been good, but now downgraded to lower frequency earlier finish

www.firstbus.co.uk/bristol-bath...

WECA have a #BetterBuses survey running at the moment haveyoursaywest.co.uk/betterbuses/...

Yes. I will be headed to London for an evening meeting next week and that will cost less than half a peak trip.

Indeed. Also in Birmingham yesterday but had to travel after peak and arrive late to keep the cost down. I've dropped out of a London event entirely as rail fare is £300 to arrive in time.

this felt really nice to see for some reason

The Women's Engineering Society

Very surprised @wes1919.bsky.social Annual Conference to discover not everyone had heard the Women's Engineering Society song. #HowayTheLasses album also features Rachel Parsons open.spotify.com/track/6r1STJ...

The Women's Engineering Society

Very surprised @wes1919.bsky.social Annual Conference to discover not everyone had heard the Women's Engineering Society song. #HowayTheLasses album also features Rachel Parsons open.spotify.com/track/6r1STJ...

Ove Arup’s Kingsgate Bridge in Durham shows how concrete can be simple and sufficient Also how a modern structure can fit into a traditional environment.

More about the #Arup #KingsgateBridge from @lloydalter.bsky.social showing the joint in context and explaining the innovative design for construction lloydalter.substack.com/p/ove-arups-...

Victoria has made public transport free – NSW hasn’t. Has there been any difference in uptake? Public transport access, travel time and familiarity with the network all play a role in how many people switch away from driving.

Interesting article about the impact of free public transport. I particularly like this conclusion: "Access, travel time, service reliability and the ability to make specific trips appear to matter more."
theconversation.com/victoria-has...

📍 Kingsgate Bridge, Durham - Ove Arup & Partners, 1963. Grade I

When a bridge expansion joint is elevated to the sublime: In the middle of a concrete parapet, the sculptural interlocking bronze T + U are said to symbolise the connection of Town and University in Durham

📷 @gardnergareth.bsky.social

Children with dyscalculia are set up to fail, says Yorkshire mum Often referred to as the

Not a big fan of calling dyscalculia 'maths dyslexia', but this article does do a good job of explaining how dyscalculia is largely ignored in education and other settings, and is certainly not viewed on a par with dyslexia (I say this as a proud dyscalculic!) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

East West Rail reset plan to speed up construction Delivery plan switches from sequential build to parallel construction packages

Re-set East West Rail means Oxford-Stewartby trains (yes); East Coast Tempsford Platforms; new Cambridge East station all opening before through Ox Cam line www.constructionenquirer.com/2026/04/14/e...