UK Supreme Court rules legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex - live updates Judges say the

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv... common sense for women, at last. As the judge notes, not one side winning against another. Trans rights too, but women have theirs ….

Thank you Robert for your leadership of heritage in Ingatestone.

Dorothy Wadham unveiled today.

Oh #america - what have you done?

Every day, further evidence (as if it’s needed) of the brain-free, empathy-free zone that’s been created by populism, fuelled by greed.

Wouldn’t be so bad, but we all have to live (perhaps even die?) by your misjudgement.

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'Vital lifeline': £270m package to support museums and heritage venues - Museums + Heritage A £270m funding package aims to protect struggling cultural venues, with new money for urgent repairs, museum upgrades and heritage preservation across Britain.

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Good news for museums, libraries and heritage venues in England …

Major investment to boost growth and cement Britain’s place as cultural powerhouse Over £270 million Arts Everywhere Fund for arts venues, museums, libraries and the heritage sector in major boost for growth

We welcome the £270m investment announced today - a vital recognition of the direct benefit of heritage on people and places. Much of our cultural infrastructure, from museums to theatres, is also part of our heritage that will benefit from this funding.

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@heritagealliance.bsky.social has the best venues for its Board Meetings. Huge thanks to one of our Members, of whom there are now more than 200.
@heritagelizzie.bsky.social @carolelsouter.bsky.social

Bernie Sanders shares his takeaways from the Trump Inauguration YouTube video by ONEST NETWORK

The absurd statements from the ghastly Trump are only half the drama. All the things Trump didn’t say are the issues we need to stand up for, to bring about a fairer society where democracy isn’t undermined by oligarchs. Go, Bernie …
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Courage right here ⬇️

If she can do it, we can all do it.

Photo of Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde.

This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.

This ⬇️

Bishop calls on Trump to ‘have mercy’ on migrants and LGBTQ+ people Right Rev Mariann Budde’s appeal amounts to bold public criticism and prompts frosty response from US president

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Courage from a pulpit. More of us need to stand and be counted.

Shakespeare knew a tempest when he saw one. The ghastliness of Musk’s nazi salute at the inauguration says everything about the risks of electing politicians who put power before people.

You don’t need the sound to know the sign. How did millions of Americans sign up for this abomination?

#ThankYouBiden

‘The ghosts are everywhere’: can the British Museum survive its omni-crisis? Beset by colonial controversy, difficult finances and the discovery of a thief on the inside, Britain’s most visited museum is in deep trouble. Can it restore its reputation?

If you care about museums, ghosts are a concern …

“a museum of the world, for the world” but the world hasn’t agreed.

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

taken by Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2021 entrant György Soponyai, shows the changing arcs of the Sun throughout the year. The smallest arc at the bottom marks the winter solstice, and the largest one at the top the summer solstice. The band in the middle is the 'equinox', with roughly equal hours of day and night.

Happy Winter Solstice to all those in the northern hemisphere! The precise moment to celebrate is 9:21am GMT. Today in London is only 7 h, 49 min & 42 s long.

Pic by Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2021 entrant György Soponyai.

Solstice explanation & more here:
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Hopeless era in British politics, when a person well known and widely reported for his misogynist, homophobic observations is “elevated” to the Upper House. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Makes no sense to lock up a person of her age. Get her a tag, even an iPhone Apple tag, a “find Gaie” tag, but don’t clog up the prison system ffs.

A bishop says “But I didn’t do anything”. A priest replies “Well that’s kind of the problem”

This. This. This.

And that message carries across a huge range of circumstances.

“Lost the cod war” is a ridiculous measure. Politicians lost the cod war. Frigates weren’t designed to be maritime bumper cars, but they helped win the Falklands and the Cold War.
Battle of the Atlantic? West Africa Squadron? Cromwell’s Robert Blake, against all comers?
C’mon Dan, pick the battles.

Once again, a leader who seems unable to do the right thing. The Archbishop of York has mishandled a case and does not know when to go. He should go. Now.
To her very considerable credit, @helenannhartley.bsky.social has the judgement and moral courage to say what we all think - loudly and clearly.

Elon Musk's Tesla lobbied UK to charge petrol drivers more Musk's firm backed the government's green stance, despite its maverick chief executive's social media attacks.

Well, I had no intention of buying an EV, but now I have a cast-iron reason not to have a Tesla …

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Same principle ⬇️ when hiring staff … fast walkers improve productivity and help manage calories in workplaces.

Meanwhile…

The most worrying aspect is not Fiona Bruce, the BBC or Nigel Farage … it’s a reckless electorate, weary of dumb politicians and their soon-broken pledges and generally shabby values. Oh yes, we the people have been ill-served, and now we’re chucking it right back at ‘em. Be afraid, be very afraid.

Welby sorry for hurting abuse survivors with Lords speech The Archbishop of Canterbury apologises for causing

When an archbishop has such poor judgement … and fails to understand how to say “sorry” … and when the institution he leads has yet to clean up its act.
Wow, why is this church still “established” and - despite evident failings - allocated seats in the Upper House?
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This ⬇️

Not a political point, just a passenger pov ….

It couldn’t possibly harm the service; never known so much chaos as occurs too regularly on that network.

People would join if the jobs were recognised as “first careers” - as a step towards a lifetime of quality work, with roles explicitly structured to generate recognised skills, certificated trades and transferable competencies.

As it is, “underpaid, overstretched and unskilled” is a poor deal.