Only 0.7% of the British population are millionaires.
78% of all MPs are millionaires.
So who does
'Representative Democracy'
Represent ?

A thread for #hillfortsWednesday

Repeated thanks to everyone who has been working at outdoor visitor attractions, such as parks and gardens, this Easter, and best wishes and thanks to all those working hard to reopen other English outdoor attractions safely and successfully from next week. You’ve got this.

It’s Vincent Van Gogh’s birthday so it’s obligatory that I post one of my favorite scenes to ever make it to television.

1,800-year-old portrait of a mother and her two children, painted on a gilded glass medallion in Alexandria, Egypt. Date: c. 3rd-4th century AD. Source: Civico Museo Cristiano, Brescia.

Happy birthday to me, my 2nd full lockdown birthday, a year of chemotherapy, self isolation and redundancy.

Highly recommended reading (with 726 footnotes): biographies, statues, country houses, notes on community initiatives & much more: The Impact of Transatlantic Slavery on England’s Built Environment: a Research Audit | Historic England historicengland.org.uk/research/inclu… via Historic England

The Sun, 34 years ago.

Octopus stinkhorn. Fungus that emerges from a spooky egg to reveal hellish tentacles and smells of rotting flesh

Springtime in the gardens @NTGreysCourt so enjoyed a walk through the gardens and estate yesterday

Some thoughts on the past 7 days, in the Observer. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

How do commons work and what can that tell us about the every day management of collective grazing from prehistory into the middle ages and later? 👇

So I’m approaching my 2nd lockdown birthday... lockdown started a year ago on my birthday

Really not appreciating #r4today ’s focus on the terrible conditions being experienced by Ghislaine Maxwell - over- microwaved food & all -in custody.
More interested in people understanding on the short, medium & long term impacts of life during & after sexual violence and abuse.

Ugh I cannot bear the occasional snobbishness in the plant world. Who cares how you pronounce something, or whether you use the exact correct name or not! Instead, why not empower new arrivals in our world by chilling out.. I personally love growing Geraniums on my windowsill.

If I post garden pics today, rather than barking back that I'm doing to it too early, too late, or I'm using the wrong method, assume that I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING and despite what the RHS would have you believe there is more that one way to achieve growing success.... (1/2)