One of the best publicly-accesible rewilding sites in London is due to be enclosed & destroyed for artificial pitches for Tottenham Hotspur. I visited Whitewebbs Park in Enfield to see why it’s special & why local people are against this destructive sell off by Enfield Council 🧵

If someone out there knows about the spy Klaus Fuchs, could you help me, please? The information board by the Uffington White Horse says that Fuchs used Dragon Hill to pass secrets to the Russians. I would love that to be true, but can't find it confirmed elsewhere. Thank you.

Tories not yet selected candidate and failed to respond to C4's request for plan for Bristol Central. LibDem candidate basically admitting he's focused elsewhere. Labour U-turned on climate. For goodness sake students, the tactical vote in Bristol is for the Green Party!

New Yorkers 🌊

Pelvic floor strength: Above expectations

#CatherinetheGreat and #Smallpox
Lady Wortley Montagu famously introduced inoculation against smallpox from Turkey to Britain.
#health #history

Soon after, Dr Dinsdale was contacted by the great … barbdrummondcurioushistorian.com/2021/01/26/cat…

Salisbury Water Meadows
Water meadows have been described as irrigation ditches but this is far too simplistic. In simple forms they existed in medieval times when a stream …
#agriculture #LandUse #history #farming barbdrummondcurioushistorian.com/2020/12/23/sal…

#FoxHunting In England
This is often justified as a means of bringing rural communities together, but why would this be necessary?

#history #Animals #nature #countryside

Traditionally rich and poor met at … barbdrummondcurioushistorian.com/2020/09/30/fox…

The Green Man #folklore #folkart
Foliage sprouting from or surrounding a human face is one of the most common images in folklore. They are also found in churches, though often with … barbdrummondcurioushistorian.com/2020/07/13/the…

No smoke. No report. no news from Bellwayhomes on the major fire on #PennwoodGrangeHazlemere .

Bellway own & need to give permission to Environment Agency Environment AgencySE & Buckinghamshire Council Environmental Health to release it to 15,000+ residents who lived with smoke and fumes for 35 days

OMG amazing support for this, only 11 days left to help secure the future of Jamaica Street Studios, Stokes Croft, #Bristol This is to raise money to match-fund a Community Ownership grant which will enable artists to purchase the building they've been looking after for 30 years!

🎉 DO YOU WANT TO BE PART OF THIS?! 🎉

➡ Come along this weekend: actionnetwork.org/events/get-car…

We'll have a variety of things you can help with:
🚪 Doorknocking
✉️ Addressing envelopes
📞 Phoning banking

Whatever you want to do, there will be a way for you to get involved.

The #SevernTunnel built by #IKBrunel in 1873 has to pump out about 50,000,000 litres per day of water to continue. During digging they hit a spring and sold the water to help fund the works. #history #engineering

Farrukh Simunch - aged 7 ¾ Carol Vorderman Update. The State Aid (public money) allocated for each SEZ has doubled from £80 million to £160 million, multiplied by 74 = £11,84 billion.
Each Freeport. receives £25 million in seed capital, multiplied by 12 = £300 million
⚠️Teesside Freeport has already spent £560 million of

#Southend #FontsOnFriday

#FontsOnFriday #StGeorgeInTheEast

#FontsOnFriday #YorkMinster

#FontsOnFriday #crypt #YorkMinster

#FontsOnFriday #MarinersChapel #Gloucester

A voting age of 16 already in Scotland, & outcome overwhelmingly positive. University of Edinburgh found those who had been able to vote from 16 went to ballot in greater numbers & were more likely to continue voting as they entered their 20s. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…