Ten years ago on #StarWarsDay we were at the Jedi Training Academy in Florida while 7 yo lad had a break in leukaemia treatment. Today was his 1st day at his Saturday job at the local butcher and I’ve been dancing to Abba. Thank you, NHS. May the Fourth be with you.

#NoMowMay in action. What good are dandelions? Just one dandelion plant growing through the cracks of our patio this grey, wet afternoon in Lincolnshire - feeding a pair of Bullfinches with its seeds. Still going to fire up the mower this weekend? Plantlife RSPB

I liked this response to my whinges yesterday about the way I tweet about rhubarb and scones and get nudes in bio responses. I also loved the woman who said she’d be much more tempted by nice views of Durham Cathedral in bios.

This book is really funny and entertaining. I finished it yesterday on World Press Freedom Day and realised I’d been reading something very serious too. I always love the way emily m transports you with what’s going in her travel bag.

The No Mow May campaign goes from strength to strength. Put your mower away for a month, everyone. Do it for the bees. The National Trust is at it again this year. Well done ⁦Plantlife⁩ theguardian.com/environment/ar…

Such a brilliant appointment of Carole Souter as Chair of Heritage Alliance, a passionate advocate of the diversity of heritage - its economic, cultural, aesthetic, social, emotional and well-being power. Huge thanks to Ingrid Samuel for her dedication, work, achievements and care.

I feel bad for being so grumpy about Elon’s nudes this morning. I guess a bit of Nude Fatigue is inevitable after 5 years working at the National Trust.

1. THREAD I welcome history discussions in newspapers if article-writers have read the books they're criticizing. My book came out yesterday. This The Spectator
article, published 1 week ago, was sourced by BBC Radio 4 Today to ask a q. about my book's copper walk

When it’s Friday but you’re not in love.

The problem with working ⁦National Trust⁩ is that your scone-trigger can be activated at any hour of the day. Luckily I had a batch of cheese ones in the freezer when mine went off this morning.

For heaven’s sake, Elon. I’m a middle aged woman tweeting about scones and rhubarb and I’ve got a full day’s work ahead of me. Nudes in profile just about the last thing I need. Sort out your algorithms, please.

If I were Fraulein Maria I’d have had both scones and rhubarb on my favourite things list. And here they are, combined. God bless the National Trust.

“Look what’s happened to our great universities, the BBC, the National Trust”. The author calls for the Garrick Club to keep its ban on female members. Ladies, the National Trust is always delighted to have new members, and we have better chesterfields. dailymail.co.uk/debate/article…

A review left for National Trust staff at Cliveden. Simple and direct.

Sorry I should have said, and thanks to all those who’ve asked, the lad is well now at 17.

Respect and love to all families grieving a child.

10 years ago today we packed all the light sabres and robes and went to Florida to fight in the Jedi Training Academy. Elder boy had just seen Star Wars when cancer first hit him. Those stories served us all well through 4 years of treatment. Funny what a good story can do.

Plant to bloom at National Trust site after 12-year wait. We are all pumped on the adrenaline. Working here is not for the faint-hearted. bbc.com/news/articles/…

The blossom forecast for this week is… fabulous. instagram.com/p/C6Wb86NI-AA/