News & Views from Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall & his team on Hugh’s advocacy, environmental & charity work- conservation, waste, food, farming & public health.
Journalist. Chief Correspondent @TVNZ. Previously, host of @Breakfaston1, @CheckpointRNZ & Campbell Live. (Proud of that team work.) Personal account.
Adrian Pullen
i love motor racing and model railway rail 1900's till now music ect am happy to try anything once as you only live once so make the most of life #dcfc #rams
What better way to celebrate Maggie Smith's 88th birthday than watching her and Kenneth Williams recite John Betjeman's Death in Leamington to the man himself. Just amazing..
'Swords of a Thousand Men' Tenpole Tudor. It was released on Stiff Records in March 1981. It entered the UK Singles Chart in April that year, reaching number 6 and staying for 10 weeks in the charts.
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays everybody! Here's something a tad different, yet something which I've only seen once before - the voice of a CME. Interviewed by Rex Wailes shortly before his death Sir William Stanier recounts his career, beginning with his days at Swindon. (1/3)
Anti wolf-cull protestors outside Swedish Embassy in Helsinki today. Sweden about to cull 73 wolves from a population of c.400. Already genetically fragmented & inbred, they need to expand not contract: #Sweden please listen to science: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… 🐺 #wolves#COP15
Sending support to all our nurses on strike today out there in the cold trying to get better pay and conditions for themselves and their colleagues. As a son of a nurse I know how difficult, frustrating & heartbreaking the job can be. You have the nation’s support. The RCN
NHS nurses hold the hands, tend the wounds, save the lives, wash the dead. They comfort us, console us, diagnose us, save us. They toil & smile & endlessly care.
Not a single NHS nurse wants to strike tomorrow. They’re desperate.
Short notice, but does anyone fancy going to a beach house in the Maldives this weekend in a private jet? I’m looking for someone to join me for a month. Message me if you’re interested in going. Must have a beach house in the Maldives and a private jet otherwise a waste of time.
Not very seasonal, but I finally got round to making a map of UK train stations + walkable campsites. Shows campsites that are <3km from stations (i.e. basically next door), and 10-20km away (i.e. very roughly a day's walk). Useful? felt.com/map/Rail-Hike-…