The great Bob Monkhouse speaks of his mother’s indifference towards him.

youtu.be/9NLLdQZG8Wk?si… via YouTube The brilliant Jo Bartosch going where few dare to tread & pulling together many important societal threads. Well researched.

The poor women of Afghanistan. I was at the UN (speaking on sport for women ) when the Taliban turned up & demanded all women be removed from the room for a meeting. The UN complied!

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I love Beryl Cook. bbc.co.uk/culture/articl…

Gov body has excused scientist @ProfJacobGeorg1from from having further involvement in the puberty blocker trial due to SM posts demonstrating views that align with biological reality. Now there are calls for @MHRA to reinstate him. Should they? Sense About Science The Royal Society Medical Journalists' Association

This is the first thing I saw when I opened my window this morning, I wasn’t really ready for this amazing experience. #Brighton #Murmuration.

Beautiful tribute to Sarah Everard by her mother in British Vogue today to mark five years since her kidnap and murder 💔 vogue.co.uk/article/susan-…

The overwhelming majority of extreme pornography prosecutions involve bestiality. This is not because animal abuse is especially popular, but because animals are recognised as incapable of giving consent. unherd.com/newsroom/uk-ba…

(🧵) NEW: Today’s news that NHS England has paused new prescriptions of cross-sex hormones for under 18s a) seems a bigger deal than being suggested, b) raises several questions, c) has potentially significant consequences for any forthcoming trial of puberty blockers...

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When the death and rape threats were coming thick and heavy a few years ago and I had children in school/college I always said they could change their names so no association with me. They didn't but that is how its been. People really have no idea of what it has been like.

13 years of The North Borders. #bonobo #livemusic #ontour

Japan fans cleaning up the away end at Wembley after the match. The Japanese are bloody lovely, aren't they?

I did NOT expect his return to go down like this

This is stunning....wow.

“No one in power mentions the existence of depleted uranium in the bombs and weaponry used in Gaza”. Excellent article by Kayla Ente MBE on a worrying situation I’ve not heard mentioned up to now. Read for free; open.substack.com/pub/kaylaente/…

This is what’s happening under your house right now 😳🐀

Excellent pair of documentaries directed by Ric Esther Bienstock - 'Speechless' - focusing on threats to essential components of academia and democracy: free speech and debate. Powerful interviews include Kathleen Stock and Carole Hooven. Starts with Evergreen campus 2017 and ends

Life is a choice: you either become the victim of your circumstances or the hero of them 👇🏻