The Betty Campbell Monument Lecture, 4pm 29.09.24 Examines the enduring connection between Wales & Birmingham, Alabama after the 'Wales Window', was gifted to the 16th Street Baptist Church following a racist bomb attack in Sept 1963. Tickets here: ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/cardi…

Some of our favourite photos from today; Zara- the littlest hand, Angela V. John the biographer, members of Lady Rhondda's family & the fantastic Jane Robbins our artist.

The Statue of Lady Rhondda is at Millennium Walk, Newport, NP19 ONX, on the East side of the Newport City Footbridge. The 4th Monumental Welsh Woman & 1st Woman of Gwent, Margaret Haig Thomas is waiting for you. Monumental Welsh Women #womenshistory #MonumentalWomen #suffragette #herstory

Felt proud of my Welsh heritage today watching my sister Jane Robbins, in Newport, unveiling her amazing latest sculpture .. suffragette Margaret Haig Thomas (aka Lady Rhondda) who championed women’s rights all her life. #MonumentalWelshWomen 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Thank you Evelyn at Glasllwch Primary for the surprise poem 'Kind hearts are the garden', posted through my letter box today. I enjoyed reading the lovely poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow for #NationalPoetryDay

The Daily Mail just won the right to say Douglas Barrowman has "cocktail-sausage fingers". And it won the right to say his actions ruined thousands of lives, led to two suicides, and that he lied about his ties to a likely fraudulent tax scheme. Thread.

The symbolism of the statue. Have you visited Lady Rhondda yet? Jane Robbins talks about her amazing sculpture, just before the unveiling of #LadyRhondda.

Didnt Trump campaign pay a UK party leader (Farage) to be a warm up for his crowds? Isn't that much, much worse? BBC News - bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1jr… Trump campaign accuses Labour of election interference as Starmer tries to play down row - BBC News

A change in the weather. Our blog about the Lady Rhondda statue unveiling is up on Time & Tide website. Cheer yourself up on a gloomy day. timeandtidemagazine.org/lady-rhondda-s…

#Remembrance Lives wasted in war- Newport relatives killed in service: •Emma Pring, 1942, Aux. Territorial, age 21 •William Nicholas, 1943, 6th Bn. Royal Inniskilling Fus. age 32. •Albert Frederick Nicholas, 1918, 5th Bn. SWales Borderers, age 30 shaunmcguire.co.uk/newport/update…

Should have gone a long time ago. #Safeguarding first. Protecting children, not perpetrators, seems like a very basic thing for an institution to do. Sadly still not the case in 2024, despite feminists banging on about it for decades. #archbishopofcanterbury

Two weeks have passed since Ahoo Dariyaei’s forced detention and transfer to a psychiatric hospital. Her family continues to face immense pressure. This injustice is not only a violation of human rights but also a clear example of the brutality of a regime that thrives on

Absolutely horrifying that women in Afghanistan are being totally banished from medical training. Apart from it being incomprehensible for women like me, I’m equally appalled by Afghan women and girls not having access to female medics when needed.

The country urgently needs to talk about the 91% drop off in the number of affordable homes started in London in the last financial year. Catastrophic and unprecedented:

We are extremely sad to hear of the death of our revered long-time author David Lodge. Our thoughts are with his children and family. His influential place in the history of British letters will endure through the wonderful body of work he leaves behind. Read the full statement:

“Don’t worry” they said “A Judge will safeguard the vulnerable” they said “It’s not a slippery slope” they said

Where were we? 🤔 Assisted dying is suicide prevention 🤔 Suicide prevention is coercion 🤔 Coercion never happens but is always identified 🤔 The current law protects no one And as of tonight… 🤔 Removing something adds it Through the looking glass is where we are

Kim Leadbeater's winging it, chopping safeguarding rules for very vulnerable people. Glad my MP Ruth Jones MP voted against. Are MPs that voted for now ready to listen to warnings of health experts & disability rights advocates? #AssistedDyingBill bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Safeguards are not bureaucracy, an impediment to effective working. They are key to safety. You can’t make grand claims - most robust anywhere - and then remove them without losing credibility. #AssistedDying theguardian.com/society/2025/f…

We want peace. That’s why I came to the United States, and visited President Trump. The deal on minerals is just a first step toward security guarantees and getting closer to peace. Our situation is tough, but we can’t just stop fighting and not having guarantees that Putin will