This dog's name was Gunner. My uncle brought him back from WW2. He was raised and slept under my uncle's anti- aircraft gun. The gun crew shared their rations to feed him. By the time he was 18 months old, my uncle said he would stand up and look at the sky. If he laid back down

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Beautiful 1930s vitrolite shopfront of Nelson’s footwear in Settle, North Yorkshire - a seventh generation family cobblers and shoemakers, dating back to 1752.

After the excellent talk Queenʼs Park Book Festival yesterday by Laura Cumming decided to make another visit: today, as 1 of 3 authors writing about African childhoods, caught the ever-fascinating Nicholas Rankin, here signing copy of Trapped in History (it's about Kenya). Can't wait to read it.

Meanwhile in Putney…

Beloved historucal novelist writes beloved historical novel!

Am in same tweet as Get Carter and Michael Caine!!

The entire series of Waldemar WALDEMAR JANUSZCZAK The Impressionists is now available on BBC iPlayer. Four episodes of proper Art History. #ArtMatters #ArtHistory #ZCZfilms bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01…

Day 6 of asking.

The first talk on Four Points! Very happy it begins Daunt Books Summertown

Absolutely disgraceful response from GMC to myself & everyone else asking why they have failed to publish the results of their public consultation on PAs that closed in May. We provided you with feedback in good faith, GMC. How dare you refuse to share the data with us?

My heart breaks for Rebecca Cheptegei. She is burned over 75% of her body. She is critical condition. Why why why why why? 😢😢😢😢

So shocking we had to check and, yes, it’s still there. The Telegraph your framing is egregiously misogynist and not even the top line of the story. Louis Emanuel please revisit your approach to headlining stories about sexual violence of any kind, and please post-edit this.

Agreed. This is where gender ideology's insistence that the reality of sex is irrelevant or even harmful to acknowledge ends up: causing real harm to women. That it has captured so many institutions that should know better in medicine, science and academia is just extraordinary.

Publication day! The Haunted Wood is in bookshops now. Please buy a copy. (If you do I'll be your best friend AND you can share the Twix from my packed lunch.) oneworld-publications.com/work/the-haunt…

It's publication day for #MidnightinVienna so I'm sharing again this little teaser. And Marie-Claude Hawkes has won a free copy!

I (right) am 10 years older than Nigel Farage (left). I don’t smoke. I didn’t vote for Brexit. I don’t lead a party of right wing nutters. I didn’t cheat the good people of Clacton. I don’t work for Putin. I prefer Harris to Trump. That’s why I look so much younger than him.

Day 9 of asking.

Rest their souls, together

A day of sadness & laughter. Britains naturalists gather to celebrate the life of Bob Gibbons 1949-2024. A packed hall at Kingcombe on Sunday. Tearful speeches by Richard Mabey, Peter Marren, Bob’s sons Kit & Robin, Bob’s partner Libby. We miss him…