Historic listed building? ✔️ Disused for a while ✔️ Earmarked for residential dev ✔️ Development seemingly stalled ✔️ "Mysterious Fire" ✔️ A tale as old as time.

World leaders marched in Paris in 2015 after the Charlie Hebdo attack, proclaiming their defense of press freedom. The irony? Among them stood Benjamin Netanyahu, a man responsible for the murdering of journalists in Gaza. The deeper irony? As over 220 journalists have been

The Night Sky, 1965 The #Perseids Artist: Robert Ayton

Radio 4 has apologised to Robert Jenrick for calling him 'xenophobic', when actually, ordering kids’ cartoons in an immigration centre to be painted over means there were so many other things they could have called him

We’re over the moon that our wonderful friends York Festival of Ideas University of York have been named Community University of the Year in the Mail University Guide 2026 🎉 The award recognises their brilliant annual festival — one we’re so proud to be part of. I’ve had the joy of being a

100 Women's Rights Organisations, including Rape Crisis England & Wales, Refuge & EVAW Coalition have signed a letter warning that attempts to link rape & violence against women & girls to immigration is a racist distraction. They urge the government to address this dangerous narrative

Travel back 111 years ago, to the city of Yalta in the Taurida province of southern Crimea in 1914 - 3 years before the Russian Revolution. These amazing autochromes by Peter Vendenisov capture the young Sofia Andreevna Kozakova - daughter of Russian aristocrat Andrey Kozakov who

Has the Starmer government made a similar statement?

A UN-backed group has officially declared famine in Gaza. Look at what the BBC thinks is the key takeaway.

This is your Pam Service Announcement - I was so pleased to learn that National Portrait Gallery produced postcards of a small selection of paintings currently on show in the Portrait Award exhibition, including mine.... And who doesn't need a little more Pam in their lives? 💛✂️💛

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Rouen Cathedral, West Facade, Sunlight - 1894 #artbots #monet

The main lesson from last night for Poland (indeed all NATO in CEE) should be that their defense starts in Ukraine. Imagine the results if Russians could launch a massive UAV attack on Poland from just over the border in Ukraine?

Just sent out this free post. Russia attacked Poland last night--and the NATO response indicates institutional and national failure. They were clearly not prepared, cannot even call the Russian attack an attack, and do not understand their real security concerns. God help them.

Poland: flights diverted as far away as Copenhagen as a result of the Russian drone strike overnight. Dozens of departures cancelled or heavily delayed. Airspace over Warsaw and elsewhere now open again, but disruption is predicted for the rest of the day. independent.co.uk/travel/news-an…

Israel has such complete surveillance and control of Gaza's communications networks that it can commandeer them to force their phones to broadcast Netanyahu's speech, but Israel had no clue that Hamas was planning an operation as large as Oct 7 and it then took hours to respond?

#OTD 27th Sept 1825, LOCOMOTION № 1 ran along the Stockton & Darlington Railway. Now, Britain’s rail & heritage sectors have united to get this incredible replica train to do the same. So, hop aboard at 10x speed for your own ride… back in time! (PS. thx Kylie Minogue 🥰)

Congratulations to our friends Darlington Borough Council S&DR200 railway200 and Hopetown Darlington and all those involved in the 200th anniversary a worthy celebration.

BREAKING: Italian Unions and protesters kept their promises to block EVERYTHING if any harm was made to the Global Sumud Flotilla. Naples, Italy, was the first to block the train station and now protests have also started in Rome.

What an awful attack on the Jewish community. It would be horrifying on any given day, but made worse that it was carried out on the holy day of Yom Kippur. I'm praying for the families of those affected, and the wider Jewish community who will be rocked by this dreadful attack.