Excellent article on the power of heritage in The Times Magazine today: If I’d learnt about Wolverhampton’s heritage, I might have stayed. thetimes.com/article/466ee2…

droitwichstandard.co.uk/news/historic-… Historic Droitwich church to be restored to former glory after £190k Heritage Lottery win

Is this statement from the Cheltenham Literary Festival correct? I’m finding lots of trains on the GWR and Trainline search engines

The death of Timothy West robs U.K. theatre of one of its greatest performers and advocates. During my days in Parliament he was always willing to spend time with MPs arguing theatre’s case. My thoughts are with his wonderful wife and family.

Is The Times and The Sunday Times having a small joke with itself in this story about typos in Taylor Swift’s new book or is it also guilty of lack of attention to detail? I wonder….

What distinguishes Trump’s threat to take Greenland by force on grounds of national security from Putin’s war to take Ukraine on grounds of national security?

It’s good to be able to welcome something really good - and this is a genuinely good decision. Well done Chris Bryant £23 million government package to support restoration of thousands of listed places of worship gov.uk/government/new…

Get planning appeal overturned for Construction of 300 Homes by Tiddesley Woods - Sign the Petition! chng.it/xVZ4PyBh8K via Change.org UK

An alarmingly relevant quote from Pericles in a marvellous book given to me by my daughter today, “Everyday Shakespeare: Lines for Life”

The culture secretary is absolutely right Culture secretary: Mills can matter as much as mansions edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynam… That is why I was so proud of the support The National Lottery players, through the The National Lottery Heritage Fund, have given to places like the Black Country Living Museum and Beamish Museum

Ruth Davidson, Andy Street and their bold new project to save the Tories thetimes.com/article/a40265…

There is a large group of voters who feel increasingly disconnected from today’s political choices - turned off by populism and looking for competence and realism. Prosper UK has been formed to support a Conservative Party that is focused on growth, opportunity and responsible