Had a nice self care day today doing a bit of goal setting which included being a Helen Mirren clone at 60 😂 However my mental health advice to myself needed writing in big letters!!

In honour of the great man's birthday, here's the incomparable Peter Ustinov telling Parky a tale about his army days.

First cuckoo of the spring

There are many reasons not to vote Conservative - #LizTruss is one of them.

14 avril 1942. Paris. 27 résistants communistes face à leurs juges allemands. Lui dirigeait l'action armée. Un ouvrier, syndicaliste, père de 2 enfants. 'Vous pouvez nous tuer, lance-t-il, d'autres se lèveront et nous gagnerons la guerre !' Yves Kermen est fusillé le 17. 31 ans.

Lay off Gene Hackman. He’s a film legend, and in his 90s. 💖

9 in 10 older people support the creation of a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing - do you?

Want your problems heard, experiences valued and your voice championed? Join our calls for a #VoiceForLaterLife in England and Scotland: independentage.org/campaigning/co…

The picturesque medieval village of Lavenham, Suffolk, in the 1950s.

Happy birthday to the Blue Peter legend Valerie Singleton who was born on this day in Hitchin in 1937. #ValSingleton #Hitchin #BluePeter

We have a great tradition of producing great art, films, theatre and television in this country, so why cut something that gives so much richness? theguardian.com/education/2024…

Creative Industries make up 6% of our economy: more than car and oil industries together. They employ 2.3million people. To cut funding is fudge-brained, cack-hearted thinking pitched very much at the highest level of economic self-harm. theguardian.com/education/2024…

5 avril 1943. Paris. La Gestapo sait-elle qui les policiers français viennent de lui livrer ? L'adjoint et l'ami de Jean Moulin. Il sait presque tout. Mais 27 fois interrogé, il ne lâchera aucun nom. Déporté à Buchenwald, il y dirigera la lutte interne et reviendra. Henri Manhès.

If you live in London, make sure your voice gets heard in the upcoming local elections, by keeping up to date with the steps you need to take up to and on election day.

🚨 The deadline to register to vote is on Tuesday 16th April!

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The critically acclaimed documentary on the #RoyalMail train delivery service BFI: NIGHT MAIL (1936) 11am #TPTVsubtitles

When will Rishi Sunak realise most of us either don’t care about the ridiculous Rwanda idea or find it very offensive?

It is not & has never been a vote winner for the majority of people in this country.

It only excites the racists who will probably vote for Reform anyway.

Remembering the English actor, director, producer and writer #LeslieHoward who was #BOTD in 1893. As well as writing stories and articles for newspapers and magazine, he was also one of the biggest box-office draws and movie idols of the 1930s.

Son mari prisonnier, elle élève seule leur fils. Elle n'a rien. Pourtant, aux aviateurs traqués, elle offre tout. Un toit, à manger, les habits de son époux. Recherchée, elle doit fuir à son tour et c'est elle qui mourra en Allemagne, le 2 avril 1945. Valentine Ployart. 35 ans.

🇫🇷 He died singing his national anthem
80 years ago today, Robert Lynen, a young actor and 30s child star of French cinema, was taken to a forest near Karlsruhe along with thirteen other Resistance comrades. Tied to the wooden stake, he sang the Marseillaise before the fatal

If the Conservatives were genuinely concerned about the national interest they would have already have called a General Election. @conservatives @skynews

The Pension has just got even lower, thanks to Jeremy Hunt's tax threshold freezes.