Lancaster is getting ready….

A snowy Blackpool Promenade this morning ❄️ 📷 Sky Shots Karl Houghton

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GP numbers have decreased/plateaued in number as other Service providers have increased in number, has service provision and satisfaction levels improved? “We can’t afford GPs” they say…, but economics and the NHS survival says “You can’t afford not to have them”

Old Trafford regeneration will benefit all of the North. By removing freight trains from the city centre, the railways will work better for everyone. By relocating freight terminals to other parts of the North West, growth will be spread. The Government is right to back it. 🙌🏻

“I'll never be like other people, but that's alright because I'm a bear.” 😊

Tonight, The Blackpool Tower will light up in purple to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) and remember the six million lives lost during the Holocaust. This year also marks 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Emily Davison statue, 2021 by sculptor Christine Charlesworth, Epsom town, UK. The suffragette died at the Epsom Derby, 1913 by stepping in front of the King's horse in protest at women being denied the right to vote. #WomensArt

Every school & every community needs a library & a librarian, to help every child find the books that will make them readers. Because those are the books that will change their lives - and maybe even save their lives! #SaveLibraries

Happy Lunar New Year… Figured the world could do with a little wisdom right now! ‘Serpent of Wisdom’ by Nicholas Roerich

New UK Season: 30 January – 3 February: Morning Grass Glistens Bend down and look for the shine in the grass. #72seasons #morninggrassglistens 72 Seasons is a project which helps you notice more nature around you and increases wellbeing.

Happy Imbolc day gate 😊

Every month on #WOMENSART is #WomensHistoryMonth ♀ ❤

What's in a word? A lot, actually. The words we use matter. Words mean something, potentially different things, to different people. It matters that we leave spaces between us to explore, to understand, the meanings of the words we use. Not just assume that our meanings align.

Passage, 2007 by installation artist Cornelia Konrads #womensart #Beltane #May1st

When I pause to appreciate small things close by, it's not because I'm ignoring the big stuff. I think it's a way of not becoming gripped by feeling completely overwhelmed and utterly powerless. Maybe there's a little, gentle power in that.

If you feel it’s going to “shit” in our country go speak with your neighbour,have a conversation, then the person on bus,in the cafe, in the shops. Smile at all of them, agree on something, see what happens. It’s not all someone else’s “fault” it is ALL of our responsibilities.

"Remember to turn around and see another view". I always recall his wise words.

There’s sunshine in Ravilious country at the moment so let’s have an appropriate Eric Ravilious wood-engraving from the 1930s.