Thank you BBC and Ella Al-Shamahi for #Human. A well researched, balanced and beautifully filmed story of our origins: "Our secret weapon is that we are are a socially cooperative species. Friendliness it turns out is our super power" #Human Series 1:1

Through In Our Time Melvyn Bragg has inspired our curiosity, increased our knowledge, broadened our perspectives and enriched our intellectual lives more than any other broadcaster. Thank you Melvyn 🙌.

Robert Redford epitomised an effortless grace and class; he brought beauty, poignancy and scale to the silver screen. Nowhere was this gift more evident than in the timeless 'Out of Africa' (1985). Such a loss. Such a wonderful legacy. RIP.

The passing of Dr Jane Goodall Dr. Jane Goodall & the Jane Goodall Institute caused me to re-read her wonderful book, 'Reason for Hope' (1999). Chapter 11 was poignant....I think that was it, here was someone who loved deeply and as a result was loved, and is missed, deeply.

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This holiday season, join our ShareTheMeal - UN World Food Programme campaign and help make a real difference🎁 With your trust, we're providing emergency food assistance, nutrition support, school meals and support to farming communities in #SouthSudan Thank you❤️👇🏿 bit.ly/4oWMX0H

We invited a man into our home at Christmas and he stayed with us for 45 years bbc.in/3YG2aIS

#Sudan: from famine to hope. Today, World Food Programme is reaching 4 million people every month – half of them in areas that were once in famine or at risk. 🍚 You can help us keep going. 📲 Download the #ShareTheMeal app and join us in saving lives in Sudan. 💛

Our partnership with the UK is vital for humanitarian action. Thank you Jenny Chapman and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office for excellent discussions on our plan to save 87M lives this year.

🆘 A staggering 55 million people are at risk of crisis levels of hunger, or worse, across West and Central Africa this year. A new analysis warns that reductions in humanitarian assistance are now pushing communities beyond their ability to cope. ow.ly/5eBu50XXQEO

Superb news. The EU continues to step up. An initial €1.9 billion for humanitarian action will transform millions of lives, including through our plan to save 87 million lives in 2026. Momentum and energy. Thank you Hadja Lahbib for your brilliant leadership.

#News World set at 85 seconds to apocalypse: Atomic scientists set their Doomsday Clock – a symbolic measure of humanity’s proximity to annihilation – closer than ever to midnight, citing rising nuclear tensions, global conflicts and concerns over… dlvr.it/TQbVyN

The mission is right and the movement is out there. But as we reimagine humanitarianism, I need to hear your ideas. So here is a 🔊Listening Channel: a space for debate, creativity, challenge. Open. Anonymous. Unfiltered. I’m listening. 👇 unocha.org/listening-chan…

Why don't we hear more about this urgent 🇺🇳 $23 billion appeal to save 87 million lives 🌍? Only one month to go: 🇺🇸has pledged $2 billion 🙌; 🇬🇧yet to respond 🙏 unocha.org/87-million-liv…

At the Angelus Feb. 1, 2026, Pope Leo XIV noted the upcoming Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics and Paralympics, citing the Olympic truce and urging leaders to make “concrete gestures of détente and dialogue” for peace among peoples. 🎥(CNS photo/Vatican Media)

The UN General Assembly calls for a global observance of the Olympic Truce to ensure safe passage for athletes and officials travelling to Milano Cortina 2026.

Solidarity is not a buzzword. It decides who gets help in time ⏳. Here's a snapshot of where we stand on the #87MillionLives campaign. 📊 See the gaps. 📢 Share the facts. ❗ and urge leaders to step up and save #87MillionLives.

"Better to light a 🕯️ than to curse the darkness" 🙌 ca.news.yahoo.com/buddhist-monks…

Must read: Inspiring interview by ⁦Rachel Sylvester⁩ with ⁦Tom Fletcher⁩ "for every bastard there are a lot of incredibly kind, extraordinary people risking their lives to help others" Tom Fletcher gives us a reason for hope in our troubled 🌍 observer.co.uk/news/national/…

Finally graduated with my PhD Durham University at the tender age of 64, twenty years after I first started. Delighted to be joined by 'proud dad' aged 90. Huge thanks to supervisors and all at SGIA Durham for a second chance in education. It's never too late....... #LifelongLearning