Michaelmas, on 29 September, is not only an important festival in the church year but in England also historically the autumn quarter-day. It marked a moment of transition: the shift from the harvest season into later autumn, the start of new contracts and new school terms.

A text-book example of what Brexit was always about: Deregulation. Profitability. Exploitation Defra UK needs to act and quick.

It's #Caturday, and Ruby is hoping you can help turn her 'frown' upside down by giving this post some love. 💜 Ruby is officially our longest staying cat - a title that she would like to change soon. themayhew.org/cats/ruby/.

Matt Wallace That man deserves heaven on earth. ❤️💕 The happiness of the dogs when they saw the man who set up a shelter for paralyzed dogs.

Expect this to pass through the #ThamesBarrier at around 16.30 on Monday.

Where a woman ties the bow of their Dirndl at Oktoberfest indicates their relationship status: Tied on the left - single Tied to the right - in a relationship. This seems far more complex than the way men indicate they're single at Oktoberfest...

An updated map to the one I tweeted this morning. All areas in white have seen over 64mm of rain in the 48 hours to 13.30BST today. Looks like some areas (e.g., around Bedfordshire) have may have seen as much as 150mm of rain since Saturday lunchtime. And more to come...

The galleon Andalucía, an exact replica of the ships that sailed the Atlantic in the 17th century, has just passed through the #ThamesBarrier heading towards central #London. Will be in St. Katharine Docks for a couple of weeks. Open for visits while it’s here.

Is there a name for the time between 4am-7am where you wake up for a wee, then start thinking about how you don’t like it when Tom Hiddleston dances and then you end up worrying about the end of democracy and that no one likes you and then you doze for 30min? What’s that called?

Garfish Belone belone jumping for their lives as they are chased by giant Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Thunnus thynnus. South Devon today

Just published the "tax longlist" - 29 ways Rachel Reeves could raise £22bn. I've tried to cover every serious proposal that's out there. This thread will be *long*.

Recent work by John Powell. What a lovely painting this is. I don’t need to say anything. It speaks for itself

The Royal Mail British Spiders stamps are issued today! Superb illustrations by Richard Lewington of ten species show the diversity & the beauty of our spider fauna. If anyone is interested, special packs available at shop.royalmail.com/special-stamp-… or stamps from your nearest Post Office.

Went to London. Didn’t get mugged. No one stabbed me. I wasn’t made 2 convert to Islam. I bought 3 pints all of which were cheaper than the 1 I bought in Barnsley last week. I went to the British Museum and the V&A despite it being illegal to teach British culture. Disappointing

As it's Friday, I'm asking all my followers to please retweet (and comment) on this post if you see it, to help my bird account be seen!🙏😀 To make it worth sharing, here's a Robin showing a female House Sparrow who's boss!😅 (The Sparrow was fine!) Thank you very much! 😊♥️

Great events with Global Fusion Music & Arts this Oct: Fri 11th 7.30pm - A celebration of live music from South Africa feat Aubrei Woki & the Kalahari Band Fri 25th 7.30pm - a celebration of Black Composers & Musicians feat Pianist Jaden Brown plus Guitarist Richard Pariso wegottickets.com/globalfusionar…

That’s quite an autumnal feel…

When you have to work on #NationalDrinkBeerDay but at least you work in a library 🍺

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