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What if I told you there was a single intervention we could deliver in our cities that would cool them during heatwaves, reduce flooding, scrub pollutants from the air, boost biodiversity, improve public health, and even reduce crime? You wouldn't believe me. But it's true.

Oh no. I am crying.

Inspiring piece by ⁦Cathy Rentzenbrink⁩ on the power & magic of writing things down, the challenges of the writing life and how to keep going when the going gets tough. theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

One of my friends and good pals sister, Alice Byrne, has gone missing in Edinburgh, Portobello. She's vulnerable and hasn't been seen or heard from since New Year's Eve – please please share, especially if you have any Edinburgh connections!

Since there was a ton of snobbery towards romantic fiction last year, and because I want to start 2022 with something nice, I’m offering one critique of the first three chapters + synopsis of a romantic story! RT and follow to enter, I’ll pick the winner on Friday 07/01.

To allow gamekeepers to kill crows and jackdaws to "protect" pheasants and partridges, the pheasants and partridges are classed as livestock. But you aren't allowed to shoot livestock for sport, so when pheasants and partridges are being shot, they're classed as wildlife. Thread/

Close to 3 million animals suffered in Britain’s laboratories in 2020 . Sign the #TargetZero petition urging the UK government to drive the phase out of animal testing once and for all . petition.parliament.uk/petitions/5902… #ScienceNotSuffering

A nice counterpoint to the FT's recent interview with Courtney Love about being rubbish with money: here's Tracey Emin on being brilliant with money ft.com/content/ffd552…

Once, in a traffic jam in LA, I saw an elderly man on the street, waving at every car he saw. I said to the person I was with, "Wow, what's going on with this guy?" Anyway they told me it was Sir Sidney Poitier and he was waving at every car because every car was waving at him.

Sometimes, the smallest acts of kindness can have the biggest impact.

And they'll be blocking all the boys who got them pregnant, yes?

I’m always talking about Gary, my Romanian rescue dog & the Foster to Adopt scheme run by International Dog Rescue . Well, here’s Gary. He was a terrified pup from a kill shelter & now look at him 😍 perhaps Foster to Adopt could be right for you! #rescuedog #AdoptDontShop

It’s crazy to think that snares are still used in the UK to trap animals These are wire traps that tighten around an animal meaning a slow and painful death Help get them banned by signing the ⁦Animal Aid⁩ petition and sharing petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6005…

I stayed at someone’s house last week and they have a cat. And I never knew this but, when you go to sleep… cats just wander about the house catting all night? You can’t “put a cat to bed”?! The cat just… gets the house for a while?! Fucking nuts.

Thrilled to be part of the writing team for this brilliant show and work with the loveliest people! Coming soon 🎉

Devastating to hear the govt has extended the ban on import of dogs from Ukraine, Romania, Poland & Belarus. We’ve been waiting months to get Albert here & the kill shelters are full with so many beautiful souls being routinely killed now. Meanwhile the UK breeders continue to

This always makes me laugh 😭

We are delighted that MPs have passed legislation to establish buffer zones around abortion clinics in England and Wales. At BPAS, we have been working tirelessly for almost a decade to end anti-abortion clinic harassment. Thank you to everyone who has campaigned alongside us!