Right then. I think we've reached a watershed point in the waging of culture wars, and Conservatives ought to see it, and act on it. I wrote this today: What kind of person would drag autistic children into the culture wars? The Kemi Badenoch kind theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Congratulations The Salisbury Museum 🤞 for the Award

Public #Libraries are vital spaces for those two million households in the UK without #Internet access, providing the #DigitallyExcluded with the time and resources they need to access the web. #GetOnlineWeek

I’ve become a big fan of cmat this year but maybe a bit weird to get this “action doll”. Love that she’s commissioned it herself though. search.app/Q7knxAcYLER8CS…

Did my first #ParkRun this morning. Why haven’t I done this before? Really nice atmosphere with friendly people of all ages & abilities. They say it’s not a race but I admit I was chuffed to win my age category parkrun 🌳 parkrun UK

Writing health information? Try the NHS Readability Tool to help you simplify your written text. Part of a suite of resources available in the Health Literacy Toolkit #HealthLiteracyhttps://library.nhs.uk/health-information/ #HealthLiteracy NHS England Workforce, Training and Education HealthLitKLS

NHS England is collaborating with libraries to improve access to online health services. Libraries have received resources to help people access their NHS account on NHS.UK or using the NHS App. Read more here library.nhs.uk/health-informa…

Not a big fan of #Halloween but brought up short by this house I walk by every day. The squalor of the body bag hanging over the dustbin is genuinely disturbing

We are delighted to see the #PIFTick directory featured on the NHS England "websites with trusted health advice" page. The page is part of an NHS partnership with public libraries to improve access to online health services. digital.nhs.uk/services/nhs-a…

Enjoying having time to be a historian again. My article on the pillory in #Salisbury Market Place just published in Sarum Chronicle Great to go along to reception at The Salisbury Museum & lecture by Dr Louise Ryland-Epton last night

🤔Where can you find good evidence about children and young people's digital lives and rights? 💡#DigitalFutures4Children is delighted to launch its o/a research database 🔗digital-futures-for-children.net/research-datab… LSE Media & Communications 5Rights Foundation #Evidencebased #GeneralComment25 #ChildRights #AOIR2024

Really enjoyed Medieval Women exhibition British Library Witty & entertaining as well as richly informative. Congratulations to the curators - feels like you had fun putting this together

My ancestors were Lincolnshire farm workers for many centuries. Wonderful to see vivid images of their labour in the Luttrell Psalter - part of Medieval Women exhibition at ⁦British Library⁩ search.app/NCST6CcDqAxB2K…

Without really thinking it through, I’ve been reading Prophet Song, a harrowing novel of descent into totalitarian dictatorship. Neither my bedtime read, nor waking frequently to check results, made for a good night’s sleep #USElections2024 search.app/WbiHzi19hbMyDm…

Anyone heading to God's Own Country for #Museums2024, you have the opportunity for a tour of Leeds's best museum (Thackray Museum of Medicine) from their charming and expert curator on Thursday

Listening to Wes Streeting on BBC Radio 4 Today announcing league tables for NHS Trusts. Remembering working on NHS Choices NHS 20 years ago when we last published these bmj.com/content/325/73…

Bob’s sons Tom, Jack and Joey here. We’re really sad to let you know that Bob died suddenly on Thursday. The funeral will be in about 3 weeks – we’ll share further details here when we can. If you want to get in touch, you can email Jane, our mum, at jcgannuk[at]yahoo. co. uk

Bob’s funeral will be held at 12 on September 2nd at Salisbury Arts Centre. Tea and Coffee from 11.30. Wear whatever you like. No flowers, donations to the Samaritans via the funeral director ([email protected]). All welcome to our home for refreshments afterwards.