🆘 A Rafah offensive must not go ahead. The UK Government must do everything in its power to help STOP THE INVASION of #Rafah & avert a further humanitarian catastrophe. The UK needs to #StopSellingArms to Israel NOW. 

The UK Government will be COMPLICIT as long as it continues…

Academics warn loss of higher education arts and humanities courses will harm understanding of racism and imperial history

theguardian.com/education/arti…

Anna May Wong

Absolute state of this 🤣
You just can't help some people

❤️✂️🧵 I'm really proud of this new collaboration between Costume Society UK and Heritage Crafts and delighted to see the first bursaries awarded to such deserving creatives!

In this week’s blog post, we take a look at the exciting collaboration between The Costume Society and Heritage Crafts.

Read now at: costumesociety.org.uk/blog/post/the-…

Neon, kilts, cricket bats: artisans gather to shine a light on Britain’s endangered crafts theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/a…

When the MRes on the history of Africa & the African diaspora at Chichester University was cut, the course leader Prof Hakim Adi, lost his job. Adi, the 1st African-British historian to become a professor of history in the UK, was shortlisted for the Wolfson history prize in 2023

There’s battles like ours up & down the country. Trying to save precious woodland. 🙏 for sharing our stories Ruth Bloomfield The Times and The Sunday Times 🌳CPRE London Woodland Savers Friends of Trees Anna Moore - she/her Woodland Trust🌳 Bridget Fox 🌳
thetimes.co.uk/article/meet-t…

#macfest2024 - today at the central library, a creative session with Aysha on silk 🖼 🎨 🖌 painting!
Hosted by: Danny Middleton, Service Development Officer, Central Library.and Muslim Arts & Culture Festival #spreadhoneynothate
Qaisra Shahraz MBE JP #macfestevents #manchester #painting #silk

.PG tips is back with a campaign for its latest tea blend, which is designed to deliver a good cuppa in just 60 seconds

Directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen, the ad stars Top Boy’s Ashley Walters | Asher D giving himself a pep talk over a brew

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Happy, happy birthday to the #frockingfabulous Audrey Hepburn.

Good start for Sadiq Khan in Greenwich and Lewisham (the mayoralty results declare in 14 subdivisions).

In 2024:
Sadiq Khan: 83,942
Susan Hall: 36,822

Versus 2021 first prefs:
Sadiq Khan: 76,731
Shaun Bailey 43,306

❤️🇬🇧👠 #FashionFriday #Icon edition 👠🇬🇧❤️
Blenheim Palace for Icons of British Fashion exhibition
Wearing British design vintage wool Hardy Amies tailored coat #CharityStoreFind tweed jacket Traid tweed skirt Oxfam #FoundInOxfam
antique brooch & pearls

📢💚IntellectBooks International Journal of Sustainable Fashion & Textiles are seeking innovative contributions (articles/reports/case studies) from academics and industry for an issue focused on sustainable textiles. Extended abstracts 700–1000 words intellectbooks.com/international-…

🏀Women basketball players traditionally wore men’s sneakers. Resizing/recoloring existing men’s sneakers 'shrink it and pink it' a popular strategy in the industry. But using men’s footwear correlates with higher injury risks for women.'
forbes.com/sites/justinbi… #EverydaySexism

NEW: Greenpeace UK activists disrupt @unilever's biggest shareholder meeting of the year.

They didn't see that coming... 👀

Some brands have invested millions in something called carbon credits

They’re intended to help cancel out their pollution

But do they do it?

Panorama: Big Brands’ Green Claims Uncovered

On BBC One at 8pm and on BBC iPlayer afterwards

bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

ICYMI: New post on stirlingretail.com about a collection of retail bags donated to University of Stirling Inst. Retail Studies
Another example of retail ephemera that often gets lost or overlooked:
stirlingretail.com/2024/05/02/han…

#retailhistory

🐺 says get the vote out for the London elections
#DogsatPollingStations