This comment by Billy Bragg perfectly sums up what left wing women have taken from left wing men over the last few years. The problem isn’t whether Julie Bindel and I are correct on the issues, but that certain right-wingers agree with us.

If you’ve spent any time at all on the

Dave Lock is a bit of a London Marathon legend. He's been running in race in fancy dress for years!

This year is his 25th London Marathon and he's again running for the Samaritans.

Well done, Dave! 👊

#LondonMarathon #BBCMarathon

A much love doll, Olive, has just been lost on a train either at Doncaster or on the London North Eastern Railway train from Doncaster to London. I have a devastated little girl and I’ve seen these sorts of posts work before.

This is Justin Kerwin, manager of Barclays Bank on Broad Street - the first of our Reading Half Marathon to cross the finish line.

Can you help him get closer to his £1,000 target before Barclays BankUK double donations?

localgiving.org/fundraising/ju…

#rdg uk #rdg #barclays #barclays bank #matchfunding

This week's cover story for the The New Statesman is probably the most difficult thing I've ever had to write, and certainly the most personal.
Birth trauma: the hidden childbirth crisis that is devastating lives and costing the NHS billions. newstatesman.com/politics/healt…

We now have 40 people running Reading Half Marathon or the Green Park Challenge for us this Sunday. Perfect symmetry, as we're celebrating our 40th anniversary this year.

Can you spare a few pounds to sponsor one of them? home-start-reading.org.uk/reading-half-m…

#rdg uk #rdg #fundraising #halfmarathon

Edwardian embroidered Scottish Suffragette belt (c.1908-1909) in the colours green, white and violet- thought to be inspired by the first letters of the phrase ''Give Women the Vote' #womensart

As we head into this long weekend, don’t forget that our volunteers are here round the clock if you need to talk. If life feels tough, you’re not alone 💚

The poem 'Dangerous Coats' by contemporary Irish writer Sharon Owens #womensart Home Office surveillance photograph of suffragette Olive Beamish, 1914
#WomensHistoryMonth

All right, just for old time's sake and it's actually much harder to find these. it's November 19th

As voted by our own volunteers for World Book Day, these are our Top 20 to use in the sessions to engage children with reading.
These books encompass a wide range of genres and themes, catering to various interests and age groups.
youtube.com/watch?v=hGuU8z…

The Inquiry found that:

'Couzens is a predatory sex offender and murderer. Evidence of his preference for violent and extreme pornography and history of alleged sexual offending dates back nearly 20 years prior to Sarah’s murder.'

Tomorrow, the names
of every single woman murdered by a man in the UK will be read out in #ukparliament again by @jessphillipsmp ahead of #internationalwomensday .

In the 12 years since my Aunt's murder, the number of women killed by violent men in the UK has NEVER gone down 1/2

We're here all weekend long if you need us 💚

Why can I remember every character in Hairy Maclary but not my diary for tomorrow? Answer me that, Hercules Morse (as big as a horse).

As it's Friday, I'm asking all my followers to please retweet this tweet if you see it, to help my little bird account beat the algorithm & be seen!🙏♥️
To make it worth sharing, here's the adorable face of a Long Tailed Tit! 😍😊🐦
#FridayRetweetPlease ♥️

“The arts are not the cherry on the cake — they are the cake.”

Opening a debate in the House of Lords yesterday, Melvyn Bragg said the UK should realise the full potential of the arts to transform our economy and society.

Peatlands.
Bogs.
Saltmarsh.
Mudflats.
Lagoons.
Ponds.
Floodplains.
Swamps.
Marshes.
Mangroves.
Fens.
Estuaries.

Wetlands come in many forms, but they *all* do incredible things for the planet, for nature and for well-being.

#WorldWetlandsDay #WWD2024

Oooph reality bites in Jan…

Shop is DEAD

£10.99 sales so far today

Anyone who can help a little indy specialising in landscape & history, which by rights shouldn’t exist (and who knows might not 4 long🙃)?

sherlockandpages.com/pages/books

OR

Select us at uk.bookshop.org

The final day of #BigGardenBirdwatch is here!

1.82m birds have been counted so far, with our top six the same as yesterday.

Here's a few other species and their current counts:

Wren: 18,072
Nuthatch: 6,877
Waxwing: 495
Hawfinch: 82

Are you doing your count today?