Today I’m at Plodda Falls - ‘Eas Ploda’ near Tomich, where the Allt na Bodachan falls 46 metres Despite the snow and ice it feels as if Spring is close🏔☀️ Here is a tune to reflect that feeling, Donogh Hennessy’s beautiful ‘Iníon Ní Scannláin’ #TuneWithAView Creative Scotland

My wife Lola will be selling her crocheted dolls in the precinct this Saturday, all proceeds to the drop-in-centre. For God's sake buy one, she's made 600 of the bloody things. They're all over the house. Every time I open the airing cupboard it's like being attacked by Chucky.

Lawyers in meetings Who look just like kittens Folks in pyjamas And sweatshirts and mittens Silvery backdrops And fake booklined rooms These are a few Of my favourite Zooms.

No place for hate👇 #rugby

I was in Marketing for 40 years & thought the perfect packaging didn't exist.

We are so appreciative of the 1000s of books donated by The Granville School! Thanks to support from across the Sevenoaks community, we have now collected over 15,000 books for EduSpots community libraries in Ghana. Final shipment in early May. 📚📚📚 #Partnerships #Literacy

Delighted to have arrived in Doha to take up my post as Chargé d'Affaires a.i. of the UK Mission to Afghanistan (UK for Afghanistan ). Straight to work to continue our efforts to support the Afghan people at this critical time.

Recently UNMAS in #Sudan in collaboration with the National Mine Action Center of Sudan (NMAC) and the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), celebrated the graduation ceremony of the 28 female deminers.

As Ukrainians flee the brtual conflict at home, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office is stepping up regional support. Teams of UK 🇬🇧 experts are working with humanitarian partners to bolster the international response. Thank you to Laura and the team for your vital work. #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦🇬🇧

On #MineAwarenessDay, we still see land mines and cluster munitions being used in conflict, and threatening the lives, limbs and livelihoods of civilians long after. As Cluster Munitions Convention Presy & leading mine action donor, 🇬🇧 is committed to a #MineFreeWorld #IMAD2022

The first Declaration of Progress against the #GCM has been adopted👏 🇬🇧joins fellow🇺🇳Member States in reaffirming our collective ambition to: ➡️Make migration safe, orderly & regular ➡️Maximise benefits of regular migration ➡️Mitigate risks #Migration2022 #IMRF United Nations Network on Migration

A HALO medic-deminer in a battlefield near Kyiv. HALO teams are on the ground, urgently clearing landmines in Ukraine. 📸 Our first mine of the latest war was a TM-62M – found in a field where a farmer had been injured.

Very good to meet Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Home Office in London today to discuss the challenges and opportunities of migration in East and Horn of Africa. Grateful for their continued support to IOM - UN Migration 🇺🇳 in the region.

Thanks to IOM United Kingdom for hosting the ‘Eastern Route’ photo exhibition, showing the challenges African migrants traveling from the Horn of Africa to Yemen and the Gulf face, and the enormous lifesaving humanitarian needs. #MRP2022

A lot of you have been in touch about visa delays; many apologies, as I know this is causing a lot of problems. Here’s what we’re doing, and what you can do.

#HMTheKing met with all 15 DEC charities and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office at Buckingham Palace today. They recognised the life-changing impact of donations from the UK public to humanitarian crises including the #PakistanFloodsAppeal which has now raised over £38 million. Thank you!

Thank you, Andrew Mitchell, Minister of State (Development & Africa) @FCDOgovUK for your generous support to IOM’s development & humanitarian work. I look forward to strengthening our cooperation on the most crucial migration issues worldwide.

1. It takes two to negotiate. “Diplomats know only too well that apparently irreconcilable differences can often be settled, given time, patience, understanding and imagination (…) Nothing ventured, nothing win.”