Londoners face soaring travel costs because government won't agree funding package, warns transport union TSSA morningstaronline.co.uk/article/london…

Mellon Chansonnier One of the world's most celebrated collections of medieval songs. complete work digitized bit.ly/2Fg1LFt

RT and stand up for climate justice with Fairtrade. 👊🌍 #FairtradeFortnight The climate crisis is the biggest threat to millions of farmers in low-income countries. More financial support is needed so they can adapt. Listen to the farmers: fairtrade.org.uk/festival

JANE AUSTEN'S WORLD Church and Parish In Jane Austen's England local communities were organised as parishes,served by the church and run by a body of volunteers headed by the parson. Parishioners paid tithes for the upkeep of the church and to support the community in general.

filming Guernica - what a morning to be doing this ..

Jane Austen spent most of her life in Hampshire. Discover the places that made her the greatest female writer of all time dlvr.it/SKQrYF

Is that it? Sanctioning 5 banks and 3 oligarchs suggests the Government cares more about protecting Tory party donations and London’s laundromat than it does about imposing meaningful sanctions against Moscow #Ukrainecrisis

Wow! Archaeologists working on a site in Southwark Street have uncovered the largest area of Roman mosaic to be discovered in London for half a century london-se1.co.uk/news/view/1062…

Pembrokeshire Storm Franklin acrylic on paper

The first large-scale trials of Jonas Salk's polio vaccine began #OTD in 1954. The trials led to the vaccine being licenced in 1955. When asked who owned the patent to the vaccine, Salk replied: "Well, the people I would say. There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?"

The Police & Crime Bill stinks. It’s an attack on our fundamental rights, especially to protest I’m horrified this dangerous legislation made further progress last night in the Commons It’s united so many opponents though & we must keep defending our precious democracy #PCSCBill

"I am not fond of the idea of my shrubberies being always approachable." - JA

JANE AUSTEN'S WORLD On the Road In 1794 the postal system was reformed and mail coaches ran to a strict schedule.Letters were collected and delivered four to eight times daily for the price of one penny per letter [Penny Post].The price doubled in 1805 & by 1812 had risen again.

Don’t let this very bad news for the environment get buried. The UK government has approved the use of the bee killing pesticide #neonicotinoids

Update: if you are a Ukrainian national travelling to the UK with a valid visa, we can offer a free Eurostar ticket to London. Find out more: bddy.me/3sIYU0p

World Book Day stands in solidarity with the people and children of Ukraine. This year we hope World Book Day brings joy and hope at a time when children need it most: