Government Treasury Minister says he was an advocate of #HS2 but now admits that the business case 'didn't stack up'.
That's what #StopHS2 , Christian Wolmar and others have been telling them for 14 years!
youtu.be/fy2G-LkVbVI?si…
#questiontime #bbcqt

Ah,yes, #SuellaBraverman ; this is the sort of person we need to lead the country out of the mess Conservatives have got it in- the type of person who believes the way to get out of a hole is to dig! 🤦‍♂️

This is what a #NoMowMay lawn sounds like!🔊

Celebrate the wonderful sounds of nature this #DawnChorusDay by enjoying our virtual liberated lawn 🌷 🌾 🌼

Turn your volume up and enjoy 🎵

Don't forget to register your #NoMowMay lawn
👉 bit.ly/3UWii6B

As our School prepares for pilgrimage over the next few weeks, loving this from the great R.S. Thomas (shared below by John Sprackland)

'The Moon in Lleyn'

The neurofication of everyday life being driven by academics & professionals. 👇

Erm... Rishi, mate, I suggest you turn round and have a good hard look at the faces of the #Tories behind you... even they have had enough your inane grinning. #RishiSunak Rishi Sunak Conservatives #LocalElections2024

Do something special for #nature and take a break from mowing the lawn this May 🌸

Join the #NoMowMay movement with Plantlife 🌱

Find out more 👉 plantlife.org.uk/campaigns/nomo…

'Scientists are trying to create a new type of #bread ... funded by the government to improve the health benefits of UK food'... by promoting #ultraprocessedfood ?
Chris van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈 Tim Spector MD (Prof), your thoughts? Sounds like a muddleheaded plan to me!
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

... and 'me'👇 means ME! My first publishing credit!😊

'First we take Manhattan, then we take Berlin.'
#NowPlaying 'I'm Your Man' (1988), #LeonardCohen

It's nearly #NoMowMay !🤯

Let's give nature the boost it deserves this summer💚

Head to our No Mow May webpage to:
🌷 Register your participation
🌿 Download & print posters
🐝 Read our gardening top tips
🌻 Answer all your #NoMowMay questions!

👉 bit.ly/3UWii6B

NEW post: The Fatima Mansions - 'Cathal was a giant, he was a great writer, his perspective was really unique” (Jacknife Lee)

Steve Parker picks his 10 top tracks … #FatimaMansions #CathalCoughlan (photo Andy Earl)

toppermost.co.uk/the-fatima-man…

By the measure of this criterion, I am content 😌

How on earth can BBC Radio 4 Today still be presenting news of record traffic volumes at #Heathrow airport as good news?! And with no mention of the #climatecrisis whatsoever? What are you thinking? ARE you thinking at all? #r4today 🤦‍♂️

We snowflakes love Advacado! It's what we make our snowballs out of! Mmm... lovely #advacado !
#snowflake #snowball

OMG, how did I not know that there's a documentary about #Microdisney on iPlayer?! Microdisney (with The Smiths & R.E.M.) were without doubt one of the Top 3 bands of the 80s! 'The Story of Microdisney: The Clock Comes Down the Stairs' bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod… via @bbciplayer

Is 'Hard Nose the Highway' #VanMorrison 's most unjustly neglected album?* Side 1 is as good as anything he's done. Fact. (But, I'll admit, side 2 is patchy)
(* 'A Period of Transition' would be my other contender for this title)

Listen to the sounds of spring for this year's National Trust Festival of Blossom 🌸

The Sacred Harp choir will perform a repertoire of songs about spring, nature, blossom and flowers to help us celebrate our green space, the Derek Jarman Pocket Park and our beautiful blossom…

We're excited to welcome along the Sacred Harp choir tomorrow at 14.15 as part of the Bloomtown Big Choirs Day Out!

Come and celebrate spring and don't miss our beautiful Planting Stories displays 🌸🎵