RT: Ed Davey’s celebration of fatherhood is unusual in politics – we are all better off when men do more of the caring theconversation.com/ed-daveys-cele…

Bloody hell 😞 “… a citizen science project that monitors flying insects in Britain found a 60% decline between 2004 and 2021” pressreader.com/article/282355…

“The UK’s insect populations are declining at alarming rates and the next government must put in place plans to monitor and reduce the use and toxicity of pesticides before it is too late, wildlife experts say” theguardian.com/environment/ar…

Routine screening has saved my life so I’m backing Breast Cancer Now's call for a national breast screening awareness campaign. More women screened means more lives saved from breast cancer. Will you join me? #NoTimeToWaste action.breastcancernow.org/back-our-call-…

Audiences are loving 'The Importance of Being Earnest' ! This week we're heading to: Fri 28th Bishop Wordsworth’s School, Salisbury. Sat 29th By the River Wye, Eaton Bishop, Herefordshire. Sun 30th Bishop’s Waltham Palace, Southampton. More info at: rainorshine.co.uk/summer_tourdat…

“Just brilliant...!” Don’t miss the hilarious ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ @ By The River Wye, Eaton Bishop this SATURDAY 29th June @ 7.30pm. Bag your tickets NOW! ticketsource.co.uk/rain-or-shine-… #theatre #oscarwilde #comedy #herefordshire BBC Hereford & Worcester Hereford Times Visit Herefordshire

‘Double Booked in Corfu’ is OUT TODAY! Take yourself off to the land of the Durrells, with bookseller Annabel - forced to share her holiday with sworn rival Liam. 📚☀️🏖️🐢🍹🍦💕 Order here: amzn.to/4bdAcIt Available in paperback & ebook Romantic Novelists' Association #TuesNews #holidayread

The River Wye looking absolutely stunning today. Let’s hope our next government prioritises clean rivers & saves this magnificent river before it’s too late. #savethewye ⁦Save The Wye Coalition⁩

Annie Kenney (left)+ suffragette banner (c.1908), UK working-class suffragette of the Women's Social & Political Union. She and Christabel Pankhurst (right) were previously imprisoned for inaugurating more militant tactics for women's right to vote #WomensArt #ElectionJuly4

I don't get to vote in this election, but I do have to live with whoever you elect. No pressure. #GeneralElection24

It’s been less than a hundred years since women in Britain have had the right to vote. This Manchester banner was unfurled in 1903 - it would be 25 years before the suffragettes’ dream was finally realised. Make sure you use that hard-won right today!

❌ We NEVER want to see a sign like this ever again. ❌ The next government has the power to make that happen. They can end the need for food banks.

Whatever your political allegiance (unless you’re a Tory of course), we have a real opportunity for change here in Herefordshire North. Exciting times.🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

This is fantastic. Go see if you get the chance.

Looking to submit your writing somewhere this week? Here's a handful of the current non-BBC Writers opportunities that are live right now!  Our opportunities page is constantly being updated throughout the year with new opportunities from organisations outside the BBC - check

RT: ‘Better than medication’: prescribing nature works, project shows theguardian.com/environment/ar…

It's 10 years since BOLDtext began. In that time we've written and produced an extraordinary 127 plays! To celebrate on Oct 15 we're publishing 16 of our favourites, which can used for free for 6 months. Find out more here: boldtextcollective.wordpress.com/2024/10/02/new… The Rep Culture Central

16 of our favourite plays are available online NOW! Anyone can use them for FREE until 15 April 2025. Find your favourite script here: boldtextcollective.wordpress.com/best-of-boldte… Supported by the Sir Barry Jackson Trust The Rep WritingWestMidlands Culture Central

📣 Tickets for the National Writers Conference 2025 are now on sale! Join us for a day of insightful presentations, engaging panel discussions and invaluable networking opportunities with a friendly community of writers. 🔗 buff.ly/3MFxIkN

An entire population could be facing erasure. Israel has crossed red line after red line in Gaza. It's time for every single one of us who’ve been horrified by the events to speak up. I have joined the Red Line for Gaza. Will you? oxfam.org.uk/get-involved/c…