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Am brought to mind of this poemy thing I wrote a couple of years ago.

It's always a delight to make videos for the Fourth Reserve It's such a lovely place, and their open days have a vibrant community spirit.

Snap shot of #spring #community open day at Buckthorne #rail Cutting by Daniel Saunders - #music #cake & wildlife. Jane Martin 💙 CPRE London Nick Bowes susie rabin Crofton Park Railway Garden Lewisham Lowdown ecoACTIVE Community Rail Network 🌳🦊

Really good long piece on maternity care, birth injury, trauma and listening to women. I talk about this a lot ⁦LBC⁩ and every single time the calls could fill the whole three hours of my show. Countless traumatised and unheard women, and men. thetimes.co.uk/article/my-nig…

#OnThisDay #EasterRising #ConstanceMarkiewicz #WPUKicons

Flicked through #LondonMayor election booklet. As an ex The Green Party Cllr candidate I’m dismayed with minimal ref to climate or biodiversity in Zoë Garbett pledges. Reads like an afterthought. Sadiq Khan has prioritised more clearly. What on 🌎 are you doing Greens? 🌳

But seriously , what has nature ever done for us ? You know , apart from the air we breathe , the food we eat , making us healthier . . .

Brilliant new ad from Zero Hour to promote their Climate & Nature Bill campaign , take action at zerohour.uk

#EarthDay

Our cabin roof has been leaking a LOT! Donations paid for a new roof. Blossom the fox looking on. Donations make a difference at Buckthorne Nature Reserve. 🙏🌳🦊Dave Crowley Jane Martin 💙 Nick Bowes Pam Orchard Daniel Saunders CROFTON PARK LIFE

localgiving.org/charity/fourth…

“Man who raped girl, 15, in Bournemouth sea sentenced to six and a half years.
Gabriel Marinoaica, 20, dragged victim, who could not swim, out of her depth and attacked her.” He will be out in just over three years. It’s so wrong. #womenslivesarecheap theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/a…

The predictable response to Hilary Cass has been the same toxic one which targets everyone who questions gender ideology by cautioning against the medical modification of confused & distressed children - attacks on her safety & professional integrity.
thetimes.co.uk/article/3121a2…

World faces ‘deathly silence’ of nature as wildlife disappears, warn experts

Rewilding is not just for the joy of it. The point is to save everything that we have and everything that we love.

theguardian.com/environment/20…

Great news! You might remember that I rebuilt a fox den and set up cameras earlier this year in the hope that a fox family would move in. Well they have and here are the first moments captured by my cameras this morning.

Woman of the Day Emily Williamson born OTD 1855 in Lancaster, founder of the all-female Society for the Protection of Birds which campaigned against ‘murderous millinery' after the fashion for feathers caused the hunting to extinction of some bird species. We now know it as the…

Body transfer illusion is the illusion of owning a part of a body other than one's own. This is the famous rubber hand experiment and it tricks your brain.

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Every morning after I've had a programme on BBC Two my inbox gets delightfully full of messages from men who didn't like my lipstick. It makes me feel like it's 1922 and I'm being castigated by Captain Hastings for being 'fast'.

Claire Sheppard Such an important point, Claire. And in these situations, as so many others, knowing that women's loos really are female only spaces is essential for us.

When recovering from cancer treatment the lack of loos when out and about really shrunk my world. This is a hugely important campaign to so many of us Londoners trying to live their lives in the city.

Woman of the Day Corrie ten Boom born OTD 1892 in Haarlem, the first woman licensed as a watchmaker in The Netherlands and a member of the Dutch Resistance. She was sent to Ravensbrück for helping Jewish people to escape the Nazis by hiding them behind a false wall in her…

We are open tomorrow 14th April 12-4. Woodcraft demo from Ben Willis who will be running a stool making workshop later in the Summer & talk on Colgate family at 1.30. Pop along! Jane Martin 💙 Crofton Park Railway Garden Crofton Books in Brockley CROFTON PARK LIFE CPRE London