A real honour to be invited to speak about my book SHAKESPEARE'S BORROWED FEATHERS for the Shakespeare Club of Stratford-upon-Avon this evening. A lovely audience. Manchester University Press

Happy #Easter, spare a thought for our badgers Petition: End the Badger cull and adopt other approaches to bovine TB control petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7003…

A new report by Commander-in-Chief Syrskyi on the frontline as of 12:00 p.m. on Easter Day. Despite Ukraine declaring a symmetrical approach to Russian actions, an increase in Russian shelling and the use of kamikaze drones has been observed since 10:00 a.m. – with FPV drone

#Shakespeare did not leave his wife #Anne in Stratford, letter fragment suggests. Professor says text shows Hathaway lived with playwright in London, upending the established idea of an unhappy marriage theguardian.com/culture/2025/a…

🎉 Happy Birthday to #WilliamShakespeare! 🎭 We're celebrating with a #BookGiveaway 📚 🔁 Retweet for a chance to win a copy of Shakespeare's Borrowed Feathers by 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐲-𝐉𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬! You’ve got until midnight, 23/04/25 Winner picked at random + revealed tomorrow! 💫

I’m running the London Marathon on Sunday on behalf of The Body Coach Foundation 🙌 Every penny we raise will go to supporting more people to have access to movement and physical activities ☺️ If you would like to sponsor me and donate click here: 2025tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/joewicks

The wisteria down Tavern Lane last week. Making the walk through Shottery, to Anne Hathaway's cottage even more special ... & much more aromatic/pungent (choose your adjective according to your allergies!)

If you agree with Chris that “it’s got to change,” use your voice and tell your MP today. Use our easy tool — link in comments.

Grey Heron at RSPB Ham Wall in Somerset recently. 😍😊🐦 Please let me know if you see this post on your feed, I suspect A LOT of my followers are not seeing my photos unless they search for them, judging by my shrinking analytics. 😔

Ever wondered what treasures are held in the Exeter Cathedral Library? 🔎 Join Cathedral Librarian, Emma Laws, on Tuesday 8 July for ‘Art of the Book: Illustration in Early Printed Books’ – a fascinating seminar exploring how illustrations have been produced over the centuries

This years BBC Springwatch presented by Chris Packham & Michaela Strachan bows out with 1.3million viewers at 8pm on BBC2, the channels most watched show of the day, as it has been throughout its 3 week run (12 eps) with audiences between 1.2 & 1.8m.👏

I’m currently reading the most incredible book by my very talented friend Tracy Borman OBE & I highly recommend it - groundbreaking! Published this September 📚

yes it's very good

"BBC staff: we're forced to do pro-Israel PR A devastating letter signed by over 100 BBC journalists underlines one of the great scandals of our age" owenjones.news/p/bbc-staff-we…

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Lose yourself in the quiet magic of Vermeer. This video on my YouTube channel reveals how he turned stillness into poetry, light into divinity, and the everyday into the eternal. youtube.com/watch?v=TpsaWC…

This Sunday, the 17th of August I am on BBC Radio 3 twice in the late afternoon. At 6pm, there’s a performance from 1991 with the late and much missed Charles Mackerras that we gave in 1991, followed by a recently recorded feature about Delius where I am being interviewed.

Tax evader Zahawi should definitely sit this one out.

OMG!!! It happened 😧 After 99 attempts trying to get a photo of Corfe castle in the mist!! I got it!!! 😮yay!!! Was it worth it 🤔 I really hope you like it!!! In fact,I hope you love it, let me know

All this talk of a ballroom to service the super wealthy while the rest of us continue to pay more for healthcare and basic essentials makes me think of this powerful political cartoon from 1906, the artist is William Balfour Ker.