Just paused the latest episode of The Modern Mann about the current crisis in blood donation - to book an appointment to give blood with Give Blood NHS 🩸🩹 Very easy process & I got a slot for Monday.

Fantastic reporting from Bloomberg on how foreign companies are commandeering water for profit in Senegal bloomberg.com/features/2023-…

Fascinating in-depth interview on stevepretty’s podcast this week with John Caird Maoko Imai & Brad Haak, some of the team behind the astonishing #spiritedaway at the London Coliseum - esp lovely to hear some of the themes from the show on piano stevepretty.com/originofthepie…

Love this piece about TK (IYKYK) lithub.com/in-praise-of-t…

“A canter around the political paddock from Rishi Sunak” - bravo Chris Mason, bravo #wato

Enjoyed Guys & Dolls Bridge Theatre hugely last night. It's just the perfect musical, isn't it? But this production is something special - super polished but also funny, tender & warm-hearted. Even my musical theatre-refusing date was totally charmed, much to his surprise.

If anyone had been wondering why I've been a little quiet on here, it's because I've been hard at work in an exciting new role....editor of The Environment, the magazine for CIWEM And here, I'm very proud to share, is the product of all that beavering away, my first issue!

Exciting plans to reintroduce the UK's only native cicada species. Starts next month - but we'll have to wait until at least 2030 to see if it's worked. My story for BBC Wildlife, looking at the work of speciesrecoverytrust & Paultons Theme Park tinyurl.com/3bzj9hdz

Off to the North Antrim coast - tips for things to do, walks with kids, beaches, pubs all very welcome #NorthernIreland

Looking for autumn exhibitions, books, films, TV series, music with an environmental focus for a culture round up in the autumn issue of CIWEM's The Environment magazine #journorequest Deadline for suggestions: end of the month.

Here’s the shortlist of artist proposals for the new Memorial to Victims of Transatlantic Slavery in London. Vote for your favourite and share - they want to reach as many Londoners as possible london.gov.uk/programmes-str…

Fashion question for menfolk: if you're wearing a grey suit and you attend an event where you spot another man wearing a grey suit, do you worry about people noticing that you're dressed the same? Or is man uniform so omnipresent that it's not even a thing?

Sign the petition to save Bethnal Green Working Men's Club! With just days until the planned closure we have to act fast Equity megaphone.org.uk/petitions/save… via Megaphone UK

Life lessons: Omid Djalili on what life so far has taught him - my interview for Positive News positive.news/society/life-l…

Earlier in the week I was surprised and delighted to hear the sound of grasshoppers in the beautiful long grass outside the Hackney Council-run estate across the road. Now the grass has been cut and the area is silent once more. Why cut it now?

Hivemind, hit me up with suggestions of artists (any genre you like) doing interesting work that engages with environmental issues...

Planting English trees to protect the Peruvian rainforest - my piece for Positive News positive.news/society/planti…