Reuben Singleton

More of this please. No votes in sucking up to that orange buffoon no matter what Badenoch and Farage might think.

A lovely interruption from writing about orchids - pre-publication copies of my new book for children have arrived.

Writing this meant a lot to me. As a kid I was desperate for books full of interesting facts and cool stuff about butterflies. If this book finds a kid like me, I hope they love it.

I will never not adore "and allies" in a fieldguide title. Don't mess with the grasshoppers or the earwigs and crickets and cockroaches will fuck you up

"We called London a war zone and moved to Dubai by mistake"

Ha! That has been one of my real bugbears for the last 30 years! I

“I’m Richard Tice, Deputy Leader of Reform UK, you idiot! Of course, I don’t have my passport on me - I’ve just come from a f^cking war zone!”

Maybe just maybe think about putting appropriate developments in appropriate places. Look at the Center Parcs at Hawick for instance which has gained near unanimous support. The Murdoch Times is a comic and a bad one at that.

That’s harsh on weasels.

The Greens proved them all wrong - the left is back

My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social

Here’s a taster

And here’s a link to the full article www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

An Iranian attack hit the "Palm Hotel & Resort" in Dubai.

More likely to get snow at Easter then Christmas…

Out of prison

Radiohead has issued a statement responding to the Department of Homeland Security's unauthorized use of their song "Let Down" in a recent social media video.

Don't underestimate Polanski's capacity to turn normal tits into absolutely massive ones.

If Labour wants to win back Green voters after Gorton & Denton, maybe it should have… greener policies?

Polling by @moreincommonuk.bsky.social finds nature ranks highly as a priority for Labour defectors

Stop bashing newts & bats; increase access to nature 🐸🦇🌳

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Spoof Telegraph headline reading 'The public are finally waking up to the monstrous reality of spending nice summer days recording Orthoptera'

And yet some of us are doomed to it ...

Really glad you enjoyed it!

Dirty Business Shocking real-life drama about the muck in our water and a corporate scandal

Just watched first episode of this. Even if you've been close to the details this is pure cold fury. A crystallised portrait of the scandal which has been inflicted on us and our environment at the hands of corporate scam artists and their political enablers.

www.channel4.com/programmes/d...

The goose was the last animal on the farm where I grew up that I lost fear of! When incubating or with young they are absolutely ferocious - flying at your face, latching on with their beaks and then beating you with their wings! Fearsome, brilliant creatures!

Dirty Business review – if this doesn’t incite righteous anger over our filthy water then nothing will Based on the true story of amateur sleuths appalled at the dumping of sewage in our rivers, this drama starring David Thewlis is a blast of controlled fury – and could become the next Mr Bates vs the ...

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Prue Leith's 13-year affair with husband of mum’s best friend Prue was 21 when she fell in love with writer Rayne Kruger. He was married to her mother's best friend, Nan, a successful actress. Prue had hero-worshipped Rayne since the age of seven.

Ask him about how he came into the world? www.dailymail.co.uk/lifestyle/ar...

Yep - this is very good. Does for the sewage in rivers scandal what Mr Bates vs the Post Office did for the sub postmasters.

More of this please

One of my favourites 🥰

I wish it were true that "no one is above the law". But while the City of London acts as laundromat for the world's dirty money, as almost all fraud and waste crime go unprosecuted, as no one has gone to jail for the financial crash or the poisoning of our rivers, this is manifestly untrue.

Mosses, including Leucobryum featured in that last repost, from the Oxford Book of Flowerless Plants (1966)

Octolasion cyaneum apparently! It was the most magnificent Earth worm I’ve ever seen!

WHITE HOUSE: "When you see it on Truth Social, you know it's directly from President Trump."

TRUMP 2 WEEKS AGO: "Somebody posted, a staffer posted ... somebody slipped. I didn't do it. This was done by somebody else."

What a beautiful engraving this is!

‘Backroom’ lobbying on Coul Links golf plan under fire Scottish ministers have been privately urged to back plans for a golf course on a coastal wildlife site. This has been condemned as “backdoor lobbying that tries to bypass the rules”.

Something smells bad at Highland Council - either Councillors or employees lobbying behind the scenes to influence Ministerial decision on the proposed Coul Links Golf Course development. www.theferret.scot/backroom-lob...