@anguswillson.bsky.social
Free-range geography. From Ashford, Kent, UK, across the world. "A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the world." Susan Sontag. See http://pannage.com At peace with finding joy in the mundane. https://open.spotify.com/user/pannage
#NowPlaying Open your ears to this compilation.
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#Farage is a busted flush
Nigel Farage told us Brexit would give
£3 billion more a year to our NHS
He now says Britain is so broke,
our NHS needs to be scrapped
replaced by US-style healthcare insurance
bankrupting thousands, leaving thousands more to die
He lied before
He hasn't apologised
He's still lying
No sense of cultural geography. No sense. #REFUK
#REFUK Kent fails to understand the value of culture
I think Peter Hitchens is saying RefUK can't bring Grammar schools back, not that they don't want to. In Kent, the size of Grammar schools gradually doubled as a way of dodging parents' appeals.
Getting a "massage" at Mar a Largo tomorrow night
Perhaps he just went for a "massage"
More of a gopher
This is a wood-block print of "Broadstairs" by Elwin Hawthorne from c.1931. When I first showed it online it was untitled but, after a while a follower identified it as being a view of Broadstairs which, once one knows that, is instantly recognisable! #ElwinHawthorne #Broadstairs
Happy International Women's Day! ✊💃
Studies consistently show that countries with proportional voting systems tend to have more women's representation in their parliaments.
We spoke to three brilliant campaigners, representing three generations of women, about why they support PR 👇
As we approach International Women's Day 2026 - former MEP @julie4north.bsky.social explains how PR can stop the slide into far-right extreme politics which would undermine so many of the rights generations of women have fought for.
politicsforthemany.co.uk/change-the-v...
Some didn't even start!
⌛5 MINUTES
@duncanhames.bsky.social will be joining a brilliant panel for a timely conversation on what is needed in the upcoming Elections Bill to stop big money corrupting our democracy.
Details below ⤵️
*Myles
#NowListening Love to find a 2025 release of a 1989 recording.
Alannah Miles, Feel The Heat (Live). Black Velvet is an organ-rich version. Superb. Turn it up! #music Under-rated.
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#refrain
Not in "The i" paper's style guide, probably. But I do get your point. Mine was more about the pleasure of paper maps.
In this context, what word would you suggest to convey work which was significant but not exclusive?
Gladys West was instrumental in developing the mathematics behind global positioning systems (GPS). However... #papermapsarecool
Walk to School Week 2026 classroom packs are now live on our shop!
From 18–22 May, schools can take part in our five-day walking challenge – and this year’s theme is Mission Move 🔎.
Join the fun and order your classroom packs today!
https://www.livingstreets.org.uk/walktoschoolweek
Tesco could pay every worker an extra £10,000 and still make a profit.
British Gas could pay every worker an extra £35,000 and still make a profit.
Shell could pay every worker an extra £300,000 and still make a profit.
It is the billionaires who are ripping you off.
Be more Bearded Tit...jump into the week!
#MondayMotivation
I didn't know about the floor and it wasn't mist when I was last there.
Donald Trump is placing a 10% Global Tariff on all goods to the USA, which will be paid by American citizens.
I remind them, you literally had a Revolution because you didn't want to pay a tax on tea.
Strange when it is raining!
