Iain rousham

British icon, hilarious comic & bird-kind ⁦‪Bill Bailey‬⁩ thinks securing homes for birds reliant on cavity nesting habitat is an ace idea. The swift brick debate is tomorrow. Help the birds. Email SWIFT BRICKS to steve.reed.mp@parliament.uk & james.cleverly.mp@parliament.uk

If any of the big publishers disappeared the others would just swallow and churn, so no loss. But imagine what the world of books would be without independent publishers? Doesn’t bear thinking about. Congratulations Kevin and Hetha, so glad you dared.

Anyone in the Cabinet listening?

Quite lyrical, Andrew..lovely

This is excellent

Welfare cuts, oh yes of course that is why we voted for them

I always come to Prague with joy. This time it was literally half a day. At the Forum, which Václav Havel founded, I talked about our PeopleFirst campaign. We are returning the human dimension to political processes.

Colm Tóibín on The Poems of Seamus Heaney: ‘A process of finding echoes and associations’ This book contains Heaney’s unpublished poems plus all those from his single books of poetry published

Colm Tóibín on The Poems of Seamus Heaney: For those familiar with Heaney’s work, the new poems will keep them going well beyond Christmas. But soon, the core of the book will matter more – the 12 volumes Heaney published in his lifetime placed in sequence.

www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Laughable ..

Nigel Farage accuses teachers of ‘poisoning our kids’ on race issues Exclusive: Reform UK leader’s remarks at event for private US college criticised as ‘grossly irresponsible’ by NEU leader

Farage/Reform and the Trump playbook.

Mass sackings of unsympathetic civil servants
Promise to reduce workers's rights
Inflict spending cuts - hit the poor, old, sick, disabled

Now claims teachers are “poisoning our kids” - just as Nazis did to control education.

Power grab by dividing society.

Seamus Heaney’s unpublished poems to be released — read one exclusively here The Poems of Seamus Heaney, out on Thursday, will feature all 12 of the revered Irish author’s collections alongside uncollected works and 25 poems yet to be published

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
Something to grasp and treasure. In these uncertain times. Although I wonder about unpublished work being posthumously released. 🤔

continuing a tour of Norfolk churches.Following in the footsteps of an ancestor who wrote a book on all of them.Which sadly was not published and is now lost. Here St Margaret’s Antioch near Felbrigg Hall.Where the old village used to be ..here in autumn golden sunshine after a tiring day. Bliss.

great place to skulk and lurk..

We still seem to be bereft of any of our feathered chums, from early until breakfast when the trusty Wood Pigeons flip-flop down into the garden #Firstbirdofmyday

A phalanx of WP’s on aerial manoeuvres ..Splendid.

We should be in London this week..but we are here in the autumn chill and sunshine. First to
appear the trusty Wood Pigeons #Firstbirdofmyday

Slow start for me and the birds..developed into a stunning morning..eventually a flight of Wood Pigeons passed by..#Firstbirdofmyday

We have Guest bell Ringers here blasting out a peel of bells..no goldfinches here but the Doves were startled into the air ..#FirstBirdoftheDay

At last after hours of nothing in he sunshine, a Wren..#Firstbirdofmyday

74 MPs have signed the EDM for swifts. WOOHOOO!!!!! If yours hasn’t, email thefeatherspeech@gmail.com for a template you can send to them. It’s so easy & also vital. And they can represent your view in about 2 minutes.

He’s a disgrace

More high powered winds here today, yesterday they blew everything away. Today though a Sparkling Jay darted across a country lane on the way into town.#firstbirdofmyday

The Gaza family torn apart by IDF snipers from Chicago and Munich Five-month investigation reveals how four members of one family were shot and killed in a single day and highlights a pattern in which Israeli troops target unarmed civilians

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Fabulous

Worth reading then thinking about ..

Read and be transported.

Such a fabulous article. Took me straight there, as I know I’ll never get there now this was a joy, thank you.

TheSwallows and the martins here are gone but in unexpected bright light the Wood Pigeons were up bright and early today # Firstbirdofmyday

The Wood Pigeon army gathered here early for manoeuvres, goodness they were noisy #Firstbirdofmyday