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A cheerful thought for a Sunday night: We're already 29% of the way through February; by the end of the month the UK will have an hour and forty minutes more daylight each day than it did at the start. Spring is coming x
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[photo of a pottery bowl with the stylized face of an owl] Columbia River region, Washington or Oregon Owl Effigy Bowl, Pre-contact

Guys, guys—I found a Superb Owl that is also a Super Bowl!!!

A #SuperbOwl

Bowl Depicting a Running Hare - The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bowl with Eagle (63.178.1) and Bowl with Hare (64.261)The tenth and eleventh centuries under the Fatimid caliphate were times of prosperity in Egypt and the neighboring lands, when a burgeoning class ...

So I heard we’re posting super bowls. Here’s a Fatimid lusterware bunny. Islamic lusterwares originate in Iraq to emulate the sheen of Chinese porcelain, but the combo with highly animated-looking Fatimid animal motifs is my favorite. He even has a little snack.

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Steve Hilton: ‘Cameron’s pint-sized Rasputin’. Nick Timothy: “the Brummie Rasputin”. Dominic Cummings: “the new Rasputin”. Peter Mandelson: “New Labour’s Rasputin”. Morgan McSweeney: “Keir Starmer has his own Rasputin”. (These are all real quotes from media reports/ comment pieces.) 1/2

Audience laughing at The 99 Club

If you’re looking for a fun Valentines evening, The 99 Club has some great comedy shows (and dinner packages available too): www.99clubcomedy.com/valentinesday/

And if you’re looking for a fun present, what about tickets to see the brilliant Phil Wang the following week? fixr.co/event/phil-w...

Our southern woodland border ditch

If I step over this 1,500 year old ditch, the historic border between the Kingdom’s of Kent & the South Saxons, I will be in danger from hordes of wild rabbits from Sussex (as they like to call themselves now 🙄)

They seem to sense the Men of Kent, & their eyes follow us 👀

Indeed! Just found it maps.app.goo.gl/chnhG8t1h8Nc...

Maybe it wasn't really an actual prime minister at all.

YouTube video by Marsh Family "Minnesota" - Marsh Family adaptation of "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair)"

We hope the good people of #SanFrancisco will forgive us for adapting a song about their city in 1967 to address the shocking and tragic events in #Minnesota in recent weeks. This is dedicated to Renée Good and Alex Pretti, and in solidarity. Our version is called "Minnesota" ❤️

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Just love this heron ignoring but perfectly matching our decoy by the garden pond.

The Economist is hiring Audience fellows for 2026 We are offering paid internships in our London newsroom lasting up to 12 months, to work on our social-media platforms and newsletters

We are offering paid internships in our London newsroom lasting up to 12 months, to work on our social-media platforms and newsletters

Reform by-election candidate suggested people who don’t have kids should pay more tax Exclusive: The Reform politician’s suggestion would ‘punish millions of women and strip them of their basic dignity to choose’, Labour’s deputy leader has warned

So as I struggled with miscarriage after miscarriage before having my 🌈 baby, Reform would seriously think I should pay more tax during that agony.

This policy isn’t just a slippery slope to a handmaids tale dystopian future - it’s a deliberate step towards it
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A black and white line drawing of a man, dressed not unlike Indiana Jones walking away from you, pushing his way through some dense vegetation. Text at the top says "Archaeology Today"

We imagine every single one of our followers will be interested in this archaeology-themed colouring book for adults.

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The new Labour leader needs to take these desires straight on. Starmer fluffed it. They will have to talk bluntly about how long it will take for them to happen & what needs to be done if they are to occur. Enough of the pandering & blathering & fake solutions: they never end well.

We are looking at a ice sculpture of a Pegasus - a winged horse rearing up on two legs.

We knew we were cool but we have an ice sculpture to prove it! 😉

This is ‘Wings of Ice’ - a Pegasus in frozen form. The Pegasus as you will know is on our Coat of Arms.

This sculpture will be in our garden today and tomorrow as part of York’s Ice Trail!

sabrina carpenter singing islands in the stream w the muppets has healed me in ways i did not know i needed

Team USA, Vance Booed in Frosty Reception at Italy’s Winter Olympics With the U.S. vice president in attendance, local fans at the Milan Cortina Opening Ceremony made their frustration with America heard on Friday By Joshua Robinson and Marcus Walker Feb. 6, 2026 5:06 pm ET 46 Flag-bearer Erin Jackson leads the U.S. contingent in the athletes parade during the Opening Ceremony. Flag-bearer Erin Jackson leads the U.S. contingent in the athletes parade during the Opening Ceremony. Piroschka Van De Wouw/Reuters MILAN—In a gleefully kitschy Opening Ceremony that featured ancient Romans, dancing espresso pots and a number by Mariah Carey, Italy threw open its arms to welcome the entire world to the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. Well, nearly the entire world. Copyright ©2026 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Continue reading your article with a WSJ subscription Subscribe Now Videos

HOLD UP. This headline from the @wsj.com is dead wrong - No one at the actual opening ceremonies thinks the US team was being booed. Come on! The CBC broadcasters & people in the stadium are all crystal clear that JD VANCE WAS BEING BOOED, not the team.

This is simultaneously (1) garbage: Labour has done nothing remotely as bad as the Tories' industrial scale VIP corruption and (2) proof:
of Labour's failure to understand, let alone address, the industrial scale lie-telling machine that is our media.

This is one hell of a Steisand Effect 🤯

Govt/DfT seem to think Liz line is there so no issue with poorer services yet:

1) People still need these SE services to get to access Liz line

2) SE route serves various stations with mass new housing

3 Liz line doesn't serve busy stations such as London Bridge

Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Traditionally I invade someone during the Olympics. This current invasion is going so well it started right after the last winter Olympics ended and hasn't stopped since.

I remain a master strategist.

Two important things:
1) after tomorrow the sun will not set before 5pm again in the UK…until October
2) if you’re struggling just now *please* be kind to yourself

The Busby Babes black and white photo

Tommy Taylor

Mark Jones

Mark and Tommy remembered on the museum with photos, autograph book and scarf

Today is the 68th anniversary of the Munich Air Disaster, we remember the Busby Babes who lost their lives including Barnsley's Tommy Taylor and Mark Jones

There will be a memorial stone to Mark Jones unveiled on Wombwell High Street today, Friday 6 February at 11am

#FlowersOverManchester

US government to fund Maga-aligned think-tanks and charities in Europe State department grants to spread ‘American values’ are part of Washington’s 250th anniversary celebrations

US taxpayer “slush fund to get MAGA-style things going” & “fund European organisations to undermine government policies”, says Reform UK source. www.ft.com/content/f869...

If Reform-aligned 'think tanks' take money to promote 'American values', they should be honest about what those values are. The death penalty? Bullying universities? Opposition to abortion? Gleeful racism? Shooting protestors?

Then they should explain why they don't want to promote British values.

🚨🚨" Some leaders have chosen to hunt them down and deport them through operations that are both unlawful and cruel. My government has chosen a different way: a fast and simple path to regularize their immigration status." Spanish PM Pedro #Sanchez on why #migrants are essential for Western society:

Count to one hundred. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog reflecting on a frenetic fortnight of domestic and international news, the state of the reset, the significance of the latest calls for 'proper Brexit', and the anger suffusing our politics: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/02/coun...

Imagine European countries founding think-tanks and charities across the USA promoting rule of law, human rights and actually knowing history and geography. 😆 that scream “you are interfering with internal affairs” “you are foreign agents” “you are political NGOs” would be heard across the Atlantic.