ReignOfError

So disappointing.
Archaeology and history belong to us all, not just the wealthy.
Has it been studied? Conserved properly? Published?
Just depriving the rest of us of knowledge and understanding.

... as if all the birds left at the same moment ...

[or just a worn out wall by the sea front]

A love heart made of red books surrounded by the white page blocks of other books

Roses are red,
coats go on hooks.
We made you a love heart,
from #Library books. 📚❤️

Happy #ValentinesDay to all our followers but especially YOU because you're our favourite. ❤️

A medieval illustration of a hedgehog with grapes skewered on its spines

It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children, which is not true but is a really cute idea

#FerrousFriday the stunning patterns, textures and colours of an abandoned rusting lime tank at the former opencast coaling site Westfield #Fife #MiningLandscapes

Ken Murphy is Tesco’s UK CEO and the highest paid supermarket boss.

He gets £9,930,000 a year, but is registered to pay tax in the Republic of Ireland.

Yet today he complains about his workers wages being too high.

I'm just so very tired of "a reasonable debate on immigration with firm but fair controls" always meaning performative cruelty and incredibly thinly veiled racism.

Non-working partners risk limbo with UK migration reforms, analysis finds Research comes as ministers signal rethink of policy that could carry big fiscal cost

The government's earned settlement proposals manage to be politically and morally bankrupt at the same time as being economically and fiscally counterproductive.

Quite remarkable really.

www.ft.com/content/ca14...

Poetry. Which is lucky for Ian.

This headline makes it sound like they decided to go on a local sightseeing tour rather than turn up at the venue, but actually they just lost

Burrowing owlet tilting his head all the way to the side.

Happy #SuperbOwl Sunday!

bearded man with owl. Photo (c) S. Avdeyuk

owl that looks like a bowling pin. Photo (c) S. Gafitsky

it's #SuperbOwl Sunday! Best day of the year. For your consideration, the Blakiston's fish owl. Largest owls in the world (six-foot wingspans, weigh close to a bald eagle), salmon eaters, live year-round in remote forests of northeast Asia. 🦉

A naive representation of an owl on a small flat slate sheet. The body is depicted in alternating white and dark triangles. Crucially, this owl is not playing American Football.

It's Superbowl Sunday! So here's our traditional, and predictable Superb Owl.
🏈🦉

#SuperbOwl #SuperbOwl2026

Snowdrops and hellebores at Thenford Arboretum last week #NationalSnowdropDay

Anything the Met Museum can do, we can do.... (and we're going to be honest here)...

...broken-er. 😬

There's no real security in any job now.

Times Magazine cover preview, Peter Mandelaon at home in his Wiltshire kitchen, with dog. "I've had a lot of bad luck, no doubt some of it my own making."

Feel like I'm going mad.

A vintage silver bowl with two handles, floral engravings around the exterior, and resting on three small ball-shaped feet, set against a plain light background.

📢 Help us spread the word and bring back the #MuseumSuperbowl

On Monday morning let's flood Bluesky with bowl and owls 🍜🦉

@wakefieldmuseums.bsky.social
@maryrosemuseum.bsky.social
@romanpalace.bsky.social
@merchantshallyork.org
@roystonmuseum.bsky.social
@penleehousegallery.bsky.social

There's no reason to accept this as normal, though. Much of Starmer and Labour's unpopularity is not misfortune but his own doing. Mandelson was a choice. Consistently pursuing policy positions designed to appeal to people who will not vote for you - and alienating core supporters - is a choice.

For the House of Commons to swiftly and directly gainsay the Prime Minister on an issue of ‘National Security’ is actually quite a significant day in our recent constitutional history.

For MPs to insist that a parliamentary committee has priority over PM is a pretty big thing.

And a welcome thing.

I’m not sure ‘our national security developed vetting technique can be beaten if a candidate is prepared to lie’ is an especially helpful line to push.

A view of a church wall with patches of brick, flint and stone.

A fascinating patchwork of building materials in the wall of St Leonard's Church, Southminster, including recycled Roman tiles, medieval flint and modern brick. #WallsonWednesday

Shockingly (to no one who has been following local government finances), councils are not rife with waste and fraud ...

In Kent, Reform's DOGE "had not found any significant waste to cut"

It’s very loud in Kyiv.
russia is attacking us with ballistic missiles.

Let the world know.

Jeffrey Epstein emailing Peter Thiel: Finding things on their way to collapse was much easier than finding the next bargain. ... Return to tribalism. Counter to globalization. Amazing new alliances.

Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.

Hell yes.

The view out the back of the library. The streetlights are on. The sky is a deep bright blue.

Incredible scenes as we slide from January into February and realise that yet again it's Monday night (and it's 5pm) so it MUST be time for Episode 4 of 'How light is it in #Orkney at 5pm this week?'

We are NOT making this up.

IT REALLY IS THIS LIGHT 💡

The Observer View: Lords are defying democracy over assis... The sabotage of the end of life bill by a small group of unelected individuals is unconstitutional

The Observer View: Lords are defying democracy over assisted dying

The sabotage of the end of life bill by a small group of unelected individuals is unconstitutional
https://bit.ly/45JKbFv

Do I recommend the last two days? No.

Not because of bog and mud, Its been an incredibly wet month, so what do we expect?

Despite all being designated coast path, the fast roads with no pavements are simply too dangerous to walk safely. This part of the coastpath is not fit for purpose.

He was wrong. I’m married to a retired highly skilled and paid (= highly taxed), English as a first language, former NHS-employed immigrant. He came here to fill job shortages, not take any Brit’s job. He & others like him align with other immigrants & feel excluded & unwelcome in this country now.