Jenny Linford

So sorry for your loss. He sounds a wonderful godfather.

'It is a dramatic assault on the First Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibits the government from curtailing the freedom of the press.' @hcrichardson.bsky.social

Plump, scarlet pomegranates have long been a symbol of fertility in many cultures. It was a pleasure to write about the cultural richness of this beautiful fruit for @apollo-magazine.com.

@malorieblackman.bsky.social just heard you on Today talking about The Silver Chair. That piece you read is so relevant - thank you for highlighting it.

The @citylit.bsky.social run some fantastic writing courses, so do please check this out if you feel you'd benefit from one of the offered scholarships.

January 25, 2026 As the nation mourned the killing of VA ICU nurse Alex Pretti yesterday at the hands of federal officials in Minneapolis, President Donald J.

January 25, 2026

The ICE officer approaches him while he’s filming from the side walk. Only thing he’s holding is a cell phone. bsky.app/profile/mark...

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: "I just saw a video of more than 6 masked agents pummeling one of our constituents and shooting him to death. How many more residents, how many more Americans need to die or get badly hurt for this operation to end?"

January 19, 2026 Late last night, Nick Schifrin of PBS NewsHour posted on social media that the staff of the U.S.

January 19, 2026

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)

Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire.

The paper of record is, thank heaven, fulfilling its responsibility this time. That really matters
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

A powerful, compelling and important read.

The overlap between places we want to dominate and places that have oil is striking

Get ready for Phase Two: a raid on Oslo to seize the Peace Prize.

Starting 2026 in style enjoying wonderful British cheeses bought online from Courtyard Dairy! Oozy Baron Bigod, a hard ewe's milk cheese called Corra Linn and flavourful Stichelton - so good!

December 31, 2025 And so, the sun sets on 2025.

December 31, 2025

The end of 2025 must be the end of the inane rule of climate ‘optimism’ We should admit that widely-mandated climate optimism has been actively harmful to the needful acknowledgement of reality - and to the active collective self-protection that we now desperately need to...

Hard hitting piece by @rupertread.bsky.social on the dangers of “climate optimism” - at least 30 years of failure to take the threat seriously has led to multiplying risks and locked-in harm and suffering @climatemajority.bsky.social

BBC Radio 4 - Start the Week, Animals and Meaning Naomi Alderman with Justin Gregg, Peter Fretwell and Marianne Hem Eriksen

Enjoyed this stimulating Start the Week this morning on animals and humans with @naomialderman.bsky.social @justingregg.com Peter Fretwell, Marianne Hem Eriksen. Well worth a listen.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Illustration of a man sitting at a desk in a suit holding a notepad while a woman, wearing a dress and holding a tray with a cup of coffee, walks into the room

On this day 29th December 1975
“Radical new legislation” introducing a woman's right to equal pay and status came into force in the UK

(Picture: A Second Picture Dictionary, artist: Eric Winter)

A photo realistic close-up of a traditional box of dates and the white plastic fork that accompanies them

The mastery of artist Harry Wingfield.
‘Dates’
A box on the coffee table is a Ladybird Christmas essential.
(Fifth Picture Book, 1973)

Shocking. Such injustice.

Post Office had deal with Fujitsu to fix Horizon errors 19 years ago The emergence of a document contradicts claims made by the Post Office over bugs in its IT system during criminal prosecutions.

#PostOfficeScandal
'The revelation directly contradicts the Post Office's claims during criminal prosecutions - which led to hundreds of wrongful convictions and civil cases that destroyed livelihoods - that no bugs existed capable of causing accounting shortfalls.' BBC
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Hen cages and pig farrowing crates to be outlawed in England Humane slaughter requirements for farmed fish and end to puppy farming also in new package of animal welfare laws

Hen cages and pig farrowing crates to be outlawed in England

A view through trees to the city of Durham in the distance under light snow. The trees frame the distant centre point, which is the cathedral

Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 22
Durham Cathedral
Artist: SRBadmin

Wonderful!

December 19, 2025 This past week feels like the final, chaotic days of a political era.

December 19, 2025

Shooting hares in England to be banned for most of the year Exclusive: Ministers also expected to announce trail-hunting ban in sweeping changes to animal welfare law Shooting hares in England will be banned for most of the year as part of sweeping changes to animal welfare law. At the moment, it is legal to shoot the animals during their breeding season, with pregnant hares left to bleed out, and leverets – their young – often orphaned as a result. Continue reading...

Shooting hares in England to be banned for most of the year

Post Mortem, by Private Eye’s Richard Brooks, chronicling how the Post Office scandal and cover-up developed and later unravelled, is on sale now at all good bookshops.

➡️ Available at: private-eye.co.uk/books