Gill Cookson

At Lincoln Cathedral, it was free entry on Lincolnshire Day.

In the spirit of #YorkshireDay I’d guess all free entry is suspended, everywhere.

98%

That's the decrease in the annual number of single-use plastic bags in the UK since a 5p charge started 10 years ago (it's now 10p)

Not all environmental problems are that easy to tackle, but change is possible

Resharing the Mail's 2015 splash, which has aged well

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‘Happy’ may be a bit over the top.

But suitable weather here - chucking down.

Enlightening - new party of the left, take note…
‘We are not short of funds… we live in a world of persistent and chronic excess saving.’

Please sign and re-post!!!

Not least about the source of Epstein’s huge wealth. Which did not come from trading…

I called everyone in Jeffrey Epstein's little black book. What I learned about rich people, conspiracy, Ghislaine, stand-up comedy, and evil from 2,000 phone calls.

This - from 2020 and a long read - is a revelation:

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Can you spare a minute to help this campaign? TAX WEALTH – DON'T CUT DISABILITY SUPPORT

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If you'd like to see the Test and Trace looters, the Grenfell murderers and the Thames Water polluters in jail, give this a RT.

It is time we went after the real criminals.

Oh absolutely. She’s magnificent.

And then in winter, those refreshing easterlies direct from Siberia….

Yorkshire textile mills… Incredibly, my dream job came up within months of graduating in 1985. How lucky was I to work for RCHME (later merged into English Heritage) on a project to record surviving textile mills in Yorksh…

I'm faffing about with my new website. Still needs some aesthetic attention.
But, hey, here I go.
(Inevitably helped by my son. Thanks, Frank.)

#archives #textilehistory #mills

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Roman road discovered in Manchester city centre - BBC News Archaeologists say the dig uncovered one of the best Roman finds in the city in more than 20 years.

Astonishing discovery: a British road without potholes.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

“The bosom of America is open to receive not only the Opulent and respected Stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all Nations and Religions; whom we shall welcome to a participation of all our rights and privileges (1783)." #GeorgeWashington #PrayForAmerica

Ah, right. Gormless of me not to know that.
[Turns vacantly to stare out of window...]

‘Gormless’. There’s a blast from the past.
Does it need interpretation for anyone not in the depths of West Yorks?

A street sign. It says: LOUISVILLE METRO GUIDE TO WHEN MASKS ARE PERMITTED. Below: ARE YOU? CONCERNED ABOUT HEALTH [plus the picture of a mask, crossed out] A NAZI [plus the picture of a mask.].

Cartoon: Marc Murphy

Ann Coulter commenting that "We (meaning the U.S., presumably) did not kill enough Indians."

I rarely comment on these things, but these are unusual times. 249 years ago the Declaration called Natives "Merciless Indian Savages.," and the Constitution excluded us from protection while enabling our dispossession. We remember this history not to cause harm, but to grasp the consequences./1

Any purveyor of parmos isn’t fit to be in politics.

No Dartmoor Jail ale?
(I get around. Sometimes I get a round.)

If you'd rather we banned Israel and stopped supplying them with any weapons instead of banning Palestine Action.

Spread the message, and prove we do.

We don't find it easy to change our minds, our conceptions, even when they're mis. We don't like to admit we are wrong. That is a challenge. To do so for the right reasons, & not under peer pressure, duress, for our benefit or advantage, that is another.

#GoodMorning, everyone

There's a quip doing the rounds:

#Australia right now: "Thank God we got the convicts and the US got the puritans."

Hopefully any new owner will do something with it rather than leaving it to continue to rot (after previous restoration)

I'm going to get a sign made up like this Alloa pub one and put it outside my house.

I’d have time for ‘loyalists’ if the loyalty was to their electors, especially those in most need of help and support.
There used to be something called the ‘Labour Party’ which was committed to that.

Illegal peat extraction causing catastrophic damage - EPA The large-scale, illegal commercial extraction of peat is widespread in Ireland and the sector does not operate within planning or environmental laws.

Absolutely unsurprising. Virtually all exported too – and I'm guessing most of it ends up in compost bags in garden centres.

Whether you're in Ireland, the UK or elsewhere – always, always buy peat free compost. Kill this destructive market.
www.rte.ie/news/environ...