Pru Madeley
@prum.bsky.social
Retired teacher, lover of the natural world, the arts & science. Determined to outlive these autocratic leaders intent on screwing over the planet and ordinary people in the process.
Still clinging on to the last shreds of my optimistic nature 🇪🇺🕊️
Still clinging on to the last shreds of my optimistic nature 🇪🇺🕊️
January may not have a lot going for it but it is Seville orange marmalade time!
January 24, 2026 at 5:06 PM
January may not have a lot going for it but it is Seville orange marmalade time!
Stormy night, but blue skies this morning. Hooray. Do hope everyone is ok. Localised flooding in parts here around the Arun.
January 24, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Stormy night, but blue skies this morning. Hooray. Do hope everyone is ok. Localised flooding in parts here around the Arun.
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Good decision!👏👏🇪🇸🇪🇺
Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez says they won't join Trump's board of peace as it's outside the UN and doesn't include the Palestinians
January 23, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Good decision!👏👏🇪🇸🇪🇺
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
This story is a wonderful achievement. So nice to read a positive story.
This story is a wonderful achievement. So nice to read a positive story.
‘It has been overwhelming’: Sudanese friends complete 900-mile UK walk
Giel Malual and John Kuei trekked from Dungeness to John o’Groats to raise funds for new schools in Sudan
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:04 PM
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
This story is a wonderful achievement. So nice to read a positive story.
This story is a wonderful achievement. So nice to read a positive story.
Me too.
I stand with those badass Denmark Viking cats.
January 21, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Me too.
Goodnight Bluesky. To quote Bilbo Baggins," It's a dangerous business Frodo, going out your door." Take care everyone, the world feels very wobbly at the moment.
January 19, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Goodnight Bluesky. To quote Bilbo Baggins," It's a dangerous business Frodo, going out your door." Take care everyone, the world feels very wobbly at the moment.
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New report from doctors shows the Iranian regime slaughtered 16,500 protesters during the communications shutdown.
Iran report says 16,500 dead in ‘genocide under digital darkness’ — The Times and The Sunday Times
‘You have ten minutes to cry,” came the officer’s curt command to the couple as he revealed the corpse of their twentysomething daughter, gunned down in the historic streets of Isfahan. After searchin...
apple.news
January 18, 2026 at 6:04 PM
New report from doctors shows the Iranian regime slaughtered 16,500 protesters during the communications shutdown.
youtube.com/watch?v=Nv2G... Playing now on Radio 3, this absolute classic from Bill Evans. Gets right into my soul.
Bill Evans "Peace Piece"
YouTube video by William Repicci
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January 19, 2026 at 11:44 AM
youtube.com/watch?v=Nv2G... Playing now on Radio 3, this absolute classic from Bill Evans. Gets right into my soul.
I'm so grateful I don't have to work with this person. His ego is over inflated and as thin as tissue paper. He wields his power like a wounded animal with a scatter gun. It's exhausting for everyone.
January 19, 2026 at 9:21 AM
I'm so grateful I don't have to work with this person. His ego is over inflated and as thin as tissue paper. He wields his power like a wounded animal with a scatter gun. It's exhausting for everyone.
Thanks Lizzy for this!
January 18, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Thanks Lizzy for this!
Totally behind this.
🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
When an MP decides they want to defect to another party a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their...
petition.parliament.uk
January 17, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Totally behind this.
I very much enjoyed this book I received at Christmas. What beautiful and remarkable animals hares are.
January 17, 2026 at 9:44 AM
I very much enjoyed this book I received at Christmas. What beautiful and remarkable animals hares are.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Well done Misha Glenny! In Our Time, has found a very competent pair of hands to succeed Melyvn Bragg. I enjoyed this episode a lot.
In Our Time - On Liberty - BBC Sounds
John Stuart Mill's argument for the limits of power that society has over the individual.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 15, 2026 at 3:17 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Well done Misha Glenny! In Our Time, has found a very competent pair of hands to succeed Melyvn Bragg. I enjoyed this episode a lot.
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Change (of presenter) In Our Time!
We’re back today, with JS Mill (and as we’ll hear Harriet Taylor Mill) on the case for personal liberty and the limits of state interference. The presenter is Misha Glenny www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, On Liberty
John Stuart Mill's argument for the limits of power that society has over the individual.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 15, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Change (of presenter) In Our Time!
It was such a pleasure to give and receive music as a gift. I hate streaming, it's just not the same experience as listening to a physical album. It's a big loss.
January 13, 2026 at 9:46 PM
It was such a pleasure to give and receive music as a gift. I hate streaming, it's just not the same experience as listening to a physical album. It's a big loss.
Birds, I just love them! Great snap.
Dominic Ellett captioned this great photo: “Can’t park there mate!”
January 12, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Birds, I just love them! Great snap.
My 6/ 7yr old, granddaughter goes to an International School in Taipei. Her class were talking about the concept of home, and what it means to them. Then they had to draw a picture of what home looks like to them. She drew her picture and wrote, "Home is Granny and Barbar's garden." 🥰
January 11, 2026 at 2:44 PM
My 6/ 7yr old, granddaughter goes to an International School in Taipei. Her class were talking about the concept of home, and what it means to them. Then they had to draw a picture of what home looks like to them. She drew her picture and wrote, "Home is Granny and Barbar's garden." 🥰
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... I agree with one of comments on this article, call this column, "Things that get on my wick!" Much more appropriate.
The hill I will die on: Decorative cushions and throws on hotel beds should be banned, immediately | Annabel Lee
Why spoil perfectly crisp, clean bedding with dusty old accessories that have been used by hundreds of strangers? Yuck, says writer Annabel Lee
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 10:04 AM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... I agree with one of comments on this article, call this column, "Things that get on my wick!" Much more appropriate.
Democracy in the USA, not waving but drowning.
January 11, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Democracy in the USA, not waving but drowning.
Grief, I'm listening to Mars from the Planets, on the radio right now. Being played by the Boston Phil, and it's so brilliant. It worryingly, sounds and feels like a perfect metaphor for the world right now.
January 9, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Grief, I'm listening to Mars from the Planets, on the radio right now. Being played by the Boston Phil, and it's so brilliant. It worryingly, sounds and feels like a perfect metaphor for the world right now.
This!
January 8, 2026 at 9:53 PM
This!
Right 2026,you've had a week and quite frankly you've made an abysmal start. Do better!
January 7, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Right 2026,you've had a week and quite frankly you've made an abysmal start. Do better!
The Siamese and I are currently huddled under a rug on the sofa,whilst Radio 3 plays The Dream of Gerontius and I wrestle with today's cryptic crossword. #keepingmysanityinamadworld
January 6, 2026 at 8:02 PM
The Siamese and I are currently huddled under a rug on the sofa,whilst Radio 3 plays The Dream of Gerontius and I wrestle with today's cryptic crossword. #keepingmysanityinamadworld
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I have said this before and will say it again: European members of NATO should send a small (token) multinational force to Greenland, to create a speed bump to what Trump might otherwise imagine could be a fait accompli.
Cartoon by Paolo Calleri @paolo-calleri.de
January 5, 2026 at 4:24 PM
I have said this before and will say it again: European members of NATO should send a small (token) multinational force to Greenland, to create a speed bump to what Trump might otherwise imagine could be a fait accompli.
The harbour and reedbeds just stunning this morning. Plus a bird watching feast of water fowl. Pintail, teal, godwits, shoveler, widgeon, redshanks snipe, oystercatcher and curlew and others, all looking splendid in their winter plumage.
January 5, 2026 at 2:37 PM
The harbour and reedbeds just stunning this morning. Plus a bird watching feast of water fowl. Pintail, teal, godwits, shoveler, widgeon, redshanks snipe, oystercatcher and curlew and others, all looking splendid in their winter plumage.