@angeladevas.bsky.social
Thanks - will be going soon
I curated this exhibition and it is on at Charleston in Lewes until April. You absolutely don’t need to have read my novel to appreciate the works on show. AND It has pictures that have never been seen in public before!
Robert MacBryde and Robert Colquhoun: Artists, Lovers, Outsiders is currently on at Charleston in Lewes.
Read about the artists' work in this story 👉 artuk.org/discover/sto...
'The Fortune Teller' by Robert Colquhoun (1914–1962) © the artist's estate / Bridgeman. 📷 Tate
Read about the artists' work in this story 👉 artuk.org/discover/sto...
'The Fortune Teller' by Robert Colquhoun (1914–1962) © the artist's estate / Bridgeman. 📷 Tate
January 22, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Thanks - will be going soon
So ride your bike and ditch the car! And if it's a day like today take the bus @freedomtodoubt.bsky.social
Btw .. apart from indirect effects of global warming, did you know that #CarEmissions have inhibiting effects on photosynthesis of #trees through:
A) Toxicity of NOx, SO2 & ozone damaging chlorophyll.
B) Particles from exhaust settling on leaf surfaces
C) Soil acidification
#TaketheBus #Bike #Walk
A) Toxicity of NOx, SO2 & ozone damaging chlorophyll.
B) Particles from exhaust settling on leaf surfaces
C) Soil acidification
#TaketheBus #Bike #Walk
January 21, 2026 at 2:59 PM
So ride your bike and ditch the car! And if it's a day like today take the bus @freedomtodoubt.bsky.social
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The US granted visas to Jews but only allowed 30,000 in from Germany a year. You had to wait for your number to come up.
Meet Robert Smallbones. An unassuming British diplomat who 'hacked' this system so effectively (saving 48 THOUSAND Jews) the UK government kept his scheme secret for decades /1 🧵
Meet Robert Smallbones. An unassuming British diplomat who 'hacked' this system so effectively (saving 48 THOUSAND Jews) the UK government kept his scheme secret for decades /1 🧵
January 21, 2026 at 12:52 PM
The US granted visas to Jews but only allowed 30,000 in from Germany a year. You had to wait for your number to come up.
Meet Robert Smallbones. An unassuming British diplomat who 'hacked' this system so effectively (saving 48 THOUSAND Jews) the UK government kept his scheme secret for decades /1 🧵
Meet Robert Smallbones. An unassuming British diplomat who 'hacked' this system so effectively (saving 48 THOUSAND Jews) the UK government kept his scheme secret for decades /1 🧵
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The caveats were inserted to avoid it spooking parliament or the German authorities. The idea was to create a system that wasn't possible to do at scale.
But that underestimated the drive of people like Robert Smallbones in Frankfurt, or Frank Foley in Berlin. /11
But that underestimated the drive of people like Robert Smallbones in Frankfurt, or Frank Foley in Berlin. /11
January 21, 2026 at 12:52 PM
The caveats were inserted to avoid it spooking parliament or the German authorities. The idea was to create a system that wasn't possible to do at scale.
But that underestimated the drive of people like Robert Smallbones in Frankfurt, or Frank Foley in Berlin. /11
But that underestimated the drive of people like Robert Smallbones in Frankfurt, or Frank Foley in Berlin. /11
persephonebooks.co.uk/blogs/the-pe... The Persephone newsletter dropped by and the first story is delightful - a shared jug, swapped between friends for many years with a picture by artist Jane de Glehn in the background. Worth visiting the wonderful Persephone catalogue
The Persephone Letter
Persephone Books, publisher and bookseller since 1999. We reprint mainly women writers from the early twentieth century.
persephonebooks.co.uk
January 21, 2026 at 7:31 AM
persephonebooks.co.uk/blogs/the-pe... The Persephone newsletter dropped by and the first story is delightful - a shared jug, swapped between friends for many years with a picture by artist Jane de Glehn in the background. Worth visiting the wonderful Persephone catalogue
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Kids walking to school via the road today @badlyparkedox.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Kids walking to school via the road today @badlyparkedox.bsky.social
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*Sighs once again*.
Consultations are not referendums. We have a system of representative democracy. Those elected enact policy and consult on *how* it is enacted, not if. There are many, many good reasons why this is the case.
Consultations are not referendums. We have a system of representative democracy. Those elected enact policy and consult on *how* it is enacted, not if. There are many, many good reasons why this is the case.
January 20, 2026 at 2:33 PM
*Sighs once again*.
Consultations are not referendums. We have a system of representative democracy. Those elected enact policy and consult on *how* it is enacted, not if. There are many, many good reasons why this is the case.
Consultations are not referendums. We have a system of representative democracy. Those elected enact policy and consult on *how* it is enacted, not if. There are many, many good reasons why this is the case.
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The Road Safety Strategy is an opportunity to address the dangers pedestrians face every day, but the vision should be for zero people to lose their lives. We should not accept that a certain number of people will die on our roads.
livingstreets.org.uk/RSScomment
livingstreets.org.uk/RSScomment
“The vision should be for zero people to lose their lives”
Living Streets comments on the Government's first Road Safety Strategy in over a decade, released today (7 January).
livingstreets.org.uk
January 7, 2026 at 1:14 PM
The Road Safety Strategy is an opportunity to address the dangers pedestrians face every day, but the vision should be for zero people to lose their lives. We should not accept that a certain number of people will die on our roads.
livingstreets.org.uk/RSScomment
livingstreets.org.uk/RSScomment
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“These new powers do not go far enough to protect pedestrians. It’s disappointing not to see a nationwide prohibition.”
Our @charitycat.bsky.social responds to the news that local authorities will receive legal powers to restrict pavement parking. https://www.livingstreets.org.uk/pavement-parking
Our @charitycat.bsky.social responds to the news that local authorities will receive legal powers to restrict pavement parking. https://www.livingstreets.org.uk/pavement-parking
“These new powers do not go far enough to protect pedestrians | Living Streets
bitly.livingstreets.org.uk
January 8, 2026 at 1:25 PM
“These new powers do not go far enough to protect pedestrians. It’s disappointing not to see a nationwide prohibition.”
Our @charitycat.bsky.social responds to the news that local authorities will receive legal powers to restrict pavement parking. https://www.livingstreets.org.uk/pavement-parking
Our @charitycat.bsky.social responds to the news that local authorities will receive legal powers to restrict pavement parking. https://www.livingstreets.org.uk/pavement-parking
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The Dutch will double intercity bike routes in the next 5 years, from 1100 to 2300km.
Every city has local routes: Utrecht, for example, has 420km of separated bike lanes & bike streets. 𝘿𝙤𝙤𝙧𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙩𝙨𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙨 allow people to safety go by bike throughout NL.
More info:
www.fietsersbond.nl/nieuws/doorf...
Every city has local routes: Utrecht, for example, has 420km of separated bike lanes & bike streets. 𝘿𝙤𝙤𝙧𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙩𝙨𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙨 allow people to safety go by bike throughout NL.
More info:
www.fietsersbond.nl/nieuws/doorf...
January 8, 2026 at 1:57 PM
The Dutch will double intercity bike routes in the next 5 years, from 1100 to 2300km.
Every city has local routes: Utrecht, for example, has 420km of separated bike lanes & bike streets. 𝘿𝙤𝙤𝙧𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙩𝙨𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙨 allow people to safety go by bike throughout NL.
More info:
www.fietsersbond.nl/nieuws/doorf...
Every city has local routes: Utrecht, for example, has 420km of separated bike lanes & bike streets. 𝘿𝙤𝙤𝙧𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙩𝙨𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙨 allow people to safety go by bike throughout NL.
More info:
www.fietsersbond.nl/nieuws/doorf...
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Commenting as Govt launch a road safety strategy.
Every death on our roads is unacceptable. We need a Vision Zero ethos: no deaths or serious injury. Change driving culture, reject speeding, use speed-limiting tech, strengthen sentences, end ‘accident’ language. Driving is a privilege, not a right.
Every death on our roads is unacceptable. We need a Vision Zero ethos: no deaths or serious injury. Change driving culture, reject speeding, use speed-limiting tech, strengthen sentences, end ‘accident’ language. Driving is a privilege, not a right.
January 7, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Commenting as Govt launch a road safety strategy.
Every death on our roads is unacceptable. We need a Vision Zero ethos: no deaths or serious injury. Change driving culture, reject speeding, use speed-limiting tech, strengthen sentences, end ‘accident’ language. Driving is a privilege, not a right.
Every death on our roads is unacceptable. We need a Vision Zero ethos: no deaths or serious injury. Change driving culture, reject speeding, use speed-limiting tech, strengthen sentences, end ‘accident’ language. Driving is a privilege, not a right.
What about the safety of cyclists and pedestrians on rural roads? @bettertransport.bsky.social cars come charging round bends very fast and make walking on rural lanes a no-no
The new road safety strategy press release flags 2 particularly vulnerable groups - motorcyclists and pedestrian-children from deprived neighbourhoods.
The countermeasures listed only seem to deal with one, motorcyclists.
I’ll wait to see what is said about children.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
The countermeasures listed only seem to deal with one, motorcyclists.
I’ll wait to see what is said about children.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
January 7, 2026 at 12:06 PM
What about the safety of cyclists and pedestrians on rural roads? @bettertransport.bsky.social cars come charging round bends very fast and make walking on rural lanes a no-no
Catkins just near start of walk. My favourite name for a bus stop Hope in the Valley numbers 28 or 29 to Lewes. South Down National Park @southdownsnp.bsky.social
December 28, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Catkins just near start of walk. My favourite name for a bus stop Hope in the Valley numbers 28 or 29 to Lewes. South Down National Park @southdownsnp.bsky.social
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Norwich but it could be anywhere. Drivers have always just taken whatever space they need with little care for the consequences.
December 26, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Norwich but it could be anywhere. Drivers have always just taken whatever space they need with little care for the consequences.
Bring back wolves so they can dine on fat cat capitalists
Yes absolutely, but barbaric torture is NOT the way to deal with artificially elevated fox numbers.
Bring back lynx!!
Bring back lynx!!
Isn't it true that there is an overpopulation of foxes due to the lack of larger apex predators, such as wolves and lynx?
December 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Bring back wolves so they can dine on fat cat capitalists
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Also & far more urgent, reduce vehicular traffic & its lethal #emissions instead of tinkering with traffic flow!
"When you breathe them in, particles can travel deep into your bloodstream through your lungs, & to your heart which increases your risk of developing heart & circulatory diseases." BHF
"When you breathe them in, particles can travel deep into your bloodstream through your lungs, & to your heart which increases your risk of developing heart & circulatory diseases." BHF
More life-saving heart starters urgently needed in Brighton and Hove, says campaigner
More life-saving heart starters urgently needed in Brighton and Hove, says campaigner
A community campaigner is calling for more life-saving cardiac defibrillators – machines that can restart someone’s heart – to be installed in Brighton and Hove. Hanover resident and Green Party activist Jerome Cox-Strong, 29, is expected to make the case to councillors at a meeting at Hove Town Hall this afternoon (Thursday 18 December). Mr […]
dlvr.it
December 18, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Also & far more urgent, reduce vehicular traffic & its lethal #emissions instead of tinkering with traffic flow!
"When you breathe them in, particles can travel deep into your bloodstream through your lungs, & to your heart which increases your risk of developing heart & circulatory diseases." BHF
"When you breathe them in, particles can travel deep into your bloodstream through your lungs, & to your heart which increases your risk of developing heart & circulatory diseases." BHF
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I'm sharing this here, as I have on Facebook and Instagram, but there's no account on here to share from, and I just think this is wonderful.
A really good balance of design and implementation, and appears to achieve everything it set out to do, and it *SO* appeals to my inner 'work nerd'.
A really good balance of design and implementation, and appears to achieve everything it set out to do, and it *SO* appeals to my inner 'work nerd'.
December 18, 2025 at 9:24 AM
I'm sharing this here, as I have on Facebook and Instagram, but there's no account on here to share from, and I just think this is wonderful.
A really good balance of design and implementation, and appears to achieve everything it set out to do, and it *SO* appeals to my inner 'work nerd'.
A really good balance of design and implementation, and appears to achieve everything it set out to do, and it *SO* appeals to my inner 'work nerd'.
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I can't lie: @zackpolanski.bsky.social is talking to me like no one else at the moment. Not because I'm young, naive, woke, or liberal, but because I see hope in him and a desire to at least try to create a world where love, empathy and understanding is more important than wealth, power and hate.
December 18, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I can't lie: @zackpolanski.bsky.social is talking to me like no one else at the moment. Not because I'm young, naive, woke, or liberal, but because I see hope in him and a desire to at least try to create a world where love, empathy and understanding is more important than wealth, power and hate.
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The Christmas gift you'll remember for life.
Put the bee in Dad's bonnet.
Once upon a time, a bicycle was considered the ultimate Christmas gift.
This is a 1948 advert - from the days when Schwinn had "Long as you own it" guarantees.
The company still has a Limited Lifetime Warranty.
Happy Holidays
Put the bee in Dad's bonnet.
Once upon a time, a bicycle was considered the ultimate Christmas gift.
This is a 1948 advert - from the days when Schwinn had "Long as you own it" guarantees.
The company still has a Limited Lifetime Warranty.
Happy Holidays
December 18, 2025 at 6:40 AM
The Christmas gift you'll remember for life.
Put the bee in Dad's bonnet.
Once upon a time, a bicycle was considered the ultimate Christmas gift.
This is a 1948 advert - from the days when Schwinn had "Long as you own it" guarantees.
The company still has a Limited Lifetime Warranty.
Happy Holidays
Put the bee in Dad's bonnet.
Once upon a time, a bicycle was considered the ultimate Christmas gift.
This is a 1948 advert - from the days when Schwinn had "Long as you own it" guarantees.
The company still has a Limited Lifetime Warranty.
Happy Holidays
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Yet here we are, campaigning for better transport policies!
transportactionnetwork.org.uk/planning-ref...
transportactionnetwork.org.uk/planning-ref...
Planning reforms could fail unless transport unblocked
Planning reforms could fail unless transport unblocked Despite transport being one of the most common reasons for housing developments stalling or facing local objections, the Government’s misguided f...
transportactionnetwork.org.uk
December 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Yet here we are, campaigning for better transport policies!
transportactionnetwork.org.uk/planning-ref...
transportactionnetwork.org.uk/planning-ref...
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You are also the traffic you loathe. You’re the bad driver you curse. You’re part of the reason roads aren’t safe for pedestrians and thus are not safe for people who *cannot* drive, either because they are too young, too old, too poor, or otherwise car-free. You’re a car addict!
I think what’s getting me about the whole transit discourse is the viciousness with which people defend private car ownership as a reflection on their personal character. It’s you! You’re the problem!
I don’t drive; I can’t drive. I feel like a second-class citizen and this behavior enforces it!
I don’t drive; I can’t drive. I feel like a second-class citizen and this behavior enforces it!
December 17, 2025 at 6:16 AM
You are also the traffic you loathe. You’re the bad driver you curse. You’re part of the reason roads aren’t safe for pedestrians and thus are not safe for people who *cannot* drive, either because they are too young, too old, too poor, or otherwise car-free. You’re a car addict!
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Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads!
In my latest blog post, I go back to the future in East Oxford.
therantyhighwayman.blogspot.com/2025/12/back...
In my latest blog post, I go back to the future in East Oxford.
therantyhighwayman.blogspot.com/2025/12/back...
Back To The Future In East Oxford
I have been doing some work in Oxford, and on a recent visit, I had the chance to look at some historic traffic calming in East Oxford which...
therantyhighwayman.blogspot.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads!
In my latest blog post, I go back to the future in East Oxford.
therantyhighwayman.blogspot.com/2025/12/back...
In my latest blog post, I go back to the future in East Oxford.
therantyhighwayman.blogspot.com/2025/12/back...
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Before / After Rue du Docteur Lecène, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris. Comparison done in February 2025 vs comparison done in October 2025, What a difference a few months make ;)
December 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Before / After Rue du Docteur Lecène, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris. Comparison done in February 2025 vs comparison done in October 2025, What a difference a few months make ;)
Fantastic work from @guyshrubsole.bsky.social . It's a shame the rivers of Arun, Cuckmere and Ouse are not included. All heavily degraded
4/ I wanted to uncover if this was true
Happily, many of the Landscape Recovery projects have begun to have web presences of their own. So I pieced together this map of their rough locations, together with 37 static maps of the projects + URLs, embedded in each pin:
www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/e...
Happily, many of the Landscape Recovery projects have begun to have web presences of their own. So I pieced together this map of their rough locations, together with 37 static maps of the projects + URLs, embedded in each pin:
www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/e...
Mapping Landscape Recovery projects - Google My Maps
Mapped by Guy Shrubsole, Dec 2025, https://whoownsengland.org/
www.google.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Fantastic work from @guyshrubsole.bsky.social . It's a shame the rivers of Arun, Cuckmere and Ouse are not included. All heavily degraded