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On the 30th January, I'll be launching the #PennineWayTour Kickstarter, to cover the advance costs of the single release and the tour costs.
Find out more on the link here, and click 'notify me' for the launch.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/joh...
Find out more on the link here, and click 'notify me' for the launch.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/joh...
January 23, 2025 at 7:30 AM
On the 30th January, I'll be launching the #PennineWayTour Kickstarter, to cover the advance costs of the single release and the tour costs.
Find out more on the link here, and click 'notify me' for the launch.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/joh...
Find out more on the link here, and click 'notify me' for the launch.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/joh...
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Connect to protect!
Lovely review of Rave On For the Avon, a film about how a an-all female crew of wild swimmers transformed into guardians of the river Avon.
Their campaign featured in our book, Wild Service.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ja...
Lovely review of Rave On For the Avon, a film about how a an-all female crew of wild swimmers transformed into guardians of the river Avon.
Their campaign featured in our book, Wild Service.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ja...
Rave on for the Avon review – Bristol wild swimmers lead a joyful protest campaign
Lovely documentary records the battle to protect a stretch of the polluted river and the beautiful bathing site it is defending
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Connect to protect!
Lovely review of Rave On For the Avon, a film about how a an-all female crew of wild swimmers transformed into guardians of the river Avon.
Their campaign featured in our book, Wild Service.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ja...
Lovely review of Rave On For the Avon, a film about how a an-all female crew of wild swimmers transformed into guardians of the river Avon.
Their campaign featured in our book, Wild Service.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ja...
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REVEALED: over 1/4 of England's ancient landmarks have no right of public access.
Analysis from Right to Roam indicates over 5,500 scheduled monuments were off-limits, with trespass the only way to fully experience our heritage.
Read more here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Analysis from Right to Roam indicates over 5,500 scheduled monuments were off-limits, with trespass the only way to fully experience our heritage.
Read more here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ancient landmarks closed off to walkers, campaigners say
They include a neolithic burial mound in Wiltshire and an Iron Age hill fort on the edge of Dartmoor.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 20, 2024 at 9:07 AM
REVEALED: over 1/4 of England's ancient landmarks have no right of public access.
Analysis from Right to Roam indicates over 5,500 scheduled monuments were off-limits, with trespass the only way to fully experience our heritage.
Read more here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Analysis from Right to Roam indicates over 5,500 scheduled monuments were off-limits, with trespass the only way to fully experience our heritage.
Read more here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
January 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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A few potential words of the day:
Joblijock: a disturber of domestic peace (small children, cantankerous uncles, etc).
Yule-hole: the furthest notch in your belt that you need to resort to at Christmas.
Confelicity: joy in other people’s happiness.
Merry Christmas.
December 25, 2024 at 8:40 AM
A few potential words of the day:
Joblijock: a disturber of domestic peace (small children, cantankerous uncles, etc).
Yule-hole: the furthest notch in your belt that you need to resort to at Christmas.
Confelicity: joy in other people’s happiness.
Merry Christmas.
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To mark the Winter Solstice and shortest day of the year, here’s a fantastic scene of the darkening of the sun and moon from the 13th-century Douce Apocalypse! ☀️🌙
@bodleianlibraries.bsky.social MS. Douce 180, p. 26
@bodleianlibraries.bsky.social MS. Douce 180, p. 26
December 21, 2024 at 8:10 PM
To mark the Winter Solstice and shortest day of the year, here’s a fantastic scene of the darkening of the sun and moon from the 13th-century Douce Apocalypse! ☀️🌙
@bodleianlibraries.bsky.social MS. Douce 180, p. 26
@bodleianlibraries.bsky.social MS. Douce 180, p. 26
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cǣlan, wk.v: to make cool or cold, to cool. (CAE-lahn / ˈcæː-lan)
Image: Divine Comedy; Italy (Genoa?), 1350-1375; @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social MS. Holkham misc. 48, p. 9.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
Image: Divine Comedy; Italy (Genoa?), 1350-1375; @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social MS. Holkham misc. 48, p. 9.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
December 21, 2024 at 8:00 AM
cǣlan, wk.v: to make cool or cold, to cool. (CAE-lahn / ˈcæː-lan)
Image: Divine Comedy; Italy (Genoa?), 1350-1375; @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social MS. Holkham misc. 48, p. 9.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
Image: Divine Comedy; Italy (Genoa?), 1350-1375; @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social MS. Holkham misc. 48, p. 9.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
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A consensus is emerging: Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Where is the action? | Nesrine Malik
A consensus is emerging: Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Where is the action? | Nesrine Malik
It may feel hopeless to see supportive states continue to back Israel, but bearing witness matters for future reckoning
A consensus is building. On 5 December, Amnesty International concluded after an investigation that “Israel has committed and is…
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2024 at 6:04 AM
A consensus is emerging: Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Where is the action? | Nesrine Malik
Go see Getdown Services if you get the chance. Best live act out there.
November 26, 2024 at 9:23 PM
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Go see Getdown Services if you get the chance. Best live act out there.
November 26, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Go see Getdown Services if you get the chance. Best live act out there.
Standoff as Canada Yukon town council refuses to swear oath to King Charles
Standoff as Canada Yukon town council refuses to swear oath to King Charles
Council in Yukon territory deadlocked, citing the crown’s tarnished relations with Indigenous peoples in the region
The council of a town in Canada’s Yukon territory has been locked for weeks in bureaucratic standstill after its members refused to swear…
dlvr.it
November 20, 2024 at 9:52 PM
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Do have your say! Would also love to hear your alternative suggestions.
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Voting opens for Oxford Word of the Year 2024 - Oxford University Press
For the third consecutive year, we are giving word lovers everywhere the opportunity to vote for their preferred Oxford Word of the Year.
corp.oup.com
November 15, 2024 at 9:24 AM
Do have your say! Would also love to hear your alternative suggestions.
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corp.oup.com/news/voting-...
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Word of the Day is ‘gwenders’, from old Cornish dialect: a disagreeable tingling in the extremities (or no sensation at all) due to extreme cold.
November 20, 2024 at 7:42 AM
Word of the Day is ‘gwenders’, from old Cornish dialect: a disagreeable tingling in the extremities (or no sensation at all) due to extreme cold.