Christine Townley
@christeen-town.bsky.social
Skills, learning & diversity champion. Passionate about equality & justice. Engineer Lives in & loves Essex. Active flâneuse
am off to Antwerp soon ideas about things to see and do welcome. art culture built environment brutalism and more. thank you
August 20, 2025 at 3:43 PM
am off to Antwerp soon ideas about things to see and do welcome. art culture built environment brutalism and more. thank you
This is very clever and certainly highlights the harm to our ambitions of upskilling the country by cutting literacy and numeracy learning provision/. And the dilution of apprenticeships aint good either. ..we will never get those 1.5million houses built
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNLt...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNLt...
The FE Times They Are A-Changing
YouTube video by Ian Pryce
www.youtube.com
March 3, 2025 at 11:13 AM
This is very clever and certainly highlights the harm to our ambitions of upskilling the country by cutting literacy and numeracy learning provision/. And the dilution of apprenticeships aint good either. ..we will never get those 1.5million houses built
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNLt...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNLt...
Turning the tide www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
Turning the tide • Resolution Foundation
Ahead of the Government’s Child Poverty Strategy, which promises to bring about “an enduring reduction in child poverty”, this report looks at what might be needed to achieve this welcome goal in the ...
www.resolutionfoundation.org
February 27, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Turning the tide www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
New housing in Essex: free energy for five years eastangliabylines.co.uk/energy/new-h...
New housing in Essex: free energy for five years
Residents who move into a new 113-home site in Epping will have zero energy bills for at least five years
eastangliabylines.co.uk
February 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
New housing in Essex: free energy for five years eastangliabylines.co.uk/energy/new-h...
Reposted by Christine Townley
AirBnb strikes again… Athens resists as investors swoop on the city’s ‘neighbourhood of the gods’
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/fe...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/fe...
Athens resists as investors swoop on the city’s ‘neighbourhood of the gods’
The district of Plaka dates to neolithic times but a new wave of development is luring more tourists – and local people are fighting back
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM
AirBnb strikes again… Athens resists as investors swoop on the city’s ‘neighbourhood of the gods’
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/fe...
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/fe...
January 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Great exhibition of the work by #tirzahgarwood at @dulwichgallery.bsky.social
January 15, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Great exhibition of the work by #tirzahgarwood at @dulwichgallery.bsky.social
January 13, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Trevi Umbria sunset and midday
December 30, 2024 at 1:57 PM
Trevi Umbria sunset and midday
Reposted by Christine Townley
Ominous Russell Brand vibes here: wellness grifting and bothsidesism as the gateway to conspiracy theories
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Steven Bartlett sharing harmful health misinformation on Diary of CEO podcast
Disproven health claims are accepted with little challenge by host on number one podcast, BBC investigation finds.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 13, 2024 at 8:14 AM
Ominous Russell Brand vibes here: wellness grifting and bothsidesism as the gateway to conspiracy theories
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A very interesting read that highlights the challenges the country faces if the #government is going to #buildhouses and meet its target of a million plus #newhomes in this #parliament.
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Does the UK have enough workers to ‘get Britain building’?
The Labour government dreams of kick-starting a housebuilding boom, but the construction sector relies heavily on migrants to plug a skills gap
on.ft.com
December 13, 2024 at 5:33 PM
A very interesting read that highlights the challenges the country faces if the #government is going to #buildhouses and meet its target of a million plus #newhomes in this #parliament.
on.ft.com/4fgTMFx
on.ft.com/4fgTMFx
My hibiscus at its best
December 11, 2024 at 8:49 PM
My hibiscus at its best
Fabulous...clealry french craftsmen and women have a lot of amazing skills bravo...or did they have to bring the skills from other countries?
Wow. Here is one to brighten up your morning. The first images of the restored interior of Notre Dame cathedral. Breathtaking. In just five years France did it
November 29, 2024 at 12:01 PM
Fabulous...clealry french craftsmen and women have a lot of amazing skills bravo...or did they have to bring the skills from other countries?
Sounds wonderful
Please welcome the wonderful @florianurban.bsky.social to Bluesky! We are working together on a book that attempts to produce the most accurate #embodiedenergy calcs possible for a range of historic #architecture.
#environmentalhistory
#environmentalhistory
#architectureandenergy What do the Khufu pyramid, the Arnol blackhouse on Lewis, the Baths of Caracalla, and the Templo Mayor in Tenochtitlan have in common? Not very much – except that they were all built without fossil fuel – and all figure in our book “Architecture and Fuel”
November 29, 2024 at 12:00 PM
Sounds wonderful
Terrible that he got away with it...tragic for the victims
Once again it all appears to have been happening in plain sight among his retinue and once again - because the offender was rich, powerful and feared - he got away with it and never faced the courts.
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
Mohamed Al Fayed may have raped and abused at least 111 women and girls, say police
Scale of criminality would make Fayed, who died last year at the age of 94, one of Britain’s most notorious sex offenders
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2024 at 10:11 PM
Terrible that he got away with it...tragic for the victims
Good luck
Best of luck to everyone in the running for an award at tonight's Rail Staff Awards... Not least to those I'm competing with for the Rail Ambassador Of The Year title!
November 28, 2024 at 10:11 PM
Good luck
Coterminus?
would like to see a venn diagram of those who 1] signed the petition calling for a second 2024 election, and also 2] raged against the very idea of a Brexit second referendum
November 27, 2024 at 5:41 PM
Coterminus?
Reposted by Christine Townley
would like to see a venn diagram of those who 1] signed the petition calling for a second 2024 election, and also 2] raged against the very idea of a Brexit second referendum
November 27, 2024 at 4:38 PM
would like to see a venn diagram of those who 1] signed the petition calling for a second 2024 election, and also 2] raged against the very idea of a Brexit second referendum
points well made. this is a really serious subject and I don’t feel it has had enough time for discussion and reflection
After some important interactions on here today, it strikes me that the primary people we should all be consulting on the subject of assisted dying are those currently living with life limiting conditions / terminal illnesses.
Several individuals have told me they feel completely ignored.
Several individuals have told me they feel completely ignored.
November 26, 2024 at 9:40 PM
points well made. this is a really serious subject and I don’t feel it has had enough time for discussion and reflection
Reposted by Christine Townley
Well fancy that! See what the BBC's Tom Edwards has to say on the latest at Euston: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Euston Tube stations need urgent upgrade report by engineers says
The report also reveals the design of Euston Square does not comply with current fire regulations.
www.bbc.com
November 26, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Well fancy that! See what the BBC's Tom Edwards has to say on the latest at Euston: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reposted by Christine Townley
World’s oldest known man dies aged 112 in Merseyside
World’s oldest known man dies aged 112 in Merseyside
John Tinniswood, born in Liverpool in 1912 and the oldest surviving male WW2 veteran, died ‘surrounded by music and love’
The world’s oldest known man has died at the age of 112.
John Tinniswood was born in Liverpool on 26 August 1912 and was verified…
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2024 at 11:21 AM
World’s oldest known man dies aged 112 in Merseyside
Well said Said
Every single school should have a library & a librarian, to help every single child find the books that will make them readers, and give them all the lifelong benefits of literacy. Libraries & librarians change children's lives FOREVER!
#literacy #libraries #librarians
#literacy #libraries #librarians
November 25, 2024 at 11:07 PM
Well said Said
Just bought it....I look forward to reading it
The people have spoken and the sales don't lie, the mass line is a railway! Get your copy of @garethdennis.bsky.social 's "How the Railways Will Fix the Future" today from repeaterbooks.com and all good bookstores!
November 25, 2024 at 12:58 AM
Just bought it....I look forward to reading it