Love books, cats and 100 year old songs. Development and aid fundraiser. Views are my own.
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REACTION: Israeli large-scale military operation and mass displacement in Hebron via @Oxfam oxfam.org/node/25462
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When we asked in Oxfam bookshop if they could take all my dad's book, from pulp sci-fi to text books and more, the lady's face lit up. When I said i thought he maybe had the complete Terry Pratchett collection she put her hand on her heart and I knew we're doing the right thing
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Since its foundation in 1824 the bravery of Royal National Lifeboat Institution volunteers has saved more than 146,700 lives at sea.
Hundreds of those volunteers have died attempting to save others. They are the best of us.
Any person or organisation questioning their actions or loyalty to this country should be corrected and ostracised.
Anyone can drown, but no one should.
rnli.org/support-us
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Job opportunity: I'm looking for a Manchester based cat to join the Chief Mouser department. Must be good at catching mice but not good at getting attention on social media (that's covered)
"This is what No. 10 North is all about. Putting power in every postcode."
New PM Andy Burnham declares today as the "best day of my life", as he opens new No. 10 North and emphasises he wants to get "the whole country facing the same way".
trib.al/WDRslIR
📺 Sky 501
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Your reminder on fare capping
The Sunak led tory government copied Andy Burnham who introduced one of the first major local caps outside of London in September 2022/early 2023, adult single bus fares were capped at £2 (children £1
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Congratulations to @Ed_Miliband on your appointment as Foreign Secretary @FCDOGovUK
We need principled and progressive leadership on the big global challenges the world faces.
And good to have an FS who won't tell the C&D to FO!
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Welcome to the most important job you'll ever have @andyburnham
Cartoon brilliance by @BJennings90 for @guardian
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Tomorrow, Friday the 26th, is the last day for the Amazon Prime Deal on HARLAN ELLISON'S GREATEST HITS at 33% below the cover price. Powerful stories by one of speculative fiction's acknowledged Grand Masters.
amazon.com/Greatest-Herald-C…
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Meet Mackenzie Bly (not his real name; see back cover).
I wanted to write something purely funny, but I fell in love with my lead character along the way.
It's out in August, but the lovely proofs have just arrived.
Retweet before tomorrow (Sun) evening, and I'll pick 2 winners.
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We know what works – we have the science, tools and proven strategies. What we need now is political courage: investing in communities, in prevention, in innovation and in protecting human rights as the path to end AIDS.
#WorldAIDSDay #WAD2025
theguardian.com/global-devel…
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My little girls (now big girls!), adopted from foster care, arrived with few possessions - but each had been given a box of books by @Booktrust. These books, read together, became our first shared memories.
Spread the joy of reading with a donation: donate.booktrust.org.uk/Xmas…
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Ten years ago in Paris, every country pledged bold action to cut emissions and tackle the climate crisis. Since then, the super rich have burned through twice as much carbon pollution as the bottom 50% of humanity combined.
It’s time to #MakeRichPollutersPay
👉 bit.ly/430DmxT
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This has just reappeared in my timeline, so am retweeting it as a public service: a list of books to escape into,originally compiled during the first lockdown…
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Husband is reading a political biog which contains this fantastic anecdote about George Brown, the boozy Labour Deputy of Harold Wilson’s cabinet:
