Bob Gann @bobgann.bsky.social · 16/08/2025Bob’s funeral will be held at 12 on September 2nd at Salisbury Arts Centre. Tea and Coffee from 11.30. Wear whatever you like. No flowers, donations to the Samaritans via the funeral director (darren@dmfuneraldirectors.co.uk). All welcome to our home for refreshments after the funeral. 192
Bob Gann @bobgann.bsky.social · 02/08/2025Bob’s sons Tom, Jack and Joey here. We’re really sad to let you know that Bob died suddenly on Thursday. The funeral will be in about 3 weeks – we’ll share further details here when we can. If you want to get in touch, you can email Jane, our mum, at jcgannuk[at]yahoo.co.uk 570
Bob Gann @bobgann.bsky.social · 17/05/2025Lovely sunny day for meeting environment friendly businesses and community organisations at People in the Park. Looking forward to continuing conversations at Charter Assembly on 1 June 130
Bob Gann @bobgann.bsky.social · 13/05/2025In #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek met Salisbury Well City and other brilliant local initiatives supporting mental health in our community. Particularly good to see schemes involving our green spaces and arts www.wellcitysalisbury.co.ukwellcitysalisbury.co.ukHome - Well-City SalisburyWell-City Salisbury is about connection – to the arts, to heritage, to our local area, to the landscape and to each other. 020
Bob Gann @bobgann.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Spotted at Salisbury rail station. Who’s going to count the cost of not tackling climate change? Your children. And my grandchildren. #NetZero 0132
Bob Gann @bobgann.bsky.social · 09/05/2025After two previous failed attempts (kids with tantrums, car break down) we finally saw the Bayeux Tapestry today. It was worth the wait 020
Bob Gann @bobgann.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Looking forward to taking the graffiti tour of #Salisbury Cathedral. We’re used to seeing memorials of the rich & famous but these are the marks of the ordinary people of our city www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...theguardian.comMessages from the past: Salisbury Cathedral launches graffiti toursGuides point out some of the thousands of marks around church – but stories behind many of them remain elusive 141
Reposted by Bob GannSalisbury Labour @salisburylabour.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Reform candidate in St Edmunds is running on pledge to bring ducks back to the Maltings. There’s plenty of ducks there already and elsewhere on the river. We believe in free movement of ducks. 042
Reposted by Bob GannSalisbury Labour @salisburylabour.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Labour #localelection candidates Sharon Rideout (St Francis & Stratford) & Bob Gann (St Edmund’s) at Wiltshire Police bike marking this morning. Labour will support #cyclists by preventing bike theft & fixing #potholes 121
Reposted by Bob GannAlan Scrase @atscrase.bsky.social · 26/03/2025@salisburylabour.bsky.social Labour is working for Salisbury’s young people. We’re backing youth clubs and pushing Wiltshire Council to expand mental health services for young residents. #YouthSupport #LabourForSalisbury 032
Reposted by Bob GannSalisbury Labour @salisburylabour.bsky.social · 24/03/2025From April councils will start to receive their share of Labour’s £1.6bn road maintenance fund. Councils must publish how many #potholes they’ve fixed or lose funds. Make sure Wilts Council deliver on fixing our roads www.gov.uk/government/n...gov.ukPM tells councils to prove action on pothole plague to unlock extra cash and reveals £4.8 billion for major roadsThe Plan for Change is tackling the pothole plague, building vital roads and ensuring every penny is delivering results for the taxpayer. 002
Reposted by Bob GannAlan Scrase @atscrase.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Labour is committed to protecting Salisbury’s green spaces. We’re improving parks locally and pushing Wiltshire Council to defend our countryside. Let’s keep Salisbury green! #GreenerSalisbury #LabourForSalisbury 023
Reposted by Bob GannSalisbury Labour @salisburylabour.bsky.social · 18/03/2025According to Kwikfit, who should know, #potholes damage cost motorists £1.5bn last year - £120 per driver. Labour will act to fix roads & pavements #VoteLabour #LocalElections www.kwik-fit.com/press/pothol...kwik-fit.comPotholes Cost Nation's Drivers �1.5bn in Repairs 013
Reposted by Bob GannSalisbury Labour @salisburylabour.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Taking part in #Parkrun in #Salisbury Churchill Gardens. #Labour will protect our green spaces and rivers, and support our community groups #VoteLabour #LocalElections 142
Reposted by Bob GannSalisbury Labour @salisburylabour.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Down to the @wiltscouncil.bsky.social offices to pick up nomination papers for #localelections. Great to see volunteers working hard in Secret Garden. Peaceful haven for local community #SalisburyGreenerFuture 112
Bob Gann @bobgann.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Beautiful spring day for #parkrun at #Clapham Common. Only marred by going face down over a tree root. Thanks to the kind marshals & other runners who picked me up. What a great community. PS. I still finished in reasonable time 190
Bob Gann @bobgann.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Watching Queer Eye featuring a librarian in Las Vegas. Described himself as a “matchmaker for resources”. Pretty much sums up the role. thelibrarydistrict.org/locations/WH...thelibrarydistrict.orgWhitney LibraryWhitney Library provides the community in Southern Nevada with free events and programs, homework help and tutoring, ESL classes and… 121
Bob Gann @bobgann.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Always enjoy the Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social orchid show. Beautiful and bonkers at the same time 020
Bob Gann @bobgann.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Relied on these Expert books when I first started gardening in the 1970s www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...theguardian.comDavid Hessayon obituaryGardening writer whose no-nonsense Expert guides have remained in the bestseller lists since the 1950s 000
Reposted by Bob GannSheila Webber @sheilawebber.bsky.social · 24/02/2025dlvr.itNew media and Information Literacy toolkit from UNESCOUNESCO just launched a publication aimed organisations supporting young people - Journey through the MILtiverse: media and information literacy toolkit for youth organizations. It is partly quizzes and partly self-auditing questions, and starts by asking… 032
Reposted by Bob GannGood Things Foundation @goodthingsfdn.bsky.social · 25/02/2025We tackle digital exclusion through the National Databank, National Device Bank and Learn My Way. These services are delivered by Digital Inclusion Hubs across the UK in the National Digital Inclusion Network. Discover more about our services at www.goodthingsfoundation.org/our-services. 044
Bob Gann @bobgann.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Quite an impact at my corner shop this morning as all the papers with #MakeItFair on front pages. #AI in creative industries 021
Bob Gann @bobgann.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Why working in the library beats WFH www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...theguardian.comThe one change that worked: I found an escape from online life by swapping my home office for the libraryI can find essential and unusual facts for my arts journalism in the dusty old tomes – information not readily available on Google. And, as I did as a child, I lose myself in a world of books ... 010
Bob Gann @bobgann.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Part of excellent exhibition on 1980s at @salisburymuseum.bsky.social Released during miners strike, listeners were encouraged to play record at 6pm creating surge in demand for electricity 0131
Bob Gann @bobgann.bsky.social · 19/02/2025What we can learn from Spain on how immigration has made an open, prosperous country www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...theguardian.comHow Spain’s radically different approach to migration helped its economy soarAs immigration has increased, GDP has surged and unemployment has fallen to lowest level since 2008 000
Bob Gann @bobgann.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Looking forward to seeing the new exhibition on the 1980s just opened @ salisburymuseum.bsky.social salisburymuseum.org.uk/whats-on/198...salisburymuseum.bsky.socialThe Salisbury Museum (@salisburymuseum.bsky.social)Discover over 500,000 years of history in our grade I listed building. Archaeology, art, fashion, local history & more. Open daily from 10am to 5pm. 010
Reposted by Bob GannAlex Bamji @alexbamji.bsky.social · 17/02/2025A beautiful and thoughtful exhibition Blood: Ties and Tensions @thackraymuseum.bsky.social, explores connection, infection and much more. I learned about the US-dominated global plasma trade and The Blood Bag Project - set up by the Leeds-based textile artist Leigh Bowser to encourage blood donation 2105
Reposted by Bob GannK M Flett @keithbeard.bsky.social · 15/02/2025kmflett.wordpress.com/2025/02/14/b...kmflett.wordpress.comBeard Liberation Front renews ban on JD Vance after Munich speechBeard Liberation Front 14th February Contact BLF Organiser Keith Flett @keithbeard.bsky.social Beard Liberation Front renews ban on JD Vance after Munich speech The Beard Liberation Front, the info… 082
Bob Gann @bobgann.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Welcome back to Salisbury for 13th century Sarum Master Bible www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...theguardian.com‘Important and beautiful’ 13th-century Bible returns to SalisburySarum Master Bible to go on display at cathedral after being in private hands for almost 800 years 020
Bob Gann @bobgann.bsky.social · 09/02/2025On such a beautiful beach (Sao Beach, Phu Quoc, Vietnam). Just out of shot, washed up plastic waste - including plastic straws. 010
Reposted by Bob GannJack Gann @jackgann.bsky.social · 08/02/2025New exhibition opens today. It's about Blood. 🩸 Huge thanks to everyone who made it happen. Our partners at @universityofleeds.bsky.social: @hematopolitics.bsky.social. Art by Gemma Wood. Design by Émilie Chen. 165
Bob Gann @bobgann.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Martha Hicks spent most of her life in Victorian institutions in Wiltshire - gaol, workhouse, asylum. Labelled a pauper lunatic, she was a spirited & defiant woman. I traced her life for @salisburymuseum.bsky.social in blog here salisburymuseum.wordpress.comsalisburymuseum.wordpress.comThe Salisbury Museum Volunteer BlogA place to share and discover more about volunteering at The Salisbury Museum 052
Reposted by Bob GannJack Gann @jackgann.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Happy Year of the Snake In the 1930s, snake venom was one of the best available treatments for haemophilia. 🐍🩸💉 111
Reposted by Bob GannDr Jieun Kim @jinikim.bsky.social · 06/02/2025It is all getting so real! Blood: Ties and Tensions exhibition is opening this Saturday! Thank you everyone at Thackray Museum of Medicine and the wonderful Hematopolitics team for making this happen! Special thanks to my colleagues and collaborators in Leeds, Japan and Korea for all the support! 1146
Bob Gann @bobgann.bsky.social · 31/01/2025So sad to hear about Marianne Faithfull. Playing Broken English. What an album that is www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...theguardian.comMarianne Faithfull was a towering artist, not just the muse she was painted asThe late singer made her share of bad decisions – but someone this artistically adventurous and unafraid was never going to have an ordinary life 000
Bob Gann @bobgann.bsky.social · 25/01/2025Buildings in #Bangkok with rainbow lighting. Yesterday Thailand was the first country in South East Asia to legalise equal marriage 030
Bob Gann @bobgann.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Really enjoying reading this. We live not far from East Stratton & wife has lived & worked in New Orleans so link between Barings & Louisiana Purchase particularly interesting. Will do the walk 010
Bob Gann @bobgann.bsky.social · 22/01/2025It’s been a while since I’ve been involved with WHO but came across these name badges today. Reminder that Trump withdrawing is absolute folly while the world faces emerging global health emergencies. 010
Reposted by Bob GannDr Lisa McNally @lisamcnally.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Short piece in the BMJ. I've highlighted parkrun as a key way to motivate physical activity. Link here... www.bmj.com/content/386/...bmj.comSocial factors in encouraging physical activity 15211
Bob Gann @bobgann.bsky.social · 18/01/2025In London this weekend so great to join 1140 people on Clapham Common #parkrun Pleased to win my age category - although in a very youthful field there weren’t many of us oldies www.parkrun.org.uk/claphamcommon/parkrun.org.ukhome | Clapham Common parkrun | Clapham Common parkrunFacebookXInstagramYouTubeTikTokLinkedInClapham Common parkrun is one of many worldwide free, fun, and friendly 5k community events that takes place every week 070
Bob Gann @bobgann.bsky.social · 17/01/2025Straight down the cinema this afternoon to see the Bob Dylan film www.theguardian.com/film/2024/de...theguardian.comA Complete Unknown review – Timothée Chalamet’s Bob Dylan is an electric revelationJames Mangold’s biopic follows the rise of the era-defining star with Chalamet brilliantly embodying his shapeshifting allure 020
Reposted by Bob GannJack Gann @jackgann.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Can our digital avatars make our real selves healthier? A little thing I wrote to go with our last exhibition thackraymuseum.co.uk/what-is-a-di...thackraymuseum.co.uk What is a Digital Twin? - Thackray Museum of MedicineExplore the incredible world of medicine. 032
Reposted by Bob GannUniversity of Southampton @unisouthampton.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Air pollution in the south of England could be driving health inequalities, according to a new report we’ve published as part of the Clean Air South Network. Read more here: brnw.ch/21wPZyD 0910
Bob Gann @bobgann.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Meta dropping fact checking will exacerbate extremist radicalisation amongst us boomers. Important research from @smidgeproject.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comFears for UK boomer radicalisation on Facebook after Meta drops factcheckersFor middle-aged users, it will be ‘even harder to discern the truth’ among extremist content, expert says 065
Reposted by Bob GannPitt Rivers Museum @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Who says archaeology has to be old? This corroded USB stick was excavated from a London school playing field in 2012. If archaeological objects give a snapshot of different eras, this object fits the bill, being loaded with Amy Winehouse music, Bhangra dance videos & content from adult websites. 831853