Reposted by Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚 @claramay.bsky.social · 23h#NowReading Arthur Ransome and Captain Flint‘s Trunk by Christina Hardyment. Very enjoyable. 341
Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚 @claramay.bsky.social · 23h#NowReading Arthur Ransome and Captain Flint‘s Trunk by Christina Hardyment. Very enjoyable. 341
Reposted by Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚University of Brighton Design Archives @designarchives.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A selection of fabrics and wallpapers from the Festival of Britain exhibition, 1951, published in 'Design from the Festival', one of the many digitised resources available on our website - designarchives.brighton.ac.uk/resources/do... @designcouncil.bsky.social archive DCA/32/2/1/78 02112
Reposted by Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚Donna Rainey @donnarainey4.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Managed to get a bird on the #moon tonight. 4579
Reposted by Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Every time someone links to this film, I have to repost it. It's one of the most significant bits of British 20th century art. Everything about it is incredible. Groundbreaking music production by Daphne Oram. Amazing camera work by Wolfgang Suschitzky (who later filmed Get Carter).- 44671253
Reposted by Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Hey gang! My pal Abi is setting up a community bookshop and space in Glasgow focusing on good food. In dark times, bringing communities together feels extra important. Can you chip in a few quid to help them create an accessible space? #Booksky #Glasgow www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/glasgowcul...crowdfunder.co.ukSet the Table for Glasgow's only Culinary BookshopLet's fund a fully accessible fit-out of Local Honey Books, a new culinary bookshop, pantry, and community food events space in Glasgow. 25450
Reposted by Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚TW @twesq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026this is fantastic and I learned something new 562782426
Reposted by Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚Jude Rogers @juderogers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026...so read my long love-letter to this show, in which I explore all its complications and unanswered questions, here. juderogers.substack.com/p/the-unansw...juderogers.substack.comThe unanswered questions of 70 UpThe death of Nick, goodbye to Neil, and the power of watching fourteen real lives in time-lapse – the return of my Mid-Week Culture Culture Blast 510428
Reposted by Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Joining in with #Wildflowerhour is easy! Look for wild & naturalised blooms from across Britain & Ireland during the week & then share Sunday 8-9pm! 14121
Reposted by Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚Shropshire and Beyond @shropshirebeyond.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I do like an inviting path! This is the old drovers' road on Adstone Hill, near the western side of the Long Mynd. These green walkways date back to medieval times and were used to herd livestock across the hills and valleys. I was there for a couple of hours and all I #Shropshire 15615
Reposted by Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚Cath Hodsman @cathhodsman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026In cinemas, from the 2nd Oct. Oh my word, I have to watch this.. 3122
Reposted by Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy! 180140486470
Reposted by Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 14/09/2026An excerpt of End Times Fascism newly published in @guardian. Here's a passage on awe and the danger of its absence. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i... 25722
Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚 @claramay.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Yeah sorry the spreadsheets aren't ready for the committee yet, Mr. Snooks: we spent the whole morning deleting Siri from all these apps 020
Reposted by Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚Lucy Antal aka Grab Your Spoon @lucyantal.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Someone recently described the queenofgreens.co.uk as a “nice to have”; not an essential service. I disagree. We need more mobile greengrocers to improve access to healthy fresh produce for all. Thoughts?queenofgreens.co.ukHome - Queen of GreensWelcome to Queen of Greens The Queen of Greens bus brings affordable fresh fruit and vegetables to communities across Liverpool and Knowsley. You can pay with cash or card. We accept Healthy Start car... 6155
Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚 @claramay.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Data centres are springing up everywhere, using massive amounts of energy and water. see @friends-earth.bsky.social’s petition, calling for a pause on new data centres until the government gets a grip on the situation. simple sign-up at action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/put...action.friendsoftheearth.ukStop data centres draining our precious resourcesAdd my name Data centres are springing up all over the UK – using massive amounts of electricity and, in many cases, huge amounts of water. The UK is already facing water shortages, high energy demand... 112
Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚 @claramay.bsky.social · 07/09/2026#BookSky the charity Bookbanks is having a fundraising push for the Back-to-School season - sign up to their newsletter on the website for more info. Such a great initiative: www.bookbanks.co.ukbookbanks.co.ukBookbanksBookbanks brings books to foodbanks in the UK 060
Reposted by Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚George The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Good morning and welcome to marvellous marmalade Monday Kind words are like sugar, the more you put in, the sweeter the day So be generous with them today. A compliment, a thank you, a little encouragement… you never know who might need that extra bit of sweetness 1685292
Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚 @claramay.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Massive hedge full of blackberries for #WildflowerHour #fruits 1140
Reposted by Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Frankly amazed that despite wall-to-wall Bayeux Tapestry coverage nobody has mentioned the Playmobil version I made back in 2016. 1351786
Reposted by Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Slowly dismantling the Outsiders touring exhibition and reusing the frames for the Rebellion! show at the Williamson Art Gallery. This frame (with Dmitry) now has a Red Rebel portrait in it. 0216
Reposted by Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚Joy Parry @joy13.bsky.social · 05/09/2026#BookWormSat "'John,' said his mother, 'this lady is Mrs Shaw, Miss Hale's aunt. I am sorry to say, that Miss Hale's call is to wish us goodbye.' 'You are going then?' said he, in a low voice. 'Yes,' said Margaret. 'We leave tomorrow.' Elizabeth Gaskell - North and South 0185
Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚 @claramay.bsky.social · 05/09/2026This is really fun, I love how people are voting for the cats and books and gardening and podcasts they like. Allotments! Bookshops! Writers’ pets! Obscure 60s records! Not sure what ’influential’ means, but I’m seeing people taking the chance to celebrate all the folk who maintain a good vibe here 030
Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚 @claramay.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Really interesting listening to Anthea Simmons — campaigner, citizen journalist, co-founder of the South Devon Primary, founder of Common Ground, and editor-in-chief of West Country Voices. The skills of staying calm and diffusing arguments are skills we are all going to need, and need to teach 165
Reposted by Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Half the planet is having a massive fight about how to correctly interpret an Ancient Greek poem but go ahead, close some more humanities departments. 3558911659
Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚 @claramay.bsky.social · 01/09/2026What else is on the autumn reading list? The Fortnight in September, obviously, and Autumn Journal... other suggestions welcome 210
Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚 @claramay.bsky.social · 31/08/2026#CurrentReading #JustFinished Really enjoyed both of these, no idea what genre this is called but it’s tremendous if you like that sort of thing: Finding Albion - Myth, Folklore and the Quest for a Hidden Britain, by Zakia Sewell, and Stone Lands - A Journey of Darkness and Light by Fiona Robertson: 140
Reposted by Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚Jane E. Hall @clothofnature.bsky.social · 30/08/2026This evenings #WildflowerHour challenge is #seedheads. Making this meadow mandala slowed me down, each seedhead asking to be closely noticed before finding its place. I cherish seedheads as much as flowers. A flower speaks of the moment; a seedhead holds the future. #Meadow #NoticingNature 48423
Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚 @claramay.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Can't say this often enough, Sue. It would be a huge change, but Sooo worthwhile! 120
Reposted by Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚Not In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Thank you for speaking up. So many share your views; we just aren’t the loudest. We have over 110k signatures from cis women who know the narrative about the trans+ community is a distraction from the true causes of harm against women and girls. Please share if you can 🙏 notinourname.org.uknotinourname.org.ukHome - Not in our nameNot In our Name: Women in support of the trans+community 25616
Reposted by Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚Professor Peter Matthews @urbaneprofessor.bsky.social · 07/09/2025This frontispiece in my book just made me laugh a lot. Is this Buddhist reincarnation, or some other form of afterlife? 753400991
Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚 @claramay.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Global Action plan reckon it takes about 2 hours to read through all the Govt documentation, so here’s their take too, with a summary of key themes: Several organisations have done this, so choose your angle, get clued up and get writing: www.globalactionplan.org.uk/our-work/edu...globalactionplan.org.ukHave your say on the Natural History GCSEUse our guidance to help you complete the Department for Education’s consultation on the proposed subject content of the Natural History GCSE - a vital and rare opportunity to shape what high quality ... 000
Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚 @claramay.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Lots of organisations providing info on the Consultation on the new Natural History GCSE. Responses due by 4 September. This from the Linnean Society gives background & a link to the consultation - It’s one of those where you can save your responses as you go along: www.linnean.org/news/2026/08...linnean.orgThe Natural History GCSE – Have Your SayThe proposed subject content for the Natural History GCSE has been released. Our Education Manager Dan Simonsen outlines our analysis of the subject content and how we responded to the consultation. 111
Reposted by Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 27/08/2026This would be a disaster in terms of driving yet more planet-heating carbon emissions - and the fact they’re being fast-tracked to avoid greater public scrutiny suggests a total disregard for public opiniontheguardian.comTwo planned datacentres will have higher UK carbon emissions than ExxonMobil, analysis findsExclusive: Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire sites predicted to emit 4.5m tonnes a year when fully running 36658317
Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚 @claramay.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Young people might indeed push back, I hope so. What does this stuff even mean anyway? “In the category experimental futuring what we aimed to characterize were technology-based and design-focused experimental methods of rapid product development and evaluation trials.” 110
Reposted by Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚Mark S @jacobs-ladder71.bsky.social · 25/08/2026In the statement announcing her passing, Dolly Parton's family have asked - in lieu of flowers - for donations to be made to her Imagination Library. You can do that for the UK library at the link below. imaginationlibrary.com/uk/imaginationlibrary.comUnited Kingdom - Dolly Parton's Imagination LibraryDolly Parton's Imagination Library launched in the United Kingdom in 2007 and today serves England, Northern Ireland and Scotland. 094
Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚 @claramay.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Nice piece by @chrissmaje.bsky.social marking the passing of the great The Land Magazine whose final issue came out recently. Will be much missed. If you don't know The Land, Chris descibes it well: 020
Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚 @claramay.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Anyone going to this @rossiterbooks.bsky.social event? Cathy Rentzenbrink is always brilliant on stage - PLUS Daisy Buchanan, should be a lovely discussion #malvern 011
Reposted by Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚 @claramay.bsky.social · 21/08/2026There is a consultation ongoing till 4 September about the content of the new Natural History GCSE - I’ve reminded myself to have a go at it (page is down at the moment, hopefully back soon!) www.gov.uk/government/c...gov.ukGCSE natural history proposed subject contentWe are seeking views on the proposed subject content for a new GCSE in natural history. 055
Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚 @claramay.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Looking for #WallPlants today for #WildflowerHour... 170
Reposted by Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚 @claramay.bsky.social · 21/08/2026🧡🧡🧡 So glad to hear Esk Valley is doing so well (following this story since forever, owing to eating wonderful Botton Rye Bread in the 1970s) “mainstream debates about social care increasingly seemed to me to be a debate about how to fix a system whose assumptions remained largely unquestioned.“ 👇👇👇 022
Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚 @claramay.bsky.social · 21/08/2026🧡🧡🧡 So glad to hear Esk Valley is doing so well (following this story since forever, owing to eating wonderful Botton Rye Bread in the 1970s) “mainstream debates about social care increasingly seemed to me to be a debate about how to fix a system whose assumptions remained largely unquestioned.“ 👇👇👇 022
Reposted by Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚Clare Bonetree @blooyonder.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Fellow Herefordshire / Welsh Borders / Wye watercourse folk, sign this! 121
Reposted by Claraisreading 🌿💙📚📚Dr Laura Varnam @drlauravarnam.bsky.social · 20/08/2026This is SUCH a good point about AI writing having no audience in mind- and audience is crucial! (Reason number infinity that I HATE AI 😤 but this will be a useful point for discussing with students, thank you). 163
