'Callers seem to think their predicament is extraordinary when, of course, most calls are essentially the same. This dynamic crops up in lots of life’s fears.'
Aidan Tulloch visits the call centre that handles out-of-hours broken lifts. Incredible stuff.
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Aidan Tulloch’s FT Weekend article about the UK’s only call centre for Lift Alarm calls is a delight, not least because he quickly discovers that not much happens there. As a result, you get to experience a writer working at their absolute best, finding poetry in the banal.

Sitting proudly on top of the link road embankment - beyond the mauling reach of the mower. #wildflowerhour Cowslip meadow

Yes, woodlice are fascinating!

More cowslips from The cutting Hutchinsons bank today & Greater stitchwort from RSPB Pulborough Brooks yesterday
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My efforts for this week’s #wildflowerhour #cowslipchallenge at Pensthorpe were initially photobombed by a greylag.

In this week’s The Tablet Margaret Hebblethwaite slays George & dragon Liz Dodd decries a clumsy skirmish with gender theory; Peter Stanford meets Antony Gormley Sebastian Milbank 🥀🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Francis Campbell Jonathan Tulloch Lucy Lethbridge David Taylor + all the news
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Red wood ants on wood spurge. #WildflowerHour

Jack by the hedge. Just what the doctor ordered, bouquets of garlic mustard on a cloudy April day #wildflowerhour

There are 55 billionaires in the UK.

A 1% wealth tax on them and the very richest could raise £22bn a year.

Enough to pay 276,000 nurses AND double dental funding in England, with change to spare.

Our exec diector Robert Palmer in the Guardian.

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Luzula campestris, Good Friday grass, growing all over my sister’s lawn. #WildflowerHour

No, I will never tire of the blackthorn suddenly growing white! #wildflowerhour

A very blustery survey visit today. I was surprised and delighted to see this female Goosander with a brood of unbearably cute chicks all jostling to hitch a ride...
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A splash of sunshine and coconut scent

If we look at the stories shared today Bensham Grove between residents with dementia and their loved ones, and acknowledge the importance of good cake The Staiths Café we see how a space to be and be accepted The Relationships Project builds hope for those who are weary.

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Blackthorn with accidental Green veined white. #WildflowerHour

Bottle garden. Wood sorrel growing in an old discarded milk bottle. #wildflowerhour

The twins near Staveley, ready for Spring.