Few artists have represented water more vividly or rigorously than William Bowyer. As 'The Thames at Chiswick,' (c1980) shows he had the ability to create chromatic intensity and taut, linear designs, often with a diagonal emphasis to give water an almost crystalline quality.

Read this book. It is shaming, it should be shocking, yet somehow, sadly, it is not bit.ly/4dOsF4K by the excellent and reliable Disability News Service

“more than half of the milk sold in UK supermarkets, now comes from dairy cows that are, to use the euphemistic jargon of the industry, ‘fully housed’, meaning they never get out on to grass.” sustainablefoodtrust.org/news-views/the…

💥 NEW: A disabled children’s charity handed over 43% of its grants to rightwing think-tanks and pressure groups based at Tufton Street and beyond over the last five years. 🧵 🔎Read our latest investigation with Max Colbert @mc00.bsky.social here ⬇️ goodlaw.social/mfk4

introducing the launch of a new food provision service. we'll be outside Lidl every Wednesday 6.30 to 7.30, free hot meals to anyone that needs it, no questions asked.

🧵💚On the 14th of June 2017 I was a correspondent on the Today programme at BBC Radio Four. A colleague called in the early hours and asked me to rush to Grenfell Tower. I will never forget the scale, trauma, bravery, generosity, confusion, kindness, fear, horror, 1/

There is no one who thinks this will make a difference. Nationalisation is the only answer. Privatisation has failed. It’s time @uklabour stopped pretending neoliberal ideas work when they very obviously do not.

writing about sleep. i love dürer's pillows.

Pew Poll: 70% of Jewish Israelis say it should be forbidden to express on social media platforms any sympathy for civilians in Gaza pewresearch.org/short-reads/20…

BBCs Paris correspondent: "The left say they won the election, and they did, as an alliance, get the biggest number of seats in parliament" So the left don't "say they won the election", they did win the election.

#NEWS | A new report has found more than 100,000 children are currently living in poverty in Cheshire and Merseyside.

“Taken out of context”

There's a *bottomless* market for reactionary sentiments packaged in new wrapping.

I don't know about you, but having to work until I'm 68 would actually increase my misery quite considerably "Don't raise taxes on the rich, raise the retirement age for everybody else" say the mouthpieces of the rich

Low-paid workers have most to gain from Employment Rights Bill "what the Government is proposing would simply bring the UK more into line with many other advanced economies. That alone would greatly boost working conditions for many low-paid workers.” ekklesia.co.uk/2024/09/06/low…

New book helps UK children to know their rights The book lays out the rights that children have in a clear, engaging, child-friendly way, from having the right to play, to the right to equality – regardless of race, religion or sexuality. #children ekklesia.co.uk/2024/09/06/new…

Israeli bulldozers smash into church and convent in West Bank #Israel #WestBank indcatholicnews.com/news/50569 via @icn_uk

London, tomorrow: Christian bloc to pray and march for Palestine #Palestine #Israel indcatholicnews.com/news/50575 via @icn_uk

#Israel: A new film set in the West Bank’s Jenin Refugee Camp has been banned. This is just one example of cultural expression being censored. More👇 indexoncensorship.org/2024/09/israel…

If we made a habit of listening to brilliant, specialist journalists like Peter Apps and Disability News Service it would save lives.