Just 4 days to go till I give my talk about Bumblebees in Stirling!
Do please come along if you are in the area - or pass the details on to anyone you know who might be interested.
Ticket and details below:
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The immediate recession didn't happen, but the long-term economic damage was spot on. A decade after voting Leave, the Guardian's charts prove our economy is smaller, trade is throttled, and households are thousands of pounds worse off. Absolute self-sabotage. 🇬🇧💸👇
The Hidden Lives of Garden Bees - A talk with author and bee advocate, Brigit Strawbridge – Made in Stirling, Thu 18 Jun 2026 - Thursday 18th June
7pm - 9.30pm
£10
This illustrated talk focusses on ou...
Oh my, spotted by a sharp-eyed friend in Talinn: Wildly Different amongst some truly great authors in The English Bookshop. Woolf, Orwell, Zweig, Hooks and de Beauvoir. Such amazing company!
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Thank you random bench, gazing out over the gunmetal grey sea on the slopes between Whitstable and Herne Bay, on an otherwise melancholy Sunday afternoon, you've made me smile.
Masses of Ragged Robin now in the field margins where I live: feathery red-green leaves and tiny pink flowers. It's one of nature's healers. I made a poultice of this with marsh woundwort and it cured my daughter's impetigo on her knee that wouldn't heal with medical creams (*if in doubt see a GP*)
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Brigit Strawbridge
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Merz: "Ukraine has been defending its freedom for more than 4 years."
(AfD members laughing)
Merz: "That’s telling sign, ladies and gentlemen. They laugh about it, they laugh about fate of millions of people in Ukraine and they travel to Moscow for their champagne receptions."