June Lewins

Bugger. Been nice knowing you all.

Go fuck yourselves

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At our October Plenary Meeting, The Board of Deputies of British Jews has overwhelmingly voted to declare that the Green Party of England and Wales, by having adopted an antisemitic platform, has become a racist party. Read the full motion text at: bod.org.uk/board-declar...

"Do you have Personal Cheeses by Depeche Mode?"

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Leave them be! 🍂🐭 At this time of year, wildlife is making use of fallen leaves to shelter, find food, and make cosy hibernation chambers to prep for the long winter ahead. If you must clear leaves, move them to one side rather than remove them completely. 📷Yellow Necked Mouse © Alan Price

Why did William Carlos Williams use his real name for his Poetry when he could have used a Nom De Plum?

The warzone that is King's Cross Station at 10pm. Oh the humanity. I expect 15 Tweets before bedtime saying how you can't venture out on London's streets in safety after sunset.

Our Autumn Arrival Spotlight is on the Whooper Swan. These elegant swans fly in from Iceland, their trumpet-like calls echoing across UK wetlands as they gather for winter.

Steven: “Good evening” Stephen: “Good ephening”

The Weather Photographer of the Year competition showcases incredible photographs of weather and climate from around the world, we’re inviting you to explore the shortlist and vote for your favourite image. Public vote closes: 5 November 2026 Vote: www.rmets.org/weather-phot...

The weather is a bit grim, but books will always be books. Come on in, we’re open until 5:30

Don’t think anyone’s made quite enough fuss that they had the Holy Grail on Antiques Roadshow last week.

All the worms at the park start slithering towards me at the same time. I shake my head. They stop. I'm on a first date, and she's not ready to know about that part of my life yet.

Russel Brand likes to use big words doesn't he? He should be ok with a long sentence.

This is excellent!

Club Moderne, Anaconda Club Moderne is a 1937 Streamline Moderne bar in Anaconda, Montana, designed by architect Fred F. Willson. 📷 Jet Lowe (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons #ArtDeco #architecture

In England, no women aged 20 to 24 died of cervical cancer between 2020 and 2024, according to a study published in The Lancet. Researchers link it to the HPV vaccine.

Give me library ghosts. Give me a chorus of discarnate tutting, reproachful coughs. Give me spirits which observe the Dewey Decimal System, returning misplaced books to their appropriate places on the shelves. Give me well-read spectres who whisper with references. – #CJosiffe #Ghosts

BIG JET TV IS LIVE, PEOPLE. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. THE STORM HAS HIT LONDON.

Great news for nature! 🎉 Today’s announcements by the Prime Minister at the first Wildfire Resilience Summit announcing £25m for peatland restoration is a positive step forward. This investment will mean that the critical & vital work restoring these natural landscapes can continue.

a message from the future

Plate, c.1928 by Grete Marks (1899-1990), ceramic artist and a Bauhaus student #womensart #BauhausWomem

Happy 50th birthday to the UK's first punk record youtu.be/TUxFQ5QBiYk

Preparing for Storm Austen by taking a turn around the room

no surprise that a journalist looked at trafalgar square and thought to themselves, there's a column in this

As Halloween is round the corner we thought we’d share some medieval bats. A thread… 🧵 🦇

'Speakeasy Corner.' (1928) Martin Lewis died in obscurity in 1962; he found some success in his early career, but was largely forgotten after the Great Depression leaving him to spend last three decades teaching etching including his famous pupil Edward Hopper.

Well done Aldi. 👏👏👏

Paul McCartney found a hot water bottle on the seat of his favourite armchair, and said "Happiness is a warm bum".

"I could still shit on you though."

Still can't get over how cool this is. The Donaldson Futuro House in Idyllwild, California, USA, is probably the best Futuro out there, as well as a listed property, and up for sale. That interior is so clever and stylish, as well as practical. bit.ly/4sjyOy0

Great news for nature! The Scottish Government has refused plans for a golf course on Coul Links that would have irreparably damaged this precious place.  Thank you to the tens of thousands of you who spoke up to save Coul Links. Your voices made a difference.

Court artists absolutely mocking 2 creeps - wee Stephen Yaxley Lennon (aka tommy robinson) and Russell Brand ...

Anyone else look to see where the pig is?

"I could still shit on you though."

Happy birthday to Julian Cope. Here are the Teardrop Explodes performing Treason live in Nottingham in 1981. Watch the full concert at youtu.be/Q8d6i3sHx_E

Cedric Morris' painting (1943) depicts a view from the Welsh village Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil. During 1937 Morris became involved with the Merthyr Tydfil Educational Settlement which was set up to provide education and welfare services to the local people.

What’s that you say? Today is National Apple Day AND World Earthworm Day?

Have just seen Little Tommy Ten Names is now also known as Ewok Powell. This pleases me.