'Made in Manchester: A People's History of the City That Shaped the Modern World' out now, available from bookshops and websites. Bestselling 'Northerners: A History' available in hardback and paperback. Publisher: @harpernorth.bsky.social
“Everyone in positions of influence should ask themselves the question: are you treating those fighting to save the planet more harshly than those fighting for inherited wealth? If so, why?”
@josiah.writes.news
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/12/t...
a radiologist (or tech) seen in a CT room looking at scans on a monitor
How AI went from dooming radiologists to making them better www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art... @hannay.bsky.social
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We're excited to announce that applications are now open for four fully funded 12-month pupillages in our Personal Injury, Crime, Family, and Business & Property/Housing departments.
Full application details here:
www.cobden.co.uk/pupillage_re...
#PupillageOpportunities #FutureBarristers
I’ve reported on homelessness for years and met many, many people who have found themselves in awful situations
Every single one of them had more decency and integrity than this privileged plutocrat
This is sort of fascinating because if you were to turn on pretty much any talk radio station or pick up any tabloid, you'd be forgiven for thinking it was the inverse.
EU births drop to new low as strains on younger generations mount. 3.6mn in 2023 vs 7mn in the mid-1960s
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Joining our line up on Day 2 (18th June) of the BABICM Annual Conference 2025 will be Dr Giles Yeates. He will be discussing practical approaches and therapeutic interventions to support couples in navigating changes in their relationships and intimacy following a brain injury. tinyurl.com/58pmcf4n
Are you joining us on Mount Khuiten (4356m), the highest mountain in the Altai range, and also the highest in Mongolia? 2026 expedition. Taking bookings now.
www.grahamuneymountaineering.co.uk/mongolia-mou...
Here are our dates for Mountain Leader training and assessment courses for 2025.
www.grahamuneymountaineering.co.uk/Mountain-Lea...
It's our bestselling book of 2024, and the signed indie edition is a little beauty-
www.bookscumbria.com/product/uk-b...
EU births drop to new low as strains on younger generations mount
https://www.ft.com/content/1adaa16d-f3f7-4a42-9d1f-c39359167066
Just when you thought Brexit could do no more harm, a new economic threat looms and this time to the valuable all-Ireland foreign tourism industry. And it’s the north again that potentially has the most to lose
www.irishnews.com/news/busines...
Sporting our fluffiest fleeces 💚
www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/2476202... #Cumbria
Fascinating thread on an overlooked form of rewilding. And combines acknowledging the skill and effort of past inhabitants without being beholden to it. We have heritagised much of the landscape that field drains created, but maintaining that landscape in a changing climate has wider consequences
Trump noms ordered by how urgent it is they be stopped:
By Any Means
🟥 Patel
🟥 Kennedy Jr.
🟥 Gabbard
🟥 Hegseth
🟥 Bondi
🟥 Bhattacharya
🟥 Huckabee
🟥 Whitaker
🟥 Vought
By Almost Any Means
🟧 McMahon
🟧 Blanche
🟧 Oz
🟧 Noem
🟧 Stefanik
Try Hard
🟨 Wright
🟨 Zeldin
🟨 Bessent
🟨 Phelan
🟨 Greer
Pass it on.
Decorated eggs, on a bed of straw
As depicted in Rawnsley's 1906 play "Pace-Eggin' Time", actors were rewarded with decorated eggs, to be used in an egg-rolling contest.
Wordsworth Grasmere has an egg collection - far too lovely to roll! [Pic by kind permission of the Wordsworth Trust]
Norman Nicholson also describes the practice
Please be aware of this new role that’s being touted as a medical role. A PA is a physician assistant, NOT a doctor. There could be a place for this, but it is not for undiagnosed patients.
"Mr. Kushner, 70, pleaded guilty in 2004 to 16 counts of tax evasion, a single count of retaliating against a federal witness and one of lying to the Federal Election Commission"
and so now he will be US ambassador to France
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/30/u...
Maria Belovas Estonia
Here’s Maria Belovas, Estonian ambassador to the UAE. She stands next to a Taliban ~ without a headscarf. That’s no accident.
@mariabelovas.bsky.social 🥰
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'Panic' in Russia as rouble slips to symbolic mark against US dollar
The Russian currency has lost a third of its value since August as sanctions following the invasion of Ukraine bite
news.sky.com/story/panic-...
What a lovely story Fiona, wishing you both the best of life 😍
Quarry
Quarry
An inspiring flight into Manchester this morning, frosty, sunny and clear for miles. Could even see runners and dog walkers. Wondered if the first quarry is near Buxton?
A great charity to support #Bendrigg we enjoy taking our Headway members there. Very skilled and supportive staff 🥳
This is such a great platform. Nothing stopping other organisations setting up this sort of verification system.
Schwartz Round Community Conference 2024 in Birmingham hosted by the Point of Care Foundation. More info on our University of Liverpool Schwartz Rounds can be found here: youtu.be/cw5LItLVmsA?...
Welcome Mel, after 1 week I’ve slowly been finding Twitter buddies 🥳.
Fond memories of your hospital when I moved there as a young social worker and my son was born there 51 years ago 😱 #TimeFlies
