Lady_Portwrinkle

UK, archaeologist, prehistorian, heritage consultant, photographer, book lover, music and dance fan, and enjoyer of food!
All views own. (she/her)

[Lady_Portwrinkle @LadyPortwrinkle]

https://t.co/Gt8vx44bk7

I've got a backup account here

[Lady_Portwrinkle @LadyPortwrinkle]

@Annewanai @jamesrbuk This has long been my favourite contemporary quote on how veterans felt about the celebrations on 11th November. The feeling was that it wasn't for them but for the general public.

[NHS Million @NHSMillion]

Immigration is not the reason that you can’t get a hospital appointment, it’s the reason you can get one.

Please repost for all the people who can’t seem to grasp that.

[Gurdeep Pandher of the Yukon @GurdeepPandher]

Darkness has always been and will always be around us. Hope, however, shines like a light in these dark times. Hope lights up our inner strength and helps us keep going, even when things are tough. Don't give up on hope—it's what keeps us going when times are hard.
From my snowy sanctuary of the Yukon, I send forth a beacon of hope. 🧡

[Lady_Portwrinkle @LadyPortwrinkle]

@ProfKarolSikora In my experience, staff on chemotherapy wards are excellent at this principle, in general.
I turned up, today, with a migraine and nausea because I had followed the phlebotomist's advice and avoided tea/coffee (I am a caffeine addict).
They got me tea and paracetamol so fast!

[Tracy Borman OBE @TracyBorman]

This is a CAKE!!! It was created by the unbelievably talented @cake_emma I’m in complete AWE 🤩🤩🤩

[Lady_Portwrinkle @LadyPortwrinkle]

@stayingsaneusa @helenakan The level of terror the latter strikes into the hearts of conservatives, can only be raised by a white man if he is Jeremy Corbyn!

[Lady_Portwrinkle @LadyPortwrinkle]

@stayingsaneusa @helenakan Having recently had this conversation in the UK, we realised that it is anyone whom conservatives regard as anti-establishment. A woman who belongs to the dominant conservative party, and who supports the status quo, has more chance than a woman who doesn't.

[Lady_Portwrinkle @LadyPortwrinkle]

@EHChalus It is terrifying isn't it; given that in challenging times, the greatest commentaries on their impact on the human experience come in the form of literature. Terrifying that fewer people are studying it.

[Lady_Portwrinkle @LadyPortwrinkle]

@ArchaeoKae @EHChalus It certainly looks to be the case that the most in demand degrees are those that are most likely to lead to job security. Which I can relate to; coming from a family that couldn't afford to support me very much, I was very anxious about my choice.

[Chris Packham @ChrisGPackham]

Things have just got a lot more difficult . Here’s what I think . I had no control over what just happened . None . But I do have control over how I will react to it . And I am not going to give up on the beautiful and the good , the grip on my dreams just got tighter .

[Ed Miliband @Ed_Miliband]

Every family and business deserves affordable, secure power.

Through our mission for clean power, that is what we will deliver.

[Brigit Strawbridge @B_Strawbridge]

I wish I remembered Elms. They must still have been a feature of the landscape in my early childhood, but I didn't know, then, to take notice...

Both of these paintings of the tall Elm trees bordering the garden in Iver Heath/Bucks, where he grew up, are by Paul Nash (1889-1946)

[Sanho Tree @SanhoTree]

@atrupar I think about this tweet a lot.😔

[𝙃𝙚𝙙𝙡𝙚𝙮 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙚 @thorneh]

Wayland’s Smithy, autumn colours.

[Ed Miliband @Ed_Miliband]

1/ Today we have received independent advice from @neso_energy on our clean power mission.

Their report provides conclusive proof that clean power by 2030 is not only achievable, but desirable, and can lead to cheaper electricity and a more secure energy system for Britain.

[Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder]

• Siegfried Sassoon •

[George Takei @GeorgeTakei]

As we all await the outcome of what feels like a make-or-break election, I want to offer some perspective, if you’ll hand a fellow with eight-plus decades the mic for a moment.

[Lady_Portwrinkle @LadyPortwrinkle]

How very very sad. Gone too soon.
Fuck cancer.

[BBC Radio 4 @BBCRadio4]

Janey was a brilliant storyteller who embodied the stoic nature of Glasgow, offering audiences a very honest window into how she processed sometimes traumatic and sometimes hilarious stories from her life.

Her stories were raw and truthful, both devastating and uplifting, very often in the same sentence; and all shot through with her sharp wit and ability to bring characters to life.

She has inspired many - not least all of us at BBC Radio 4 - with her instinct to always make people laugh in the face of darkness, bringing both dignity and empowerment to those different aspects of herself. 

Janey was entering a new exciting phase of her career, and she has gone too soon. But what a life. It’s her daughter Ashley and Janey’s husband who we are thinking of at this time. The team at Radio 4 send them our love and we will raise a glass to Janey’s legacy which lives on in her work.

Janey Godley, 1961-2024

- Julia McKenzie, Commissioning Editor

[Gurdeep Pandher of the Yukon @GurdeepPandher]

If you'd like, please take a moment to read my latest article:
WHEN FACING SIGNIFICANT LIFE CHALLENGES, IS IT EVEN POSSIBLE TO LOOK AT THE BRIGHT SIDE?