Carla

Diplomat, feminist, South Londoner, mum.

[Carla @carlasian]

The standout artwork in the new @FCDOGovUK reception is Joy Labonjo’s Portrait of Ignatius Sancho. Sancho was a former enslaved man, writer and composer who ran a grocery shop on what is now the site of the FCDO. 🧵

[Carla @carlasian]

Goodbye to the Shed, the finest of Embassy bars, featuring a Tardis, a piano, plenty of Union flags, a life size Barbie cutout, staff goodbyes on the wall (including mine!), and only a small number of dead mice. Long Live The Two Georges!
https://t.co/iRT93vTK7U

[Ed Miliband @Ed_Miliband]

The UK will stand up for what is right.

[England @England]

Proud of your efforts this summer, lads ❤️

[ArtButMakeItSports @ArtButSports]

Lamentation (flipped, detail), by Gerard David, 1515-23, 📸 by Roberto Schmidt

[Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer]

Norway 1 - 2 Jude Bellingham.

@JonasGahrStore, your boys took one hell of beating 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[British Embassy Washington @UKinUSA]

Things are getting weird ahead of the big England-Norway match in Miami. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚽️🇳🇴

#Haaland #Kane #ENGNOR @NorwayUS @UKinFlorida #WorldCup2026

[Carla @carlasian]

Happy 250th birthday America! I love your eternal optimism, your vast and beautiful landscapes, your constant drive for a better tomorrow, but most of all your pancakes with bacon and maple syrup 🇺🇸 🥞 🎇

[Carla @carlasian]

Only in south London…

[SE1 - @se1.news on Bluesky @se1]

Meanwhile down in Dulwich, one of the more unusual planning enforcement complaints in Southwark Council's inbox ...

[Carla @carlasian]

Relieved to see Khan’s bargains back in business today! Thanks to @LondonFire for saving an icon ❤️

[Southwark News @Southwark_News]

Rye Lane fire: Khan’s Bargains and Copeland park survive blaze with ‘localised damage’

Akbar said: "I couldn't believe I would be trading today. I was up all night until 7am with the fire, until the firefighters told me the shop was safe."

#Peckham
https://t.co/9nSyNHVTAT

[Daniel Sugarman @Daniel_Sugarman]

The Norwegian squad's World Cup photo, taken by David Yarrow, is quite something

[Carla @carlasian]

The Prince of Wales in the Prince of Peckham!

[The Prince and Princess of Wales @KensingtonRoyal]

Spotlighting inspiring grassroots organisations driving positive and lasting change in Peckham, and dropping in to SXSW in Shoreditch to meet with Diana Awards recipients 🤝

[Carla @carlasian]

Looking forward to this being served in Ambassadors’ residences worldwide - it will do wonders for the reputation of British cuisine

[YouGov @YouGov]

🐙🐙🐙 Here's what Britons think are acceptable plural terms for 'octopus'

Octopi: 57%
Octopuses: 37%
Octopus: 21%
Octopodes: 4%

(Respondents could choose multiple options)

[Luke Tryl @LukeTryl]

Looking back over some qualitative work we did with Ukrainians on the Homes for Ukraine Scheme who came to stay in Liverpool - and came across this quote.
Hard not to be proud to be British.

[Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office @FCDOGovUK]

Our Chief Mouser, feline diplomat and former @Battersea_ resident, Palmerston @DiploMog, has sadly passed away at his retirement post in Bermuda.

Farewell Palmerston, with love and thanks from all your FCDO friends.

[Stig Abell @StigAbell]

Folk say Shakespeare is hard to understand, but it isn’t when it is delivered like this by Ian McKellen. Amazing how the language flows and stops to flow again, immediately comprehensible even to the modern ear. Both of them geniuses in their own way.

[Londonist @Londonist]

Major update to our map of Anglo-Saxon London... we've now added etymologies for each place name... so you can find out what your bit of London used to be called.... and why. (High-res version on link.) https://t.co/ngxyZXCumo

[Carla @carlasian]

Peckham covering both bases by selling the England flags next to the prayer mats:

[Carla @carlasian]

Having just moved back to London after four years away, 100% agree: London has everything a child could need. Amazing parks, free museums and abundant babyccinos.

https://t.co/vwKM2xSJpF

[Marshall Beard @beardmars]

@xwanyex Relevant