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I live in Manchester & am a steward & guide at @BridgewaterHall. I volunteer at @TeamTBBT. All views my own

[AFD/Derbs🇺🇦 @Derbs56]

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Really enjoyed it

[AFD/Derbs🇺🇦 @Derbs56]

Looking forward to reading this! @tomallencomedy

[Neil Stone @DrNeilStone]

When taking office in 2025 RFK Jr shut down

- The team responsible for dealing with cruise ship outbreaks

- One of the only labs in the world capable of Ebola research

How's that workin out?

[AFD/Derbs🇺🇦 @Derbs56]

Looking forward to reading this! @tomallencomedy

[AFD/Derbs🇺🇦 @Derbs56]

In the audience tonight at @BridgewaterHall to hear @annalapwood and @the_halle. Stunning performances all round. Bravo!

[AFD/Derbs🇺🇦 @Derbs56]

Es una droga

[AFD/Derbs🇺🇦 @Derbs56]

A grand day out in Liverpool @LiverpoolMet @LpoolMetMusic @liverpoolphil

[AFD/Derbs🇺🇦 @Derbs56]

@OratoriansMcr

[Eduard Habsburg @EduardHabsburg]

2 great saints living at the same time of graces, the 16th century - they were friends... but oh boy, did they have their rough run-ins...
Saint Charles Borromaeus and Saint Philipp Neri
(Pic taken in a Vienna church)

[AFD/Derbs🇺🇦 @Derbs56]

Easter 2026

[AFD/Derbs🇺🇦 @Derbs56]

Stunning performance last night at @rbo_org of Verdi’s Rigoletto. Sir Mark Elder led a stellar ensemble. Preceded the performance by a lovely meal at Angela Hartnett’s new restaurant Cicoria

[Dalai Lama @DalaiLama]

MESSAGE

I wholeheartedly endorse the powerful appeal for peace made by the Holy Father, Pope Leo, during his Palm Sunday Mass. His call for the laying down of arms and the renunciation of violence resonated profoundly with me, as it speaks to the very essence of what all major religions teach.

Indeed, whether we look to Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, Judaism or any of the world's great spiritual traditions, the message is fundamentally the same: love, compassion, tolerance, and self-discipline. Violence finds no true home in any of these teachings. History has shown us time and again that violence only begets more violence and is never a lasting foundation for peace.

An enduring resolution to conflict, including the ones we see in the Middle East or between Russia and Ukraine, must be rooted in dialogue, diplomacy and mutual respect — approached with the understanding that, at the deepest level, we are all brothers and sisters.

I urge for and pray that the violence and conflicts may soon come to an end.

DALAI LAMA

31 March 2026

[AFD/Derbs🇺🇦 @Derbs56]

No spell it like the county @BBCRadioManc

[AFD/Derbs🇺🇦 @Derbs56]

No with an E and a Y: like the county!

[AFD/Derbs🇺🇦 @Derbs56]

@HulmeOf @ManCityCouncil Hulme Park looking fantastic at the moment

[AFD/Derbs🇺🇦 @Derbs56]

I just love Malaga

[AFD/Derbs🇺🇦 @Derbs56]

Malaga. Big difference in the weather from 2 weeks ago

[AFD/Derbs🇺🇦 @Derbs56]

@SalfordCouncil And the answer to my question is yes. Thank you

[AFD/Derbs🇺🇦 @Derbs56]

@SalfordCouncil I presume you have a similar message for Christian residents beginning Lent tomorrow

[AFD/Derbs🇺🇦 @Derbs56]

@SalfordCouncil Thank you

[AFD/Derbs🇺🇦 @Derbs56]

Cadiz

[AFD/Derbs🇺🇦 @Derbs56]

Problems with the rail track north of Malaga meant I had to travel to Cadiz by bus last Saturday. The bus driver did a great job driving through Storm Leonardo, while carrying on an animated conversation with passengers and listening to a football commentary on the radio.