Trudy Harpham, PhD

Emeritus Prof London South Bank University. Lives in Switzerland and France. Plants, landscapes, dogs, health science, climate action.

[Trudy Harpham, PhD @harphat]

I've worked in international health research all my life. I was despairing at how some former colleagues seem to be co-opted by charlatan UK politicians. My husband replied: 'if you want to be loyal to the truth you better become independently wealthy'. Depressingly true I guess.

[Richard Morris @ahistoryinart]

Cedric Morris painted Malveira, Lisbon after escaping the dreary British winter of 1956. He travelled to Portugal to scout the region for rare wild bulbs, seeds, and distinctive Portuguese flowers to bring back to his garden at Benton End in Suffolk.

[Trudy Harpham, PhD @harphat]

Someone really needs to sort out these plug incompatibility problems

[Sir Riley & Sir Rooster @Riley_roo888]

Two 1st places and a 3rd at our village dog show pals, still got it 😉❤️❤️💛 #BTPosse #Winner #TopDog

[Adey A @AdeysAlthorp]

One of this mornings roe fawns in more detail.
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[David Opie @DavidOpie]

You don’t understand the stranglehold this Nescafé Gold Blend advert had on the UK because of Anthony Head (long before he was in Buffy)

[Marysia @marysia_cc]

Sarah Gillard
David's Meadow

[Gwydir Castle @JudyCorbett]

A summer bouquet. All that loveliness. All that froth and fizz contained in just one vase! And the scent as rich as walking in a hay meadow after rain. Love this time of year.

[swissinfo.ch @swissinfo_en]

What links a bumper car to a coup d’état? The answer is one of the very few Swiss-German words to make the leap across Swiss borders and into foreign dictionaries: putsch. Buckle up for a fascinating – and often violent – etymological journey. https://t.co/256pZuLhvX

[Luanne Rice @LuanneRice]

the beach roses are out. i love june…

[Our World in Data @OurWorldInData]

What is the largest source of electricity in each country?

Coal generates one-third of the world’s electricity, more than any other source.

But zoom into the country level, and the picture is much more varied. The map shows which source generated the most power in each country in 2024 or 2025 (the latest year available).

Thanks to large reserves, coal dominates across Asia. It’s the largest source in China, India, Indonesia, and Malaysia. These are huge power producers, which is why coal is so dominant at a global level.

Across most other regions, it’s mostly a mix of gas and hydropower. On islands and parts of North Africa, it’s oil.

Europe has the most diverse mix, with nuclear power dominating generation in countries such as France and Finland, and solar and wind overtaking fossil fuels as the largest sources in countries such as Spain and Germany.

Solar and wind are growing quickly in many countries; when these sources are combined as “variable renewables”, they become the largest source in six more countries: the Netherlands, Portugal, Greece, the United Kingdom, Belgium, and Pakistan.

(This Data Insight was written by @_HannahRitchie.)

[Grindelwald @GrindelwaldCH]

Let's answer your questions about the First Cliff Walk by Tissot: 
📍It's located on Grindelwald-First, you get there by gondola
💸The cost is included in the gondola price
⏰The bridge juts out 45 meters & takes 20-30 mins. 
https://t.co/20nuCADZ5g

📷 https://t.co/DKgGuubpoI

[Richard Morris @ahistoryinart]

After WW1, John Nash lived at Gerrards Cross in Buckinghamshire in South East England and worked with his brother Paul on their war paintings at a farm near Chalfont St Peter. He relaxed by painting the local landscape including this picture of 'Kop Hill, Princes Risborough.'

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

This week, my amendment to ban billionaire-funded super PACs received unanimous support from my Democratic colleagues.

The momentum is growing. It’s time to repeal Citizens United, ban super PACs and move to the public funding of elections NOW.

[Twiggy Bigwood @devilscustard]

Birds with jobs no. 1 - The Robin

Currently employed as a parking attendant. He’s harsh - but fair.

[Adele and Rex (former staff to Monty🌈& Jilly🌈) @HaggisAdele]

@Gerty_Moon Rex is an expert

[Martin Lewis @MartinSLewis]

THEY ARE BASTARDS!

We just got an email sent to MSE. The spelling was awful, and it was quite tough to understand. Lower down, the writer later explained she was 78 and her disability had stopped her being able to spell. So perhaps it is a stroke, or something similar.

I've tidied it and summarised below, changing some identifying details. In a nutshell, it was this...

"I invested, Martin, with Quotum when you first announced it on TV. What an opportunity for me to buy my own flat. My manager there passed me through to a nice man who asked me for £350 more. He showed me it was growing. I did what he told me to do."

She then goes on to explain how she really wanted her flat and she gave more and more money. And she has nothing left to help with her disability.

I'm honestly in tears typing this. These types of scam ads have now been going on for a decade. I have spent my career trying to help people with their finances. It feels visceral to get this, and to feel that this reputation has been perverted by criminals to steal from someone who is clearly so vulnerable leaves me feeling nauseous.

So many people, both vulnerable and not, lose money and see their lives and wellbeing destroyed. It's now seven years since I sued Facebook. And yet still nothing is being done.

Big tech makes £3bn a year from these scammers. We have a law in place to make them responsible for these ads they're paid to publish, yet it isn't implemented. How many more of these do I have to receive - and far worse, how many more people have to go through this?

This is relentless. It is wrong. Government has to take action! I wrote to the PM just two weeks ago on this very issue. I've not heard back yet.

(We are, of course, going to try and point her in the right direction to get help, but that will be stressful for her too)

[Reggie the Cocker 🐶 🐾👹 @ReggieCocker]

Mums flower amongst the flowers 😍

[Margot (sisfur of Jakedoganality) b.26/01/2022 @jakedoganality]

Happy birthday Geri, 1 today 🎈I had to help her unwrap her presents of course.!#BTPosse #dogsoftwitter

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

Happy 1 year anniversary to this tweet.

[@TrudyTerrier OBE 👑 @trudyterrier]

Mum looked out of the en suite where we are staying & saw this! We look cute it seems