Former blogger for Community Care magazine and freelance on the erstwhile College of Social Work's digital magazine, Social Work Matters. Now lurking on Twitter
11 June 1907. Gloucestershire bowled out Northamptonshire for 12 runs. The spin bowler George Dennett (pictured) took 8 wickets during the innings. It’s the lowest innings score in an English 1st class county cricket match
@Shedintears I sit in the MHU and I have seen “valued customers” eating sushi. I am sure it is all part of the contemporary “matchday experience” 😤😤😤😤😤
Forests are not luxury green spaces for weekend getaways.
They are life-support systems.
They produce the oxygen we breathe, filter the water we drink, regulate our climate, and house the biodiversity that keeps our food systems alive.
Don Bradman demonstrates a shot to Colin McCool as Australia took to the nets for the first time after their arrival, Lord's, April 17th 1948. When he batted Bradman placed his Baggy Green on top of his stumps -no bowler managed to dislodge it
Arrogance is thinking our technological cleverness will always rescue us from ecological collapse.
Innovation is powerful, but it cannot create new planets or magically regrow rainforests overnight.
Technology must serve nature’s limits, not replace them.
#EcoInnovation
Let's champion sustainable agriculture 🌱
By embracing regenerative farming, we heal our soil, secure our food, and empower a brighter future for all.
Say NO to slash & burn farming.
Like, comment, repost if you agree! #SaveOurSoil#RegenerativeFarming
England 12th man Pat Pocock wearing a pith helmet, carries out an assortment of head gear as Martyn Moxon looks on during the tour match between South Zone and England at Gymkhana Ground on January 8th, 1985 in Secunderabad, India.
#CricketersinPithHelmets
The MCC England cricketers, led by their captain AER Gilligan taking the field during their match against All Karachi in Karachi, 30th October 1926. The MCC won by an innings and 148 runs.
#CricketersinPithHelmets#CricketersinCravats
Really lovely to see Ed Middleton seeking advice from David Graveney @Gloscricket today. It’s what it’s all about - generations sharing techniques & all credit to Ed for recognising this. I even learnt some stuff too…
Almost ten years on from Jo’s murder this platform spits death threats at me on a regular basis.
Many of these will be bots and weirdos, but it’s the platform that is facilitating, inciting and enabling this.
The platform owner will not address it - so the Government must.
🇸🇴 Nunca vi algo así. En Somalia hoy se llenó un estadio para recibir como héroe nacional a Omar Artan, el árbitro al que Estados Unidos le negó la entrada al Mundial. Increíble.