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The idea of '15 minute cities' is so benevolent and inoffensive that there's really no hope for any progressive idea if the alt right can successfully turn it into some sort of weird conspiracy.

"I loved reading this affectionate, elegant and informative biography of one of the greatest figures in British musical history." – Sir Stephen Hough Full info and pre-orders for MYRA HESS - NATIONAL TREASURE kahnandaverill.co.uk/product/myra-h…

Vicia lunata is a rare wildflower that grows on just a few mountain slopes in Cyprus and Turkey. Its flowers are so bright they look as though someone coloured them in with a highlighter pen.

Stupid X users "respond to data with denial expertise with execration insight with insult humour with hatred thinking with thuggery. ... The stupidity trends in one direction: in the service of economic power. It is a weapon used to suppress the possibility of a better world."

"Trump’s election was a response to the cruel failures of neoliberalism, but it will also be their ultimate expression. It was a response to the corruption of the political system by private money. And it will be the system’s ultimate corruption".

NTSB Newsroom NTSB is breaking the law. A government agency is not permitted to restrict its obligation to inform the public, by making it available only on a privately run platform.

"Vance has been suggesting since at least 2021 that a re-elected Donald Trump should defy the courts. It’s unconscionable for any lawyer to do this, let alone a lawyer who is the VPOTUS". Lawyer Kim Wehle thebulwark.com/p/jd-vance-con…

I’m struggling for the words to describe my disappointment with Vice President Vance’s speech at the Munich Security Conference. I feel as though all of Europe and half of America deserve an apology. VP Vance chided and derided Europe for the very things that our great nation

Leeds Civic Trust Blue Plaque scheme: How to nominate and apply yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/retro/leeds-ci…

Light amidst significant gloom: £10m towards Temple Works being turned into British Library premises £5m towards National Poetry Centre news.leeds.gov.uk/news/stateme... #regeneration #culture #heritage #architecture

18:00 today I'm going to a Thoresby Society talk The Leeds Library The history of wool science in Yorkshire - by Monica Stenzel ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/leeds…

OTD 1865 ‘Dripping riot’ in Leeds Magistrate Chorley charged his cook Eliza Stafford with theft of dripping (meat fat). She was in Armley for a month. Supporters marched to Park Sq & a riot was violently suppressed. Other magistrates took a lenient view of those causing unrest.

Why did the Tories never do this?..... Long-overdue laws to protect children forced into selling drugs across county lines will save lives and block a “brutal and lucrative criminal business”, the former children’s commissioner has said. theguardian.com/society/2025/f…

Leeds folk: if you're not yet on 🦋, please do come across. 📷 April 2020 - when the sky was particularly blue and clear, while horrors were unfolding across the world

Putin and his murderous thugs are watching this and laughing their heads off. Trump and Vance are singing his songs at the top of their voices. “This is going to be great television” says Trump. All he cares about. Was talking to Michael Woolf earlier today. “You have to remember

11:00-13:00 Sunday 23 March Come and find out how and why this part of Leeds changed dramatically within a few decades. Appreciate some of the city’s best architecture. eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-warehous… #architecture #history #heritage #business #city #urban

JD Vance This gaudy military parade is a shameful display of Trump’s MAGA obsession with flexing power while ignoring the real issues—crumbling infrastructure, skyrocketing national debt, and divisive rhetoric that poisons unity. The waste of taxpayer money on tanks tearing up D.C.

In a cruel reversal, ICE will reportedly continue conducting raids at workplaces. Don't believe Trump's ugly lies about these workers. Immigrants are good for society and good for the economy.

OTD 1880: Methodists celebrated the start of their new chapel at Meanwood. The chapel was bought by Iglesia Ni Cristo* in 2016. Reopened 2019 after extensive renovations. *Originated in The Philippines 1914 Find out more about our forthcoming book: leedscivictrust.org.uk/chapel-aller...

OTD 1900 The Lord Mayor of Leeds opened Chapel Allerton Recreation Ground – a 6-7 acre site bought by Leeds City Council for this purpose in 1897. Find out more about our forthcoming book covering the whole ‘out-township’ of Chapel Allerton: leedscivictrust.org.uk/chapel-allerto…