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Katharine Norbury

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Curious, walker, swimmer, thinker; anam cara. WOMEN ON NATURE @Unbounders THE FISH LADDER @BloomsburyBooks Shortlist @WainwrightPrize #neurodivergent @UnitedAgents

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Katharine Norbury @katharinenorbury.bsky.social · 2d

#NHS A prophetic voice from 1985? The Two Ronnies - www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrqw...

The Two Ronnies (13th February 1985). Ronnie C has trouble at a fully automated doctor's surgery.

YouTube video by S A M (keep smiling 😂🤣 )

www.youtube.com

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Katharine Norbury @katharinenorbury.bsky.social · 3d

There is an argument that all adverbs are meaningless.

Katharine Norbury @katharinenorbury.bsky.social · 3d

I’m reminded of Lauren Bacall’s description of whistling; there must be a walking equivalent: “you just put one foot in front of the other and go…”

Katharine Norbury @katharinenorbury.bsky.social · 3d

I fear to tread.

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Katharine Norbury @katharinenorbury.bsky.social · 3d

OK. Well, rom coms should perhaps come with genre specific content warnings. It’s probably best you keep the title to yourself.

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Katharine Norbury @katharinenorbury.bsky.social · 3d

What had you seen? The abomination? Or maybe you’d best not say.

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Katharine Norbury @katharinenorbury.bsky.social · 3d

Nothing. Its marvellous.

Katharine Norbury @katharinenorbury.bsky.social · 3d

Try Double Indemnity

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Katharine Norbury @katharinenorbury.bsky.social · 4d

“The British tradition of eating fish battered and fried in oil may have been introduced to the country by the Chuts, Spanish and Portuguese Jews who lived in the Netherlands before settling in the UK.” (Wikipedia). East End lore suggests the chips part maybe a later Irish addition; a fusion dish.

Katharine Norbury @katharinenorbury.bsky.social · 5d

Perhaps the tree is sleeping 😴

Katharine Norbury @katharinenorbury.bsky.social · 6d

act.nspcc.org.uk/page/165305/...

Join us

Help end physical punishment

act.nspcc.org.uk

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Katharine Norbury @katharinenorbury.bsky.social · 7d

Very sorry to read this.

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 7d

Sad but sadly inevitable news on #biodiversity

www.independent.co.uk/news/science...

The once-widespread species that has been declared globally extinct

This is the first-ever recorded global bird extinction from mainland Europe, North Africa, and West Asia

www.independent.co.uk

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Philip Goff @philipgoff.bsky.social · 8d

Recording of BBC radio 'Beyond Belief' I contributed to.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - Beyond Belief, Consciousness

Does faith, spirituality, and relational depth require left or right-brain thinking?

www.bbc.co.uk

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Katharine Norbury @katharinenorbury.bsky.social · 7d

I really enjoyed this, thank you. Marvellous that the relationship between consciousness and All That Is has made it to the mainstream!

Katharine Norbury @katharinenorbury.bsky.social · 7d

Get well soon :)

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Miles King @milesking.bsky.social · 7d

Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick | George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... I have to agree with George here. The big NGOs have been ominously quiet about this Bill, compared with the excellent #WaronNature campaign against Liz Truss.

Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick | George Monbiot

The government’s new planning bill is tearing down environmental protections to benefit developers. This nation of nature lovers won’t stand for it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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Katharine Norbury @katharinenorbury.bsky.social · 7d

This is the only petition I can find… it all feels oddly quiet perhaps for the reasons GM identifies petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

Petition: Stop the Planning and Infrastructure Bill 2025 to Protect Nature

We think the Planning and Infrastructure Bill 2025 threatens irreplaceable habitats, weakens environmental protections, and ignores pressures on public services. We urge the Government to withdraw it ...

petition.parliament.uk

Katharine Norbury @katharinenorbury.bsky.social · 7d

Let me have a coffee while I digest this…

Katharine Norbury @katharinenorbury.bsky.social · 10d

She was wonderful in The Young Pope (which also has a wonderful title sequence and was our beloved late cat’s favourite show).

Tom the cat watches The Young Pope on a laptop.

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 14d

Just extraordinary to witness this nature-hating government sabotaging Labour’s own legacy. And for absolutely no reason: nature protection isn’t blocking development - it’s a necessary prerequisite for it (& for everything else, come to that…)

Plans to weaken protections for national parks will have ‘disastrous consequences’ say green groups

Exclusive: Letter from 170-plus organisations calls on government to drop proposed changes to planning law

www.theguardian.com

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Katharine Norbury @katharinenorbury.bsky.social · 12d

“Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?”
—Mary Oliver

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Katharine Norbury @katharinenorbury.bsky.social · 13d

Lovely, thank you 🙏

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Paul Connolly @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social · 14d

The title of Richard Holmes’ book about the young Tennyson, The Boundless Deep, comes from Tennyson’s poem Crossing the Bar, a melodic masterpiece. Here’s a recording of me reading it #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky #Tennyson #poetryismusic

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Katharine Norbury @katharinenorbury.bsky.social · 16d

Thank you. So are some of those things escapees from arboretums and 19th C gardens?

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