verityrhealey
@verityrhealey.bsky.social
artist, writer, filmmaker, critic etc. Nature, heritage, environment, politics and theatre. Current: creator/director for outside it is beautiful. www.oiib.org.uk plant not dairy, "nature is everything"
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verityrhealey
@verityrhealey.bsky.social
· Aug 14
A kingfisher called late at night and I thought it was saying Jesús. Now all I will hear when I hear a Kingfisher, is Jesús.
theatre is not only the West End or off west end but is grassroots community work as well y'all - and that's where change happens...just saying
December 8, 2025 at 8:47 PM
theatre is not only the West End or off west end but is grassroots community work as well y'all - and that's where change happens...just saying
Appalling and heartbreaking - and one of the reasons I am glad I am no longer with @vodafonegroup.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/business/202...
‘We’ll never be able to rebuild’: despair of ex-Vodafone franchisees and pressures on their mental health
Experiences raise questions about how telecoms firm treated small business owners, whose commission it cut
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Appalling and heartbreaking - and one of the reasons I am glad I am no longer with @vodafonegroup.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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🚨RED REBELS WARN OF INFINITE GROWTH ON A FINITE PLANET
The rebels invited shoppers to reflect on what gifts we want to pass on to the next generation.
One rebel said:
“We came to offer a message of care... Another way of living might be possible for us all.”
#PeacefulProtest #RedRebels
The rebels invited shoppers to reflect on what gifts we want to pass on to the next generation.
One rebel said:
“We came to offer a message of care... Another way of living might be possible for us all.”
#PeacefulProtest #RedRebels
December 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
🚨RED REBELS WARN OF INFINITE GROWTH ON A FINITE PLANET
The rebels invited shoppers to reflect on what gifts we want to pass on to the next generation.
One rebel said:
“We came to offer a message of care... Another way of living might be possible for us all.”
#PeacefulProtest #RedRebels
The rebels invited shoppers to reflect on what gifts we want to pass on to the next generation.
One rebel said:
“We came to offer a message of care... Another way of living might be possible for us all.”
#PeacefulProtest #RedRebels
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We’re delighted to announce ‘Rewilding East London’ - a new species recovery project to reintroduce white storks and beavers to East London!
Delivered in partnership with London Borough of Barking & Dagenham supported by the Mayor’s of London's Green Roots Fund.
@london.gov.uk #GreenRoots
Delivered in partnership with London Borough of Barking & Dagenham supported by the Mayor’s of London's Green Roots Fund.
@london.gov.uk #GreenRoots
December 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
We’re delighted to announce ‘Rewilding East London’ - a new species recovery project to reintroduce white storks and beavers to East London!
Delivered in partnership with London Borough of Barking & Dagenham supported by the Mayor’s of London's Green Roots Fund.
@london.gov.uk #GreenRoots
Delivered in partnership with London Borough of Barking & Dagenham supported by the Mayor’s of London's Green Roots Fund.
@london.gov.uk #GreenRoots
This afternoon I was pretty sure that I sat in the same seat on the same bus both going to and coming back from my destination and this small fact made me very happy...
December 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
This afternoon I was pretty sure that I sat in the same seat on the same bus both going to and coming back from my destination and this small fact made me very happy...
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Every new word in this sentence is worse than the last
December 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Every new word in this sentence is worse than the last
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We attended the annual UK Wildlife Crime Enforcers conference this week & met some fantastic people working hard for wildlife. We also had a few interesting chats about potential new projects/partners...plans are already underway with some of them. We'll tell you more when we can!
November 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
We attended the annual UK Wildlife Crime Enforcers conference this week & met some fantastic people working hard for wildlife. We also had a few interesting chats about potential new projects/partners...plans are already underway with some of them. We'll tell you more when we can!
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The Hon Mr Justice Fordham has released his written judgement about why he dismissed Natural England's attempt to increase our costs cap for our legal challenge against Badger cull licences 🦡⚖️
A v important judgement for all environmental groups!
Details 🔽
wildjustice.org.uk/badgers/high...
A v important judgement for all environmental groups!
Details 🔽
wildjustice.org.uk/badgers/high...
High Court judgment reaffirms costs cap protection for environmental claims - Wild Justice
The High Court has reaffirmed costs cap protections for NGOs after blocking an attempt by Natural England to hike campaigners’ […]
wildjustice.org.uk
October 29, 2025 at 9:52 AM
The Hon Mr Justice Fordham has released his written judgement about why he dismissed Natural England's attempt to increase our costs cap for our legal challenge against Badger cull licences 🦡⚖️
A v important judgement for all environmental groups!
Details 🔽
wildjustice.org.uk/badgers/high...
A v important judgement for all environmental groups!
Details 🔽
wildjustice.org.uk/badgers/high...
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We’re back in the High Court in London this morning for a permission hearing to see whether our legal challenge against Planning & Infrastructure Bill can proceed. Court room is rammed - lots of interest in this decision #ParliamentaryPrivilege
November 6, 2025 at 10:23 AM
We’re back in the High Court in London this morning for a permission hearing to see whether our legal challenge against Planning & Infrastructure Bill can proceed. Court room is rammed - lots of interest in this decision #ParliamentaryPrivilege
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Excellent #LawPodUK episode from @1crownofficerow.bsky.social ft leading environmental lawyer Carol Day from @leigh-day.bsky.social talking about significance of our recent High Court win against Natural England who had tried to increase our adverse costs cap #Aarhus
audioboom.com/posts/880408...
audioboom.com/posts/880408...
Should rivers have rights? The Environmental Law Foundation and the costs of taking action in the courts
Rosalind English is joined by a panel of environmental law experts, Emma Montlake, Richard Wald KC and Carol Day to discuss the resources and help offered by the Enviromental Law Foundation to those w...
audioboom.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Excellent #LawPodUK episode from @1crownofficerow.bsky.social ft leading environmental lawyer Carol Day from @leigh-day.bsky.social talking about significance of our recent High Court win against Natural England who had tried to increase our adverse costs cap #Aarhus
audioboom.com/posts/880408...
audioboom.com/posts/880408...
The one thing I cannot bear is indifference- to a person, an animal or a place. It makes me furious. Especially indifference to an animal.
December 7, 2025 at 7:57 AM
The one thing I cannot bear is indifference- to a person, an animal or a place. It makes me furious. Especially indifference to an animal.
hanifkureishi.substack.com/p/chatter-an... fantastic essay Notes
CHATTER AND CATASTROPHE: ON NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND
This trip into the centre of a perverse psyche is well worth the time
hanifkureishi.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
hanifkureishi.substack.com/p/chatter-an... fantastic essay Notes
So distressing these have been done away with. So glad I held onto mine. There’s an even earlier more iconic one I don’t have. Urgh. These shirts = originality - why don’t folk want this no more?
December 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
So distressing these have been done away with. So glad I held onto mine. There’s an even earlier more iconic one I don’t have. Urgh. These shirts = originality - why don’t folk want this no more?
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The great @markavery.bsky.social has a new book out co-written with Colin Rees . It focusses on 2024 from two birders either side of the pond – birds , wildlife , politics , the changing seasons – it's all in there + half the profits go to @wildjustice.bsky.social ! Get yours at chrispackh.am/93ade7
December 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The great @markavery.bsky.social has a new book out co-written with Colin Rees . It focusses on 2024 from two birders either side of the pond – birds , wildlife , politics , the changing seasons – it's all in there + half the profits go to @wildjustice.bsky.social ! Get yours at chrispackh.am/93ade7
thinking about protest art and Boombox atm.." In addition to their musical activities, the Boombox musicians are also very active in the community. In the summer of 2018, the band played a concert at the administrative border with Crimea, at the Kalanchak checkpoint. " kontramarka.ua/en/artist/bu...
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Kontramarka.ua ⏩ buy a ticket for the concert ✅ Boombox ☝ Playbill (schedule) of concerts 2025
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December 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
thinking about protest art and Boombox atm.." In addition to their musical activities, the Boombox musicians are also very active in the community. In the summer of 2018, the band played a concert at the administrative border with Crimea, at the Kalanchak checkpoint. " kontramarka.ua/en/artist/bu...
What does the word celebrity mean to people I wonder?
December 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
What does the word celebrity mean to people I wonder?
oiib takes inspiration from many places and today’s the day to chat about reimagining what train journeys are - hint not just about getting from A to B but a chance to connect with the environment and communities the train is travelling through- as we pitch to Northern for important match funding
December 4, 2025 at 11:50 AM
oiib takes inspiration from many places and today’s the day to chat about reimagining what train journeys are - hint not just about getting from A to B but a chance to connect with the environment and communities the train is travelling through- as we pitch to Northern for important match funding
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🦇 Today is #WorldWildlifeConservationDay - Bats account for more than a quarter of mammal species in the UK and around 20% of all mammal species worldwide.
They are the only flying mammal in the world and each species is unique. Find out about UK bat species here: www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/w...
They are the only flying mammal in the world and each species is unique. Find out about UK bat species here: www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/w...
UK Bats - Types of bats - Bat Conservation Trust
We are lucky enough to have 18 species of bat in the UK, 17 of which are known to be breeding here - that's almost a quarter of our mammal species.
Ever...
www.bats.org.uk
December 4, 2025 at 9:35 AM
🦇 Today is #WorldWildlifeConservationDay - Bats account for more than a quarter of mammal species in the UK and around 20% of all mammal species worldwide.
They are the only flying mammal in the world and each species is unique. Find out about UK bat species here: www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/w...
They are the only flying mammal in the world and each species is unique. Find out about UK bat species here: www.bats.org.uk/about-bats/w...
thinking of this beautiful boy today #germanshepherds #seiko
December 3, 2025 at 9:38 PM
thinking of this beautiful boy today #germanshepherds #seiko
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🦇 Our 'How to Run Bat Walks' course is coming back! And you even have a choice of dates:
- Two afternoon sessions on Thursday 19 and 26 February 2026 starting at 2:30pm on Zoom
OR
- Two evening sessions on 4 and 11 March 2026 starting at 6:30pm on Zoom
More info: www.bats.org.uk/our-work/tra...
- Two afternoon sessions on Thursday 19 and 26 February 2026 starting at 2:30pm on Zoom
OR
- Two evening sessions on 4 and 11 March 2026 starting at 6:30pm on Zoom
More info: www.bats.org.uk/our-work/tra...
December 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
🦇 Our 'How to Run Bat Walks' course is coming back! And you even have a choice of dates:
- Two afternoon sessions on Thursday 19 and 26 February 2026 starting at 2:30pm on Zoom
OR
- Two evening sessions on 4 and 11 March 2026 starting at 6:30pm on Zoom
More info: www.bats.org.uk/our-work/tra...
- Two afternoon sessions on Thursday 19 and 26 February 2026 starting at 2:30pm on Zoom
OR
- Two evening sessions on 4 and 11 March 2026 starting at 6:30pm on Zoom
More info: www.bats.org.uk/our-work/tra...
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/d... If it hadn't been for Tom Stoppard (and Richard and Michael Attenborough) things might have looked different for Belarus Free Theatre
‘I thanked him for ending my acting career!’ – theatre directors on their debt to Tom Stoppard
Carrie Cracknell, Nina Raine and Belarus Free Theatre’s Natalia Kaliada and Nicolai Khalezin share memories of working with the playwright and ‘guardian angel’
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/d... If it hadn't been for Tom Stoppard (and Richard and Michael Attenborough) things might have looked different for Belarus Free Theatre
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🦇A new episode of our podcast, BatChat, is out now - The Hoffman Kiln: Where Bats Reclaim the Dales.
North of Settle in the Yorkshire Dales lies the Hoffman Kiln, a relic of the industrial revolution. It's now an important site for bats of the Dales all year round.
North of Settle in the Yorkshire Dales lies the Hoffman Kiln, a relic of the industrial revolution. It's now an important site for bats of the Dales all year round.
December 3, 2025 at 9:32 AM
🦇A new episode of our podcast, BatChat, is out now - The Hoffman Kiln: Where Bats Reclaim the Dales.
North of Settle in the Yorkshire Dales lies the Hoffman Kiln, a relic of the industrial revolution. It's now an important site for bats of the Dales all year round.
North of Settle in the Yorkshire Dales lies the Hoffman Kiln, a relic of the industrial revolution. It's now an important site for bats of the Dales all year round.
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One of the lives Stoppard saved was mine.
December 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
One of the lives Stoppard saved was mine.