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‘No time for modern art’: Mr Beecroft and his bequest 📜
Ever wondered about the eponymous benefactor of the MA’s Beecroft Bequest?
Former bequest trustee Emma Shepley introduces us to Walter Beecroft, his work to establish an art gallery in Southend and his enduring passion for the old masters.
Ever wondered about the eponymous benefactor of the MA’s Beecroft Bequest?
Former bequest trustee Emma Shepley introduces us to Walter Beecroft, his work to establish an art gallery in Southend and his enduring passion for the old masters.
‘No time for modern art’: Mr Beecroft and his bequest - Museums Association
The story of Walter Beecroft, his work to establish an art gallery in Southend-on-Sea and his enduring passion for the old masters
www.museumsassociation.org
April 16, 2026 at 4:46 PM
‘No time for modern art’: Mr Beecroft and his bequest 📜
Ever wondered about the eponymous benefactor of the MA’s Beecroft Bequest?
Former bequest trustee Emma Shepley introduces us to Walter Beecroft, his work to establish an art gallery in Southend and his enduring passion for the old masters.
Ever wondered about the eponymous benefactor of the MA’s Beecroft Bequest?
Former bequest trustee Emma Shepley introduces us to Walter Beecroft, his work to establish an art gallery in Southend and his enduring passion for the old masters.
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E3G released a report last year showing that the UK can meet all its energy needs without wood burning power stations like Drax www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Burning wood for power worse for climate than gas equivalent, report finds
Research casts doubt on plans by UK government to offer subsidies for carbon capture attached to the power source
www.theguardian.com
April 20, 2026 at 9:51 AM
E3G released a report last year showing that the UK can meet all its energy needs without wood burning power stations like Drax www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Our polluted rivers | Why is raw sewage being discharged so regularly into our rivers, and what are the concerns and consequences for our health? | Brian Morgan
Our polluted rivers
Why is raw sewage being discharged so regularly into our rivers, and what are the concerns and consequences for our health?
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
April 14, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Our polluted rivers | Why is raw sewage being discharged so regularly into our rivers, and what are the concerns and consequences for our health? | Brian Morgan
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I gave up my medical career to fight for NHS patients and staff. Here’s what I’ve learned…
April 6, 2026 at 10:37 AM
I gave up my medical career to fight for NHS patients and staff. Here’s what I’ve learned…
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'The Southend campus of the University of Essex is set to close at the end of the 2025-2026 academic year due to financial pressures, with 800 students moving to the university's Colchester campus and 400 jobs affected.'
Southend crisis meeting over university campus closure
Students and staff affected by the closure of the campus in Southend meet with politicians.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 1, 2026 at 8:58 AM
'The Southend campus of the University of Essex is set to close at the end of the 2025-2026 academic year due to financial pressures, with 800 students moving to the university's Colchester campus and 400 jobs affected.'
A rich man’s crime is called a mistake; a poor man’s mistake is called a crime. Understand the difference.
February 15, 2026 at 6:26 PM
A rich man’s crime is called a mistake; a poor man’s mistake is called a crime. Understand the difference.
Now is the time for our MP @DavidBSampson MP for Southend West and Leigh to stand up and be counted. To speak up for their constituents.
@SouthendLabour
@SouthendLabour
February 3, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Now is the time for our MP @DavidBSampson MP for Southend West and Leigh to stand up and be counted. To speak up for their constituents.
@SouthendLabour
@SouthendLabour
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@@DavidBSampson MP for Southend West and Leigh voted for Assisted suicide Bill,
Killing the sick, vulnerable and elderly is cheaper than medical or palliative care.
Killing the sick, vulnerable and elderly is cheaper than medical or palliative care.
January 13, 2026 at 3:49 PM
@@DavidBSampson MP for Southend West and Leigh voted for Assisted suicide Bill,
Killing the sick, vulnerable and elderly is cheaper than medical or palliative care.
Killing the sick, vulnerable and elderly is cheaper than medical or palliative care.
@@DavidBSampson MP for Southend West and Leigh voted for Assisted suicide Bill,
Killing the sick, vulnerable and elderly is cheaper than medical or palliative care.
Killing the sick, vulnerable and elderly is cheaper than medical or palliative care.
January 13, 2026 at 3:49 PM
@@DavidBSampson MP for Southend West and Leigh voted for Assisted suicide Bill,
Killing the sick, vulnerable and elderly is cheaper than medical or palliative care.
Killing the sick, vulnerable and elderly is cheaper than medical or palliative care.
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Show some gratitude, people – Nadhim Zahawi has joined Reform for our benefit, apparently | Marina Hyde
Show some gratitude, people – Nadhim Zahawi has joined Reform for our benefit, apparently | Marina Hyde
The current crop of politicians are constantly telling us they don’t have to be doing this. Aren’t we lucky, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Show some gratitude, people – Nadhim Zahawi has joined Reform for our benefit, apparently | Marina Hyde
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Nadim Zahawi arrived in the UK from Iraq as a child refugee. His family claimed asylum once they were here. Today he has joined Reform who will stop all in country asylum applications. Under his new party, his own family fleeing persecution would be immediately deported.
January 12, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Nadim Zahawi arrived in the UK from Iraq as a child refugee. His family claimed asylum once they were here. Today he has joined Reform who will stop all in country asylum applications. Under his new party, his own family fleeing persecution would be immediately deported.
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Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
January 12, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
@davidYesterday I was delighted not to show my support for the @WASPI campaign alongside fellow parliamentarians.bsampson.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 8:49 PM
@davidYesterday I was delighted not to show my support for the @WASPI campaign alongside fellow parliamentarians.bsampson.bsky.social
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Yesterday I was delighted not to show my support for the @WASPI campaign alongside fellow parliamentarians.
October 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Yesterday I was delighted not to show my support for the @WASPI campaign alongside fellow parliamentarians.
I have signed @weownit.org.uk's petition to block Thames Water's plans to dump sewage in our rivers for the next 15 years. We have until 21st Oct to stop it. Add your name now.
weownit.org.uk/act-now/peti...
weownit.org.uk/act-now/peti...
Thames Water wants to pollute illegally until 2040. Ofwat must say NO.
Thames Water wants to make at deal with Ofwat, to pollute illegally for 15 years
weownit.org.uk
October 19, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I have signed @weownit.org.uk's petition to block Thames Water's plans to dump sewage in our rivers for the next 15 years. We have until 21st Oct to stop it. Add your name now.
weownit.org.uk/act-now/peti...
weownit.org.uk/act-now/peti...
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“Don’t be fooled by those in Epstein’s circle who say they didn’t know what he was doing. Epstein…took a certain glee in making people watch. And people did watch – scientists, fundraisers from the Ivy League and other heralded institutions, titans of industry. They watched and they didn’t care.”
‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother
In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:47 PM
“Don’t be fooled by those in Epstein’s circle who say they didn’t know what he was doing. Epstein…took a certain glee in making people watch. And people did watch – scientists, fundraisers from the Ivy League and other heralded institutions, titans of industry. They watched and they didn’t care.”
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‘Need to hold social media giants to account’ – Health Select Comm Chair on fake weight loss jabs
www.channel4.com/news/need-to...
www.channel4.com/news/need-to...
‘Need to hold social media giants to account’ – Health Select Comm Chair on fake weight loss jabs
We spoke to Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran is the chair of the Commons Health and Social Care Select Committee.
www.channel4.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
‘Need to hold social media giants to account’ – Health Select Comm Chair on fake weight loss jabs
www.channel4.com/news/need-to...
www.channel4.com/news/need-to...
Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
A Free Press, Not a Free Pass – It's Time for Fair Regulation
For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. We’ve all seen the heartbreaking consequences.
They’ve hacked phones, listened to ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
October 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
Southend Against Sewage reporting very high levels of E. coli at Jubilee Beach and Shoebury Beach, as well as elevated levels at Thorpe Bay and Three Shells Beach on September 5th, 2025. This is a significant concern given the context of previous water quality issues,
September 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Southend Against Sewage reporting very high levels of E. coli at Jubilee Beach and Shoebury Beach, as well as elevated levels at Thorpe Bay and Three Shells Beach on September 5th, 2025. This is a significant concern given the context of previous water quality issues,
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Boris Johnson tells an audience in Taiwan,
"We will solve the problem of a shortage of social care workers which we have in the UK"
"Not with more immigrants but with ChatGPT"
"We will solve the problem of a shortage of social care workers which we have in the UK"
"Not with more immigrants but with ChatGPT"
August 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Boris Johnson tells an audience in Taiwan,
"We will solve the problem of a shortage of social care workers which we have in the UK"
"Not with more immigrants but with ChatGPT"
"We will solve the problem of a shortage of social care workers which we have in the UK"
"Not with more immigrants but with ChatGPT"
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The Labour government faces questions over “cash for access” after a Times investigation found that businesses have been offered private meetings with “an influential Labour figure” as part of sponsorship packages costing almost £9,500.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Revealed: Labour group’s £9,500 ‘cash for access’ breakfasts
A Times investigation has found companies have been offered sponsorship deals involving private meetings with an ‘influential Labour figure’
www.thetimes.com
August 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The Labour government faces questions over “cash for access” after a Times investigation found that businesses have been offered private meetings with “an influential Labour figure” as part of sponsorship packages costing almost £9,500.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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@davidbsampson.bsky.social Allotments have for generations given working people access to a bit of green space denied by tower blocks and high density housing.
For Rayner to propose building on them must be a kick in the teeth for staunch Labour supporters everywhere.
For Rayner to propose building on them must be a kick in the teeth for staunch Labour supporters everywhere.
August 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
@davidbsampson.bsky.social Allotments have for generations given working people access to a bit of green space denied by tower blocks and high density housing.
For Rayner to propose building on them must be a kick in the teeth for staunch Labour supporters everywhere.
For Rayner to propose building on them must be a kick in the teeth for staunch Labour supporters everywhere.
@davidbsampson.bsky.social Allotments have for generations given working people access to a bit of green space denied by tower blocks and high density housing.
For Rayner to propose building on them must be a kick in the teeth for staunch Labour supporters everywhere.
For Rayner to propose building on them must be a kick in the teeth for staunch Labour supporters everywhere.
August 5, 2025 at 12:56 PM
@davidbsampson.bsky.social Allotments have for generations given working people access to a bit of green space denied by tower blocks and high density housing.
For Rayner to propose building on them must be a kick in the teeth for staunch Labour supporters everywhere.
For Rayner to propose building on them must be a kick in the teeth for staunch Labour supporters everywhere.
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As Keir Starmer hires former Sun editor David Dinsmore as his new communications chief, a quick reminder of the sorts of communications Dinsmore helped to put out in his former job
July 26, 2025 at 8:48 AM
As Keir Starmer hires former Sun editor David Dinsmore as his new communications chief, a quick reminder of the sorts of communications Dinsmore helped to put out in his former job