Sarah Todd

Morning after the #FarmerProtest #FarmersMarch My 81-year-old father out in the snow making sure his cattle are fed and watered. Three generations out this morning …#FamilyFarmTax

Always enjoy writing features for @FarmersGuardian, was such fun to meet Luke and his passion for farming and food was really heartfelt

Ministers have promised early diagnosis clinics for osteoporosis more than 60 times. Two years on, there’s still no plan. Meanwhile, 2,000 people die each year from injuries these clinics prevent. Patients can’t wait any longer.

The butcher's shop - which always had sawdust on the floor (Shopping With Mother, 1958) Artist: Harry Wingfield

Winston Churchill used to lay 200 bricks per day to keep his mind busy when feeling down. Depression hates a moving target.

If you're having a bad day, here's the exact moment that Charlie Brown adopted Snoopy 75 years ago.

#Mayday #posttoppers

My latest cartoon for tomorrow's @Telegraph Buy a print of my cartoons at telegraph.co.uk/mattprints Original artwork from chrisbeetles.com

Myth: "I only wear vegan fabrics. Better for the animals, better for the planet." Let's check in on Doris's annual contribution. Once a year, in late spring, Doris is sheared. The procedure takes approximately three minutes. Doris does not enjoy it. Doris does not, by any visible measure, suffer from it. Doris is, immediately afterwards, a noticeably more comfortable animal in the British summer. The fleece weighs approximately 3 kilograms. It is sold to the British Wool Marketing Board for, depending on the year, between £0.40 and £2.50 per kilogram. The shearing costs more than the wool fetches. Brian is shearing Doris at a loss. The wool is then: - Naturally flame-retardant - Naturally antibacterial - Moisture-wicking - Biodegradable - Renewable, annually - Carbon-storing while in use The replacement, in performance fabrics: - Polyester - Polyamide - Acrylic - Polypropylene - All petroleum-derived - All shedding microplastics on every wash - All requiring fossil fuel inputs to produce - All non-biodegradable, with a typical landfill lifespan of 200-500 years A single wash of a polyester fleece can release up to 700,000 microplastic fibres into the water system. These fibres are now in: every tested water source on earth, every tested human placenta, every tested rainfall sample, the deep ocean, the Arctic ice, and the lungs of marine mammals. A single wash of a wool jumper releases: nothing. The wool, when eventually disposed of, returns to soil within a few years. The fabric being marketed as the "ethical" alternative to wool is plastic. The plastic is "ethical" because nobody has been asked to slaughter the polymer. The polymer also has not been asked. Doris, by being a sheep on a fell, is producing the most thoroughly sustainable performance fabric humans have ever made. Brian is selling it at a loss. The fashion industry, meanwhile, is selling petroleum at a profit and calling it ethical. Reject plastic. Wear wool. Doris is, this morning, growing next year's batch.

Harry & Tasha grew up in India before their marriage was arranged by relatives in a #Darlington pub. It has lasted 57 years and they've raised thousands for @StTeresas Hospice through a shared love of running. I tell their beautiful story in Saturday's @TheNorthernEcho

My latest cartoon for tomorrow's @Telegraph Buy a print of my cartoons at telegraph.co.uk/mattprints Original artwork from chrisbeetles.com

Major Johnny Thompson is back!

Crossing Newsham Bridge, a rite of passage for all of our 2YOs.

My latest cartoon for tomorrow's @Telegraph Buy a print of my cartoons at telegraph.co.uk/mattprints Original artwork from chrisbeetles.com

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To mark the 100th anniversary of Winnie-the-Pooh, The Queen has gifted the New York Public Library a new Roo. Made by Merrythought, the new Roo travelled from Buckingham Palace to New York aboard Their Majesties’ flight! 📹: @RoyalFamily

A family bicycle ride and picnic in the Cotswolds. A Thermos of tea for Mum and Dad and an orange squash for the children. England, 1953.

King Charles has been a triumph on this US trip. His speeches yesterday were the most brilliant act of much-needed diplomacy that I can remember in a long time. He was charming, funny, courageous, and reminded everyone why the Monarchy remains one of Britain’s greatest assets.

Jam sandwiches, cakes, sweets, and jelly. Children racing and playing games in this lovely film of a street party in England celebrating the Coronation in 1953.

'Should you ever need to get hold of us... just give us a ring.' King Charles presents President Trump with the original bell from the conning tower of HMS Trump.