Susan Sinclair

PRESS RELEASE The British-Afghan Oxus Expedition has identified the true source of the River Oxus (Amu Darya). mailchi.mp/maximumexposur…

Proud to see #OxusExpedition in @Telegraph today! telegraph.co.uk/travel/destina…

Our Animal Welfare Strategy, published today will safeguard animals 🐶In the home 🐮On the farm 🦊In the wild

I agree with the Prime Minister that the "wild promises" of Brexit have hurt our economy and our politics and that we must seek a closer relationship with the European Union. That should start with a new youth mobility scheme and re-joining Erasmus, so that our young people have opportunities currently denied to them because of Brexit.

We’ve #AdEnough. From today, we're kicking junk food adverts off @My_Metro. 🚇 We're joining forces with @jamieoliver and his AdEnough campaign so kids won’t be bombarded by unhealthy ads on the Metro. I’m delighted we’ve taken action and I hope its just the start...

One team. Three jumps. One message. Justice, Juliet & Rob each jumped from 13,000+ ft to show children who stammer that nothing can hold them back. Justice’s message: “You are not alone.” Every £ donated before 26 Oct is doubled! Donate: buff.ly/fYZp7RJ #ISADSkydive

It’s @Great_Run race day! Good luck everyone taking part. Shout out to the amazing charities I’m running for today. @SBRFoundation and @LoveAmelia8. Here’s my link- if you sponsor I’d really appreciate it and so would they! peoplesfundraising.com/fundraising/ki…

We have donated £5m to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, towards its Palm House renovation project. This is the largest philanthropic gift to date for the project and one of the most significant single donations in Kew’s history. juliarausingtrust.org/5-million-gran… Photo credit: RGB Kew

To celebrate the BBC Proms on Friday, we placed a piano outside the Royal Albert Hall for anyone to play. Here's what happened next.

Well that was quite a thing! The launch of the ⁦@tusk_org⁩ turtle trail.,, 17 Artist-painted turtles (and me and ⁦@StevenBartlett⁩ ) appearing at iconic London hotspots to raise the profile of the work Tusk supports to protect and conserve wildlife. #tuskturtletrail

Points of general interest from my recent return to #Damascus #Syria dianadarke.com/2025/04/17/ret…

"Everyone was very busy during the war and there was nobody to tell the people that this sort of music was over their heads. So they came and liked it." - Myra Hess kahnandaverill.co.uk/product/myra-h…

“We are determined to back them” Culture Secretary @LisaNandy on @GMB this morning to discuss the government’s £270m boost for the arts and culture sector Find out what this means 👇 gov.uk/government/new…

The Campaign for the Arts speaks for tens of millions of people across the UK who value the arts in their lives. It’s wonderful to hear that the Prime Minister does too. #artsmatter

The oldest chess pieces in the world - on loan from Uzbekistan for our new ⁦@britishmuseum⁩ blockbuster show Silk Roads, which opens to the public tomorrow. Go see it!

“Those who look for seashells will find seashells. Those who open them will find pearls.” Al Ghazali quoted by ⁦@peterfrankopan⁩ at Silk Roads - stunning new exhibition ⁦@britishmuseum⁩

"Art is intrinsic to being a human being." @DCMS Arts Minister Sir Chris Bryant (@RhonddaBryant) speaking at the launch of #TheStateoftheArts report last month. @CCMPSWarwickUni @uniofwarwick

Very heartening Lords' response to the King's Speech, with several peers calling on government to support music and the creative industries. Good to see them raising many issues the ISM campaigns on, including Brexit and music education. Hear Lord Berkeley’s speech below 👇

We're calling on the new Labour Government to support our plans to make the North East the centre of creativity for the writing industries. Let's establish a Centre for Writing in Newcastle and reposition the industry's southern and London bias 💫 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Thomas-Alexandre Dumas is the most inspiring man you’ve never heard of Born a slave, he went on to become France’s greatest general alongside Napoleon… and that wasn’t even his best achievement! He actually inspired France’s all time greatest novel, written by his own son…