Up to £600 on my fundraising (thanks Mum!) This week's run is only 2 hours. Off in a moment. www.justgiving.com/page/robert-...

The Ukraine Crisis Appeal - Marathon Fund Raising

Help Robert Dale raise money to support The British Red Cross Society

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Sketches of the war in Ukraine: dispatch from the Russian border

In the latest part of his visual diary, artist Sergiy Maidukov captures the weeks before a dramatic incursion

@financialtimes.com I might have thought this review would refer to Volodymyr the Great and Kyivan Rus, (and Peter I and Catherine II) given the wider context of the book.

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The Baton and the Cross — Putin’s cynical co-opting of Russia’s church

Ex-Moscow correspondent Lucy Ash examines the complicity of the Orthodox Church in the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine

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The Baton and the Cross — Putin’s cynical co-opting of Russia’s church

Ex-Moscow correspondent Lucy Ash examines the complicity of the Orthodox Church in the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine

Crumbs, what a cycle home from the station! Two taxis so close it felt like my leg was polishing their paintwork, and then two pedestrians talking on their phone stepped into the road directly in front of me. How many lights, reflectors, high-vis is necessary?

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‘Everything is dead’: Ukraine rushes to stem ecocide after river poisoning

Russia is suspected of deliberately leaking chemical waste into a river, with deadly consequences for wildlife

Last long training run. It was interrupted by a shoplifter trying to sell me a chicken + packs of corned beef. Desperately sad, he looked desperate. I really do despair about modern Britain. He didn't like my reasoning that (a) I had no cash, (b) no way was I carrying a chicken for last 7 miles.

The programme for the Newcastle Modern European History Seminar this semester is out!

The last 35 minutes of this were awful. But on pace. Exhausted. Wouldn't have got there today without boost from recent sponsorship. I need £6 to meet my target. Raising money for @BritishRedCross's Ukraine appeal. 🇺🇦🏃 justgiving.com/page/robert-da… #garmn #beatyesterday

Just saw a sparrow hawk in the garden! Such a privilege.