The queen who dressed as a man and the eunuch who built a mosque are just two highlights of a journey through 800 years of India’s rich LGBTQ+ heritage Source: Rediscovering India’s lost queer icons: a tour of Old Delhi’s secret history | Global development | The Guardian

I don’t walk as much (or as quickly) as I have for most of my life. Still, Wendy and I take a walk every day, weather and other circumstances permitting. I treasure these times. But I also like to read about walking. Source: The Pleasure of Walking | John Wilson | First Things

Suella Braverman flags statutory instrument to public order bill as climate protesters renew campaign Source: Police to get powers to ban slow walking in traffic amid Just Stop Oil protests | Just Stop Oil | The Guardian

Shinya Ide and Shion Ito walk alpacas Akane and Satsuki in the early morning in Tokyo. The couple operate an indoor petting zoo, Alpaca Land. The woolly natives of South America spend time with visitors who pay 1,000 yen for 30 minutes petting them, hugging them and burying faces in their… Source: Walking their alpacas

ART WHERE THE FOREST MEETS THE SEA Source: Björkö Konstnod

In the light of the UK government’s crackdown on slow-walking protests, this comment from Council of Europe makes interesting reading – Strasbourg 02/06/2023 Source: Crackdowns on peaceful environmental protests should stop and give way to more social dialogue – Commissioner for Human Rights

The Home Secretary has renewed plans to protect the public from highly disruptive protest tactics such as slow walking…. “Don’t dilly dally on your way home” Source: Government acts to stop highly disruptive slow walking tactics – GOV.UK