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of acquiescent temper, miscellaneous opinions, and uncertain vote.

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How to look unimpressed when your partner is showing off

07.03.2026 13:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Britain’s Story: The Next Chapter - the BBC Royal Charter Review, Green Paper and public consultation The government is consulting the public to aid decision-making on the terms for the BBC Charter’s renewal and any changes needed to help the BBC to continue to serve the public.

Just completed the DCMC BBC charter review survey. It's not exactly quick work but it is a labour of love and I would encourage others to give it a go before the closing date on Tuesday. www.gov.uk/government/c...

07.03.2026 13:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That’s a lot of wheels for a β€˜bike’

07.03.2026 00:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Steven Spurrier - a class act The wine world lost one of its greats five years ago this month.

It's 5 years ago this month that Steven Spurrier die so wrote a thing about one of the great gents of the wine world henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/steven-spu...

06.03.2026 10:38 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Every house needs a secret door that leads to a secret room, but well, there are secret rooms and then there are...

02.01.2025 03:46 πŸ‘ 797 πŸ” 160 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 20
Bronze statue (Ashmolean Museum)

Bronze statue (Ashmolean Museum)

A bronze statuette of a Hindu saint, acquired by the Ashmolean in 1967, has been returned to a temple in Tamil Nadu. The Ashmolean had been alerted to doubts around its provenance in 2019 and voluntarily approached Indian authorities for an investigation.

www.ashmolean.org/press/return...

06.03.2026 08:11 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

I’m going to guess WC

06.03.2026 08:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m surprised they were giving that out in 1974! There was a pre-war copy in my grandparents’ house and I always found it disturbing and unsuitable for children like myself. Which didn’t stop me reading it, though! All part of my impression that people in the past were weird

05.03.2026 23:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Blue sky, white blossom, pink blossom, and fresh yellow-green leaves on the trees. Darker green leaves of ivy and grass that has seen out the winter

Blue sky, white blossom, pink blossom, and fresh yellow-green leaves on the trees. Darker green leaves of ivy and grass that has seen out the winter

The Colours of Spring

β€˜Come gentle spring
Come at winter's end
Gone is the pallor from a promise that's nature's gift’

05.03.2026 12:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Canada’s national motto: β€œBordering on the ridiculous” ?

05.03.2026 16:53 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Blue sky, white blossom, pink blossom, and fresh yellow-green leaves on the trees. Darker green leaves of ivy and grass that has seen out the winter

Blue sky, white blossom, pink blossom, and fresh yellow-green leaves on the trees. Darker green leaves of ivy and grass that has seen out the winter

The Colours of Spring

β€˜Come gentle spring
Come at winter's end
Gone is the pallor from a promise that's nature's gift’

05.03.2026 12:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The Evening After Full Moon just risen over the horizon. Looming over it a giant evergreen tree that sits in the middle of an apple orchard. Everything bar the moon and the March night is in darkness

The Evening After Full Moon just risen over the horizon. Looming over it a giant evergreen tree that sits in the middle of an apple orchard. Everything bar the moon and the March night is in darkness

The giants are in conversation.

03.03.2026 18:37 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
A jade-green circle of lichen on a green-brown tree trunk with a muddy path behind looking almost purple brown

A jade-green circle of lichen on a green-brown tree trunk with a muddy path behind looking almost purple brown

A mysterious composition I found today in a tree in the woods. Nature copying Andy Goldsworthy

03.03.2026 17:57 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Food and drink seem to spring to mind, but which? Smells of coffee and bacon and bread are irresistible

(Yes, I do like breakfast)

02.03.2026 21:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Both very good responses

02.03.2026 21:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
What it says in the post, with a blue sky above streaked with fuzzy white contrails

What it says in the post, with a blue sky above streaked with fuzzy white contrails

Red, orange, yellow over the wall at the end of the park. The yellow flowers are a laburnum tree, the rest are two colours of pyracantha berries. A welcome burst of colour at the end of winter

02.03.2026 21:05 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sinkhole reveals forgotten wine cellar under golf course Deputy head green keeper Steve Hopkins was the first person to enter for more than 100 years.

A sinkhole that opened up on Davyhulme Park Golf Club, Trafford, Greater Manchester revealed to an abandoned wine cellar that was part of Davyhulme Hall manor house which was demolished in 1888. πŸ‘‡
BBC News - Sinkhole reveals forgotten wine cellar under golf course
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

02.03.2026 18:17 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wake? Are you sure that isn’t what Roscoe’s dreams look like?

02.03.2026 20:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As you say, it would have been better for the government to say why it was done

02.03.2026 09:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Are these facts available to the general public? Or do you have special access? Seems surprising that the press wouldn’t have picked up on it

02.03.2026 09:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The angle is nice

I think street art is more than just a piece of artwork. The street is part of the effect too

02.03.2026 09:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Twenty years of spring @slightlyfoxed.bsky.social

28.02.2026 15:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Into the forest …

27.02.2026 16:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Five or six old green tree trunks grown together on a dark mossy bank where their gnarled roots spread and twist

Five or six old green tree trunks grown together on a dark mossy bank where their gnarled roots spread and twist

The old trees that grasp the land

27.02.2026 12:24 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Common Peephole
Β 
Β 
She came from Greece,
she had a faulty socket.
Her eye fell out,
she couldn’t stop it.
Β 
That’s when I
caught her eye.


Brian Bilston

Common Peephole Β  Β  She came from Greece, she had a faulty socket. Her eye fell out, she couldn’t stop it. Β  That’s when I caught her eye. Brian Bilston

Pulp poetry.

27.02.2026 09:42 πŸ‘ 952 πŸ” 239 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 7

Absolutely β€’ Dressage (without the Horses)

26.02.2026 13:08 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3

How long before the smart ones put mirrors on the underside of their drones?

27.02.2026 09:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.

27.02.2026 05:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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St Margaret of Antioch protected herself from the dragon in her cell by telling it ghost stories. It found these so frightening that she had to lend it a security blanket to fend off panic attacks.

27.02.2026 07:53 πŸ‘ 60 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yawn! Not ’sing’. I was wondering what ’sig’ could mean

27.02.2026 08:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0