Ramadan, Lunar New Year and Pancake Tuesday all on the same day?
It's all go, lads.
Ramadan, Lunar New Year and Pancake Tuesday all on the same day?
It's all go, lads.
Crepes on horseback after sunset for the win.
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Pretty savage seeing this
Had a huge lunch at home of Palestinian friends today & their 6 year old daughter came over to whisper to me that at school they all secretly say '67' but the teacher has banned them from saying it especially if they make extra noises π€ but says they also sneakily say 'a sΓ© a seacht' π #speirgorm
Picture of a snail apparently crossed with a cat, digitised from a Latin Bible dated 1475-1499, in the Mazarine Library, Paris Https://portail.biblissima.fr/fr/ark:/43093/mdataf4734b9b7f53a8ed484da7b326eb11217f484bb0
Drugs in 15C French monasteries must have been amazing.
So pale that if I wore just a soupΓ§on of rouge & a white Pierrot outfit your great aunt would mistake me for a ceramic doll & attempt to put me in a glass cabinet.
Γdouard Vuillard's picture (c1920) is of Elizabeth Asquith (Princess Bibesco) the daughter of Margot and Herbert Asquith, Liberal Prime Minister 1908-1916. Her marriage in 1919 to the Romanian diplomat Prince Antoine Bibesco was Londonβs society wedding of the year.
As they should. No sheep should be defined by their worst moments.
They might be pretty embarrassed to have got stuck on that cliff, in fairness
Caught on CliffCam
North Wales Live 31 Dec 2025 β’ β’ β’ Follow ... Sheep stuck on cliff rescued by mountain rescuers Image shows sheep stuck up a cliff. They have their faces covered by grey blobs.
Ok. So. They anonymised the sheep.
GDPR compliance is a baaastardβ¦
A European honey bee, covered in pollen from the hollyhocks.
Clare Valley, South Australia.
A lone priest is walking through the snow towards a temple building. The path is lined with snow-laden trees and snow is falling.
'Hall of the Golden Hue at Hiraizumi' - Kawase Hasui, 1957. This was Hasui's final work before his death later the same year.
#JapaneseArt #shinhanga
The Mamdani swearing in has real Gotham City vibes. Love it.
I always tell students if you ask a good question the article will write itself
I also want to know about the alcohol consumption of peace-elephants
The competition on my street to demonstrate oneβs predestination for heaven is fierce.
Close up photo of a Sphagnum moss plant that appears to have an angry face)
Iβm not usually afraid of moss, but every now and thenβ¦
(Sphagnum moss with spore capsules, #Newfoundland Canada)
#moss #bryophyte #fungifriends #hiking
I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
They did it again! NYC subway Thanksgiving 2025, via @scootercaster.com!
The Pillsbury Dough Boy float at the Macy's Parade
He is risen
The brief notion that they're in a stranger's face has tickled me no end.
Thank you to everyone at the #NO_KINGS rallies for making your voices heard & being part of history.
The massive crowds were joyful, passionate & spectacular!
So were the signs...
France went so hard in solidarity with no kings that someone stole the Crown Jewels from the Louvre
Our second English lunchtime research seminar of the new semester will be delivered by our colleague Prof Michael Griffin, who will speak on Editing the Cambridge Goldsmith. All welcome! #speirgorm #research #English @ulresearch.bsky.social
A pyramid of cashmere mice and a mouse being shot out of a cannon
My sister has made this mouse circus out of a cashmere jumper. I just love it!
most cutting thing you can say is "who's this clown?" because it implies they're a) a clown & b) not even one of the better-known clowns
While watching Misery, when James Caan picks up the statue of the pig during the climactic fight scene, I'll never forget the guy behind me yelling at the top of his lungs, "HIT HER WITH THE PIG!" like all of our lives depended on it.
My photo shows a circa 2,000 year-old Roman cast glass ribbed bowl composed of translucent blue-green and opaque white mosaic glass. It has a plain rounded rim and sides curving in to the bottom. On the exterior below the rim are sixteen evenly spaced vertical ribs. The bowl is placed on a textured grey surface in a museum display case which lights up the bowl so it looks like it contains swirling turquoise waters of the Mediterranean Sea. Dimensions: height 5.8 cm, diameter 11.5 cm.
Something lovely for the weekend! π©΅
A stunning 2,000 year old Roman bowl made of translucent blue-green mosaic glass.
Looks like it contains the turquoise blue waters of the Mediterranean Sea! π
Landesmuseum WΓΌrttemberg, Stuttgart π· by me
#Archaeology