Nick Halliday
@hallidaynick.bsky.social
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Ex NAO, GDS, Defra, DWP, ECGD.
Ex NAO, GDS, Defra, DWP, ECGD.
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Luxurious duck-shaped vessel carved from a single piece of rock crystal around 3,500 years ago!
From Bronze Age Mycenae, it is said to be an exquisite example of imported Minoan stoneworking. Probably used to hold oils or cosmetics.
National Archaeological Museum Athens Greece
📷 me
#Archaeology
From Bronze Age Mycenae, it is said to be an exquisite example of imported Minoan stoneworking. Probably used to hold oils or cosmetics.
National Archaeological Museum Athens Greece
📷 me
#Archaeology
November 12, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Luxurious duck-shaped vessel carved from a single piece of rock crystal around 3,500 years ago!
From Bronze Age Mycenae, it is said to be an exquisite example of imported Minoan stoneworking. Probably used to hold oils or cosmetics.
National Archaeological Museum Athens Greece
📷 me
#Archaeology
From Bronze Age Mycenae, it is said to be an exquisite example of imported Minoan stoneworking. Probably used to hold oils or cosmetics.
National Archaeological Museum Athens Greece
📷 me
#Archaeology
Reposted by Nick Halliday
BBC Under Attack: Pot and Kettle Special
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
November 12, 2025 at 8:06 AM
BBC Under Attack: Pot and Kettle Special
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
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#OtD 12 Nov 1954 Ellis Island closed as an immigration processing centre to the United States. Since 1892, it processed 12 million mostly working-class migrants, and 40% of the US population are descendents of people who travelled through Ellis Island stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8430...
November 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
#OtD 12 Nov 1954 Ellis Island closed as an immigration processing centre to the United States. Since 1892, it processed 12 million mostly working-class migrants, and 40% of the US population are descendents of people who travelled through Ellis Island stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8430...
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12 November 1938 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Liane Minzer (or Münzer), was born in The Hague.
In February 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection together with her older sister Eva (in the picture: Eva (left), Liane (right)).
In February 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection together with her older sister Eva (in the picture: Eva (left), Liane (right)).
November 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
12 November 1938 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Liane Minzer (or Münzer), was born in The Hague.
In February 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection together with her older sister Eva (in the picture: Eva (left), Liane (right)).
In February 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection together with her older sister Eva (in the picture: Eva (left), Liane (right)).
Still a gap in the market. Where are the coloured scooters for adults with tassles; or shoes with flashing lights in them; and of course buses should have steering wheels at the front on top decks. C'mon people
BBC News - UK toy sales up as 'kidults' buy Lego and Pokémon
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - UK toy sales up as 'kidults' buy Lego and Pokémon
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Toy sales rebound as brands target kids and adults
Sales have risen by 6% so far this year, analysts say, after a string of post-pandemic falls.
www.bbc.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Still a gap in the market. Where are the coloured scooters for adults with tassles; or shoes with flashing lights in them; and of course buses should have steering wheels at the front on top decks. C'mon people
BBC News - UK toy sales up as 'kidults' buy Lego and Pokémon
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - UK toy sales up as 'kidults' buy Lego and Pokémon
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Are you studying, researching or teaching military histories? Try using the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH). It contains 670,000+ resources from 55 BCE to today! Find out how to use BBIH buff.ly/yD11954 @brepols.net
Using BBIH online: a help pack for students and lecturers
For the academic year, we've a help pack offering guides to BBIH in undergraduate and graduate teaching and research. With embeddable content for VLEs.
www.history.ac.uk
November 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Are you studying, researching or teaching military histories? Try using the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH). It contains 670,000+ resources from 55 BCE to today! Find out how to use BBIH buff.ly/yD11954 @brepols.net
I can only think of Gil Chesterton the food critic in Frasier...
For the first time in 26 years, The Post has a new food critic.
“I’ll cover dining here with the rigor and attention that locals deserve, and I will continue to write about the way restaurant culture is evolving nationwide,” writes Elazar Sontag.
“I’ll cover dining here with the rigor and attention that locals deserve, and I will continue to write about the way restaurant culture is evolving nationwide,” writes Elazar Sontag.
Column | Meet The Washington Post’s new food critic
Elazar Sontag is The Post’s next food critic — and he won’t be anonymous.
wapo.st
November 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I can only think of Gil Chesterton the food critic in Frasier...
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Delightful detail from the Roman “unswept floor” mosaic by Heraclitus, showing a mouse nibbling a walnut.
Superb use of darker tiles for subtle shadow effect!
2nd century AD. Vatican Museums www.museivaticani.va/content/muse...
#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology
Superb use of darker tiles for subtle shadow effect!
2nd century AD. Vatican Museums www.museivaticani.va/content/muse...
#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology
November 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Delightful detail from the Roman “unswept floor” mosaic by Heraclitus, showing a mouse nibbling a walnut.
Superb use of darker tiles for subtle shadow effect!
2nd century AD. Vatican Museums www.museivaticani.va/content/muse...
#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology
Superb use of darker tiles for subtle shadow effect!
2nd century AD. Vatican Museums www.museivaticani.va/content/muse...
#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology
Reposted by Nick Halliday
25 November in the Roman amphitheatre at the London Guildhall, it's Instant Classics's first live event. We'll be talking about what life was like in Roman London. And a drink and mingle at the end. Had been sold out, but more tickets now released www.instantclassicspod.com/events
Instant Classics | Events
www.instantclassicspod.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:37 AM
25 November in the Roman amphitheatre at the London Guildhall, it's Instant Classics's first live event. We'll be talking about what life was like in Roman London. And a drink and mingle at the end. Had been sold out, but more tickets now released www.instantclassicspod.com/events
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The last Belgian soldier to be killed during WWI was a private called Marcel Terfve. He was shot at 10.42 on 11/11 by a German machine gun near the Gent-Terneuzen canal. He in the Belgian army since 1914 and sadly almost made it throught the entire war #armisticeday #LestWeForget
November 11, 2025 at 7:07 AM
The last Belgian soldier to be killed during WWI was a private called Marcel Terfve. He was shot at 10.42 on 11/11 by a German machine gun near the Gent-Terneuzen canal. He in the Belgian army since 1914 and sadly almost made it throught the entire war #armisticeday #LestWeForget
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In our latest article, Dr Kathryn Rix has looked at the 23 MPs commemorated in the Commons chamber who died during the Second World War.
Their biographies written by #HistParl are now accessible on Parliament's website, links to which you can find in Dr Rix's article below:
Their biographies written by #HistParl are now accessible on Parliament's website, links to which you can find in Dr Rix's article below:
MPs and the Second World War - The History of Parliament
Ahead of Remembrance Day, and with 2025 marking 80 years since the end of the Second World War, Dr Kathryn Rix, Assistant Editor of our House of Commons,
historyofparliament.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:30 AM
In our latest article, Dr Kathryn Rix has looked at the 23 MPs commemorated in the Commons chamber who died during the Second World War.
Their biographies written by #HistParl are now accessible on Parliament's website, links to which you can find in Dr Rix's article below:
Their biographies written by #HistParl are now accessible on Parliament's website, links to which you can find in Dr Rix's article below:
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It's bulb planting time!
Bulbs make dazzling displays in containers or borders, and they’re also a great source of late winter/early spring nectar for butterflies and moths 🦋
Top 5 bulbs to plant:
🌷 Crocus
🌷 Alliums
🌷 Grape hyacinth
🌷 Winter aconite
🌷 Snake's-head Fritillary
📷: Rob Blanken
Bulbs make dazzling displays in containers or borders, and they’re also a great source of late winter/early spring nectar for butterflies and moths 🦋
Top 5 bulbs to plant:
🌷 Crocus
🌷 Alliums
🌷 Grape hyacinth
🌷 Winter aconite
🌷 Snake's-head Fritillary
📷: Rob Blanken
November 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
It's bulb planting time!
Bulbs make dazzling displays in containers or borders, and they’re also a great source of late winter/early spring nectar for butterflies and moths 🦋
Top 5 bulbs to plant:
🌷 Crocus
🌷 Alliums
🌷 Grape hyacinth
🌷 Winter aconite
🌷 Snake's-head Fritillary
📷: Rob Blanken
Bulbs make dazzling displays in containers or borders, and they’re also a great source of late winter/early spring nectar for butterflies and moths 🦋
Top 5 bulbs to plant:
🌷 Crocus
🌷 Alliums
🌷 Grape hyacinth
🌷 Winter aconite
🌷 Snake's-head Fritillary
📷: Rob Blanken
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#OtD 10 Nov 1944 13 members of the Ehrenfeld anti-Nazi resistance group were hanged in the street in Cologne by the Gestapo. Six of them were members of the Edelweiss Pirates: anti-Nazi working-class youth. This is our podcast ep about them: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/72-e...
November 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
#OtD 10 Nov 1944 13 members of the Ehrenfeld anti-Nazi resistance group were hanged in the street in Cologne by the Gestapo. Six of them were members of the Edelweiss Pirates: anti-Nazi working-class youth. This is our podcast ep about them: workingclasshistory.com/podcast/72-e...
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Seems the bbc will do absolutely anything for celebrity traitors.
November 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Seems the bbc will do absolutely anything for celebrity traitors.
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Water Lilies - 1916/1919
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/11194
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/11194
October 28, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Water Lilies - 1916/1919
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/11194
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/11194
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Weeknote from Japan: ghost islands, glowing forests, taiko drums, and a 75-year-old barman with strong views on glassware.
Theme of the week: okagesame, or “thanks to the unseen work”. Turns out the future of work isn’t an app. It’s appreciation.
sharonodea.com/2025/11/10/w...
Theme of the week: okagesame, or “thanks to the unseen work”. Turns out the future of work isn’t an app. It’s appreciation.
sharonodea.com/2025/11/10/w...
Weeknote 2025/45
Gunkanjima, or Battleship Island (photo by me) I began the week on a boat bound for Gunkanjima, a ghost island that was once the most densely populated place on Earth. From the deck, it looks like …
sharonodea.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Weeknote from Japan: ghost islands, glowing forests, taiko drums, and a 75-year-old barman with strong views on glassware.
Theme of the week: okagesame, or “thanks to the unseen work”. Turns out the future of work isn’t an app. It’s appreciation.
sharonodea.com/2025/11/10/w...
Theme of the week: okagesame, or “thanks to the unseen work”. Turns out the future of work isn’t an app. It’s appreciation.
sharonodea.com/2025/11/10/w...
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A rather angry sea gryphon chases a cheeky dolphin across a 2nd century #Roman mosaic
Found at #Cirencester in 1849, the entirety of this decorated floor (featuring hunting dogs) can now be seen in the excellent @coriniummuseum.bsky.social
📷 Aug 2022
Don't play with your food this #MosaicMonday !
Found at #Cirencester in 1849, the entirety of this decorated floor (featuring hunting dogs) can now be seen in the excellent @coriniummuseum.bsky.social
📷 Aug 2022
Don't play with your food this #MosaicMonday !
November 10, 2025 at 7:24 AM
A rather angry sea gryphon chases a cheeky dolphin across a 2nd century #Roman mosaic
Found at #Cirencester in 1849, the entirety of this decorated floor (featuring hunting dogs) can now be seen in the excellent @coriniummuseum.bsky.social
📷 Aug 2022
Don't play with your food this #MosaicMonday !
Found at #Cirencester in 1849, the entirety of this decorated floor (featuring hunting dogs) can now be seen in the excellent @coriniummuseum.bsky.social
📷 Aug 2022
Don't play with your food this #MosaicMonday !
November 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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A duo for you today ! Your #FoxOfTheDay from @gp-wildlife.bsky.social on BlueSky
November 9, 2025 at 7:00 AM
A duo for you today ! Your #FoxOfTheDay from @gp-wildlife.bsky.social on BlueSky
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Lads
If you get an NHS invite for an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm screening then please do go along.
It’s a short and painless process which will be over in 10 minutes and it could save your life.
www.nhs.uk/conditions/a...
If you get an NHS invite for an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm screening then please do go along.
It’s a short and painless process which will be over in 10 minutes and it could save your life.
www.nhs.uk/conditions/a...
Abdominal aortic aneurysm
Find out about abdominal aortic aneurysm, what the symptoms are, how it’s treated, how to lower your risk of getting one and what the causes are.
www.nhs.uk
November 9, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Lads
If you get an NHS invite for an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm screening then please do go along.
It’s a short and painless process which will be over in 10 minutes and it could save your life.
www.nhs.uk/conditions/a...
If you get an NHS invite for an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm screening then please do go along.
It’s a short and painless process which will be over in 10 minutes and it could save your life.
www.nhs.uk/conditions/a...
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Definitely worth paying for a flu jab this year, about £15 at pharmacies!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
November 9, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Definitely worth paying for a flu jab this year, about £15 at pharmacies!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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#StandingStoneSunday chancing across the Merry Maidens stone circle in West Penwith, #Cornwall, as we dropped down to Newlyn was a real delight.
Heaven knows how this perfect circle has survived 4500 years of landscape change since the Late Neolithic/early Bronze Age 🥰
📷 My own, Friday
Heaven knows how this perfect circle has survived 4500 years of landscape change since the Late Neolithic/early Bronze Age 🥰
📷 My own, Friday
November 9, 2025 at 8:27 AM
#StandingStoneSunday chancing across the Merry Maidens stone circle in West Penwith, #Cornwall, as we dropped down to Newlyn was a real delight.
Heaven knows how this perfect circle has survived 4500 years of landscape change since the Late Neolithic/early Bronze Age 🥰
📷 My own, Friday
Heaven knows how this perfect circle has survived 4500 years of landscape change since the Late Neolithic/early Bronze Age 🥰
📷 My own, Friday
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Some people will tell you that the Mary Rose never made it out of the harbour, but she was actually well travelled, at least for a ship in Henry VIII's navy.
This map shows some of the Mary Rose's more notable destinations - any near you? #Museum30 #Maps
maryrose.org/discover/his...
This map shows some of the Mary Rose's more notable destinations - any near you? #Museum30 #Maps
maryrose.org/discover/his...
November 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Some people will tell you that the Mary Rose never made it out of the harbour, but she was actually well travelled, at least for a ship in Henry VIII's navy.
This map shows some of the Mary Rose's more notable destinations - any near you? #Museum30 #Maps
maryrose.org/discover/his...
This map shows some of the Mary Rose's more notable destinations - any near you? #Museum30 #Maps
maryrose.org/discover/his...
Just got these. Technically for people with dyslexia. But I need it for translating ancient Greek as all the words make my head spin. Just move up and down a page. #goodideas
November 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Just got these. Technically for people with dyslexia. But I need it for translating ancient Greek as all the words make my head spin. Just move up and down a page. #goodideas