Jaq W
@kardomah.bsky.social
Likes Art, Design, History, Archaeology, Architecture, Egyptology, LFC.
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Nice article about my book in the latest The Journalist mag.
Thanks @markffisher.bsky.social @mschrisbuckley.bsky.social
If you can't read the image, the mag is downloadable from the @nujofficial.bsky.social website at www.nuj.org.uk/resource/the....
Thanks @markffisher.bsky.social @mschrisbuckley.bsky.social
If you can't read the image, the mag is downloadable from the @nujofficial.bsky.social website at www.nuj.org.uk/resource/the....
February 16, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Nice article about my book in the latest The Journalist mag.
Thanks @markffisher.bsky.social @mschrisbuckley.bsky.social
If you can't read the image, the mag is downloadable from the @nujofficial.bsky.social website at www.nuj.org.uk/resource/the....
Thanks @markffisher.bsky.social @mschrisbuckley.bsky.social
If you can't read the image, the mag is downloadable from the @nujofficial.bsky.social website at www.nuj.org.uk/resource/the....
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Frank Auerbach at the LCC Open Air Exhibition, July 1948, Embankment Gardens, London. Photo - Dan Farson.
January 6, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Frank Auerbach at the LCC Open Air Exhibition, July 1948, Embankment Gardens, London. Photo - Dan Farson.
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Backstage at Lindsay Kemp. 1974.
Patrick Cargill, Larry Parnes, Lindsay, Danny La Rue, Peter Wyngarde.
Photo by Mick Rock
Patrick Cargill, Larry Parnes, Lindsay, Danny La Rue, Peter Wyngarde.
Photo by Mick Rock
February 12, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Backstage at Lindsay Kemp. 1974.
Patrick Cargill, Larry Parnes, Lindsay, Danny La Rue, Peter Wyngarde.
Photo by Mick Rock
Patrick Cargill, Larry Parnes, Lindsay, Danny La Rue, Peter Wyngarde.
Photo by Mick Rock
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#MosaicMonday takes us into the women's section of the Central Baths of #Herculaneum. This is the changeroom or #apodyterium with a splendid ribbed vault (for her pleasure) and a black and white #mosaic depicting a tentacled #triton and some marine life, all from the early C1 CE. #AncientBluesky 🏺
February 16, 2026 at 12:53 PM
#MosaicMonday takes us into the women's section of the Central Baths of #Herculaneum. This is the changeroom or #apodyterium with a splendid ribbed vault (for her pleasure) and a black and white #mosaic depicting a tentacled #triton and some marine life, all from the early C1 CE. #AncientBluesky 🏺
I've observed this in Focus Groups too, even with a good Moderator, which is why I find it so disappointing that the Govt is so heavily reliant on Focus Groups.
(I was a Quantitative Research Exec who often observed/undertook Qualitative Research for particular studies)
(I was a Quantitative Research Exec who often observed/undertook Qualitative Research for particular studies)
I observe this often amongst very senior executives, one, more charismatic than the others, starts spouting nonsense and the rest just cheer along for fear of looking stupid / being picked out, that they don't understand it. This is pretty much why the 2008 financial crash was as severe as it was.
February 16, 2026 at 1:19 PM
I've observed this in Focus Groups too, even with a good Moderator, which is why I find it so disappointing that the Govt is so heavily reliant on Focus Groups.
(I was a Quantitative Research Exec who often observed/undertook Qualitative Research for particular studies)
(I was a Quantitative Research Exec who often observed/undertook Qualitative Research for particular studies)
If I understand correctly...
the word "taboo" is the wrong term to describe discussing "their learning process" and mass executions of the elderly.
the word "taboo" is the wrong term to describe discussing "their learning process" and mass executions of the elderly.
"From: "jeffrey E." <jeevacation@gmail.com>
To: Joscha Bach
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2016
re taboo , maybe climate change is a good way of dealing with overpopulation. the earths forest fire. potentailly a
good thing for the species".. 1/2
To: Joscha Bach
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2016
re taboo , maybe climate change is a good way of dealing with overpopulation. the earths forest fire. potentailly a
good thing for the species".. 1/2
February 16, 2026 at 12:48 PM
If I understand correctly...
the word "taboo" is the wrong term to describe discussing "their learning process" and mass executions of the elderly.
the word "taboo" is the wrong term to describe discussing "their learning process" and mass executions of the elderly.
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I set up a paywalled database of Boolean-searchable legal information in 1995! These kids know nothing! AND we had a relational database driving the customer service! 😎
February 16, 2026 at 11:44 AM
I set up a paywalled database of Boolean-searchable legal information in 1995! These kids know nothing! AND we had a relational database driving the customer service! 😎
Exactly this. I'm 65+ and have been using the internet since it looked like this, ran an online, fully manipulable, international database in the late 90s, and was an early adopter of MySpace, Facebook etc.
So let's say I feel somewhat indignant being lumped into a group thought to be clueless.
So let's say I feel somewhat indignant being lumped into a group thought to be clueless.
February 16, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Exactly this. I'm 65+ and have been using the internet since it looked like this, ran an online, fully manipulable, international database in the late 90s, and was an early adopter of MySpace, Facebook etc.
So let's say I feel somewhat indignant being lumped into a group thought to be clueless.
So let's say I feel somewhat indignant being lumped into a group thought to be clueless.
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Fun fact. Back in the last century the government, worried about people getting in and damaging stones, buried motion sensors in a ring around Stonehenge (damaging unrecorded archaeology in the process). But the system was never used, because tunnelling moles kept setting it off
A #Stonehenge story I’d not expected. In 1988 Tom Waits said he’d not been there, but it’s full of moles, more than anywhere in the world. They reward moles with the courage to tunnel under rivers. "Moles that have made the wrong turn” are executed
faroutmagazine.co.uk/tom-waits-st...
faroutmagazine.co.uk/tom-waits-st...
February 16, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Fun fact. Back in the last century the government, worried about people getting in and damaging stones, buried motion sensors in a ring around Stonehenge (damaging unrecorded archaeology in the process). But the system was never used, because tunnelling moles kept setting it off
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From last week mudlarking on the Thames Foreshore, a Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) green heart trade bead, red exterior with a dark green core. Made on the island of Murano, Venice, 17th-19thC, these were used as currency by Europeans to trade with Indigenous & First Nation communities in America 1/
February 16, 2026 at 9:03 AM
From last week mudlarking on the Thames Foreshore, a Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) green heart trade bead, red exterior with a dark green core. Made on the island of Murano, Venice, 17th-19thC, these were used as currency by Europeans to trade with Indigenous & First Nation communities in America 1/
Just had an utterly baffling leaflet through the door - for one, I've never heard of the Council's Right to Build Register, and secondly, the closing date for expressing an interest is October 2025.
So it's a good thing I wasn't interested.
So it's a good thing I wasn't interested.
February 16, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Just had an utterly baffling leaflet through the door - for one, I've never heard of the Council's Right to Build Register, and secondly, the closing date for expressing an interest is October 2025.
So it's a good thing I wasn't interested.
So it's a good thing I wasn't interested.
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Today was about letting the light in. Anna Ancher at the Dulwich Picture Gallery. The perfect antidote to February.
February 15, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Today was about letting the light in. Anna Ancher at the Dulwich Picture Gallery. The perfect antidote to February.
David Young Cameron,
Nightfall, Luxor 1910
Nightfall, Luxor 1910
February 15, 2026 at 7:43 PM
David Young Cameron,
Nightfall, Luxor 1910
Nightfall, Luxor 1910
Arthur Melville (1855–1904) An Egyptian Interior 1881
February 15, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Arthur Melville (1855–1904) An Egyptian Interior 1881
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A delightful (re)visit to Made in Ancient Egypt today at the Fitzwilliam Museum to find some artefacts on display discovered during excavations by @theees.bsky.social at Deir el-Bahari 🤩
Go visit if you can!
Go visit if you can!
February 15, 2026 at 7:19 PM
A delightful (re)visit to Made in Ancient Egypt today at the Fitzwilliam Museum to find some artefacts on display discovered during excavations by @theees.bsky.social at Deir el-Bahari 🤩
Go visit if you can!
Go visit if you can!
So gorgeous - satisfies something within me, in the absence of new Cocteau Twins material.
This duet cover of Radiohead's "Creep", between a son and his Shastriya Sangeet classically trained mother, is the mash-up I didn't know how much I needed in my life. Totally spontaneous sobbing may have taken place.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZoH...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZoH...
Mom & I Cover Creep By Radiohead (she is a classical Indian singer 🕉️)
YouTube video by Avie Sheck
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February 15, 2026 at 2:03 PM
So gorgeous - satisfies something within me, in the absence of new Cocteau Twins material.
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Perhaps the most spectacular pub room I’ve been in.
February 15, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Perhaps the most spectacular pub room I’ve been in.
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zeppelin spas sadly never came to pass.
February 15, 2026 at 12:38 PM
zeppelin spas sadly never came to pass.
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Two immigrants top relevant Sunday Times list for most UK tax paid, as "patriot" multi-billionaire Ratcliffe lives as an immigrant in Monaco, to protect wealth so vast it is unspendable, while whining about immigrant UK care workers and NHS cleaners not pulling their weight.
FUCK RIGHT OFF, "SIR".
FUCK RIGHT OFF, "SIR".
Erling Haaland and Mohamed Salah among Britain's biggest taxpayers on Sunday Times list
Erling Haaland was Britain's highest taxed footballer last year, paying nearly £17 million to the Treasury.
www.espn.co.uk
February 14, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Two immigrants top relevant Sunday Times list for most UK tax paid, as "patriot" multi-billionaire Ratcliffe lives as an immigrant in Monaco, to protect wealth so vast it is unspendable, while whining about immigrant UK care workers and NHS cleaners not pulling their weight.
FUCK RIGHT OFF, "SIR".
FUCK RIGHT OFF, "SIR".
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Have you ever seen a Roman plumbing device that is both genius and gorgeous? Just look at this bronze drain strainer, found in the Roman baths at Weißenburg, Germany, dating2nd/3rd century AD!
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology #findsfriday
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology #findsfriday
February 13, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Have you ever seen a Roman plumbing device that is both genius and gorgeous? Just look at this bronze drain strainer, found in the Roman baths at Weißenburg, Germany, dating2nd/3rd century AD!
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology #findsfriday
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology #findsfriday
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A rock shelter with paintings up to ten thousand years old discovered in southern Sinai www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2026/02/a...
A rock shelter with paintings up to ten thousand years old discovered in southern Sinai
An Egyptian archaeological mission from the Supreme Council of Antiquities working in the southern Sinai Peninsula has brought to light one of the most significant rock art sites of recent decades, a ...
www.labrujulaverde.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:06 PM
A rock shelter with paintings up to ten thousand years old discovered in southern Sinai www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2026/02/a...
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There’s a lot of chat about the latest screen adaptation of Wuthering Heights. Did you know we care for a place that has started in THREE previous versions?
📷Arnhel de Serra
📷Arnhel de Serra
February 13, 2026 at 8:07 AM
There’s a lot of chat about the latest screen adaptation of Wuthering Heights. Did you know we care for a place that has started in THREE previous versions?
📷Arnhel de Serra
📷Arnhel de Serra
I absolutely loved his collaboration with Gorillaz, on Aries.
It's unmistakably Hookie and it's sublime.
It's unmistakably Hookie and it's sublime.
February 13, 2026 at 11:57 AM
I absolutely loved his collaboration with Gorillaz, on Aries.
It's unmistakably Hookie and it's sublime.
It's unmistakably Hookie and it's sublime.
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Love among the Heretics!
This piece of carnelian has been carved in the shape of Akhenaten (the 'heretic pharaoh') kissing his wife Nefertiti
c.1340BC, Ancient Egypt
📍In the Fitzwilliam Museum exhibition, Cambridge
📸 Mine
🏺 #FindsFriday
#archaeology #vday #valentinesday #photooftheday
This piece of carnelian has been carved in the shape of Akhenaten (the 'heretic pharaoh') kissing his wife Nefertiti
c.1340BC, Ancient Egypt
📍In the Fitzwilliam Museum exhibition, Cambridge
📸 Mine
🏺 #FindsFriday
#archaeology #vday #valentinesday #photooftheday
February 13, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Love among the Heretics!
This piece of carnelian has been carved in the shape of Akhenaten (the 'heretic pharaoh') kissing his wife Nefertiti
c.1340BC, Ancient Egypt
📍In the Fitzwilliam Museum exhibition, Cambridge
📸 Mine
🏺 #FindsFriday
#archaeology #vday #valentinesday #photooftheday
This piece of carnelian has been carved in the shape of Akhenaten (the 'heretic pharaoh') kissing his wife Nefertiti
c.1340BC, Ancient Egypt
📍In the Fitzwilliam Museum exhibition, Cambridge
📸 Mine
🏺 #FindsFriday
#archaeology #vday #valentinesday #photooftheday