Ian G 🇮🇹 🇪🇺
@landscapeian.bsky.social
Landscape historian | Linguistics | Italophile | Italian at C2 level | AI experimenter | Vegan | Death/Black metal | European | My views only
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Ribblehead Viaduct, Yorkshire, photo by landscape photographer Paula Beaumont.
November 20, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Ribblehead Viaduct, Yorkshire, photo by landscape photographer Paula Beaumont.
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Everyone’s favourite - the ‘Wolf and Twins’ mosaic from Roman Aldborough (Isurium Brigantum) depicting the legend of Romulus and Remus. Dating to the 4th century AD, the mosaic is now part of the collections at Leeds City Museum. 📷 My own. #MosaicMonday #RomanBritain
November 17, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Everyone’s favourite - the ‘Wolf and Twins’ mosaic from Roman Aldborough (Isurium Brigantum) depicting the legend of Romulus and Remus. Dating to the 4th century AD, the mosaic is now part of the collections at Leeds City Museum. 📷 My own. #MosaicMonday #RomanBritain
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Was feeling a little hard done by with the 5am start & the close to 2 hours of driving in the complete darkness 😫
...but wow did the Devon landscape come through 😳 I mean - absolutely incredible day to be out, despite the rather absurd round trip
#Autumn
...but wow did the Devon landscape come through 😳 I mean - absolutely incredible day to be out, despite the rather absurd round trip
#Autumn
November 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Was feeling a little hard done by with the 5am start & the close to 2 hours of driving in the complete darkness 😫
...but wow did the Devon landscape come through 😳 I mean - absolutely incredible day to be out, despite the rather absurd round trip
#Autumn
...but wow did the Devon landscape come through 😳 I mean - absolutely incredible day to be out, despite the rather absurd round trip
#Autumn
If you're interested in landscapes and landscape history, this online conference should be right up your street...
Join us on Saturday 6 December, 10:00 to 14:15, for our online AGM and #Conference, where we'll explore topics including woods, land use, John Constable and watermeadows.
It's free to attend.
More details and bookings at www.landscapestudies.com/society-even...
Please share! #landscape #history
It's free to attend.
More details and bookings at www.landscapestudies.com/society-even...
Please share! #landscape #history
Society for Landscape Studies AGM and December Online Conference 2025 – The Society for Landscape Studies
www.landscapestudies.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:50 PM
If you're interested in landscapes and landscape history, this online conference should be right up your street...
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Members of the Society for Landscape Studies will have received their latest twice-yearly newsletter this week 📰
To start receiving a copy, why not join the society? Full details can be found at www.landscapestudies.com/membership/.
Please share with anyone you think would be interested.
To start receiving a copy, why not join the society? Full details can be found at www.landscapestudies.com/membership/.
Please share with anyone you think would be interested.
November 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Members of the Society for Landscape Studies will have received their latest twice-yearly newsletter this week 📰
To start receiving a copy, why not join the society? Full details can be found at www.landscapestudies.com/membership/.
Please share with anyone you think would be interested.
To start receiving a copy, why not join the society? Full details can be found at www.landscapestudies.com/membership/.
Please share with anyone you think would be interested.
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We're so excited to welcome our new cohort of History of the Book students! In Week 1, they will delve into artists' books, bookbinding, and textual scholarship
#historyofthebook #bookhistory
#historyofthebook #bookhistory
October 1, 2025 at 9:45 AM
We're so excited to welcome our new cohort of History of the Book students! In Week 1, they will delve into artists' books, bookbinding, and textual scholarship
#historyofthebook #bookhistory
#historyofthebook #bookhistory
I have the first edition and it is fascinating. Will definitely be picking up this updated version
www.edp24.co.uk/news/2545714...
www.edp24.co.uk/news/2545714...
How can it be that we lost so many grand old houses in Norfolk?
The landmark houses are gone but the memories live on in a very special book which has been republished in a revised edition with an additional 25…
www.edp24.co.uk
September 14, 2025 at 8:44 AM
I have the first edition and it is fascinating. Will definitely be picking up this updated version
www.edp24.co.uk/news/2545714...
www.edp24.co.uk/news/2545714...
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🎨: Daryl V. Storrs, "Italian Landscape"
August 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
🎨: Daryl V. Storrs, "Italian Landscape"
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August 15, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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In Woolwich for a couple of days. Here's a piece of local history in the form of the first McDonald's to open in England
August 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM
In Woolwich for a couple of days. Here's a piece of local history in the form of the first McDonald's to open in England
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UK sculptor Barbara Hepworth's garden, St.Ives, Cornwall, UK #WomensArt
July 29, 2025 at 6:14 AM
UK sculptor Barbara Hepworth's garden, St.Ives, Cornwall, UK #WomensArt
For those of you who know the history of Norfolk villages, Tempsford sounds like it's going to become the 21st-century version of Melton Constable > www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘We have to move’: historic village of Tempsford reels from plan to swell its 600 residents to 350,000
Bedfordshire village endured the Romans and the Danes – but can it survive housebuilders and a plan to turn it into a railway hub?
www.theguardian.com
July 26, 2025 at 12:12 PM
For those of you who know the history of Norfolk villages, Tempsford sounds like it's going to become the 21st-century version of Melton Constable > www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Latin and AI. Two of my favorite subjects. What a fascinating article > www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Google develops AI tool that fills missing words in Roman inscriptions
Program Aeneas, which predicts where and when Latin texts were made, called ‘transformative’ by historians
www.theguardian.com
July 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Latin and AI. Two of my favorite subjects. What a fascinating article > www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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Scorhill stone circle is now the common name for Gidleigh or Steep Hill stone circle near the village of Gidleigh in the north east of Dartmoor. It dates to the Bronze Age and is 27 metres in diameter.eter. It has 23 standing and 11 recumbent stones. #StandingStoneSunday
July 6, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Scorhill stone circle is now the common name for Gidleigh or Steep Hill stone circle near the village of Gidleigh in the north east of Dartmoor. It dates to the Bronze Age and is 27 metres in diameter.eter. It has 23 standing and 11 recumbent stones. #StandingStoneSunday
Hey #Landscape fans. Do you have the latest copy of Landscape History yet? Mine dropped through the letterbox this morning. Weekend reading coming up!
The latest issue of Landscape History is hot off the presses and is packed with great research! Take a look at the reverse for the table of contents. If you want to start receiving your own copy, why not become a member of the Society for Landscape Studies? Go to www.landscapestudies.com/membership/
July 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Hey #Landscape fans. Do you have the latest copy of Landscape History yet? Mine dropped through the letterbox this morning. Weekend reading coming up!
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#HillfortsFriday Why can't every day be a Hillforts 🛖 day? 🤔🧐
Glorious Old Oswestry hillfort, #Shropshire, yesterday, seen on a return transit from north-east Wales during Royal Commission aerial survey.
Note 'responsive' fields showing geological cropmarks
📷 Mobile phone from the cockpit
Glorious Old Oswestry hillfort, #Shropshire, yesterday, seen on a return transit from north-east Wales during Royal Commission aerial survey.
Note 'responsive' fields showing geological cropmarks
📷 Mobile phone from the cockpit
July 4, 2025 at 5:06 AM
#HillfortsFriday Why can't every day be a Hillforts 🛖 day? 🤔🧐
Glorious Old Oswestry hillfort, #Shropshire, yesterday, seen on a return transit from north-east Wales during Royal Commission aerial survey.
Note 'responsive' fields showing geological cropmarks
📷 Mobile phone from the cockpit
Glorious Old Oswestry hillfort, #Shropshire, yesterday, seen on a return transit from north-east Wales during Royal Commission aerial survey.
Note 'responsive' fields showing geological cropmarks
📷 Mobile phone from the cockpit
Couldn't drive through Northamptonshire without stopping to marvel at the phenomenal Saxon tower of All Saints' church in Earls Barton...
June 6, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Couldn't drive through Northamptonshire without stopping to marvel at the phenomenal Saxon tower of All Saints' church in Earls Barton...
Sometimes the cover art of a book just makes you want to read it! #classic #sciencefiction
May 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Sometimes the cover art of a book just makes you want to read it! #classic #sciencefiction
We saw "Ocean" yesterday. A very difficult watch but a very important one all the same. The destruction caused by deep trawling is unimaginable and should make people think twice. Luckily there is still some hope, if we could only agree to change our ways... www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma...
Ocean with David Attenborough review – a passionate case against the ruination of the seas
Released on his 99th birthday and presented in the context of his remarkable career, Sir David’s authority is matched only by nature’s grandeur in this visually stunning film
www.theguardian.com
May 28, 2025 at 1:04 PM
We saw "Ocean" yesterday. A very difficult watch but a very important one all the same. The destruction caused by deep trawling is unimaginable and should make people think twice. Luckily there is still some hope, if we could only agree to change our ways... www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma...
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Wildflower strips in orchards attract insects that eat pests, reducing crop damage and cutting pesticide use. The savings can be significant, especially in bad aphid years. 🌸
The flower fix: how nature could slash farm costs
Planting wildflowers between apple trees could save UK farmers up to £3,000 per hectare per year
eastangliabylines.co.uk
May 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Wildflower strips in orchards attract insects that eat pests, reducing crop damage and cutting pesticide use. The savings can be significant, especially in bad aphid years. 🌸
Death cuts the thread of life at the Asamkirche in Munich. An absolutely stunning #mementomori
May 15, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Death cuts the thread of life at the Asamkirche in Munich. An absolutely stunning #mementomori
A direct quote from this fascinating article - "...the first commodity to be exported across the entire continent in British history." Well worth a read > www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Cornish tin was sold all over Europe 3,000 years ago, say archaeologists
British team says new study ‘radically transforms’ understanding of bronze age trade networks
www.theguardian.com
May 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
A direct quote from this fascinating article - "...the first commodity to be exported across the entire continent in British history." Well worth a read > www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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May 1, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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Want to learn more about #gulls? Have a listen to @nationaltrust.org.uk's podcast featuring BTO's @violars.bsky.social and Youth Rep @myabambrick.bsky.social who delve into the ecology and behaviour of these fascinating #birds!
Wild Tales nature podcast
Introducing Wild Tales, the new National Trust podcast for nature lovers. These episodes will transport you around our weird, wonderful and utterly wild world.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
May 1, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Want to learn more about #gulls? Have a listen to @nationaltrust.org.uk's podcast featuring BTO's @violars.bsky.social and Youth Rep @myabambrick.bsky.social who delve into the ecology and behaviour of these fascinating #birds!
A very interesting 'Long Read' article in today's #Guardian > www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
The ancient psychedelics myth: ‘People tell tourists the stories they think are interesting for them’
The narrative of ancient tribes around the world regularly using ayahuasca and magic mushrooms in healing practices is a popular one. Is it true?
www.theguardian.com
May 1, 2025 at 7:53 AM
A very interesting 'Long Read' article in today's #Guardian > www.theguardian.com/science/2025...