Raisinmeister
@raisinmeister.bsky.social
Conservation, cocktails, climate change, cremant, Chester, the C word.....
Come along for the ride. Next stop? Who knows....
Come along for the ride. Next stop? Who knows....
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It’s Christmas and we’re thrilled to be part of Songs from the Season - a festive evening of music at Chester Town Hall. ✨🎄🎶
Join us, along with Rock Choir, Proud Marys, and Theatre in the Quarter young choir, for a night packed with harmony, sparkle and mince pies. 🥧
Join us, along with Rock Choir, Proud Marys, and Theatre in the Quarter young choir, for a night packed with harmony, sparkle and mince pies. 🥧
November 16, 2025 at 9:18 AM
It’s Christmas and we’re thrilled to be part of Songs from the Season - a festive evening of music at Chester Town Hall. ✨🎄🎶
Join us, along with Rock Choir, Proud Marys, and Theatre in the Quarter young choir, for a night packed with harmony, sparkle and mince pies. 🥧
Join us, along with Rock Choir, Proud Marys, and Theatre in the Quarter young choir, for a night packed with harmony, sparkle and mince pies. 🥧
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Next month we round off an excellent year of talks with our very own @pittso.bsky.social who will be talking about the science of storytelling & exploring (maybe ruining?) some of our favourite Christmas films!
📆9th Dec, 7pm
📍@storyhouselive.bsky.social
ℹ️https://www.facebook.com/share/1AN5uk3zEt/
📆9th Dec, 7pm
📍@storyhouselive.bsky.social
ℹ️https://www.facebook.com/share/1AN5uk3zEt/
November 16, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Next month we round off an excellent year of talks with our very own @pittso.bsky.social who will be talking about the science of storytelling & exploring (maybe ruining?) some of our favourite Christmas films!
📆9th Dec, 7pm
📍@storyhouselive.bsky.social
ℹ️https://www.facebook.com/share/1AN5uk3zEt/
📆9th Dec, 7pm
📍@storyhouselive.bsky.social
ℹ️https://www.facebook.com/share/1AN5uk3zEt/
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Join us tomorrow for what's sure to be a fascinating talk about plans to revive the hydro hub in @shitchester.bsky.social & bring clean heat to the city.
It's completely free & no need to book, so come along! It's also one of many great events forming @storyhouselive.bsky.social Futures Festival
It's completely free & no need to book, so come along! It's also one of many great events forming @storyhouselive.bsky.social Futures Festival
Heating Chester with the Dee - 2000 years of the river supporting the city. This talk will cover the efforts to bring the hydro-hub back into use.
Tuesday 11th November @storyhouselive.bsky.social
Doors open at 7:00 🚪
Talk starts 7:30 🗣️
Stay for drinks and chat until 9:00(ish!) 🍻
fb.me/e/iRWKXDbhP
Tuesday 11th November @storyhouselive.bsky.social
Doors open at 7:00 🚪
Talk starts 7:30 🗣️
Stay for drinks and chat until 9:00(ish!) 🍻
fb.me/e/iRWKXDbhP
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Join us tomorrow for what's sure to be a fascinating talk about plans to revive the hydro hub in @shitchester.bsky.social & bring clean heat to the city.
It's completely free & no need to book, so come along! It's also one of many great events forming @storyhouselive.bsky.social Futures Festival
It's completely free & no need to book, so come along! It's also one of many great events forming @storyhouselive.bsky.social Futures Festival
When you get your jobs in town done sooner than expected, but don't really have enough time to go home before coming back out again....
Thank you for your service @paysan.bsky.social
Thank you for your service @paysan.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
When you get your jobs in town done sooner than expected, but don't really have enough time to go home before coming back out again....
Thank you for your service @paysan.bsky.social
Thank you for your service @paysan.bsky.social
Who's up for some Raisin logic?
Doesn't swim all summer.
First day of the season that water temp at Manley drops below 10 degrees
Yup, today's the day for me to get back to it.
(Excellent hot chocolate afterwards though)
Doesn't swim all summer.
First day of the season that water temp at Manley drops below 10 degrees
Yup, today's the day for me to get back to it.
(Excellent hot chocolate afterwards though)
October 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Who's up for some Raisin logic?
Doesn't swim all summer.
First day of the season that water temp at Manley drops below 10 degrees
Yup, today's the day for me to get back to it.
(Excellent hot chocolate afterwards though)
Doesn't swim all summer.
First day of the season that water temp at Manley drops below 10 degrees
Yup, today's the day for me to get back to it.
(Excellent hot chocolate afterwards though)
Queuing up for a coffee while waiting for delayed flight. Bloke behind me muttering about how long it takes, monkeys & typewriters etc. He's a bit of a shambles, flies undone, stains down his t-shirt etc. He finally settles down with his 3 cans of export & bacon sarnie.
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October 25, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Queuing up for a coffee while waiting for delayed flight. Bloke behind me muttering about how long it takes, monkeys & typewriters etc. He's a bit of a shambles, flies undone, stains down his t-shirt etc. He finally settles down with his 3 cans of export & bacon sarnie.
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Me: Big work week ahead, I'll make the most of some quiet time this afternoon to get a few things sorted
The computer Gods: Sure thing, but first....
The computer Gods: Sure thing, but first....
October 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Me: Big work week ahead, I'll make the most of some quiet time this afternoon to get a few things sorted
The computer Gods: Sure thing, but first....
The computer Gods: Sure thing, but first....
Finally my animal starter words really paid off!
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October 6, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Finally my animal starter words really paid off!
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@oldecottage.bsky.social this coming Sunday
October 3, 2025 at 7:44 AM
@oldecottage.bsky.social this coming Sunday
In less ranty news though.....
#TheWomanInBlack at @storyhouselive.bsky.social was absolutely superb. An incredible, and terrifying, production.
#TheWomanInBlack at @storyhouselive.bsky.social was absolutely superb. An incredible, and terrifying, production.
We all know there's a special place in hell reserved for people who eat crunchy food in a theatre, but can we also add people that open cans at quiet suspense-filled moments, and people whose smart watches lights up like a ¿£#&ing beacon in a darkened theatre?
September 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
In less ranty news though.....
#TheWomanInBlack at @storyhouselive.bsky.social was absolutely superb. An incredible, and terrifying, production.
#TheWomanInBlack at @storyhouselive.bsky.social was absolutely superb. An incredible, and terrifying, production.
We all know there's a special place in hell reserved for people who eat crunchy food in a theatre, but can we also add people that open cans at quiet suspense-filled moments, and people whose smart watches lights up like a ¿£#&ing beacon in a darkened theatre?
September 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
We all know there's a special place in hell reserved for people who eat crunchy food in a theatre, but can we also add people that open cans at quiet suspense-filled moments, and people whose smart watches lights up like a ¿£#&ing beacon in a darkened theatre?
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Are vampires just misunderstood medical patients with a sensitivity to sunlight?
Is a werewolf just a grumpy bloke having a bad hair day?
Join us next month to explore the legends, lore and likely explanations behind some of our favourite spooky creatures
Is a werewolf just a grumpy bloke having a bad hair day?
Join us next month to explore the legends, lore and likely explanations behind some of our favourite spooky creatures
Next month we'll be joined by Alison, an osteoarchaeologist who studied the plague & now works @sicktodeath.bsky.social.
We'll explore the medical conditions & archaeological evidence that explain supernatural creatures🧛
...or do they?
📍@storyhouselive.bsky.social
📅Oct 14
ℹ️https://fb.me/e/8rrj05zE3
We'll explore the medical conditions & archaeological evidence that explain supernatural creatures🧛
...or do they?
📍@storyhouselive.bsky.social
📅Oct 14
ℹ️https://fb.me/e/8rrj05zE3
September 20, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Are vampires just misunderstood medical patients with a sensitivity to sunlight?
Is a werewolf just a grumpy bloke having a bad hair day?
Join us next month to explore the legends, lore and likely explanations behind some of our favourite spooky creatures
Is a werewolf just a grumpy bloke having a bad hair day?
Join us next month to explore the legends, lore and likely explanations behind some of our favourite spooky creatures
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September 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Whoever came up with yesterday's #Connections quiz in #NYT is a psychopath.
Who on earth would figure out that purple category?
Who on earth would figure out that purple category?
September 13, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Whoever came up with yesterday's #Connections quiz in #NYT is a psychopath.
Who on earth would figure out that purple category?
Who on earth would figure out that purple category?
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Join myself and @jessiliu.bsky.social tonight in Chester to hear more about @facelabljmu.bsky.social’s research!
Join us next week to hear from the research group that analyses, authenticates, & depicts the faces of significant historical figures using skeletal remains, death masks, and portraits!
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@storyhouselive.bsky.social
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@facelabljmu.bsky.social
📆9th Sept
ℹ️https://fb.me/e/3pPYrXKOj
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@storyhouselive.bsky.social
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@facelabljmu.bsky.social
📆9th Sept
ℹ️https://fb.me/e/3pPYrXKOj
September 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Join myself and @jessiliu.bsky.social tonight in Chester to hear more about @facelabljmu.bsky.social’s research!
If that's true, then I think I need a new pair of glasses with clear frames
September 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
If that's true, then I think I need a new pair of glasses with clear frames
@riojabob.bsky.social well these are lovely.
Thank you so much 💐
Thank you so much 💐
August 27, 2025 at 9:48 AM
@riojabob.bsky.social well these are lovely.
Thank you so much 💐
Thank you so much 💐
Connections
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August 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Connections
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Take a look at some of the latest work of our next speakers @facelabljmu.bsky.social. They will be joining us on Tuesday 9th September at the usual time in the usual place @storyhouselive.bsky.social #chester
www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...
www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...
Face Lab expertise 'demasks the dead'
LJMU Face Lab's latest project ventures into the extraordinary funerary practice of fusing masks to the faces of the dead, practised by many pre-Columbian peoples of South America.
www.ljmu.ac.uk
August 22, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Take a look at some of the latest work of our next speakers @facelabljmu.bsky.social. They will be joining us on Tuesday 9th September at the usual time in the usual place @storyhouselive.bsky.social #chester
www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...
www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...
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August 22, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Connections
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August 20, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Connections
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Well that certainly got the heart pumping, and offered all of the weathers!
August 19, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Well that certainly got the heart pumping, and offered all of the weathers!
Connections
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Thanks @infieldfryup.bsky.social, you may have just introduced me to my new obsession
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August 9, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Connections
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Thanks @infieldfryup.bsky.social, you may have just introduced me to my new obsession
Those of you who know me, know that I play it pretty fast and loose with use by dates. This is pushing it, even for me.....
#coworking
#coworking
August 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Those of you who know me, know that I play it pretty fast and loose with use by dates. This is pushing it, even for me.....
#coworking
#coworking