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Rise and shine, it's the final day of #BigGardenBirdwatch!
Remember, you can still take part even if you haven't signed up.
Help us spread the word: share this post, text someone, or tell the whole table over your Sunday roast.
The more data we get, the better 🧑🔬
Remember, you can still take part even if you haven't signed up.
Help us spread the word: share this post, text someone, or tell the whole table over your Sunday roast.
The more data we get, the better 🧑🔬
January 25, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Rise and shine, it's the final day of #BigGardenBirdwatch!
Remember, you can still take part even if you haven't signed up.
Help us spread the word: share this post, text someone, or tell the whole table over your Sunday roast.
The more data we get, the better 🧑🔬
Remember, you can still take part even if you haven't signed up.
Help us spread the word: share this post, text someone, or tell the whole table over your Sunday roast.
The more data we get, the better 🧑🔬
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Trump's Board of Peace so far:
Tony Blair
Benjamin Netanyahu
Vladimir Putin
Stephen Miller in his Darth Vader onesie
Thanos
The reanimated corpse of Ghengis Khan
AI Hitler (with thanks to Elon)
Anyone craven enough to bung him a billion dollars or a bit of gold tat with his name on it.
Tony Blair
Benjamin Netanyahu
Vladimir Putin
Stephen Miller in his Darth Vader onesie
Thanos
The reanimated corpse of Ghengis Khan
AI Hitler (with thanks to Elon)
Anyone craven enough to bung him a billion dollars or a bit of gold tat with his name on it.
January 23, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Trump's Board of Peace so far:
Tony Blair
Benjamin Netanyahu
Vladimir Putin
Stephen Miller in his Darth Vader onesie
Thanos
The reanimated corpse of Ghengis Khan
AI Hitler (with thanks to Elon)
Anyone craven enough to bung him a billion dollars or a bit of gold tat with his name on it.
Tony Blair
Benjamin Netanyahu
Vladimir Putin
Stephen Miller in his Darth Vader onesie
Thanos
The reanimated corpse of Ghengis Khan
AI Hitler (with thanks to Elon)
Anyone craven enough to bung him a billion dollars or a bit of gold tat with his name on it.
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The Big Garden Birdwatch is taking place THIS WEEKEND! Who's in?
Sign up here: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
Sign up here: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
RSPB
www.rspb.org.uk
January 19, 2026 at 2:25 PM
The Big Garden Birdwatch is taking place THIS WEEKEND! Who's in?
Sign up here: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
Sign up here: www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...
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This trend should grow and the memberships of charities should encourage it. So, plz encourage it! share.google/blxnSMPUEDoz...
Major charities leave X after AI images controversy
share.google
January 19, 2026 at 8:54 AM
This trend should grow and the memberships of charities should encourage it. So, plz encourage it! share.google/blxnSMPUEDoz...
We have done up the bedroom as we planned to do.
January 18, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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Reform unveiled their latest Conservative recruit Nadhim Zahawi - unfortunately he forgot to delete his old tweets accusing Farage of racism...
January 12, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Reform unveiled their latest Conservative recruit Nadhim Zahawi - unfortunately he forgot to delete his old tweets accusing Farage of racism...
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EXCLUSIVE: Leaked WhatsApp messages show Labour MPs urging govt to leave X, arguing that it should "show direction to others in the UK"
The MPs said X owner Elon Musk is "fascist" and that the platform's AI tool, Grok, had put "children in harm's way"
The MPs said X owner Elon Musk is "fascist" and that the platform's AI tool, Grok, had put "children in harm's way"
January 9, 2026 at 2:20 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Leaked WhatsApp messages show Labour MPs urging govt to leave X, arguing that it should "show direction to others in the UK"
The MPs said X owner Elon Musk is "fascist" and that the platform's AI tool, Grok, had put "children in harm's way"
The MPs said X owner Elon Musk is "fascist" and that the platform's AI tool, Grok, had put "children in harm's way"
#FindsFriday Crown from Tindari, Sicily - Greek circa 400 bce
My pics from Palermo archaeology museum.
Love a gold crown I do.
My pics from Palermo archaeology museum.
Love a gold crown I do.
January 9, 2026 at 3:04 PM
#FindsFriday Crown from Tindari, Sicily - Greek circa 400 bce
My pics from Palermo archaeology museum.
Love a gold crown I do.
My pics from Palermo archaeology museum.
Love a gold crown I do.
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Delighted to hear that. I really hope you've enjoyed it.
Hi #BookSky 💙📚
I've finished reading the thoroughly engaging and informative Nature's Calendar: The British Year in 72 Seasons by @kierachapman.bsky.social @drrjwarren.bsky.social Rowan V. Jaines and Lulah Ellender.
I've finished reading the thoroughly engaging and informative Nature's Calendar: The British Year in 72 Seasons by @kierachapman.bsky.social @drrjwarren.bsky.social Rowan V. Jaines and Lulah Ellender.
Nature's Calendar: The British Year in 72 Seasons
Inspired by a traditional Japanese calendar which divid…
www.goodreads.com
January 1, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Delighted to hear that. I really hope you've enjoyed it.
The wonderful apse at St Apollinaire at Classe squeaking in late for #MosaicMonday my pic well worth zooming in - depicts the time before a climate event destroyed crops and when plague set in.
December 30, 2025 at 1:13 AM
The wonderful apse at St Apollinaire at Classe squeaking in late for #MosaicMonday my pic well worth zooming in - depicts the time before a climate event destroyed crops and when plague set in.
6th C cultural appropriation ! Arian KingTheodoric (L) renamed as Orthodox EmperorJustinian (R) at St Apollinaire Nuovo, Ravenna. Boo! #MosaicMonday
December 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
6th C cultural appropriation ! Arian KingTheodoric (L) renamed as Orthodox EmperorJustinian (R) at St Apollinaire Nuovo, Ravenna. Boo! #MosaicMonday
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Our Christmas special is now up. Waldemar explains how art invented Santa Claus. And I look into Peter Bruegel the Elder's mysterious and brilliant Adoration of the Magi.
Waldy & Bendy's Adventures in Art, on all the usual platforms.
Waldy & Bendy's Adventures in Art, on all the usual platforms.
December 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Our Christmas special is now up. Waldemar explains how art invented Santa Claus. And I look into Peter Bruegel the Elder's mysterious and brilliant Adoration of the Magi.
Waldy & Bendy's Adventures in Art, on all the usual platforms.
Waldy & Bendy's Adventures in Art, on all the usual platforms.
#MosaicMonday - detail from early 12th C La Martorana church in Palermo built as an act of worship by George of Antioch, Admiral of Sicily.
December 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
#MosaicMonday - detail from early 12th C La Martorana church in Palermo built as an act of worship by George of Antioch, Admiral of Sicily.
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This week’s Adventures in Art podcast is up. Waldemar and I explore our favourite gothic cathedrals, ask why museum staff are on strike, and celebrate the Indian artist Amrita Sher-Gil.
On all the usual platforms.
On all the usual platforms.
December 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This week’s Adventures in Art podcast is up. Waldemar and I explore our favourite gothic cathedrals, ask why museum staff are on strike, and celebrate the Indian artist Amrita Sher-Gil.
On all the usual platforms.
On all the usual platforms.
In 1811, the same year novelist Jane Austen published Sense and Sensibility, #Sussex farmer George Tupper discovered this late #Roman floor @bignorvilla.bsky.social
It depicts Ganymede abducted by Jupiter in the guise of an eagle
📷 Sept 2014
#MosaicMonday
It depicts Ganymede abducted by Jupiter in the guise of an eagle
📷 Sept 2014
#MosaicMonday
December 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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New episode of the podcast just out. Waldemar solves the mystery of Bosch’s masterpiece, I wonder why a gold toilet is worth $12m, and we explore what made Hans Holbein so brilliant with Elizabeth Goldring.
November 27, 2025 at 6:10 PM
New episode of the podcast just out. Waldemar solves the mystery of Bosch’s masterpiece, I wonder why a gold toilet is worth $12m, and we explore what made Hans Holbein so brilliant with Elizabeth Goldring.
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When I hear Farage talking about rounding up and deporting hundreds of thousands of human beings, and threatening those with leave to remain or settled status, I cannot help but think of the schoolboy sidling up to me and telling me that “Hitler was right”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Don’t believe Nigel Farage’s denials. He targeted me for being Jewish – and it hurt | Peter Ettedgui
Now that my former classmate has finally spoken about the allegations of his behaviour at school, I feel compelled to address his points directly, says Peter Ettedgui, a film director and producer
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:34 PM
When I hear Farage talking about rounding up and deporting hundreds of thousands of human beings, and threatening those with leave to remain or settled status, I cannot help but think of the schoolboy sidling up to me and telling me that “Hitler was right”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I really do think that a very strident investigation of Fartage (I do not mean that in a hurtful way) by the intelligence services is long overdue!
My attendance record in the European Parliament was the 4th worst out of 751 MEPs, yet I managed to turn up to vote AGAINST plans to tackle Russian misinformation.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
November 24, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I really do think that a very strident investigation of Fartage (I do not mean that in a hurtful way) by the intelligence services is long overdue!
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
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This week on the podcast, we interview Andrew Graham-Dixon about Vermeer, lay into the BBC's arts coverage, and ask why royal portraits are so bad.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_wU...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_wU...
Waldy & Bendy | Season 5 | Episode 09: Why are royal portraits so ugly?
YouTube video by ZCZ Films
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November 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This week on the podcast, we interview Andrew Graham-Dixon about Vermeer, lay into the BBC's arts coverage, and ask why royal portraits are so bad.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_wU...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_wU...
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If you love great art, this podcast is an absolute must-listen. Incredibly insightful commentary with a delightfully fun spin by two of the best in the business. I just got stuck in with Season 1 and I am obsessed!
This week’s podcast is a Halloween special; we discuss plague, terror and fire in art. Also, is the King Catholic? open.spotify.com/episode/796F...
Season 5, Episode 7: Doom, death and fires
open.spotify.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:40 PM
If you love great art, this podcast is an absolute must-listen. Incredibly insightful commentary with a delightfully fun spin by two of the best in the business. I just got stuck in with Season 1 and I am obsessed!
so interesting to hear about the 13th C Westminster Retable, painted by a Spaniard and its rel’shp to Cosmati pavement. I’m just back from Palermo & its Arab-Norman fusion wondering if the octagonal motif is moorish. Also pictured the original floor at Mon Réale 12th C @bendorgrosvenor.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 3:58 PM
so interesting to hear about the 13th C Westminster Retable, painted by a Spaniard and its rel’shp to Cosmati pavement. I’m just back from Palermo & its Arab-Norman fusion wondering if the octagonal motif is moorish. Also pictured the original floor at Mon Réale 12th C @bendorgrosvenor.bsky.social
@rory-stewart.bsky.social felt for you tonight, I felt the presenter was particularly inept. Watched ‘accidentally’ was shocked at how poor NN was, it was like daytime tv.
October 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
@rory-stewart.bsky.social felt for you tonight, I felt the presenter was particularly inept. Watched ‘accidentally’ was shocked at how poor NN was, it was like daytime tv.
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Weather good, we are gradually working our way north in search of the Loch Ness Monster.
August 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Weather good, we are gradually working our way north in search of the Loch Ness Monster.
#MosaicMonday (Norman) King Roger 11 of Sicily’s bedroom or dining room in the Norman Palace in Palermo. 12th C. One of many Arab/Norman UNESCO sites in Palermo. My pics 😎
October 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
#MosaicMonday (Norman) King Roger 11 of Sicily’s bedroom or dining room in the Norman Palace in Palermo. 12th C. One of many Arab/Norman UNESCO sites in Palermo. My pics 😎