Petra
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Reader, preferably with a nice cup of tea
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Sad news: she was so very kind to me when I was starting out. Clever, kind, rather grand, but ready to tell the most scurrilous store of industry anecdotes once you got a couple of glasses of red wine inside her...
December 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Sad news: she was so very kind to me when I was starting out. Clever, kind, rather grand, but ready to tell the most scurrilous store of industry anecdotes once you got a couple of glasses of red wine inside her...
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Sad to hear of the death of the iconic Stanley Baxter - I saw him many times in panto when I was growing up, and he was unsurpassed as a dame (and I am sure I am not the only one who was not that surprised when he came out of the closet age at the grand old age of 94...)
December 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Sad to hear of the death of the iconic Stanley Baxter - I saw him many times in panto when I was growing up, and he was unsurpassed as a dame (and I am sure I am not the only one who was not that surprised when he came out of the closet age at the grand old age of 94...)
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This is beautiful and anyone saying otherwise is a dullard.
December 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
This is beautiful and anyone saying otherwise is a dullard.
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"while a handful of puffins on a tiny island may seem small, this moment is huge – it proves that seabird restoration works"
A fantastic success story for puffins in Antrim!
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
A fantastic success story for puffins in Antrim!
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
‘Myth is becoming a reality’: Puffins make a comeback at Isle of Muck after 25 years
Recovery project at Co Antrim reserve saw removal of invasive brown rats, the biggest threat to seabird eggs and chicks
www.irishtimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:49 AM
"while a handful of puffins on a tiny island may seem small, this moment is huge – it proves that seabird restoration works"
A fantastic success story for puffins in Antrim!
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
A fantastic success story for puffins in Antrim!
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
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“They’ve accidentally released you?”
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
November 14, 2025 at 12:17 PM
“They’ve accidentally released you?”
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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I lost the framed original of this while I was going through St Pancras on Sunday Nov 2nd around 3pm. Would love if it had been found by anyone?
November 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I lost the framed original of this while I was going through St Pancras on Sunday Nov 2nd around 3pm. Would love if it had been found by anyone?
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Do you know someone with age-related macular degeneration??? Guess what, there's unexpected good news!
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a new mRNA vaccine that has been shown to suppress abnormal blood vessel growth in the retina, offering hope to MILLIONS of patients with age-related vision loss. The vaccine triggered strong antibody responses that REDUCED retinal damage by UP TO 85%.
November 2, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Do you know someone with age-related macular degeneration??? Guess what, there's unexpected good news!
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Priceless “unhand me” face from my collection. No date/info.
November 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Priceless “unhand me” face from my collection. No date/info.
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I really love this Vincent Van Gogh quote:
"To do good work one must eat well, be well housed, have one's fling from time to time, smoke one's pipe, and drink one's coffee in peace."
No romanticizing the starving artist. Van Gogh said UBI all the way.
"To do good work one must eat well, be well housed, have one's fling from time to time, smoke one's pipe, and drink one's coffee in peace."
No romanticizing the starving artist. Van Gogh said UBI all the way.
November 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I really love this Vincent Van Gogh quote:
"To do good work one must eat well, be well housed, have one's fling from time to time, smoke one's pipe, and drink one's coffee in peace."
No romanticizing the starving artist. Van Gogh said UBI all the way.
"To do good work one must eat well, be well housed, have one's fling from time to time, smoke one's pipe, and drink one's coffee in peace."
No romanticizing the starving artist. Van Gogh said UBI all the way.
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Further to yesterday's post, here is a closer shot of the unusual leucitic heron I came across, perched on a rock in front Lochranza Castle on the Isle of Arran.
@rspbscotland.bsky.social @everyheron.bsky.social @peediepuss.bsky.social #birdphotography 🪶
@rspbscotland.bsky.social @everyheron.bsky.social @peediepuss.bsky.social #birdphotography 🪶
October 30, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Further to yesterday's post, here is a closer shot of the unusual leucitic heron I came across, perched on a rock in front Lochranza Castle on the Isle of Arran.
@rspbscotland.bsky.social @everyheron.bsky.social @peediepuss.bsky.social #birdphotography 🪶
@rspbscotland.bsky.social @everyheron.bsky.social @peediepuss.bsky.social #birdphotography 🪶
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Same, little tree. Same.
October 6, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Same, little tree. Same.
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KITCHENWARE COMPANY BOSS: So, did you come up with a name for that revolving food tray, Susan?
SUSAN: No, couldn't be arsed.
SUSAN: No, couldn't be arsed.
October 6, 2025 at 5:48 AM
KITCHENWARE COMPANY BOSS: So, did you come up with a name for that revolving food tray, Susan?
SUSAN: No, couldn't be arsed.
SUSAN: No, couldn't be arsed.
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🏁🐡🚁🐡🚁🏁🐡🚁🏁🐡🚁🏁 Huffle SZN is in full swing! Where do all these checkered pufferfish go in Autumn? What are they up to?? #checkeredpuffer #pufferfish #pufferfishofcoralcity #huffle #huffleofpuffers #school #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity
October 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
🏁🐡🚁🐡🚁🏁🐡🚁🏁🐡🚁🏁 Huffle SZN is in full swing! Where do all these checkered pufferfish go in Autumn? What are they up to?? #checkeredpuffer #pufferfish #pufferfishofcoralcity #huffle #huffleofpuffers #school #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity
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Sundogs today with a rare but cool circumzenithal arc (that's the inverted rainbow above the sun). I've upped the saturation and contrast to make them visible in the picture. Very cool in real life.
October 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Sundogs today with a rare but cool circumzenithal arc (that's the inverted rainbow above the sun). I've upped the saturation and contrast to make them visible in the picture. Very cool in real life.
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Thei did the Mash; thei did the Monstere Mash.
The Monstere Mash: beholde, sepulchral smash!
Thei did the Mash, and it kaughte on moost fast -
Hark, heare the Mash! Forsooth, the Monstere Mash!
The Monstere Mash: beholde, sepulchral smash!
Thei did the Mash, and it kaughte on moost fast -
Hark, heare the Mash! Forsooth, the Monstere Mash!
October 3, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Thei did the Mash; thei did the Monstere Mash.
The Monstere Mash: beholde, sepulchral smash!
Thei did the Mash, and it kaughte on moost fast -
Hark, heare the Mash! Forsooth, the Monstere Mash!
The Monstere Mash: beholde, sepulchral smash!
Thei did the Mash, and it kaughte on moost fast -
Hark, heare the Mash! Forsooth, the Monstere Mash!
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I didn't know until we buried my mother, so probably most people here don't know: Jewish cemeteries strongly recommend that you get insurance for the headstone.
Because the cemeteries are so often desecrated, the gravestones smashed.
Because the cemeteries are so often desecrated, the gravestones smashed.
October 3, 2025 at 9:42 AM
I didn't know until we buried my mother, so probably most people here don't know: Jewish cemeteries strongly recommend that you get insurance for the headstone.
Because the cemeteries are so often desecrated, the gravestones smashed.
Because the cemeteries are so often desecrated, the gravestones smashed.
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yes to all of this
2/4 It is wrong to say every pro-Palestine protester is antisemitic, in fact it's a malicious lie
It's also a malicious lie to say there are no antisemitic elements at these protests - I've seen them week after week after week
I was president of the CUSU BME campaign at university...
It's also a malicious lie to say there are no antisemitic elements at these protests - I've seen them week after week after week
I was president of the CUSU BME campaign at university...
October 3, 2025 at 10:16 AM
yes to all of this
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Preparing for my talk at the Chelsea History Festival this Saturday and thinking about how human standing stones often look -this one in West Kennet avenue always seems especially cheesed off. Must be all the tourists.
September 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Preparing for my talk at the Chelsea History Festival this Saturday and thinking about how human standing stones often look -this one in West Kennet avenue always seems especially cheesed off. Must be all the tourists.
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Best sign of the day;
September 9, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Best sign of the day;
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June 30, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Rayner says in her resignation letter: "The challenges of government are nothing compared to the challenge of putting food on the table and getting a roof over our head when I brought up kids working as a home help."
Absolutely. A shame to lose that perspective from the cabinet table.
Absolutely. A shame to lose that perspective from the cabinet table.
September 5, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Rayner says in her resignation letter: "The challenges of government are nothing compared to the challenge of putting food on the table and getting a roof over our head when I brought up kids working as a home help."
Absolutely. A shame to lose that perspective from the cabinet table.
Absolutely. A shame to lose that perspective from the cabinet table.
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this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like