Wendy Russell
@wendbr.bsky.social
Lover of books, history, nature, wildlife.
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Where tourists seldom tread, part 19: three UK towns with industrial legacies
Where tourists seldom tread, part 19: three UK towns with industrial legacies
We explore the Roman, Tudor and Indian delights of Leicester, the textile and religious heritage of Paisley, and the radical history of Nelson, the only town named after a pub
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October 22, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Where tourists seldom tread, part 19: three UK towns with industrial legacies
The rut in full swing!
October 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The rut in full swing!
Highly recommended book (if you don't mind being terrified!)
Wow! My novel The Devil Aspect has been chosen by Mysterious Bookshop for USA TODAY’s ten best thriller/mystery novels! I’m in there with Edgar Allan Poe, Wilkie Collins, and Stephen King. Huge privilege to be in their number.
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September 12, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Highly recommended book (if you don't mind being terrified!)
Baby pheasant in the garden 😊
June 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Baby pheasant in the garden 😊
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Forget all the annoying stuff in the world for a few seconds and enjoy the natural beauty of Brazil’s Seven-coloured Tanager (Tangara fastuosa) Photo: Luiz Cavalcanti Damasceno
May 31, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Forget all the annoying stuff in the world for a few seconds and enjoy the natural beauty of Brazil’s Seven-coloured Tanager (Tangara fastuosa) Photo: Luiz Cavalcanti Damasceno
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I know, I know. I just posted a #photograph of one of these little guys last week. But they are just so tempting and vivid and happy. And I have never lived anywhere before where there were blue birds. So, one more photo from my daily walk!
#BlackHills
#birds
#nature
#photography
#BlueBirds
#BlackHills
#birds
#nature
#photography
#BlueBirds
May 15, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I know, I know. I just posted a #photograph of one of these little guys last week. But they are just so tempting and vivid and happy. And I have never lived anywhere before where there were blue birds. So, one more photo from my daily walk!
#BlackHills
#birds
#nature
#photography
#BlueBirds
#BlackHills
#birds
#nature
#photography
#BlueBirds
When you look out your front window and this is staring at you 😆
April 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
When you look out your front window and this is staring at you 😆
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I’ve just finished watching Adolescence.
Raw, game-changing television.
I have next to no words.
Raw, game-changing television.
I have next to no words.
March 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I’ve just finished watching Adolescence.
Raw, game-changing television.
I have next to no words.
Raw, game-changing television.
I have next to no words.
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Baby Yoda-themed cocktail
March 15, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Baby Yoda-themed cocktail
On yesterday’s walk.
March 10, 2025 at 7:50 AM
On yesterday’s walk.
On yesterday’s walk. A wild goat looking over the loch 🥰
March 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM
On yesterday’s walk. A wild goat looking over the loch 🥰
Beautiful 😍
March 3, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Beautiful 😍
Some much needed calm on these unsettling times 😌
For St David’s Day we present our latest Channel 4 News/BBC News long-distance musical collaboration. Ciaran Jenkins (cello) is in Glasgow and I’m in Moscow (on the piano). Together we play Myfanwy. @c4ciaran.bsky.social
Myfanwy - 'The greatest love song ever written" - cello and piano
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
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March 1, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Some much needed calm on these unsettling times 😌
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acrylic painting of trees on a hill against a night sky. Artist, unknown.
February 23, 2025 at 3:26 AM
acrylic painting of trees on a hill against a night sky. Artist, unknown.
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On Library Lovers Day, enjoy this optimistic 1950s magazine cover
“Stand aside television. The library holds the stage as the curtain rises on this new age of the written word” (1957)
Artist: DL Mays
“Stand aside television. The library holds the stage as the curtain rises on this new age of the written word” (1957)
Artist: DL Mays
February 14, 2025 at 8:20 AM
On Library Lovers Day, enjoy this optimistic 1950s magazine cover
“Stand aside television. The library holds the stage as the curtain rises on this new age of the written word” (1957)
Artist: DL Mays
“Stand aside television. The library holds the stage as the curtain rises on this new age of the written word” (1957)
Artist: DL Mays
Yesterday's atmospheric walk. I love that we get all four seasons - often within the one day!
February 4, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Yesterday's atmospheric walk. I love that we get all four seasons - often within the one day!
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Good morning. A sweet Robin that I saw on a woodland walk a few weeks ago... they always look so bright and cheerful on a winters day! 🧡 🪶 📷
Happy Tuesday everyone 🕊️ 🌿
#birds #photography #UKWildlife #nature #onlybeautifulthings
Happy Tuesday everyone 🕊️ 🌿
#birds #photography #UKWildlife #nature #onlybeautifulthings
January 28, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Good morning. A sweet Robin that I saw on a woodland walk a few weeks ago... they always look so bright and cheerful on a winters day! 🧡 🪶 📷
Happy Tuesday everyone 🕊️ 🌿
#birds #photography #UKWildlife #nature #onlybeautifulthings
Happy Tuesday everyone 🕊️ 🌿
#birds #photography #UKWildlife #nature #onlybeautifulthings
😂
A photograph of the only known domestic herd of Haggis, Cavia scotia. A species of three-legged rodent of the genus Cavia in the family Caviidae and endemic to the Highlands of Scotland. Generally eaten on Burns Night with neeps and tatties
#WyrdWednesday #Scotland
#WyrdWednesday #Scotland
January 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
😂
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Other work of the Ladybird artists
Woodblock print
‘Kingfisher’
Artist: Allen Seaby
Woodblock print
‘Kingfisher’
Artist: Allen Seaby
January 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Other work of the Ladybird artists
Woodblock print
‘Kingfisher’
Artist: Allen Seaby
Woodblock print
‘Kingfisher’
Artist: Allen Seaby
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William Samuel Schwartz, winter evening, 1924.
January 13, 2025 at 10:40 AM
William Samuel Schwartz, winter evening, 1924.
And if dogs could talk 😁
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if dogs could talk
#dogs #comedyreels #funnyreels #relatable #dogstagram.
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January 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
And if dogs could talk 😁
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Spot on 😁
if cats could talk #cats #catparent #catshorts #funnyshorts
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January 11, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Spot on 😁
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When you’re teaching a trick to the little one that the older one already knows.. 😅
January 11, 2025 at 8:28 AM
When you’re teaching a trick to the little one that the older one already knows.. 😅
Still funny 😁
'Tompkinson's Schooldays' the first episode of Ripping Yarns, was broadcast on this day in 1976. Written by Michael Palin and Terry Jones, the series ran for nine episodes between 1976 and 1979.
January 8, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Still funny 😁