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On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
April 15, 2025 at 8:21 AM
On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
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Those little community libraries set up in old phone boxes etc. are a lovely idea, but in practice always fill up with the mist dogshit array of books imaginable
January 21, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Those little community libraries set up in old phone boxes etc. are a lovely idea, but in practice always fill up with the mist dogshit array of books imaginable
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Max Beckmann Leipzig 1884 – 1950 New York #Sylvester. 1922 Lithographie auf Bütten. 49,8 x 37,5 cm.
December 31, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Max Beckmann Leipzig 1884 – 1950 New York #Sylvester. 1922 Lithographie auf Bütten. 49,8 x 37,5 cm.
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Trees above River Garry . Wild here :)
December 31, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Trees above River Garry . Wild here :)
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Anselm Kiefer ‘Book with Wings’
December 31, 2024 at 4:22 PM
Anselm Kiefer ‘Book with Wings’
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It is traditional in Iceland to give the gift of a book to be opened on Christmas Eve. Books are unwrapped and then read together. It is called Jolabokaflod (Christmas book flood). 📖 🎄
🖼 Reading Girl, Gustav Adolph Hennig, 1828.
🖼 Reading Girl, Gustav Adolph Hennig, 1828.
December 24, 2024 at 7:48 AM
It is traditional in Iceland to give the gift of a book to be opened on Christmas Eve. Books are unwrapped and then read together. It is called Jolabokaflod (Christmas book flood). 📖 🎄
🖼 Reading Girl, Gustav Adolph Hennig, 1828.
🖼 Reading Girl, Gustav Adolph Hennig, 1828.
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Bristol Short Story Prize now open for stories of up to 4000 words, judged by prize-winning novelists and a literary agent. Also winning stories published.
Link below
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Bristol Short Story Prize
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December 18, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Bristol Short Story Prize now open for stories of up to 4000 words, judged by prize-winning novelists and a literary agent. Also winning stories published.
Link below
Please share.
bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
Link below
Please share.
bssp.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
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‘Biscuit’ also comes from the words ‘need’ and ‘tea’ (in Latin) though many just say ‘biscuit’ to make sure that both tea and biscuit arrive at the same time.
"Biscuit" is an interesting etymology. From the Latin bis - "twice" - and coctus - "as many as you'd planned to eat."
December 8, 2024 at 10:10 AM
‘Biscuit’ also comes from the words ‘need’ and ‘tea’ (in Latin) though many just say ‘biscuit’ to make sure that both tea and biscuit arrive at the same time.
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"The Steel Mill". Thomas Hart Benton. 1930.
December 8, 2024 at 8:40 PM
"The Steel Mill". Thomas Hart Benton. 1930.
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'Footpath in the Snow.' Lionel Bulmer was one of the more consistently interesting and perceptive figurative painters of his generation; with his wife, Margaret Green, he formed a devoted artistic partnership that lasted nearly half a century. This work is from 1954.
December 8, 2024 at 12:09 PM
'Footpath in the Snow.' Lionel Bulmer was one of the more consistently interesting and perceptive figurative painters of his generation; with his wife, Margaret Green, he formed a devoted artistic partnership that lasted nearly half a century. This work is from 1954.
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Found my shoe.
December 8, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Found my shoe.
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Shadows ink the north edge of the beech trees. Embroidered moss tucks its feet in around their roots.A bumblebee forages on the slim pickings of gorse flowers as the sun sinks lower, cooling the air and the day exhales its last.
November 26, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Shadows ink the north edge of the beech trees. Embroidered moss tucks its feet in around their roots.A bumblebee forages on the slim pickings of gorse flowers as the sun sinks lower, cooling the air and the day exhales its last.
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'The Icknield Way.' Spencer Gore's series of compositions painted in Letchworth, Hertfordshire between August and November 1912 were the most radical of his career. The originality of this work represents his response to the stimulus of European Post Impressionism.
December 3, 2024 at 9:50 PM
'The Icknield Way.' Spencer Gore's series of compositions painted in Letchworth, Hertfordshire between August and November 1912 were the most radical of his career. The originality of this work represents his response to the stimulus of European Post Impressionism.
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This picture I made will bring you joy (you have my word)...
December 2, 2024 at 4:53 PM
This picture I made will bring you joy (you have my word)...
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'Landscape with Rising Sun.' (1828) In his day, Joseph Gandy was called 'The English Piranesi,' one of the great visionaries of the Romantic movement; as a watercolourist, he worked much in the same way as Constable and Turner; one critic wrote his watercolours made others look like 'dirty washing.'
December 2, 2024 at 8:57 AM
'Landscape with Rising Sun.' (1828) In his day, Joseph Gandy was called 'The English Piranesi,' one of the great visionaries of the Romantic movement; as a watercolourist, he worked much in the same way as Constable and Turner; one critic wrote his watercolours made others look like 'dirty washing.'
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This #map shows the regions the program refers to. Probably very boring if you aren’t British or into maritime navigation. The Shipping Forecast is a peculiar British radio phenomenon. Source: buff.ly/2oaLSGd
November 30, 2024 at 8:33 PM
This #map shows the regions the program refers to. Probably very boring if you aren’t British or into maritime navigation. The Shipping Forecast is a peculiar British radio phenomenon. Source: buff.ly/2oaLSGd
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“Bridge in the Rain (After Hiroshige)". Vincent van Gogh. 1887.
November 30, 2024 at 8:49 PM
“Bridge in the Rain (After Hiroshige)". Vincent van Gogh. 1887.
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Didn’t know this ~ 1974 photograph shows a group of freshly-excavated 2,000 year-old Terracotta Warriors in Xi'an, China, with their original vibrant colours. Once exposed to air and sunlight during excavation, the colours started to disappear almost immediately www.snopes.com/fact-check/t...
November 28, 2024 at 6:15 AM
Didn’t know this ~ 1974 photograph shows a group of freshly-excavated 2,000 year-old Terracotta Warriors in Xi'an, China, with their original vibrant colours. Once exposed to air and sunlight during excavation, the colours started to disappear almost immediately www.snopes.com/fact-check/t...
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Librarians > Social media influencers
If you find yourself with questions and need answers, go to the former. They’ll direct you to resources without any ulterior motive.
The latter will lie to you in order to sell you weird supplements.
If you find yourself with questions and need answers, go to the former. They’ll direct you to resources without any ulterior motive.
The latter will lie to you in order to sell you weird supplements.
November 27, 2024 at 3:18 PM
Librarians > Social media influencers
If you find yourself with questions and need answers, go to the former. They’ll direct you to resources without any ulterior motive.
The latter will lie to you in order to sell you weird supplements.
If you find yourself with questions and need answers, go to the former. They’ll direct you to resources without any ulterior motive.
The latter will lie to you in order to sell you weird supplements.