Annie Drynan
@adrynan.bsky.social
Newly acquired PhD in C19th Brighton & Hove associational culture. Other interests: birds, gardens, running, family history, music. I used to do what was then called UX many years ago.
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Following yesterdays Cumberland Rum Butter purchase, today’s “buying food from my childhood Christmas” is Scottish Tablet. Known as Granny R Fudge. I was horrified when I found commercial fudge was a strange thing the texture of plasticine. What Granny made was actually tablet: hardish and grainy.
December 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Following yesterdays Cumberland Rum Butter purchase, today’s “buying food from my childhood Christmas” is Scottish Tablet. Known as Granny R Fudge. I was horrified when I found commercial fudge was a strange thing the texture of plasticine. What Granny made was actually tablet: hardish and grainy.
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FFS, just go ahead and ban ALL the best people, why don't you.
December 11, 2025 at 8:19 AM
FFS, just go ahead and ban ALL the best people, why don't you.
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It is an odd specific of UK govt migration policies that someone, somewhere, seems to think that families fleeing in fear of their lives are diligently keeping up with every new announcement about specific changes to the hostile environment.
December 11, 2025 at 8:58 AM
It is an odd specific of UK govt migration policies that someone, somewhere, seems to think that families fleeing in fear of their lives are diligently keeping up with every new announcement about specific changes to the hostile environment.
Just remembered - I wrote my thesis in #Calibri. I guess Marco Rubio will never be able to read it now. He’ll miss out on an important aspect of Brighton & Hove’s nineteenth century history.
December 11, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Just remembered - I wrote my thesis in #Calibri. I guess Marco Rubio will never be able to read it now. He’ll miss out on an important aspect of Brighton & Hove’s nineteenth century history.
Bugger. The short course online about Vikings I was about to start in Jan has been cancelled. For the second time. What should I do instead?
December 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Bugger. The short course online about Vikings I was about to start in Jan has been cancelled. For the second time. What should I do instead?
Ridiculously excited that I have just ordered some Cumbrian Rum Butter. When I was a child we used to MAKE it but it will be interesting to find out what the trad. version tastes like.
December 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Ridiculously excited that I have just ordered some Cumbrian Rum Butter. When I was a child we used to MAKE it but it will be interesting to find out what the trad. version tastes like.
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Time again for my favorite christmas post ever, one that still makes me laugh every time i read it
December 23, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Time again for my favorite christmas post ever, one that still makes me laugh every time i read it
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😍
Roman bronze figurine of a little mouse nibbling on bread!
Squeak squeak! 🐭❤️
Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Squeak squeak! 🐭❤️
Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart 📷 by me
#Archaeology
December 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Wondering if there is any risk that Pickles the Dog will run off with the peace prize? (One for the older readers there)
December 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Wondering if there is any risk that Pickles the Dog will run off with the peace prize? (One for the older readers there)
This Peace Prize is the worst piece of craven toadying since our PM produced a piece of gold-embossed paper inviting the man to have a holiday in Windsor.
December 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
This Peace Prize is the worst piece of craven toadying since our PM produced a piece of gold-embossed paper inviting the man to have a holiday in Windsor.
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Now with alt-text:
December 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Now with alt-text:
Refunds wanted after 'awful' Christmas drone show www.bbc.com/news/article...
Yes folks, it’s the 1st entry in the annual “can this be worse than the Grundy World of Christmas” competition.
Could George have done a better job?
Christmas is on its way. #TheArchers
Yes folks, it’s the 1st entry in the annual “can this be worse than the Grundy World of Christmas” competition.
Could George have done a better job?
Christmas is on its way. #TheArchers
Refunds wanted after 'awful' Christmas drone show in Sussex
The Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Drone Show was at the South of England Showground in Ardingly.
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December 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Refunds wanted after 'awful' Christmas drone show www.bbc.com/news/article...
Yes folks, it’s the 1st entry in the annual “can this be worse than the Grundy World of Christmas” competition.
Could George have done a better job?
Christmas is on its way. #TheArchers
Yes folks, it’s the 1st entry in the annual “can this be worse than the Grundy World of Christmas” competition.
Could George have done a better job?
Christmas is on its way. #TheArchers
Anyone interested in interpreting historical documents, (particularly for #familyhistory research) and the pitfalls of making assumptions about people based on shaky evidence, must surely choose Arcadia as Stoppard’s finest play.
November 30, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Anyone interested in interpreting historical documents, (particularly for #familyhistory research) and the pitfalls of making assumptions about people based on shaky evidence, must surely choose Arcadia as Stoppard’s finest play.
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Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
November 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
Oh dear, Mary B. doesn’t get her own chocolate.
November 29, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Oh dear, Mary B. doesn’t get her own chocolate.
Went to this exhib @
Brighton Museum. Interested to see how horrid some clothes were: red anorak? Blue pac-a-Mac. I was too young for much of this & it took longer to get to rural Cheshire. Exhib had great music & good mini dresses. If you were old enuf to remember, you needed these handy seats.
Brighton Museum. Interested to see how horrid some clothes were: red anorak? Blue pac-a-Mac. I was too young for much of this & it took longer to get to rural Cheshire. Exhib had great music & good mini dresses. If you were old enuf to remember, you needed these handy seats.
November 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Went to this exhib @
Brighton Museum. Interested to see how horrid some clothes were: red anorak? Blue pac-a-Mac. I was too young for much of this & it took longer to get to rural Cheshire. Exhib had great music & good mini dresses. If you were old enuf to remember, you needed these handy seats.
Brighton Museum. Interested to see how horrid some clothes were: red anorak? Blue pac-a-Mac. I was too young for much of this & it took longer to get to rural Cheshire. Exhib had great music & good mini dresses. If you were old enuf to remember, you needed these handy seats.
I miss the days when Budget Day came with speculation about what tipple the chancellor would have chosen to get them through their speech.
November 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I miss the days when Budget Day came with speculation about what tipple the chancellor would have chosen to get them through their speech.
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Assume the lights were turned on by Nobby Holder
November 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Assume the lights were turned on by Nobby Holder
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So once you are fit after using your Peleton device maybe you’ll be big and strong enough to jump on the box and cut it up so it will
FIT in the recycling bin, you selfish git.
& don’t tell me the bin was full - you clearly hadn’t cut it up at home so were planning on leaving it on the pavement.
FIT in the recycling bin, you selfish git.
& don’t tell me the bin was full - you clearly hadn’t cut it up at home so were planning on leaving it on the pavement.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
So once you are fit after using your Peleton device maybe you’ll be big and strong enough to jump on the box and cut it up so it will
FIT in the recycling bin, you selfish git.
& don’t tell me the bin was full - you clearly hadn’t cut it up at home so were planning on leaving it on the pavement.
FIT in the recycling bin, you selfish git.
& don’t tell me the bin was full - you clearly hadn’t cut it up at home so were planning on leaving it on the pavement.
Had to go to hospital twice today because of problems with yesterday’s bloods. Arm feeling a bit like a pin-cushion. But NO PILLS - won’t get them til Monday - assuming the bloods are OK. Am just sooo tired of it all.
November 21, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Had to go to hospital twice today because of problems with yesterday’s bloods. Arm feeling a bit like a pin-cushion. But NO PILLS - won’t get them til Monday - assuming the bloods are OK. Am just sooo tired of it all.
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Please read, listen, and share widely. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
‘I never wanted to sing into a vacuum’: Scottish folk pioneer Dick Gaughan’s fight for his lost music
A skilled interpreter and social justice champion, Gaughan is a hero to the likes of Richard Hawley and Billy Bragg. Yet much of his work has been stuck in limbo for decades – until a determined fan s...
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November 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Please read, listen, and share widely. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Some good things keep on happening no matter what horrors are going on.
The first seal pups of 2025 have arrived on the Farne Islands!
Around 3,000 pups are expected to be born this winter. Thanks to your support, our rangers are able to monitor their numbers to help us understand and protect this important population.
Photo: Ranger Beth using a long lens
Around 3,000 pups are expected to be born this winter. Thanks to your support, our rangers are able to monitor their numbers to help us understand and protect this important population.
Photo: Ranger Beth using a long lens
November 18, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Some good things keep on happening no matter what horrors are going on.