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Ana McKellar
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Always curious. On a narrowboat, hoping for a passivhaus one day.
Landscape history, nature and biodiversity.
Partially-sighted. Please use descriptive alt-text to help screen-readers and include all.
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mystery upon mystery
this place, this seam of sumi ink, this light just there, both leaving and arriving, this shimmer of cloud of air and cloud of water, and in intimate ear the sound of birds
November 24, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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As we headed into a 2nd wave of Covid in 2020, drawing York Minster seemed to offer a way of keeping steady, a little less worried. I added some pigeons (doves?) to show a bit of life.

#ArchitecturalIllustration
#Pencil #drawing
#ArtShare
A cathedral looms over three and four storey buildings and their backyards. A detail of a drawing of a cathedral tower and a dense group of city centre buildings. Some pigeons on a roof add a sign of life. Close up of a pencil drawing of a cathedral with a central tower peeping between two closer towers.
November 24, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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Last light #Shetland
Orange sunset clouds reflected on the sea
November 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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A pile of rubbish in Oxfordshire is subject to a major criminal investigation | The Observer
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November 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."

My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.

Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.

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I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
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November 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
anamca.bsky.social
Never forget. Never never forget the scumbag buffoon who killed so many people and scarred the lives of so many more.
trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 20h
Let’s never forget rationing ventilators and Zoom funerals. Boris Johnson and his cronies partied while our loved ones lay dying alone. COVID-19 was the worst public health crisis in a century. We should have locked down earlier. To some of us, PPE was not a get-rich-quick commodity.
Tweet announcing death of Trish’s mother from covid on 28 Dec 2020 Trish and her mum
November 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Every year I stop myself from posting “now look here you lot, my books would make an excellent Christmas present” in October because it’s way too early, and then I forget until it’s way too late.

Hope I’ve hit the sweet spot this time.

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The cover of Taking Flight. Stylised illustrations of a selection of flying things against a pastel background of blues and greens. The cover of Light Rains Sometimes Fall. A pastel collage of seasonal urban nature (cherry tree in blossom, magpie, swifts, autumn leaves, urban fox etc). A cope of Into The Tangled Bank (its cover a collage of nature things (butterfly, flowers, birds, binoculars etc) nestled (yes, NESTLED) in leaves and grass. The cover of Why Do Birds Suddenly Disappear? White background, title etc and various quotes saying how brilliant it is. To the right the rear half of a goldcrest disappearing out of view (the back cover has the other half of the bird).
November 23, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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#art
They'll tell you that the arts and humanities aren't practical and then read poetry at funerals and weddings, cry over films and search for meaning in ancient philosophy. Surviving is one type of practicality, knowing why we bother is another. — ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ARTS & HUMANITIES
November 23, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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I’m on my nonsense again. This week’s Six Things:

– cats

– mute films

– stadium garden

– sundiver

– clocks

– cool S

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Six Things, Volume 136
Cats | Mute | Stadium Garden | Sundiver | Clocks | Cool S
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November 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Trying to get the Shetland ponies to move.

#myshetland #shetland #shetlandponies #ponies
Move!
Yesterday I said I would try and take more photos with my big camera, but this time of year it is very much weather-permitting. However, today was a nice day and took my big camera out.  I wanted t…
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November 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Luxury Artisan Chocolates | Chocolate Bars & Chocolate Gift Boxes
The Christmas Chocolate collection is here! Discover luxury artisan chocolates crafted in the UK. Deliciours chocolate treats and gift boxes
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November 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Interesting to see how France is driving heat pump uptake. Households can get up to €10,000 towards a heat pump, another €4,500 in energy-saving certificates, and even interest-free loans of up to €30,000 for heat pumps or insulation. It’s no surprise the shift picks up speed.
France’s New Regulation on Low-Carbon Heating (2025 Update)
Learn how France’s 2025 low-carbon heating regulation impacts homeowners and builders. Explore compliant systems, financial incentives, and the rise of heat pumps across France.
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November 19, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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Dawn ☀️
Sky at dawn, a full color gradient from reddish orange to blue
November 21, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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Vote for competent leaders, not entertainers – that’s what I wish the Covid report could say | Devi Sridhar
To prevent a future pandemic we’d need agile leadership, smart decision-making, humility and trustworthiness. How does one build those into a political system, asks Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global ...
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November 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Vote for competent leaders, not entertainers – that’s what I wish the Covid report could say | Devi Sridhar
To prevent a future pandemic we’d need agile leadership, smart decision-making, humility and trustworthiness. How does one build those into a political system, asks Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global ...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Dangerous shortage of medics threatens safe patient care in England, top GP says
Exclusive: Royal College of GPs chair says surgeries desperate to hire more doctors but lack funding to do so
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November 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Dunstanburgh Sunrise 📷

#photography
#photohour
#Landscape
#LandscapePhotography
#PhotographersOfBlueSky
#EastCoastKin
The silhouette of a ruined castle stands on the horizon, beneath which a beach curves round and down into the foreground. The sea next to beach reflects the brilliant colours of a vivid blue hour sky. A mixture of yellow, red, pink and blue.
November 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Could that be an observation platform behind the house on Northumberland Street in Alnmouth? I would give views over the River Aln, upstream of the harbour area.

#ArchitecturalIllustration
#sketchbook
#drawing
#ArtShare
Pen and watercolour sketch of a building used as an inn, with colour washed yellow walls. The sign reads the Sun Inn at Alnmouth. Behind it a square shaped open fronted structure with a hipped roof is maybe an observation platform on the roof of a house. On the right a stone-built house has an arch over a ground floor window, a doorway and two upper door windows.
November 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Unexpected celebrity, travel, and drama

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#canal #boatlife #journey #travel #celebrity #life #winter #family #sunset #nature
Unexpected celebrity status plus unscheduled drama
For the first time the passage of our 50ft floating home (plus office,studio, and workshop) along inland waterways in sub zero temperatures made a man dash out onto his balcony in just his dressing…
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November 22, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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A lot of people here are good about adding alt-text to images to include everyone, but also give a thought to use of emojis. Good tips in this article
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Emojis and accessibility: How to use them properly
Who doesn’t love emojis? I’m willing to bet that the recent 10 messages you sent or received from different people on your phone, there…
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November 22, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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It speaks volumes about the place the Eton Mafia holds in this godforsaken nation that a man like Boris Johnson climbed any higher in life than being a children's entertainer on administrative leave pending the outcome of a tribunal.
November 22, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Leaves that attached themselves to the prop & slowed progress as Autumn got into full swing have given way in the current wintry cold snap to ice, though just a thin broken sheet that did not slow me down today 🥶
#boatlife
#ukcanals #canal #narrowboat
#KeepCanalsAlive #FundBritainsWaterways
Photo of a canal in autumn lined on each side by moored boats and colourful trees which are making a leaf soup of the canal water.
November 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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How do you do that with paint?
The mastery of artist Harry Wingfield.
‘Cherries’
Picture Book (1973)
A photo realistic illustration of a close-up of cherries in a white bowl, spilling out onto the table
November 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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People for scale...

More surreal drone views from Stokksnes in south-east #Iceland.

#DJIMavic3Pro #DronePhotography
A drone view of a large glassy lagoon that is reflecting white cloud and huge brown peaks of a mountain above. On the surface at the top of the photo are some black sand banks, mostly round or oval. To the left are seven people looking as if they're walking on water.
November 19, 2025 at 8:52 PM