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Ben Phillips
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Historian (of Russia, at Exeter). Didn't really want another social account but susceptible to peer pressure, so here I am.
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A picture of Keir Starmer above a Guardian headline reading 'Racism returning to UK politics - and people are very scared, says Starmer' The Who Killed Hannibal meme template, sans captions.
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Great stuff, love to see it
September 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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My thirty-seventh trip around the run begins with a roast (many thanks @corardens.bsky.social)
July 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Also enjoying this cameo appearance from Sam Neill
February 21, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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January 5, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Further coastal scenes
In the left foreground there is a boat moored on the Exe estuary. In the middle distance the coastline as far as Exmouth. There is mist and silvery light. The Exe estuary seen from Powderham. In the foreground on the right is the railway line to Exeter. Exmouth is in the far distance on the left.
December 26, 2024 at 6:37 PM
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A lovely Boxing Day walk from Starcross to Turf Locks and back.
A boat moored in the Exe estuary, its mast reflected in the water. A bird (a cormorant or a shag? Not sure) about to dive. An assemblage of five birds (oystercatchers, apparently) in the middle of the Exe estuary. In the foreground is a sandbank, in the background - the shoreline near Exton. A navigation buoy.
December 26, 2024 at 6:34 PM
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Already tortured myself with Villa v Juventus this week so might as well watch this, can't be much worse
A push notification from BBC Sport suggesting I watch Harrogate Town vs Gainsborough in the FA Cup this evening.
November 29, 2024 at 4:42 PM
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Powderham after Storm Bert. I would have taken more photos from the castle side but it was getting dark and the road was flooded.
Flooded parkland with sapling cages in the foreground, trees in the middle distance and a castle in the background on the right. More flooded parkland, with trees near and far. A sapling cage on marshy ground, with flood waters and trees in the middle distance. A wall overgrown with brambles. In the distance a pair of trees surrounded by flood waters, in soft focus.
November 24, 2024 at 6:10 PM