Brentford Belle
@brentfordbelle.bsky.social
Modular, but virtual.
23 hours in an online Queue, but success ! Now have tickets to the V&A Bowie Archive.
October 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
23 hours in an online Queue, but success ! Now have tickets to the V&A Bowie Archive.
New Sign In Hanwell today.
October 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
New Sign In Hanwell today.
Tuborg and Tayto, after a Bank Holiday painting the fence.
August 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Tuborg and Tayto, after a Bank Holiday painting the fence.
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Finally, I can post this video I've been hanging on to since somebody sent it to me.
July 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Finally, I can post this video I've been hanging on to since somebody sent it to me.
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Anyone got a video of a hare having the shit scared out of it by a curlew — ah, don’t worry, got one anyway!
July 13, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Anyone got a video of a hare having the shit scared out of it by a curlew — ah, don’t worry, got one anyway!
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I am writing a policy pamphlet. Here are all the ways to demonstrate I don't really have a policy answer, that I need to avoid:
a. You call for a "national conversation or debate"
b. You suggest that what is needed is “a change in culture”
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a. You call for a "national conversation or debate"
b. You suggest that what is needed is “a change in culture”
1/
July 8, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I am writing a policy pamphlet. Here are all the ways to demonstrate I don't really have a policy answer, that I need to avoid:
a. You call for a "national conversation or debate"
b. You suggest that what is needed is “a change in culture”
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a. You call for a "national conversation or debate"
b. You suggest that what is needed is “a change in culture”
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The Toronto Circus Riot broke out on this day 170 years ago — sparked by a brawl between angry clowns and firefighters at a Victorian brothel.
Here's my annual thread about one of the strangest stories in Canadian history...
Here's my annual thread about one of the strangest stories in Canadian history...
July 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The Toronto Circus Riot broke out on this day 170 years ago — sparked by a brawl between angry clowns and firefighters at a Victorian brothel.
Here's my annual thread about one of the strangest stories in Canadian history...
Here's my annual thread about one of the strangest stories in Canadian history...
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Good morning, London! Off to sign stock at Forbidden Planet, then I get on a train! The weather is cloudy but mild and we just passed the British Museum which, alas, I do not have fifty years to do a museum commentary on.
July 8, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Good morning, London! Off to sign stock at Forbidden Planet, then I get on a train! The weather is cloudy but mild and we just passed the British Museum which, alas, I do not have fifty years to do a museum commentary on.
Old Route master on Brentford High Street
June 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Old Route master on Brentford High Street
Brentford Canal Festival going strong.
June 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Brentford Canal Festival going strong.
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Programmer: What do you mean they only have one name?
Me: That is their name. Period.
P: But everyone has a surname. That's how names work!
Me: [deep breath as I access Deep DM Character Naming Knowledge] We are going to sit here for a while as I give you a brief primer on how names have been.
Me: That is their name. Period.
P: But everyone has a surname. That's how names work!
Me: [deep breath as I access Deep DM Character Naming Knowledge] We are going to sit here for a while as I give you a brief primer on how names have been.
June 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Programmer: What do you mean they only have one name?
Me: That is their name. Period.
P: But everyone has a surname. That's how names work!
Me: [deep breath as I access Deep DM Character Naming Knowledge] We are going to sit here for a while as I give you a brief primer on how names have been.
Me: That is their name. Period.
P: But everyone has a surname. That's how names work!
Me: [deep breath as I access Deep DM Character Naming Knowledge] We are going to sit here for a while as I give you a brief primer on how names have been.
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Ack! No, outlook, I do not want AI “coaching” on how to write emails.
In the immortal words of Douglas Adams, go stick your head in a pig.
In the immortal words of Douglas Adams, go stick your head in a pig.
June 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Ack! No, outlook, I do not want AI “coaching” on how to write emails.
In the immortal words of Douglas Adams, go stick your head in a pig.
In the immortal words of Douglas Adams, go stick your head in a pig.
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So the last few days got me thinking about some research I did into horrible ways people die in coal mines, specifically mine gas.
(I read about a lot of coal mine disasters when I was working on the next Sworn Soldier book. Never be a coal miner in the 1800s if you can avoid it.)
(I read about a lot of coal mine disasters when I was working on the next Sworn Soldier book. Never be a coal miner in the 1800s if you can avoid it.)
May 29, 2025 at 7:59 PM
So the last few days got me thinking about some research I did into horrible ways people die in coal mines, specifically mine gas.
(I read about a lot of coal mine disasters when I was working on the next Sworn Soldier book. Never be a coal miner in the 1800s if you can avoid it.)
(I read about a lot of coal mine disasters when I was working on the next Sworn Soldier book. Never be a coal miner in the 1800s if you can avoid it.)
Glad to see the Hanwell Ukulele Group again at the Hootie.
May 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Glad to see the Hanwell Ukulele Group again at the Hootie.
This was good. Glad I got to it.
April 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This was good. Glad I got to it.
Blackthorn Blossom on Barnes Common
April 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Blackthorn Blossom on Barnes Common
Kew Archives Swan magic trick.
February 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Kew Archives Swan magic trick.
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An RN rating carries a young girl along a cluttered dock in Greenock, Scotland, March 1, 1945. This famous image, and the story behind it, epitomise naval purpose: protect the high seas; safeguard civilians.
This is the story of the Sørøya Island rescue.
#maritimehistory #navalhistory #WW2
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This is the story of the Sørøya Island rescue.
#maritimehistory #navalhistory #WW2
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February 9, 2025 at 5:29 AM
An RN rating carries a young girl along a cluttered dock in Greenock, Scotland, March 1, 1945. This famous image, and the story behind it, epitomise naval purpose: protect the high seas; safeguard civilians.
This is the story of the Sørøya Island rescue.
#maritimehistory #navalhistory #WW2
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This is the story of the Sørøya Island rescue.
#maritimehistory #navalhistory #WW2
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The famously quirky Osterley Bookshop is closing down
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the...
West London's much-loved curio, a bookshop in an old tube station, will be closing as a bookshop, the owners have announced, although they will remain in the building.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the...
West London's much-loved curio, a bookshop in an old tube station, will be closing as a bookshop, the owners have announced, although they will remain in the building.
The famously quirky Osterley Bookshop is closing down
West London's much-loved curio, a bookshop in an old tube station, will be closing as a bookshop, the owners have announced, although they will remain in the building.
www.ianvisits.co.uk
January 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The famously quirky Osterley Bookshop is closing down
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the...
West London's much-loved curio, a bookshop in an old tube station, will be closing as a bookshop, the owners have announced, although they will remain in the building.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the...
West London's much-loved curio, a bookshop in an old tube station, will be closing as a bookshop, the owners have announced, although they will remain in the building.
Oh no.
Not Osterley Bookshop closing too.
Not Osterley Bookshop closing too.
January 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Oh no.
Not Osterley Bookshop closing too.
Not Osterley Bookshop closing too.
Chiswick House, Boxing Day.
Dogs, dogs, dogs, dogs, dogs.
Dogs, dogs, dogs, dogs, dogs.
December 26, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Chiswick House, Boxing Day.
Dogs, dogs, dogs, dogs, dogs.
Dogs, dogs, dogs, dogs, dogs.
What's it like inside the Osterley Bookshop? Something for everyone.
December 15, 2024 at 5:58 PM
What's it like inside the Osterley Bookshop? Something for everyone.
Annual Pre-Christmas trip to Osterley Bookshop to pick up interesting books, cards and a "lucky dip".
December 15, 2024 at 5:50 PM
Annual Pre-Christmas trip to Osterley Bookshop to pick up interesting books, cards and a "lucky dip".
Oh no ! The end of an era. City Radio Stores gone from Ealing after 95 years.
November 28, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Oh no ! The end of an era. City Radio Stores gone from Ealing after 95 years.
Frosty at Syon
November 28, 2024 at 3:18 PM
Frosty at Syon