Chris Webb
@brownricelentils.bsky.social
No longer working for money
No. You're just no longer working for money. Like me.
I'm retired.
September 1, 2025 at 9:38 PM
No. You're just no longer working for money. Like me.
Stained glass sunshine on a window jamb at Stillingfleet this afternoon.
August 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Stained glass sunshine on a window jamb at Stillingfleet this afternoon.
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Among the records of the York Spiritualist Centre we have a fascinating album of 'spirit photographs' taken at York by William Hope in 1930 & 1932. These ghostly images purported to capture local people with their 'psychic extras', some of whom were known to the sitters #WorldPhotographyDay
August 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Among the records of the York Spiritualist Centre we have a fascinating album of 'spirit photographs' taken at York by William Hope in 1930 & 1932. These ghostly images purported to capture local people with their 'psychic extras', some of whom were known to the sitters #WorldPhotographyDay
The church courts at York have many cases of witchcraft, nearly all of the defamation cases taken against a defamer by a woman defamed of being a witch, as Jim Sharpe discovered in his published study of defamation in the York courts.
People accused of witchcraft were not always convicted. Those convicted were not always executed. Trials were bedevilled by laziness, incompetence and lack of enthusiasm, as for any other crime
August 2, 2025 at 11:35 AM
The church courts at York have many cases of witchcraft, nearly all of the defamation cases taken against a defamer by a woman defamed of being a witch, as Jim Sharpe discovered in his published study of defamation in the York courts.
I went past the castle last week. In a nice piece of synchronicity, it's crumbling and abandoned.
He used to live in an actual castle a few villages over from where I grew up! Culturally not instinctively a culture warrior, I imagine, which is interesting given state of party.
July 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I went past the castle last week. In a nice piece of synchronicity, it's crumbling and abandoned.
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We have a brand new catalogue online to start a brand new week! The archive of multi-talented actress and writer Yvonne Mitchell is now available to search on Borthcat: borthcat.york.ac.uk/ymit
July 21, 2025 at 11:10 AM
We have a brand new catalogue online to start a brand new week! The archive of multi-talented actress and writer Yvonne Mitchell is now available to search on Borthcat: borthcat.york.ac.uk/ymit
Signed, it's important.
June 27, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Signed, it's important.
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When you work with parish records you get used to seeing a lot of interesting historical names, but we particularly enjoyed spotting 'Boylling Knight' in the register of St Michael le Belfrey. It seems especially apt given the mini heatwave we're having here in Yorkshire! 🌞🌞🥵
June 19, 2025 at 10:35 AM
When you work with parish records you get used to seeing a lot of interesting historical names, but we particularly enjoyed spotting 'Boylling Knight' in the register of St Michael le Belfrey. It seems especially apt given the mini heatwave we're having here in Yorkshire! 🌞🌞🥵
This is a super exhibition - like most exhibitions at Harewood.
✍️ Austen and Turner: A Country House Encounter
This exhibition at Harewood House in Leeds, captures the spirit of two great geniuses, born 250 years ago
By Oksana Hubina
This exhibition at Harewood House in Leeds, captures the spirit of two great geniuses, born 250 years ago
By Oksana Hubina
Austen and Turner: A Country House Encounter
This exhibition at Harewood House in Leeds, captures the spirit of two great geniuses, born 250 years ago
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
June 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
This is a super exhibition - like most exhibitions at Harewood.
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A fundraising campaign has been launched by @york.ac.uk @uoyalumni.bsky.social @uoyborthwick.bsky.social to secure the archive of Ray Galton and Alan Simpson - the comedy script writing duo inventing the British sitcom.
Find out more & help us secure the archives: yustart.hubbub.net/p/galtonands...
Find out more & help us secure the archives: yustart.hubbub.net/p/galtonands...
‘Innit Marvellous?’: The Galton and Simpson Archive project
Saving Hancock, Steptoe, and more
yustart.hubbub.net
May 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
A fundraising campaign has been launched by @york.ac.uk @uoyalumni.bsky.social @uoyborthwick.bsky.social to secure the archive of Ray Galton and Alan Simpson - the comedy script writing duo inventing the British sitcom.
Find out more & help us secure the archives: yustart.hubbub.net/p/galtonands...
Find out more & help us secure the archives: yustart.hubbub.net/p/galtonands...
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I can't comment on the validity of the claims made by Patrick Galbraith in his new book or the counter claims made by the campaign group @righttoroam.bsky.social but this rebuttal letter from them is a masterclass in how to stay objective, focused & rational.
www.righttoroam.org.uk/patrick-galb...
www.righttoroam.org.uk/patrick-galb...
Response to Patrick Galbraith's Uncommon Ground
Falsities, errors and misrepresentations
www.righttoroam.org.uk
April 27, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I can't comment on the validity of the claims made by Patrick Galbraith in his new book or the counter claims made by the campaign group @righttoroam.bsky.social but this rebuttal letter from them is a masterclass in how to stay objective, focused & rational.
www.righttoroam.org.uk/patrick-galb...
www.righttoroam.org.uk/patrick-galb...
Signed and shared
Signed.
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social @markavery.bsky.social @iolowilliams.bsky.social
Please sign and share.
Thank you. 🙏💚
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Please sign and share.
Thank you. 🙏💚
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
April 30, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Signed and shared
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The osteologists are not baffled about this one! Congrats to Malin and team at York Osteoarchaeology and Tim Thompson et al for finding absolutely mind blowing evidence suggesting this man was killed by a lion in #Roman #York
#archaeology #osteology www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc....
#archaeology #osteology www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc....
Bites on gladiator bones first evidence of combat with lion - BBC News
Experts say the discovery provides the first physical evidence of gladiatorial combat with animals.
www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org
April 24, 2025 at 7:53 AM
The osteologists are not baffled about this one! Congrats to Malin and team at York Osteoarchaeology and Tim Thompson et al for finding absolutely mind blowing evidence suggesting this man was killed by a lion in #Roman #York
#archaeology #osteology www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc....
#archaeology #osteology www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc....
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Montagu's Harrier. Now the rarest of the 4 harriers in #finland. A male Monty's is a hard bird to beat! #birds 🪶 #birding #birdwatching #raptors
April 21, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Montagu's Harrier. Now the rarest of the 4 harriers in #finland. A male Monty's is a hard bird to beat! #birds 🪶 #birding #birdwatching #raptors
Sign if you haven't already. There is more hope of effecting change now than in the last 2 decades.
Under 100 signatures needed to reach 100,000 signatures which triggers a debate in parliament. It could be your signature...
thanks to all those people who have already signed.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
thanks to all those people who have already signed.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Ban driven grouse shooting
Chris Packham, Ruth Tingay and Mark Avery (Wild Justice) believe that driven grouse shooting is bad for people, the environment and wildlife. People; we think grouse shooting is economically insignifi...
petition.parliament.uk
April 20, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Sign if you haven't already. There is more hope of effecting change now than in the last 2 decades.
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Esteemed scientist, prof. Steve Hydrocarbon responds to @chrisgpackham.bsky.social's outrageous CEO-shaming posters, on behalf of the fossil fuel industry.
April 12, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Esteemed scientist, prof. Steve Hydrocarbon responds to @chrisgpackham.bsky.social's outrageous CEO-shaming posters, on behalf of the fossil fuel industry.
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That's 90,000 signatures!
90,000 of you calling for a ban on driven grouse shooting.
If we reach 100,000, we can get this debated in parliament. So please sign and share - help us get there!
90,000 of you calling for a ban on driven grouse shooting.
If we reach 100,000, we can get this debated in parliament. So please sign and share - help us get there!
April 11, 2025 at 6:37 AM
That's 90,000 signatures!
90,000 of you calling for a ban on driven grouse shooting.
If we reach 100,000, we can get this debated in parliament. So please sign and share - help us get there!
90,000 of you calling for a ban on driven grouse shooting.
If we reach 100,000, we can get this debated in parliament. So please sign and share - help us get there!
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Camera traps in the polar desert: This short video of a muskox feels like it comes from another age. Truly impressive! Taken at CFS Alert, Nunavut, Canada, our biodiversity monitoring area. 🌿 #wildlife
April 5, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Camera traps in the polar desert: This short video of a muskox feels like it comes from another age. Truly impressive! Taken at CFS Alert, Nunavut, Canada, our biodiversity monitoring area. 🌿 #wildlife
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'I must get a LITTLE hand put on this watch.' Plus 'Be soon I said' and 'Have you been, Walter?'. Much missed.
Her most popular act was malapropism-strewn gossip with a tall, mute stooge called Cynthia (usually played by a man in drag). Baker would utter her catchphrase ‘She knows, you know’ and lament the passing of time, saying ‘I must get another hand put on this watch’. 5/9
April 5, 2025 at 10:30 AM
'I must get a LITTLE hand put on this watch.' Plus 'Be soon I said' and 'Have you been, Walter?'. Much missed.
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The scribe of these 1626 entries in the parish register of York, St Michael Spurriergate, took pride in their work to a whole new level 😍 [PR/Y/MS/1].
April 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The scribe of these 1626 entries in the parish register of York, St Michael Spurriergate, took pride in their work to a whole new level 😍 [PR/Y/MS/1].
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What a stunning start to the week, minutes before sunrise on the Norfolk coast.
March 31, 2025 at 5:13 AM
What a stunning start to the week, minutes before sunrise on the Norfolk coast.
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Adder shedding its skin to reveal a sharp new outfit underneath. Never witnessed this before! @norfolknats.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Adder shedding its skin to reveal a sharp new outfit underneath. Never witnessed this before! @norfolknats.bsky.social