Estelle Hargraves
@estelleh.bsky.social
Ghosts, history, comedy and books
We have an advent calendar competition every year in my work and this year I’m running it. Everyone guesses what’s behind the door of a traditional advent calendar.
I’ve got a rather beautiful Danish 1970s-vintage 3D calendar with moving parts (Santa goes down the chimney!).
I’ve got a rather beautiful Danish 1970s-vintage 3D calendar with moving parts (Santa goes down the chimney!).
December 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
We have an advent calendar competition every year in my work and this year I’m running it. Everyone guesses what’s behind the door of a traditional advent calendar.
I’ve got a rather beautiful Danish 1970s-vintage 3D calendar with moving parts (Santa goes down the chimney!).
I’ve got a rather beautiful Danish 1970s-vintage 3D calendar with moving parts (Santa goes down the chimney!).
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To put it in perspective, the time period between Stegosaurus and T Rex is about 33% longer than the time period between T Rex and today
I don’t know a lot.
But I know a lot about dinosaurs.
Now we all know dinosaurs lived for millions of years right?
But does you mind actually wrap around how long they dominated for?
Lets get a little perspective.
Did you know Allosaurus never saw flowers but T.rex did?
But I know a lot about dinosaurs.
Now we all know dinosaurs lived for millions of years right?
But does you mind actually wrap around how long they dominated for?
Lets get a little perspective.
Did you know Allosaurus never saw flowers but T.rex did?
November 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
To put it in perspective, the time period between Stegosaurus and T Rex is about 33% longer than the time period between T Rex and today
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One of the most beautiful bits of english eccentricity and glorious design is coming back to Sotheby’s and should be bought by a musuem (or me) for THE NATION. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Jewelled golden hare that sparked national treasure hunt set for auction
Artist and author Kit Williams hid a golden hare with clues to its precise location given in his 1979 book
www.independent.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:18 AM
One of the most beautiful bits of english eccentricity and glorious design is coming back to Sotheby’s and should be bought by a musuem (or me) for THE NATION. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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Merry Xmas Everybody by Slade but all the lyrics are 'are you hanging up your stocking on your wall'
Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody but all the lyrics are 'are you hanging up your stocking...
Merry Christmas Everybody by Slade but all the lyrics are 'Are You Hanging Up Your Stocking On Your Wall?'Crooned by @MichaelMisDisappointing More: http://li...
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December 1, 2023 at 8:28 AM
Merry Xmas Everybody by Slade but all the lyrics are 'are you hanging up your stocking on your wall'
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Messages from school to my parents in the 90s: Fill in the slip at the bottom & bring in £2 for the trip to the zoo
Messages from school now: Your child's exam schedule is on Zoop, login via the LernPortal to access it, the results will be on HoneyTree, their homework is on Zappp & NumberHub
Messages from school now: Your child's exam schedule is on Zoop, login via the LernPortal to access it, the results will be on HoneyTree, their homework is on Zappp & NumberHub
November 24, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Messages from school to my parents in the 90s: Fill in the slip at the bottom & bring in £2 for the trip to the zoo
Messages from school now: Your child's exam schedule is on Zoop, login via the LernPortal to access it, the results will be on HoneyTree, their homework is on Zappp & NumberHub
Messages from school now: Your child's exam schedule is on Zoop, login via the LernPortal to access it, the results will be on HoneyTree, their homework is on Zappp & NumberHub
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and best thing at the V&A
November 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
and best thing at the V&A
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Come Back Lucy - Children's ITV teatime horror spookiness about a relative-visiting girl who befriends a relative-visiting ghoul intent on dragging her back into the past to 'play'...
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November 16, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Come Back Lucy - Children's ITV teatime horror spookiness about a relative-visiting girl who befriends a relative-visiting ghoul intent on dragging her back into the past to 'play'...
timworthington.org/2025/10/23/t...
timworthington.org/2025/10/23/t...
I’ve got this lovely used postcard of Vesta Tilley from 1906 that I want to frame but can’t because I like the message on the back too much. It’s from someone in Sheffield to someone else in Sheffield and represents the perennial British experience. It merely says “Isn’t this weather awful!!” Same.
November 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I’ve got this lovely used postcard of Vesta Tilley from 1906 that I want to frame but can’t because I like the message on the back too much. It’s from someone in Sheffield to someone else in Sheffield and represents the perennial British experience. It merely says “Isn’t this weather awful!!” Same.
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Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
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Author wrote best book he's ever written.
Publisher disintegrated/fucked off with author's earnings.
Book was finally published by new publisher.
Author has bought two hardbacks, for full price, to give away, signed.
Please repost/reply if you'd like a chance to win one..
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Publisher disintegrated/fucked off with author's earnings.
Book was finally published by new publisher.
Author has bought two hardbacks, for full price, to give away, signed.
Please repost/reply if you'd like a chance to win one..
bsky.app/profile/zygo...
November 13, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Author wrote best book he's ever written.
Publisher disintegrated/fucked off with author's earnings.
Book was finally published by new publisher.
Author has bought two hardbacks, for full price, to give away, signed.
Please repost/reply if you'd like a chance to win one..
bsky.app/profile/zygo...
Publisher disintegrated/fucked off with author's earnings.
Book was finally published by new publisher.
Author has bought two hardbacks, for full price, to give away, signed.
Please repost/reply if you'd like a chance to win one..
bsky.app/profile/zygo...
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God that’s made me choke up.
The best Britain
The best Britain
November 11, 2025 at 10:55 AM
God that’s made me choke up.
The best Britain
The best Britain
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I was just leafing through 1725 occult tome The Secret Magic of Abramelin the Mage in search of scary invocations for the BOOK, and I came across this list of subordinate spirits to the princes of Hell.
November 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I was just leafing through 1725 occult tome The Secret Magic of Abramelin the Mage in search of scary invocations for the BOOK, and I came across this list of subordinate spirits to the princes of Hell.
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Full marks for grilled ham
November 3, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Full marks for grilled ham
My favourite album. RIP
![The United States Of America [mono mix] (Columbia, 1968)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:daj27owxvu6dr5mklwcenwmu/bafkreif7qjqkudg7ddrpeiio337bcixj4sfo62hcwzzlrw6hrjwocuzcju@jpeg)
November 3, 2025 at 9:19 PM
My favourite album. RIP
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Oh my god
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Oh my god
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Nigel Farage, whose party recently put a teenager with zero work experience of any kind, in charge of running an entire county, is currently giving a speech railing against "unqualified" politicians being put in charge of Government departments
November 3, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Nigel Farage, whose party recently put a teenager with zero work experience of any kind, in charge of running an entire county, is currently giving a speech railing against "unqualified" politicians being put in charge of Government departments
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"...as a matter of law, the house is haunted"
This by a Canadian lawyer is the best thing on ghosts and the law: www.fasken.com/en/commonlaw...
Enjoy.
This by a Canadian lawyer is the best thing on ghosts and the law: www.fasken.com/en/commonlaw...
Enjoy.
October 31, 2025 at 8:01 AM
"...as a matter of law, the house is haunted"
This by a Canadian lawyer is the best thing on ghosts and the law: www.fasken.com/en/commonlaw...
Enjoy.
This by a Canadian lawyer is the best thing on ghosts and the law: www.fasken.com/en/commonlaw...
Enjoy.
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Braverman deleted this tweet which made me wonder who that previous prisoner was. His name was Junead Ahmed. He was a conman mistakenly released in 2023. She was Home Secretary at the time. Oh.
news.sky.com/story/migran...
news.sky.com/story/migran...
October 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Braverman deleted this tweet which made me wonder who that previous prisoner was. His name was Junead Ahmed. He was a conman mistakenly released in 2023. She was Home Secretary at the time. Oh.
news.sky.com/story/migran...
news.sky.com/story/migran...
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People kvetch about the chaos-inducing serial comma, but you can also do a lot with a colon! Beware, biographers!!
October 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
People kvetch about the chaos-inducing serial comma, but you can also do a lot with a colon! Beware, biographers!!
Brava Lily Allen and her absolute evisceration of David Harbour.
October 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Brava Lily Allen and her absolute evisceration of David Harbour.
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this headline hums with ancient autumnal dread
October 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
this headline hums with ancient autumnal dread
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I found this in the ‘assorted crap’ box in a charity shop in Hereford yesterday. It was given by Nellie Crowther to someone called Olive in February 1913. Olive then got friends and acquaintances to write in it in the years that followed. 🧵
November 10, 2024 at 10:44 AM
I found this in the ‘assorted crap’ box in a charity shop in Hereford yesterday. It was given by Nellie Crowther to someone called Olive in February 1913. Olive then got friends and acquaintances to write in it in the years that followed. 🧵
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"doxxing" was named after the first person doxed, Robert Dox, 4520 Jacobs Ave, Belview, MN
October 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
"doxxing" was named after the first person doxed, Robert Dox, 4520 Jacobs Ave, Belview, MN
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absolute workhorse of a reaction image from over 100 years ago
October 20, 2025 at 7:36 AM
absolute workhorse of a reaction image from over 100 years ago
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October 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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