Charlie Wesley
@gamelyn1327.bsky.social
History, Churches, Games. Roughly in that order. Somewhat academic adjacent. Heavy Metal Is the Law.
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Next DG of the BBC revealed
a man in a suit and blue shirt is sitting in front of a red background with the number 3 on it
Alt: Guy Goma accidentally interviewed on the BBC
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Next DG of the BBC revealed
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Richard Fishacre challenged the scientific orthodoxy of his day, and contemporary astrophysics has vindicated his position.
How a medieval Oxford friar used light and colour to find out what stars and planets are made of
Richard Fishacre challenged the scientific orthodoxy of his day, and contemporary astrophysics has vindicated his position.
tcnv.link
November 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Richard Fishacre challenged the scientific orthodoxy of his day, and contemporary astrophysics has vindicated his position.
There were certain things you could count on to be done right. When even these fail, what kind of a society can we call ourselves now?
October 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
There were certain things you could count on to be done right. When even these fail, what kind of a society can we call ourselves now?
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'The original Game Boy sounds the best': VGC's @scully1888.bsky.social had a very nerdy conversation with legendary Nintendo composer Hip Tanaka
www.videogameschronicle.com/features/int...
www.videogameschronicle.com/features/int...
‘The original Game Boy sounds the best’: A very nerdy conversation with legendary Nintendo composer Hip Tanaka | VGC
The father of chiptune music discusses the past, and his long-awaited return to games…
www.videogameschronicle.com
October 13, 2025 at 1:23 PM
'The original Game Boy sounds the best': VGC's @scully1888.bsky.social had a very nerdy conversation with legendary Nintendo composer Hip Tanaka
www.videogameschronicle.com/features/int...
www.videogameschronicle.com/features/int...
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The wonderfully dramatic 15th century screen, with its colourfully painted timber and intricate patterns, in the Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Ickleton, Cambridgeshire 🤩
More photos in below…
More photos in below…
September 14, 2025 at 7:47 AM
The wonderfully dramatic 15th century screen, with its colourfully painted timber and intricate patterns, in the Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Ickleton, Cambridgeshire 🤩
More photos in below…
More photos in below…
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Reform's "it's just free speech" defence for hosting Malhotra is absurd.
It's a party conference, not Hyde Park corner.
They didn't just hand the mic to anyone who wandered in.
They invited Malhotra, gave him the main stage and the chair said "he worked with me to write Reform's health policy".
It's a party conference, not Hyde Park corner.
They didn't just hand the mic to anyone who wandered in.
They invited Malhotra, gave him the main stage and the chair said "he worked with me to write Reform's health policy".
September 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Reform's "it's just free speech" defence for hosting Malhotra is absurd.
It's a party conference, not Hyde Park corner.
They didn't just hand the mic to anyone who wandered in.
They invited Malhotra, gave him the main stage and the chair said "he worked with me to write Reform's health policy".
It's a party conference, not Hyde Park corner.
They didn't just hand the mic to anyone who wandered in.
They invited Malhotra, gave him the main stage and the chair said "he worked with me to write Reform's health policy".
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Good morning, #Idaho. #IdahoEscape.
September 3, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning, #Idaho. #IdahoEscape.
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The radical right in Britain increasingly claims to represent "Christian values" & "Christian civilisation" - though its leaders rarely go to church or pretend to believe anything.
It's especially important that Christian leaders speak out against this, as it's their tradition that's being claimed.
It's especially important that Christian leaders speak out against this, as it's their tradition that's being claimed.
A courteous but very impressive rebuke to Nigel Farage from the Bishop of Oxford.
"I heard no compassion in what you said...".
"I disagree profoundly with your attempts to ... increase fear of the stranger in our communities".
Do read.
blogs.oxford.anglican.org/an-open-lett...
"I heard no compassion in what you said...".
"I disagree profoundly with your attempts to ... increase fear of the stranger in our communities".
Do read.
blogs.oxford.anglican.org/an-open-lett...
An open letter to Nigel Farage - Bishop Steven's Blog
Bishop Steven writes an open letter in response to Nigel Farage MP's immigration policy which was launched in Oxford this week.
blogs.oxford.anglican.org
August 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The radical right in Britain increasingly claims to represent "Christian values" & "Christian civilisation" - though its leaders rarely go to church or pretend to believe anything.
It's especially important that Christian leaders speak out against this, as it's their tradition that's being claimed.
It's especially important that Christian leaders speak out against this, as it's their tradition that's being claimed.
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#StarTrek #DS9 season 6 episode 10, The Magnificent Ferengi, is exactly this only with a remote control.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mag...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mag...
The Magnificent Ferengi - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
August 30, 2025 at 4:31 AM
#StarTrek #DS9 season 6 episode 10, The Magnificent Ferengi, is exactly this only with a remote control.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mag...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mag...
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he loves blueberry yogurt
August 28, 2025 at 1:25 AM
he loves blueberry yogurt
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From this week’s Beano.
August 28, 2025 at 10:28 AM
From this week’s Beano.
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I am sickened by the relentless demonisation of refugees.
No refugee underfunded a school.
No refugee closed a hospital.
No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled.
We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!
No refugee underfunded a school.
No refugee closed a hospital.
No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled.
We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!
August 27, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I am sickened by the relentless demonisation of refugees.
No refugee underfunded a school.
No refugee closed a hospital.
No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled.
We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!
No refugee underfunded a school.
No refugee closed a hospital.
No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled.
We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!
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I'm so angry about #KingAndConqueror because the exec producer says: 'there's an obscuring mist that allows you to take artistic license in a way that doesn't feel inauthentic or unethical, because there's only so much we can know. www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/... 1/
King & Conqueror cast and creatives on telling the story of Harold, William and the Battle of Hastings -
The drama follows Harold of Wessex (James Norton) and William of Normandy (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) two men destined to meet in 1066
www.bbc.co.uk
August 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I'm so angry about #KingAndConqueror because the exec producer says: 'there's an obscuring mist that allows you to take artistic license in a way that doesn't feel inauthentic or unethical, because there's only so much we can know. www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/... 1/
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🧵 Carlo Crivelli (c1430-1495) was a fascinating Renaissance artist who painted strange visions that are both bizarre & entrancing. He was a bridge between the medieval Gothic & the modern world of the Renaissance. Let’s take a look at this strange artist!
August 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
🧵 Carlo Crivelli (c1430-1495) was a fascinating Renaissance artist who painted strange visions that are both bizarre & entrancing. He was a bridge between the medieval Gothic & the modern world of the Renaissance. Let’s take a look at this strange artist!
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Think I'll read this once a week forever.
Patricia Routledge, I love you.
Patricia Routledge, I love you.
August 20, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Think I'll read this once a week forever.
Patricia Routledge, I love you.
Patricia Routledge, I love you.
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things were better when the computer lived in its own specific room and you only went in there sometimes
August 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
things were better when the computer lived in its own specific room and you only went in there sometimes
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Now here's a bit of green ecclesiastical history I did not know: monks built the first public electricity scheme in the Highlands - and it was hydropower.
August 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Now here's a bit of green ecclesiastical history I did not know: monks built the first public electricity scheme in the Highlands - and it was hydropower.
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August 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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I've started a new list!
This one is about medieval towns, villages & cities with bathhouses.
It's a work in progress but it would be cool if you could all contribute.
So if you find any mention of a medieval bathhouse with a source, let me know.
fakehistoryhunter.net/2025/08/06/l...
This one is about medieval towns, villages & cities with bathhouses.
It's a work in progress but it would be cool if you could all contribute.
So if you find any mention of a medieval bathhouse with a source, let me know.
fakehistoryhunter.net/2025/08/06/l...
List of medieval towns, villages & cities with bathhouses
As it’s sometimes still difficult to comprehend how common (or uncommon) bathhouses were in medieval Europe, I thought it might be interesting to make a list of all the places that had a func…
fakehistoryhunter.net
August 16, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I've started a new list!
This one is about medieval towns, villages & cities with bathhouses.
It's a work in progress but it would be cool if you could all contribute.
So if you find any mention of a medieval bathhouse with a source, let me know.
fakehistoryhunter.net/2025/08/06/l...
This one is about medieval towns, villages & cities with bathhouses.
It's a work in progress but it would be cool if you could all contribute.
So if you find any mention of a medieval bathhouse with a source, let me know.
fakehistoryhunter.net/2025/08/06/l...
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'Thanks to an extraordinary discovery of music that survived Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries in the early 16th century, the songs created by the Buckland Abbey monks were ringing out again across the hills and woods of the Tavy valley in Devon this weekend.' 1/2
Monastic music that survived Henry VIII’s dissolution brought back to life
Buckland Abbey recreates music telling of medieval life in extraordinary discovery
www.theguardian.com
August 16, 2025 at 7:17 AM
'Thanks to an extraordinary discovery of music that survived Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries in the early 16th century, the songs created by the Buckland Abbey monks were ringing out again across the hills and woods of the Tavy valley in Devon this weekend.' 1/2
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Day #97: Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1980)
August 6, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Day #97: Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1980)
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Norwich Castle has had quite the renovation and look, colours!
This is a much more authentic depiction of what (many) medieval castles would have looked like than the bare cold walls you see in films/tv shows.
Source pictures:
www.facebook.com/NorfolkLibra...
This is a much more authentic depiction of what (many) medieval castles would have looked like than the bare cold walls you see in films/tv shows.
Source pictures:
www.facebook.com/NorfolkLibra...
August 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Norwich Castle has had quite the renovation and look, colours!
This is a much more authentic depiction of what (many) medieval castles would have looked like than the bare cold walls you see in films/tv shows.
Source pictures:
www.facebook.com/NorfolkLibra...
This is a much more authentic depiction of what (many) medieval castles would have looked like than the bare cold walls you see in films/tv shows.
Source pictures:
www.facebook.com/NorfolkLibra...