Hilary Gibbons
@hjgibbons47.bsky.social
Family, dogs, books, music and countryside lover
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Not only a new blog, but also a new website. Please have a look and tell me what you think! @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social @jmtctheatre.bsky.social @proenglishtheatre.bsky.social @olivemanwells.bsky.social @mchshe.bsky.social
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600 Manchester children love Shakespeare - Finding the Will
600 children in Manchester have fallen in love with Shakespeare. And another 170 in Peterborough have also got the bug. What's going on?
www.findingthewill.com
March 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Not only a new blog, but also a new website. Please have a look and tell me what you think! @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social @jmtctheatre.bsky.social @proenglishtheatre.bsky.social @olivemanwells.bsky.social @mchshe.bsky.social
www.findingthewill.com/600-manchest...
www.findingthewill.com/600-manchest...
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The US is trashing its reputation as a leader in science
Breaking: RFK Jr. has forced out PETER MARKS, the nation’s top vaccine regulator.
In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
In his resignation letter, obtained by the Post, Marks said he was willing to work with RFK Jr on his vaccine concerns — but said Kennedy wishes “subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies.”
RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine scientist
Marks, an architect of Operation Warp Speed, warned that a recent measles outbreak shows how confidence in science and public health is being “undermined.”
www.washingtonpost.com
March 29, 2025 at 6:15 AM
The US is trashing its reputation as a leader in science
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Delighted to be taking part in HistFest 2025 at the British Library on April 26th!
I'll be talking all about my great uncle Jimmy, who survived the Titanic disaster as a lowly member of the engine room crew...
Come along! >>
histfest.org/histfest-2025/
I'll be talking all about my great uncle Jimmy, who survived the Titanic disaster as a lowly member of the engine room crew...
Come along! >>
histfest.org/histfest-2025/
March 29, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Delighted to be taking part in HistFest 2025 at the British Library on April 26th!
I'll be talking all about my great uncle Jimmy, who survived the Titanic disaster as a lowly member of the engine room crew...
Come along! >>
histfest.org/histfest-2025/
I'll be talking all about my great uncle Jimmy, who survived the Titanic disaster as a lowly member of the engine room crew...
Come along! >>
histfest.org/histfest-2025/
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Please share this fact sheet on Ukraine with anyone who needs it
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
February 23, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Please share this fact sheet on Ukraine with anyone who needs it
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
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February 23, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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The interview I did with Clive James soon before he died almost always makes me cry. tinyurl.com/2s243u4k Do watch. I just came across it by chance... he is brilliant
In this special edition of Front Row Late, Mary Beard is in conversation with author, critic and bro
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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February 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The interview I did with Clive James soon before he died almost always makes me cry. tinyurl.com/2s243u4k Do watch. I just came across it by chance... he is brilliant
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Ernest Frederick Heywood landed in Normandy with the 12th (Yorkshire) Parachute Bn at 00:50 on D-Day. He was wounded in battle and brought back to Southampton where he died in hospital on 14 June 1944, eight days after D-Day. He was laid to rest in Hollybrook Cemetery.
February 7, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Ernest Frederick Heywood landed in Normandy with the 12th (Yorkshire) Parachute Bn at 00:50 on D-Day. He was wounded in battle and brought back to Southampton where he died in hospital on 14 June 1944, eight days after D-Day. He was laid to rest in Hollybrook Cemetery.
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Warmest composerly wishes to Anthony Brown, Amelia Jones, Mark Aitchison, Chris Why, all at the wonderful Cantiamo Choir & Fulltone Orchestra performing my ETERNAL LIGHT: A REQUIEM tomorrow evening at St Thomas' Church Salisbury https://buff.ly/4aKNL3c 🙏
February 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Warmest composerly wishes to Anthony Brown, Amelia Jones, Mark Aitchison, Chris Why, all at the wonderful Cantiamo Choir & Fulltone Orchestra performing my ETERNAL LIGHT: A REQUIEM tomorrow evening at St Thomas' Church Salisbury https://buff.ly/4aKNL3c 🙏
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This is the most shocking statement made by a democratic head of state in decades.
February 3, 2025 at 8:59 AM
This is the most shocking statement made by a democratic head of state in decades.
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Lesson learnt...
Don't put boiling hot water in a flask and shake it without checking that the top is closed first... 🙄
Badly burnt 3 fingers and palm... just got back from A&E... it hurts! 😥
Don't put boiling hot water in a flask and shake it without checking that the top is closed first... 🙄
Badly burnt 3 fingers and palm... just got back from A&E... it hurts! 😥
February 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Lesson learnt...
Don't put boiling hot water in a flask and shake it without checking that the top is closed first... 🙄
Badly burnt 3 fingers and palm... just got back from A&E... it hurts! 😥
Don't put boiling hot water in a flask and shake it without checking that the top is closed first... 🙄
Badly burnt 3 fingers and palm... just got back from A&E... it hurts! 😥
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Lal' house on a bridge #LakeDistrict
January 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Lal' house on a bridge #LakeDistrict
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I was disgusted to see photos of the anti-immigration protestors climbing on and trampling all over this part of the Cenotaph yesterday. Using Southampton’s main war memorial and symbol of remembrance as a platform to call for mass deportations is, in my opinion, utterly obscene.
January 26, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I was disgusted to see photos of the anti-immigration protestors climbing on and trampling all over this part of the Cenotaph yesterday. Using Southampton’s main war memorial and symbol of remembrance as a platform to call for mass deportations is, in my opinion, utterly obscene.
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MCC have removed their portrait of Donald Trump from the Long Room due to Trump being a “blaggardly rotter of the worst sort”.
The painting depicts Trump when he played for The Rest of the World against an Old England XI at Lord’s in 1987.
He was out for 0 (trod on wicket).
The painting depicts Trump when he played for The Rest of the World against an Old England XI at Lord’s in 1987.
He was out for 0 (trod on wicket).
January 20, 2025 at 10:09 AM
MCC have removed their portrait of Donald Trump from the Long Room due to Trump being a “blaggardly rotter of the worst sort”.
The painting depicts Trump when he played for The Rest of the World against an Old England XI at Lord’s in 1987.
He was out for 0 (trod on wicket).
The painting depicts Trump when he played for The Rest of the World against an Old England XI at Lord’s in 1987.
He was out for 0 (trod on wicket).
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Sunset in The Forest
January 17, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Sunset in The Forest
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SS Suevic ran aground in 1907. She was cut in two and the stern was towed to Southampton. A new bow was made by Harland & Wolff in Belfast and towed to Southampton, where she was later rebuilt.
Postcard sent by Bert on SS St Louis in 1907. ‘Just close to our dock. Very interesting to see same.’
Postcard sent by Bert on SS St Louis in 1907. ‘Just close to our dock. Very interesting to see same.’
January 18, 2025 at 9:01 AM
SS Suevic ran aground in 1907. She was cut in two and the stern was towed to Southampton. A new bow was made by Harland & Wolff in Belfast and towed to Southampton, where she was later rebuilt.
Postcard sent by Bert on SS St Louis in 1907. ‘Just close to our dock. Very interesting to see same.’
Postcard sent by Bert on SS St Louis in 1907. ‘Just close to our dock. Very interesting to see same.’
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James Watt is a cunt. Always has been, always will be. He’s mates with Farage and all that mob too, so fuck him off and don’t drink his shite beer.
James Watt Brewdog's CEO is worth £262,000,000 he is refusing to raise the wage of his staff in London by the £1 an hour to keep them at the National Living Wage.
Brewdog is apparently a 'nice' company, but wage freezes don't seem very nice.
Do they?
Brewdog is apparently a 'nice' company, but wage freezes don't seem very nice.
Do they?
January 18, 2025 at 9:34 AM
James Watt is a cunt. Always has been, always will be. He’s mates with Farage and all that mob too, so fuck him off and don’t drink his shite beer.
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People of Bluesky! I need your help!! I have to access a part of Queen Victoria’s journal for 1842 but keep getting this. If any of you have a copy or online access could you send me the sections concerning her Bal Costumé around 12th May. You’ll be my friend forever!!
January 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
People of Bluesky! I need your help!! I have to access a part of Queen Victoria’s journal for 1842 but keep getting this. If any of you have a copy or online access could you send me the sections concerning her Bal Costumé around 12th May. You’ll be my friend forever!!
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Today, a trip to Auschwitz Birkenau. I can’t comment except to say, what happened here was so immense 😢
January 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Today, a trip to Auschwitz Birkenau. I can’t comment except to say, what happened here was so immense 😢
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Today’s beautiful cricket ground is the home of Ambleside CC in Cumbria
#cricket #cricketgrounds #cricketground #villagecricket #clubcricket #beautifulcricketgrounds #cricketuk #cricketuk🇬🇧 🏏
#cricket #cricketgrounds #cricketground #villagecricket #clubcricket #beautifulcricketgrounds #cricketuk #cricketuk🇬🇧 🏏
January 13, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Today’s beautiful cricket ground is the home of Ambleside CC in Cumbria
#cricket #cricketgrounds #cricketground #villagecricket #clubcricket #beautifulcricketgrounds #cricketuk #cricketuk🇬🇧 🏏
#cricket #cricketgrounds #cricketground #villagecricket #clubcricket #beautifulcricketgrounds #cricketuk #cricketuk🇬🇧 🏏
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I've written a little bit about the sad end of Fred Fleet on my #titanic website www.paullee.com/titanic/Flee...
On this day in 1965, Frederick Fleet sadly took his own life at 8 Norman Road, Southampton.
As lookout on Titanic, Fleet first saw the iceberg on that fateful night. He rang the bell, phoned the bridge, and told them: “Iceberg, right ahead.”
He was buried in Holybrook Cemetery.
As lookout on Titanic, Fleet first saw the iceberg on that fateful night. He rang the bell, phoned the bridge, and told them: “Iceberg, right ahead.”
He was buried in Holybrook Cemetery.
January 10, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I've written a little bit about the sad end of Fred Fleet on my #titanic website www.paullee.com/titanic/Flee...
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This was a joy; do have a listen on iPlayer. I could chat with @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social for days.
Susie Dent's World of Words
Word of Mouth
Today 15:30
BBC Radio 4
@susiedent.com joins @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social to talk about her lifelong fascination with words and their origins. It's a programme bringing some apricity, which is one of Susie's favourite words.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Word of Mouth
Today 15:30
BBC Radio 4
@susiedent.com joins @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social to talk about her lifelong fascination with words and their origins. It's a programme bringing some apricity, which is one of Susie's favourite words.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Word of Mouth, Susie Dent's World of Words
Susie Dent joins Michael to talk about her lifelong fascination with words and languages.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 10, 2025 at 7:41 AM
This was a joy; do have a listen on iPlayer. I could chat with @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social for days.
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As the Taliban open their doors to tourism, they are closing windows on women | Catherine Bennett
As the Taliban open their doors to tourism, they are closing windows on women | Catherine Bennett
Specialist travel companies are using euphemisms to avoid the gender apartheid
Having denied Afghan women jobs, education and free movement, ordered them to be totally covered, banned them from parks, removed their critical healthcare and silenced them…
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2025 at 7:15 AM
As the Taliban open their doors to tourism, they are closing windows on women | Catherine Bennett
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Where do I spend my Saturday afternoons? My local #library. As well as a supportive environment for #reading, #books & knowledge, they are places that give the community a warm place in the winter and even hot drinks for those that need it.
#Libraries really are pillars of our local communities.
#Libraries really are pillars of our local communities.
January 4, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Where do I spend my Saturday afternoons? My local #library. As well as a supportive environment for #reading, #books & knowledge, they are places that give the community a warm place in the winter and even hot drinks for those that need it.
#Libraries really are pillars of our local communities.
#Libraries really are pillars of our local communities.