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Welshwoman living in London. Sometime author. See my accounts madocleonard and madocleonard1.
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A lovely door and doorway in the beautiful Church of St. Mary, Yelden, Bedfordshire 🥰
If you look closely, you can see where the medieval wall painting, of fictive masonry and flower motif, once also extended over the doorway 🤩
If you look closely, you can see where the medieval wall painting, of fictive masonry and flower motif, once also extended over the doorway 🤩
December 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
A lovely door and doorway in the beautiful Church of St. Mary, Yelden, Bedfordshire 🥰
If you look closely, you can see where the medieval wall painting, of fictive masonry and flower motif, once also extended over the doorway 🤩
If you look closely, you can see where the medieval wall painting, of fictive masonry and flower motif, once also extended over the doorway 🤩
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Natural Resources Wales’ former offices are to be converted to assisted living apartments
Assisted living apartments approved for long-vacant office building
Twm Owen, Local Democracy Reporter Natural Resources Wales’ former offices are to be converted to assisted living apartments. The environmental body moved out of the Cantref Court office block in Bre...
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December 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Natural Resources Wales’ former offices are to be converted to assisted living apartments
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President Donald Trump has indicated that the US has ‘hit’ a facility in South America as he wages a pressure campaign on Venezuela, but the US offered no other details
Trump indicates US has ‘hit’ facility in South America
President Donald Trump has indicated that the US has “hit” a facility in South America as he wages a pressure campaign on Venezuela, but the US offered no other details. Mr Trump made the comments in ...
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December 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
President Donald Trump has indicated that the US has ‘hit’ a facility in South America as he wages a pressure campaign on Venezuela, but the US offered no other details
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My front page story for Monday’s South Wales Evening Post - A queue of people withdrawing money from a Swansea / Abertawe cash machine led officers straight to drug dealers, a court has heard.
December 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
My front page story for Monday’s South Wales Evening Post - A queue of people withdrawing money from a Swansea / Abertawe cash machine led officers straight to drug dealers, a court has heard.
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Our Director, Rachel Morley, visits one of our newest vesting: Coanwood Meeting House, Northumberland
December 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Our Director, Rachel Morley, visits one of our newest vesting: Coanwood Meeting House, Northumberland
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Allegedly,Trump said that "Thank God",USA didn’t give Tomahawks to Ukraine
Putin told Trump that Russia's position on peace would be reviewed now
❗️President Zelenskyy denies an attack on Putin's residence.It’s Russia's way to justify attacks on Ukraine,play for time&blame Ukraine in the eyes of USA
Putin told Trump that Russia's position on peace would be reviewed now
❗️President Zelenskyy denies an attack on Putin's residence.It’s Russia's way to justify attacks on Ukraine,play for time&blame Ukraine in the eyes of USA
December 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Allegedly,Trump said that "Thank God",USA didn’t give Tomahawks to Ukraine
Putin told Trump that Russia's position on peace would be reviewed now
❗️President Zelenskyy denies an attack on Putin's residence.It’s Russia's way to justify attacks on Ukraine,play for time&blame Ukraine in the eyes of USA
Putin told Trump that Russia's position on peace would be reviewed now
❗️President Zelenskyy denies an attack on Putin's residence.It’s Russia's way to justify attacks on Ukraine,play for time&blame Ukraine in the eyes of USA
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Yarde Book Promotions
@maryanneyarde
📚 NOW OPEN! Yarde Book Promotions Book of the Year Awards 2026 ✨
All genres welcome, multiple categories allowed, digital awards & promo prizes. Winners announced 20th Dec 2026.
maryanneyarde.blogspot.com/p/book-of-ye...
@maryanneyarde
📚 NOW OPEN! Yarde Book Promotions Book of the Year Awards 2026 ✨
All genres welcome, multiple categories allowed, digital awards & promo prizes. Winners announced 20th Dec 2026.
maryanneyarde.blogspot.com/p/book-of-ye...
December 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Yarde Book Promotions
@maryanneyarde
📚 NOW OPEN! Yarde Book Promotions Book of the Year Awards 2026 ✨
All genres welcome, multiple categories allowed, digital awards & promo prizes. Winners announced 20th Dec 2026.
maryanneyarde.blogspot.com/p/book-of-ye...
@maryanneyarde
📚 NOW OPEN! Yarde Book Promotions Book of the Year Awards 2026 ✨
All genres welcome, multiple categories allowed, digital awards & promo prizes. Winners announced 20th Dec 2026.
maryanneyarde.blogspot.com/p/book-of-ye...
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A health board is aiming to reshape the way care is provided to patients with life-limiting conditions after unveiling a new palliative and supportive care plan
Health board launches new plan to reshape end-of-life care in south Wales
A health board is aiming to reshape the way care is provided to patients with life-limiting conditions after unveiling a new palliative and supportive care plan. To deliver the plan, Cardiff and Vale ...
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December 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
A health board is aiming to reshape the way care is provided to patients with life-limiting conditions after unveiling a new palliative and supportive care plan
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Oh excellent news. Brexit sovereignty strikes again.
‘Global’ Little Britain gets to plead with foreign powers not to screw us over. And foreign powers say no.
We will be doing this shit for years. What an idiotically avoidable waste of our time and resources.
www.farminguk.com/news/chlorin...
‘Global’ Little Britain gets to plead with foreign powers not to screw us over. And foreign powers say no.
We will be doing this shit for years. What an idiotically avoidable waste of our time and resources.
www.farminguk.com/news/chlorin...
December 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Oh excellent news. Brexit sovereignty strikes again.
‘Global’ Little Britain gets to plead with foreign powers not to screw us over. And foreign powers say no.
We will be doing this shit for years. What an idiotically avoidable waste of our time and resources.
www.farminguk.com/news/chlorin...
‘Global’ Little Britain gets to plead with foreign powers not to screw us over. And foreign powers say no.
We will be doing this shit for years. What an idiotically avoidable waste of our time and resources.
www.farminguk.com/news/chlorin...
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Right Mr Zelensky, We Don't Believe Chump Either......
December 29, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Right Mr Zelensky, We Don't Believe Chump Either......
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All but one of the 13 episodes of the 1959 BBC TV adaptation of Great Expectations are still in existence.
While his family thought he was asleep in bed, he was trudging through the cold night wearing only jeans, shirt and blazer, to Dartford, six miles from his home.
There he hid in the back of a lorry which took him to London. He stowed away on another lorry and found himself in Ealing.
There he hid in the back of a lorry which took him to London. He stowed away on another lorry and found himself in Ealing.
Dennis Mallard: The boy who ran away to Ealing to be a film star
If an American child dreamed of being a star, they would run away to Hollywood. In the Britain of 1958, children had to make do with Ealing....
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December 29, 2025 at 5:52 PM
All but one of the 13 episodes of the 1959 BBC TV adaptation of Great Expectations are still in existence.
Checked the TV schedules. BBC had at least 5 programmes tonight with "celebrity" in the title.
December 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Checked the TV schedules. BBC had at least 5 programmes tonight with "celebrity" in the title.
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A man has been charged with murder after a 68-year-old man who sustained serious injuries in a Christmas Day “disturbance” in St Asaph / Llanelwy died in hospital.
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Man, 68, dies after Christmas Day 'disturbance'
James Ronald Hughes, 66, has been charged with murder following the death of a 68-year-old man
www.walesonline.co.uk
December 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
A man has been charged with murder after a 68-year-old man who sustained serious injuries in a Christmas Day “disturbance” in St Asaph / Llanelwy died in hospital.
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
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New PhD training programmes from a Welsh university have been launched to equip graduates with the skills and knowledge to advance biomanufacturing and AI-enabled bioscience
Welsh graduates set to drive innovation in biomanufacturing and AI
New PhD training programmes from a Welsh university have been launched to equip graduates with the skills and knowledge to advance biomanufacturing and AI-enabled bioscience. The programmes are part o...
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December 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
New PhD training programmes from a Welsh university have been launched to equip graduates with the skills and knowledge to advance biomanufacturing and AI-enabled bioscience
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They are selling peonies in M & S and I am in two minds about this breach of the peony season law!!!!
Here's my painting of some from the summer because why not and because I like the wait for the summer. I like the specialness of them being there for a season. But I was also a little bit tempted!!
Here's my painting of some from the summer because why not and because I like the wait for the summer. I like the specialness of them being there for a season. But I was also a little bit tempted!!
November 15, 2025 at 9:29 PM
They are selling peonies in M & S and I am in two minds about this breach of the peony season law!!!!
Here's my painting of some from the summer because why not and because I like the wait for the summer. I like the specialness of them being there for a season. But I was also a little bit tempted!!
Here's my painting of some from the summer because why not and because I like the wait for the summer. I like the specialness of them being there for a season. But I was also a little bit tempted!!
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New article, about the faces that peep out at you from the dark corners of Venice.
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The FACES of VENICE
Encountering fizzogs ancient and modern in the Queen of the Adriatic.
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December 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
New article, about the faces that peep out at you from the dark corners of Venice.
open.substack.com/pub/tealcart...
open.substack.com/pub/tealcart...
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Well, what else could we mark on 29 December but the 97th anniversary of the birth of that gift to the world, Bernard Cribbins? (small🧵)
December 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Well, what else could we mark on 29 December but the 97th anniversary of the birth of that gift to the world, Bernard Cribbins? (small🧵)
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A chapel which was saved earlier this year by the local community is turning its sights towards 2026 and a future as a community hub
Students shape the future of community chapel project
A chapel saved this summer by the local community is turning its sights towards 2026 and a future as a community hub. Capel Rhondda, a Grade II-listed chapel in Hopkinstown, Rhondda Cynon Taf closed i...
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December 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
A chapel which was saved earlier this year by the local community is turning its sights towards 2026 and a future as a community hub
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Ryo Takemasa.
Japón, n. 1971.
Casa en la nieve. 2021
Japón, n. 1971.
Casa en la nieve. 2021
December 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Ryo Takemasa.
Japón, n. 1971.
Casa en la nieve. 2021
Japón, n. 1971.
Casa en la nieve. 2021
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Lovely piece of ephemera. Milk token label sold by the Co-op to raise funds for milk for Spanish children. Threepence+sixpence. By Dec 1938, £23,000 raised (~1.6m today!) across 426 branches, mainly in working class areas-this one is stamped Islington.
I like to imagine my grandparents buying one.
I like to imagine my grandparents buying one.
December 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Lovely piece of ephemera. Milk token label sold by the Co-op to raise funds for milk for Spanish children. Threepence+sixpence. By Dec 1938, £23,000 raised (~1.6m today!) across 426 branches, mainly in working class areas-this one is stamped Islington.
I like to imagine my grandparents buying one.
I like to imagine my grandparents buying one.
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He urged Kyiv residents to be careful as Russia might strike the capital.
Meanwhile, even the Russian ministry of defense doesn't support Lavrov's words - it claims that around 40 drones were shot down in Novgorod region, not 91.
Meanwhile, even the Russian ministry of defense doesn't support Lavrov's words - it claims that around 40 drones were shot down in Novgorod region, not 91.
December 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
He urged Kyiv residents to be careful as Russia might strike the capital.
Meanwhile, even the Russian ministry of defense doesn't support Lavrov's words - it claims that around 40 drones were shot down in Novgorod region, not 91.
Meanwhile, even the Russian ministry of defense doesn't support Lavrov's words - it claims that around 40 drones were shot down in Novgorod region, not 91.
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❗️Lavrov claimed that Ukrainian drones have attacked Putin's residents in Novgorod region.
He said Ukraine used 91 drones and now Russia will launch a retaliatory strike on Ukraine.
President Zelenskyy denied the strike and said that Russia wants to use this story to justify its strikes on Ukraine
He said Ukraine used 91 drones and now Russia will launch a retaliatory strike on Ukraine.
President Zelenskyy denied the strike and said that Russia wants to use this story to justify its strikes on Ukraine
December 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
❗️Lavrov claimed that Ukrainian drones have attacked Putin's residents in Novgorod region.
He said Ukraine used 91 drones and now Russia will launch a retaliatory strike on Ukraine.
President Zelenskyy denied the strike and said that Russia wants to use this story to justify its strikes on Ukraine
He said Ukraine used 91 drones and now Russia will launch a retaliatory strike on Ukraine.
President Zelenskyy denied the strike and said that Russia wants to use this story to justify its strikes on Ukraine
Watching Four in a Bed (my TV tastes are catholic 😅). One entrant is Bae Abermaw, a b&b in Barmouth with splendid bay views. Old stone house with a modern interior (fireplaces and cornicing retained). First class breakfast. Looks really nice.
December 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Watching Four in a Bed (my TV tastes are catholic 😅). One entrant is Bae Abermaw, a b&b in Barmouth with splendid bay views. Old stone house with a modern interior (fireplaces and cornicing retained). First class breakfast. Looks really nice.
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In My View with Mebyon Kernow leader, Dick Cole, welcomes further protection for the Cornish language
www.cornish-times.co.uk/opinion/in-m...
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In My View with Dick Cole: More protection for the Cornish language
St Austell area Cornwall councillor report
www.cornish-times.co.uk
December 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
In My View with Mebyon Kernow leader, Dick Cole, welcomes further protection for the Cornish language
www.cornish-times.co.uk/opinion/in-m...
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www.cornish-times.co.uk/opinion/in-m...
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Downing Street denied trying to bury a U-turn by changing inheritance tax policy during the Christmas week, and said the move came after ‘open dialogue’ with the farming sector
No 10 denies trying to bury inheritance tax policy U-turn during Christmas week
Downing Street denied trying to bury a U-turn by changing inheritance tax policy during the Christmas week, and said the move came after “open dialogue” with the farming sector. The UK Government will...
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December 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Downing Street denied trying to bury a U-turn by changing inheritance tax policy during the Christmas week, and said the move came after ‘open dialogue’ with the farming sector