Ollie Douglas
@olliedouglas.bsky.social
Farm boy at @themerl.bsky.social (at Uni of Reading). Looks after old rural stuff in a big shed. On committee of British Agricultural History Society. Active in AIMA, RMN, and Folklore Society. Views own. “Iconic”.
Pigs I have known / by Sacha Carnegie ; illustrated by Anne Gordon.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Jerry Douglas (no relation). And also The Knackered Ramblers. Love it!
November 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Jerry Douglas (no relation). And also The Knackered Ramblers. Love it!
November 6, 2025 at 8:11 PM
You and yours have really been through the mill, Madeline. I’m so sorry for your loss.
November 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
You and yours have really been through the mill, Madeline. I’m so sorry for your loss.
Worth reading this brilliant thread before next Thursday if you plan to listen!
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1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
November 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Worth reading this brilliant thread before next Thursday if you plan to listen!
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For the record, it’s unclear what the costume is but I’m guessing it was aiming for Milla Jovovich in The Fifth Element.
November 6, 2025 at 8:20 AM
For the record, it’s unclear what the costume is but I’m guessing it was aiming for Milla Jovovich in The Fifth Element.
And for the later National Union of Agricultural Workers, we have a good deal more including badges, banners, and collecting boxes.
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Search Results for National Union of Agricultural Workers
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November 5, 2025 at 9:18 AM
And for the later National Union of Agricultural Workers, we have a good deal more including badges, banners, and collecting boxes.
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We hold an NALU banner and plaster casts of Joseph Arch’s hands. The latter are on display.
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Search Results for National agricultural labourer’s union
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November 5, 2025 at 9:12 AM
We hold an NALU banner and plaster casts of Joseph Arch’s hands. The latter are on display.
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Couldn’t fit that bit in the word limit, but yes. Extraordinary.
November 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Couldn’t fit that bit in the word limit, but yes. Extraordinary.
An odd link back to the English rural here is the work of photographer Justin Partyka who made work in Cadiz during Semana Santa (www.justinpartyka.com/photographs/...) and also made work in rural East Anglia (www.justinpartyka.com/photographs/...)
Cádiz (2004 - 2008)
Cádiz, from a distance, was a city of sharp incandescence, a scribble of white on a sheet of blue glass, lying curved on the bay like a scimitar and sparkling with African light. Laurie Lee, 196...
http://www.justinpartyka.com/photographs/cádiz-2004---2008/
October 31, 2025 at 6:59 PM
An odd link back to the English rural here is the work of photographer Justin Partyka who made work in Cadiz during Semana Santa (www.justinpartyka.com/photographs/...) and also made work in rural East Anglia (www.justinpartyka.com/photographs/...)
People confuse lots of things with KKK costumes but the most common is a confusion with Semana Santa robes and hoods worn by penitent brotherhoods in Spanish Easter processions.
October 31, 2025 at 6:54 PM
People confuse lots of things with KKK costumes but the most common is a confusion with Semana Santa robes and hoods worn by penitent brotherhoods in Spanish Easter processions.
Oh goodness, did you send one? How thoughtful! Honestly no need though, Nicola. The main reason I don’t yet have it in hand is because I’m run off my feet. No time for book shopping.
October 25, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Oh goodness, did you send one? How thoughtful! Honestly no need though, Nicola. The main reason I don’t yet have it in hand is because I’m run off my feet. No time for book shopping.
Not yet, but it’s on my list!
October 24, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Not yet, but it’s on my list!