Tanya Gupta
@tanyawriter.bsky.social
BBC journalist. Stories on https://muckrack.com/tanya_gupta. Writes fiction. Art fan. Knits while working out plots. Email tanya.gupta@bbc.co.uk
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Hands up if you think this is one of the best views in Shropshire! I’ve photographed Ludlow from Whitcliffe Common more times than I can remember, and I never get bored. It looks fantastic whatever the season, but the autumn colours this year make it extra special. #Shropshire
November 19, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Hands up if you think this is one of the best views in Shropshire! I’ve photographed Ludlow from Whitcliffe Common more times than I can remember, and I never get bored. It looks fantastic whatever the season, but the autumn colours this year make it extra special. #Shropshire
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The reason why Sussex is a 'shipwreck coast' -- prevailing winds are usually from the south or southeast, and drove vessels towards the cliffs. Spending the windy evening looking at ship "wrecking" cases for two upcoming talks. #SussexCoast
December 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The reason why Sussex is a 'shipwreck coast' -- prevailing winds are usually from the south or southeast, and drove vessels towards the cliffs. Spending the windy evening looking at ship "wrecking" cases for two upcoming talks. #SussexCoast
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New Zealand police recovers $19k Fabergé egg swallowed by suspected thief
New Zealand police recovers $19k Fabergé egg swallowed by suspected thief
The man allegedly tried to steal the diamond-studded egg named after the James Bond film Octopussy.
www.bbc.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
New Zealand police recovers $19k Fabergé egg swallowed by suspected thief
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
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Note to Elon Musk & others: trying to preserve life in space is far from simple.
#Unlearn the idea animals, including human animals, and plants are like machines
www.earth.com/news/nasa-di...
#Unlearn the idea animals, including human animals, and plants are like machines
www.earth.com/news/nasa-di...
NASA discovers that space lettuce is not a solution for feeding astronauts
Lettuce grown in space loses calcium, raising concerns about critical nutritional risks for future missions to Mars.
www.earth.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Note to Elon Musk & others: trying to preserve life in space is far from simple.
#Unlearn the idea animals, including human animals, and plants are like machines
www.earth.com/news/nasa-di...
#Unlearn the idea animals, including human animals, and plants are like machines
www.earth.com/news/nasa-di...
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❄️ #Winter is sweeping across the country which means #Winterwatch will soon be back!
Capture short clips on your mobile in landscape & include a short piece to camera telling us what you love most about this time of year, then upload here www.bbc.co.uk/send/u203684...
#BBCWinterwatch
📸 Anna Bilska
Capture short clips on your mobile in landscape & include a short piece to camera telling us what you love most about this time of year, then upload here www.bbc.co.uk/send/u203684...
#BBCWinterwatch
📸 Anna Bilska
November 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
❄️ #Winter is sweeping across the country which means #Winterwatch will soon be back!
Capture short clips on your mobile in landscape & include a short piece to camera telling us what you love most about this time of year, then upload here www.bbc.co.uk/send/u203684...
#BBCWinterwatch
📸 Anna Bilska
Capture short clips on your mobile in landscape & include a short piece to camera telling us what you love most about this time of year, then upload here www.bbc.co.uk/send/u203684...
#BBCWinterwatch
📸 Anna Bilska
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November 21st, 1974 two bombs devastated two Birmingham city pubs killing 21 civilians and wounding 182. While the Provisional IRA were blamed for the attack, and six innocent Irishmen were deliberately wrongfully convicted of the crimes, 51 years later, no one has been convicted of this attack.
November 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
November 21st, 1974 two bombs devastated two Birmingham city pubs killing 21 civilians and wounding 182. While the Provisional IRA were blamed for the attack, and six innocent Irishmen were deliberately wrongfully convicted of the crimes, 51 years later, no one has been convicted of this attack.
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Northern Lights set to dazzle UK this week due to possible 'Severe' geomagnetic storm
Northern Lights set to dazzle UK this week due to possible 'Severe' geomagnetic storm
Activity on the surface of the Sun means the chance of the Northern Lights shining over the UK is high this week as Elizabeth Rizzini explains.
www.bbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Northern Lights set to dazzle UK this week due to possible 'Severe' geomagnetic storm
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Artichokes and chrysanthemums from Columbia Road Market this morning
September 21, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Artichokes and chrysanthemums from Columbia Road Market this morning
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Prada is actually selling this for £775
A few stitches on a safety pin
*shakes head in disbelief*
🤔
🧶 #knit #designerripoff
A few stitches on a safety pin
*shakes head in disbelief*
🤔
🧶 #knit #designerripoff
October 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Prada is actually selling this for £775
A few stitches on a safety pin
*shakes head in disbelief*
🤔
🧶 #knit #designerripoff
A few stitches on a safety pin
*shakes head in disbelief*
🤔
🧶 #knit #designerripoff
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I'm tired. We're all tired. This isn't hard to understand. You can't inflate prices of basic necessities like food and housing to ridiculous highs while keeping wages at poverty levels, then act surprised when luxury goods/services and large purchases become unattainable or payments unaffordable.
October 21, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I'm tired. We're all tired. This isn't hard to understand. You can't inflate prices of basic necessities like food and housing to ridiculous highs while keeping wages at poverty levels, then act surprised when luxury goods/services and large purchases become unattainable or payments unaffordable.
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When you erase words, you erase worlds that were, and worlds to come.
Readers resist
#BannedBooksWeek #books #livres #censorship #FreedomOfExpression
#Edinburgh #Edimbourg
Readers resist
#BannedBooksWeek #books #livres #censorship #FreedomOfExpression
#Edinburgh #Edimbourg
October 7, 2025 at 11:01 AM
When you erase words, you erase worlds that were, and worlds to come.
Readers resist
#BannedBooksWeek #books #livres #censorship #FreedomOfExpression
#Edinburgh #Edimbourg
Readers resist
#BannedBooksWeek #books #livres #censorship #FreedomOfExpression
#Edinburgh #Edimbourg
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There's a book called "Modern Ghost Stories of Yellowstone" which has a tagline of "Not all who wander are living."
I absolutely love that.
I absolutely love that.
October 7, 2025 at 11:52 PM
There's a book called "Modern Ghost Stories of Yellowstone" which has a tagline of "Not all who wander are living."
I absolutely love that.
I absolutely love that.
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“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
October 2, 2025 at 2:56 AM
“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
― Jane Goodall
💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero
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September 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Which? launches super-complaint against 'broken' insurance industry
Which? launches super-complaint against 'broken' insurance industry
The consumer group said making a claim can be more distressing than the original incident itself.
www.bbc.com
September 23, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Which? launches super-complaint against 'broken' insurance industry
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Publisher criticises Reform council’s ‘Trumpian’ boycott of Nottingham Post
Publisher criticises Reform council’s ‘Trumpian’ boycott of Nottingham Post
Reach’s chief content officer says issue is part of a national trend that goes wider than the party
The publisher of the Nottingham Post has spoken of an “increasingly Trumpian approach” to the media creeping into British politics, amid a Reform-led council’s continuing ban against the title.
The 150-year-old paper, as well as its website, Nottinghamshire Live, have been prevented from speaking to Reform’s Nottingham county council leader, Mick Barton, while he has also prevented the titles from receiving updates and press releases. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Publisher criticises Reform council’s ‘Trumpian’ boycott of Nottingham Post
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“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.” - J.R.R. Tolkien, #TheHobbit (Pub: 21 Sept 1937)
September 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.” - J.R.R. Tolkien, #TheHobbit (Pub: 21 Sept 1937)
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A hare running at you through wild flower meadow daisies and orchids. Original pastel painting. 30x30cm. #hare #pastel #wildlifeart
September 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
A hare running at you through wild flower meadow daisies and orchids. Original pastel painting. 30x30cm. #hare #pastel #wildlifeart
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At Greggs in High Holborn there is - according to this eighteenth-century newspaper at least - 'as good CHOCOLATE as can be made in England.'
Well done Greggs!
(I have a family member who loves Greggs so much he tried to take his wife there on Valentine's Day.)
Well done Greggs!
(I have a family member who loves Greggs so much he tried to take his wife there on Valentine's Day.)
September 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
At Greggs in High Holborn there is - according to this eighteenth-century newspaper at least - 'as good CHOCOLATE as can be made in England.'
Well done Greggs!
(I have a family member who loves Greggs so much he tried to take his wife there on Valentine's Day.)
Well done Greggs!
(I have a family member who loves Greggs so much he tried to take his wife there on Valentine's Day.)
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We went on a walk to Harbour Heights Nature Preserve. What a fascinating place! There are fears of development there (I would NOT buy a house on that geology!); the biodiversity is impressive. We saw swallows, lots of rabbit signs, a tumulus (Iron or Bronze Age?), and cliff views. #SussexCoast
September 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
We went on a walk to Harbour Heights Nature Preserve. What a fascinating place! There are fears of development there (I would NOT buy a house on that geology!); the biodiversity is impressive. We saw swallows, lots of rabbit signs, a tumulus (Iron or Bronze Age?), and cliff views. #SussexCoast
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April 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM