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Mark
@thehistoryboy.bsky.social
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Co-writer and co-curator of @museumbums.bsky.social 👍🏛️🍑

I do the paperwork for the psychopomps and the storks.

Bristol, UK
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thehistoryboy.bsky.social
I just can't help thinking that this Lego model of the Acropolis at the Acropolis Museum might not be fully historically accurate 🤔
A detail of the interpretation of the Lego model, saying "Gandalf arriving at the Acropolis" The Lego model of Gandalf in his horse and cart arriving at the Acropolis
November 10, 2025 at 10:44 AM
thehistoryboy.bsky.social
I'm so proud of @jackshoulder.bsky.social , and I'm so proud of myself too!! 😁❤️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🇬🇷 #athensmarathon

Now I would like a bath, a nap, some food, and some delicious cool Athenian beer
Two tired boys with big marathon medals Two tired boys with big marathon medals in an ancient greek olympic stadium
November 9, 2025 at 12:56 PM
thehistoryboy.bsky.social
Slightly too late to scare off the ghouls, but here are our pumpkins 🎃

Mine was #KeithHaring inspired, @jackshoulder.bsky.social went for classic Jack'o'lantern 😁
My Keith Haring pumpkin and the Lego inspiration The pumpkin with candle inside A shot showing mine and Jack's pumpkins in front of the fireplace
November 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
thehistoryboy.bsky.social
It's not #Bristol's first sober bar! There have been temperance bars in Bristol for decades and centuries

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A screenshot of Bristol Archive's catalogue entry for a Temperance bar, including a photo taken in 1951
October 22, 2025 at 10:17 AM
thehistoryboy.bsky.social
Today involved getting my siblings, their spouses and kids all into one photo at the same time (and sharing a breakfast); an emotional funeral of an old friend; and then a 20 mile run.

I couldn't have done any of it without @jackshoulder.bsky.social ❤️

To say I'm exhausted is understatement
A bath selfie
October 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
thehistoryboy.bsky.social
Ok, gang, there's less than £20 to go for me to hit my £1000 fundraising target, and there's just over a month to go until me and @jackshoulder.bsky.social run the Athens Marathon 😁

Does anyone want to finish me off? 😁 www.justgiving.com/page/keep-ru... 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🇬🇷
October 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
thehistoryboy.bsky.social
Terrible first date ideas: getting felsted in Herefordshire 😳
October 4, 2025 at 8:50 AM
thehistoryboy.bsky.social
Shocked to discover the @nhm-london.bsky.social has a whole store of genies, but never exhibits them!! 😱
September 27, 2025 at 12:08 PM
thehistoryboy.bsky.social
These legs are made for running, and that's just what they'll do! One of these days (Sunday 9th Nov) these legs are gonna run all 42km (of the Athens Marathon) 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️

Help me along here: www.justgiving.com/page/keep-ru...
My legs
September 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
thehistoryboy.bsky.social
Should I go blonde though? 🤔
A photo of me in a blonde wig
September 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
thehistoryboy.bsky.social
I'm so pleased that our @sallyhastingsart.bsky.social print has arrived all the way from Australia 😁🤩. @jackshoulder.bsky.social and I already know exactly where we're going to hang it 💚

Having seen the original Medusa painting in Florence, I definitely think this one's more delicious 😋🐍
A photo of a print of the famous Medusa painting, but with her snake hair substituted for gummy worms
September 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
thehistoryboy.bsky.social
25k run round #Bristol with @jackshoulder.bsky.social today, this is my longest run so far training for the Athens Marathon! 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️💑

www.justgiving.com/page/keep-ru...
Sweaty but happy Mark, having run 25km with a pink sweatband round my head A map showing our 25k run round Bristol
September 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
thehistoryboy.bsky.social
What flavour is this yellow yoghurt?

It's lemon, fool.
A yellow yoghurt pot with the words "lemon fool" on it
August 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
thehistoryboy.bsky.social
See how happy I am running? 😁🏃‍♂️

I'm even happier when I'm fully fundraised and supporting @switchboard.bsky.social to save lives! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

www.justgiving.com/page/keep-ru...
A photo of me and my brother running a race
August 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
thehistoryboy.bsky.social
With our green opposite wall, we're giving a bit "there's been some confusion over rooming here at Shiz..." 🤣💚🩷
Our living room, looking very green and pink
August 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
thehistoryboy.bsky.social
That's the second coat on the new living room door done. I think my knee needs a bit of touching up though 🤣
Our living room door, now a vibrant pink My knee, an identical shade of vibrant pink
August 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
thehistoryboy.bsky.social
Holy shit, you guys!! The Anna Delivery actress is also the Silver Surfer actress!! 😱😱😱

(Julia Garner)
The Anna Delivery actress The Silver Surfer actress
August 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
thehistoryboy.bsky.social
Good morning #Bristol! Happy bloon weekend!! 😁🎈😁🎈😁🎈😁
Hot air balloons floating above suburban Bristol Hot air balloons floating above suburban Bristol
August 8, 2025 at 6:21 AM
thehistoryboy.bsky.social
So much! 😉
Evidence of my wood
July 26, 2025 at 10:11 AM
thehistoryboy.bsky.social
Hi internet, I'm working in the garden today 🤗🪚🌳
A thirst trap, using a shed window reflection A second thirst trap using a shed window Evidence of log sawing
July 26, 2025 at 9:59 AM
thehistoryboy.bsky.social
This peregrine falcon makes fart jokes

( @thelabandfield.bsky.social 😁)
A picture of a taxidermy'd peregrine falcon, the sign underneath includes the term "(immature)"
July 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
thehistoryboy.bsky.social
Delighted to discover @museumbums.bsky.social at the Edinburgh @blackwells.bsky.social 😁👍🏛️🍑📙

(Horrified by the lighting!!)
@jackshoulder.bsky.social
Me and Jack taking a selfie and pointing out our book
July 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
thehistoryboy.bsky.social
Live. Laugh. Ladies, please, I implore you. For your own safety, go with the Toyota Corolla.
An image from To Wong Foo, showing the three main characters in a fancy but old car
July 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
thehistoryboy.bsky.social
I'm so excited to start reading @deathbybadger.bsky.social 's "Isabella Nagg and the Pot of Basil"

It's got footnotes a la Pratchett, and the second one in had me chuckling out loud 😁
A footnote from Oliver Darkshire's new book "Isabella Nagg and the Pot of Basil"
June 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
thehistoryboy.bsky.social
My name's Mark and I get excited by historic bridges re-opening 😁🍌🌉
An excited Mark in front of the famous "banana bridge" in Bristol, freshly bright yellow, with a new handrail, and with all it's rust removed
June 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM