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Historic Kitchens Manager at Hampton Court Palace, he/him, experimental historian, tiresome lay-about. All views own, yada yada yada. No expectation of mutual following. Posting about whatever makes it out of the blender of my mind
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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j... [On returning from holiday to Paris] "Good news, I got you a present...it's....artistic...and practical, you'll love it!"

Managed to get the jackdaws evicted with no harm to them. On the up side, they've helped me sort through the loose notes on my desk. Those covered in poop were deemed unimportant now, those that were poop free I kept. Despite the volume of poop, still a lot of loose notes and documents left 😥

Not who I was expecting to find in my office this morning! Apparently they need a bit longer using it as a hotdesk space/toilet...guess I'll work somewhere else then!

Feargal Sharkey reveals prostate cancer diagnosis and urges men to get checked

The irony of not being able to easily open the packet that you know contains a delivery of new scissors is not lost on me! Bet I need scissors to open the packet that the scissors are in too

Nearly time to head for home...hopefully the in flight facilities are up to scratch

So much for a holiday away without a work connection 😎 Inverness museum today

Fantastic weather at Loch Ness today, should have brought the factor 50

Same vibe! Spotted in an antique shop window in Scotland

I'm loving the design and layout of this museum gallery for rocks and minerals that's over on Reddit 1/2

Some might ask if the lock on this door was strong enough to make sure they stay in there 😎

A trip away with [almost] no connection to work...more or less

"so that's one medium cod, one fishcake, and three medium chips...are you ok to wait for the smoked saveloy, will be a few minutes yet??"

"They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. *That's* the *Chicago* way!"

C'mon, Conclave, don't let us down. It's "VatiCAN", not "VatiCAN'T".

Sorry, we're closed today, I'm pretty sure your ticket isn't valid!

We need EVERYONE to see this advert for a Head of Operations at the Palace (£40-45k). Otherwise we might get some kind of numpty in charge. Please share. If we get 50 shares we'll post a video of #CuratorRob playing a hoover like a didgeridoo. hr.breathehr.com/recruitment/...

Have suggested that the shaped butter in Bruegel's Peasant Dance from 1567 would be a good shape to start with....it's the lump on the table

First batch of butter today. Now to salt for storage...or possibly shape ready for use for lunch!

You can't put a better bit of butter on your knife! #ShowingMyAge Weekends of cookery are back at Hampton Court Palace all year from today. Tudor preservation methods are the topic for the year, and the first few weekends are butter making.

May 1? MUST be playing this today then @oysterband.bsky.social Hal-an-Tow youtu.be/zUkaMjZzyFs?...

Been a bit of a day today, time for a little peace and quiet

Ship ahoy! "Archaeologists find wreck of large medieval boat in Barcelona Experts hope vessel’s old timbers and nails will help shed light on how boats were built during medieval period" www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Bite marks on York skeleton reveal first evidence of ‘gladiators’ fighting lions