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Delighted to welcome my splendid colleagues at @issegyptomania.bsky.social to Bluesky 🦋. Please consider giving them a follow on this platform, or even in becoming a member, they do incredible work on the reception of ancient Egypt and host numerous online lectures, seminars, and conferences!

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A gay guy, a Black man, and a woman walk into a flight deck— that’s not the beginning of a joke, but just a regular day at work! There was so much DEI on this plane that we could hardly get in the air. Luckily my limp wrists were able to wrestle the heavy jet back to the ground 💅🏼

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oh what the hell? the Prince Charles is at risk because of potential dickhead developers? truly they can fuck all the way off you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

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One of my favourite career moments was having a doc premier at @princecharlescinema.com (Decoding Turner, Sky Arts), but now this legendary cinema is under threat from developers. Sign here to save it!! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

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In the Northamptonshire village of Aynho many old cottages have Apricots growing up their walls. These had been given to the local householders by the Lord of the Manor. The locals were then required to pay their tithes in Apricots rather than money. #HouseHistory

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I see Undercliffe House is up for sale again. I wrote a long form piece for Viva Lewes about this remarkable place (that I lived directly beneath) a decade ago. A cast of residents that you couldn’t invent, a pure Edward Gorey fantasy. www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...

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Did you know that we have an online interactive fiction game where you can step into the shoes of a Victorian surgeon at St Thomas' Hospital? 🏥 Consider the difficult decisions facing a surgeon and choose your path. Will your patient live? 🔪 Play now: 👇 👇 👇 https://buff.ly/3XUMsrM

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A quick thing I wrote at the weekend in between being very physically sick, but also sick of racists on the internet. As @drfernriddell.bsky.social kindly shared the other day, I would love to talk to culture journos writing on #AThousandBlows & interested: grapplingwithhistory.com/2025/01/20/a...

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Want to hear more about my new research on migrants' lives in Elizabethan London? I had a great time talking to Emma Briffett from the BBC History Extra podcast about strangers, city spaces, gossip, and the diversity of sixteenth-century London.

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"Men have forgotten this truth," said the fox. "But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery (My original #watercolor #art)

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Four years since my son wrote the best opening to a mystery novel ever written.

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Now is the time of darkness and slumber, of cold gloom and starlight obscured by mist. Now is the time to arm yourself with strong tea, pajama armor, a shield of books, and to stubbornly resist the call to adventure at all costs.

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Disney has released new #AThousandBlows photos and I LOVE this one of Daniel Mays as Punch Lewis, MC at the Blue Coat Boy 🥊 My website has research on the real William Lewis (contains no spoilers for the TV show!) Knocked Out In The 39th: grapplingwithhistory.com/2024/11/09/k...

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Delighted to announce that tickets for the Symbols of Mortality Online Conference have just gone live. Very exciting! Full programme available soon. So, don't delay, grab your FREE ticket today! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/symbols-of...

submitted 53 days ago • 2 comments

It’s that time of the month! My January book reviews for Red Magazine. www.redonline.co.uk/entertainmen...

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We have passed 400 total visitors to our blog! Thank you to everyone who has taken time to engage with our work - we are having a lot of fun! What has been your favourite post/list so far? lincolngothicgroup.wordpress.com

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Over Christmas I'll be sharing lots of festive suggestions from the past so if you'd delve into that with me I suggest joining my email list. Just scroll to the bottom of my website here: paulcouchman.co.uk

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You can get Victorian murder frogs on a pillow!!! 😂🐸🔪

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Read this thread to help you cope with Friday

submitted 99 days ago • 29 comments

The Scottish road gritter names are outstanding. 🫡

submitted 100 days ago • 15 comments

Where to start to describe my last two weeks in Egypt?! I'm always interested in new perspectives here, so I'm going to share some of mine. First, Tahrir Square before and after a torrential November downpour - photos taken 5 mins apart (1/ )

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Sitting in bed listening to the rain & drawing a wren ✒️🪶

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Because some damn fool asked, here's a thread about Baxter. This was taken on the day I brought home Baxter and threw away all hope of an easy life. Look at him. Absolutely irresistible. And that's how they get you, the utter bastards

submitted 100 days ago • 145 comments

How would you describe your personality? 1. mellow mossy darkness 2. needs more cats 3. powered by cheese 4. gin & tonic & sarcasm

submitted 101 days ago • 15 comments

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that I don't think those kitchen chairs are really from Chanel. www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...

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Flipping heck it’s cold!

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