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Just seen Farage and Truss (grifting over in the US) described as "the Slug and Lettuce".

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It was wonderful. I haven't been to Bradford since visiting from Leeds where my two sisters were working as teachers 50 years ago. Beautifully made series. Congratulations to all involved. #Virdee

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Is it just me or is Sir Marmaduke Wyvill of Low Burton Hall, 1st Baronet of Constable Burton (1542–1617) looking extremely bored? 'I've been lying here some four hundred years and I'm fed up of it now.' The monument situated in the Church of St Mary the Virgin Masham

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This is what a leader looks like 🔥🔥 Slava Ukraini 🇺🇸🇺🇦 Geroyam Slava 🇺🇦 #SheShed

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And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know.

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Letter-case and blotter of John Drummond, 1st Earl and (in the #Jacobite peerage) 1st Duke of Melfort, at Bonhams, London (est. £1,500-2,000), late 17C or early #c18th #c18 #18thc

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Silver baby (?) cup by William Bennett (London, 1811). (Long) #c18th #c18 #18thc

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Thank you to @maddow.msnbc.com for promoting @bsky.app on air and complimenting it. Her on air support is truly important

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Responding to all “I hope you are well” emails with this from now on

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17th February 2025 09.46 Durham

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Kemi Badenoch this morning: "A country cannot be successful if its people and intellectual elite don’t believe in it. This means dealing with the poisoning of minds through higher education."

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Snowdrops traditionally planted in graveyards as harbingers of spring. These at St Oswalds ancient church in Filey. #Yorkshire #gardening

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Did you know that Red Pandas use their tails as pillows 🥹

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Book Review: Scotland’s Medieval Queens: From Saint Margaret to Margaret of Denmark: "Sharon Bennett Connolly celebrates the lives of these remarkable women, giving them the recognition they deserve." tonyriches.blogspot.com/2025/02/book... @thehistorybits.bsky.social #BookReview

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He's very cute, though.

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Sir, you are supposed to be helping me work on the copyedits for my debut novel, in which you make a cameo, but instead you are snoring. This is very rude. #AmWriting #AmEditing #WritingCommunity

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Memorial ring with wee skull under crystal (1738), at Etrusca Auction before Xmas #c18th #c18 #18thc

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16th February 2025 07.28

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Dun Troddan Broch, one of two unusually well-preserved Iron Age brochs that stand south-east of Glenelg in Lochaber. Like the other 500 or so brochs found mainly in the north and west of Scotland, it was built some 2,000 years ago. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot... #Scotland #Glenelg

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A Qianlong cup and saucer, the decoration in imitation of European landscape and harbour scenes, such as Meissen (see last three examples, the Meissen 1730-40). The main painting reserved to the centre, confined within a circle with further decoration around the perimeter. Circa 1760-80.

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In case you have questions reading your bill, here are the marks apothecaries use. Lady Johanna St.John includes a handy guide at the front of her recipe book, c. 1670. #EarlyModern #Medicine #Apothecary #17thC #WomensHistory

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A very great man.

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He's peddling dangerous lies and utter rubbish at that. By its very nature, how could anyone know someone was praying privately in his/her own home?

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Museum of Moving Art: The Lady of Shalott John William Waterhouse (British, 1849–1917) 1888

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Interviewed this morning by BBC Radio Scotland about the city's 850th birthday, for tomorrow's Lunchtime Live. I'll be tuning in to hear what I said, and what made the edit...

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60 years ago, a girl called Caroline posed for the illustrations in ‘Levers, Pulleys and Engines’ (1963) It was important to the editor that boy and girls should be equal participants in the experiments. Caroline was his daughter International Day of Women In Science

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My six family saga novels set in my hometown(s) of Glasgow & Clydebank in Scotland in the earlier decades of the 20th century. #booksky #familysagas #scottishhistoricalfiction #Glasgow #Clydebank

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#booksky

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Yes, it clutches at the heart-strings.

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House sign depicting the all-seeing eye of God (c1750-1800), Wien Museum #c18th #c18 #18thc

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Frances – Tudor Countess, daughter of the Queen’s Spymaster. “A fabulous read.” 🇬🇧 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D1YQYL8G 🇺🇸 www.amazon.com/dp/B0D1YQYL8G #Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #Booksky 💙📚

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www.maggiecraig.co.uk/fiction/gath... Edinburgh, Yuletide 1743, when the two very different worlds of jaded Redcoat Captain Robert Catto and surgeon-apothecary's daughter and dedicated Jacobite Christian Rankeillor collide.

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A city at peace in a world at war. ‘The Stockholm Run’ is a fast-paced thriller set in Scotland and Sweden during World War Two. RAF Grangemouth, now largely gone, is amongst the Scottish locations used. Available as a paperback, Kindle, Kobo or Apple: www.kenlussey.com/tsr/index.html

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A year ago I was walking around Brooklyn crying with joy because I was officially a published debut novelist. Happy first birthday to “How We Named the Stars”. Daniel & Sam completely changed my life. @tinhouse.bsky.social 🐦‍⬛✨💕🇲🇽🏳️‍🌈 tinhouse.com/book/how-we-...

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This brings back memories.

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30th January 2025 08.03

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29th January 2025 09.00

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Happy Birthday, Robert Burns! It's wonderful how he lives on in our hearts and imaginations.

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BBC Radio 4 6-15pm this evening! 😍 #BurnsNight

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I think this is my favourite quote from any book on #JMWTurner as it encapsulates the vast scope of the world in which Turner lived. So many changes, so many transformations. What an exciting time to live!. @FrannyMoyle has this biography of Turner spot on.

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