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So what did you do during the two storms? I painted myself twenty slugs and framed them. There are spares which now live in my Etsy shop www.etsy.com/uk/shop/arty... #painting #slugs #art

🏠 Want solar panels, a battery or a heat pump but worried about the upfront cost? The Government has announced its Warm Homes Loan Scheme, offering plans for interest-free or low-interest loans to help households make energy-saving upgrades.

Some beautiful new posters for our memorial - we are very grateful to the South Bank Employers Group for making it possible. ❤️ #london

[1962] Look at Life - Series of short documentary films. This is "Any Old Iron", showing the process of collecting and recycling scrap metal back in the early 1960s. Narrated by Tim Turner.

Knocker upper doing the rounds, painting by Bernard McMullen (1952-2015).

Meanwhile in Germany 🇩🇪: Emergency services rescue a man who was trying to rob electrical appliances from a recycling bin. Bonus content: Police found he had an outstanding arrest warrant, and whatever the German for “You’re nicked, Sonny Jim” is, that.

RAAF padre at the grave of a fighter bomber pilot, Italy, by Alan Moore, 1944. AWM ART24352

A proposed data centre in Llanrumney, Cardiff, would cause serious habitat loss for a colony of dormice. You can ensure the issue isn't forgotten by commenting on the planning application. HURRY because the opportunity ends tomorrow. Find out how below. 👇

The 2027 bumblebee calendar has landed! Here’s a teaser of some of the featured photos. Which is your favourite? 🗓️🐝 Available in A4 and NEW slimline calendar. Pre-order yours today: https://ow.ly/OEyu51010Su Thank you to everyone who submitted a photo – we received almost 4,000 entries this year!

27 Oct 1916 // Destroyer HMS Nubian, sent out in response to German attacks on the Dover Barrage during the night of 26/27 October, lost her entire bow section when she was hit by a torpedo fired by a German destroyer off Folkestone. 15 of her crew were killed or missing believed killed.

>ARCHIVE: >spotter: phoebe_plummer; >nr big co-op, 56.001550,-2.518072; >1247hrs 14/9/23

Halloween is coming up fast. Did you know that putting up fake webbing or spider webs can harm animals?? 🕷️ 👻🦇🎃😱

Anti-tank boulders at Aberdeen Beach in the 1950s. Installed during WW2 in case of invasion.

Hmmm.

#MapOnATuesday is this Goad Fire Insurance map of Bull Street dated October 1889. Originally produced by the firm of Charles E. Goad Ltd. to aid companies in assessing fire insurance premiums. Ref – Map cabinet 1/3, HRA Map Area #LibraryofBham

OVERHAUL (1957)

The seasons are changing, the water is cooling, and the lookdowns are back in town #lookdown #elegantoddball #shiny #coralcitycamera

Carnotaurus ~ bull lizard 🐂🦎 . My dancing pair are done! It was exciting to work on my first piece that feature two of the same species and using colours and patterns to help distinguish the male and female in this seducing dance! 💃🏻

Oh boy, are the Right excited by this graph recently published by The Economist! And of course none of them has bothered to read the article itself (TBF, it is behind a paywall!). So as always, let's add a little context and explain why these kinds of comparisons are so problematic 🧵1/25

Left: President Trump insults Norway calling it a sh*thouse country Right: Visit Norway, the tourism board, trolls President Trump, displaying some of their best toilets on their Instagram 😅

After the Budget, millions will use online tax calculators. But there's a privacy catch: we tested the seven most popular, and every one sends your income to a server. Here's what MoneySavingExpert sends:

My front page story for Monday’s South Wales Evening Post - A “professional burglar” targeted five properties in one day, a court has heard. At the time of the spree he was out of prison on licence after getting a 10 year sentence for being part of a family gang responsible for 70+ burglaries

Please sign, as 250,000 people now cannot.

Last week's Covid Inquiry report into care was a devastating verdict on Matt Hancock's failures during the pandemic. His response: silence. He doesn't care. Show him we still do; sign our petition to hold him accountable. c.org/ysmQvTmpFt

Another deepening Atlantic low with wind warnings tonight and Tuesday in the west and north. NW Scotland will experience wild conditions but there are wider coastal flooding concerns around the UK

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

Thank you for all your feedback on Historic Wales! We've created a quick and easy guide to help you make the most of the web map and discover its features. 🔗Get started here: zurl.co/4PJq6 #HistoricWales #Heritage #Mapping #ArcGIS#yagym

Last night, the nation’s high street went traffic-free - just in time for Christmas.

Since his ennoblement in Boris Johnson’s 2023 resignation list, Tees Valley regional mayor Lord (Ben) Houchen has claimed more than £25,000 in tax-free daily “attendance” allowances from the House of Lords for 73 days when he hasn’t voted, spoken or performed any recorded parliamentary activity.

“While each of us (voted Brexit) for different reasons, we all believed that the UK could do a better job of running its own affairs than *unelected officials* in Brussels could." Ben Houchen... November 2020 Six years later 👇👇👇

#PPOD: NASA's Perseverance rover has made history! On October 11, 2026, the rover reached a total distance of 45.22 kilometers across Mars, surpassing the 45.16-kilometer record set by its predecessor, Opportunity. 🧪 🔭

Look forward to talking about ‘These Isles’ at London St Andrew’s Book Festival @standrewsbookfest.bsky.social along with Prof Murray Pittock on Thursday November 19th 6.30-7.30pm. Book here: www.ticketsource.com/standrewsboo...

As Halloween is just around the corner, it seems appropriate to remind you that we have our very own WITCH on display in our First Generation Gallery. Find out more here - https://ow.ly/ncry5100Uzr or better still come & see for yourself. We're open Tues, Thurs, Sat & Sun

Still going on. Twenty minutes uninterrupted coverage so far. Robert Jenrick is currently talking about sex chat bots.

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Guess it would be cool if my energy map had optical and radar satellite imagery… 🛰️ Even better if it was you could change the date of the imagery to go back in time… If only I just added it…

Politico: The BBC reports that "Jack Ross, the former Tory activist who appeared to offer to “broker” the hiring of contract killers, previously worked for CCHQ undertaking social media work until earlier this year. A party spokesperson said his membership has been suspended"

[1984] Heineken Advert - The Water in Majorca Don't Taste Like What It Oughta.

Washing line, Bolton, 1937, photo by Humphrey Spender.

Attention Alphabetters! This is your reminder that Mon 26 Oct starts Week Q and the #AlphabetChallenge is Quotes. So pics of quotes written on walls, mugs, posters etc. Can be historical, literary, pop culture, or even those cringeworthy motivational ones 😂 Use the # below and have fun😁

Acclimatise yourself to the Starship Nostromo so that you can make a run for the escape pods if a fearsome alien somehow gets onto the ship. (From a period “Alien” poster mag photo feature.)

New ELT milestone 🥳 The massive altitude structure of our ELT was tilted for the first time in October 2026. 📹 ESO/Cimolai 🔭 🧪

I can’t stress enough how good this film is. If you’re a fan of the series you will love it. If you’ve never seen the show, binge it on iPlayer first then get yourself to the cinema!