morrismummer

morrismummer

@morrismummer.bsky.social

History, folklore, music, archaeology, books, Guardian reader. Castle botherer and humanist church crawler. Retired railwayman. Morris dancer and Mummers player. And trees. Lots of trees.

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Seb Berry 🇺🇦
@seb2024.bsky.social

Great to see those "guardians of the countryside" out again flail cutting all the life out of hedgerows long before winter. Every single year. I wonder how many land owners actually stick to doing it late winter on one third rotation, as they should. No wonder we have a #wildlife crisis.

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I suggest Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte

John Bull@garius.eurosky.social

When the British monarchy chose to drop the name "Battenberg" during WW1, they should have been required to pick a different type of cake to use.

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Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
@ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social

📢 Coming in 2027: Anglo-Saxon England 📢 Rediscover Anglo-Saxon England. Featuring spectacular jewellery, weapons and treasures alongside the latest archaeological discoveries and research, this exhibition will shed new light on England's origins.

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jessstilllife.bsky.social
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Scarification on the face of Long Meg, Cumbria. Neolithic/Bronze Age rock art, including spirals, concentric circles, cup and ring marks and geometric shapes on the side that faces her circle of Daughters 📸 Sept 25 #StandingStoneSunday

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Reposted for #StandingStoneSunday

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In the Parco Duca de Cesaro in Taormina, Sicily are these minilithic trilithons. The gardens were created by an English woman, Florence Trevelyan, around the turn of the last century, but I don't know if they are her work or later. @clonehenge.bsky.social #Clonehenge

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Katharine Hayhoe
@katharinehayhoe.com

Peak application of dendrochronology. 10/10, no notes.

Markus Eichhorn@markuseichhorn.bsky.social

Scandal in Nottingham as Ye Olde Trip doesn't even make it into the top ten oldest pubs in England. Even worse is that it's beaten by a pub in Southwell. The shame.

theguardian.comWhich is really England’s oldest pub? Tree-ring dating helps settle debateHistoric England archaeologist says some inns’ claims to date back 1,000 years are inaccurate and oldest dates from 1400s

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Moley𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕄𝕠𝕝𝕖
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How it started. How it's going.

Gareth Davies@garethtbij.bsky.social

What is happening to the BBC?! Pride pins edited out of University Challenge in ‘Orwellian’ move www.leicester.news/bbc-edits-ou...

leicester.newsBBC edits out pride pins on University Challenge in ‘Orwellian’ moveTwo University of Leicester students speak out over ‘absurd’ and ‘Orwellian’ decision by the BBC and ITV Studios to edit out pride pins worn on University Challenge
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Damn, I must have missed those British missions to Mars...

Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social

Liz Truss's book Bank Job says that a plot meant she lost the confidence of her MPs in 6 weeks The claim (revelation?) that "several missions to Mars have been launched from Britain's space port" does not connected. The Telegraph reports this suprising apparent fabrication without any comment.

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Forty five years ago today I know exactly where I was. At the Hammersmith Odeon. Wearing denim and leather obviously - leather motorcycle jacket (Z650 parked outside), denim cutoff covered in patches. Denim and leather brought us all together It was you that set the spirit free \m/ \m/ \m/

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If you don't yet support the Friends of Friendless Churches, here is an excellent thread for you.

Friends of Friendless Churches@friendlesschurches.bsky.social

Hidden for centuries beneath limewash and paint, expert conservators have revealed a remarkable collection of medieval wall paintings inside St Lawrence’s, Gumfreston, Pembrokeshire. 1/11

morrismummer
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No unions: they can treat their staff as they please. Low taxes: they don't support the state in which their business exists. Neither of these are a positive.

The Guardian@theguardian.com

No unions, low taxes: why some of Britain’s top chefs are opening outposts in Gulf states

theguardian.comNo unions, low taxes: why some of Britain’s top chefs are opening outposts in Gulf statesLeading restaurateur says Gulf countries actively help businesses set up, while east Asia has a better work ethic Some of London’s top restaurants are opening branches in Dubai because of a “tax tsunami” in the UK and better work ethic abroad, according to a leading restaurateur. James Robson, a co-owner of Fallow in St James’s Market, regarded as the capital’s hottest restaurant, serving 1,000 people a day, has just signed a deal to open an outpost in the Gulf. Continue reading...
morrismummer
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Biggest frustration with modern trains: seats never lining up with the windows. One of the attractions of train travel is looking at the view. Applies across Europe, this desire to cram as many seats as possible into each vehicle.

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Courtney Milan
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The future I want is not smart cars that take the place of human beings. The future I want is a massive plethora of trains that enable human beings to meet each other in cool places without driving.