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IKEA bags. Just perfect for swan removal :-D BBC News - Six swans a swimming after Corby town centre rescue - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I’d love to hear an interview with one of the Leave Means Leave “ core marchers” who set off from Sunderland & paid £50 for accommodation and food on their march to London… www.theguardian.com/politics/201...

Reform are in fact *His Majesty's Official Opposition.* They are ready for government. This must be correct because the BBC surely wouldn't employ a journalist who don't know what a shadow minister is.

"The only safe way to use information is to try to disprove what you believe." Medicine laureate Craig Mello reflects on AI's impact on the future of science. Watch the full conversation: https://www.nobelprize.org/events/nobel-prize-dialogue/seoul-2026/

#Snakes #Carving

Sekbanbaşı Mosque, Istanbul, a former Eastern Roman church dating to 11th or 12th century. Unfortunately, it became a ruin at the beginning of 20th century and its ruins were demolished in 1943 when Atatürk boulevard was built. #History #HistoryMatters

"Shaman with Opposing Faces" whalebone c. 1973 Karoo Ashevak (1940-1974) Kitikmeot, Nunavut, Canada #handmade #carved #whalebone #shamanwithopposingfaces #c1973 #sculpture #art #Inuitart #inuk #Inuitpeople #KarooAshevak #Kitikmeot #Nunavut #Canada #indigenousart #FirstNation

I’ve blogged about a divorce in Victorian suburbia.The husband accused his wife,inter alia of cruelty by throwing crusts at him and committing adultery.She countersued with accusations of cruelty. It’s quite a story of a family and a son who died in the Great War. historicalclues.blogspot.com/2026/

Portrait of a Coalman.' (1953) Norman Blamey did not expect success; when he was invited to a celebratory lunch on his 80th birthday at the Tate Gallery, which had acquired several of his works, he remarked: 'I had to keep pinching myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming.'

13th century tablet in the History Museum, Budapest #HistoryMatters #Budapest

Possibly a marriage stone, decorative tablet over a doorway in Heptonstall. It is inscribed F " 1 7 H E 3 6 " (Henry and Elizabeth Foster). It features a man and woman wearing contemporary dress. Marriage stones were still popular until Victorian times. Image Tim Green CC BY 2.0

Wow! Just finished reading this book ( which I now discover is the 4th in a series!! I found it fascinating and gripping but not sure I could stomach a whole series.. #Books #Reviews www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...

News | Half-term strike at V&A suspended after unions receive improved offer Staff halt planned industrial action to enable further talks to take place Prospect Union, Public and Commercial Services Union

Things are shaping up to be 'World Anti-Autocrat Week.' Brazil, Serbia, hopefully Israel today, & then the clipping of Mango Mussolin's wings in the US next Tuesday.🤔

Day 27, portrait. Literally the first one I found in my camera reel as I'm on the train! This is Sir George Onesiphorus Paul, Baronet, d. 1820, prison reformer & apparently a good egg for his time! In #Gloucester Cathedral for #31DaysOfGraves bonus portrait of Mary Strachan, too.

UK No.1 on this day in 1973: David Cassidy- Daydreamer youtu.be/XM8Huok8jGI?si… via @YouTube

#TombTuesday Small but perfectly formed 🥰 The diminutive Poulnabrone dolmen in the Burren of western Ireland, seen in summer 2023 with an Alpine carpet of wildflowers at its base💐 Did the original Neolithic builders ever think their family tomb would become world famous? 📷 My own

A cafe, art gallery & library will be built inside the former Grade 2 listed, Barclays bank regional headquarters building at 20 Bank Plain, Norwich which dates from 1926. The Norwich University of Arts has been redeveloping the building. 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

When you try and make a major policy announcement and LITERALLY ALL anyone can talk about is how empty the room is... you're done! #StopReform #GetFarageOut

UK artist Helen Musselwhite combines hand cutting, folding and scoring paper and card to create her artworks, which are often inspired by nature #WomensArt #Autumn

Grade 1 listed, St. Mary's Church at Astbury, Cheshire estimate a £1 million may be required to repair & restore the church. 👇 BBC News - 'We need £1m to save St Mary's Church Astbury from falling down' - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Alfred East Art Gallery in Kettering has reopened with Faces and Places, an exhibition featuring landscapes, portraits and scenes by local artists. The gallery closed during the Covid pandemic, with its reopening delayed by extensive building work and roof repairs following rain damage in 2023.

#Yorkshire Photo of the Day - The most beautiful river in England, the Wharfe at Ilkley.

🧵May Sybil Leslie, born in 1887 in Woodlesford, overcame significant barriers as a woman in science. From a working-class background, she won scholarships to study at the University of Leeds, graduating with first-class honours in chemistry. She later worked with Marie Curie in

Palladio and Wren representing Architecture, a relief in Burnhamtofts faience tiles by Edward Caldwell Spruce, 1903 on the Midland Hotel, Manchester. #TilesonTuesday

Residenz #Salzburg #Austria former home to the Prince-Bishops

Imagine a world where we are no longer dependent on oil and nuclear energy. It's coming and it's better and that's why the vested interests are doing everything in their power to stop it

Based in Loughborough, Ladybird produced beautiful books read by children of all classes and captured the optimism of the post-war world | Jonathan Calder

Breaking news: Brazil’s leading right-wing politician, Flávio Bolsonaro, effectively conceded defeat to the incumbent left-wing president, after President Trump indicated he wouldn't intervene despite saying that the vote “looked like another rigged election.”

Carers allowed to earn over the weekly limit without losing out as ‘cliff-edge’ abolished in the budget

📢 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.

'The Report Post.' (1945) Hannah Gluckstein's painting depicts the journalist and author Edith Heald; the writer Arnold Bennett called her the 'most brilliant reviewer,' in London. During WW2, Edith was a fire warden in Steyning in West Sussex.

That’s easy. Not watchedBBC News for years, QT waste of time, Politics programmes Sunday mornings- better things to do

For this #MosaicMonday, what's in a name? There is controversy over this late mosaic, as the museum label suggests that Doto results from a former restoration and that she is actually Ino. Whatever her name, she's delightful. 1/2

The loss of freedom of movement due to Brexit affects far more than just people. Losing the four freedoms- goods, people, capital, and services has wide-ranging consequences. #BrexitDisaster #FreedomOfMovement

26 October 1952. Hattie McDaniel died (aged 59). She was best known for her role as "Mammy" in Gone with the Wind for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and thereby became the 1st African-American to win an Oscar.

Adding a clickable link for ease of access to more info (and to book for the talk by @scientistsoph.bsky.social). heritagehub.org.uk/events/famil... #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #AncestryHour #GenHour #Gloucester

More details from the #Gloucestershire FHS on the #FamilyHistory Fair at Gloucester Heritage Hub on November 7th, including a list of organisations and others in attendance, and two 30-minute talks for which booking is not needed.

Saturday evening on R4: the seeds of world peace. Come trucking!

Ever heard someone say "protest doesn't change anything"? Brazil and Serbia just proved them wrong. 🇧🇷 🇷🇸

Adolf Loos 1870-1933 Polemicist of modern architecture. The Goldman & Salatsch building in Michaelerplatz #Vienna completed 1912

Schiele was just 20 when he painted this portrait of his patron Arthur Roessler. #Art #Paintings #Portraits Wien Museum #Vienna

Nigel Farage and Robert Jenrick spoke to swathes of empty seats at what was meant to be the party's big event ahead of the budget 😬🤣 #StopReform