Andy Frankincense & Myrrh 🎄⛄️🎅🏻
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Sometimes peat bog dweller
#PeatlandRestoration
#Natureconservation
#WildlifeTrust
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
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#PeatlandRestoration
#Natureconservation
#WildlifeTrust
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
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What time is Jason and the Argonauts on the tellybox?
December 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM
What time is Jason and the Argonauts on the tellybox?
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Our 20th #yulefolklore tale brings us back to England’s southwest and the classic Christmas ghost story:
In the ruins of Blackthorn Manor, Burning Beatrice still dances during long, cold Winter nights.
She is long dead, though.
Read her story below!
🎨 Edmund Henry Garrett
In the ruins of Blackthorn Manor, Burning Beatrice still dances during long, cold Winter nights.
She is long dead, though.
Read her story below!
🎨 Edmund Henry Garrett
December 19, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Our 20th #yulefolklore tale brings us back to England’s southwest and the classic Christmas ghost story:
In the ruins of Blackthorn Manor, Burning Beatrice still dances during long, cold Winter nights.
She is long dead, though.
Read her story below!
🎨 Edmund Henry Garrett
In the ruins of Blackthorn Manor, Burning Beatrice still dances during long, cold Winter nights.
She is long dead, though.
Read her story below!
🎨 Edmund Henry Garrett
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"West of the River Dart... lie the ruins of Blackthorn Manor, burned down when Mrs Albert still reigned from Windsor. The locals avoid the place, especially on winter nights when Beatrice Blackthorn is said to dance, wreathed in flames, her wedding dress ablaze"
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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · As you know, O my best beloved, it is a cherished tradition to tell chilling stories of goblins and ghoulies and ghosts during the long Winter nights, so let’s gather around the fi…
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December 19, 2025 at 6:36 AM
"West of the River Dart... lie the ruins of Blackthorn Manor, burned down when Mrs Albert still reigned from Windsor. The locals avoid the place, especially on winter nights when Beatrice Blackthorn is said to dance, wreathed in flames, her wedding dress ablaze"
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Dog-whistle and factually incorrect. Ladies, raise your hand if you were sexually assaulted by a boy at school? I’d wager this or a family member is most women’s first experience of sexual violence
December 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Dog-whistle and factually incorrect. Ladies, raise your hand if you were sexually assaulted by a boy at school? I’d wager this or a family member is most women’s first experience of sexual violence
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Day 18 of my #AdventCalendar
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December 18, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Day 18 of my #AdventCalendar
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Morning all. Allow me to show you the perfect burn 🔥
December 18, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Morning all. Allow me to show you the perfect burn 🔥
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Is anyone not going the Sunderland cup game who has a membership or ST?
Trying to buy Sunderland tickets for me and my lads and only got 2 memberships
Trying to buy Sunderland tickets for me and my lads and only got 2 memberships
December 18, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Is anyone not going the Sunderland cup game who has a membership or ST?
Trying to buy Sunderland tickets for me and my lads and only got 2 memberships
Trying to buy Sunderland tickets for me and my lads and only got 2 memberships
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Pet of the dreaded Perchten, trickster and, some say, harbinger of death. Half-goat, half-bird, sometimes a witch, always wild - the Habergeiß stalks the Alpine Winter nights - and she might test you, too!
We meet her in our 19th #yulefolklore story below!
🎨 Abigail Larson
We meet her in our 19th #yulefolklore story below!
🎨 Abigail Larson
December 18, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Pet of the dreaded Perchten, trickster and, some say, harbinger of death. Half-goat, half-bird, sometimes a witch, always wild - the Habergeiß stalks the Alpine Winter nights - and she might test you, too!
We meet her in our 19th #yulefolklore story below!
🎨 Abigail Larson
We meet her in our 19th #yulefolklore story below!
🎨 Abigail Larson
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"The torches flicker, and there she is. The Habergeiß, her horns gleaming like scythes under the moon, her feathers shimmering with frost. She moves with a rhythm both alien and ancient, her goat’s eyes scanning the crowd."
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O my best beloved, if you listen closely on cold winter nights deep in the forests of Austria and Bavaria, you may hear the hooves of the Habergeiß—companion to the dreaded Perch…
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December 18, 2025 at 5:59 AM
"The torches flicker, and there she is. The Habergeiß, her horns gleaming like scythes under the moon, her feathers shimmering with frost. She moves with a rhythm both alien and ancient, her goat’s eyes scanning the crowd."
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Oh god! I forgot it's Sam Matterface commentating
December 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Oh god! I forgot it's Sam Matterface commentating
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*chef's kiss*
Do you remember this?
Back in 2019 *this post* caused quite a stir on social media.
Back in 2019 *this post* caused quite a stir on social media.
December 17, 2025 at 12:10 PM
*chef's kiss*
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#WyrdWednesday The Medieval Arthurian poem Gawain and the Green Knight is about an annual cycle wherein a beheading and defiance of death one year is destined to be echoed one year later, roles reversed.
It's a Christmas tale, fascinating, with a great twist - and we've told a version of it, too!
It's a Christmas tale, fascinating, with a great twist - and we've told a version of it, too!
Gawain and The Green Knight: A Three Ravens Telling
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December 17, 2025 at 11:32 AM
#WyrdWednesday The Medieval Arthurian poem Gawain and the Green Knight is about an annual cycle wherein a beheading and defiance of death one year is destined to be echoed one year later, roles reversed.
It's a Christmas tale, fascinating, with a great twist - and we've told a version of it, too!
It's a Christmas tale, fascinating, with a great twist - and we've told a version of it, too!
Imagine waking up to this after your Christmas night out!
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December 17, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Imagine waking up to this after your Christmas night out!
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There’s an antiques emporium in Norwich of such unfathomable strangeness every visit produces fresh gasps of bewilderment and terror. Recent finds:
1. Mounted photo print of depressed steam train driver (£1)
1. Mounted photo print of depressed steam train driver (£1)
December 17, 2024 at 9:17 AM
There’s an antiques emporium in Norwich of such unfathomable strangeness every visit produces fresh gasps of bewilderment and terror. Recent finds:
1. Mounted photo print of depressed steam train driver (£1)
1. Mounted photo print of depressed steam train driver (£1)
If you're still looking for a special gift to give that certain someone in your life this Christmas then get on down to Norwich quick!
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There’s an antiques emporium in Norwich of such unfathomable strangeness every visit produces fresh gasps of bewilderment and terror. Recent finds:
1. Mounted photo print of depressed steam train driver (£1)
1. Mounted photo print of depressed steam train driver (£1)
December 17, 2025 at 10:34 AM
If you're still looking for a special gift to give that certain someone in your life this Christmas then get on down to Norwich quick!
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Please retweet tia
December 17, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Please retweet tia
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Don Van Vliet aka Captain Beefheart died #otd 17th Dec 2010. He's pictured outside the Bluecoat gallery in Liverpool at the opening of an exhibition of his paintings in 1972. Beefheart's connection with Liverpool grew via his friendship with DJ/promoter Roger Eagle.
December 17, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Don Van Vliet aka Captain Beefheart died #otd 17th Dec 2010. He's pictured outside the Bluecoat gallery in Liverpool at the opening of an exhibition of his paintings in 1972. Beefheart's connection with Liverpool grew via his friendship with DJ/promoter Roger Eagle.
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December 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Io, Saturnalia!
Our 18th #yulefolklore story brings us to Trier and a world turned upside down when the local cathedral becomes all ancient Augusta Treverorum again on the morning of today’s Roman holiday.
A true #wyrdwednesday tale – read it below!
🎨 Leon Bakst
Our 18th #yulefolklore story brings us to Trier and a world turned upside down when the local cathedral becomes all ancient Augusta Treverorum again on the morning of today’s Roman holiday.
A true #wyrdwednesday tale – read it below!
🎨 Leon Bakst
December 17, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Io, Saturnalia!
Our 18th #yulefolklore story brings us to Trier and a world turned upside down when the local cathedral becomes all ancient Augusta Treverorum again on the morning of today’s Roman holiday.
A true #wyrdwednesday tale – read it below!
🎨 Leon Bakst
Our 18th #yulefolklore story brings us to Trier and a world turned upside down when the local cathedral becomes all ancient Augusta Treverorum again on the morning of today’s Roman holiday.
A true #wyrdwednesday tale – read it below!
🎨 Leon Bakst
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“The convivae—Saturn’s guests,” a woman answered, spinning wild and breathless. “Julian’s children.”
Julian the Apostate—the emperor who turned back to the old gods. Here, beneath Trier, they feasted, mocked Christian prayers, and jeered at saints’ hymns."
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Julian the Apostate—the emperor who turned back to the old gods. Here, beneath Trier, they feasted, mocked Christian prayers, and jeered at saints’ hymns."
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December 17, 2025 at 6:02 AM
“The convivae—Saturn’s guests,” a woman answered, spinning wild and breathless. “Julian’s children.”
Julian the Apostate—the emperor who turned back to the old gods. Here, beneath Trier, they feasted, mocked Christian prayers, and jeered at saints’ hymns."
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Julian the Apostate—the emperor who turned back to the old gods. Here, beneath Trier, they feasted, mocked Christian prayers, and jeered at saints’ hymns."
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I'm beginning to think I should go back to working nights. At least I'd be getting a wage for being awake all night
December 17, 2025 at 5:42 AM
I'm beginning to think I should go back to working nights. At least I'd be getting a wage for being awake all night
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it’s the most wonderful time of the year… and like the proud old punk i used to be, i’ve dug out an old Xmas card received from the completely fabulous Captain Sensible from years and years ago. it goes up annually so i can kid myself and anyone who visits that this is a regular thing!
December 15, 2025 at 11:13 AM
it’s the most wonderful time of the year… and like the proud old punk i used to be, i’ve dug out an old Xmas card received from the completely fabulous Captain Sensible from years and years ago. it goes up annually so i can kid myself and anyone who visits that this is a regular thing!
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Scotland’s coastal communities and marine life have been let down again 🪸
Last week, the Scottish Government once again delayed action on protecting Scotland’s inshore waters.
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Last week, the Scottish Government once again delayed action on protecting Scotland’s inshore waters.
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December 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Scotland’s coastal communities and marine life have been let down again 🪸
Last week, the Scottish Government once again delayed action on protecting Scotland’s inshore waters.
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Last week, the Scottish Government once again delayed action on protecting Scotland’s inshore waters.
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It's ridiculous that the Government *still* haven't banned the sale of peat.
Peat bogs are still getting dug up and used for compost and in horticulture. Ministers say they'll ban it 'when time allows'.
Get on with it already! Sign the petition:
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Peat bogs are still getting dug up and used for compost and in horticulture. Ministers say they'll ban it 'when time allows'.
Get on with it already! Sign the petition:
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Sign the petition to end peat sales!
No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk
December 15, 2025 at 11:46 AM
It's ridiculous that the Government *still* haven't banned the sale of peat.
Peat bogs are still getting dug up and used for compost and in horticulture. Ministers say they'll ban it 'when time allows'.
Get on with it already! Sign the petition:
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Peat bogs are still getting dug up and used for compost and in horticulture. Ministers say they'll ban it 'when time allows'.
Get on with it already! Sign the petition:
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...