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Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · 5d

Common Toadflax still flowering in #Devon hedgerow.
#WildFlowerHour

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Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · 7d

Can anyone help with translation from Latin please?

Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · 9d

You’re welcome. My pictures were taken last month during Heritage Open Days.

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Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · 9d

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Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · Sep 21

Heritage Open Day visit to chapel of old Exminster Asylum (now Exeter Pre-Prep School).
Built 1875 of Heavitree sandstone with Bath stone dressings. Cruciform plan with bellcote over the crossing.
Designed by Exeter architect Joseph Neale.
Good carved details including reredos, capitals and pulpit

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Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · 29d

Spanish tortilla or frittata

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Exeter Cathedral @exetercathedral.bsky.social · Sep 25

Discover Devon's @unesco.org designated heritage on a Discovery Day 🔎

✦ 13 October: Free tour exploring rare items in our new Treasures Exhibition

✦ 23 October: Free workshop on why The Exeter Book is so special

Tickets: www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/whats-on/

Hosted by The Devonshire Association

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Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · Sep 25

See this? Post a bridge.

Bascule bridge over Exeter canal open to allow boat to pass through.

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Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · Sep 21

I’ll dm you tomorrow

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Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · Sep 21

How very sad though this may not be the one your ancestor would have known. This was the chapel of Exminster Hospital (Devon County Asylum ). Exeter Asylum (Digby Hospital) was a few miles away.
I have some photos of both asylums if you haven’t seen them.

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Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · Sep 21

Heritage Open Day visit to chapel of old Exminster Asylum (now Exeter Pre-Prep School).
Built 1875 of Heavitree sandstone with Bath stone dressings. Cruciform plan with bellcote over the crossing.
Designed by Exeter architect Joseph Neale.
Good carved details including reredos, capitals and pulpit

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Aug 27

Here's how the real two-tier Britain works:
1. Whatever Nigel Farage says, however stupid, is looped and discussed by the media, while left-wing voices are treated as noises off.
2. Tiny far-right protests get massive airtime, while 10s of 000s gathering for Palestine or green causes are ignored.🧵

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Penlee House Gallery & Museum @penleehousegallery.bsky.social · Aug 27

Work of the Week! Bedruthan Steps by Robert Borlase Smart

He described himself as an “oil painter of seascapes, watercolourist and etcher of architectural subjects” and worked for a time as artist and art critic for the Western Morning News.

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Daniel Grey @djrgrey.bsky.social · Aug 22

🌟Fellows of the RHistS were emailed yesterday regarding this year's elections to the Society's Council. I am one of this year's candidates, and hope if you are a Fellow you'll consider voting for me. I'm particularly concerned with issues of EDI within the historical profession.🌟 #skystorians

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Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · Aug 21

I’ve been enjoying watching the Fred Dibnah repeats on BBC4.
I really wish they would re-show Alec Clifton-Taylor’s progs.

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Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · Aug 14

I’ve been interested in visiting there. Is it worth it?

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Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · Aug 14

Extraordinary sculpture by Jyll Bradley. Centrepiece of exhibition at The Box, Plymouth. As you circle the blues and violets remain in front of you while the warmer tones are furthest away caused by the different refractive index of the materials. Think rainbows or prisms.
Photo doesn’t do it credit

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Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · Jul 13

Evening primrose, bird’s foot trefoil, purple loosestrife and meadowsweet
All at Dawlish Warren
Tuesday 8 - 9am
#WildflowerHour
#Devon
@warrenbirding.bsky.social

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Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · Jul 4

🌳 Dame Judi Dench is calling for the return of ancient woodlands. Will you sign the petition to help restore the Ghost Woods and protect our green spaces for future generations? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...

Bring back the ancient woodlands smothered beneath your timber plantations

Ancient woodlands are vanishing – and with them, some of our most loved and endangered wildlife. Forestry England manages over 100,000 acres of land that used to be ancient woodland - that’s bigger th...

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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · Jul 4

A rare medieval manuscript is bringing the sound of monks back to Buckland Abbey for the first time in 500 years.

A 15th-century book that once belonged to Buckland Abbey to come home for the first time since 1539, thanks to a British Library loan.

A yellowed page with music written across it in black notes. Black Latin text is under the lines of music

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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · Jul 4

We’ve partnered with the University of Exeter Cathedral Choir to bring the voices of the long-lost monks back to life.

The music will be part of the soundtrack to a new exhibition at the abbey, and will be performed live in the abbey’s medieval Great Barn in August.

Ornate remains of traceried stonework from the medieval abbey beside the Great Barn on a lawn of bright green grass.

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Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · Jul 3

Your rare and lovely thing looks to be in better condition than mine. On the other hand mine is signed by Bill Miller.

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Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · Jul 2

Oh my! Gotta laugh. She’d have still been a Tory MP if she hadn’t had a Reform candidate standing against her who split her vote.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jul 2

Reform UK hires ex-Tory MP who was suspended for using racist language

Anne Marie Morris, twice suspended while an MP between 2010 and 2024, will lead Reform’s social care policy * UK politics live – latest updates Reform UK has hired a former Conservative MP who was suspended for using the N-word. Anne Marie Morris, who had the whip withdrawn by Theresa May in 2017 for using the term in a debate about Brexit, will lead Reform’s social care policy. She is one of several ex-Tories who have defected to Nigel Farage’s party. Continue reading...

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MWF @medicalwomenuk.bsky.social · Jul 1

MWF Quote of the Month - July 2025

This months quote is a powerful reminder of the importance of supporting other women. True progress is built when women stand together and lift each other up.

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Ann Roberts @annroberts.bsky.social · Jun 29

Old Man’s Beard ( clematis vitalba)
#WildflowerHour #Devon

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