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Shetland News @shetnews.co.uk · 1d

A public consultation into the next Northern Isles ferry contract has been extended after parts of Shetland were left with no access to the internet.
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Ferry consultation extended due to internet disruption

A PUBLIC consultation into the next Northern Isles ferry contract has been extended after parts of Shetland were left with no access to the internet. The...

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 1d

For reasons, it would be v. helpful to have information from a broad range of academic and non-academic (incl. GLAM) users of the BBC Written Archives OTHER THAN historians, briefly on: 1) What you've used it for and 2) How the proposed changes would impact on your research.

Reposts welcomed.

Historians dismayed by ‘scandal’ of BBC cutting access to...

Critics say new limit to trove of information sounds knell for independent research

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Andrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int · 2d

“Over the last 70 years, the #ECHR has repeatedly stepped in when domestic courts were unable to provide the protection we now take for granted and cherish,” says the UK’s outgoing judge at the European Court of Human Rights👇

🔗 www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/ecthr-m... via @lawsocietygazette.bsky.social

ECtHR 'more necessary and relevant' now, says outgoing UK judge

Leading silk says he 'hardly recognises' the good work of the ECHR from recent criticism of Strasbourg court.

www.lawgazette.co.uk

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Susanna Reece @susannareece.bsky.social · 4d

Around #LakeIseo #LagoIseo in #Pisogne #Lombardia #Italia

A view of boats on Lake Iseo in Pisogne, Italy with mountains and blue skies

A view of Lake Iseo in Pisogne, Italy with a ferry port, blue and white posts and greenery in the water and a background of mountains and blue skies

A sculpture of two fish skeletons hanging vertically on the lakeside in Pisogne, Italy with buildings and mountains in the background

A statue of a white horse with its head looking down on the lakeside in Pisogne, Italy with buildings and mountains in the background

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BSBI Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 5d

Want to up your #WildFlowerID game this winter?
We just launched our Winter Webinar programme!
7-8pm, every Tuesday from 4 Nov - 10 Feb.
Thanks to funding from @daera-ni.gov.uk, these 10 great plant ID webinars are FREE for all of you to attend!
Programme & booking links: bsbi.org/botanical-sk...

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Alexandra Wilson @amwilson.bsky.social · 8d

This book means more to me than any other book I have written. I want to get copies into the hands of everyone who cares about opera or is interested in the broader cultural history of our country.

Please consider buying a copy. Thank you. 🙏

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T. Michael Redmond @tmr65.bsky.social · 6d

Always look up, Rome edition (but not Sistine Chapel, questo è proibito!). This is the baroque ceiling fresco of Chiesa di Sant'Ignazio di Loyola representing the life of Ignatius of Loyola, a founder of the Catholic order of the Society of Jesus. The late Francis was the first pope of this order.

A highly ornate ceiling depicting holy works of a saint executed in a trompe l'œil fashion. Large numbers of angels feature. Three windows are at the top and three windows are at the bottom of the image.

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Opera Rara @operarara.bsky.social · 7d

And to discover more women composers from both the past and present, join our colleagues from the Donne Foundation on Saturday @royalalberthall.bsky.social for their Fortissima concert - a femmage to the heroines of music: www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/even...

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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 12d

We won! #Movers&Shakers won the Gold award for Impact at the #BritishPodcastAwards

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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 13d

Jane Goodall, the trailblazing naturalist whose intimate observations of chimpanzees in the African wild produced powerful insights that transformed basic conceptions of humankind, has died. She was 91.

Read more about her legacy www.latimes.com/obituaries/s...

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Boris Giltburg @borisgiltburg.bsky.social · 15d

The last prelude of the Rachmaninov cycle – unknown, and undeservedly so!! Such a magnificent close to the entire cycle!

You can hear all 24 from @southbankcentre.bsky.social on @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social at 19:30 UK time today (or at any point in the next 30 days): www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Susanna Reece @susannareece.bsky.social · 14d

I was once asked by some tourists on the High Street in Oxford where the ‘comic book store’ was and I spotted that the map they had on their phone was of Oxford Mississippi. I don’t think they believed me!

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 16d

‘For a sense of how much Moldova has mattered to Putin, one only has to look at how much Russia has spent to rig this election and the widespread bomb threats.’

Great piece on the significance of the Moldova election by @snellarthur.bsky.social. ~AA

bestforbritain.substack.com/p/in-their-d...

In their defiance of Putin the bravery of Moldovans cannot be overstated

By Arthur Snell

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Dr Jo Ball @drjeball.bsky.social · 18d

A #Roman figurine of a lizard, carved from a single piece of hyaline quartz. It was found in a Gallo-Roman tomb in Belgium, where it was buried as part of an assortment of grave goods about 2000 years ago (📷 MFAH, Brussels) 🏺 AncientBlueSky #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology

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Susanna Reece @susannareece.bsky.social · 18d

Target now achieved 😍

Susanna Reece @susannareece.bsky.social · 18d

Museum still needs donations to keep Iron Age hoard - please support if you can

Susanna Reece @susannareece.bsky.social · Jul 29

Please help the Oxfordshire Museum acquire some local treasure! www.friendsoftom.org.uk/acquisitions...

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Ron McIntyre @ronmac11.bsky.social · 19d

Should have flown off Fair Isle this morning but flights cancelled, may be here a few more days but there are benefits!
#birds

Sparrow hawk trapped and ringed, about to be released.

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Susanna Reece @susannareece.bsky.social · 18d

I wrote about the Electrical Association for Women here - it looks like the edition can be downloaded free www.balh.org.uk/publication-...

The Local Historian Volume 28, Number 2 May 1998 | | Local History News | British Association For Local History

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Andy Brockman @andybrockman.bsky.social · 19d

“This Oxfordshire hoard, buried nearly 2,000 years ago, really belongs to all of Oxfordshire residents.'
Angie Bolton, curator of archaeology, Oxfordshire museum service

But the sad fact is, under current legislation, Treasure Hoards can be sold for private profit, broken up and never seen again.

Time running out to save metal detectorist's hoard

Time is running out to help Friends of the Oxfordshire Museum acquire an Iron Age hoard discovered by a metal detectorist near Henley.

www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk

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Susanna Reece @susannareece.bsky.social · 18d

Museum still needs donations to keep Iron Age hoard - please support if you can

Susanna Reece @susannareece.bsky.social · Jul 29

Please help the Oxfordshire Museum acquire some local treasure! www.friendsoftom.org.uk/acquisitions...

Help Save Oxfordshire's Iron Age Hoard — Friends of the Oxfordshire Museum

Help us, the Friends of Oxfordshire Museum, raise £10,500 to acquire an important Iron Age Hoard for the Oxfordshire Museums Service collection. Your support safeguards this special hoard forever. Cl...

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James Harding-Morris @bsbicountries.bsky.social · 23d

Some positive plant news from the BSBI - Holly Fern rediscovered in Cwm Idwal after 150 years! share.google/ZlNYNfC4f6h2...

And with a quote from our very own @bsbicymru.bsky.social

Plant Atlas maps for Holly Fern here: share.google/9t1TB44l1G1i...

“A remarkable discovery”: Rare fern found in Welsh valley 150 years after being wiped out by Victorians | Countryfile.com

The young holly fern was rediscovered by a naturalist on the rugged slopes of Cwm Idwal in Eryri National Park.

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Susanna Reece @susannareece.bsky.social · 22d

Really beautiful, Charlotte, words and picture. Just right for today.

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Charlotte Strawbridge @cstrawbridgeart.bsky.social · 23d

Fox sits in gold and brambles, as the crisp air draws near.
He breathes out, accepting this shift in the year.
Cold is returning, inviting him to retreat.
As the trees speak of change and the hope of release.
No need to hold tightly, just trust and know.
Autumn Equinox teaches the spirit to let go.