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Hugh Williamson

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Bath, UK. Trees. Trees in Bath. History. History of trees. History of Bath. Books. History books. Books about trees. Other random stuff.

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Hugh Williamson @hughwilliamson.bsky.social · 8d

Clare Bridge - lovely spot.

Hugh Williamson @hughwilliamson.bsky.social · 15d

He wouldn't have had much use for his horse for a while anyway.

Hugh Williamson @hughwilliamson.bsky.social · 21d

Those hapless scientists always trying to get them back.

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Hugh Williamson @hughwilliamson.bsky.social · 23d

A complex case. HE and C20S make recommendations on architectural merit, while DCMS have to weigh up all aspects. Bath's geography is difficult vis-a-vis response times and upgrading a 90-year-old building sounds £££. I live half a mile away and will miss it - one of Mollie Taylor's best.

Hugh Williamson @hughwilliamson.bsky.social · 24d

Wow, nice feather in the cap for NE Somerset.

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Hugh Williamson @hughwilliamson.bsky.social · 25d

This is the preparatory drawing he made when the Duke was back in Madrid having just returned from campaigning.

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Hugh Williamson @hughwilliamson.bsky.social · 26d

As I'm sure you know, Oxford Ragwort was supposedly propagated around the UK from Oxford in the mid-19C via the newly-built railway lines.

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Hugh Williamson @hughwilliamson.bsky.social · Sep 2

They care because they would much rather drowning was at #1, knocking guns off top spot.

Hugh Williamson @hughwilliamson.bsky.social · Aug 30

Probably my favourite diagonal in art - arm, leg, tablecloth, bottle. Almost as dramatic as the slashing diagonal of a Guillotine blade.

Hugh Williamson @hughwilliamson.bsky.social · Aug 29

To me, the plate balanced rather precariously on her knee prompts me to imagine it sliding off - and a chaos of flying china and mushrooms shattering that vermeerish tranquillity.

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Hugh Williamson @hughwilliamson.bsky.social · Aug 27

I was transfixed by it (her) in the Uffizi. Felt a bit awkward, which I guess was part of the point.

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Hugh Williamson @hughwilliamson.bsky.social · Aug 27

That's exactly what I thought - only you thought it four hours before I did.

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Hugh Williamson @hughwilliamson.bsky.social · Aug 18

Very impressive piece of work - eminently usable. Can only imagine how many iterations it took to arrive at this answer.

Hugh Williamson @hughwilliamson.bsky.social · Aug 10

You again! What do want this time?

Hugh Williamson @hughwilliamson.bsky.social · Aug 8

prospered.attitudes.lock

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Hugh Williamson @hughwilliamson.bsky.social · Aug 7

Young conductress takes over while the previous incumbent is away on the Western Front.

Hugh Williamson @hughwilliamson.bsky.social · Aug 7

Please do - a dreich November day in 2023.

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Hugh Williamson @hughwilliamson.bsky.social · Aug 7

She's St Eve of Paradise and the apple is the instrument of her martyrdom.

Hugh Williamson @hughwilliamson.bsky.social · Aug 7

This one is at the Tortworth Court Hotel in Gloucestershire (channeling the Tortworth Chestnut, obvs). 7.13m waistline.

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Hugh Williamson @hughwilliamson.bsky.social · Aug 5

Exceedingly good.

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Hugh Williamson @hughwilliamson.bsky.social · Aug 3

I mention the No Parking Whitebeam whenever I come across a Sorbus on one of my tree walks - always a crowd-pleaser.

Hugh Williamson @hughwilliamson.bsky.social · Aug 1

Strange to think that energetic infant would grow up to be the corpulent George IV.

Hugh Williamson @hughwilliamson.bsky.social · Jul 29

Any relation?

Hugh Williamson @hughwilliamson.bsky.social · Jul 22

One of the handful of paintings that really caught my eye in the Palazzo Pitto. I had never heard of the artist before.

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Hugh Williamson @hughwilliamson.bsky.social · Jul 21

Ditto charity shop books: "We check all our prices on the internet, and then we cover the 1950s paper wrapper in ickyness".