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Just saw a seagull walk past me with a whole mince pie in its beak.
NOW it feels like Christmas.
NOW it feels like Christmas.
December 24, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Just saw a seagull walk past me with a whole mince pie in its beak.
NOW it feels like Christmas.
NOW it feels like Christmas.
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Tomorrow evening it’ll be my annual duty to vaguely shepherd the activity on the #duvetknowitschristmas hashtag and urge people to give small sums to charity. 7.30pm? Something like that?
December 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Tomorrow evening it’ll be my annual duty to vaguely shepherd the activity on the #duvetknowitschristmas hashtag and urge people to give small sums to charity. 7.30pm? Something like that?
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From 22nd Dec 1940 for two nights, about 1,000 people died in Manchester's Christmas Blitz. My mother was aged eight and a bomb destroyed the family's home in Hulme while they were in it. They saved themselves by diving under the kitchen table - mum, dad, three kids, budgie.
December 22, 2025 at 8:48 AM
From 22nd Dec 1940 for two nights, about 1,000 people died in Manchester's Christmas Blitz. My mother was aged eight and a bomb destroyed the family's home in Hulme while they were in it. They saved themselves by diving under the kitchen table - mum, dad, three kids, budgie.
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What if 2026 turns out to be two 2025s in a trench coat
December 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
What if 2026 turns out to be two 2025s in a trench coat
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FESTIVE FRIDAY FUN!
Share your Tudor ship name with us in the comments!
Share your Tudor ship name with us in the comments!
December 19, 2025 at 9:02 AM
FESTIVE FRIDAY FUN!
Share your Tudor ship name with us in the comments!
Share your Tudor ship name with us in the comments!
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Still looking for that perfect Christmas gift?
We have a huge range of unique, expert-led workshops lined up for 2026! From bronze casting and Stone Age sewing, to corn dollies, belt weaving, chainmail & flintknapping..
Check out our 2026 workshops: www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/whats-on/cal...
We have a huge range of unique, expert-led workshops lined up for 2026! From bronze casting and Stone Age sewing, to corn dollies, belt weaving, chainmail & flintknapping..
Check out our 2026 workshops: www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/whats-on/cal...
December 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Still looking for that perfect Christmas gift?
We have a huge range of unique, expert-led workshops lined up for 2026! From bronze casting and Stone Age sewing, to corn dollies, belt weaving, chainmail & flintknapping..
Check out our 2026 workshops: www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/whats-on/cal...
We have a huge range of unique, expert-led workshops lined up for 2026! From bronze casting and Stone Age sewing, to corn dollies, belt weaving, chainmail & flintknapping..
Check out our 2026 workshops: www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/whats-on/cal...
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Auditors and new officials have been turning over stones at the body in charge of Teesworks. Turns out the Tees Valley Combined Authority has been lending hundreds of millions of £ to connected orgs, without loan agreements, and those orgs are now struggling to repay
as.ft.com/r/ac457745-4...
as.ft.com/r/ac457745-4...
Auditors raise red flags at public body run by Ben Houchen
[FREE TO READ] EY said errors included ‘material misstatements’ in latest setback for Conservative metro mayor Lord Houchen
as.ft.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Auditors and new officials have been turning over stones at the body in charge of Teesworks. Turns out the Tees Valley Combined Authority has been lending hundreds of millions of £ to connected orgs, without loan agreements, and those orgs are now struggling to repay
as.ft.com/r/ac457745-4...
as.ft.com/r/ac457745-4...
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Wow! Lichfield Cathedral looking amazing this Christmas.
The Robin’s Reward, #Illuminos.
Monday 15 - Sunday 21 December 17:30
📷 Bruce Adams - Daily Mail
The Robin’s Reward, #Illuminos.
Monday 15 - Sunday 21 December 17:30
📷 Bruce Adams - Daily Mail
December 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Wow! Lichfield Cathedral looking amazing this Christmas.
The Robin’s Reward, #Illuminos.
Monday 15 - Sunday 21 December 17:30
📷 Bruce Adams - Daily Mail
The Robin’s Reward, #Illuminos.
Monday 15 - Sunday 21 December 17:30
📷 Bruce Adams - Daily Mail
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It’s #Chemistree season! Here’s one I made back in 2016. The use of an upside-down pear-shaped flask as a tree topper was, in retrospect, an unfortunate choice…
#Chemsky
#Chemsky
December 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
It’s #Chemistree season! Here’s one I made back in 2016. The use of an upside-down pear-shaped flask as a tree topper was, in retrospect, an unfortunate choice…
#Chemsky
#Chemsky
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Today's star of the show for Day 15 of our advent calendar is the most medieval of medieval things.
Yes our Evidence Chest. Bought second hand in 1488 this oak chest kept all the important documents belonging to the Merchant Adventurers.
That's 668 years of history... 🤯
Yes our Evidence Chest. Bought second hand in 1488 this oak chest kept all the important documents belonging to the Merchant Adventurers.
That's 668 years of history... 🤯
December 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Today's star of the show for Day 15 of our advent calendar is the most medieval of medieval things.
Yes our Evidence Chest. Bought second hand in 1488 this oak chest kept all the important documents belonging to the Merchant Adventurers.
That's 668 years of history... 🤯
Yes our Evidence Chest. Bought second hand in 1488 this oak chest kept all the important documents belonging to the Merchant Adventurers.
That's 668 years of history... 🤯
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As the news is unremittingly bleak today, please accept this pic of an owl wearing a Santa hat as a mood lightener
December 15, 2025 at 10:50 AM
As the news is unremittingly bleak today, please accept this pic of an owl wearing a Santa hat as a mood lightener
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A vintage Father Christmas costume and mask.
December 15, 2025 at 9:30 AM
A vintage Father Christmas costume and mask.
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We asked our teams to share some of the sad* Christmas decorations in the collections they help care for.
*Note: Not all are sad. Some are ever so slightly odd and all are weirdly wonderful.
*Note: Not all are sad. Some are ever so slightly odd and all are weirdly wonderful.
December 15, 2025 at 9:30 AM
We asked our teams to share some of the sad* Christmas decorations in the collections they help care for.
*Note: Not all are sad. Some are ever so slightly odd and all are weirdly wonderful.
*Note: Not all are sad. Some are ever so slightly odd and all are weirdly wonderful.
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My new book, Elemental, the geopolitics of climate change, is now available @bookshop.org on a discount. Here's 3 reasons to buy:
- You support local, independent bookshops
- You get a great price
- You help me enormously because pre-sales are really important 😀
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/elem...
- You support local, independent bookshops
- You get a great price
- You help me enormously because pre-sales are really important 😀
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/elem...
Elemental: How We Will Live on a Warming Planet: The first comprehensive account of the geopolitics of climate change
The first comprehensive account of the geopolitics of climate change
uk.bookshop.org
December 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
My new book, Elemental, the geopolitics of climate change, is now available @bookshop.org on a discount. Here's 3 reasons to buy:
- You support local, independent bookshops
- You get a great price
- You help me enormously because pre-sales are really important 😀
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/elem...
- You support local, independent bookshops
- You get a great price
- You help me enormously because pre-sales are really important 😀
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/elem...
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Festive finds at the @bodssloxford.bsky.social! ☃️
December 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Festive finds at the @bodssloxford.bsky.social! ☃️
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Ever seen a seal try to chase a seagull before? Well you have now!
December 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Ever seen a seal try to chase a seagull before? Well you have now!
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I went to go and buy one of the books recommend here and found I'd already bought it 4 years ago and then completely forgotten so I guess I can read it for free now. Anyway some v good recs below, I've read a few of them now and no regrets yet.
Book recommendation? Fiction, lots of story, not too heavy. I thank you.
December 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I went to go and buy one of the books recommend here and found I'd already bought it 4 years ago and then completely forgotten so I guess I can read it for free now. Anyway some v good recs below, I've read a few of them now and no regrets yet.
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Here's a handy guide to growing fruit trees in small spaces, starring Steph Dunn James, Managing Director of Frank P. Matthews, via the GrowVeg channel on YT.
How to Grow Your Own Micro-Orchard
YouTube video by GrowVeg
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December 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Here's a handy guide to growing fruit trees in small spaces, starring Steph Dunn James, Managing Director of Frank P. Matthews, via the GrowVeg channel on YT.
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It's been a hive of activity at Blakeney Point for our grey seal live stream! Have you been tuning in?
We're streaming 24/7, don't miss a second right here: buff.ly/BWjEbXz
We're streaming 24/7, don't miss a second right here: buff.ly/BWjEbXz
December 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
It's been a hive of activity at Blakeney Point for our grey seal live stream! Have you been tuning in?
We're streaming 24/7, don't miss a second right here: buff.ly/BWjEbXz
We're streaming 24/7, don't miss a second right here: buff.ly/BWjEbXz
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Did you know..?
One of Norwich Cathedral's greatest treasures, the Despenser Reredos, is the only surviving medieval English altarpiece with scenes from Christ’s Passion.
Until 1847 it was the underside of a table, saving it from destruction over the years.
cathedral.org.uk/cathedral-hi...
One of Norwich Cathedral's greatest treasures, the Despenser Reredos, is the only surviving medieval English altarpiece with scenes from Christ’s Passion.
Until 1847 it was the underside of a table, saving it from destruction over the years.
cathedral.org.uk/cathedral-hi...
December 6, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Did you know..?
One of Norwich Cathedral's greatest treasures, the Despenser Reredos, is the only surviving medieval English altarpiece with scenes from Christ’s Passion.
Until 1847 it was the underside of a table, saving it from destruction over the years.
cathedral.org.uk/cathedral-hi...
One of Norwich Cathedral's greatest treasures, the Despenser Reredos, is the only surviving medieval English altarpiece with scenes from Christ’s Passion.
Until 1847 it was the underside of a table, saving it from destruction over the years.
cathedral.org.uk/cathedral-hi...
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Not many people need a cherry-picker to decorate their Christmas tree, but the team at Cragside do.
Their tree stands an incredible 44.7 metres tall - more than twice the height of the Angel of the North. And... it's a record breaker.
Their tree stands an incredible 44.7 metres tall - more than twice the height of the Angel of the North. And... it's a record breaker.
December 6, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Not many people need a cherry-picker to decorate their Christmas tree, but the team at Cragside do.
Their tree stands an incredible 44.7 metres tall - more than twice the height of the Angel of the North. And... it's a record breaker.
Their tree stands an incredible 44.7 metres tall - more than twice the height of the Angel of the North. And... it's a record breaker.
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Thank God for Bluesky: A little love letter to the people who would not compromise with Nazis iandunt.substack.com/p/thank-god-...
Thank God for Bluesky
Yes, it's eager. Yes, it's censorious. But it has the very considerable advantage of not being fascist.
iandunt.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Thank God for Bluesky: A little love letter to the people who would not compromise with Nazis iandunt.substack.com/p/thank-god-...
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ICYMI, why the ‘rubbish mountain’ will likely be there for years.
My latest: in which I visit Oxfordshire's 'Rubbish Mountain', buy a Twirl in the country's most violent Sainsbury's, and explore the absolutely dismal response of the Environment Agency.
Rubbish Mountain
A gigantic pile of rubbish was dumped in a field in Oxfordshire. The response sums up everything wrong with British bureaucracy.
martinrobbins.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
ICYMI, why the ‘rubbish mountain’ will likely be there for years.