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RJ1611
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Genealogist & family historian, studying with the IHGS | 17th century & British/English Civil Wars researcher | Biographer of ECW painter William Dobson | currently cataloguing 1640s British portraits | Loves Jack Russells, tea and peanut butter
It isn't only #BBCNews that struggles with poor or absent proof-reading.

This gem is from the #Guardian. 😄
December 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The who, Beeb? 🤨

What's even more embarrassing for the inept editor who has clearly forgotten Will and Kate's not-so-recent royal promotion, is that the accompanying article correctly identifies them as the Prince and Princess of Wales...

#BBC #BBCFail
November 30, 2025 at 11:02 AM
A li'l timeline cleanse to hopefully make you smile!

Introducing Susy. 9mths, mad as a fish, currently in Spaniel adolescence so not listening or responding, destroying everything in sight & making us wonder WTH we were thinking.

But she's loving, hilarious & still just a baby. We'll get there! 😁🐕
November 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I'm curious, what software do others use when working out tentative trees?

There are a lot of tree-builders, but I've found nothing to beat Genopro for letting you create from scratch. It's brilliant for adding notes, & workings out, and the page expands the more you add. 💙

#genealogy
November 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
So sick of seeing this #Cloudflare page everywhere when trying to access websites lately.

Gave up trying to use Music Magpie because the fecking thing just wouldn't verify (on any browser). Close to quitting #Waterstones too for same reason.

The amount of faff just to view a site now is insane.
November 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Nope, still have mine! 😍
November 21, 2025 at 1:54 AM
This is why I love #AnimalCrossing. 😆

#Nintendo #games
November 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
New books! 🤤 Thank you employee reward voucher scheme!
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
For the love of God, #BBC, PROOFREAD!!!!! 🙈
November 3, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Pondering this gentleman by Dobson, as I frequently do, and puzzling his identity.

Often described as a naval officer, because of the symbolism behind him representing travel or the maritime world, & the paper in his hand assumed to be a naval officer's orders.

He's also been wrongly named as
November 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
"The assault was of a very trumpery character".

Nope. No idea. Anyone? 😄

#genealogy #history
October 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Make that following 175.9k...minus one. 🙄

Getting a lot of these 'I'm following everyone on Bluesky' followers atm.

Has a new batch of spam bots hatched today?
October 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I always enjoy visiting National Maritime Museum Greenwich, but there's one thing that always bugs the crap out of me. The lighting.

Specifically, the ceiling spotlights that make it almost impossible to see paintings on upper walls.

I could only see 2 of the 4 "Flagmen" properly this time. 😒
October 17, 2025 at 11:28 AM
All aboard the Good Shipp "Blottinge". #slgh

#Ancestry #SHGTSS #genealogy
October 11, 2025 at 10:59 PM
And so it starts.

THIS is why so many are opposed to digital IDs: creeping #surveillance of every part of our lives, all from one handy access point and likely freely available to any interested party.

IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.😠

#DigitalId #Labour #BritCard
October 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
October 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Not good enough, #Nivea. You can't have a mission statement all about ethics and being cruelty-free if you openly admit that if it's not legal somewhere to avoid animal testing, you may still do it. Either you're 100% #crueltyfree & stand by that, or you're not.

Another for my no-buy list. 😠
October 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
My Rocky, 12th January 2023, aged 15. 😪
October 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
It's a great birthday when I get to enjoy the day with a #WilliamDobson portrait! 🥰 Even better that at Queen's House #Greenwich I can also catch up with the most gorgeous man on canvas, Admiral Sir John Harman as well. ❤️ Two in one!

Thank you #NMM! #HappyBirthdayMe #17thCentury #EarlyModern
September 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
It's embarrassing how the royals and dignitaries are crawling up his expansive rear end. 🤢

Fortunately the ordinary people have other ideas....!
September 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Welcome to Britain! 🤣

#protest #class
September 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Unfortunately I only have one version of the image, which is a screenshot of an original photo emailed via a friend of a friend...😄

Longer excerpt attached!
September 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Any ideas? I've been looking at this since last night but it's not swimming into focus! 🤔

It's a 17thC letter from a soldier during the #EnglishCivilWar.

The rest of the line reads:

"...duringe the time that his Regiment was [????] at
the seidge of Glouster...."

#Earlymodern #palaeography
September 12, 2025 at 9:10 PM
September 8, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Oh, come ON, #BBC. 🙄

Apart from the wince-inducing typo, summer only ended a few days ago, so announcing this as the 'first engagement since summer' is a bit stupid.

What has happened to journalism at the BBC? 5 year olds could do a better job than their so-called 'journalists'.
September 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM