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Fishbourne Roman Palace
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Romans, Archaeology, Museums, Typos.

We're not a villa and we don't do Latin.
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It's not a pig. It's a capybara.
December 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Serious Pac Man vibes...
#MosaicMonday
An overhead shot of three crouching people cleaning with brushes an stunning Roman mosaic. The mosaic design resembles a maze, picked out in red, with black and white triangles that give a clever 3D effect.
December 8, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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It's a very popular hobby.
December 7, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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#SundayHuxley went to the pub and pretended to be a rug.
A bored-looking golden retriever laying right in the middle of the wooden floor of a pub. Anybody who would like to pass is, in his view, welcome to go around him or step over him. Him moving is absolutely out of the question.
December 7, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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We have recently discovered we have an "I" shortage and far too many "Ys" and "Es".

So to remedy this we are holding an emergency...
🎅*WINTER FAYRE* 🎅

It is absolutely not a Fair, but it is TOMORROW!
It's a flyer for a Winter Fayre. The key information is that it's at Fishbourne Roman Palace, 10am to 4pm on the 6th December. It's 5 pounds for adults and 3 pounds for children and if you visit you can expect to find local craft stalls, a christmas trail, food and drink and festive cheer.
December 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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December 4, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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"Cuddly and adorable".
December 4, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Agreed.
December 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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The clues are certainly there...
December 4, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Ahem....
December 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Wait.... We've re-run the numbers.
December 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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And we have a ready-made leader!
December 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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??
December 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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December 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Is this how rumors start? 😳
It's a cloud showing the bluesky profile images of different accounts. The long and the short of it is that @merchantshallyork feature pretty highly.
December 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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None of this surprises us one little bit.
December 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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We're this bird who's just been caught killing an antelope by that lion. 😳
December 1, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Look at this! For the first time since it was found, partially excavated and dispersed in the 1950s, someone has digitally reconstructed the 6th century mosaic from Qasr el-Lebia in Cyrenacia, Libya. 😮🤯

#MosaicMonday
An ancient mosaic of astonishing complexity and beauty. The design is 10 rows of 5 squares in a grid formation. Each is separated by a coloured twisted rope border. Each square shows a different design - either animals, plants, buildings or people. Wowser.
December 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Huxley enjoying his walk in the Autumn sun.
Putting the 'Golden' into 'Golden Retriever'. 🥰😘
#SundayHuxley
A golden retriever in his golden years bathed in golden autumn sunshine. He has a faraway look, facing south towards the sun. Good Boy, Huxley.
November 30, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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😍🤩
November 29, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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For "reasons" we've been thinking about the Lloyds Bank Turd: the biggest fossilized human poo ever found (it's from Viking York).

It's 8" long and 2" wide. We asked AI what else is that size...

"A large cucumber, a deck of card or a thick smartphone", apparently. 😬
We won't mess with you. This is a poo. It's a bit shiny and held in some kind of perspex mount, but it's undeniably a poo.
November 27, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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We can neither confirm nor deny.
November 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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We were today years old when we learned there's a Lock button on SD cards. 😳🤯
A close up of an SD card with a big red arrow pointing to the lock switch on the side.
November 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Huzzah! Our favourite journal has landed! 🤩

If anybody needs us for the rest of the day, then tough cheese.
A cup of coffee and a Tunnocks wafer biscuit on a desk next to a publication called "Mosaic - The journal of ASPROM, the Association and Study of the Preservation of Roman Mosaics".
November 25, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Nice! But we can't help thinking the twisted border lost it's way a bit here.

#MosaicMonday
November 24, 2025 at 9:53 AM