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Your turn to choose! 🤩

The People's Choice for our annual photography competition is now open, with the winner taking home £100. Voting closes on 31 January. Good luck to those shortlisted!

Vote here: www.southdowns.gov.uk/south-downs-... 👋

📸: Jamie Fielding
January 14, 2026 at 6:45 AM
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While sorting out the Orc photos and video, I also took the opportunity to reorganise my Tolkien’s Middle-earth page on my website. Here you’ll find some of my articles on Elves and Dwarves, as well as the battle reports for Five Armies and Tumhalad. mogsymakes.net/tolkiens-mid... #wargaming
Tolkien’s Middle-earth
Bolg’s Goblins charge towards the Lonely Mountain at the Battle of Five Armies What is there to say? I was introduced to Tolkien’s quintessential fantasy world by the BBC Radio dramatis…
mogsymakes.net
January 12, 2026 at 7:35 PM
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Happy birthday to our neighbour HMS Victory, which moved into No. 2 Dock in Portsmouth Dockyard on this day, 12 January 1922.
January 12, 2026 at 11:41 AM
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Love that he's sat through seven decades of Thanksgiving meals without wondering why they happen.
January 12, 2026 at 2:41 PM
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As suspected Allysa Healy is going to retire before the T20 World Cup
www.cricket.com.au/news/4433021...?
Captain Healy to retire from all cricket at end of the summer | cricket.com.au
Alyssa Healy will hang up the gloves after a decorated 16-year career for Australia
www.cricket.com.au
January 12, 2026 at 7:13 PM
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My great stone dragon is done! (Bar the eye glowies and the base) Pretty happy with the colours although I probably went over board with the moss ha ha

#warhammer #warhammercommunity #ageofsigmar #aos #grandcathay #cathay #nerdlings
January 11, 2026 at 9:54 PM
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Surround yourself with the kind of people who make small talk with stray animals.
January 11, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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Still can't stop thinking about this amazing estuary of golden sandbanks.

Kyle of Durness #Scotland, Dec 2025

#DronePhotography #DJIMavic3Pro
January 11, 2026 at 9:33 PM
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It won't be long now!🌼

📷Snowdrops © Alan Price
January 11, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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This is how they played The First of Us
🚨FLASH : on a retrouvé une manette de l'âge de pierre, indiquant que nos ancêtres jouaient déjà aux jeux vidéos.
January 10, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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Sir Joseph Lister, 'father of antiseptic surgery', whose principles of cleanliness transformed medicine, born #OTD 1827; conducted first antiseptic operation 1865.
One of only two physicians to be accorded a London memorial.
Photo 1860 Wellcome Collection | Lord Lister memorial 1924, Portland Place
January 11, 2026 at 5:49 AM
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It's the final week of entries for our prestigious astrophotography competition - with a chance to win up to £100! ⭐

With 5 categories to choose from, we’re looking for photos that showcase the spirit of the National Park at night.

Full info: www.southdowns.gov.uk/dark-night-s...

📸: John Fox
January 11, 2026 at 6:00 AM
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"this is fine"

British Library Manuscript - royal ms 20 a ii f3r
November 16, 2024 at 11:36 AM
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We interrupt your feed to bring you this fluffy chap adopting what we like to call the Spread Bearded Tit.

The name is still being workshopped…
January 10, 2026 at 7:36 PM
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Here is a video of a frozen creek that had begun to thaw, and the water was flowing beneath the thin ice on top. I took this because it was soothing and wonderfully bloopy and I wanted to listen to it for hours. You are all welcome to enjoy it, too. Let your brain settle here and rest for a moment.
January 10, 2026 at 4:57 AM
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More relevant than ever, and by popular demand: another LIMITED run of our Antifa miniatures shirt courtesy of SlowDeath Games. Available in red or black and several sizes.

Only in the shop for a couple of weeks so nobody's waiting forever for these to arrive. Grab yours now, terrorists!
January 9, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
January 9, 2026 at 11:25 PM
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The 100km Serpent Trail passes through terrain unlike any other in the National Park.

The route connects what remains of lowland heath - one of the rarest habitats in the world.⠀

Plan your own Serpent Trail adventure: www.southdowns.gov.uk/get-active/s... 👋

📸: SDNPA
January 10, 2026 at 6:00 AM
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Hypocaust Fans of BlueSky unite!

The wonderful Brading Roman Villa's underfloor heating system is officially *at risk*. 😢

Can we help them? Ideas?

www.iwradio.co.uk/news-post/br...
January 9, 2026 at 7:42 PM
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It’s 36 years since a Swansea fan invaded the pitch (and scored) at Anfield in the FA Cup.

So much to enjoy here:

- The shoes
- The denim
- The melodic slow-mo
- And then the steward’s slide tackle that finally sends him sprawling

This is CINEMA.
January 9, 2026 at 8:27 PM
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I have work to do but Francie needs my arm for a pillow so 🤷🏻‍♀️
January 9, 2026 at 7:44 PM
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ancient city of shuanglin, hangzhou, china.
January 9, 2026 at 6:41 AM
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A moment of reflection.

📸: Tim Squire
January 9, 2026 at 6:00 AM
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A throwback to a beautifully hoar-frosted morning on the River Arun in West Sussex.

📸: Stuart East
January 8, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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Château d’Anet, known for distinctive chapel, with diagonal coffered dome reflecting the floor, designed c.1550 by foremost French Renaissance architect Philibert de l’Orme, innovator, humanist, author of Le Premier Tome de l’Architecture (1567); died #OTD 1570.
Monument Historique, Eure-et-Loir
January 8, 2026 at 5:57 AM