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Susanna Reece

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Law, knitting, botany, Italian in descending order of competence. Oxford, Shetland and Italy.

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Susanna Reece @susannareece.bsky.social · 24d

Not the best photo but definitely my #favouriteplant this year, Dactylorhiza incarnata, early marsh-orchid in the dunes of the south end of #Shetland #WildflowerHour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

A blood-red early marsh-orchid flowering in grass in the Shetland Isles

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Alexandra Wilson @amwilson.bsky.social · 1d

This book means more to me than any other book I have written. I want to get copies into the hands of everyone who cares about opera or is interested in the broader cultural history of our country.

Please consider buying a copy. Thank you. 🙏

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T. Michael Redmond @tmr65.bsky.social · 15h

Always look up, Rome edition (but not Sistine Chapel, questo è proibito!). This is the baroque ceiling fresco of Chiesa di Sant'Ignazio di Loyola representing the life of Ignatius of Loyola, a founder of the Catholic order of the Society of Jesus. The late Francis was the first pope of this order.

A highly ornate ceiling depicting holy works of a saint executed in a trompe l'œil fashion. Large numbers of angels feature. Three windows are at the top and three windows are at the bottom of the image.

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Opera Rara @operarara.bsky.social · 21h

And to discover more women composers from both the past and present, join our colleagues from the Donne Foundation on Saturday @royalalberthall.bsky.social for their Fortissima concert - a femmage to the heroines of music: www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/even...

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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 6d

We won! #Movers&Shakers won the Gold award for Impact at the #BritishPodcastAwards

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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 7d

Jane Goodall, the trailblazing naturalist whose intimate observations of chimpanzees in the African wild produced powerful insights that transformed basic conceptions of humankind, has died. She was 91.

Read more about her legacy www.latimes.com/obituaries/s...

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Boris Giltburg @borisgiltburg.bsky.social · 8d

The last prelude of the Rachmaninov cycle – unknown, and undeservedly so!! Such a magnificent close to the entire cycle!

You can hear all 24 from @southbankcentre.bsky.social on @bbcradio3bot.bsky.social at 19:30 UK time today (or at any point in the next 30 days): www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Susanna Reece @susannareece.bsky.social · 8d

I was once asked by some tourists on the High Street in Oxford where the ‘comic book store’ was and I spotted that the map they had on their phone was of Oxford Mississippi. I don’t think they believed me!

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 10d

‘For a sense of how much Moldova has mattered to Putin, one only has to look at how much Russia has spent to rig this election and the widespread bomb threats.’

Great piece on the significance of the Moldova election by @snellarthur.bsky.social. ~AA

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In their defiance of Putin the bravery of Moldovans cannot be overstated

By Arthur Snell

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Dr Jo Ball @drjeball.bsky.social · 12d

A #Roman figurine of a lizard, carved from a single piece of hyaline quartz. It was found in a Gallo-Roman tomb in Belgium, where it was buried as part of an assortment of grave goods about 2000 years ago (📷 MFAH, Brussels) 🏺 AncientBlueSky #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology

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Susanna Reece @susannareece.bsky.social · 11d

Target now achieved 😍

Susanna Reece @susannareece.bsky.social · 12d

Museum still needs donations to keep Iron Age hoard - please support if you can

Susanna Reece @susannareece.bsky.social · Jul 29

Please help the Oxfordshire Museum acquire some local treasure! www.friendsoftom.org.uk/acquisitions...

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Ron McIntyre @ronmac11.bsky.social · 12d

Should have flown off Fair Isle this morning but flights cancelled, may be here a few more days but there are benefits!
#birds

Sparrow hawk trapped and ringed, about to be released.

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Susanna Reece @susannareece.bsky.social · 12d

I wrote about the Electrical Association for Women here - it looks like the edition can be downloaded free www.balh.org.uk/publication-...

The Local Historian Volume 28, Number 2 May 1998 | | Local History News | British Association For Local History

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Andy Brockman @andybrockman.bsky.social · 13d

“This Oxfordshire hoard, buried nearly 2,000 years ago, really belongs to all of Oxfordshire residents.'
Angie Bolton, curator of archaeology, Oxfordshire museum service

But the sad fact is, under current legislation, Treasure Hoards can be sold for private profit, broken up and never seen again.

Time running out to save metal detectorist's hoard

Time is running out to help Friends of the Oxfordshire Museum acquire an Iron Age hoard discovered by a metal detectorist near Henley.

www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk

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Susanna Reece @susannareece.bsky.social · 12d

Museum still needs donations to keep Iron Age hoard - please support if you can

Susanna Reece @susannareece.bsky.social · Jul 29

Please help the Oxfordshire Museum acquire some local treasure! www.friendsoftom.org.uk/acquisitions...

Help Save Oxfordshire's Iron Age Hoard — Friends of the Oxfordshire Museum

Help us, the Friends of Oxfordshire Museum, raise £10,500 to acquire an important Iron Age Hoard for the Oxfordshire Museums Service collection. Your support safeguards this special hoard forever. Cl...

www.friendsoftom.org.uk

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James Harding-Morris @bsbicountries.bsky.social · 17d

Some positive plant news from the BSBI - Holly Fern rediscovered in Cwm Idwal after 150 years! share.google/ZlNYNfC4f6h2...

And with a quote from our very own @bsbicymru.bsky.social

Plant Atlas maps for Holly Fern here: share.google/9t1TB44l1G1i...

“A remarkable discovery”: Rare fern found in Welsh valley 150 years after being wiped out by Victorians | Countryfile.com

The young holly fern was rediscovered by a naturalist on the rugged slopes of Cwm Idwal in Eryri National Park.

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Susanna Reece @susannareece.bsky.social · 16d

Really beautiful, Charlotte, words and picture. Just right for today.

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Charlotte Strawbridge @cstrawbridgeart.bsky.social · 17d

Fox sits in gold and brambles, as the crisp air draws near.
He breathes out, accepting this shift in the year.
Cold is returning, inviting him to retreat.
As the trees speak of change and the hope of release.
No need to hold tightly, just trust and know.
Autumn Equinox teaches the spirit to let go.

Fox sitting in a circle of gold, acorns, leaves and blackberries

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 18d

Sarah Ross-Thompson, fine art printmaker based on the West Coast of Scotland #ReframingWomenPrintmakers

Print featuring a blue seascape with rocky shore and cliffs in the background right

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linguagroover.bsky.social @linguagroover.bsky.social · 18d

🕺Saw it last month… here’s an inside view.

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Liza Adamczewski aka the accidental ecologist @lizaadamczewski.bsky.social · 19d

Love a bit of lichen hunting at the beach or anywhere really

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 18d

The amazing Roman pharos (lighthouse) at Dover, still standing after almost 2,000 years! 🤩

The tallest surviving Roman structure in Britain, and one of only three surviving lighthouses from the former Roman Empire! Dated 1st-2nd century AD.

📷 by me

#RomanSiteSaturday
#Archaeology

My photo shows the ruin of an eight-sided Roman brick lighthouse with four stepped levels. There is a doorway at ground level, above which, on the upper three levels, are narrow rectangular window openings. It stands 15.8 metres high and is 12.2 metres wide at the base. Roman fabric survives to a height of 12.5 m. The brickwork of the uppermost level was reconstructed for use as a church bell tower for the adjacent Anglo-Saxon church of St Mary in Castro of which a small portion can be seen in my photo on the right hand side. The Pharos is dated 1st century - early 2nd century AD and is one of a pair originally built on the headland flanking each side of the Roman port of Dubris (Dover). It now stands within the grounds of Dover Castle.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 21d

Agnes Kasparkova, 90-Year-Old Czech former agricultural worker who turned her small village into an art gallery by painting traditional Moravian motifs on the local houses. The project went on for over 13 years #WomensArt

Various photos of houses with white walls and blue painted floral designs, as well as the artist herself at work

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 22d

🇪🇺 Exceptional speech from James MacCleary on the importance of the Balkans, and protecting Eastern European democracy.

🇷🇺 "The UK must send an unmistakable the Balkans cannot become a playground for Moscow's interference."

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 22d

Style lessons from Robert Redford, one of the most stylish men in the last century. 🧵

Apologies for not adding alt text to all these photos. My cat is screaming her head off and if I don't let her outside right this instance, where I have to accompany her, I might die.

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phoenixmcarthur @mmcarthur.bsky.social · 24d

Hilma af Klint :
No. 113, Group III, The Parsifal Series, 1916

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