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Tim Powell @tepowell.bsky.social · 2d

Usually with white flowers, this lovely purple Alyssum (or Seaside Lobularia, though a long way from the coast) was an unexpected discovery this lunchtime. I like the pleasing effect of the fallen autumn leaves around the flowers.
#morethanweeds

Small purple flowers, in circular clumps of a dozen or so blooms, amid a variety of fallen autumn leaves.

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PHAIS Essex @phaisessex.bsky.social · 5d

"More than just sportswear" - read former MA Heritage & Museum Studies student Stijn van Gerrevink's article on football shirts as heritage:

footballmakeshistory.eu/football-shi...

Football Shirts as Heritage: Archiving Identity - Football Makes History

This article examines the approaches of three English clubs to archiving football shirts, highlighting their heritage value as symbols of identity, memory, and community.

footballmakeshistory.eu

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Jane Winters @jfwinters.bsky.social · 8d

Join us on 20 November for the Annual Digital Lecture, a partnership between The National Archives, UK and the School of Advanced Study. The wonderful @nannathylstrup.bsky.social will be speaking about ‘When saving becomes loss: archival memory in the digital age’. Free to register!

When saving becomes loss: Archival memory in the digital age

Explore archival memory, data loss, and attempts to preserve the past in the digital age at this year’s Annual Digital Lecture.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Tim Powell @tepowell.bsky.social · 9d

Oh yes, I feel I got my money's worth!

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Tim Powell @tepowell.bsky.social · 9d

A fine city.

Tim Powell @tepowell.bsky.social · 9d

How long's your journey? I'm on the train to Edinburgh. Though thanks to an upgrade, not nearly as arduous as it might have been.

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Tim Powell @tepowell.bsky.social · 10d

An early atumn sighting this afternoon of Purple Toadsflax. Very good for bees. #morethanweeds

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Tim Powell @tepowell.bsky.social · 25d

All heroes are flawed. Otherwise they're fictional characters.

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Tim Powell @tepowell.bsky.social · Sep 6

Buffet supper for a biggish family get-together. I deserve this glass of red. #ConfinedCocktails

Buffet supper: quiche, olives, rolls and crackers.

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Tim Powell @tepowell.bsky.social · Sep 2

I remember liver and bacon, I loved it. All my school dinner puddings, though, were served with so much pink custard, you couldn't tell what they were.

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Tim Powell @tepowell.bsky.social · Sep 2

Sounds like the Infinite Improbability Drive ((c) Douglas Adams)

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Tim Powell @tepowell.bsky.social · Aug 29

Fantastic!

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Tim Powell @tepowell.bsky.social · Aug 28

Good grief, I've found they've pinched my stuff too.

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Migration Museum @migrationmuseum.org · Aug 21

Join the Migration Museum team for a walking tour exploring the incredible stories of the generations of migrants who’ve lived, worked, and shaped the City of London.

🗓️ Sat 13 Sept 2025
🕜 1.30–3pm
📍 Starts behind the Royal Exchange, London EC3V 3LL
🔗 Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/migration-...

Migration Museum Walking Tour

Discover 2000 years of migration history, following the stories of generations of migrants that have shaped the City of London.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Tim Powell @tepowell.bsky.social · Aug 24

Wow, that's a great haul!

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Tim Powell @tepowell.bsky.social · Aug 23

And what a day to do it! Nothing like owning your own ground!

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Tim Powell @tepowell.bsky.social · Aug 20

I found these sunflowers apparently growing wild in a back alley (though I wonder if they could have been planted to bring some joy to passers by). Magnificent. #morethanweeds

A group of sunflowers, a dozen or more, brightening a passage-way in Bath

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Tim Powell @tepowell.bsky.social · Aug 18

Someone, Stephen Fry, I think, suggested the best way not to have anyone sit next to you was to smile broadly at them and pat the empty seat next to you.

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Tim Powell @tepowell.bsky.social · Aug 18

Thanks!

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Tim Powell @tepowell.bsky.social · Aug 17

But only in their original languages, of course.

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · Aug 17

Yikes - the land surrounding the Cerne Abbas Giant is up for sale!

Lot 1 is top-quality chalk downland bursting with wildflowers & butterflies - orchids, skippers… going for £950k. It absolutely needs to be preserved. Hope the NT or similar can buy

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Tim Powell @tepowell.bsky.social · Aug 15

That was my take as well.

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Tim Powell @tepowell.bsky.social · Aug 15

Having been there with my M & D, death is such a trial for the living.

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Tim Powell @tepowell.bsky.social · Aug 15

Oh, such a difficult choice. The Ambush.

Tim Powell @tepowell.bsky.social · Aug 14

Plymouth University, Maritime Business and Logistics.

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