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Wim Van Mierlo @wvmierlo.bsky.social · 3d

The Godfather
The Lord of the Rings
Star Wars

I don't consider these cultural holes.

Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 3d

Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?

I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.

Wim Van Mierlo @wvmierlo.bsky.social · 4d

Vicars' Close, Wells, April 2025

#photography #ukphotographer #heritagephotography #documentingbritain #blackandwhitephotography #Wells #Somerset #nikon

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Caspar Wort @casparwortpoet.bsky.social · 7d

Do you like poetry?

Regardless of the answer I need your help!

As part of my doctoral research @lborouniversity.bsky.social @lboroenglish.bsky.social I am collecting responses to poetry.

Just click or tap here to start or scan the QR code: forms.office.com/e/cbXmyRCYnU

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Wim Van Mierlo @wvmierlo.bsky.social · 7d

Vicars' Close Wells Cathedral, April 2025

#photography #ukphotographer #beestoncreatives #heritagephotography #documentingbritain #documentingplaces #blackandwhiteext-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400">#blackandwhitephotography #blackandwhite #monochrome #ClassicMono #nikon #Wells #Somerset #eye_collective

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Wim Van Mierlo @wvmierlo.bsky.social · 9d

Exterior, Wells Cathedral, April 2025

#photography #ukphotographer #heritagephotography #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #classicmono #MonochromeMonday #photomonday #nikon #Wells #Somerset #cathedral

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A detail of the Cathedral's facade, looking at the corner of the building, with arches and religious statues in black and white.

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Martin Cuddy @cuddy30.bsky.social · 11d

5 years ago, the Government consulted on how dangerous pavement parking could be tackled in England. The Government has yet to respond.

If pavement parking is a problem in your area – fill out the form and add to the map of danger hotspots across the UK.

‪@livingstreets.bsky.social‬

Map pavement parking hotspots

Five years ago, the Government consulted on how the dangerous practice of pavement parking could be tackled in England. The Government has yet to respond. Together we want to show how pavement parkin...

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Wim Van Mierlo @wvmierlo.bsky.social · 9d

Western elevation, Wells Cathedral, April 2025

#photography #ukphotographer #heritagephotography #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #nikon #cathedral #Wells #Somerset #architecture

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Wim Van Mierlo @wvmierlo.bsky.social · 12d

I found this short article illuminating, @sadiseshiah.bsky.social.

wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...

#HE #HigherEducation #University #UK

Understanding the 2026 league tables

We look for surprises, but it is the fine detail that holds the key to getting the best out of university league tables

wonkhe.com

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 13d

'If you plunge into the subject tables you will find more that may surprise you. The only people that really care about individual placings are university senior managers and marketing teams.'

Understanding the 2026 league tables

We look for surprises, but it is the fine detail that holds the key to getting the best out of university league tables

wonkhe.com

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Victoria County History @vch-home.bsky.social · 14d

Pamela Fisher - @leicsvcht.bsky.social - has written for the @ihr.bsky.social 'On History' blog about her recent community history project on the minute holiday resort of Nanpantan.

A handful of farms, a pub, a crossroads, a leisure space for the working people of #Loughborough. #Skystorians

‘The holiday resort of the people’: Exploring the History of the ‘Community at the Crossroads’ - On History

In this blogpost, Dr Pamela Fisher, County Editor of the Victoria County History (VCH) project in Leicestershire, describes a project on a tiny midland settlement and shows how VCH research engages w...

blog.history.ac.uk

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Derbyshire Record Office @derbyshiredro.bsky.social · 14d

Railway lines used to produce helpful guides to places that could be visited by train to encourage people to use the train. Who wouldn't want to visit 'The Switzerland of England' or 'The Most Perfect Specimen of a Medieval Castle'!

#Railway200 #LocalHistory

A printed text for the Midland Railway entitled 'Matlock, The Switzerland of England', with a black and white photograph of Matlock Bath below the text.

A printed text for the Midland Railway entitled 'Haddon Hall, The Most Perfect Specimen of a Medieval Castle'. There is a black and white photographs of Haddon Hall, below the text.

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Wim Van Mierlo @wvmierlo.bsky.social · 16d

Thank you. Glad you like them.

Wim Van Mierlo @wvmierlo.bsky.social · 16d

Interior, Wells Cathedral, April 2025

#photography #ukphotographer #heritagephotography #blackandwhitephotography #nikon #Wells #Somerset

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Leigh Windridge Photography @leighw.photos · 26d

Colour? Or black and white?
Whitby after the crowds have gone home is just gorgeous!
#Photography #Coastal #Whitby #Mood #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome #ClassicMono #ShotOnLumix #Classic #Yorkshire #Compare

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Catherine Hartmann 🇪🇺 🇨🇵 🇧🇪 🇮🇪 @cathhart.bsky.social · 17d

Royal greenhouses, Brussels

#alphabetchallenge #WeekLforLines
#Stunday
#monochrome #bnwphoto #blackandwhite #bnwphotography #bnw #BWPhotography #blackandwhitephotography #photography #classicmono

The image is a black and white photograph of the interior of a greenhouse. The focus is on a variety of lush, tropical plants, seen through the framework of the glass structure. The plants are positioned around wooden planter. The overall mood is serene and slightly melancholic, heightened by the monochromatic palette and the play of light and shadow within the enclosed space. There's a sense of tranquility and perhaps even a hint of aged beauty in the juxtaposition of the natural growth with the older metal framework of the building.

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Wim Van Mierlo @wvmierlo.bsky.social · 17d

Tony Benn for no. 10.

London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 17d

‘Unlike today's populists, or those on the right at least, Benn wanted a redistribution of power far beyond the political.’

Andy Beckett on Tony Benn: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Andy Beckett · Almost Alone: Tony Benn’s Beliefs

What exactly was Tony Benn’s significance? He was certainly an unusually clear analyst and critic of the distribution...

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Wim Van Mierlo @wvmierlo.bsky.social · 18d

My warped palaeography brain thought at first you meant handwriting. 🤦‍♂️

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Wim Van Mierlo @wvmierlo.bsky.social · 19d

Sharing link to the Modernist Editing Symposium @buxiduan.bsky.social and Lawrence Jones are organizing in Reading. I blandly titled my talk 'Modernist Editing in Perspective'. Hope what I have to say is more palatable.

research.reading.ac.uk/centre-for-b...

#scholarlyediting #modernism

CBCP Modernist Editing Symposium, 23 September 2025 - Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing

This symposium brings together leading scholars and practitioners in modernist textual criticism and scholarly editing. Organised by Dr Buxi Duan and Lawrence Jones at the Centre for Book Cultures and...

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John Clare @johnclare.bsky.social · 19d

1824: I wish I had kept a Journal sooner not of facts only but opinions of books when one rises fresh from the reading & thoughts that may rise at the moment for such a collection woud be an entertaining medley of the past out of which tho there might be a many weeds one might cull a few flowers...

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Steven Van Impe @svanimpe.bsky.social · 20d

I have deleted my account using this workaround.

Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.bsky.social · 20d

Potential workaround if you're already logged in and get prompted by the ToS notification: opening this "privacy policy" link www.academia.edu/privacytakes you to a page where you can access the drop-down menu and reach "account settings." From there I was able to delete my account without agreeing.

Academia.edu | Privacy

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Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.bsky.social · 20d

I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose???

This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.

By creating an Account with Academia.edu, you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license, permission, and consent for Academia.edu to use your Member Content and your personal information (including, but not limited to, your name, voice, signature, photograph, likeness, city, institutional affiliations, citations, mentions, publications, and areas of interest) in any manner, including for the purpose of advertising, selling, or soliciting the use or purchase of Academia.edu's Services.

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Wim Van Mierlo @wvmierlo.bsky.social · 21d

Steps leading up to the Chapter House, Wells Cathedral, April 2025

#photography #heritagephotography #documentaryphotography #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #nikon #Wells #Somerset #Cathedral

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@wellscathedral.bsky.social

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Wim Van Mierlo @wvmierlo.bsky.social · 22d

An interesting thread on the language of LLMs.

Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 22d

I am (self-evidently) very interested in language. And also in technology. From that perspective, the rise of LLMs has created many new things for me to think about.

One is: why is it that certain very small clusters of words are *clearly written by an LLM*? What is the quality of that writing?

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Wim Van Mierlo @wvmierlo.bsky.social · 22d

Thank you!

Wim Van Mierlo @wvmierlo.bsky.social · 23d

If any @lboroenglish.bsky.social students want to work with me on Ladybird books, do get in touch.

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