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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

No #WIPSnips "payment" today. So here is a dragonfly who looks like it has turquoise inlaid in its tail. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #speculativefiction #SFF #womenwriters #speculative @adamrhemmings.bsky.social

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Adam R. Hemmings @adamrhemmings.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

With little formal education, Bate became a fossil hunter and one of the first women employed by the Natural History Museum. Now, more than a century later, her remarkable contribution to palaeontology has been recognised with a national blue plaque. #Palaeontology www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Carmarthen fossil hunter Dorothea Bate recognised with blue plaque

Dorothea Bate discovered the dwarf elephant and the myotragus, an extinct goat-like antelope.

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Adam R. Hemmings @adamrhemmings.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

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Carmarthen fossil hunter Dorothea Bate recognised with blue plaque

Dorothea Bate discovered the dwarf elephant and the myotragus, an extinct goat-like antelope.

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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Happy Saturday! Today's #WIPSnips is "panel." #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #speculativefiction #SFF #womenwriters #speculative @adamrhemmings.bsky.social Aya describes her quarters in the Mars habitat:

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Paul Atherton FCL FRSA @alondonerslondon.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Genuine Londoners know you have to come together to make a life that works. Tuesday's community lunch @ourmoh.bsky.social with @citizenstate.bsky.social founder @adamrhemmings.bsky.social discuss replacing broken welfare system with #UniversalBasicIncome. #LetsGuide #UniquelyLondon #ALondonersLife4

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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Today's #WIPSnips is "album." I've gone with "logs" and "journals." #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #speculativefiction #SFF #womenwriters #speculative @adamrhemmings.bsky.social Aya searches for an explanation of what is happening to her:

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Adam R. Hemmings @adamrhemmings.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

“If the Grand Egyptian Museum is Egypt’s gateway to the future, then the Tahrir museum is the memory of the museum itself and the memory of #Egyptology.” Outstanding ideas for the future of the #EgyptianMuseum. How exciting! www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...

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Beyond King Tut: Cairo’s Egyptian Museum looks to reinvent itself

With Cairo's Egyptian Museum approaching its 125th anniversary, efforts are underway to reposition it on the cultural map in light of competition from newer, glitzier museums.

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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

This just greeted me when I got home… #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #SFF #speculativefiction

Rainbow over foothills and ponderosa pines.

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Adam R. Hemmings @adamrhemmings.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I'm enjoying the buzz around the #eclipse. It's so rare that we see entire peoples come together to stand in awe of the universe (even though, I will say at least from London, the view was not like 1999!). Have to wait until 2090 for the next total one! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Millions in UK and Europe left wowed by once-in-a-generation solar eclipse

More than 95% of the Sun was covered by the Moon in Cornwall, while parts of Spain experienced the magic of a total eclipse.

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Adam R. Hemmings @adamrhemmings.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Dr. Dan Hicks, Oxford archaeologist and Pitt Rivers curator, challenges colonial myths in museums. His latest book, Every Monument Will Fall, probes how monuments shape memory (and what it means to rewrite those stories). #MuseumEthics #DecolonizeMuseums #DanHicks peoplingthepast.com/2025/05/27/p...

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Podcast Season 4, Episode 5: Naturalizing Inequalities: The Colonial Museum with Dan Hicks

In today’s episode of the Peopling the Past podcast, we are joined by Dr. Dan Hicks, professor of contemporary archaeology at the University of Oxford and the curator of World Archaeology at …

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Daniel Hewitt @danielhewittitv.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

A further 2 care homes owned by Blue Ribbon Healthcare Group have had their quality ratings suspended by the CQC. It comes after we uncovered multiple allegations of abuse and neglect at the care company. 4 Blue Ribbon homes are now under investigation. www.itv.com/news/2026-08...

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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Today's #WIPSnips is "thorn." I went for vibes. I will be off the grid next week: see you the week after! #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #speculativefiction #SFF #womenwriters #speculative @adamrhemmings.bsky.social Julia holos with her mother:

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Adam R. Hemmings @adamrhemmings.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

This feels like exactly the sort of problem AI's built for. Researchers at #SantaClaraUniversity have developed an #AI tool to sift through fragmented archives and multilingual records to help identify #Nazilooted artworks and reunite them with their rightful owners. www.scu.edu/news-and-eve...

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A team from Santa Clara University’s business school is working to use AI to uncover Nazi-looted art

Using AI’s power to translate, decipher, and reveal data to restore stolen art to its rightful owners

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tastewart 🦋 @tastewart.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Jeanne Gibson, beloved “Rosie the Riveter,” passed away on July 29, 2026 at 100. Gibson became a welder at Todd Pacific Shipyards in Seattle, helping build destroyers for the Allied war effort during WWII. Gibson helped pave the way for millions of women who stepped into critical wartime roles.

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Adam R. Hemmings @adamrhemmings.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Less than a month until #GDIF! Time Out ranks the Festival as the #2 new theatre opening in London (after Cats!), so get yourself over there for some spectacle. Particularly looking forward to Efectos Especiales...lights, camera, action! #Theatre #London #NewOpening www.timeout.com/london/news/...

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The 10 best new London theatre openings in August 2026

From the return of ‘Cats’ to the spectacular free Greenwich + Docklands International Festival, it’s a thrilling month for London theatre

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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Today's #WIPSnips is "defuse." I went for vibes: Aya is called to defuse a tense situation in Systems. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #speculativefiction #SFF #womenwriters #speculative @adamrhemmings.bsky.social

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Adam R. Hemmings @adamrhemmings.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

A disabled pregnant woman and her child were left in an unsuitable B&B by Ealing for over a year in breach of the law. The £6,150 compensation package is paltry given the harm caused, and unlikely to prevent councils repeating such failures in future. #SocialHousing www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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London council left child and disabled mum in B&B for over a year

Ealing Council is criticised for placing a disabled pregnant mother and child in unsuitable accommodation for over a year.

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Adam R. Hemmings @adamrhemmings.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

It's been decades since I last saw the #BayeuxTapestry and I'm very interested to see how the BM displays it, as well as the surrounding interpretation. If, and a big if, one can get tickets! #Art #Museums #History www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Bayeux Tapestry delivered to British Museum in dead of night

The famous artefact depicting events leading up to the Norman Conquest of England will go on display in September.

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MrsVB @mrsivb.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I am very much enjoying the whole Binface/Farage by election. Farage's pathetic stunt to once again attempt to avoid scrutiny and portay himself as the victim is backfiring spectacularly. And more and more of Reform's dodgy dealings are coming out of the woodwork. What's not to like?

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Adam R. Hemmings @adamrhemmings.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

100s of masked men roaming the streets, attacking homes and burning families out because of their race. Call it what it is: racist thuggery, straight out of the fascist playbook. The fact that this pogrom was allowed to unfold on such a scale is disgraceful. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cr...

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Homes set on fire in Belfast night of violence as MP says people targeted based on skin colour - follow live

On one street, hundreds of masked men carrying bottles and bricks set bins on fire and shouted "foreigners out", our reporter says.

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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

No 'platform" today #WipSnips --You have just 2 days to give your support to this important #film project. "I Can See It" by award-winning writer/director #OrionIsaacs. Please repost! #queerfilm #FilmSky #MovieSky #Movies #Pride #PrideMonth #LBGTQ+

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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

No "festival" today #WIPSnips. Instead I will remind you that there are 6 days left to support this beautiful film "I Can See It" by award-winning writer-director #OrionIsaacs: greenlit.com/project/i-ca... @adamrhemmings.bsky.social #queerfilm #FilmSky #MovieSky #Movies #Pride #PrideMonth #LBGTQ+

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Adam R. Hemmings @adamrhemmings.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

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Homes set on fire in Belfast night of violence as MP says people targeted based on skin colour - follow live

On one street, hundreds of masked men carrying bottles and bricks set bins on fire and shouted "foreigners out", our reporter says.

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Adam R. Hemmings @adamrhemmings.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Something to see! In the absence of Claudius' "Tyrrhenika", this will do splendidly. #Etruscans www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ59... And more--> www.famsf.org/exhibitions/...

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The Etruscans, the ancient world's greatest untold story

YouTube video by Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

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Adam R. Hemmings @adamrhemmings.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Something to see! In the absence of Claudius' "Tyrrhenika", this will do splendidly. #Etruscans www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ59... And more--> www.famsf.org/exhibitions/...

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The Etruscans, the ancient world's greatest untold story

YouTube video by Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

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Gillian Isaacs Russell @girussell.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Don't miss this profound and haunting novel by my dear friend @annettebyford1.bsky.social --out in English on 3rd July. #booksky #writesky #writingcommunity #womenwriters #fiction

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Dr Alan Montgomery @classicalalan.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

This is my watercolour of Nether Largie South Cairn in magical Kilmartin Glen. Constructed around 5000 years ago to contain multiple burials, it was later enlarged to to accommodate two secondary cists. The original artwork is now available on my Etsy shop here: shorturl.at/HDzSI #TombTuesday #Art

A black and white painting of an ancient burial mound, with piles of pebbles in the foreground and a dark doorway leading into an underground chamber.

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 17/05/2026

Let it be clear: you are wanted here.

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Jon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

#HillfortsWednesday - or not so hilly 👀 Rathgall, or the Ring of the Rath is a large multivallate hill fort near the town of Shillelagh. Dating from the Bronze Age, it consists of 3 roughly concentric stone ramparts with a fourth wall dating from the Medieval period at its centre. #Archaeology

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