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Amanda Skirrow

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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 5h
It’s Monster Month Eve! Sign up to my Patreon to see 31 full res monster pictures in October (or to simply support human arts). Small versions will be posted here daily. #HappyToastMonsterMonth
A drawing of Amanaman from Star Wars
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Sarah Millican @sarahmillican.bsky.social · 5h
Did you know I run a podcast? It’s called Standard Issue and it’s our 12th birthday today! Why not give it a listen. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
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Standard Issue Podcast
Society & Culture Podcast · Updated twice weekly · By women. For women. About everything. Standard Issue is a podcast championing women's voices, and packed with interviews, news, film, opinion and hu...
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Anthony Majanlahti @anthonymajanlahti.bsky.social · 5h
Poisoned Victory. This week's #ReliefWednesday is a pedestal from the demolished #ArcusNovus of #Diocletian in #Rome, with a winged #Victory that flew off to #Florence when its owner became Grand Duke after the sudden death of his brother. #AncientBluesky 🏺
RELIEF OF WINGED VICTORY FROM THE ARCUS NOVUS, C. 303 CE. BOBOLI GARDENS, FLORENCE

A carved marble pedestal stands in the Boboli gardens. The primary face features a high relief of a standing winged Victory holding a laurel wreath and a palm frond. A palm tree grows at her feet. On the left panel stands a male figure in a helmet and cloak, one of the Dioscuri. Diocletian built the Arcus Novus to mark twenty years of rule and ten of his tetrarchy. Demolished in 1491, this piece was bought by Cardinal Ferdinando de' Medici for his Villa Medici on the Pincio, where other reliefs from the arch remain embedded in the garden façade. After his brother the Grand Duke of Tuscany and his wife Bianca Cappello mysteriously died of arsenic poisoning, Ferdinando flung his cardinal's hat into a bed of nettles and rushed back to Florence as the new Grand Duke, bringing his collection of antiquities with him. A victory indeed.
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Matthew Sweet @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social · 6h
If you're in the Cambridge area on Tuesday, come along do ... www.library.live/calendar/itw...
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Matthew Sweet: The Life of Barbara Cartland — Library.Live
Ebullient broadcaster Matthew Sweet shares his new biography of Barbara Cartland, the grande dame of romantic fiction.
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The Bee Guy @thebeeguy.bsky.social · 10h
Almost forgot: Early again. I’m in danger of actually getting this time thing… Bees take a couple of weeks from egg to adulthood. We take almost nineteen years…and some of us never actually get there…regardless of age! Anyhow…here’s your bee à la landscape… #bees #time #adulthood #nature
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Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 11h
The recording of this "101 TV Adverts" album continues apace – well, not apace, but I'm chipping away at it – and I'm reminded of the sheer beauty of Chris Gunning's music for the classic Martini advert (video of me working it out 6 years ago)
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The Bee Guy @thebeeguy.bsky.social · 11h
#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. 48. Development from egg to adult bumblebee can take anywhere from 20 to 35 days depending on species and conditions. Half this time is spent as a larva feeding and half as a pupa in a cocoon. #bees #bumblebees #nature #science #education #wildlife
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Merchant Adventurers’ Hall @merchantshallyork.org · 12h
If the (massive) key fits… …the thing is although it does fit, once again this is a faux lock. The real one is on the top with its decorative lock plate.
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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 15h
Most TV is just this now.
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The Bee Guy @thebeeguy.bsky.social · 14h
Mornin’ Go for a quick walk around the sanctuary I decided. Sure a t-shirt will be fine I decided. Rain’s not due for another hour or so the forecast decided… Think I better run now…nature decided. #weather #Ireland #thunder #worldbeesanctuary #nature
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Kate Lister @k8lister.bsky.social · 13h
Today on #BetwixtTheSheets, I am talking to the Tudor-tastic legend Kate Williams about the “9 day queen,” Lady Jane Grey. Listen wherever you get your podcasts and you can now watch us over on YT!
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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 14h
Me & Carole were watching the 2nd part of Jesus of Nazareth but we had to miss the last hour, the crucifixion and resurrection, so I hope you watched it cos I shall want to know what it was like.
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David Hewson @davidhewson.com · 15h
The Italian programme for Venice Noir is now out - please note booking for these events, and the final reception on Sunday, won't open until October 18. venicenoir.com/programma/
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Programma – Venice Noir
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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 15h
This card was written for you and no one else.
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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 15h
Yesterday's breakfast was fryed bread tomatoes poridge and tea. We have to clean the toilets today.
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Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology @maacambridge.bsky.social · 15h
Last night was biscuit week on the #BakeOff, so we had to take a look through the collections portal to see if we could find any biscuits, and we weren't disappointed! This Biddenden cake is a 103-year-old biscuit featuring Mary and Eliza Chulkhurst, a pair of conjoined twins from the 1100s. #GBBO
Three once identical rectangular biscuits featuring a raised design of two women standing side-by-side in Elizabethan dresses. Above them are the words "ELIS AND MARY" and "CHULKHURST", whilst "BIDDENDEN" appears below.
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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 15h
Sorry I didn't call.
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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 15h
Dear sir, The answer in Yesterday's Sunday Times to Brain Teaser 1111 was given as 8486. My answer which I sent to you by postcard was 6212 which I believe also to be correct since 6212 → 6 x 2 = 12 2126 → 2 x 6 = 12 I would be grateful for your confirmation.
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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 15h
The library here is double-glazed.
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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 15h
DEREK'S PARENTS - ALLAN AND BETH AMY'S SISTER - BARBARA
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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 15h
Solution to 1120 is 39
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David Hewson @davidhewson.com · 16h
Why free books from your library can be an author’s best friend Here's a question every writer gets from time to time: if I borrow your book from the library, aren't I depriving you of income? Maybe not. In fact you may well be helping us in what's rarely a well-paid profession. Libraries buy…
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Why free books from your library can be an author’s best friend
Here's a question every writer gets from time to time: if I borrow your book from the library, aren't I depriving you of income? Maybe not. In fact you may well be helping us in what's rarely a well-paid profession. Libraries buy their ebook licences in the first place. In over thirty countries, including the UK, Canada and Australia, though sadly not the US, authors are paid every time a book is borrowed, through a scheme called Public Lending Right.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 17h
This is so very funny youtu.be/SHUvSffmLIQ?...
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Most TV is Just This Now
YouTube video by Michael Spicer
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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A cheery reminder you can now watch visualised editions of You’re Dead To Me on YouTube outside the UK (and on BBC iPlayer in the UK) This episode on the history of underwear was one of my all-time faves, with amazing guests @vicmmic.bsky.social & Prof Serena Dyer youtu.be/T5X4LV46ZVA?...
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What People Wore BEFORE Underwear Existed | You're Dead To Me
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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So hot we left the french windows open. We're enjoying the "lazy, lazy" days - off to Purley tomorrow.
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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is really good work. The level of detail they’ve managed to uncover about who invested and how they benefited is extraordinary
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Finding Britain’s Slave Traders with David Olusoga
An uncomfortable history, but part of Britain's story. David Olusoga reveals the fullest picture yet of the British traders who trafficked millions of Africans into slavery.
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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward
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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Fritz has an ENORMOUS collection of fossils in his cellar.
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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I want to read your memoirs.
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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It is so healing here; the rock is like the womb of the Earth, soaking up and lifting away pain and worry. I love you.
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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Having a nice time - saw lots of bears.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Tweed is such a beautiful fabric to wear this time of year because it produces, in Dolly Parton's phrasing, a coat of many colors. Even a solid-colored brown is not just brown, but bits of red, blue, and yellow to produce something that looks lifted off the Scottish landscape.
There are two photos taped together. The top shows a brown stone building with a brown thatched roof. It's surrounded by green grass, stone walkways, and blue-gray sea. Below is a checked brown tweed that reflects the colors in the landscape above it. There are two photos taped together. The one at te top shows a rocky hillside with green and straw-colored grass, gray rocks, and a tan sandy beach below. The blue waters are crashing at the shore. Below is a green herringbone tweed that reflects the colors in the landscape above it. There are two photos taped together. The top shows a field of green and straw colored fields with bits of purple flowers. Below is a a series of checked brown tweed that reflect the colors in the landscape above it. A swatch book of solid-colored tweeds. The green tweed has visible flecks of red, gold, and blue.
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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
hello we're about to record a new episode of our podcast. and the category is: listener questions. send us something in the next 45 minutes and we'll try our best to answer!
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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Random: I’ve got a pair of tix for First Aid Kit tonight at the RAH, 70 each. We can’t go.
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Merchant Adventurers’ Hall @merchantshallyork.org · 29/09/2026
Because you asked so nicely here’s a video of us popping a key into one of our 17th century chests. Sadly we can’t open it (due to poorly hinges) but we have some photos below.
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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Bongo” Ballpoint pen, pencil, watercolor, acrylic paint, and a little colored pencil.

Our man is in trouble this time, reader. Art supplies are scattered around a painting of an abstract cityscape. On the canvas we see a man in a telephone booth making a frantic call to his cat, Bongo. In the foreground, an answering machine is taking his voicemail, [Leave a message at the beep] --- “Bongo, Daddy got stuck in the painting. Go get help, Bongo.” Bongo stands at the base of the easel looking at the phone. Her tail in the air and ears perked up. Whether she’ll be able to help is open to interpretation.

Artist’s note: One of my favorites from the Spooky Pants book. I was playing around with the idea of a painting coming to life (like that guy in Ghostbusters 2) and kind of fumbled my way into this version. I really draw a lot of corded phones. I won’t stop.
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The Bee Guy @thebeeguy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. 47. The first brood of female worker bumblebees produced in spring are often quite small in size as they rely solely on the queen for food whilst developing. Subsequent broods are nursed by a support network of workers. #bees #bumblebees #nature
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Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology @maacambridge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This National Coffee Day we're sharing this coffee pot which probably dates from around the period when the first coffeehouse in Cambridge opened, which was relatively soon after the introduction of coffee to England during the mid-1600s.
A coffee pot with a lid attached by a section being wrapped around the handle. A small amount of glaze from the inside of the pot dribbles down the front.
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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Happy 479th Birthday to Miguel Cervantes who was born #onthisday in 1547 🎂 In his most famous work Don Quixote, the title character charges at windmills, mistaking them for monstrous giants with swords, so in tribute we're all going up Burgar Hill in #Orkney to tilt at the wind turbines. 🎉
An illustration of Miguel Cervantes
The cover of the Penguin edition of Don Quixote
A painting of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza at a windmill
A wind turbine on Burgar Hill in Orkney
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
13 Monsters Good And True I think there are so many genuine monsters in the world that I am consoling myself by drawing little monsters who are good.
Drawing of 13 little 'monsters', rather cute little critters who wouldn't harm a fly, in fact they'd probably give it a bowl of milk and a tiny bed for the night.
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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today is the 321st anniversary of the last of the ‘wars of the fists’ (guerre dei pugni) on a bridge in Venice. Sometimes also known as battagliole sui ponti, or “little battles on the bridges”, or guerre de canne (wars with sticks), they could also involve cudgels, roof tiles, stones, and knives
Ponte dei Pugni, Pietro Liberi (1605-87)—a 17th century painting of a massive scrap on a bridge. It’s covered in people, wrestling and jostling, and is surrounded by spectators
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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Looking forward to returning to Warwick Arts Centre this Thursday, the first of two shows I’ll be doing in the West Midlands on this tour (also Kidderminster on 21st Oct). Tix still available. There may also be some tickets left, too. www.warwickartscentre.co.uk/whats-on/Un8...
A pic featuring me and my cat and the news that I’ll be at Warwick Arts Centre on 1st October, 7.30 kick-off.
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Merchant Adventurers’ Hall @merchantshallyork.org · 29/09/2026
It's National Coffee Day? Hold our tea (sorry - we are from Yorkshire it's the law)... How about this fancy pants coffee pot made in York in 1799 for your morning brew?!
We are looking at a silver coffee pot in a vase form, reeded borders, engraved with foliate decoration and an initialled cartouche, hinged raised cover with a knop finial, on an oval foot, the underside inscribed.
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Giles Yeo @gilesyeo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Can money really buy acceptance? Who can afford to be thin in this new world? The new episode of ‘A Matter of Fat’ is out today! Hit subscribe on YouTube, or follow on Apple Pod or Spotify. #obesityisnotachoice #amatteroffatpod youtu.be/_8SICblgL0A?...
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Health at Every Budget: Can Money Really Buy Acceptance? | A Matter of Fat Podcast
YouTube video by A Matter of Fat — with Giles Yeo and Rose Stokes
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The Bee Guy @thebeeguy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#theBeeAt3 Basic bee facts every day at 3pm. 46. Unlike male bumblebees female bumblebees develop from fertilised eggs. Early in the life of the nest the females produced are workers. It is only later in the summer that new queens are produced. #bees #bumblebees #nature #biodiversity #insects
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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“It’s not ALL men.” None of the 50+ men the Cornell rapists invited to come join them in raping a woman they’d drugged went to the authorities or tried to stop it. Not all men would rape an unconscious woman, but where are the men who’d try to stop it, or EVEN FUCKING OBJECT?
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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I keep seeing Americans losing it over the price of petrol so I just looked up what they're paying and it's the equivalent of £1.07 per litre. In the UK it's currently around £1.73 per litre. Other than during COVID, the last time fuel in the UK was that price it was over a decade ago.
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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I am investigating vibration problems.
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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We went to Madame Tussuads, saw tons of famous people incl. David Bowie, Fergie, Bob Geldof.
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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
DOUBLE BED FOR ME PLEASE
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