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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 15h
From Charles Dickens to Madonna, London’s oldest restaurant has hosted the world’s most famous names. Established in 1798, Rules in Covent Garden has been gifted to the National Trust, to preserve this piece of our history for generations to come.
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Home of London's oldest restaurant Rules given to National Trust
Rules, in Covent Garden, which opened in 1798, will be looked after and conserved by the charity.
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Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine @wdytyamagazine.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Just made a splendid discovery in the newspaper collection on @findmypast.bsky.social - this cartoon in the Daily Mirror predicting 'When We All Have Pocket Telephones'. But who can guess the year it was published in?
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Archaeologists in Sutherland, Scottish highlands, uncover Iron Age woman in ‘beautifully made’ grave. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Archaeologists uncover Iron Age woman in 'beautifully made' grave
The discovery was made ahead of a planned expansion of a Highland quarry.
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David Olusoga @davidolusoga.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
My latest article, on the new series of A House Through Time, staring tomorrow on BBC Two at 9m. Set in the amazing, beautiful, gothic city of Edinburgh.
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‘Houses with long histories are magical’: David Olusoga on the home history show that’s gripped the UK
At first, I worried that only historians would find A House Through Time compelling. But its appeal is so enduring that fans of the show stop me in the street to ask when they can watch more
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JHSPHOTO @jhsphoto.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Literally guffawed.
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Tammy Komoff @tammykomoff.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
😄😄
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Findmypast @findmypast.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Where were your ancestors from, and what did they do for a living? 🤔
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
There now follows a party election broadcast by the Count Binface Party, And if I do say so myself, it's a banger. #VoteBinface #Clacton
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Sarah Murden @sarahmurden.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
From the archives of All Things Georgian, 'The Heatwave of July 1808' - wp.me/p3JTNy-3sy
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Jonny Morris @jonnymorris.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Just transferred a teams call from laptop to phone and then back to laptop again.
Rick Wakeman playing two synths at once.
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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I've signed and sent a letter - from authors, broadcasters, journalists, artists, scholars and performers - to express our deep concern at @exeter.ac.uk’s troubling plans to make mass redundancies within the Humanities Dept @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social. I would love it if you read and shared widely.
Dear Vice Chancellor, Provost, Pro-Vice Chancellor and Executive Dean for the Faculty of Humanities,
Arts and Social Sciences and Chair of Council (cc Director of Human Resources and Chief Financial
Officer)
We write, as authors, broadcasters, journalists, artists, publishers, academics and performers in the public
sphere, to express our deep concern at the University of Exeter’s plans to make redundancies within the
Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS). The cuts come at a point when Exeter is not in
deficit, and they are not distributed equally across the university. With 114 of the proposed 153 FTE
academic redundancies falling within HASS, the University is dismantling areas of established excellence
and international renown in a Russell Group University whose reputation is known to be outstanding in the
Humanities. Several of the disciplines subject to the proposed cuts, including Classics and Ancient History,
English and Creative Writing, History, and Theology and Religion are among the UK’s strongest according
to league tables, the Research Excellence Framework (REF), the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF),
and other recognised indicators, including QS World Rankings.
The extent of the proposed cuts is both shocking and misguided. Exeter is seeking to make up to 20
academics redundant in English and Creative Writing, out of a headcount of 62. In Languages and Visual
Culture upwards of 17 colleagues will be made redundant, decimating subjects including Art History and
Visual Culture, French, German, Italian, Hispanic Studies, Russian and Chinese. 5 posts will go or have
gone in Classics and Ancient History (2 academics have already left), out of a staff body of 20. In Theology
and Religion up to 5 academics will be made redundant out of a group of 13. In History over 17 colleagues
will be made redundant, out of a staff body of 53. In the Institute for Arab and Islamic Studies staff are
facing a headcount reduction of almost a third (6FTE out …
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Clare @clareintheshelves.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
When I say I'm going for a run, I'm really going to see these guys...
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
🌱The UK Nature’s Rights Bill was authored by Mumta Ito, Founder of Nature's Rights, and is based on the Integrated Rights Framework she originated and developed. 🔎 Find out more: natures-rights.org
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Home | Nature's Rights
We are a conscious global movement for the legal recognition of Nature’s rights as the foundation of all other rights - because Nature is the foundation of life.
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PETA @peta.org · 02/07/2026
🚨 HOT WEATHER WARNING 🚨   Temperatures are expected to soar this week, with some days even reaching 100°F or 38°C! Keep dogs safe and healthy by letting them indoors—their life literally depends on it!
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
My latest Substack: Yersinia pestis is implicated in what’s been called the Neolithic Decline in Europe, some 5,000 years ago. And humans’ struggle with microbes goes back long before that. At the moment understanding of our vulnerability is sorely lacking nataliebennett.substack.com/p/change-eve...
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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 23/06/2026
How to stay cool in a heatwave: advice from a mushroom 1. Lurk in the dark 2. Avoid direct sunlight 3. Avoid indirect sunlight 4. Okay just avoid all sunlight 5. Remember the lurking
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Tricycle: The Buddhist Review @tricyclemag.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
"Rise early, let some fresh air into your room, observe the ever-changing season outside your door or window as you take a deep breath." - Shunmyo Masuno
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Mr Sherlock Holmes @mrsherlockholmes.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
#SherlockHolmes — his limits. 1. Knowledge of Literature.—Nil. 2. Philosophy.—Nil. 3. Astronomy.—Nil. 4. Politics.—Feeble. 5. Botany.—Variable. Well up in belladonna, opium, and poisons generally. Knows nothing of practical gardening.
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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 25/05/2026
Just an allium appreciation post. 📷Laurence Perry, James Dobson, Susan Guy
White and purple alliums in full flower in a lush green garden. Their heads are spherical and stand on very tall, thick stalksClose up of the star like petals on an allium flowerPurple alliums growing in a border among other pale purple flowersA line of purple alliums in a garden border
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PETA @peta.org · 25/05/2026
It really does take a village 🥹🪿 Watch how these geese guide their babies safely across a busy street.
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Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine @wdytyamagazine.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
🥳 It's the moment you've all been waiting for - the new series of #WhoDoYouThinkYouAre is starting next week! Here's everything you need to know #wdytya www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...
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JourneyDude in Scotland @scottishinsider.org · 10/05/2026
To heal the world, we have to do our best to have a heart as light as a feather. Love and kindness are free and addictive! Love you! ❤️ #scotland #history #writerslife #novel #author #writer #rosslynchapel
My hand holding a small white feather in front of Rosslyn Chapel on a sunny day. This was taken during my 108th visit to the chapel, where I finished writing the first chapter of my second novel.
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JourneyDude in Scotland @scottishinsider.org · 14/05/2026
🍍 Dunmore Pineapple Did you know? This massive stone pineapple was built in 1761 as a massive flex - the 18th century version of “look how rich I am” 😂 Have you visited? #moody #urbanphotography #photography #pineapple #mansion #scotland #architecture #amazing #urban #sunset #alttext
The famous Dunmore Pineapple — a giant stone pineapple folly on top of a classical pavilion, dramatically lit under a vibrant pink and purple sunset sky in Scotland.
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 12/05/2026
This #InternationalNursesDay, and every day, thank you to nurses everywhere for everything that you do.
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
On International Nurses Day. ‘The Nurse’, 1963 Artist: John Berry
Young nurse in her blue dress and white pinafore stands against a simple background and a single ray of light as she looks directly at the viewer
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 08/05/2026
Today we’re celebrating the 100th birthday of humanist and naturalist David Attenborough! Thank you for a lifetime of curiosity, wonder, and tireless dedication to science, nature, and helping us better understand the living world.
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 17/03/2026
☘️ HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY ☘️ 🇮🇪 Celebrate with a shamrock-laden GifCities GifGram, packed with sparkling, dancing GIFs from the early web. Share this one 👇 🔗 gifcities.org/gram/994311f... Or make your own GIF greeting 👇 ✨ gifcities.org/gram/ #StPatricksDay #SaintPatricksDay #Irish
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Architecture @architecture.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
The spectacular vaulted ceiling of the Marble Hall within Mount Stuart House on the Isle of Bute, Scotland.
The spectacular vaulted ceiling of the Marble Hall within Mount Stuart House on the Isle of Bute, Scotland.
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Gaby Hinsliff @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
I read three student newspapers in the course of writing this & on the off chance any student journalists at York, Exeter or Cambridge are reading this; God you’re all so much better than student journalism was in my day www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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If you want to know what Reform would be like in power, look at how it threatened Bangor University | Gaby Hinsliff
A debating society didn’t want to invite two figures connected to the party to speak. Cue an authoritarian response, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
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Family Tree Magazine @familytreemag.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Happy Friday the 13th to everyone being haunted by an unknown maiden name! #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
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Simon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
As well as writing a damned fine crime novel that rattles along at speed, Agatha Christie has a knack for writing stuff like this. Frequently. There's a lot more chuckles in the Marple books than I remember when I read them over *checks notes* 30 years ago.
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 06/02/2026
Zona Vallance, a founding figure of Humanists UK, was born #OnThisDay 1860. Zona was our inaugural secretary – a role equivalent to today’s Chief Executive, held by @andrewcopson.bsky.social – and a suffragette, writer, and powerful public lecturer. 🧵 heritage.humanists.uk/zona-vallance/
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Humanist Heritage: Zona Vallance (1860-1904)
Conscious morality cannot exist in any being except so far as it can look behind, before, and around; and can […]
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Cold War Conversations Podcast @coldwarpod.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
“It’s says here turn it off and on again…”. East German computer brochure.
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Society for One-Place Studies @oneplacestudies.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
The 50 #FamilyHistory Websites To Watch article in this issue includes much that will be of interest for #LocalHistory and #OnePlaceStudies researchers too!
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Red Sky At Night / Joanne Sheppard @redskyatnight.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
This is nice but I feel they’ve missed a trick by not including a cord in her back that you can pull to make her say “Twisted flax please, Victoria”
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 13/01/2026
Humanist icon: Ernestine Rose, a fearless 19th century humanist who challenged religious dogma when doing so could cost you everything. A true rebel. 🧵 #HumanistHeritage heritage.humanists.uk/ernestine-ro...
'It is much easier to confess your sins in the dark, than to acknowledge them in the light: to make it up with a god you don't see, than with a man whom you do...

Teach man to do right, to love justice, to revere truth. So be virtuous, not because a god would reward or punish him hereafter, but because it is right; and as every act brings its own reward or its own punishment, it would best promote his interest by promoting the Welfare of society.' Ernestine Rose. Activist and humanist.
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JourneyDude in Scotland @scottishinsider.org · 05/01/2026
“Beware the teacher who only has students.” - T. Thorn Coyle
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 06/01/2026
The good news is that the NHS in the UK has just launched a new immunisation programme. Eligible children can now receive the combined measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella (MMRV) vaccine as part of their routine GP appointments. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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US to slash routine vaccine recommendations for children in major change experts say creates doubt
Jabs to prevent influenza, rotavirus, RSV and other vaccines are no longer fully recommended
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Cliff PervoSCARY @pervocracy.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
sending love, light, and warmth as the sun sets on the Longest Night
a candle in the foreground, John Carpenter's The Thing in the background
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Samira Ahmed @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Jane Austen the literary innovator. Featuring Harriet Walter. Expertly produced by Ciaran Bermingham. Really worth a listen. 🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Front Row - Jane Austen at 250 special - BBC Sounds
Samira Ahmed and guests discuss one of the English language's most important novelists.
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Lovely stat!
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Adria @adriaandthepriors.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Happy St. Andrew’s Day!
England: "Let's come up with some national animals, i'll go first. Lion"
Wales: "Dragon"
England: "Wait"
Scotland: "UNICORN"
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 26/11/2025
Budget 2025: what it means for you
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Budget 2025: what it means for you
How Reeves’s measures on tax, NI and benefits affect single people, couples, families and those receiving pensions in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
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Findmypast @findmypast.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
For all those who fought For all those who fell For all those who served We will remember them 🌹
Old photograph of several military personnel in uniform sitting together behind sandbags, with the text 'I remember them. WE REMEMBER THEM AND ALL OUR HEROES. Lest we forget' and a poppy symbol for remembrance.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 09/11/2025
Novels I haven’t finished reading are piling up by my bedside. What if that’s a good thing? | Hanna Thomas Uose
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Novels I haven’t finished reading are piling up by my bedside. What if that’s a good thing? | Hanna Thomas Uose
Authors are sounding warnings about the length of the modern attention span, but my series of abandonments is a sign of something else, says author Hanna Thomas Uose
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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 03/11/2025
Wise words from our patron, Indian humanist, and Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen, born #OnThisDay in 1933. Wishing him a very happy 92nd birthday!
'Human development, as an approach, is concerned with what I take to the basic development idea: namely, advancing the richness of human life rather than the richness of the economy in which human beings live, is only a part of it.
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Jonny Morris @jonnymorris.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
For all your meme needs.
You want me to arse the parlour maid?You want me to fart the hit parade?Stephen Fry from the Pass the Marmalade sketchStephen Fry from the Pass the Marmalade sketch
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 30/10/2025
Halloween is no ungodly American import – just ask the medieval monks and nuns who marketed it | Michael Carter
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Halloween is no ungodly American import – just ask the medieval monks and nuns who marketed it | Michael Carter
During the feast of All Hallows’ Eve, supernatural tales were a way of promoting prayer for the salvation of suffering souls, says Dr Michael Carter, an English Heritage curator
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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Clocks went back, etc etc 👇😉
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 20/10/2025
‘A monument to kindness’: the rise of Britain’s community cinemas
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‘A monument to kindness’: the rise of Britain’s community cinemas
With more than 1,600 screens, people share how local-run venues are taking them on a film-worthy adventure
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