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David Howe @davidprf.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Published today! A fun look at gravity in everyday life. ("Gravity: Life's Ups and Downs" Lutterworth Press). Falling over myself with delight! But I get up again, nothing can keep me down. Well, except gravity. @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social

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David Howe @davidprf.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"Very flat, Norfolk" (Noel Coward's 1930 play 'Private Lives'). Well not true of Norfolk as a whole but certainly true of the Wherryman's Way between Reedham and Great Yarmouth along the banks of the River Yare, perfect weather for walking yesterday.

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David Howe @davidprf.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

And here are 2 must buys from the Boydell & Brewer/Lutterworth sale!

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Douglas Ogg @dougogg.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I hate to sound like a Luddite, but I agree with this.

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David Howe @davidprf.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Swan, River Yare, Cringleford, Norwich. Ahhh.

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Well. That’s a cool way to start the day. Good Morning Blue Sky

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Our rapid disillusionment with political leaders is treated by much of the media as some kind of pathology. But what I see is these leaders backtracking on their promises, dashing people's hopes and serving the ultra-rich ahead of the rest of the population. Why wouldn't we be disillusioned?

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

David Davis (October 10th 2016), "We will make a success of Brexit" "There will be no downside to Brexit at all, and considerable upside" They promised everything, delivered poverty, barriers to trade and created a case study for the world's worst example of self-harm a nation has ever undertaken.

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BluesMusic @bluesmusic.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The Blues Brothers Band 😎😎 w/ 'Joliet' Jake Blues and Elwood Blues, aka (John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd), Live at SNL in 1978 #blues #harmonica #bluesharp #bluesmusic 🎶'Soul Man'

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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Climate change recognized in 1912

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David Howe @davidprf.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

True! Perhaps fame (and sales) will come one post at a time. And by 2049 I shall be well-known, well-read and rich. Oh, and err 104 years old...or dead.

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David Howe @davidprf.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Ha! Thanks Alom for posting this scam. I got one and thought "At last! Recognition and appreciation of my great works". Then I got another, and another similar email. Then the light dawned and my humble place in the literary universe returned. 😒

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David Howe @davidprf.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Constable country: Willy Lott's Cottage at Flatford Mill in Dedham Vale yesterday plus lunch at the cafe. Perfect.

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David Howe @davidprf.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Ah, Tracy as a low income author of non-fiction pop science books a shot in the head feels a bit extreme to deal with my sorrows, but if I could have been in one your named cities a photo would have lovely. I still live in hope of a sales boost but not posthumously.

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Met4Cast @met4cast.net · 03/08/2026

Earth is now warming faster than at any point in recorded geological history - around 10 times faster than the extreme warming event 56 million years ago and 20 times faster than at the end of the last ice age. We are almost certainly in a new extinction event.

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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

“Hosepipe ban exemptions for golf courses & private school sports pitches symbolise everything wrong with our water system. How can it be right that a private school can use [so much] water to keep the grass green in the middle of the summer holidays, but children cannot play in paddling pools?"

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David Howe @davidprf.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Photo taken today on the roadside edge of King's Forest, a section of Thetford Forest located northwest of Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, established in 1935 to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of King George V and Queen Mary.

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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 14/07/2026

The UK's prolonged hot, sunny and dry weather is visible from space 🛰️ Comparing satellite images from late May and now, much of the landscape has turned from green to brown ☀️ Farmers and gardeners are feeling the strain, with wildfire risk elevated as a third heatwave continues🌡️

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John Henry @priveteye.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

The majority of Farage supporters don't know that he wants to do away with the NHS & replace it with a US-style insurance based system. Nor do they know that the £5m from Christopher Harborne is only the tip of the iceberg.Harborne has donated £12m to Reform &, if we include the Brexit Party,£27m.

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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

"Civilisation still rests upon very old foundations: water, temperature, food and the limits of the human body... Countries like Britain may discover that the climate crisis is not only about weather, but about movement – the slow rearranging of where human beings can comfortably live on Earth."

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David Howe @davidprf.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

From today my book "Science and Sensibilty: From the Heavens Above to the Earth Below" is being published by Boydell & Brewer under the Lutterworth Press imprint. A must read for all those interested in the natural sciences! (says the author 😀). @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social

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Gritstone Publishing @gritstonebooks.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Now available from our online shop, the inside story of William Wordsworth’s house at Rydal Mount, where he lived for most of his life gritstonecoop.co.uk/product/ryda... @westwoodbooks.bsky.social @showcasecumbria.bsky.social @poetrydaily.bsky.social

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David Howe @davidprf.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Things I did during the first covid lockdown and just discovered buried beneath a pile of things to be filed or thrown away: painting I did of a schematic topographic map of Norwich. OMG, I've just found several more! I must have been desperate for things to do.

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David Howe @davidprf.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

And while we're here why not treat yourself to reading "Science and Sensibilty" with its chapter on geology's pioneers including the remarkable Mary Anning! 😀

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David Howe @davidprf.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Mary Anning looking east from Lyme Regis at her beloved Jurassic cliffs.

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Charles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Scarborough, yesterday. *credit Fred Brown.

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David Howe @davidprf.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Rainbow over Lyme Regis last Thursday 11 June late afternoon. #LymeRegis

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David Howe @davidprf.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Iris, thank you so much for your kind words!

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Eileen Jones @cumbriapr.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Exciting day! gritstonecoop.co.uk/product/ryda... @gritstonebooks.bsky.social

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David Howe @davidprf.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Well, vanity compels me to mention the 5 short chapters in my 2025 book "Science and Sensibility" (Lutterworth Press, Cambridge) that consider the origins and development of modern chemical theory. 😀

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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Wow. Love this. This makes total sense to me!

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The Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

This was was a fast turnaround. Like modern British PMs ... here's a musical parody view of #Starmer's and #Labour's crisis through the lens of Rodgers & Hammerstein's "The Farmer and the Cowman" (Oklahoma!) 🎶 youtu.be/WbT2yTxOMvY

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"Keir Starmer Wonderin' How" - Marsh Family parody of "The Farmer and the Cowman" from Oklahoma

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David Howe @davidprf.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

St Mary's Church, Stoke Newington with the City skyscrapers and Shard in the distance viewed from Woodberry Wetlands, Hackney.

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Annie Leymarie @annieleymarie.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

With much focus today on the warming rate in Europe, it might be important to also pay attention to the "cold blob" - that area in blue to the northwest of Ireland/British Isles, with a persistent cooling anomaly. It's linked to a slowing down of the AMOC = potential big climate upheaval.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

While we are transfixed by the antics of our supposed "leaders", a catastrophe of astonishing proportions has been creeping up on us. Climate scientists now believe it is more likely than not to happen, and soon. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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A catastrophic climate event is upon us. Here is why you’ve heard so little about it | George Monbiot

Scientists say a crucial Atlantic system is set to collapse. But the billionaire death cult that steers humanity’s destiny just doesn’t do existential crises, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Dr Penny Bradshaw @drpennybradshaw.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Interested in postgraduate study? Why not join me online at 6pm on Wed 29 April to find out more about our unique Ambleside-based MA in Literature, Romanticism & the Lake District (with full time & part time study options available): www.cumbria.ac.uk/events/open-...

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DanMygind @mygind.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

The UK right wing media - which is most media including BBC- is really doing their best (worst) to find some dirt on the greens. Wonder why Farage wasn't exposed to same ferocious investigations 🤔😁

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David Howe @davidprf.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

The untamed bit of the garden (of which there is rather a lot, what with me not being much of a gardener) has been taken over by primroses

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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

82% of Labour voters said they supported "Britain rejoining the European Union". Just 12% were against. - Labour needs to stop chasing Reform voters! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Sir John Curtice: Why Labour's Brexit focus has shifted from Leavers to Remainers

Will the pursuit of a closer relationship with the EU risk courting electoral disaster by alienating Brexit-backing voters?

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David Howe @davidprf.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Rydal Mount saved. Excellent news and a big thank you to the Save Rydal Mount team who write:"After many months of thought and discussion we are thrilled to confirm that Rydal Mount has been acquired by the Wordsworth Trust in partnership with The Julia Rausing Trust and the Charlotte Aitken Trust."

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

I wasn't intending to turn this into a thread, but it seems to have happened anyway. It's about the great plague on our lives: the extreme wealth of a tiny number of people. And what to do about it.

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David Howe @davidprf.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Ah ha! So it's World Book Day I see. So it has to be done. All modesty held firmly in check. Here are 3 of my recent must reads! Treat yourself. Go on, you know you want to 😉 @saraband-books.bsky.social #Lutterworth Press.

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

This one hits hard.

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Sent by an American friend

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Dr Penny Bradshaw @drpennybradshaw.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Interested in postgraduate study in the fields of literature, heritage, culture and the environment? Join me online tomorrow evening (18th February) to find out more about our MA in Literature, Romanticism & the Lake District. Register via the link below 📚

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