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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Not quite a press, but the tech tree for Age of Empires II includes block printing and illumination.

Photograph of part of the hardcopy tech tree for the game Age of Empires II. It shows that Block Printing and Illumination (among other things) can be unlocked from the Monastery in the Imperial Age

Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Today looking up details to correctly cite a scholar I found she's also made some art. #DHMakes This is Interference Pattern II by Frances Rothwell Hughes. She started each square when she had time to embroider and stopped when interrupted by her newborn www.francesrothwellhughes.com/interference...

Detail of textile artwork, showing 6 by 4 squares. Each square shows the same pattern in different stages of completion, ranging from dashes, to diamonds, to a complex geometric pattern filling the entire square.

Framed textile artwork consisting of 4 rows of 25 squares. Each square contains a different number of embroidered stiches in black thread.

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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

This reminds me very much of the Taylorian Library at Oxford! (Spiral staircases very much there, but not shown in this photo)

Photograph of a two-storey wood-paneled library with a mezzanine gallery with iron railings. At ground level people are sitting working at tables.
Photo credit: John Cairns

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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Reader, I have had a mostly full packet of blank overhead transparencies in the side pocket of my bag for more than two decades for just such a moment. A quick test proved they were compatible with my laser printer. Obsolete media for the win!

Photograph of a green packet of Arkwright Plain OHP Transparency Films

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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Interesting to read Madden's perspective on this. On the face of it, the reference is unexceptional: "for several examples of which I am indebted to one of the most able historians of the present day—Francis Madden, Esq." archive.org/details/sim_...

Extract from The Gentleman's Magazine, July 1826: "Before I conclude this letter, I beg also to notice a circumstance not, I believe, generally known respecting Edward the First, and for several examples of which I am indebted to one of the most able historians of the present day—Francis Madden, Esq. namely that the monarch is frequently styled by contemporary writers, Edward the Third, which is explained by their including the two Saxon Kings, Edward the Martyr, and Edward the Confessor, in their list of English sovereigns."

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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

I've just discovered that a couple of Australian universities offer a BLitt or BPhil, and that AUT and Waikato offer an MPhil by research (unlike Auckland where it's for if you won't achieve a doctorate), so now there are a couple of other ways I could theoretically complete my academic bingo card!

Table with six rows:
First undergraduate degree: BA, BSc
Second undergraduate degree: BLitt, BPhil
Taught postgraduate: BA (Hons), BSc (Hons)
Masters degrees: MA, MSc, MLitt, MPhil
Research doctorate: PhD, DPhil
Higher doctorate: DSc, DLitt

The following degrees are coloured green to denote I have been awarded them: BA, BSc, MSc, MLitt, DPhil

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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

According to this ESPN article from 2016 it looks like it was indeed Great Skate, circa 1992. www.espn.com/espn/feature...

Extract from an article on NBA referee Bill Kennedy.
"When the eagerly awaited call came from the Continental Basketball Association in 1992, it wasn't without complication. The league, Kennedy says, played on Wednesdays and Saturdays in cities that were rarely nonstops from Phoenix. To make it work, Kennedy landed a day job managing a local roller rink run by a benefactor in his circle of junior college officials, Bob Seitsema, who had a certain appreciation for the demands of getting to La Crosse, Wisconsin, from Phoenix. And though Kennedy had already worked as a customer service rep for America West Airlines, a microfiche filer and a bank teller, none of them tapped his inner referee like Great Skate."

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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Nice! I took my boys (of a similar age) to the dawn service here in Auckland

Photograph of a cenotaph in the middle of an empty paved area lined with people. Military personnel are marching in to take up their positions for a ceremony. The sky is black as this is before dawn; the area is illuminated by electric lights.

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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

New (to me) research library unlocked! Tangential to the documents I was looking at, I came across the proposal from the 1960s to build an artificial ski slope on Mt Wellington/Maungarei! This appears to be unknown to the internet, except for an newly digitised article on Papers Past.

Photograph of a sign welcoming visitors to the Auckland Museum Research Library/Te Pātaka Mātāpuna o Tāmaki Paenga Hira. The sign has white text on a black background and is written in both English and Te Reo Maori.

Photograph of the entrance to the Auckland Museum Research Library. A blue carpeted aisle curves away to the left. The right hand wall is wood paneled to about 2/3 of its height, and bookshelves are visible in the distance.

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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

The other day I came across this visualisation of the percentage of female/male speech in Shakespeare that I made back in 2019 from @heatherfro.bsky.social's data and thought it was worth reupping. At the time there was a similar graphic for female/male speech in Oscar-winning films doing the rounds

A bar chart showing the percentage of words spoken by women in Shakespeare's plays vs that spoken by men. The purple bars for female speech are in all cases significantly shorter than the green bars for male speech.

Henry VIII: 17% female
Tempest: 7% female
Winter's Tale: 22% female
Cymbeline: 22% female
Pericles: 15% female
Coriolanus: 12% female
Timon of Athens: 1% female
Antony and Cleopatra: 25% female
King Lear: 15% female
Macbeth: 20% female
Measure for measure: 20% female
Othello: 19% female
All's well that ends well: 35% female
Troilus and Cressida: 11% female
Hamlet: 9% female
The Merry Wives of Windsor: 29% female
As you like it: 41% female
Julius Caesar 5% female
Twelfth Night: 32% female
Henry V: 5% female
Much ado about nothing: 27% female
Midsummer Night's Dream: 22% female
Richard II: 10% female
Love's labours lost: 21% female
Romeo and Juliet: 31% female
Two Gentlemen of Verona: 25% female
Taming of the Shrew: 12% female
Titus Andronicus: 13% female
Richard III: 22% female
Henry VI,Part I: 13% female
Henry VI, Part II: 15% female
Henry VI, Part III: 13% female
Comedy of Errors: 10% female

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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

The figures in robes remind me very much of the depictions of the different ranks of nobility in John Guillim's notebook (Folger MS V.a.447 fol. 31–35) which I believe he copied from elsewhere. digitalcollections.folger.edu/bib234631-28... #heraldry

Pencil sketch of two figures in ermine-topped robes and coronets. Both are holding a sheathed sword attached to a cord around their necks, the left figure holds a sealed document. These represent a duke and a marquis.

Pencil sketch of a man in robes and a coronet holding a heart-shaped shield, and pointing to the left. This figure represents a baron.

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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

There are lots of things to admire in this image of a pedigree shared by in this recent post by @shamrockroots.com I particularly like the illustrations of people at the top of their lines of descent, and the diapering on the middle two flags (Original pedigree is held by PRONI, reference D1702/7/5)

Top section of the very large parchment roll entitled 'Genealogy of the right worshipful and worthy Captain Sir William Cole of the Castle of Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, in the kingdom of Ireland'. It comprises an extensive family tree with many coats of arms painted on it. Beneath the introductory text are five figures, holding a banner or shield of their coat of arms, who are the progenitors of five of the lines from which William Cole descended

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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Latin was one of my favourite subjects at school and university. My first textbooks were the "Using Latin" series. Its cover was the a photo of the doors of the Roman Senate. When I went to Rome some decades later I made sure to take a picture :)

Photograph of a stone door frame with very tall metal doors. The doors are panelled and the perimeters studded with stars. The doors have a green patina so are presumably copper or bronze.

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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Update: the pūkeko has shifted trees, and is now joined by a tui in the harakeke #kikorangi

Photograph of native bush with a bird on a tree branch in the background, and another bird on a flowering flax frond in the foreground.

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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Spotted over breakfast: a pūkeko in a (not a ponga) tree

A photo of the green foliage of some trees. Sitting in the middle is a bird with blue and black feathers and a red head and beak

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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Have you seen this definition/situation of data visceralization amongst other forms of representation? startwords.cdh.princeton.edu/issues/1/dat...

Diagram defining critical making, data physicalization, visualization, edibilization, sonification, visualization, data art, and interpretive object.

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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

The brain is a wonderful thing! Yesterday I had occasion to look up a photo of the old Epsom library, where I worked during high school and the start of university. Almost three decades later I can still remember the shelving layout, and what books went where, almost down to the letter!

Floorplan of Epsom Library with annotations in red as to where the shelves were, and what they contained. The base document is Auckland Council Archives ACC 015/5837-18 (Epsom Library alterations and additions 1973)

Photograph by Henry Winkelman of the Epsom Public Library in 1924. The image shows what looks like a white stuccoed house with bay window and tiled roof, with the higher gabled roof of a hall rising behind. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1-W0607.

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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

I made some macarons for a shared lunch today, and I'm very pleased with how they turned out! #DHBakes

Photograph of pink macarons inside a glass domed cake stand on a kitchen bench.

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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

I found a match! The document is from 1 March 1412. It was another Nicholas, the secretary of pope John XXIII. See "Notice d'un cartulaire du clergé secondaire de Liège", Bulletin de la Commission royale d'Histoire, 1872 Vol 14 p.360 www.persee.fr/doc/bcrh_077...

Extract from a calendar of a cartulary:
"65 - 1412, 1er Mars, Datum Rome apud Sanctum-Petrum, kl marcii, pontificatus nostri anno secundo."

Then follows a summary of the document in French.

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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

I've been wanting a pedestal desk for my daily workspace for ages, and one finally came up locally in my price bracket a couple of months ago!

Photograph of a wooden desk with brass handles and three panels of gilt-tooled magenta leather, the middle one of which is a sloped writing surface. At the back corners of the desktop are two sets of three small drawers connected by a galleried shelf. In front of the desk is a slat-backed wooden swivel chair.

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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

@dannybate.bsky.social @broadsgirl.bsky.social I've plotted all the places with hythe and hithe in their name from OS Open Names. The regional distribution is quite striking. When you add in road names too, some of these appear to have historical roots. Haven't included non-obvious ones like Chelsea

Map of Great Britain with markers indicating places or roads containing "hythe" or "hithe" in their name

Map of Great Britain with markers for places with "hythe" or "hithe" in their name

Zoomed in map of the north of Scotland showing 10 markers along the coast, representing places with Hythe or Hithe in the name:
Collach Hithe, Little Hythe, Slough Hythe, Crooked Hythe, Portknockie Hythe, Portlong Hythe, Redhythe Point, Old Hythe, Cowhythe Head, Boat Hythe, Fife Hythe.

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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Putting my paleography and local history degree to good use in correcting a listing at the local auction house :)

Screenshot of an auction listing, reading "Lot Details
watercolour and ink, named and detailed verso 'Miss Burke Auckland New Zealand March 29th 1862'. This inscription probably detailing the owner of this work. 220 x 440mm. Note: This catalogue description has been amended due to an expert opinion being received by Cordy's."
The note has been highlighted.

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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

4am start this morning but all four of us made it to the ANZAC day dawn service at Auckland War Memorial Museum – Tāmaki Paenga Hira. Lest we forget.

Photograph of a crowd of people gathered in the dark. A stone monument with flags is present to the right, and a bright light shines right at the camera.

Photograph of a crowd in front of the stone cenotaph at Auckland War Memorial Museum – Tāmaki Paenga Hira. The flags of Australia, New Zealand and the UK hang from poles on the side. The sun is just rising in the background.

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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

A quick search of their digitised collections brought up the negative, and it's wonderful! I can zoom in and clearly see the same house which is sketched on the bird's eye view collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/23205

Detail of late 19th century photograph clearly showing four houses. The central one is Hazelbank.
Te Papa photography collection C.011160, https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/23205

Detail of the George Treacy Stevens birds-eye view of the same houses.

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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

One photo in the Auckland Museum collection actually had an x marking the spot and a handwritten annotation of "Hazelbank", though this has not been transcribed into the catalogue record.

Late nineteenth century photograph with vegetation in the foreground looking across a valley to buildings on the ridge opposite. An x marks the location of one building, with the handwritten legend "Hazelbank".
Auckland Museum Photography Collection, PH-RES-280, https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/discover/collections/record/1082568

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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Much searching in other collections located photos of the property from the air, or from across the valley, but these were all of the later house on the site, and indistinct, because the house was very much in the background.

Aerial photograph of Symonds St and vicinity taken in 1939. Someone in decades past has annoted the image with street names. I have circled Hazelbank in red.
Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 580-ALB22-063. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/118000

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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Auckland Libraries, which has the largest collection of historic photos of the city and the best metadata, only had some photos of showing a corner of the house.

Alt: A photograph from 1919 of a group of women posed formally outside a two-storey house with a balcony. The occasion is the fifth triennial convention of the Australasian YWCAs, and the house is Hazelbank. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 318-Album-90-03-1. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/68640

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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

The house with the long driveway was easily identified as Glenside, later Cintra, home of one of Auckland's mayors. The other house is Hazelbank, about which it is harder to find information.

Photograph of a house with a verandah taken in 1902. This is Glenside, at that time known as the Glenalvon boarding house.
Christchurch City Libraries, Archive 892, Series 85, Item 9. https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/archives/archive892/ccl-cs-11762

Circa 1940 photograph of a driveway leading up to the side of a two-story house with bay windows. There are two cars parked in the driveway, which has a stone balustrade along the left hand side. Fletcher Trust Archives P9271/21: Fletcher Holdings Ltd: 1940 Cintra Homestead, Circa 1940. https://collection.fletcherarchives.co.nz/objects/13302/fletcher-holdings-ltd-1940-cintra-homestead

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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Backstory: a decade ago I came across this birds-eye drawing of Auckland from 1885–6, a year ago I got a full-size print which sits above my desk, and at eye level are these two mansions.

An 1886 birdseye drawing of the city of Auckland, New Zealand as if from a point 1000 feet above and 100 feet to the rear of the hospital, by George Treacy Stevens. Stevens, George Treacy, active 1880s. Stevens, George Treacy, fl 1880s :Auckland. N. Z. 1885-1886. [Auckland, 1886?]. Ref: D-001-006. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22734439

Detail of the same map showing two houses (circled in red by me) with formal gardens, just off Symonds St

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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

I had a similar experience a few weeks ago. After waiting a week I got in touch with the supplier who lodged an enquiry with the courier, and four hours later the package magically started moving again!

Screenshot of tracking details for a parcel, starting on March 7, with no movement between March 9 and March 17, when a customer enquiry was lodged. Within four hours the parcel was handed over to a local courier.

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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

OTD 120 years ago, a cheque was drawn on Maungatautari Peeke, a Māori-operated bank, one of only three such cheques known to survive. This bank was one of two established by the Kīngitanga; the other was Te Peeke o Aotearoa, which used the same cheque design. www.kotuia.org.nz/kete-sets/cu...

Photograph of 19th century cheque drawn on Maungatautari Peeke (i.e. Maungatautari Bank). The cheque is entirely in Te Reo Māori.
(Image credit: Cambridge Museum)

Photograph of a Auckland War Memorial Museum exhibit featuring a £1/kotahi pauna banknote from Te Peeke of Aotearoa, and also a cheque drawn on the same bank.
More information: https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collection/object/648032

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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Tonight's lunar eclipse/blood moon, photographed on a phone through a telescope.

Picture of the moon during a lunar eclipse. The moon has a red tinge, and light is starting to creep back in at the bottom edge.

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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Indeed! And two more transport connections: * the water polo was held at the Shelly Beach pools, which were demolished for the harbour bridge a few years later * the map shows a flying boat coming in to land at Mechanics Bay, which service had only started a decade earlier.

Photograph of a Short S30 Empire class flying boat 'Aotearoa' ZK AMA at the wharf in Mechanics Bay, 1939. Photographer: Tinson, William H., 1901-1969. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 1714-00001

Aerial photo of Point Erin Park, 1947, showing a grassy area with trees on a headland, a road extending out onto a causeway on the near side, and the salt water Shelly Beach Baths labelled in the sea on the far side. Photographer: Whites Aviation. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 580-ALB22-038

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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

A vexillological curiosity at yesterday's Santa Parade in Auckland - a quadruple size flag featuring New Zealand quartered with Japan.

A photo of 5 people bearing flags in a parade down Customs St in Auckland. The person in the centre is bearing a large flag which appears to be made up of two New Zealand flags and two Japanese flags sewn together in a checkerboard pattern. Crowds line the street, and in the background is part of Queen's Arcade and the Endean building at the corner with Queen St.

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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

I haven't yet determined whether this is part of a longer poem. AE Mulgan was a journalist for the Auckland Star, and the father of John Mulgan. I won the John Mulgan memorial prize for Greek twice, and used the book vouchers to buy the big Liddell & Scott dictionary. teara.govt.nz/en/biographi...

Photograph of an open book with two bookplates from the University of Auckland commemorating the award of the John Mulgan Memorial Prize for excellence in Greek in 1998 and 1999.

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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

"In benediction falls the night Priest of the kindly quiet hours" A.E. Mulgan I came across this unexpected poetry the other day on the back of a photo of Auckland being auctioned by the Fairfax Archives. bid.thefairfaxarchives.co.nz/lots/view/5-...

Image of the back of a photograph with text and dates written or stamped at different angles. Written in the centre is "Auckland from Albert Park", and "In benediction falls the night
Priest of the kindly quiet hours"
A.E. Mulgan

Black and white photograph of a night-time scene in a city, framed by trees. The photo is taken in Auckland, New Zealand from the Kitchener St side of Albert Park, overlooking the Society of Arts Building, Smith & Caughey, the T&G Insurance building, and the spire of St Matthew in the City.

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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

2) Since last time the bilingual text has been reordered so that the Te Reo Māori version is first 3) NZ passports support non-binary as a gender option, and apparently have done so since 2012 4) This is the first time I have seen an eye colour dropdown on a form!

Photograph of two New Zealand passports. The cover of the left (older) one reads "New Zealand Passport. Uruwhenua Aotearoa". The cover of the right (newer) one reads "Uruwhenua Aotearoa. New Zealand Passport".

Screenshot of the eye colour dropdown from an online form. The option are Amber, Black, Blue, Blue/Brown, Blue/Green, Blue/Grey, Brown, Green, Grey, Grey/Green, Hazel, Not Applicable, Red, and Violet.

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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

For me, historical photos have recently been the gateway to lots of local history rabbit holes. I also have this wonderful bird's eye view map above my desk. (I also keep meaning to produce an annotated version of 'The Lorax' as an example of the local history pipeline)

Photograph of a framed map. The map is a (recent print from a digitised copy of a) coloured lithograph of a bird's eye view of Auckland, New Zealand drawn in 1885-6 by George Treacy Stevens.

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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

This weekend's #DHBakes effort: a white chocolate berry cheesecake. I make this so infrequently that I forgot till after I put it in the oven that I normally only use the first half of this recipe and the second half of another. But only the first was saved in my phone! Photos are before after & BTS

A photograph of a springform tin on a bench. In the tin is a pale yellow liquid with a marbled berry pattern

A cake tin on a bench with a baked white chocolate berry cheesecake

A photograph of a kitchen bench showing half a dozen bowls, scales, empty packets, spoons, and spatulas

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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

I've been getting a bit* behind in my one-thing-a-day #DHMakes #dataviz, but fortunately there's a domain-specific hack that can help me move from spreadsheet to paper more quickly. In #heraldry "tricking" is labelling a sketch of a coat of arms with abbreviations for the colours. *four months

A photograph of a wooden desk with an A3 sheet of paper and a silver dish of pens. The sheet contains 10 rows of 14 shields drawn in black ink. Most of the shields contain some sort of geometric design or pencil marking.

Close up photo of the paper from the previous image, showing three rows of tricked shields. The abbreviations Or (for gold), Vt (for green) and Gu (for red) can be seen on the closest shields.

Photograph of a wooden desk with a sheet of paper and a silver dish of pens. The sheet is coveted with 10 rows of 14 shields coloured in varying combinations of gold, red, green, blue, silver, black, and white.

Photo of a wooden desk with two sheets of paper and a silver dish of pens. The left hand piece of paper is covered with 10 rows of 14 coloured drawings of shields. The right hand piece of paper is covered with the same number of shields, but they are uncoloured.

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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 07/10/2024

At the weekend we took the kids to Ambury regional park, and unwittingly came across the "Woolworths for bees" popup supermarket, designed to raise awareness about declining bee populations. The branding was very well done, but the pièce de résistance was the local notice board!

Photo of a greenhouse-like building with a supermarket sign above the entrance "Woolwirths for bees"

Photograph of shelves of plants with colorful flowers, and a suoermarket-style sign reading "Dicot Deals. Hive favourites"

Photograph of the Local Notices board from "Woolworths for bees" supermarket. Flyers include "Waggle dance classes", "Have you seen this wasp?", "Need a hive repair", a poster advertising Vivaldi's for seasons arranged between 250 and 300 MHz, rel estate listing for hives, and a few business cards.

Photograph of the back corner of "Woolworths for bees" supermarket, showing two aisles of flowering plants. A hanging sign above aisle 4 reads "Seasonal. Native. Spring Specials. Bark & Resin." A hanging sign above aisle 5 reads " Ultraviolet. High nectar. Multi Floret. Lavender." A partially obscured sign above the open doorway reads "Hive exit". Through the transparent plastic walls one can see a green grassy field with a white picket fence enclosure.

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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 22/09/2024

3. A flag, shipping registry, and international trade by Māori before the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi Sources: collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/62255 www.flickr.com/photos/archi... More info: teara.govt.nz/en/shipping

Photograph of a white flag with a red cross. The top left quadrant is coloured dark blue and contains another red cross. In each quadrant of this section is a white star.

New Zealand Company / United Tribes flag, 1839, maker unknown. Gift of Andrew Haggerty Richard Gillespie, 1967. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Te Papa (GH002925)

A sketch of a flag with the colours of each part of the design written on it.
Below is the text "National Flag. Selected by the assembled Chiefts of New Zealand in presence of George ? Esquire of His Majesty's Ship Alligator and James Busby Esquire British Resident Wyatanga Bay of Islands. 20th of March 1834"

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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 22/09/2024

2. A Māori-run bank More information at www.aucklandmuseum.com/discover/col...

Photograph of a museum exhibit featuring a £1/kotahi pauna banknote from Te Peeke of Aotearoa, and also a cheque drawn on the same bank.

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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 22/09/2024

1. Newspapers in Te reo Māori, or bilingual Te reo/English More information in this talk from Auckland Libraries: youtu.be/Nfdyay3k7mA?... Digitised versions of these papers at PapersPast paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/k... paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/m...

Front page of the 15 Jan 1885 edition of the newspaper Te Korimako, written entirely in Te reo Maori

Front page of the 19 Jan 1849 edition of the bilingual newpaper The Maori Messenger/Ko te Karere Maori

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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 18/09/2024

I spent too long on this, but here you go :)

Replica Bluesky 10M users card for Jean Valjean, @monsieurmadeleine.lesmis.social, member #24,601, joined Oct 18, 1815

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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 14/08/2024

As thoughts turn to the 2028 Olympics, may I present this piece of ephemera from the 1988 Olympics from my collection. My younger siblings were unaware of my collection development policy and attempted to deaccession it. Currently awaiting the attentions of the conservator :)

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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 02/08/2024

Serendipitous juxtaposition strikes again!

Excerpt of an Instagram feed showing a photograph of Princesses Elisabeth of Belgium, Ingrid Alexandra of Norway, and Leonor of Spain in military uniforms next to an image reading "Preparing for a PhD Defense". The background of the photo is a very similar colour to that of the neighboring image.

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Philip Allfrey @drpda.bsky.social · 28/07/2024

I managed to visit 32 in 3 months when I was collecting records of the armorial bearings duty for my dissertation! Past me even made a list of all the ones I visited:

West Sussex Record Office
The Keep
The National Archives
London Metropolitan Archives
City of Westminster Archives
Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre
Somerset Heritage Centre
Gloucestershire Archives
Cheltenham Local Studies Library
Bath Record Office
Staffordshire Record Office
Birmingham Archives and Heritage
Stoke on Trent City Archives
Lincolnshire Archives
West Yorkshire Archive Services, Wakefield
National Records of Scotland
National Library of Scotland
Dundee City Archives
Perth and Kinross Archives
Doncaster Archives
Barnsley Archives and Local Studies
Manchester Archives
West Yorkshire Archive Services, Leeds
East Riding Archives
North Yorkshire County Record Office
Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Records Service
Norfolk Record Office
British Postal Museum and Archive
Essex Record Office
Kent History and Library Centre
Surrey History Centre
Parliamentary Archives

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