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In 2020 I started an art history ma with @openuniversity.bsky.social I got merit in the 1st module & switched to a broader humanities MA to study creative writing, as my focus had shifted. Anyway, I got a distinction in the writing module. So that’s nice. But true to form, I’m unsure what’s next. 🤔

Gwen John (1876-1939)
Old Woman Writing
inscribed and dated 'old woman writing/au magasin du Louvre.Feb 6 28' (along the lower edge)
watercolour and gouache, unframed
6 1/8 x 4 ¾ in. (15.5 x 12.1 cm.)
PROVENANCE

Private collection, France, in the family of the present owner since circa 1929.

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

So it seems I still have a crush on Richard E Grant after falling hard for his Withnail in my teenage years. But I’m slightly distracted by James Blunt’s greased nipples. My husband’s too preoccupied by Hannah Fry to notice. #thecelebritytraitors #celebritytraitors

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Wtf You On About Withnail And I

ALT: Wtf You On About Withnail And I

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Shahan Miah @shahanshahan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I've just declared myself as a traitor by mistake #CelebrityTraitors #TheCelebrityTraitors

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Caught the last day of this fantastic exhibition of prints exploring Orkney’s Landscapes and Connections to Transatlantic Slavery, but I’m recently post-op and still a bit too zonked to fully appreciate it.🤞artist Carolyn Dixon publishes something of it soon. theorkneynews.scot/2026/09/02/c...

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Carolyn Dixon Exhibition: ‘Torn from that Lovely Shore’

A new art exhibition of prints by Carolyn Dixon explores Orkney’s Landscapes and Connections to Transatlantic Slavery. The exhibition is in the Orkney Museum, Kirkwall and runs until 26 Septe…

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André Sobolewski @andre-sobolewski.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

You might also tell this wonderful story about the impact of taking action, even if it seems small. bsky.app/profile/twes...

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Boy tries to impress girls by blowing up a condom and putting it over his head, Seaham Bus Station, east Durham, 2004-5, photo by Karen Robinson.

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Kitty @kittyfisher.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

There are plans to build an enormous data centre right on the Menai Strait, which will seriously affect energy use & the local marine ecosystem. The company building it has a Welsh name but is based in England and has previously been charged with environmental offences. Dim diolch! c.org/CNwWTD5Yqv

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Sign the Petition

Menai Data Centre - SAY NO!

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Meghan Markle falling foul of a ruthless school mums WhatsApp group is either a security catastrophe or pr master stroke in seeming relatable because pretty much every British mother has been there. Why did no one warn her?!

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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

many social media managers will encourage you to spread your posts throughout the day but why do that when you have 500 thoughts and you could just literally post them all at the same time

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Hazel Pinner @hazelmpinner.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Janey is somewhere applauding this one!

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Newcastle Uni Special Collections & Archives @ncllibspeccoll.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

#Discover This Child Vaccination Poster from c. 1950s offers a fascinating glimpse into the history of public health communication. What can this poster tell us about attitudes towards childhood vaccination — then and now? Explore the item: collectionscaptured.ncl.ac.uk/digital/coll...

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Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County @nhm.org · 12/09/2026

"As part of #NightTales, I worked with the NHM Entomology Department to photograph specimens from the museum’s collection, using colored light to transform them into images for the show," says Featured Artist Maggie West. — 🧵

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Dyn Hysbys @dynhysbys.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I for one yearn to don a frock simply to torch any instrument of oppression in Cymru. Being gay is just a bonus.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Scot, 70, took 40 years to cross-stitch Bayeux Tapestry replica on his daily commute. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Bayeux Tapestry replica goes on display in Aberdeenshire

Ian Williams' work - about a third the size of the original - is on show in Macduff in Aberdeenshire.

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Loving the lgbt AND Welsh representation in this week’s The Orcadian letters page. #InclusionMatters #RebeccaRiotersRocked 🏳️‍🌈 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Illustrations of jellyfish from A. G. Mayer’s Medusae of the World (1910) — publicdomainreview.org/collection/m…

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I made myself a nudibranch friend at an Orkney Science Festival creative workshop with artist Jenny Pope 🌊 it was great to learn so much about plankton from Elaina Rose Kelly @heriotwattuni.bsky.social 🔬

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Louvain Rees ⚰️ @hellohistoria.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

What's everyone researching at the moment? 🌠

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

According to my husband, me screaming my head off and explaining that “the pirates are coming!” EVERY SINGLE TIME I see one of these ships through the window isn’t funny. I disagree. 🏴‍☠️ 😱

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 04/09/2026

Nigel Farage is very lucky that he didn't know what was being discussed at the lunch where he was discussing it

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Grise l’Indécis @wildobliquities.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Well let me just blow your mind here a moment. What if...what if a lasagne is just a meat trifle

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Gloria Steinem died with fewer rights than she had during her lifetime. That fact needs to be front and centre of every media report, every dedication, every discussion of her death.

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William Perrin @willperrin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

a little masterpiece

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Kirkdale Bookshop @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Buddo says you're nearly home & dry.

Wahey! It's Buddo, the OG Neolithic whalebone figurine from Orkney!

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Ray Newman @raynewman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Prehistoric ‘shaman's puppet’ at the Moravian Museum in Brno.

A creepy little dude, mostly eaten away and decayed, with hollow eyes and a downturned mouth. Nightmare fuel.

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Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County @nhm.org · 26/08/2026

It’s hard to be a diamond in a rhinestone world, and #DollyParton sure was proof! In 1978, the Goldberger Doll Mfg. Company released the first commercially manufactured celebrity doll in the icon’s appearance, one of which made its way into the NHM Collections pictured here.

Photo of the 1978 Dolly Parton collectible doll in the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County collections.

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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 25/08/2026

Hat tests for 'A Clockwork Orange' (1971) 📽️

b&w photos of various droogs wearing a bunch of goofy hats, my favorite being a Pilgrim hat with a big buckle- u missed an opportunity there, Stanley

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Watched Gladiator II last night, which tied up all the lose ends apart from a glaringly obvious one: WTF happened to Dondus? 🐵

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Omg how have I only just discovered Frontier on Netflix: In 18th-century North America, ruthless trappers and entrepreneurs fight to wrest control of the fur trade from the mighty Hudson's Bay Company. Starring a smouldering Jason Momoa. It’s incredibly bloody and silly.

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Stromness Museum @stromnessmuseum.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Our Sea Stories exhibition is in oisf.org 2026, as is the talk ‘The Mystery of the Stronsay Monster’. 🌊🔗 Learn about the strange marine carcass that inspired great 19th c. scientific & literary minds: shorturl.at/JB4Cp Sea Stories ℹ️ shorturl.at/SlOxb 📷 kind permission of @natlibscot.bsky.social

Photo of the partial remains of the Stronsay Sea Beast on display in Stromness Museum inside an old cigar box with handwritten labels: A portion of the Sea Snake found off Orkney in 1808. Sent with a descriptive letter by playwright Joanna Baillie to Lady Byron, for Byron, 1815' & 'Filaments of the Sea Snake's mane'.

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Folk music session in the Stromness Royal Hotel bar last night 🎻🎹🪕

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Kirkdale Bookshop @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

wonderful times

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Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

This does have definite apocalyptic vibes

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Yesterday my youngest son Robin decided to gift his older brother Rowan some fish cutlery to eat his Friday night fish supper with 🐟 🍽️ @kidsinmuseums.bsky.social #mftadventure

Three fish forks and three fish knives. Silver colour with monogram on handle. "R B T A " arranged on a sectioned square.

Doodle and writing: ‘fish cutlery for Rowan’

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tash @tashldn.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Black Lives Matter

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Art UK @artukdotorg.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

We recently visited 'Joan Eardley: The Sea at Catterline' at the Granary Gallery in Berwick-upon-Tweed to explore this important chapter of her career 🌊 #RSA200 Discover more exhibitions near you with our What’s on feed 👉 artuk.org/visit/whats-on

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Nicky Getgood @getgood.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Someone proved that gingerbread man wrong.

Facebook post: ‘Found in middle of road near Deepdale. Have moved it onto verge.’ It’s a big cardboard gingerbread man alongside a painted sign saying “you can’t catch me.”

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