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Professor Hamish McSporran

@hamishmcsporran.bsky.social
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Edinburgh Mathsjam Mathscot who is ably assisted by a human whose Erdos Number is 5. Also a fan of postboxes and handwritten letters.

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The Letter Box Study Group @lbsg.org · 03/10/2026
What's that on top of this Edward VII post box in London? A Post Office direction sign, often abbreviated to PODS, was once a common sight on our streets. Now, only a small number (like this one) survive. Have you seen one on a street near you? #postboxsaturday
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Routledge Books @routledgebooks.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
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Henry Long @henrylong9.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The K4 phone box / postbox / stamp vending machine combination at Whitley Bay station. Sent to me by a friend. #PostboxSaturday
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richard mortimer @richardmortimer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#PostboxSaturday #BlueSkyArtShow #3rdPlace
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23RyanD @23duff.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#PostboxSaturday
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Professor Hamish McSporran @hamishmcsporran.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Nearly forgot it is #PostboxSaturday @lbsg.org @letterappsoc.bsky.social
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Professor Hamish McSporran @hamishmcsporran.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Edinburgh @mathsjam.bsky.social on Tuesday 20th October. 7pm at the Brass Monkey on Drummond St. The next day is Perth @mathsjam.bsky.social at the Taproom on Princess St (Perth)?again at 7pm.
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Professor Hamish McSporran @hamishmcsporran.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Thank goodness we are not playing the whole of Macedonia
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Professor Hamish McSporran @hamishmcsporran.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Solidarity with my friends in the Maths department
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Claire Cowley @msclairecowley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Royal box and roundhead slots #postboxsaturday
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CaroBar @carobar.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Second entry of the day for #PostboxSaturday. Saw these two very different post boxes about 100m apart in Cark, #cumbria.
A red post box with an unusual sloping top on a black pillar. It is standing right next to the wall of a house.A small rectangular post box set in to a stone wall. A railway notice is to the left and the start of the station name is on the right.
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Professor Hamish McSporran @hamishmcsporran.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nice to see a lamp box clinging to a post with a hat on #PostboxSaturday @letterappsoc.bsky.social @lbsg.org
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Professor Hamish McSporran @hamishmcsporran.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Perth @mathsjam.bsky.social
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Professor Hamish McSporran @hamishmcsporran.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Great evening at Edinburgh @MathsJam Tomorrow (Wednesday) at Perth if you can make it.
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Roger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Got stuck in a traffic jam behind a lorry carrying a huge agricultural vehicle in Bawdsey but just at the right spot to wind down the window and get this shot of their Edward VIII box in a wall! #PostBoxSaturday #Suffolk
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Brian's Malt Musings 🥃 @maltmusings.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
#PostboxSaturday Liverpool Special
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mentaldrams_mark @mentaldrams-mark.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I may or may not have been to #Liverpool... 🤷😂 Wishing you all a happy #PostboxSaturday 📮😊
The famous "Liverpool special" #postbox, one of only seven produced of which only three survive and this one is the last one in service. The backdrop showing a heart shaped hedge and further away the ferris wheel.
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Professor Hamish McSporran @hamishmcsporran.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Very rare EiiR Ludlow #PostboxSaturday @lbsg.org @letterappsoc.bsky.social
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Professor Hamish McSporran @hamishmcsporran.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
www.thestrad.com/news/obituar...
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Obituary: cellist Bruno Schrecker
The former member of the Allegri Quartet was one of Casals' last pupils
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Professor Hamish McSporran @hamishmcsporran.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#FingerpostFriday
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Professor Hamish McSporran @hamishmcsporran.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Bruno was the cellust in my uncle’s string quartet. www.theguardian.com/music/2026/s...
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Bruno Schrecker obituary
Cellist and a member of the Allegri String Quartet in recordings of Schubert, Brahms, Elgar and Britten
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Professor Hamish McSporran @hamishmcsporran.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Worth travelling down from Scotland for the open day. Absolutely amazing @lbsg.org @letterappsoc.bsky.social
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Helen Baggott | Editor ~ Author ~ Speaker @postedinthepast.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Happy #PostboxSaturday from Swanage, just along from the lovely cottage hospital.
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Brian's Malt Musings 🥃 @maltmusings.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A lovely George 6th wallbox outside Laphroaig distillery on Islay. #PostboxSaturday
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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk A King George V postbox on the North Norfolk Coast Road. #PostboxSaturday
Red postbox within a red brick wall.
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Professor Hamish McSporran @hamishmcsporran.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Postboxes at service stations are always useful as it is a great chance to post those handwritten postcards. #PostboxSaturday @lbsg.org @letterappsoc.bsky.social
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Matthew Scroggs @mscroggs.co.uk · 09/09/2026
I finally remembered to but my ticket for this year's @bigmathsjam.bsky.social today. If you've not been before, it's an excellent weekend of maths fun and you should definitely come. Details and ticket booking at mathsjam.com/gathering/uk/.
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MathsJam UK Gathering | MathsJam
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Big MathsJam @bigmathsjam.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
We’d also love to spread the word about MathsJam more widely - if you can post on social media about how great it is, that would be fab. Include a link to mathsjam.com/gatheri... so people can find out more, tag in Big MathsJam and use the hashtag #bigmathsjam!
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Big MathsJam @bigmathsjam.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
There’s only two months to go until this year’s Big MathsJam UK Gathering - if you haven’t already booked your tickets, head to mathsjam.com/gatheri... to find out all the details and grab your spot. Previous events have fully sold out, so make sure you don’t miss your chance!
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Ian Kikuchi @curatorian.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Today in 1940, an unnamed German airman takes a photograph as he flies over London. His image captures a Heinkel bomber in flight over the British capital. I've always found it a fascinating image, and often find details in it that I'd not noticed before. 🧵
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Professor Hamish McSporran @hamishmcsporran.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Two K types with a pouch box each outside the post office in Stirling (the rings on top are to make them look like Teletubbys) #PostboxSaturday @lbsg.org @letterappsoc.bsky.social
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The Maths Bazaar @themathsbazaar.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I think it was John Donne who wrote, “Norman is an island“ #NormanDay
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Professor Hamish McSporran @hamishmcsporran.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
In Hull for the Cottingham Folk Festival. Here is a box from there for #postboxsaturday @letterappsoc.bsky.social @lbsg.org
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Professor Hamish McSporran @hamishmcsporran.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Ten people and five sheep at Perth @mathsjam.bsky.social
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Professor Hamish McSporran @hamishmcsporran.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
When you realise it is #postboxsaturday but can’t be bothered to leave the house - just take a photo in your living room. @lbsg.org @letterappsoc.bsky.social
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Matt Henderson @matthen.com · 15/08/2026
Game of Life on Penrose tiles
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Ayliean @ayliean.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I like this a lot :)
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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
👀 Buckfastleigh, Devon A “Type N” or “Bantam” type of postbox, designed by Sir Kenneth Grange & introduced in the 1990s. There is a similarity with his aerodynamic Intercity 125 train design. (Bonus point for the road cone 😉) #PostboxSaturday
Postbox with curved top & front.
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Elma @maybelmamazed.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Happy #PostboxSaturday 📮 I spotted this while driving through Carlton in the #YorkshireDales and had to take a photo❤️
A red British telephone box and a red postbox beside a stone cottage in the Yorkshire Dales
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Professor Hamish McSporran @hamishmcsporran.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
At the Cropredy Festival for the weekend so here are two boxes I found in Cropredy itself. #PostboxSaturday @letterappsoc.bsky.social @lbsg.org
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Professor Hamish McSporran @hamishmcsporran.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
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Professor Hamish McSporran @hamishmcsporran.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
So annoying when you see “Beware Tuning Forks” road signs with the wrong units - should be Hz
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The Writing Web @thewritingweb.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Tickled to spot this topper on the Edward VIII pillar box in Tobermory harbour straight after a trip to see the awesome Fingal’s Cave and puffins on the Isle of Staffa. 💌 #PostboxSaturday @letterappsoc.bsky.social
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The Handwritten Letter Appreciation Society @letterappsoc.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Rather poignantly, I wondered if any of the brave men and women whose names are on the War Memorial ever posted a letter in this old Victorian postbox, in their lifetime. Also, their sacrifice meant events like Swanage Carnival could exist, years later. #PostboxSaturday 📮🎖️❤️
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Professor Hamish McSporran @hamishmcsporran.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Only the second I’ve seen in “the wild”. This one up in Huntley - so a lovely Scottish crown #PostboxSaturday @letterappsoc.bsky.social @lbsg.org
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MathsJam @mathsjam.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
As well as our monthly pub hangouts, there are also larger annual MathsJam gatherings - one in the UK in about November, and one in Oceania (New Zealand) - for details visit mathsjam.com/gathering
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Professor Hamish McSporran @hamishmcsporran.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
No Edinburgh @mathsjam.bsky.social in August - we are all going to the Perth MathsJam on Wednesday 26th August at the Cullach Taproom, Princess St (in Perth) at 7pm (earlier if you want a pizza). Ten minute walk from the train and bus stations (including Ember bus)
Picture of MathsJam table with drinks and puzzles
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Mary Oz @maryoz.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
#PostboxSaturday Leaning hexagonal Victorian postbox, cluttering the pavement together with #phonebox eScooters cables box and litter bin. A nightmare if you're #VisuallyImpaired.
Leaning hexagonal Victorian postbox, phone box, eScooters, cables box and litter bin. All red or black on tarmac pavement in the sun with trees in the background.
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The Letter Box Study Group @lbsg.org · 01/08/2026
The RAREST royal cypher!? This year marks ninety years since the eleven month reign of Edward VIII, whose cypher is the least common on our streets with only 140 left in use. It's our anniversary too; we were founded in 1976, the same year a late member took this amazing photo #postboxsaturday
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