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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“I don’t think being good at things is the point of doing them.” How an Archeologist changed KURT VONNEGUT’s life.

Henry Rothwell @henryrothwell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Fairford Event. Updates every 15 mins about how nobody knows anything yet, other than the residents of Fairford don't seem to like living next to an airfield that's been there since 1943.

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Rather Good Art @rathergoodart.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Good morning - I hope you slept like a suet-stuffed long-tailed tit - I'm starting with ‘The Library of Thorvald Boeck’, Harriet Backer, 1902. Available as a single greetings card, or as part of the Harriet Backer Collection. www.rathergoodart.co.uk/product/harr... #harrietbacker #libraryart

An oil painting by Harriet Backer depicting a friend's library. Sunlight enters through a window on the left, illuminating the green foliage of a houseplant, a table set with four chairs, and behind, rows of enticing books.

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Henry Rothwell @henryrothwell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Pamela's account of the steam/diesel-electric transition is a recommended read.

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Henry Rothwell @henryrothwell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

If you enjoyed this as much as I did, you may consider striking the peg of like. From the Finkel the Magnificent. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MZq...

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Irving Finkel reads the Pharaoh's private mail | Curator's Corner ep 100

YouTube video by The British Museum

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Henry Rothwell @henryrothwell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Kingfisher on the wall of the Bishop's Palace. Apologies for the zoom artefacts.

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Henry Rothwell @henryrothwell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Presenting the magnificently titled Thundersbarrow Hillfort. This much denuded Sussex hillfort has some very interesting earlier features. www.digitaldigging.net/thundersbarr... #HillfortsWednesday

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Henry Rothwell @henryrothwell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Love all of this, and the channel ident at the beginning. 1981: Michael J. Murphy – The Folklore Collector | Ulster in Focus | BBC Archive. @wildtwin.bsky.social - I imagine you'll enjoy this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3zc...

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1981: Michael J. Murphy – The Folklore Collector | Ulster in Focus | BBC Archive

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Henry Rothwell @henryrothwell.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

'Low Tide', Ethleen Palmer, linocut, 1936.

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Henry Rothwell @henryrothwell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

1/2 Watched Rollerball last night. The protagonist visits a library at one point with a quesion concerning history, to be told that all the physical books had been 'computerised' and destroyed, so only the computerised, edited versions were available. So pleased that hasn't happened yet. . .

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Henry Rothwell @henryrothwell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

For this #HillfortsWednesday, I'd like to nominate the magnificent Bat's Castle, Somerset. www.digitaldigging.net/bats-castle-...

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Rather Good Art @rathergoodart.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Good morning - I hope you slept like a lichen-stuffed caribou - I'm starting with the remarkable Simon Palmer's equally remarkable 'The Estate Plantation', which coincidentallygraces the November page of the Simon Palmer Calendar for 2027. www.rathergoodart.co.uk/product/the-... #simonpalmer

A planted woodland scene - many bare trunks rising from the bottom and disappearing at the top of the frame. The ground is littered with brown and russet leaves. In the distance, wooded hill.

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Hugo Anderson-Whymark @hugowhymark.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I'm very slowly making a flint Maesmor-type Neolithic macehead. But I'm not sure the form of the blank is right to cut the lozenges, so I've made a plaster cast to practice.

Flint rough out for a Maesmor type Neolithic macehead. With a plaster cast and moulds. The cast will be used to practice the lozenge design

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Rather Good Art @rathergoodart.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Here's Paul Nash's 'Wittenham' - you can almost smell the turf breathing out as the deep grey clouds move in. This one's available as a single card, or as part of the Paul Nash Landscape Collection. www.rathergoodart.co.uk/product/paul... #paulnash #paulnashartist #chalkdowns #wittenham

A Paul Nash watercolour depicting a clump of beech trees at the top of a chalky rise. Rain is on the way.

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Henry Rothwell @henryrothwell.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Incidentally, ‘charm’, the collective noun for a flock or group of goldfinches, comes from the Latin 'carmen', ‘song, verse, enchantment, religious formula’. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_...

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Henry Rothwell @henryrothwell.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Vashti Bunyan interview, titled 'Where have all the flowers gone?', BBC 1970. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoCe...

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Vashti Bunyan Young Interview

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Henry Rothwell @henryrothwell.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I watched The Matrix last night, and grew increasingly tense at how much harder Neo would have to work to find a landline now.

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Henry Rothwell @henryrothwell.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

For #HillfortsWednesday, I give you the mighty Hambledon Hill Camp, Dorset. Text by Dave Stewart and Miles Russell. www.digitaldigging.net/hambledon-hi...

An artist's interpetation of Hambledon Hillfort in the form layered pages in a book, painted with watercolours.

A digital terrain model of Hambledon Hillfort, in all the colours of Christmas.

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Henry Rothwell @henryrothwell.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Generations of Mesopotamian ungulates rubbing up against the stones, depositing lanolin on which dark lichens can feed.

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I've just submitted the manuscript for my next book, THE GHOSTS OF CHALK COUNTRY. It's about the loss of England's chalk downland - a tale of flowers, fertility, fascism and freedom. Published by William Collins on 22nd April 2027; pre-order here: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

Photo shows the printed manuscript for my book, The Ghosts of Chalk Country, by Guy Shrubsole. Background shows a cork board covered in old postcards, photos and paintings of chalk landscapes, including some Eric Ravilious watercolours, and a postcard of the Cerne Giant wearing underpants.

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Rather Good Art @rathergoodart.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Good morning - I hope you slept like a bird's-foot-trefoil-stuffed dingy skipper - I'm starting with 'Over the Bridge' by Simon Palmer. The keen eyed amongst you may recognise this landscape from another Palmer painting - but which one? www.rathergoodart.co.uk/product/simo... #simonpalmer

‘Over the Bridge’ Simon Palmer, watercolour, gouache and ink. This painting depicts a figure on a bridge in the mid-ground, with his customarily tentacular trees to the right, with a road sloping away from us in the foreground., and ploughed fields climbing to the horizon.

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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 19/08/2026

ADHD is a real condition that can have serious consequences if undiagnosed. An ill-informed documentary that suggests it is a modern, social construct could cause harm, says Caroline Williams

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Calling ADHD a myth is pseudoscientific and dangerous | New Scientist

ADHD is a real condition that can have serious consequences if undiagnosed. An ill-informed documentary that suggests it is a modern, social construct could cause harm, says Caroline Williams

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Rather Good Art @rathergoodart.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Good morning - I hope you slept like lichen-stuffed caribou - I'm starting the day with the Eric Ravilious Zodiac. If you'd like to know more, there's a blog post over at the Rather Good Art website, explaining his rather unusual decisions: www.rathergoodart.co.uk/the-eric-rav... #ericravilious

The Ravilious Zodiac - twelve wood engravings depicting the signs of the zodiac for a 1929 almanac.

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Henry Rothwell @henryrothwell.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Horesdrawn cabs on Terminus Road (by the side of Brighton Station), 1903.

A row of horsedrawn cabs queue along Terminus Road by Brighton Station.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Mull phone box seen in Powell and Pressburger's classic 1945 film 'I Know Where I'm Going!' has been saved from removal. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Mull phone box seen in classic romance film saved from removal

The red phone box at Carsaig was made famous by I Know Where I'm Going!, a romantic comedy film released in 1945.

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Henry Rothwell @henryrothwell.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Thought I'd not got an actual shot of the #eclipse but zooming in next to St. Benedict's church. . .

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Henry Rothwell @henryrothwell.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

If you're a Ravilious enthusiast, or just like a bit of an art mystery, I've just uploaded a new blog to the Rather Good Art website, which reveals another facet to one of Ravilious' best known paintings.

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Henry Rothwell @henryrothwell.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

They're older now, and not remotely close any more, but there was a time when this was their default position. For this International cat day, I give you Evelyn and Barbara.

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Mike Pitts @pittsmike.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

More parchmarks. By the car park at Silbury Hill you can see some of the wall foundations of the house & tea rooms that were beside a petrol station that closed in the mid 1970s. Black & white Wiltshire Museum photos, some interesting memories of the site here www.facebook.com/groups/deviz...

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Henry Rothwell @henryrothwell.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Good morning - I hope you slept like a peanut-stuffed badger - I'm starting with 'Jodrell Bank around Pex Hill, Cheshire', D. Alun Evans, acrylic on canvas, 2011.

An acrylic painting of the large white radar at Jodrell Bank in wintry coutryside.

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Henry Rothwell @henryrothwell.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

It's always a good morning when this is on. Ageispolis never fails to takes me right back.

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