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Lizzie Speller @l1zz1e.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

And I think you are so right about Brahms as the leaves fall and days draw in but also in the mists that make mystery of familiar landscapes.

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Lizzie Speller @l1zz1e.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

As a hint of local weather it is rather magnificent- a determined tree in every way!

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

FUCK IT. Let's give away 3 more signed paperbacks of my latest novel, each with fab linoprint bookmarks, made by my mum Jo. Repost & reply to enter! You might like it if you like: Folkloric creatures Old records Intricate psychedelic stories The idea of circular time All shares much-appreciated!

My latest novel Everything Will Swallow You, next to the sea, where some of it takes place.

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Lizzie Speller @l1zz1e.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Outside C16 Greyhound pub in the tiny village of Pettistree. Old apple trees, a smell of fat red apples in the long grass.This was happiness: a last lingering day of warmth and sun while eating amazing seasonal food. Next door a flint church. A remnant of C12 griseille glass survives the puritans.

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Lizzie Speller @l1zz1e.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Be inspired. October is a month of change, myth, falling, survival, colour and darkness. poetrysociety.org.uk/competitions...

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Simon Jones @simonjones.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Thames this morning at Windsor.

Sunrise over a wide river with swans. My wife took it on her run while I was still in bed.

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Lizzie Speller @l1zz1e.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Exhausting. Can we just choose one? (quotation was from Dr Michael Lennox in The Independent"

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Lizzie Speller @l1zz1e.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"This month’s Venus retrograde,which is when-for those who believe-the planet that rules love,relationships,beauty, personal values,and money,appears to move backwards from 3 October to 13 November, is the best time to prepare for the biggest love relationship romance manifestation of one’s life"

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Lizzie Speller @l1zz1e.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Well, demons still at work in Fairford church: one taking a woman on a piggy back, one pushing another woman to hell in a handcart (allegedly an image of the medieval glazier’s wife).

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The timeless beauty of ancient glass! This Roman glass scent bottle is around 2,000 years old, yet its elegant design feels surprisingly modern! British Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology

My photo shows a small Roman scent bottle made of cobalt-blue mould-blown glass in the form of a scallop shell. At the top it has a cylindrical neck with an out-turned rim. There is a thin, curved, handle either side of the neck. The top of each handle is attached to the neck, and the bottom is attached to the top of the scallop shell. Bottle dimensions: height 8.5 cm, diameter 5.2 cm. Dated AD 25-100. It is displayed on a circular, clear perspex (?) stand in a British Museum display case. The bottle was bequeathed to the British Museum by Felix Slade in 1869.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I'm down to the last nine copies of this ISS Cat print, so if you want one, please order soon. It's in my shop along with other prints, badges and a zine: www.tomgauld.com/

A view of the International Space Station floating in the stars above the earth. A cat in a space suit floats outside. An astronaut within the station looks out of a window and says "In? But I just let you out."

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Lizzie Speller @l1zz1e.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Fairford - where I was born and (later!) brought up my children and got all my exercise walking to protests at the base. It has fantastic medieval glass in its church. Especially exciting hell. This is hellmouth who reminds me of one of our world leaders.

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Lizzie Speller @l1zz1e.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

They wouldn’t. Those who live there sigh every time one takes off, noisily and heavily. All of them impotent.

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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Every time someone links to this film, I have to repost it. It's one of the most significant bits of British 20th century art. Everything about it is incredible. Groundbreaking music production by Daphne Oram. Amazing camera work by Wolfgang Suschitzky (who later filmed Get Carter).-

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Dr Jo Ball @drjeball.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A #Roman glass bowl, in a beautiful cobalt blue with an irregular swirling white pattern. It looks amazing - especislly given that it is nearly 2000 years old! #Archaeology #AncientBlueSky

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Lizzie Speller @l1zz1e.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

and, while we slept, the Autumn equinox.

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Dr Lauren Smith @saltwaterlifeuk.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

🔵🦈 I can’t help myself… I just have to post this wee clip again! I love how you can see the incredible blue colouration of the dorsal side of this shark as she catches the sunlight when cruising on by! #blueshark #shark #underwater #freediving #celticdeep 🌊 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social

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Lizzie Speller @l1zz1e.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Quite pleased with my stained glass square. I loved the textures and different degrees of opacity of the choices of glass. A pity I fainted before the lead was added- a touch of artistic Victorian drama - but so grateful the lovely tutor did it the next day. www.stokebridgeworkshops.co.uk

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Poetry in Aldeburgh Festival @poetryinaldeburgh.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Grab your festival tickets TODAY while you still can! Tickets are live via our website - link in bio 🔗 🎟️ See you from 5-8 November! 💙🩵💙🩵 #poetryinaldeburgh #poetryfestival #suffolk #poetrybythesea #poetryevents

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Lizzie Speller @l1zz1e.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Sennacherib’s inscriptions often portrayed the most important parts of his reign as his large-scale building projects. Most of Sennacherib's campaigns [were for] securing treasure to finance his building projects

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Lizzie Speller @l1zz1e.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

“Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen: Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown.” Byron, from The Destruction of Sennacherib

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 15/09/2026

Every atom in your body has survived cosmic catastrophes beyond comprehension, only to end up answering inane emails.

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Tom Hulme @tomhulme.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Been meaning to get here for years: Manchester’s splendid Victoria Baths (c. 1906). Look at that stained glass water nymph!

A stained glass window in art nouveau style depicting a water nymph.

An empty Victorian swimming pool, with pitched metal roof, stained glass window and surrounded by private changing rooms

An ornate art nouveau hallway, with glazed green tiles, fish floor mosaics, and stained glass windows with floral motifs

Private changing rooms divided by blue painted wood, terrazzo floor and glazed white interiors

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Lizzie Speller @l1zz1e.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

But ...... is this the creature confronted by Sherlock Holmes, in Conan Doyle's story 'The Adventure of the Lion's Mane'? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Giant lion's mane jellyfish caught on camera off Pembrokeshire coast

Iestyn Morgan has set out to make Welsh aquatic life "more accessible" for people to see.

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ellipsis zine @ellipsiszine.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Submission details: www.ellipsis-zine.com/submit

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Lizzie Speller @l1zz1e.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Driving alone steep-sided lane through thick woods when extraordinary pheasant stepped out, slowly- iridescent blue head, green plume and stately gait. I say ‘wow. Look at that !’ Daughter says ‘Mum, it’s a peacock’.

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Small finds from the wood, September 🍒🪶🌿:

A collection of small nature finds from my local woodland, including green acorn, rosehips, Viburnum opulus berries, pigeon feather, spindle berries & leaves , alder cones & grove snail shells

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Lizzie Speller @l1zz1e.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Things I was frightened of as a child: 1. Leeches 2. Going down dark passage, under a mounted fish head, to the loo at my grandfather’s. 3. Gym 4. Wc cistern falling on my head. 5. Dr Who 6. Having to read aloud in class

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Dr Prit Buttar @dienekes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Back to misty mornings …

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Lizzie Speller @l1zz1e.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Am reading, with delight and admiration, Laurent Binet’s wonderful, witty and clever novel of the machinations of c16 Florence, the artists (one murdered) the culture-crushing Pope, the nuns, and an explicit painting of a Medici daughter. I’ve learned so much, smiled, and revelled in the mystery

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Royal Forestry Society @royalforestrysoc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

"This World Suicide Prevention Day, we can all take one step to help address these issues by having an honest conversation with a colleague. Ask how they’re really doing and see where the conversation leads." Read more: ow.ly/5bho50ZLQ0Q #WorldSuicidePreventionDay #MentalHealthInForestry

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Lizzie Speller @l1zz1e.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Among the height and competitive steel and glass of new buildings clustered in the City of London, ancient survivors of the 1666 Great Fire and the Blitz of WWII

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Lizzie Speller @l1zz1e.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

My son chases the sunset from London to NYC, after today’s hours of delay.

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