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Linda Maynard @lindamaynard.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Ai Weiwei's version of the Great Wave with refugee dinghies replacing fishing boats - a tribute to those who cross oceans in search of a better life.

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Linda Maynard @lindamaynard.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Having seen the teasers, really looking forward to spending some quality time with this over the weekend.

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Linda Maynard @lindamaynard.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

The fearless Ewa Partum at MOCAK - would love to see this exhibition in the UK.

An exhibition by Polish artist with road sign in foreground and black and white photographs on the wall. Ewa Partum can be seen on the bottom left.

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Linda Maynard @lindamaynard.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

I sense writer's cramp kicking in.

Scrawled signature on dedicated page in Picador book.

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Linda Maynard @lindamaynard.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Drifted away from my usual time period today at Sheffield City Archives. Signature of the Rev Charles Greenwood, a benefactor of Heptonstall, written from his bed.

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Linda Maynard @lindamaynard.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Beautiful start to the day of action to protect our green spaces #NatureDayOfAction #VoteForNature

Cloudy sky with half rainbow over moorland, with tree on left-hand side.

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Linda Maynard @lindamaynard.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Caught this frivolous little beauty at Knaresborough earlier - a C17th silk purse.

A decorative silk purse in the shape of a bird with talons and feather details. Moss green in colour.

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Linda Maynard @lindamaynard.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Very touched to have been sent these wonderful photos of the Brothers in Arms memorial commemorating all brothers and sisters who died during the First World War.

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Linda Maynard @lindamaynard.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

You wait for one sign of Spring and three come along at once. Curlews, lapwings and now fog spawn.

Transparent globes if frog spawn clustered in clear pond water.

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Linda Maynard @lindamaynard.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Amazing launch event for This is Slavery - by @rickardsisters.com at Queen's Mill in Burnley. A real celebration of Ethel Carnie Holdsworth

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Linda Maynard @lindamaynard.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Best homecoming present. A community response to the threat to my beloved Walshaw Moor.

Cover of the Book of Bogs featuring a moorland scene.

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Linda Maynard @lindamaynard.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

One of the gems that turned up at our village history research group today #Heptonstall

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Linda Maynard @lindamaynard.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Chelsea pensioners evacuated to the West Country enjoying a cuppa with the VADs. #WW2

Two uniformed VADs with a tea trolley surrounded by Chelsea pensioners wearing their caps.

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Linda Maynard @lindamaynard.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

One of those times when the exterior is more interesting than the interior.

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Linda Maynard @lindamaynard.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Marquette of Pity of War memorial at Chester Cathedral

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Linda Maynard @lindamaynard.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

'Mrs. Meredith's life can be looked upon, of course, as an episode in the lives of Meredith or Peacock, but it cannot have seemed that way to her.' - Diane Johnson

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Linda Maynard @lindamaynard.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Mary Shelley's grave. Buried with her husband Percy's heart.

Blue plaque marking burial place of Mary Shelley.

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Linda Maynard @lindamaynard.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

A tribute to the power of peaceful protest. This statue of the late Brian Haw, is sited just outside the House of Common's one mile exclusion zone.

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Linda Maynard @lindamaynard.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Portrait of a marriage in home furnishings. Commissioned designer Koloman Moser in 1902, wedding in 1903, home interior magazine article in 1904, split up in 1906.

Early twentieth century modernist chairs and sofa designed by Koloman Moser with geometric inlays.

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Linda Maynard @lindamaynard.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

A heady brew of birdsong up on the tops this morning.

An image of a recording of bird song with pictures of a ring-necked pheasant, tawny owl, wood pigeon, osytercatcher, curlew, cuckoo. lapwing and willow warbler.

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Linda Maynard @lindamaynard.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

This touching article by Bee Wilson prompted me to dig out this photo of my nan's old pyrex mixing bowl. Brings back happy kitchen-bound memories of watching her bake cakes and fighting with my brother over who got to scrape out the bowl afterwards. www.theguardian.com/food/2025/ap...

pink pyrex mixing bowl with white leaf pattern on kitchen workshop.

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Linda Maynard @lindamaynard.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

This little chaffinch has been stalking our window the last couple of days.

Chaffinch on tree branch looking in window

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Linda Maynard @lindamaynard.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

One of the smallest objects in the Museum of the Warsaw Uprising - a hairpin belonging to an unnamed insurgent.

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Linda Maynard @lindamaynard.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Work in progress v final relief on corner of Warsaw's Constitution Square.

Photo of relief of woman labourer. Sculptor on ladder at right-hand side.

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Linda Maynard @lindamaynard.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson - first female doctor to qualify in Britain and first female mayor. Pictured here in Aldeburgh #InternationalWomensDay

Picture of Elizabeth Garret Anderson wearing her mayoral chain at the bottom of a flight of stairs.

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Linda Maynard @lindamaynard.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Sorting through some old FWW files and came across one of my favourite nursing images - nothing like a strong cup of tea.

A nurse bent over a desk at her station with the caption - the hopeless dawn. There is nothing for it but a cup of strong tea.

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Linda Maynard @lindamaynard.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

I've read a lot about brotherly loss. This quote from Sam Graves about his brother gets me every time #FWW

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Linda Maynard @lindamaynard.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

An emotional cover for the Observer Magazine

Word Guilt against dark green background. Front cover of the Observer Magazine

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Linda Maynard @lindamaynard.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Lovely research bonus today @britishlibrary.bsky.social Boston Spa. This splendid photograph of Clive James by the legendary Fay Godwin.

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Linda Maynard @lindamaynard.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Fascinating then to see her in full domestic mode on the cover in The Observer Magazine in Nov 1988.

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Linda Maynard @lindamaynard.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Weighing the mayor is an annual event unique to the market town of High Wycombe (or so I understand). Has anyone come across other town-specific mayoral duties or customs? #skyhistorians #localhistory Clipping from November 1903.

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Linda Maynard @lindamaynard.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Some Hockey joy before the snow descends.

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Linda Maynard @lindamaynard.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

In honour of the festive showing of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, here I am in my Jemima dress, made by my mum. I could only find a Canadian version – I wonder how many other film tie-ins for dress patterns there were in the 1960s.