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Mark Burgess

@markburgess.bsky.social
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Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If anyone knows of a novel about Marie Antoinette, Anna would like the heads-up.
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Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
On the Monet.
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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
“Every time a politician casts doubt on the legitimacy of Parliament, because it does not represent ‘the voice of the people’ we can smell the whiff of eternal fascism.” Umberto Eco, Italian philosopher, author of The Name of the Rose; died 2016; bequeathed library @unibo.it Photos Leonardo Cendamo
Umberto Eco’s Library of over 33,000 books bequeathed to Università di Bologna. The Biblioteca Eco opened in July 2026.
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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes
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Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Out of the mouths of babes...
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wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Hips, haws, nuts and berries! It’s starting to look a bit autumnal out there! So this week’s challenge is #fruits! Share your finds of wild & naturalised fruits for #wildflowerhour this Sunday 8-9pm. Happy fruit hunting! ☺️🍒
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Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
When "en plein air" means being upwind of your subject matter...
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Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer do...
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Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Hair apparent.
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Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
At Scrabble till half-past nine of the clock. Dr Johnson got several double word scores. I did well with Scottish words which provoked much argument.
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Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Was he brought to book though?
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Available for pre-order! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
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Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Such a nice word. 🤣
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Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Really thrilled to have this painting in the "A Day in May" exhibition organised by Auto Amor and the John Martin Gallery and currently on at their Spirit Studios, Suffolk. A lovely collection of diverse work and sales benefitting the wildlife trusts - online catalogue: jmlondon.com/viewing-room...
A painting of a sunny, breezy day. Ash trees sway gently and the sky is full of fair weather cloud.Details of the "A Day in May" exhibition at Spirit Studios, Suffolk 4 July - 1 August
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Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
And the "last refuge of the scoundrel"!
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Paramount Observatory @paramountobs.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I don't normally engage in 'politics' online, as it's so devisive, but this article deserves attention, we've all seen and are affected by climate change and something needs to change, as our planet #Earth could end up like our planerty neighbour #Venus 🔭 jasonhickel.substack.com/p/climate-so...
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Climate socialism
I am writing this message to the millions of people who have been involved in the climate movement over the past several years.
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Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
You'll feel better afterwards.
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Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Doom strolling...
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Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
#UKKidlit
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Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Let me summarize this for you...
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Sarah O'Connor @sarahoconnorft.ft.com · 30/05/2026
I have spent the past few years working on a book about people on the front lines of technological change, from truck drivers and warehouse workers to translators and Hollywood writers. And none of these people were standing paralysed as a “tsunami” washed over them.
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Dr Alison Daniell @alispencer.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
This is horrendous
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Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
I looked out at about 2.30am last night to see a wonderful orange moon setting in the south west. I could hear a rooster carrying on at full blast clearly convinced that it was just like the rising sun and worth celebrating. Not sure anyone nearby trying to sleep would have agreed! #TinyJoys
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Jan Machielsen @janmachielsen.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
The shop sign exhibition in the Musée Carnavalet really is a marvel of #earlymodern #18c and #19c life. Highly recommend (and it's free!)
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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Celebration Day: Nathaniel Parker performs Samuel Johnson’s ‘On the Death of Dr Robert Levet’ in memory of his mother www.the-independent.com/tv/culture/n...
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Nathaniel Parker performs a poem by Samuel Johnson in memory of his GP mother – watch
Nathaniel Parker, best known for his roles in Inspector Linely and Maigret, reads “On the Death of Dr Robert Levet” by Samuel Johnson in memory of his late mother who worked as an NHS doctor. “How…
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NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory @rubinobservatory.org · 20/05/2026
Take a moment to breathe with the cosmos 🌌 Above the Chilean landscape, the Milky Way stretches overhead while the Large Magellanic Cloud glows softly 160,000 light-years away. 🔭🧪 It's not hard to see why we’ve always looked up and wondered about our place in the cosmos ✨
The glowing band of the Milky Way galaxy stretches from upper left to bottom center across a clear starry sky above a rocky mountain landscape. At the upper right is the glowing smudge of the Large Magellanic Cloud.
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Catherine Baker @catbake.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
procession of clouds the plain face of an old house blooming with shadows
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Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
#TinyJoys
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Sophie Coulombeau @sophiecoulombeau.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Calling A-level English teachers! Do you teach Austen, Brontë, or other 18thc stuff? Could you use a set of free research-informed teaching materials, which support students' historical, literary, & linguistic understanding, & foster debate about misogyny, consent, & healthy relationships? (1/?)
Screenshot of a website with text that reads as follows, and an image of a manuscript letter:

Teaching and learning materials
We have produced a set of resources for A-level English teachers. They focus on an extraordinary sequence of letters written between Mary Hamilton - then a governess to the daughters of George III and Queen Charlotte - and the young Prince of Wales, the future George IV.

Using the supporting resources, these letters can be studied as a powerful narrative with modern-day #MeToo echoes, as contextualising support for Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte;'s novels, or as examples of eighteenth-century English.

To access the free resources, please register below (you will only be asked to provide your name, school and email address). You will then be directed to a download page.

Handwritten note from Mary Hamilton Papers
Access teaching and learning materials
To access the free teaching and learning resources for 'Unlocking the Mary Hamilton Papers' please register here.
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Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Last night I dreamt I wrote in my notebook again.
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Jesse Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Why not get that special someone this pretty little early Caillebotte? www.christies.com/lot/lot-6585...
"A rich study of the play of light and reflections within the confines of a sumptuous domestic interior, the painting depicts a quiet afternoon meal shared by the artist with his widowed mother Céleste and brother René in the dining room of their family home in Paris."
https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-6585817
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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Pre-order a copy of my book Fantastic Kingdom from Bookshop.org between 13-17 May and save 20% with the code: PREORDER20 Every sale supports real independent bookshops across the UK!
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Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
When I was in hospital as a kid, the nurses all looked like this and I was in love with them all. #InternationalNursesDay
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Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Have hedgehog, will play croquet.
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Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
My aunt used to apologise profusely for a noise like the "rattle of musketry".
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Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
A reliable and constant companion.
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wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
It’s Sunday & it’s 8pm so it’s time for #wildflowerhour! 🥳 Please share your pics of the wild & naturalised blooms you’ve found from across Britain & Ireland in the last week especially if you found them in a hedgerow, the focus of this week’s challenge!
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colinwest.bsky.social @colinwest.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
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David Grinspoon @drfunkyspoon.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
56 years ago today: Relief at Mission Control as Apollo 13 astronauts return safely to Earth. 🧪🔭
A bunch of white guys with skinny ties and cigars behind bulky 1960s style Mission control console exultant and relieved.
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Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
I think this is purple gromwell(?) growing beside a path in Somerset. #WildflowerHour
Purple gromwell
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Sandra Russell Art @sandrarussellart.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
So happy to share a watercolour illustration I created for author Vince Wheeler's book "Honest John Pine", a 1940s golf fiction I can't wait to read. ⛳️📚 #golf #GolfIllustration #watercolour
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Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
What a wonderful thing! #TinyJoys
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Sophie Coulombeau @sophiecoulombeau.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
V excited to be delivering this online talk for the wonderful @chawtonhouse.bsky.social on the evening of April 23rd. Book tickets now if you want to hear more about why I think Fanny Knight was the prototype for Sir Walter Elliot! chawtonhouse.org/whats-on/onl...
Screenshot of advert for my talk, featuring images of Fanny Knight, Jane Austen, and an annotated baronetage.

"Visit our digital living room for the first online event connected to HomeMade Histories, with Dr Sophie Coulombeau.
“It Was Fanny Knight, in the Library, with the Baronetage”! 
 
In the first of our digital events connected to our exhibition, HomeMade Histories, Dr Sophie Coulombeau’s case study explores the stories that handmade notes in the margins of books can yield. Ever wondered who was the inspiration for Jane Austen’s Sir Walter Elliot? Find out how notes in the Knight family Baronetage are reshaping our understanding of Jane Austen’s influences, and of her writing timeline."
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Today, Christians across Canada celebrate Easter and the resurrection of Jesus Christ. We are reminded that compassion is stronger than hate, that light follows darkness, and that hope endures – even in the face of despair. From my family to yours, have a blessed Easter.
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Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
I hope you've got your New Tax Year Resolutions ready... 🙄
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Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Remarkable news. This is a date that will go down in history.
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mgregorywriter.bsky.social @mgregorywriter.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
That's what they say, left My response, right #womenartists
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Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Working on keeping down my stress levels, went off to the supermarket without my wallet. 😂
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Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
@mclees-fiona.bsky.social
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Mark Burgess @markburgess.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Miss G Hunter Bell, Miss G Hunter Bell, How mad I am, sad I am, glad you did well. [with apologies to the shade of JB]
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