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morrismummer @morrismummer.bsky.social · 14h

MI6 may be the best in the world but it seems that the Russians are a solid No 2.

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morrismummer @morrismummer.bsky.social · 21h

Hooded face (one of the masons?) at St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk.

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morrismummer @morrismummer.bsky.social · 21h

Today's railway photograph: graffiti at Milano Porta Garibaldi.

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morrismummer @morrismummer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country. - General George S. Patton May have been where Pterry got the idea.

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morrismummer @morrismummer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I can tell you that in Syracuse, Sicily it's been 37 degrees today (cooled somewhat this afternoon). I know it's southern Europe but that's not right, surely?

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Allan T Adams @allantadams.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Today (5th October) is the anniversary of my starting work with the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England in 1981. The beginning of a career drawing old stuff. Although 'retired' I am still drawing old stuff... At a different pace and mostly for fun. #ArchitecturalIllustration

A black and white photo of a young man drawing with a dip pen.

Pen and watercolour sketch of a three storey house drawn while on holiday.

Work in progress on old buildings in a narrow street.

A man standing by a window drawing using a sketchbook and pencil.

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morrismummer @morrismummer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The cactus is in flower! (Like three ball blokes peering over a wall 🤣) Anyone know the species and if it would survive outside in the UK? I'd like to have one in the garden...

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morrismummer @morrismummer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I believe Python is something you definitely 'get', or definitely don't. And it's aged better than might be expected. Mostly good, with intervals of genius and periods of what were they even thinking.

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Neil Jackman @neiljackman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Greenland sharks reach sexual maturity at 150 years*. They mightn't rebound. They are also truly amazing creatures. There's greenland sharks swimming around that passed underneath Franklin's doomed ships, or that existed when Henry VIII was being a dose *nothing wrong with being a late bloomer

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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Climate action is not about saving the planet. The planet will survive. It's about saving PEOPLE from climatological, hydrological, biological and geomorphological collapse.

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morrismummer @morrismummer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Today's railway photograph: 50 050 at Taunton.

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morrismummer @morrismummer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Good to see you've mentioned Wenceslas' favourite pizza. (Deep pan, crisp and even.) 😃

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Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It's that time of year again when we need to remind National Trust members that Restore Trust is a dark-money funded right-wing astroturfing entryist outfit. Please vote, and vote for literally anyone else.

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morrismummer @morrismummer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Today's railway photograph: Zürich HB.

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morrismummer @morrismummer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Light through the glass. A stained glass window in the clerestory of the Cattedrale Metropolitana della Natività di Maria Santissima, Siracusa, lights up one of the columns of the nave arcade. #StainedGlassSunday

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morrismummer @morrismummer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Chisel marks on a column once part of the Temple of Diana (late 6th century BCE) incorporated into the north nave wall of the Norman cathedral at Ortigia, Siracusa. These marks have seen much.

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morrismummer @morrismummer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Italians suffered a heavy defeat, which halted their colonial ambitions in the Horn of Africa for many years , allowing the Ethiopians to maintain their independence during the partition of Africa. Who now remembers? Who were those men? Their fate is to be remembered but forgotten.

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morrismummer @morrismummer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Battle of Adwa , the culminating and decisive moment of the Abyssinian War , was fought on 1 March 1896 near the Ethiopian city of Adwa between the Italian forces commanded by Lieutenant General Oreste Baratieri and the Abyssinian army of Negus Menelik II .

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morrismummer @morrismummer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

inscribed the names of her sons who heroically sacrificed themselves at tragic Adwa, inspired by the solemn poetry of ancestral colonial ideals and the radiant vision of a great, civilizing Italy.

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morrismummer @morrismummer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The inscription reads: Amidst the glorious names of the fallen in Africa, historic Syracuse—fertile mother of martyrs and heroes, ever mindful—has, under the auspices of the municipality...

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morrismummer @morrismummer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Wars, and rumours of wars. On what looks like an abandoned naval barracks on Ortigia, Siracusa, is this war memorial. Three men are named: Alberto Storaci Giuseppe Lanza Sebastiano Mazzarella

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morrismummer @morrismummer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

St Mabli's church, Llanvapley, Monmouthshire. #SteepleSaturday

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morrismummer @morrismummer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Today's railway photograph: Le Train Bleu, Paris Gare de Lyon, built for the 1900 Universal Exposition by the Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée ( PLM ) railway company under the name Buffet de la Gare de Lyon. The President of the French Republic, Émile Loubet, inaugurated it on April 7, 1901.

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is one of those headlines where, though they are becoming more and more common, it requires such a leap of imagination for normal people, that the scale of it is is hard to communicate. It’s like our world is screaming at us, but it’s in a frequency most of us can’t hear.

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morrismummer @morrismummer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

In case anyone cares... I'm still intending to carry on with this but I've been away a lot (retirement benefits) so I've caught up with my magazines and I've read a lot of Terry Pratchett on Kindle. Next up is catching up with my downloads. Normal service will resume soon...

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sweetie π @sixfeetofcandy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

have you tried unplugging it and never plugging it back in again

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morrismummer @morrismummer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

As you are now, so once was I As I am now, so shall you be Chiesa di San Filippo Apostolo, Siracusa.

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morrismummer @morrismummer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Blimey Chelsea fans are getting a bit aggressive...

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morrismummer @morrismummer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I completely understand. We moved over a year ago and there are still things in boxes in the loft...

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morrismummer @morrismummer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Fantastic! And all the joys of moving house. What did I put in this box? And where is the tea?!? 🤣

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morrismummer @morrismummer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

All you need now is an open fire for roasting them... Once had to dissuade a group of tourists from trying to eat horse chestnuts mind.

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morrismummer @morrismummer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Today's railway photograph: our train on the ferry between Villa San Giovanni and Messina. I thought the loco would remain on the mainland but we had the same loco from Milan to Catania, where we caught a rail replacement bus (even in Italy!) to Siracusa.

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morrismummer @morrismummer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Is Burnham's real plan in the room with you now, Allister?

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Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is fantastic!

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morrismummer @morrismummer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I've seen the Reading replica and agree that it's worth a visit, and so is the rest of the Reading museum. (I've seen the original in Bayeux too but that was 30+ years ago.) So I'm a bit of a Tapestry enthusiast. Maybe I'll just buy the exhibition book, that looks good...

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morrismummer @morrismummer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

What if you've taken time off work? Booked a hotel? Travelled a long distance just to see the Tapestry? If I buy tickets and they deny me entry? Think I'll give it a miss at the BM and wait until it's back in Bayeux.

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morrismummer @morrismummer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Today's railway photograph: Kölner Dom from Köln Hbf.

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morrismummer @morrismummer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Now that's what I call a company car (look in the background). Milan.

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