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Daniel Weir @mrdanielweir.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A new arrival here at Weir HQ - Jonny Trunk's really lovely new book - Holiday Exotica (published by Fuel Publishing). Have only had a quick peek so far, but very happy - and good to see some of John Hinde’s postcards featured.

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Daniel Weir @mrdanielweir.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Caught up with a couple of Norfolk's more senior sonic scientists last night, and stumbled across this. 36 seconds of brilliant outsider art. I do wish they were better known than they are. Hey ho - such is life I suppose.

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Daniel Weir @mrdanielweir.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

If the King can do little about it - what chance us commoners?

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Daniel Weir @mrdanielweir.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Assumed this find (care of Mrs Weir) was another one for the buzzard collection given the flurry of recent finds, but having double-checked on featherbase.info* I think it’s actually a kestrel feather. Such a beautiful little gift from such a brilliant bird.

A small striped feather which appears to be from a kestrel.

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Daniel Weir @mrdanielweir.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

"going to" is a bit generous eh?

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Daniel Weir @mrdanielweir.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Dear algorithmic overlords. More of this, less of the other stuff please.

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Daniel Weir @mrdanielweir.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Ha yes! Not sure if that would be the worst news given the ever-increasing car crash we seem to be embracing down here on planet earth.

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Daniel Weir @mrdanielweir.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

That one for me too - remember seeing them play at their first gig at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow as part of the Ten Day Weekend event. I was managing one of the other bands on the bill, and I drove up (and down) from Norfolk, with the future Mrs Weir, in almost constant driving rain.

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Daniel Weir @mrdanielweir.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Well, my photographs from the eclipse last night were largely hopeless - that said, I quite like this lens quirk that has rendered a shadow image in blue just above the horizon, while the main event happens up above.

A bad picture of the partial eclipse, which through some lens quirk, has rendered a shadow image of the sun in blue just above the horizon, while the main event happens up above.

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Daniel Weir @mrdanielweir.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The last partial eclipse I managed to see was in March 2015. I was at work, and I had to lean out of a second-floor window to take a snap. Although what I recall almost as much were the colleagues who just sat at their desks working away, regardless. Some people aren't easily impressed.

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Daniel Weir @mrdanielweir.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Nice to see Thora introducing an eyewear trend that Dennis Taylor would champion so strongly in the world of snooker.

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Daniel Weir @mrdanielweir.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

And Steve's no stranger to exotic head-coverings :)

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Daniel Weir @mrdanielweir.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I love a motorway me. I think it’s because I live in one of the (9?) counties in England without a motorway passing through it. Which perhaps goes some way to explain why a new compilation LP from the mighty Bob Stanley has arrived today. Looks great, expect it'll sound great too :)

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Daniel Weir @mrdanielweir.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

"I'm not asleep, I'm in Nashville."

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Daniel Weir @mrdanielweir.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Ah, not ideal. At least it'll keep your hand nice and warm during this cold snap. Oh.

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Daniel Weir @mrdanielweir.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I did something similar during the County Council elections. Surprised myself at the (verbal) rage I generated as two of them squared up to me. Sat and shook for an age after. Not something I enjoyed but something that's sadly increasingly necessary. Hope your day improves x

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Daniel Weir @mrdanielweir.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Not sure that the East Anglian Daily Times has a great deal of faith in its readers.

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Thesaurus tabs open on every news desk with alternatives for “rude”, “unpleasant” and “cruel.”

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Daniel Weir @mrdanielweir.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

As as subscriber to many many "newsletters" I have to be honest and confess that they don't all get read. John's always do - and this one, about Penelope Keith and the marvellous Margo (which also includes references to Ever Decreasing Circles), is particularly good.

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Daniel Weir @mrdanielweir.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Back home after a week in Northumberland - so catching up on emails, with @juderogers.bsky.social always cheering newsletter being one of the few I have chosen to open. Now off to listen to the Between The Ears doc she recommends: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Radio 3 - Between the Ears, Tides of Sound: The Story of St.GIGA

A sonic journey into St.GIGA, Japan's radical tide-synced radio station from the 90s.

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Daniel Weir @mrdanielweir.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

I love these odd little glimpses of another world that you find on digital maps. Came across this a while ago and despite much research can find nothing to explain.

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Daniel Weir @mrdanielweir.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

The Lads have been great - still impressed by how taken they were with the Mongolian throat singing!

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Joseph George Strutt's Sylva Britannica (1822), a 19th-century exploration in etchings and words of British trees “distinguished for their antiquity, magnitude, or beauty” — publicdomainreview.org/collection/s…

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Daniel Weir @mrdanielweir.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

See, there's an upside to everything.

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Daniel Weir @mrdanielweir.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Wish I had half the energy of these two. I've no real idea about what's going on, but it's working for me. youtu.be/wg0EtFAMhG8?...

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Getdown Services - The Radiator | Later… with Jools Holland

YouTube video by BBC Music

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Daniel Weir @mrdanielweir.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Hello from West Norfolk, which does appear to be on some kind of land rush for Yarmouth.

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Daniel Weir @mrdanielweir.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

First noticing of a Chiffchaff earlier today - a welcome sound of the seasons motoring along, although as Melissa Harrison pointed out, they're also the "original monkey with a miniature cymbal". So pros and cons eh?

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Daniel Weir @mrdanielweir.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

I tried to eek them out for as long as I could, but I've now seen all six episodes, and I adored them. Slightly disheartened to get to the end so quickly, but very happy to find out that good things will come to those who wait. Mackenzie Crook's a keeper eh?

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Daniel Weir @mrdanielweir.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Waving from "brutal" Norfolk - if there's anyone from @telegraph.co.uk out there, please be aware we do now have running water and mains electricity. Also there's a reason why we're somewhat unforgiving and one of the reasons is pictured.

A clipping from The Telegraph newspaper that is headlined "Norfolk's the perfect place to banish Andrew to - it's brutal" accompanied by a picture of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor looking alarmed. So that's something.

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Maxim Peter Griffin @maximpetergriff.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

18/2/26 - nocturn

small hours
big time

cutting things up / moving shapes around
black paper with holes / night textures

star fields / circles - a puzzle of sorts
a solution presents itself

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Daniel Weir @mrdanielweir.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Unless it's relating to potato.

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Daniel Weir @mrdanielweir.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Your five-minute alarm call for the first episode of Mackenzie Crook's new show, Small Prophets, over on BBC2. I've already snuck a look at it on iPlayer and unsurprisingly loved it. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

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Small Prophets - Series 1: Episode 1

Since his girlfriend went missing seven years ago, Michael Sleep’s life has been on hold. But a mystical recipe in an old journal promises to give the answers he’s been longing for.

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Gina @brokenbiros.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Just thinking back to 20 years ago when I thought about what my life and weekends might be like in the future. A cool, cultured, middle aged glamour and still a keen sense of style, perhaps. The reality? Spending my Sunday evening watching the 1978 Come Dancing final on BBC4.

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Daniel Weir @mrdanielweir.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Glad he was proven wrong. In an increasingly grim world his work is a constant tonic. Glad we’ve more incoming.

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Daniel Weir @mrdanielweir.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Local news update (to me anyway). The Windsor's increasingly niche moves into tourism continue.

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Daniel Weir @mrdanielweir.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

And the #BigGardenBirdWatch results are in (2025/2024 results in brackets for the completists out there): Blackbird = 2 (5/4) Blue Tit = 3 (5/3) Dunnock = 3 (0/2) Great Tit = 2 (2/1) House Sparrow = 7 (3/2) Robin = 1 (2/2) Rook = 2 (0/0) Wood Pigeon = 3(4/3)

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Daniel Weir @mrdanielweir.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

More local news. [And for reference for those who are baffled and intrigued: youtu.be/hn5m4m5VdP8?...

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Daniel Weir @mrdanielweir.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Sadly I think it would take longer than a day.

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Daniel Weir @mrdanielweir.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Well, it's good to know that Adeel Akhtar, who I thought seemed like a lovely bloke, appears to be a lovely bloke. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Desert Island Discs - Adeel Akhtar, actor - BBC Sounds

Adeel Akhtar, actor, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.

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Daniel Weir @mrdanielweir.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

"Bang! And *everything* is gone."

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Rose Ruane @regretteruane.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Made a little felt Triffid, based on the Penguin paperback cover. In retrospect I wish I hadn’t chosen the most nutsack colour to sew what was already quite a bollockular form but sometimes I quite enjoy having created myself a bit of an obstacle to deal with, or in this case, a testicle to surmount

A small felt alien in oranges and purples rather testicular in shape with vines and fronds projecting from it at all angles and a big sort of trumpet coming out the top on a black felt background

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Daniel Weir @mrdanielweir.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

You should - it's well worth it. A great day of festivities to welcome in the new year properly :)

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Daniel Weir @mrdanielweir.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Another great creation. And I've got a copy of that same Penguin edition (I love the triffids!) and have always been a little bemused by that Buster Gonad inspired cover treatment.

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