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@mssparkle.bsky.social
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Carer, avid reader, enjoys genealogy research, loves photos of Glasgow and different styles of architecture

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Lin Anderson @linanderson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
THE HIGH ISLAND - Introducing Book 1 in the Orcadia Mysteries series, a gripping offshoot of Lin Anderson's Rhona MacLeod series. DI Erling Flett is pulled back to Orkney to unravel the mystery of a chilling discovery on Hoy. bit.ly/4pzBB4H #TheHighIsland #LinAnderson
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School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Books for Year 4 children aged 8-9 - 40 exciting texts by Jenny McLachlan, Kate Wilkinson, SF Said, Frank Cottrell Boyce, Malorie Blackman, Philip Ardagh & more. New: screen poster for your classroom computer! #teachersofx schoolreadinglist.co.uk/reading-list...
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Books for Year 4 children aged 8-9 in KS2
Books for Year 4 children aged 8-9 in primary schools including titles by SF Said, Malorie Blackman, Cressida Cowell and Roald Dahl.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Andy Burnham announces end of triple-lock on the state pension from 2030. It will be replaced by double-lock, slower growth in state pension. Full state pension is already less than 50%of the minimum wage. Poverty awaits future retirees. £500bn of taxes not collected by HMRC since 2010.
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Simon Mayo @simonmayo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Today’s Big 45 @greatesthitsuk.bsky.social
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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ruins of the bakehouse and horse mill in the south range of Middleham Castle, North Yorkshire. Additional domestic and service facilities were added to the castle in the 16th century, including a bakehouse in the south range and a pastry kitchen in the west range. The circular horse mill
The image shows the stone ruins of Middleham Castle in North Yorkshire. featuring the circular track of an old horse mill in the courtyard.
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Rosewind @rosewind.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Indeed! I love the Biff, Chip, Kipper and Floppy the dog illustrations (I help small humans learn to read with local schools) and ended up emailing Alex Brychta with a question…and the upshot (several years later) was that he very very kindly put me into a picture! Dream come true!
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Burnham promises a ‘new path’ for Britain as he address Labour Conference www.channel4.com/news/burnham...
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Burnham promises a ‘new path’ for Britain as he address Labour Conference
Sixteen years been waiting to address this conference as leader. Today Andy Burnham - who had his first stab at getting the job in 2010 - finally got to deliver.
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
‘Andy is a brave politician’ – Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy www.channel4.com/news/andy-is...
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‘Andy is a brave politician’ – Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy
We spoke to the Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy and asked her about the prime minister's speech.
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Man City guilty of all charges related to Premier League’s financial rules www.channel4.com/news/man-cit...
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Man City guilty of all charges related to Premier League’s financial rules
Manchester City has been found guilty of all charges of breaking financial rules.
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Figures show huge rise in AI-generated child abuse images www.channel4.com/news/figures...
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Figures show huge rise in AI-generated child abuse images
There are real worries that Artificial Intelligence is making it easier to create images of child sexual abuse.
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Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Spelt Spaghetti with Spicy Sesame Mushrooms is #RecipeOfTheDay! Soba noodles are also great in this, and either way leftovers are great cold for a noodle-salad packed lunch the next day. www.nigella.com/recipes/spel...
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Spelt Spaghetti with Spicy Sesame Mushrooms
Wholemeal pasta holds little charm for me, but I co-exist very amicably with spelt spaghetti. Here it acts as a rather more robust form of soba noodle, which makes perfect sense since the sauce that d...
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AnnieSAnderson @anniescottarch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Exploring Edinburgh #TombTuesday
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Duille @duille.com · 29/09/2026
Enamel sign. A.M. Cassandre. c.1920.
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Duille @duille.com · 29/09/2026
A beautiful view of ... “Edinburgh (from Salisbury Crags)”. William Crozier. c.1927. Available framed or frameless. Order yours: duille.com/edinburgh
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George Harris @historylecturer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Interested in art? My book includes comment on over 50 works in the National Gallery of Scotland, great treasures of European painting. Admission free too. www.amazon.co.uk/Getting-Know...
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Getting to Know Edinburgh: Second Edition eBook : Harris , George: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
Getting to Know Edinburgh: Second Edition eBook : Harris , George: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Duille @duille.com · 29/09/2026
Roof truss detail: Queen's Cross Church. Charles Rennie Mackintosh. 1896. Photo: Dave Souza
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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Modern replica of a #Roman mosaic floor set into the approach to Sudeley Castle Winchcombe #Gloucestershire The original was found in 1882 during excavations at Spoonley Wood but has since been largely destroyed 📷 Aug 2026 #MosaicMonday
Mosaic set into the floor of a terrace with stone benches looking out at a rural landscape with trees
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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A 2,300-year-old silver container in the shape of a scallop-shell decorated with an octopus 🐙 It may once have held cosmetics. From Paternò, Sicily. Altes Museum, Berlin 📷 by me #Archaeology
My photo shows a silver shell-shaped container with an eight-armed octopus in relief at the centre of the lid. The arms of the octopus curl outwards across the ridges of the shell’s surface. This ornate shell container has a hinged lid and may once have been a cosmetic container . It is displayed on a clear stand in a museum case. Dimensions: 13.3 × 13.2 × 3 cm. It is part of the Silver Treasure from Paternò, Sicily, a hoard discovered in 1909, consisting of tableware and toiletries. Dated 4th-3rd century BC.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
29 September 1891 | A Polish Jew, Leon Lewinson, was born in Lublin. A dentist. In #Auschwitz from 16 July 1942. No. 47006 He perished in the camp on 7 August 1942. t.co/cMgoXaEdDk
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a hat on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
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Colchester Museums @colmuseums.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If you've got a dinosaur fan at home, this is one they'll be talking about for a long time. Tickets from £40 per person. Book your place: colchester.cimuseums.org.uk/events/knigh...
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Knightzzz At The Museum | Colchester Museums
Ever wondered what Colchester Castle is like after dark? Now is your chance to find out!
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Colchester Museums @colmuseums.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ever wondered what Colchester Castle is like after dark? Knightzzz at the Museum gives families the chance to spend the night inside the Castle AND meet Juliasaurus. Explore hidden areas, meet our rangers and enjoy hands-on dinosaur activities before settling down for a dinosaur sleepover.
Poster for 24–25 October Knightzzz at the Museum showing a stuffed toy tucked into an orange sleeping bag inside a dim, wooden gallery space, with a small Colchester Castle logo in the corner.
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Richard Herring @herring1967.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sainsbury’s. 3 taste the difference things for £8. Eaten in my beautiful premier inn room
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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I’ve enjoyed the latest series of Vigil and Ludwig on the BBC — both knowingly OTT, but a fun ride
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Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com · 29/09/2026
Bought or leased a NEW car or van 2006 to 2015? You may be due a share of £56m! Millions due small payouts of £25+ just agreed in a legal case. It's about vehicles shipped to the UK, which is many of em. See www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/car-... NB Its separate from missold Car finance
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 28/09/2026
More than 7,500 people have signed our petition calling on Ofcom to take immediate action. Add your name: bestforbritain.org/petition/farage-…
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Duille @duille.com · 29/09/2026
Final days for our September Special Edition from Tenement Tiles. A stunning Art Nouveau treasure from Glasgow Southside. Fabulous discounts on multi buys - build your collection. Order yours: duille.com/tt
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Susan🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇦🥊🐶 @bellwhitworth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We’re out for a walk in the woods 🐾🌳. I just have to show you how lovely the light is 😊❤️ Later…
Dappled sunshine through tall green maple trees with a meadow in the foreground.
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Jon Gregg 🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦🇮🇪 @jongregg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Blue Lights: The police drama hitting home in Northern Ireland Blue Lights: The police drama hitting home in Northern Ireland www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Watched the first episode tonight. Utterly fantastic, as usual.
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Blue Lights: The police drama hitting home in Northern Ireland
As the award winning series returns, it highlights tensions between police and communities in Northern Ireland.
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Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com · 29/09/2026
If the triple lock on pensions will be scrapped. The 1st priority is to fix Pension Credit - the top up for the lowest earning pensioners to give them a basic minimum income. Shamefully many 100,000s of the poorest pensions still miss out on what they're entitled to.
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Sarah Millican @sarahmillican.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Loving Nigella on Bake Off. Was nice to be reminded about Iced Gems that I sneakily ate in the reference library at the former South Shields Central Library while reading budgie books. Still, to this day, one of the naughtiest things I’ve ever done.
A picture of the image on my telly when one of the clever bakers had finished their Iced Gems, small circles of shortbread with multicoloured texted royal icing on the top. Delicious.
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Jay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I am in a lovely hotel room In Belfast with no plugs next to the bed, and the most infuriating lighting system I have ever come across. Current status: in bed with the big light on, because you can’t turn on the table lamp by itself. Whoever designed this is a sociopath. Good night.
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Ben Dolphin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❄️⛰🌲 @countrysideben.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Lovely lofty Cotswolds walking the other day. Soooooo many stones in those walls! 😵‍💫
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 29/09/2026
Ian Wright criticises Man City for ‘cheating on an industrial scale’ and calls for ‘unprecedented punishment’
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Ian Wright criticises Man City for ‘cheating on an industrial scale’
Fellow football pundit Roy Keane called the news of Man City breaking the Premier League financial rules as bittersweet due to the damage it will do to the league
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 29/09/2026
10-man Scotland made to pay by Switzerland as worrying streak continues
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10-man Scotland made to pay by Switzerland as worrying streak continues
Scotland 0-3 Switzerland: Jack Hendry was sent off just 11 minutes in as the Scots failed to register for a fourth straight game
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Ben Dolphin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❄️⛰🌲 @countrysideben.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sounds a bit lively outside this evening. It's lovely hearing the wind wrapping around the house 🙂
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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A cheery reminder you can now watch visualised editions of You’re Dead To Me on YouTube outside the UK (and on BBC iPlayer in the UK) This episode on the history of underwear was one of my all-time faves, with amazing guests @vicmmic.bsky.social & Prof Serena Dyer youtu.be/T5X4LV46ZVA?...
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What People Wore BEFORE Underwear Existed | You're Dead To Me
YouTube video by BBC Podcasts
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London & Southeast🔅 @thesnowdreamer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A summer night 25 hours away from October, temps will not fall much overnight, lows of 19-20C are expected in London a potentially historic night.
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Ben Canham @bencanham.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hi everyone sorry I haven’t posted anything in a while I had a break. I know some of you were worried and concerned about me but I just came on here to say I’m fine and well. I hope everyone else is doing well. I have missed you all. 😊
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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 29/09/2026
We went to see Humza Yousaf in Glasgow at the aye write festival tonight
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
30 September 1894 | A German Jewish woman, Margarete Schmul, was born in Rogoźno (Rogasen). She lived in Berlin. In 1942, she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. --- Women at Auschwitz Read: lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en Listen: youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
Black-and-white portrait of a woman with a calm expression, wearing a light blouse.
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Daydream Believer @monkeesmemories.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Micky Dolenz in 1983 with Jeremy Gilley and Gail Mclain who were in a stage production of Bugsy Malone which Micky directed! 🎭
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
30 September 1934 | Dutch Jewish boy, Joseph Pais, was born in Amsterdam. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in July 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after the arrival selection. --- Video about the first two gas chambers near Birkenau: youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
Vintage black and white photo of a young boy resting their chin on their hands, looking thoughtful.
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Colchester Museums @colmuseums.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Whether you're arriving by train, bus, bike or on foot, you'll find plenty of ways to reach England's largest Norman keep and enjoy a day of history in the heart of the city. Find out how to visit car-free and discover available visitor offers: www.goodjourney.org.uk/attractions/...
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Colchester Castle - Good Journey
Get a free gift with Good Journey. Plan your car-free trip to Colchester Castle with our bespoke directions. Go greener!
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Dee Lomas @deelomas.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
They’ve closed the Portsmouth RNLI station. This is who we are now. The silent ‘majority’ have just been too bloody silent. They no longer live amongst us. We live amongst them. We have all got to do more and bloody loudly…
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Duille @duille.com · 18/09/2026
Let's try that again ... Interior detail: The rear saloon of The Willow Tearooms. Charles Rennie Mackintosh. 1904. Restored: 2018. Photo: The Mackintosh Tearooms.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Companies pay employer national insurance (ENI) on director pay. Partners in limited liability partnerships (LLPs) share profit, instead of salary. LLPs don't pay ENI on that. £150k ENI for every £1m of profit shared is avoided. Big four law firms alone avoided paying £4bn. Must end this perk.
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Here’s how the chancellor can raise the billions needed to improve the quality of life of millions
Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. Mi...
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Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Have you ever heard a fairground organ playing and wondered who chooses the music? Ten years ago it was my son (left) and his cousin who were left in charge. They chose the theme from the film ‘The Great Escape’.
Two young boys wearing blue overalls standing inside the rear of a historic fairground organ. On the right the long folded punched card of music can be seen running through. Behind them are stacks of other music.
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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ScotlandYardCSI @scotlandyardcsi.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#WomenPhotographers
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