iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 27/09/2026

At last, a safe space for men who think empathy lowers testosterone.

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The Daily Britain @thedailybritain.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Farage says Burnham’s National Centre for Information Defence will “clamp down on free speech”. The government says it will target hostile foreign information attacks. Farage’s Brexit Party voted against stronger action on Russian propaganda in 2019.

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Catherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

#Dorset friends! On Saturday 3 October I'll be at the King's Arms Hotel, #Dorchester, as the guest of the brilliant Teasel & Skylark bookshop. I'll be sharing stories and behind-the-scenes insights from A History of England in 25 Poems. Come and join us! www.teaselandskylark.com/events/a-his...

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A History of England in 25 Poems with Writer and Historian, Catherine Clarke — Teasel & Skylark

What if you could use a poem to time travel into England’s past? Catherine Clarke’s new history book tells the history of England in a brilliant new way

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Catherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

On Monday 12 October, I'll be at Waterstones Gower Street (London) with the brilliant @willtullett.bsky.social, for 'New Ways Into History: From Smells to Sonnets'. Come along to be surprised by #history as you've never heard (or sniffed) it before! Book a ticket: www.waterstones.com/events/new-w...

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Dr Rebecca Tyson @tyguson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I had a very enjoyable afternoon/evening at the annual Deerhurst lecture (delivered by @davidpetts1.bsky.social on the topic of island monasticism) and tour of Odda’s Chapel. St Mary’s Church and Odda’s chapel hold some of the most important surviving examples of Anglo-Saxon architectural sculpture.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Mark Carney: “I would now like to inform you that the teleprompter has ceased to function. Unlike a certain world leader, I do not view this as a conspiracy.”

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JointheDots @joiningupthedots.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This is a blatant threat to the RNLI, who are currently out of action in Portsmouth - ergo not saving lives, because staff are being terrorised. When will Mahmood take domestic terrorism of this nature seriously.

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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

41 years ago, Carl Sagan gave a clear and elegant explanation of the science behind global warming.

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Catherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

They're finally here! A History of England in 25 Poems - in paperback! Definitely worth the wait. #history #book

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Museum Bums @museumbums.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Harry Holland was the 2nd leader of the Labour Party in New Zealand, and died unexpectedly while attending the funeral of the Maori King Te Rata Mahuta in 1933. His monument in Wellington Cemetery reads "He devoted his life to free the world from unhappiness, tyranny and oppression" 👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums

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NudeForMe @nudeforme.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

“𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴, 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴, 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘰𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘴. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘺, 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺, 𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.” www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle... #naturism #naturist #nudism #nudist #nude #nudism

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A moment that changed me: I spent a day with some naturists – and it cured my shy bladder

For decades, I had been haunted by paruresis, an inability to urinate in public toilets. But that day of nakedness suddenly, surprisingly, led me to shed my inhibitions

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Nick Mayhew-Smith @nickbpp.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Better warn @fakehistoryhunter.net it looks like there's a new medieval film about to hit the screens. And yep... it's a film in which "no one seems to have had a wash in weeks" :-) www.theguardian.com/film/2026/se...

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The Uprising review – the peasants are revolting in muddled historical epic

Andrew Garfield’s charisma can’t save Paul Greengrass’s grim and depressingly generic period piece

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Catherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Come and see me at Frinton Literary Festival on Thursday 22 October, 7.30pm! "As featured on BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week. Discover over 1,000 years of England's history through 25 extraordinary poems." frintonliteraryfestival.littleboxoffice.com/events/170296

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Reform UK Conference 2026 This is all it will be remembered for.

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Who would ever have thought that the BBC’s political editor would put out a single source claim that was both false and also great propaganda for Reform…

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British Naturism Podcasts @podcast.bn.org.uk · 02/09/2026

Ronnie Belfitt, a lifelong naturist, feels it is important to correct public misconceptions about nudity whenever possible, and that a woman speaking openly about naturism carries far more weight than a man doing the same. Ep. 34 of Women in Focus is out Sat. 5th Sept. 🔊 podfollow.com/womeninfocus

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Public nudity is NOT illegal in the UK

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Catherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Happy official #paperback publication day to A History of England in 25 Poems! It's been a hectic morning here, with my son's first day at secondary school and more Bayeux Tapestry interviews... Lovely to escape briefly for a celebratory lunch with my favourite girl and raise a glass. Cheers!

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Prune60 @prune602.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

‼️ Russia: “Russians have lost faith in their ability to influence their own lives.” Are you going to do anything about that? 🇷🇺: 👉👈 Then you didn’t “lose” it. You gave it away. ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/09/02/r...

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Catherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

The final countdown to the paperback of A History of England in 25 Poems, out this Thursday 3 September! I'm especially excited that it actually has the little Penguin on the front cover - and the classic orange spine 🧡🐧. I'd be so grateful for any last pre-orders 🙏 www.penguin.co.uk/books/461263...

Cover of A History of England in 25 Poems by Catherine Clarke, with a design of three birds. A quote from The Times, Books of the Year (Dominic Sandbook): 'Marvellous, brilliantly realised'

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Catherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

My new article in The Conversation today. The #BayeuxTapestry, 'bromance' and quicksand - what more could you want? Drawing on my barefoot adventures in the Bay of the Mont Saint-Michel this summer... theconversation.com/the-bayeux-t...

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The Bayeux tapestry’s lesser-known tale of bromance: William and Harold were friends before they were enemies

In the tapestry’s early scenes depicting what happened before 1066, William of Normandy and Harold Godwinson helped each other.

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Will in Bristol (Dine Naked) @dinenaked.co.uk · 23/08/2026

Nice article ❤️

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Nick Mayhew-Smith @nickbpp.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Just bedding down on the shores of Arran, wild camping at the back of its lovely official nude beach Cleat's Shore. I don't reckon anyone else has visited since I last came in 2010 :-) And this Ailsa Craig thing in the distance... it is genuinely an extinct volcano... as in won't be erupting, yes?

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

How surprising that this multimillionaire, multi-home owning, MAGA-Putin-crypto-and-fossil-fuel-loving, employment-and-human-rights-hating, rule-dodging, grifting, hypocritical, racist, lying, brexity, corrupt, far-right, moaning, misogynistic “man-of-the-people” has turned out to be so unpopular.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Tetchy little fella ain't he

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Petra Michaela @petramichaela.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Every creature leaves a mark on the Earth. And humans? We leave behind plastic bottles, packaging, containers, and trash. The saddest part is that we are the only species that understands the damage—yet we keep doing it. Our footprint should be one of responsibility, not pollution.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

"Recapping. In these months, the President of the United States Donald Trump has praised Putin, Kim Jong-un, Orbán, Netanyahu, Lukashenko, Xi Jinping. And he has attacked: Pope Leo XIV, Meloni, Macron, Starmer, Merz, Sanchez, Carney, the European Union and NATO."

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Catherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Looking for the perfect #FathersDay gift? Look no further 😁 www.penguin.co.uk/books/461263...

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Nick Mayhew-Smith @nickbpp.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Ah well, I never post any images of naturism that couldn't appear uncensored on the BBC website they are so carefully done (and the BBC website has in fact used several). But my content gets labelled as 'adult sexually explicit' by BlueSky... 🙄 Gives utterly the wrong impression of me.

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Nick Mayhew-Smith @nickbpp.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Ah well, the BlueSky censorship unable to recognise an attempt at art! We took this gentle pic today at my naturist club to remember the lovely David Hockney and his swimming pool pictures.

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Nick Mayhew-Smith @nickbpp.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

A smaller splash than he made... but the best tribute I could think of this evening at my lovely naturist club!

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Nick Mayhew-Smith @nickbpp.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I think I have a new favourite book about landscape spirituality, and I haven't even received it yet. What a fabulously interesting idea, and a great article. The books is called No Fair Maidens. www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/...

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‘I’m hoping to meet a river goddess’: a wild journey through Britain’s mythic waterways

Follow the folklore and you will discover a landscape full of wonder and powerful women – from a fearsome Scottish warrioress to the first queen of a united England

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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 04/06/2026

Did you know... jackdaws sometimes just eat grit! They do this to aid digestion and supply dietary calcium. You can see Crom's resident jackdaw nests up close on Springwatch tonight, tune in from 8am on BBC Two: buff.ly/P0iFnnC

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Nick Mayhew-Smith @nickbpp.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

If you’ve seen the weather forecast for the start of summer tomorrow, just a little extra reminder :-) So much for the old saying about keeping your clouts on until the end of May 🤣

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 30/05/2026

Absolutely shocking. No clue. No idea. No respect for workers rights - doesn't affect him so he doesn't seem to care...

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LAFAYETTE @lastudiolafayette.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Block Statue of Hor, Son of Ankhkhonsu Late Period, 26th Dynasty, c. 664-525 B.C. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. JE 37150

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Nick Mayhew-Smith @nickbpp.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Just heard that the venerable naturist magazine Health & Efficiency (now H&E Naturist) is to cease print publication from today. It was the first place I worked, as an editorial assistant in 1990, and loved the naturist vibe. Hated the dodgy classified ads, but apparently they are now being axed.

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Catherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Cover reveal! Thrilled that Invisible Worlds: Legendary and Digital Enchantments at Alderley Edge will be coming out with Liverpool University Press (print and online open access) this autumn! Co-written by Victoria Flood, me, and Andrew Elliott. books.google.co.uk/books/about/...

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Nick Mayhew-Smith @nickbpp.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Surely the debate about whether AI is a significant breakthrough in technology and creativity comes to an end when you watch the stuff the US president is creating and posting? I'm not a Luddite, and AI is good for some scientific research, but for anything cultural can't we ban it?

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Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

"Old friends cannot be created out of hand. Nothing can match the treasure of common memories, of trials endured together, of quarrels and reconciliations and generous emotions." Little Prince author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry on friendship www.themarginalian.org/2026/05/18/a...

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“Little Prince” Author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry on Friendship

“Old friends cannot be created out of hand. Nothing can match the treasure of common memories, of trials endured together, of quarrels and reconciliations and generous emotions.”

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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 17/05/2026

One of the best parts of spring? The baby birds 🐣 Please enjoy these goslings and cygnets in all their fluffy glory.

Three fluffy grey baby swans ride on the back of a huge, dignified white swan with a bright orange beak in grey water

A group of four tiny baby chicks with brown and white feathers pecking on grass. In the foreground, the pink foot and white feathery chest of an adult goose can be seen.

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Two adult geese with black necks, white bellies and brown plumage lead their five fluffy yellow chicks across water, with long green grass waving in the background

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Nick Mayhew-Smith @nickbpp.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Stupid to blame Labour's infighting for drowning out coverage of Farage's hideous £5m gift for delivering Brexit. As if the media, esp the BBC, would cover it properly anyway! And anyway the forthcoming by-election is a chance to go for the jugular on Farage's elitist, anti-British grifting.

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Oxford University says its staff are “entitled to participate in civic and political life in a personal capacity” after the head of its Staff Immigration Team, James Baker, stood as Reform UK’s candidate in Littlemore. Around 40% of Oxford’s research and teaching staff originate from outside the UK.

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MCRobson @zaploosh.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

The blatant #BBC bias is as bad as any private media organisation. They see Reform as newsworthy, attention grabbing and appealing to their key demographic (old people waiting to die), so throw any observance of impartiality out the door. Wankers. #bbcnews

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