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Roy Reed @royreed.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Bedruthan Steps on the North Cornwall coast.

A coastal scene with tall, rugged cliffs dropping to a sandy beach below. Waves roll in gently from a blue sea, leaving pale lines of surf along the shoreline. The cliff tops are dotted with patches of grass, and the sky above is dotted with clouds.

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Roy Reed @royreed.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A couple of chaffinches, a scruffy marsh tit and a robin, seen on the Camel Trail near Wadebridge this afternoon.

A chaffinch perching on a lichen covered branch.

A robin perching on a branch with green leaves in the background.

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Roy Reed @royreed.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Today we had bar-tailed godwits at Wadebridge #Cornwall (three in total, but they wouldn't pose for a nice group shot).

A Bar‑tailed Godwit stands in shallow tidal water, its long black legs partly submerged. The bird’s plumage is mottled brown, buff, and white, with fine streaking across the back and wings. It holds a long, slightly upturned bill (pink at the base and dark at the tip) pointed toward the wet mud as if searching for food.

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Roy Reed @royreed.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The black-tailed godwit was back on the River Camel in Wadebridge #Cornwall today.

A long‑legged wading bird stands in shallow rippled water. It has mottled reddish-brown and buff plumage, a long straight bill that is pink at the base and dark at the tip, and slender black legs

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Sam at BLAG @blag.typo.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

Earlier this month I did some filming with Better Bankside for their social media team. This is the first despatch of what will likely be four or five similar segments from locations on my Bankside Ghostsigns Walk: ghostsigns.co.uk/tours. This […] [Original post on typo.social]

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Daniel Benneworth-Gray @danielgray.com · 16/09/2026

Lord Mayor’s Walk, York, 1933. Now famous for the Bile Beans ghostsign, but it used to be … STANLEY’S WINTER NIPS

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Roy Reed @royreed.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Black-tailed Godwit seen this afternoon on the River Camel at Wadebridge, Cornwall. @cbwps.org.uk

A long‑legged wading bird stands in shallow water beside a rocky shore. It has mottled reddish-brown and buff plumage, a long straight bill that is pink at the base and dark at the tip, and slender black legs.

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Roy Reed @royreed.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Lovely rainbow over Wadebridge #Cornwall earlier this morning.

Panoramic photo of a rainbow arcing above a small town on the bank of a river with a bridge crossing the river to the right.

Detail of a rainbow rising from the ground and arcing to the right in front of some houses and a wooded hillside.

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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Chromatic Architecture celebrates the beauty of colourful buildings Adam Nathaniel Furman and Kate Mazade’s book explains how colour has elevated and enlivened architecture for thousands of years ✍️ @rowanmoore.bsky.social bit.ly/4A7UjFA

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Chromatic Architecture celebrates the beauty of colourful...

Adam Nathaniel Furman and Kate Mazade's book explains how colour has elevated and enlivened architecture for thousands of years

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Roy Reed @royreed.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Hain Steamship Co. Est. 1889 - a #ghostsign taken in St Ives, Cornwall in 2005. It was painted on a boathouse door near the harbour, but is it genuine or a fake? The Hain family were trading in the 1800s, but the company was actually registered in 1901. Does anyone know?

A faded painted sign on an old, large wooden door. Sign shows a red flag with a black square bearing a white 'H'. Below it are the words 'Hain Steamship Co. Est. 1889'.

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Roy Reed @royreed.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

@cornishbirdblog.com Congratulations on your bardship (if that's a word).

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Sam at BLAG @blag.typo.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

RE: c.im/@Stuck_Here/117190679305979256 Do you think the appreciation of, and fascination with, ghost signs is a form of 'nagori' as explained here? Reminds me of the artist, whose name I can't remember, who installed a frame filled with freshly cut roses — the beauty was to be found […]

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Sam at BLAG @blag.typo.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

Today @royreed.bsky.social and I got our advance author copies of 'London's Ghost Signs', the reissue of our 2021 book, 'Ghost Signs: A London Story'. Our new publisher, Metro, has done a great job of reproducing all the original content (with updates) in the […] [Original post on typo.social]

Two books side by side on a wooden table. They both have photos of fading painted signs on buildings on the cover. The bigger book on the left is titled 'Ghost Signs: A London Story' and the smaller one is called 'London's Ghost Signs'.

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Roy Reed @royreed.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The two 'Commit No Nuisance' #ghostsigns on the corner of Great Guildford Street and Doyce Street, Southwark just south of the River Thames in London. They are a euphemism for "don't urinate against this wall".

An old brick wall with an old faded sign with a white background and scalloped corners saying "Commit No Nuisance". On the wall below the sign is a graffitied Anarchist sign. In the foreground is a section of a metallic blue car.

An old brick wall with an old faded sign with a white background and scalloped corners saying "Commit No Nuisance". On either side of the sign are black drainpipes and at the bottom is the yellow stripe of a 'no parking' sign.

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Adam Nathaniel Furman @anfurman.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Thanks so much to Elle Decor UK for featuring our new book 'Chromatic Architecture' in the current edition

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Adam Nathaniel Furman @anfurman.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Creative courage? Be brave and get a copy of Chromatic Architecture: www.ribabooks.com/Chromatic-Ar...

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Poor Frank Raw @poorfrankraw.co.uk · 24/08/2026

Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

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Stop Palantir taking over our public services!

Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.

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WindrushWASP @windrushwasp.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

If you want to do something tangible to make the government listen to you about the Dirty Business privatised water scandal, please sign and share. Over 50K have already and we need about 50K more to for a debate, but we want a million. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

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Petition: Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership

Hold a binding national referendum on whether the water industry should be returned to public ownership. Water is a basic human necessity; we believe our privatised system has failed, so the public sh...

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Elaine Bougie Gilligan @elainebg.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐒 𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐆𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐒- 𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐬/𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐒𝐞𝐩 𝟐𝟒-𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐁𝐂 My husband Gord is giving a talk with his photos of ghost signs from 19 cities. This is the 5th subject on which he's presented (there have been some repeat shows) and I've helped him with his graphics & the presentations. ⬇️

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Roy Reed @royreed.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

The Nestlé #ghostsign palimpsest in Clapham looking at it's best in the summer heatwave sun. Mothers, Nurse Your Babies If you can't Get Nestlé's Milk Nestlé's Milk Richest in Cream To Let Apply C J Lytle BORO 57 Longacre WC2 BORO 10,000 Sites

The gable end of a three storey brick building with an old faded advertising sign for Nestlé Milk painted on it. At the ground floor level is a bright yellow shop front for a Caribbean restaurant called Paradise Cove.

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Alister Clunas @alcatorda.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Good to see @privateeyenews.bsky.social covering poisoning of White-tailed Eagles (WTE). In fact it is much worse than this. ALL WTEs found dead contained high levels of commercial rat poison. @markavery.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/08/01/n...

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Sam at BLAG @blag.typo.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/08/2026

"I sometimes pop out in the middle of the night to make a sculpture out of building sand left unattended on a roadwork site." — Zara Gaze www.zaragaze.co.uk/sculpture #RenegadeArt #SandSculpture #Sculpture

Night-time street scene with terraced houses in the distance dimly lit by streetlamps. In the foreground are barriers protecting roadworks and, formed from a pile of sand, is a sculpture of a stripy cat lying down in a relaxed posture.

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Elizabeth Dale @cornishbirdblog.com · 06/08/2026

Tantalising glimpses of Cornwall’s forgotten history can often be found preserved in the names given to villages, roads, woodlands, tors and rivers. The Cornish translation can offer clues, a remembrance of a historical figure or subtle signpost to past events. cornishbirdblog.com/maen-cadoar-...

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Maen Cadoar - The Battle Stone of Camborne - The Cornish Bird

Cornish writer, Elizabeth Dale uncovers the history of the so-called Battle Stone of Camborne, now converted into a cross, she looks at the story behind the

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Roy Reed @royreed.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Graffiti on Clapham High St Art has been proven to uplift, insire [sic] and Motivate, Create, Explore Time may feel daunting but be greatful non the less Inspire and always rember to finnish the last note Inspire change, inspire courage but remember... a blank wall is where dreams are born [sic].

Graffiti on a yellow wall of a balloon with a slyly smiling face and writing saying: Art has been proven to uplift, inspire and...

Graffiti on a pink wall saying: Motivate, Create, Explore
Time may feel daunting but be grateful non the less
Inspire and always remember to finish the last note
Inspire change, inspire courage but remember... a blank wall is where dreams are born.

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Roy Reed @royreed.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Greylag Goose on the River Camel at Wadebridge, Cornwall this morning. @cbwps.org.uk

A close-up of a greylag goose swimming along a river with its pink webbed feet extended behind. It's back looking over its 'shoulder' at the photographer.

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Dan Herbert @danherb10.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Vote Binface

A badge reading Bin Cuntface with Count Binface

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Roy Reed @royreed.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Beautiful Demoiselle Damselfly and Red Admiral, Silver-washed Fritillary and Green-veined White Butterflies - all seen today in Bishops Wood near Wadebridge #Cornwall #butterfly #damselfly

A damselfly with a green and blue metallic body with a red stripe perched on a green leaf.

A red admiral butterfly with its wings spread sitting on a green leaf.

An orange butterfly with dark brown spots and zigzag stripes sitting amongst apple blossom.

A white butterfly with its green-veined wings closed sitting on a green bud with purple flowers.

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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

The NHS was founded 78 years ago today. It was built after the devastation of the Second World War when the country was bankrupt - but when the people demanded a society built on fairness and dignity for all. Today, we must defend the right to healthcare and rebuild our social security system.

Photo of Nya Bevan with a quote saying: "Illness is neither an indulgence for which people have to pay, nor an offence for which they should be penalised, but a misfortune the cost of which should be shared by the community."

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Roy Reed @royreed.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

A couple of butterflies in Bishops Wood near Wadebridge, Cornwall: a Speckled Wood and a High Brown Fritillary (I think - there are so many fritillaries, all very similar) #Cornwall #butterfly

A small brown butterfly speckled with buff coloured spots.

An orange/brown butterfly covered in dark brown spots and zigzag marks.

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The Megalithic Portal Ancient Sites & Stones @megalithic.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Louden Hill circle: The Louden 'tri-stone' - was this set up to reference Rough Tor in the background? Several other Bodmin circles within sight of Rough Tor have similar shaped stones. Not too much remains to be seen at first of this circle but 21 stones do remain, mostly flattened or stumps.

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Roy Reed @royreed.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

The only stone of the Louden Hill circle still standing, now leaning outwards at an angle of about 45°. Rough Tor is in the background. #Cornwall

A triangular standing stone about 0.8m high on open moorland with a rocky tor in the background.

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Roy Reed @royreed.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Middle Moor Cross - an ancient Cornish wayside cross on Bodmin Moor next to a track leading to the Louden and Fernacre stone circles. Rough Tor is in the background.

A standing stone about 1.6m high with a crude cross carved in its face. in the background a track leads into the distance. A red cow stands next to it. On the horizon is a rocky tor. Above is a grey sky.

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Roy Reed @royreed.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Peregrine Falcon on the cliffs at Carnewas Point, Cornwall. I think this one is a juvenile as it doesn't yet have a yellow eye-ring and cere (patch of skin by the beak). It was joined by another and they started chasing each other above the cliffs.

A peregrine falcon perched on a rocky cliff with a blue sea in the background.

Two peregrine falcons chasing each other against a blue sky.

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Elizabeth Dale @cornishbirdblog.com · 27/06/2026

On a clifftop close to Boscastle is the Willapark Lookout. Built in the 1800s local gossip has it that these walls have some tales to tell . . . #Cornwall #Kernow cornishbirdblog.com/the-history-...