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Andy, the Maintainer @spreadsheetmonkey.bsky.social · 5h

The Cuneophile in me approves of the mouse in the Harvest Loaf at church's Harvest Thanksgiving service #Cuneo #WheresTheMouse

A harvest loaf in the shape of a sheave of wheat, complete with small mouse

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Andy, the Maintainer @spreadsheetmonkey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Happy Michaelmas, to those that celebrate. Tell Marks and Spencer to put the St. Michael back on their sandwiches, none of this secular "M&S Food"

Stained glass window at Anglican church of Saint Michael and Saint Mary Magdalene (westernmost window on the north side of the chancel) by Hardman, 1875; it depicts St Michael defeating the Devil with a big ol' spear.

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Andy, the Maintainer @spreadsheetmonkey.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"Unfortunately, due to a miscommunication in the MoD, and a typographical error..."

An enormous floating duck is pulled along dockyard cranes by a small tug.

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Andy, the Maintainer @spreadsheetmonkey.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I heard there was a fighter plane Only thirteen built to it's name Too draggy and too heavy to pursue you The fire control was Thermionic Though electrical faults were quite chronic An unreliable APU too, yeah Airacuda...

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Andy, the Maintainer @spreadsheetmonkey.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Dear BBC. Less Ratcliffe, more Radcliffe, please

Kombucha girl meme
Dislikes Sir Jim Ratcliffe on the radio
Likes Mark Radcliffe on the radio

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Andy, the Maintainer @spreadsheetmonkey.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The Bristol experience is that effective altruism always seems to end up as selective altruism, with conditions.

The granite plinth formerly containing the 19th century statue of 17th Century slave owner Edward Colston, occasional philanthropist (terms and conditions apply)

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Andy, the Maintainer @spreadsheetmonkey.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Who could support Ed Sheeran on his US Tour?

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Andy, the Maintainer @spreadsheetmonkey.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Personally, I would have preferred a post-credits Sting

Yer man, Gordon Sumner, cosplaying as John Constantine.

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Andy, the Maintainer @spreadsheetmonkey.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I had bagsied them. You could have Westward or West Country, or even Corinium?

Corinium regional ITV franchise headquarters, from the TV adaptation of Jilly Cooper's "Rivals"

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Andy, the Maintainer @spreadsheetmonkey.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Received a lovely signed letter from the Community Relations team. I admit I've used scanned-and-printed signature jpeg files, but at least they identified as being from me, a real person As sincere as the Heath-Robinson automated greeting hat raising device

Signature of a letter with "Yours faithfully Community Relations" cursively calligraphed as though it were a person's signature

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Andy, the Maintainer @spreadsheetmonkey.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Mouse, my name is Charlie Cook. Let me tell you about the Paper Dolls Initiative

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Andy, the Maintainer @spreadsheetmonkey.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The lecture theatre is named after Bill Brown, engineering alumnus. It has about six or eight screens around the walls. The AV guy was very pleased with the synchronised setup, and rightly so

Interior of seminar room with curved rows "in the round". A curved display screen is sited above them

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Andy, the Maintainer @spreadsheetmonkey.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

There are also little terrace/balcony gardens. All part of the "public realm". A nice place to sit

Terrace with shrubs, glass screen and open side. A curved bench is present

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Andy, the Maintainer @spreadsheetmonkey.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Went to see the new 360degree lecture room at the Temple Meads campus. Try not to get stuck behind a pillar

Seminar room at new university building, featuring two large concrete columns and chunky steel truss beams. The room is surrounded by individual seats, untiered

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Andy, the Maintainer @spreadsheetmonkey.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Ones heavily based on North American appearances, the other is a throwback to the fifties, has a reputation for smoking, requiring lots of money to operate, popular in the East of England and has occasional fiery eruptions

Nigel Farage in a powder blue suit, white shirt and red tie

The prototype DELTIC locomotive, powder blue with pale yellow stripes and red buffer beam

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Andy, the Maintainer @spreadsheetmonkey.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Can't get over him as an oversaturated Alan Partridge

Steve Coogan at the Alan Partridge - Collosal Velocity premiere, in a powder blue, short sleeved, safari suit with black buttons and large belt buckle. His tie is pink

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Andy, the Maintainer @spreadsheetmonkey.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Four years ago I was a part of the greatest shared cinema experience I've ever known. Michael Flatley's "Blackbird" in IMAX. We started laughing at the "Dance Lord Productions" vanity plate and barely stopped. A magnificent folly, the Citizen Kane of self-made movies #Blackbird #MichaelFlatley

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Andy, the Maintainer @spreadsheetmonkey.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Long live the King! His Majesty Admiral King Haakon VIII of Norway (not to be confused with the steam engine in a garden shed in Norfolk)

Norwegian steam locomotive "King Haakon" at Bressingham Steam Museum and Gardens. It is a 2-6-0 tender locomotive with outside cylinders and valve gear and a large sand dome atop the boiler

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Andy, the Maintainer @spreadsheetmonkey.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

RIP Peter Cullen, now one with the matrix

Autobot leader Optimus Prime dying after defeating Megatron in Transformers The Movie

His normal red/blue/silver colour scheme is replaced with shades of grey, his eyes are blank, black holes

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Andy, the Maintainer @spreadsheetmonkey.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

There's only one Shaft, and there's only ever going to be one Shaft

Robert Kilroy Silk, host of unsuccessful gameshow "Shafted", complete with hot fisting action (joke copyright 2002, Iain Weaver, ukgameshows.com)

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Andy, the Maintainer @spreadsheetmonkey.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Wearable tech Broke: Pervert glasses Bespoke: Radio 4 Test Match Special AM/FM hat

A baseball cap with built in radio, complete with telescopic chrome aerial and headphones. Labelled "Test Match BBC Radio 4 Special Long Wave 198"

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Andy, the Maintainer @spreadsheetmonkey.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

"sdaeh rieht edih dna nur yeht ,semoc niar eht fI. niaR" (I don't mind)

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Andy, the Maintainer @spreadsheetmonkey.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

It's my birthday! Very excited with this particular present @4hundredblows.bsky.social

"The Umbrella Man and Other Stories -
What we talking about when we talk about the JFK Assassination" by Martin Fitzgerald, next to various Birthday cards

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Andy, the Maintainer @spreadsheetmonkey.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Eclipse projected onto the wall of the local bus depot via a mirror, Lawrence Hill, Bristol

The end wall of a bus depot building, with a crescent image reflected onto it. A Flix bus is also visible

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Andy, the Maintainer @spreadsheetmonkey.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Excellent walk along the Mells valley from Hapsford to Mells village, along the old railway line to Whatley Quarry. Lunch at the Talbot Arms, nom nom nom

Steel beam bridge with wooden parapets, carrying a track over a gravel path in woodland

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Andy, the Maintainer @spreadsheetmonkey.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

You're one of the Kung Fu Creatures on the Rampage... 2!!!

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Andy, the Maintainer @spreadsheetmonkey.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

RIMMER: <Declaims grandly> "Now..." <Long pause.> That's all I can remember. LISTER: Where's that from, then? RIMMER: Richard III, you moron. The speech that he does at the beginning. <Declaims> "Now..." something something something. It's brilliant writing. It really is. Unforgettable.

The "Now that's what I call music" typography logotype template, but with Rimmer's quote from Red Dwarf, Series 3, "Marooned", where he is trying to remember the speech from Shakespeare's Richard III

Text reads"Now..." something something something. It's brilliant writing. Unforgettable.

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Andy, the Maintainer @spreadsheetmonkey.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

The letter commisioning this has a great line which is even more pertinant in an age of AI generative art "It must be admitted that, for all the giant technical advances of recent years, one cannot always expect the level of individual craftsmanship that we took for granted, say, twenty years ago!"

31 October 1975
Dear Mr. Games,
This is to confirm our telephone talk when you were kind enough to say that you would like to do a 'Zoo' poster for us, for 1976.

The text will be:
LONDON ZOO, Regent's Park.
Go by <roundel>. Underground to Baker Street, then bus 74

We need a gay, colourful and light-hearted poster with the message integrated with the design. I would suggest that we try not to complicate it too much, partly because our Chairman is a great believer in classic simplicity, and partly because, although we fight to maintain standards, it must be admitted that, for all the giant technical advances of recent years, one cannot always expect the level of individual craftsmanship that we look for granted, say, twenty years ago!
We need to show something to our masters in early January, so we ought to have the 'Zoo' in the bag by aid-December.
Thank you for undertaking this. We very much look forward.
Yours sincerely,

Michael Levey

Letter; from Michael Levey to Abram Games discussing Zoo poster, 31 October 1975
Reference number 2006/15256
Description
Typed letter from assistant publicity officer to artist confirming that he will be doing the 'Zoo' poster and what text should be included in the design. He makes some suggestions referring to colour and simplicity. He hints at a timeline for the posters completion and thanks the artist for agreeing to undertake the project.
Collection Archives
Object type Letter
Location Acton Depot

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Andy, the Maintainer @spreadsheetmonkey.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Enjoyed "The Odyssey", especially for Brian Vernel.

Brian Vernel as Bala-Tik, space Glaswegian

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Andy, the Maintainer @spreadsheetmonkey.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The last being all the more remarkable given the famously being apathetic to how gardens grow

Another wildcard selected by the public is the Balloch Castle ash, which stands on the lawn of the semi-derelict castle by Loch Lomond and is more than 150 years old.

The trust said it has experienced a lightning strike, multiple storms, ash dieback, footfall from millions of visitors - and an Oasis concert.

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Andy, the Maintainer @spreadsheetmonkey.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I thought there might be more in terms of copper mines, what with Anglesey (home of Parys mountain) and the south west being popular. But no, anomalies in the Central Belt and Essex