BBC News - 'Swanky' Saxon belt strap end is star find of Halesworth dig - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Some of the beautiful Green-winged Orchid, Anacamptis morio, in the dunes at Sinah Common, Hayling Island. There was a glorious display. 😍

I always try to spare people's feelings if I can yet no one seems to bother about mine.

You know what else goes faster than humans? Cars.

Our allotment Wren having a sing-off with the neighbouring allotment's Wren 🎶 🎵

So chuffed to come across some King Alfred's Cakes today! #fungi #mycology

Most common shelf fungi found in forests, Turkey Tail (Trametes versicolor). They're unsung heroines of forest ecosystems by breaking down dead hardwood trees. The beautiful bands alternate between shades of velvety charcoal grey, warm ochre, cream & deep russet. #fungi #nature #ecology #photo

This page from the Fountains Abbey Bestiary, probably created in North Yorkshire around 1325–1350, is folio 10v. Written in Latin on vellum, the manuscript contains over 100 line drawings of animals and people. Here, a coot perches in an oak, a kingfisher turns its head, and

Newark Park.

Today’s poem is called ‘Utterly Betrayed’.

(So embarrassing and disrespectful)

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The Holy Trinity of Catholic crime fighters!!! Drop your crime fighting Catholics!

The number of ‘bells’ an English Bluebell has reflects its age It is dependent on the increasing size of the bulb, root system & leaves capable of managing the weight, nutrients & water Individuals plants can live over 15 years. Established colonies can be a thousand years old

A vibrant proof copy of SR Badmin‘s Ludlow Castle travel poster

a clear toaster so you can see how toast the toast is

Peter Magyar, the new Prime Minister of Hungary, is a cat guy!

A 2500-year-old 24 carat Celtic torc, whose ends are adorned with winged horses on intricate filigree pedestals and lion paws, inspired by Etruscan, Scythian or Middle Eastern bestiary. Found in the grave of the Lady of Vix, now housed at the Châtillonnais Museum in France

Possible tiny lion klaxon at Lacock Abbey @dfgillie.bsky.social

Today somebody from our church got stuck up a tree.

Lacock Abbey 2.

Lacock Abbey 1.

⚔️ 9th-century sword hilts ⚔️ Left: Eigg, Inner Hebrides, Sco. (copper-alloy, silver, gilt) Right: Søndersø, Jutland, Den. The immense expense of, and status associated with, the swords owned by Scandinavian elites across the Viking world is self evident here. My 📷 NMS | NMD

Those four astronauts are now the furthest from Donald Trump than anyone has ever been. I envy them.

Just a peahen waiting for her favourite café to open... @dfgillie.bsky.social 🦚

“How lucky is the United States that everytime they look for democracy in other countries they find oil instead”- Spain Deputy Gabriel Rufián

Roman cavalry parade helmet Found River Wensum, Worthing, Norfolk. Early 3rd Century CE Ceremonial helmet, which would have been too flimsy for use in battle It was made, possibly in the Danube valley, from a single thin gilt bronze sheet. Now Castle Museum, Norwich, Norfolk #Archaeology #Roman

imagine if i happened to be a trillionaire and bought twitter and 80% of the stuff on the site was just about big pants. you couldn't escape it. just an endless deluge of big pants propaganda

Whalebone plaque which formed part of the grave good assemblage from the Scar Viking boat burial which was found near Scar on Sanday in Orkney. Dating to between 875 to 950 AD, the plaque is part of the collections at the Orkney Museum in Kirkwall. 📸 My own. #MedievalMonday

Happy Easter! Here’s a lovely Romano-British brooch in the form of a cheerful little hare! 😍 Copper alloy decorated with enamel, 2nd-3rd century AD. 📷 British Museum www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o... #Archaeology

Storm Dave? Are Reform running the Met Office now?

Doesn't pay any tax in the UK because he ran away to the Tax Haven Singapore to escape the effects of the Brexit he helped create. Then he bought up hundred of millions of pounds of farmland to avoid tax, then cried when it was made taxable. James Dyson is a scumbag.

She likes the echo 😂

Picked a ton of wild garlic yesterday. Bastard thieves stole it overnight. They didn’t even leave a ramson note.

Saxon copper disc brooch intricately decorated with gold and garnets, AD 650-670. This must have been a treasured possession! From Floral Street, Covent Garden, once the heart of ‘Lundenwic’, the early Saxon town of London. Museum of London 📷 by me #Archaeology

All I know about Elon Musk being a Nazi that has killed almost a million people in Africa in just over a year is that that still hasn’t been enough for people who call themselves my allies to get rid of their Teslas.

Now if all the 20 million BlueSky users will re post this post it would be utterly marvellous. The counter is ready to start, so off you all go! Handmade prints available here> littleramstudio.etsy.com *sits with expectations of lots of noughts next to post* #art

This woman in Crowborough who took down flags is a hero and I hope she's ok.

Two Viking Age filigree crucifixes from early 10th-century Scandinavia ⤵️ Left: The silver 'Birka Crucifix' from grave Bj 660 on Björkö, Sweden. Right: The gold 'Christ from Aunslev', Denmark. Note: both Christs have rope ligatures attaching them to the Cross. My 📷 #Birka & @nationalmuseet.dk

Trump doesn't have any friends and always turns on his allies. Always.

Frank is appalled and would like humans to please get their shit together.

Egg sandwich for lunch today.

Remind me again why T***p deserves a state visit??

This is an absolute must-watch 👏

Breaking news: we've just signed a once-in-a-lifetime loan agreement to bring rural England's most iconic artwork home for the first time in 1,000 years. Introducing our 2027 major exhibition - Bayewe Tapestry: the Fight to Wool England.

mythical creature #Cat #Caturday

BBC News - St Cuthbert's Darlington excavation unearths Saxon church - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...