Brian Edwards
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Historiographer and practicing public historian that is fanatical about rugby union.
2018 - the archaeological exploration of the then proposed location of the eastern portal of the Stonehenge tunnel alongside the current A303 few hundred metres west of Vespasian's Camp.
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Evidenced by the rarity in museum collections, albeit
@wiltshiremuseum.bsky.social
has several fascinating examples; Stonehenge was not frequented by women artists before the interwar period. Ellen Josephine Philips, nee Langton, 1836-1919: ' Stonehenge Oct 21 1890.
about 7 hours ago
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Sketching in Devizes Market today, but it was too busy really.
2 days ago
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Self-confessed ‘notorious Stonehenge hater’ Joe Flatman... As Dr Johnson might say - ‘When an archaeologist is tired of Stonehenge, they are tired of life.’ ASAHRG colleagues could visit every day of the year and have something new and interesting to say.
the-past.com/review/books...
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Upon a White Horse: journeys in ancient Britain and Ireland | The Past
Peter Ross has made quite a name for himself in recent years. His previous books, A Tomb with a View: the stories and glories of graveyards (2021) and Steep ...
https://the-past.com/review/books/upon-a-white-horse-journeys-in-ancient-britain-and-ireland/
2 days ago
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This morning Nina eagerly awaited a repeat of a TV prog featuring a vicarage designed by the budget conscious Gothic Revival architect Joseph Clarke, but lost all interest when viewing other properties in Sussex.
2 days ago
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Stonehenge by David Young Cameron (1865-1945).
3 days ago
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The Stonehenge Visitor Centre car park with a lone ice cream van during lockdown. Photo taken by me when I couldn't ask for a 99 with a flake.
3 days ago
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Greg Hancock's A303 - a song about Greg's relationship with archaeology and with Stonehenge.
greghancock.bandcamp.com/track/a303?f...
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A303, by Greg Hancock
from the album A303
https://greghancock.bandcamp.com/track/a303?fbclid=Iwb21leAQ4UvhjbGNrBDhS6mV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHr-hFkI5F7f9mYuF7Km1hTFgKHrkCetKrbTkVyyK_vRhktRNs0jbZQt0qMei_aem_1PT1IB3bNKSbH8jCKIlGRA
4 days ago
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reposted by
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Nat Guest
6 days ago
“You can ask a lot of questions about Avebury but the answer you will get will depend on who you ask, when you ask them, and what time they answer from.” I circle the stones:
open.substack.com/pub/sillylit...
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I go on a silly little trip to... Avebury
On narratives of place and questions without answers
https://open.substack.com/pub/sillylittlewalk/p/i-go-on-a-silly-little-trip-to-avebury?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=18tobl
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Henk Heijmans
5 days ago
Stonehenge, Wiltshire, England, 1975 - by Martin Parr (1952 - 2025), English
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@clonehenge.bsky.social
add a skeleton here at some point
5 days ago
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Stonehenge drawn and etched before 1791 by Julius Caesar Ibbetson (1759 - 1817).
5 days ago
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reposted by
Brian Edwards
Marlborough.news
7 days ago
Support our Air Ambulance service - join the 'Chalk Walk' to help keep it in the air
marlborough.news/news/support...
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Support our Air Ambulance service - join the 'Chalk Walk' to help keep it in the air
Rainbow over the Westbury White Horse, taken from the helicopter Our local Air Ambulance service - the Wiltshire and Bath Air Ambulance - is a facility
https://marlborough.news/news/support-our-air-ambulance-service-join-the-chalk-walk-to-help-keep-it-in-the-air/
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2001 Silbury Hill protest.
10 days ago
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Ah, Fudgehenge from 2008, consumed by Professor Josh Pollard's crew digging at Stonehenge. Still can't find what I am looking for...
10 days ago
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Back to a model of Stonehenge I made in 2018.
10 days ago
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Not now Jeremy, I'm busy looking for something.
10 days ago
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Trying to find something on my phone and getting totally distracted.
10 days ago
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So morning tea break was a hare and afternoon tea break was sheep - all due to enthusiasm for the bat.
11 days ago
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How bizarre to suggest that history has lied - I think the wheels have come off at the UEA.
add a skeleton here at some point
11 days ago
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reposted by
Brian Edwards
Brian Eno News
12 days ago
Roxy Music's album For Your Pleasure was released on March 23, 1973
#BrianEno
#BryanFerry
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Searching for newly unearthed C19th photographs of Stonehenge I encountered a few 1860-4 Marlborough College rugby players: John Archibald Boyle (1845-1875) was connected to Madras before they played rugby v Calcutta in 1872. Pics: John Joseph Sewell (1844-1897) and Charles Selby Oakley (1843-1904).
14 days ago
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How not to take a selfie featuring my ASAHRG colleagues Jennifer Wexler,
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@martynjb.bsky.social
Cllr Alan Haggar,
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Cllr Laura Knight, and my Marlborough RFC beanie.
14 days ago
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Taped the pen to my hand... it seems to work: Nina is dozing on the footrest by my legs.
14 days ago
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Not really a clash, but I will have to negotiate the potholes on the road to Pewsey after the launch of The Tattooed Hills at the White Horse bookshop in Marlborough. Hope you won't mind my quick exit
@jonwoolcott.bsky.social
14 days ago
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Left hand totally useless at the moment, can't even hold a spoon, right hand not so bad.
16 days ago
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There were less than 50 objections to the cancellation of the Stonehenge tunnel's DCO, even less bemoaned the decision on local forums. After all the chaos that began with a few internal EH tunnel 'campaign' emails in 2013, this hugely damaging & highly expensive episode petered out with a whimper?
16 days ago
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Daily drawing challenge, but couldn't find my pencil case.
17 days ago
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David Imms, b.1945, Winter landscape, 2012, oil on canvas, 50cm x 60cm.
17 days ago
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Teabreak drawing challenge whilst waiting for the opticians to ring back. Bit rushed and no polish...
18 days ago
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Thanks to Mark Camp for pointing out that I was mentioned in the current edition of Mojo magazine. Not sure that qualifies me as hip or groovy, but I am chuffed.
20 days ago
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21 days ago
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Original mid 20th century artwork created by Mardon Son & Hall Ltd Bristol for an unissued cigarette card series.
21 days ago
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@clonehenge.bsky.social
add a skeleton here at some point
21 days ago
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The daily drawing challenge is getting addictive. Today the distinctive nightclub moods of actor Peter Lorre.
22 days ago
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Rain is delaying my exit, so daily drawing challenge 4064 is underway...
23 days ago
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Returning to the Piper exhibition
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to look more closely at his mark making in two wartime paintings in particular. The sky in an online image of 'Lacock Abbey from the West' (1942), also reminded me of the freaky sky over Stonehenge I photographed some years ago.
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Today is the 400th anniversary of the birth of the antiquary John Aubrey (12 March 1626 – 7 June 1697).
23 days ago
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My sketch in response to the daily drawing challenge, suggests I should take a break.
24 days ago
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25 days ago
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On the lookout for Mother's Day gifts to recommend to my grandsons. These smashing coasters are available at Wiltshire Museum.
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25 days ago
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reposted by
Brian Edwards
Wessex Museums
26 days ago
John Piper in the South Country is now open at Wiltshire Museum
@wiltshiremuseum.bsky.social
until 6 June 2026. Guest curator: Andrew Lambirth This Wessex Museums exhibition has been made possible with support from
@artscouncilengland.bsky.social
.
wessexmuseums.org.uk/our-work/exh...
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John Piper in the South Country - Wessex Museums
John Piper in the South Country is an exhibition focused on the artist's depiction of the landscape and architecture of Wiltshire and Dorset.
https://wessexmuseums.org.uk/our-work/exhibitions-events/john-piper-in-the-south-country/
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Jeremy Blighton, b.1960, OVER THE WHITE HORSE TO DRAGON HILL, Etching, 28.5 x 38cm.
28 days ago
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Made me chuckle anyway.
29 days ago
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I have numerous archive boxes to wade through but keep getting distracted.
29 days ago
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Avebury Manor 1989.
29 days ago
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