Susanna Reece
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Law, knitting, botany, Italian in descending order of competence. Oxford, Shetland and Italy.
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This is excellent from Martha Kearney
#Wildflowers
#Biodiversity
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@ukorchids.bsky.social
@plantlifeuk.bsky.social
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Martha Kearney: Why I'm concerned about our declining wildflowers
The decline in UK wildflower meadows not only threatens wildlife, say experts, but could drive up certain food prices
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3rjnlv8ejxo
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Judy Webb
2 days ago
Good news; the section of Lye Valley fen boardwalk destroyed by arson in the summer has been repaired by Oxford City Council Parks staff- thanks!
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Josiah Mortimer
4 days ago
The BBC must reassert its independence and learn to resist political interference and stand up for robust scrutiny and news values. The Culture Sec Lisa Nandy must also resist Trumpian pressure in appointing the new DG. It's messy and the Beeb is in trouble, but we should fight for its future.
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Jon Dunn
7 days ago
Meanwhile, this coming January, I've the Up Helly Aa winter tour I co-lead here in Shetland for Shetland Nature with my good pal Kate to look forward to. There are still some places available if you fancy a wild and wintery
#Shetland
adventure with us.
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Hugh Harrop
10 days ago
Petition: Stop the Guga Hunt. Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to amend Section 16 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to remove the power to grant licences for killing young Gannets. Please sign and Repost.
#BirdingScotland
#UKbirding
#Birds
#UKWildlife
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PE2202 Stop the Guga Hunt
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to amend Section 16 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to remove the power to grant licences for taking Gannets on Sula Sgeir.
https://www.parliament.scot/get-involved/petitions/view-petitions/pe2202-stop-the-guga-hunt
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Ross Mackenzie
12 days ago
Monthly report for October 2025. Italy 🇮🇹 and Austria 🇦🇹
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Sally Richards
13 days ago
Brave and unmissable - Mr Nobody Against Putin is a chilling insight into the indoctrination of Russian school children and the devastating costs of Putin's war on Ukraine. On BBC iPlayer
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Four - Storyville, Mr Nobody Against Putin
A Russian schoolteacher risks everything to expose rising militarism in his classroom.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002kx2d
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Paul F Scott
15 days ago
Lady Rose's James Wood Lecture, delivered at the University of Glasgow yesterday:
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This is excellent from Martha Kearney
#Wildflowers
#Biodiversity
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@ukorchids.bsky.social
@plantlifeuk.bsky.social
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Martha Kearney: Why I'm concerned about our declining wildflowers
The decline in UK wildflower meadows not only threatens wildlife, say experts, but could drive up certain food prices
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3rjnlv8ejxo
15 days ago
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The French Republican Calendar
17 days ago
Today is Octidi the 8th of Brumaire in the year 234. Brumaire is the month of mist. Today we celebrate black salsify.
#JacobinDay
More information on black salsify
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20 days ago
Elizabeth Blackwell (1707-1758), Scottish botanical illustrator known for the book "A Curious Herbal" 1737. Blackwell published her hand drawn, engraved and coloured work in order to raise funds to free her husband from debtors prison.
#ReframingWomenPrintmakers
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OC Media
20 days ago
🎬 OC REVIEWS: Georgian director Anka Gujabidze’s debut film Temo Re is a visual treat for lovers of monochrome photography.
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Review | Temo Re — An artistic yet humorous commentary on Georgian society
Georgian director Anka Gujabidze’s debut film is a visual treat for lovers of monochrome photography.
https://oc-media.org/review-temo-re-an-artistic-yet-humorous-commentary-on-georgian-society/
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21 days ago
'Constellations' by contemporary US artist illustrator Maggie Vandewalle
#womensart
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Ursula K. Le Guin
21 days ago
Coming next month: The 50th anniversary edition of The Wind's Twelve Quarters! This design nods back to the original hardcover jacket, which was by Patricia Voehl. The new cover is designed by Jamie Lynn Kerner. Harper Perennial publishes this edition on November 18th.
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Ross Mackenzie
22 days ago
Looking down on Pertisau from the Karwendel Bergbahn
#Achensee
#Tirol
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Ross Mackenzie
24 days ago
Falzthurntal - Naturpark Karwendel
#Pertisau
#Achensee
#Austria
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Ross Mackenzie
28 days ago
Evening light around the Montecchio bridge on the Oglio river
#boarioterme
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ambrosen
28 days ago
Also set up W as your search shortcut for Wikipedia, so you only need to type e.g. “w Frances Oldham Kelsey” and you get straight to the Wikipedia page when you need to know something.
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about 1 month ago
Rachel Ruysch (1664 – 1750), still-life painter from the Northern Netherlands who specialized in flowers, achieving international fame in her lifetime
#WomensArt
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Shetland News
about 1 month ago
A public consultation into the next Northern Isles ferry contract has been extended after parts of Shetland were left with no access to the internet.
@beatricewishartmsp.bsky.social
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Ferry consultation extended due to internet disruption
A PUBLIC consultation into the next Northern Isles ferry contract has been extended after parts of Shetland were left with no access to the internet. The...
https://shet.news/rbcwu
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Margot Finn
about 1 month ago
For reasons, it would be v. helpful to have information from a broad range of academic and non-academic (incl. GLAM) users of the BBC Written Archives OTHER THAN historians, briefly on: 1) What you've used it for and 2) How the proposed changes would impact on your research. Reposts welcomed.
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Historians dismayed by ‘scandal’ of BBC cutting access to...
Critics say new limit to trove of information sounds knell for independent research
https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/historians-dismayed-scandal-bbc-cutting-access-written-archives
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Andrew Cutting
about 1 month ago
“Over the last 70 years, the
#ECHR
has repeatedly stepped in when domestic courts were unable to provide the protection we now take for granted and cherish,” says the UK’s outgoing judge at the European Court of Human Rights👇 🔗
www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/ecthr-m...
via
@lawsocietygazette.bsky.social
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ECtHR 'more necessary and relevant' now, says outgoing UK judge
Leading silk says he 'hardly recognises' the good work of the ECHR from recent criticism of Strasbourg court.
https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/ecthr-more-necessary-and-relevant-now-says-outgoing-uk-judge/5124728.article
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Around
#LakeIseo
#LagoIseo
in
#Pisogne
#Lombardia
#Italia
about 1 month ago
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BSBI Botany
about 1 month ago
Want to up your
#WildFlowerID
game this winter? We just launched our Winter Webinar programme! 7-8pm, every Tuesday from 4 Nov - 10 Feb. Thanks to funding from
@daera-ni.gov.uk
, these 10 great plant ID webinars are FREE for all of you to attend! Programme & booking links:
bsbi.org/botanical-sk...
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Alexandra Wilson
about 1 month ago
This book means more to me than any other book I have written. I want to get copies into the hands of everyone who cares about opera or is interested in the broader cultural history of our country. Please consider buying a copy. Thank you. 🙏
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T. Michael Redmond
about 1 month ago
Always look up, Rome edition (but not Sistine Chapel, questo è proibito!). This is the baroque ceiling fresco of Chiesa di Sant'Ignazio di Loyola representing the life of Ignatius of Loyola, a founder of the Catholic order of the Society of Jesus. The late Francis was the first pope of this order.
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Opera Rara
about 1 month ago
And to discover more women composers from both the past and present, join our colleagues from the Donne Foundation on Saturday
@royalalberthall.bsky.social
for their Fortissima concert - a femmage to the heroines of music:
www.royalalberthall.com/tickets/even...
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Rory Cellan-Jones
about 1 month ago
We won!
#Movers&Shakers
won the Gold award for Impact at the
#BritishPodcastAwards
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Los Angeles Times
about 1 month ago
Jane Goodall, the trailblazing naturalist whose intimate observations of chimpanzees in the African wild produced powerful insights that transformed basic conceptions of humankind, has died. She was 91. Read more about her legacy
www.latimes.com/obituaries/s...
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Boris Giltburg
about 2 months ago
The last prelude of the Rachmaninov cycle – unknown, and undeservedly so!! Such a magnificent close to the entire cycle! You can hear all 24 from
@southbankcentre.bsky.social
on
@bbcradio3bot.bsky.social
at 19:30 UK time today (or at any point in the next 30 days):
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Best for Britain
about 2 months ago
‘For a sense of how much Moldova has mattered to Putin, one only has to look at how much Russia has spent to rig this election and the widespread bomb threats.’ Great piece on the significance of the Moldova election by
@snellarthur.bsky.social
. ~AA
bestforbritain.substack.com/p/in-their-d...
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In their defiance of Putin the bravery of Moldovans cannot be overstated
By Arthur Snell
https://bestforbritain.substack.com/p/in-their-defiance-of-putin-the-bravery
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Dr Jo Ball
about 2 months ago
A
#Roman
figurine of a lizard, carved from a single piece of hyaline quartz. It was found in a Gallo-Roman tomb in Belgium, where it was buried as part of an assortment of grave goods about 2000 years ago (📷 MFAH, Brussels) 🏺 AncientBlueSky
#Archaeology
#RomanArchaeology
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Target now achieved 😍
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Ron McIntyre
about 2 months ago
Should have flown off Fair Isle this morning but flights cancelled, may be here a few more days but there are benefits!
#birds
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Andy Brockman
about 2 months ago
“This Oxfordshire hoard, buried nearly 2,000 years ago, really belongs to all of Oxfordshire residents.' Angie Bolton, curator of archaeology, Oxfordshire museum service But the sad fact is, under current legislation, Treasure Hoards can be sold for private profit, broken up and never seen again.
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Time running out to save metal detectorist's hoard
Time is running out to help Friends of the Oxfordshire Museum acquire an Iron Age hoard discovered by a metal detectorist near Henley.
https://www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/news/25494590.time-running-save-metal-detectorists-hoard/
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Museum still needs donations to keep Iron Age hoard - please support if you can
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about 2 months ago
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James Harding-Morris
about 2 months ago
Some positive plant news from the BSBI - Holly Fern rediscovered in Cwm Idwal after 150 years!
share.google/ZlNYNfC4f6h2...
And with a quote from our very own
@bsbicymru.bsky.social
Plant Atlas maps for Holly Fern here:
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“A remarkable discovery”: Rare fern found in Welsh valley 150 years after being wiped out by Victorians | Countryfile.com
The young holly fern was rediscovered by a naturalist on the rugged slopes of Cwm Idwal in Eryri National Park.
https://share.google/ZlNYNfC4f6h2UOy25
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Charlotte Strawbridge
about 2 months ago
Fox sits in gold and brambles, as the crisp air draws near. He breathes out, accepting this shift in the year. Cold is returning, inviting him to retreat. As the trees speak of change and the hope of release. No need to hold tightly, just trust and know. Autumn Equinox teaches the spirit to let go.
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about 2 months ago
Sarah Ross-Thompson, fine art printmaker based on the West Coast of Scotland
#ReframingWomenPrintmakers
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about 2 months ago
🕺Saw it last month… here’s an inside view.
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Liza Adamczewski aka the accidental ecologist
about 2 months ago
Love a bit of lichen hunting at the beach or anywhere really
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Alison Fisk
about 2 months ago
The amazing Roman pharos (lighthouse) at Dover, still standing after almost 2,000 years! 🤩 The tallest surviving Roman structure in Britain, and one of only three surviving lighthouses from the former Roman Empire! Dated 1st-2nd century AD. 📷 by me
#RomanSiteSaturday
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about 2 months ago
Agnes Kasparkova, 90-Year-Old Czech former agricultural worker who turned her small village into an art gallery by painting traditional Moravian motifs on the local houses. The project went on for over 13 years
#WomensArt
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Best for Britain
about 2 months ago
🇪🇺 Exceptional speech from James MacCleary on the importance of the Balkans, and protecting Eastern European democracy. 🇷🇺 "The UK must send an unmistakable the Balkans cannot become a playground for Moscow's interference."
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derek guy
about 2 months ago
Style lessons from Robert Redford, one of the most stylish men in the last century. 🧵
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phoenixmcarthur
2 months ago
Hilma af Klint : No. 113, Group III, The Parsifal Series, 1916
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David Blanchflower BSc
2 months ago
Woman's face reconstructed from 900-year-old skull. 🧪
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Kendal Woman's face reconstructed from 900-year-old skull
The remains of the Kendal Woman reveal a difficult life, spent working outdoors.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2867n0q1lo
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Rebecca Wheeler
2 months ago
I hadn’t seen it for a couple of years so it was extra special in early June to catch up with my
#FavouritePlant
! The gorgeous Mertensia maritima, commonly named Oysterplant, as the leaves taste like the fruits of the sea! Caithness
#Wildflowerhour
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Not the best photo but definitely my
#favouriteplant
this year, Dactylorhiza incarnata, early marsh-orchid in the dunes of the south end of
#Shetland
#WildflowerHour
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2 months ago
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Hugely enjoying Dutch National Opera’s new Boris Godunov thanks to Mark Pullinger’s Gramophone review. What a fabulous resource is
operavision.eu
@larkingrumple.bsky.social
#Opera
operavision.eu/performance/...
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OperaVision | Watch opera for free
Watch the most famous operas, world premieres and new discoveries from the greatest theatres in Europe and beyond. Start streaming now!
https://operavision.eu
2 months ago
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Ross Mackenzie
2 months ago
Sunday morning in Mesopotamia
#Oxford
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