Kate Witney
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Singer and singing teacher, who also loves cooking, gardening, history. Politically to the left.
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Dr Bendor Grosvenor FRHistS
1 day ago
Today is Epiphany, when Western Christianity celebrates the three kings' visit to the infant Christ. Peter Bruegel the Elder's 'Adoration of the Kings' [National Gallery] is one of my favourite imaginings of that moment. It's also full of mystery. Quick Epiphany š§µ
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I am listening to Radio 4, where an American commentator is being interviewed. Talk has turned to Greenland. āWe donāt have enough ice-breakers,ā he says. I find myself, if only fleetingly, wondering why he canāt just ask everyone to say what their favourite colour is and sing something.
1 day ago
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Itās almost as if FIFA isnāt best equipped to judge.
3 days ago
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I used to think that Trump was a stupid, narcissistic, attention-seeking psychopath, but I take it all back. He's much worse than that.
4 days ago
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NY Resolutions: Aged 18: Become a better person and work towards world peace. Aged 32: Lose four stone and write a novel. Aged 50: Label things properly in the freezer. Aged 66: Try not to talk to myself in public loudly enough for other people to hear.
6 days ago
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Watching Carols From Kings I noticed the Dean prayed for the joy of Christmas to illuminate arseholes, which I thought was lovely, as I think arseholes are often a forgotten demographic.
15 days ago
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Today I am a little concerned that I might have made too much ice-cream in too many different flavours. Ha, ha, ha! Gotcha! Thatās impossible, isnāt it, because there is no such thing as too much ice cream!
16 days ago
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Jack Wallington
24 days ago
Itās a sad indictment of Britainās ignorance of nature that Sycamore Gap petitions - for a tree that mattered to humans but not nature - received tens of thousands of signatures but a petition to protect entire peatland habitats is stuck at 1,500
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
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Sign the petition to end peat sales!
No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.
https://actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sales/
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Duncan Mackay
29 days ago
Iāve posted this before but the light was perfect today- a little Victorian cat paw in a brick at the front of the old Norfolk & Norwich Hospital. As this is on the front-facing corner of the main gates, the bricklayer quite clearly put it there on purpose, at a height where children would spot it.
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Tommy Robinson is a Christian in the same way Iām a nuclear physicist.
30 days ago
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Aldi have an English sparking wine from Kent on offer at Ā£7 something and it is very nice. I have been testing it for you, which is very selfless of me, isnāt it.
30 days ago
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I have been extolling the virtues of my lovely wool mattress and suggesting my friends stay over and ātest the mattressā. I am aware that this phrase has different meanings, depending on oneās age. 20: we all know exactly what it means. 40: will I sleep well? 60: what about my back?!
about 1 month ago
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BlogMyWiki
11 months ago
Found when sorting an old drive. I still, very occasionally, say 'not many badgers in the House of Lords' and this is why:
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What other honours await, one wonders. The PGA Prize for Physics? The Major League Basketball Prize for Literature?
about 1 month ago
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C20 Society
about 1 month ago
ā ļø Stand-off in Sheringham: Local campaigners have spent the past three nights camping out overnight in an extraordinary bid to save a 1950s Streamline Moderne style bus shelter in Norfolk, thwarting council contractors who attempted to demolish the structure at 2am.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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It is, I am reliably informed, International Red Squirrels week. And itās working. I am aware of red squirrels.
about 2 months ago
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Moose Allain
about 2 months ago
Fed up with the John Lewis's website talking to me as if I'm a naughty dog.
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Moose Allain
about 2 months ago
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Andrew T...mumblemumble...
2 months ago
Claire's beloved horse Tango died in terror when holiday-makers set off a firework display at a nearby cottage. Sign her petition to protect animals and vulnerable people from the shock and terror of unexpected explosions.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ba...
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Petition: Ban the public sale of fireworks!
Claire's beloved horse Tango died in terror when holiday-makers set off a firework display at a nearby cottage. Sign her petition to protect animals and vulnerable people from the shock and terror of ...
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ban-the-retail-sale-of-fireworks?source=bluesky&utm_campaign=blast141266&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=bluesky&share=f89a8b12-f5b4-4029-8d14-b34ef49423df
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āMy name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Before we get started, hereās a little ice-breaker.ā
add a skeleton here at some point
2 months ago
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Girlās Own advice
2 months ago
The sun expends on a fine summerās day an average of one horsepower on every 30 square feet of the earthās surface in this latitude, or 1450 horse-power per acre. This great gift of energy is neither utilised nor stored by man at present.
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Moose Allain
3 months ago
I bought one of those self-assembly bird tables a while back. The lazy bastards haven't even opened the box, all they've done is shit on it.
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You see, the thing I find so baffling and impossible to believe about this whole affair of Farageās house is that, apparently, he has a girlfriend. Mind blowing.
3 months ago
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IKEA do these rather nice cardboard boxes for cats and they will deliver. Jackās came with some free magazine files for me to organise sheet music, which I thought was a nice touch.
3 months ago
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Dr Delyth Badder
3 months ago
Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet. After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls Iāve ever had, asking āSo when are you coming to pick up your owl?ā š§µ
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Jonathan Foyle
4 months ago
MOST interesting: the bronze of the Lion of Venice was sampled by Padua Uni last year- and lead isotopes show it's Chinese, Yangtze River basin, probably a Tang dynasty 'zhènmùshòu' horned tomb guardian of more upright stature, c.600-900. Possibly imported by Niccolò and Maffeo Polo, then modified.
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Come and hear me sing songs of womenās experience of the sea at Weelsby Hall, Grimsby, as part of the Heritage Open Days.
www.linkage.org.uk/wh-hod-2025/
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Weelsby Hall Heritage Open Day | Events | Linkage Community Trust
Find out more about the 2025 Weelsby Hall Heritage Open Day and book your place today.
https://www.linkage.org.uk/wh-hod-2025/
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Come and hear me sing songs of womenās experience of the sea at Weelsby Hall, Grimsby, as part of the Heritage Open Days.
www.linkage.org.uk/wh-hod-2025/
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Weelsby Hall Heritage Open Day | Events | Linkage Community Trust
Find out more about the 2025 Weelsby Hall Heritage Open Day and book your place today.
https://www.linkage.org.uk/wh-hod-2025/
4 months ago
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I might buy a lottery ticket this weekā¦
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Check out this 6 bedroom detached house for sale on Rightmove
6 bedroom detached house for sale in Rose Villa 3 East Street Alford LN13 9EQ, LN13 for £350,000. Marketed by John Taylors, Louth
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/166046513#/?channel=RES_BUY
4 months ago
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I just misread the term ācounter-terrorā police as ācounter-tenorā police, which conjured an interesting soundscapeā¦
6 months ago
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Hello church crawling people. St. Peterās Church, Clayworth in Nottinghamshire has some very striking murals by Pheobe Traquair, which dominate the church. The funny thing is that Pevsner doesnāt mention them at all. Does anyone know why he didnāt?
6 months ago
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This whole heat thing is relative, though, isn't it. A pupil of mine is going to India. She was already worrying about the heat and then she had an email from her aunt: 'Do bring warm clothes. It'll be the monsoon season and it can get very cold. Sometimes it's only 30 degrees'.
7 months ago
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Moose Allain
9 months ago
Everyone loves sausage dogs, but are you familiar with the other sausage animals? Here's a handy guide. If you like this cartoon, I can draw one for you.
www.worldofmoose.com/products/sau...
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Adam Sharp
10 months ago
A list of the ten most difficult words to say aloud⦠10. Specificity 9. Ignominious 8. Statistics 7. Defibrillator 6. Magnanimity 5. Pulchritude 4. Worcestershire 3. Anaesthetist 2. Asterisk 1. Sorry* * Seems to be the hardest word
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I was at Southwark Cathedral the other day and it was an honour to meet Hodge, the resident cat.
11 months ago
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Some creep on here crept into my messages, with āHi, how are you doing?ā. I blocked him, of course, but I have to say that, before doing so, I couldnāt resist replying with, āDoing what?ā.
12 months ago
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Has anyone else noticed this new thing of ātwo timesā for twice. Now, I do know language evolves and all that, but Iām a bit baffled that two words would replace one. Any thoughts?
12 months ago
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A little word of advice: do not use the term āa lick and a promiseā to anyone under about fortyā¦
12 months ago
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Iāve just had an advert pop up for a āmerino base layer.ā Thatās a woolly vest, isnāt it?
12 months ago
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Firma la petición
Boycott the Afghanistan cricket team
https://www.change.org/p/boycott-the-afghanistan-cricket-team?recruiter=22799211&recruited_by_id=9971fe50-fce3-012f-c904-40401bfb750c&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=share_petition&utm_term=a1e79e13233d48599dd78804d277d9e6&utm_medium=twitter
about 1 year ago
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www.change.org/p/boycott-th...
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Firma la petición
Boycott the Afghanistan cricket team
https://www.change.org/p/boycott-the-afghanistan-cricket-team?recruiter=22799211&recruited_by_id=9971fe50-fce3-012f-c904-40401bfb750c&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=share_petition&utm_term=a1e79e13233d48599dd78804d277d9e6&utm_medium=twitter
about 1 year ago
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Brian Groom
about 1 year ago
Social reformer Josephine Butler (b.1828 Northumberland), arguably most effective campaigner for womenās rights of her time, died on this day 1906. She ended coverture (whereby womanās legal rights were subsumed by her husbandās), criminalised child prostitution and human trafficking.
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Turns out that chopped up cold Yorkshire puddings make rather super croutons for beef soup. Who knew, eh? Follow me for more slightly eccentric kitchen tips.
about 1 year ago
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Kateās Christmas Day roast potato ready reckoner: Multiply the number of people by the three potatoes they will eat. Multiply by two. Add half a dozen potatoes for luck. Multiply total by three.
about 1 year ago
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Adopt a Snow Leopard? Thatās all very well, but where will it go? And I donāt think Jack will be happy. Iām not sure the World Wrestling Federation has thought this through, to be honest.
about 1 year ago
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I follow a dressmaking page over on Facebook. Someone was asking if anyone knew anything about āantique Singersā and I took it bit personally until I realised what they meantā¦
about 1 year ago
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Iām just getting ready for a day in the recording studio and what a treat it is to be looking forward to a dayās performing without having to give a second thought to what Iām wearing or what I look like!
about 1 year ago
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Dan Snow
about 1 year ago
There is a very exciting chance that new technology will allow us to read charred papyri from a vast library excavated in Herculaneum. Here are the lost ancient texts I would love to recover (please add your own wish list): š§µā¬ļø
add a skeleton here at some point
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Māgentleman friends taking up art.
about 1 year ago
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This Carmelite nunnery is up for sale. I might do the lottery this week and, if I win, buy it to host music-making āretreatsā for people. There are some wonderful performance/rehearsal/ceilidh spaces. I can dream, canāt Iā¦
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Search over a Million properties for sale and to rent from the top estate agents and developers in the UK
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about 1 year ago
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