I'm on a bus and it's gone on a long diversion to the usual route. I am traffic. #Bus

When August Met... (Part 1/4) - Gator Days

Late night trip to the art dead drop. Not my art, I just drop it off. #art

Everybody knows that Pupper just won Downhill Gold

The Doll Tree never fails to horrify. I see it when I least expect it. #Horror #Tree #Dolls #Manchester

I've been finding art in a local forest for over 6 months. Some disappear, others are transformed or they are taken by the forest. New ones are still appearing. #SilentSunday #Forest #Art

A cold snap followed by some mild weather has caused the local pigeon tree to bloom much too early. #Birds #Pigeons #Trees #Manchester #Parks #UK

I managed to get to the Santiago Yahuarcani exhibition at the Whitworth Gallery in Manchester before it closes in a few days. Fascinating, disturbing, uplifting, and hypnotic. I liked it a lot. www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk/whats-on/exh...

Christmas Tradition sorted. Will be watching The Muppet Christmas Carol on Christmas Eve.

Fabric stall, Stockport market, 1976-77, photo by Heidi Alexander.

The Plough and the #NorthernLights over Stromness this evening. #Orkney

Moving 700+ shellac records from one house to another, then another house a week later was pretty much as tough as I expected. I didn't weigh them, but I'd guess around 100kg and bulky. #78rpm #78s #Music #Records

T-Rex front legs were surprisingly effective. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/... #dinosaurs #BBC #UK

Magpie in the park.

1960s/70s German desiccant. Found in a 1971 Triumph Adler Tippa typewriter made in Holland. #Typewriters

Very floody on my short walk back from the supermarket a few minutes ago. I could not have been wetter if I'd jumped I to the River Irwell. #Manchester #Weather #Rain

It's been a "Captain it's Wednesday" sort of week. Friday to Sunday I was almost run over each day in the centre of Manchester, and I'm very careful crossing roads, but the cars were not moving when I crossed. Two of them decided to reverse toward me!

It's UK Black History Month. Resharing @lanre-bakare.bsky.social's article from Feb! The stories of Black boxers in 1880s England are missing from every boxing history or Black British history I've read. But there are LOTS! Feel privileged to help find them: www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Under Over Over - West Hampstead So it's taken a while, but I've finally found a location where you can clearly see London Underground trains traveling over London Overground trains. The vantage point is at West Hampstead Overground station at the end of the platform.

This post has reached the daftness threshold and so replies now turned off.

Plane landed in Bolton and will now fly along the A666 toward Manchester. Top Pun calling the eatery Steaks On A Plane. share.google/OyZm5DHWUspp...

Seconds out! Round one! THE DEVIL'S DANCE FLOOR This isn't an official announcement from Duckworth. It's a page from my agent's newsletter and book fair rights catalogue, which is public. So, a tiny-text soft launch? Details subject to change. A lot of thank yous and less Disney, to come. 🐻🥊👊🏾👊🏻🦁🍺

A feature I wrote for the print issue of BBC History Magazine earlier this year is now online! Introducing Alf Ball, Hezekiah Moscow, Henry 'Sugar' Goodson, the Sisters Mills and Jem Smith 🦁🥊🤜🏻🤛🏾 Steven Knight not going straight for that chapel fight is wild... www.historyextra.com/membership/f...

Update on the possessed rocking horse. I survived the night.

I've just helped collect & deliver a large rocking horse that looks like it has been possessed by at least one demon or ghost.

Not posted for a while. Panics. Posts crows. #Crows

Happy Friday! It's a shame it's not 1888 and we're in Leamington, because I'd suggest popping to the circus tonight for wrestling on horseback, normal boxing, and BOXING ON DONKEYS. Plus tug of war etc Hahahaha, boxing on donkeys. Slightly more sophisticated than boxing with donkeys, admittedly.

Busy day but I met my crow friend again.

You know when you have about ten subscription services but can't find ANYTHING to watch? People in 1894 never really had that problem, because whatever you were looking for, if you couldn't find it, there was always the option of a woman cutting up potatoes on a man's wrist, neck, and throat (?) ⚔️🥔🫳

An ‘ultracrepidarian’ (19th century) is one who loves to give their opinion, at length, on matters they know nothing about.

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The Cat That Slept for a Thousand Years.   Manchester Museum. Purring, moving tail and ears, reacting to gentle stroking and hugs. Very calming. More photos and video maybe soon www.museum.manchester.ac.uk/event/thecat/ #Manchester #Museum #Cat #UK

I met a lot of dogs in the park yesterday, and they are all close friends now.

When the current news agenda is miserable, I like to think about the time (early 1900s) an esteemed eye doctor who collected 400 pictures of animals' eyes asked Alf Ball if he could study his boxing puma, so Alf put the puma's gloves on for safety, and then the puma punched the doctor in the face 🥊

Weird Manchester bus trip. Driver was nannying the contactless terminal, and it didn't issue a paper ticket but did the correct beeps and lights. Hoping I'm not charged more than the £2 single fare.

I went outside for urgent supplies and it was a mistake. I'm now sat in front of my trusty old powerful fan and enjoying the breeze.

At a time when science literacy is in decline, we hope our kids' book will inspire a new generation of doctors, nurses, and even medical historians! Aimed at kids 8-12, @tealcartoons.bsky.social & I think everyone will enjoy learning about the flukes, flops, & failures that sparked medical marvels!

Okay. Short rambling thread. But about how i have learned to accept that I am "pony famous" and how, and why, you need to not talk down people who love what you do. This is for minor writers or creators everywhere. Read this. /1

I wrote some advice about that myself. lithub.com/rebecca-soln...

New ancient Egyptian city just dropped!

Went past the Hotspur Press building an hour ago and it was on fire. Lots of fire engines and police. Looked like the building will be completely destroyed. www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater... #Manchester #Fire

My children's book about the Stone Age is out in 2 weeks... and it's already out of date!! We joke about that in the book, it was bound to happen!!! Very exciting that molecular techniques have finally identified the 'Dragon Man' skull to be that of Homo Denisova www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Quite possibly one of the best record shop covers. Also, the song The Warblers Serenade, played by Frank Westfield's Orchestra, has 'Whistling by James Bendon' ! #Gramaphone #Records #78rpm #Cover #CoverArt #Uk #Bolton

No new research blogs this year while working on a book and other life aspects but if you hate everything right now and want olde stories about a drunk Irish sailor-obsessed prizefighter, Barbadian Showman, failed Brummie hitman, West Indian beartamer etc, here's loads: www.grapplingwithhistory.com

The bus next to the one I was on a few days ago was showing an IP address and 'Onion' with a version number, instead of the route number and destination. Some identifying information edited on the photo, probably unnecessarily. It was not the 192 bus! #Bus #Manchester #UK #IpAddress #Software

This week I was at the Manchester Museum for the launch of Unburied : The True Story of Hannah Beswick The Manchester Mummy, by @shewolfmanc.bsky.social. I waffled through a question where I said 'Modern Penny Dreadful Industry' ?! but received a long excellent reply. I'll enjoy reading the book.

I'm in the Manchester Museum for the book launch of Unburied: The True Story of The Manchester Mummy by Hannah Priest @shewolfmanc.bsky.social I've not been to a book launch for ages!

Excellent exhibition just finished at the Whitworth Gallery Manchester, Women In Revolt! I'm rubbish at reviews, so here's one from someone else who saw it at the Tate. deleted the old post by mistake :/ authory.com/ManickGovind...

Nice of the BBC News website to spoil the ending of #DoctorWho in a headline only a few hours after the show was broadcast.

The Manchester parakeets eat and sleep in different places in Manchester, so large flocks fly low at dusk and dawn. I'd like to see more research on impact with other wildlife before mass trapping. www.itv.com/news/2025-05... Parakeet mural in Withington, Manchester UK.