Elizabeth Acheson

Fortnums?

Heath Mynd

A dreamy afternoon in the Clun Valley, with layers of mist highlighting the folds and contours of the landscape. I was standing on Heath Mynd, near Norbury, looking out across rolling fields towards Sowdley Wood, which can be seen rising in the distance. One of my favourite places in #Shropshire!

Thing is, you need to narrow it down a bit - invaded Iran, awarded himself an Olympic gold medal, shot someone on 5th Avenue?

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I’m sure that’s hyena-ist

It felt quite spring-like today, didn’t it? Just lovely

Snowdrop lovers! To prevent me adding to the world's mountain of misinformation in a future post, do you think this snowdrop is 'S.Arnott', please? Twice as tall as the common, lovely but little, Galanthus nivalis, & with much bigger flowers! Floral thanks! #snowdropidentification

Nor did I until I read @nataliehaynes.bsky.social Read her books, she’s amazing 🤩

Take care, hope all are quickly recovered

Pandora's Jar: Natalie Haynes on Women in the Greek Myths Author of Pandora's Jar, Natalie Haynes, talks to us about Women in the Greek myths, in this new video series. BUY Pandora's Jar by Natalie Haynes: https://amzn.to/33wfRgq MORE about the book: 'Reading Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths by Natalie Haynes: Funny, sharp explications of what these sometimes not-very-nice women were up to, and how they sometimes made idiots of . . . but read on!' Margaret Atwood The Greek myths are among the world's most important cultural building blocks and they have been retold many times, but rarely do they focus on the remarkable women at the heart of these ancient stories. Stories of gods and monsters are the mainstay of epic poetry and Greek tragedy, from Homer to Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, from the Trojan War to Jason and the Argonauts. And still, today, a wealth of novels, plays and films draw their inspiration from stories first told almost three thousand years ago. But modern tellers of Greek myth have usually been men, and have routinely shown little interest in telling women’s stories. And when they do, those women are often painted as monstrous, vengeful or just plain evil. But Pandora – the first woman, who according to legend unloosed chaos upon the world – was not a villain, and even Medea and Phaedra have more nuanced stories than generations of retellings might indicate. Now, in Pandora’s Jar, Natalie Haynes – broadcaster, writer and passionate classicist – redresses this imbalance. Taking Pandora and her jar (the box came later) as the starting point, she puts the women of the Greek myths on equal footing with the menfolk. After millennia of stories telling of gods and men, be they Zeus or Agamemnon, Paris or Odysseus, Oedipus or Jason, the voices that sing from these pages are those of Hera, Athena and Artemis, and of Clytemnestra, Jocasta, Eurydice and Penelope. FIND us on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/panmacmillan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/panmacmillan/?hl=en https://www.panmacmillan.com/

Not wishing to be pedantic but it was a Jar not a Box - Erasmus made a mistake on the translation @nataliehaynes.bsky.social www.google.co.uk/url?esrc=s&q...

It’s a lot easier if you say it out loud which shows how shifts occur in written and spoken language separately and in distinctly different ways

Did they just graffiti it on with a spray can and a bit of card to stop the drips?

Crème Brûlée is my go-to in those circumstances

Love that definition, thank you

@oldenoughtosay.com What happened to the family/genetics thing, it was really interesting, hope people weren’t annoying about it

If Starmer 2.0 means nothing else, perhaps it can mean this…

Oooh

New post/ substack on missing the snow, the Bloomsbury lot at home, a doodlebug, a rallying winter ghost of 1947 (& when the snow buried a train & 1,000 people.) It took me an age to write, & is free. Tho' if you'd like to, there is a Ko-Fi button. Love & thanks x nicolachester.com/2026/02/21/g...

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How Palantir captured the Ministry of Defence

How a close read of public domain documents show how MoD was commercially colonised by Palantir

By me, at FT

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Calling all DnD players! On Sat 28 Feb, come to Games Day to create your own magic items! We'll have our toolkit to guide you through homebrewing museum items that inspire you! Resources: www.readingmuseum.org.uk/museums-marv...
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Can cows swim? Is this a question you never knew you wanted to know the answer to?

YouTube video by sargant The Day Today - Crisis Correspondent Spartacus Mills

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Historic Floodplain Meadows in the Landscape: Investigating Anthropogenic Habitats Important for Nature Conservation, Carbon Sequestration and Flood Attenuation - Environmental Management In contemporary river valley floors, floodplain meadows are associated with rare grassland plant communities that are important for their conservation value. This article outlines a desk-based method ...

🥳🌱New Paper!🌱🥳

Check out how we have been working with our friends at Fjordr to detect historical locations of floodplain meadows using physical and documented traces in the landscape, suppporting the case for restoration. 👇

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Sorry for the earworm

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I’m presuming you’re not talking about Harry Enfield’s Stravros? Hello peeps

"This is what the bear probably looked like--except real." If I was choosing videos for a space probe to other galaxies, I'd include this & the St. Louis February news. I think that might be it. In a million yrs, aliens wld look at earth, by then a lifeless cinder, & mourn our genius.

Walkers in a field

On Friday 27 Feb, join Walk Works as they explore Goring & Streatley on a 6.5 circular walk, taking in the Goring Gap, the beautiful St Mary's Church and a trip up the incredible Streatley Hill.

A great way to explore our local natural heritage and find new friends, too!
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turn it up it’s my new favourite song

Photograph of a forest we are looking down a Meandering path winding between huge trees

Yvonne Albe