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Major refurbishment plans for troubled historic mansion The largely derelict Ashton Court Mansion could see an ambitious programme of repairs

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Irma Boom on books and beyond – meet a graphic design legend ‘You make books not for the past or for the present, but for the future,’ says Boom as we talk about her career highlights in her Amsterdam studio

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Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda hits out at AI-generated videos of her dead father: ‘stop doing this to him’ Film-maker tells the public to stop sending her videos, saying: ‘You’re not making art, you’re making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings’

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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

The world’s highest bridge finally opens cutting 1hr journey to 1min | UK | News | Express.co.uk share.google/BbjvwWeYMfzN...

Bring in Dutch-style rail fare system in Wales, says expert - BBC News A leading transport expert says fares should be based on distance travelled, as in the Netherlands.

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‘One rule for the rich’: the Salzburg mansion, the Porsche heir and the writer Stefan Zweig The car magnate, who is restoring the Jewish author’s former villa, has been given permission to dig out a 500-metre road leading to a garage, causing consternation in the city

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Heated debate: why Churchill’s birthplace lies at the hea... Row over plans to build 2 million panels on land around historic Blenheim Palace has become symbolic of a national struggle

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Labour-run council loses battle to shut down pub's beer garden Greenwich Council had claimed the Trafalgar Tavern's tables on the Thames Path were 'visual clutter' after it had received complaints.

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Solar farm haters say 'don't flood Cornwall with solar' An appeal into Cornwall Council's decision to refuse what would be the Duchy's largest solar farm has taken place

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Sarah Beeny's battle to save her Somerset 'mini Downton Abbey' extension TV presenter Sarah Beeny has been told she must demolish part of her home

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Man at war with council after building swimming pool in garden Locals in Mawgan Porth, Cornwall, have been left furious after a neighbour built a swimming pool, garage and office building.

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A newspaper clipping from 1906 that reads: "Noisy, Hungry Frogs Sadden Farmer's Life. They scare his cattle and they also eat his flannel shirt."

Timeline cleanse.

Newspaper clipping, 1906.

lady cyclist detectives Clipping found in The Standard published in London, Greater London, England on 9/23/1895. lady cyclist detectives

Victorian Lady cyclist detectives... why is this not a tv series yet?
I can see it now, foggy London, ladies on bicycles through the narrow streets, swords hidden in walking sticks, Henry Cavill with a top hat, stolen diamonds, opium dens...
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A wooden replica siege engine, stands in front of a stone castle. A piece of purple fabric is wrapped around the tall central support beam.

#NationalPoetryDay ✒️

Roses are red,
Water comes in litres,
Trebuchets can use a counterweight to launch a 90kg stone projectile over 300 metres.

#Wales

Why has Jane Fonda relaunched this McCarthy-era free speech committee? Jane Fonda has relaunched the Committee for the First Amendment, which was founded by her father Henry Fonda in the late 1940s, in order to protect free speech from government censorship. This comes in the wake of Jimmy Kimmel's suspension under pressure from the Trump administration.

Why has Jane Fonda relaunched this McCarthy-era free speech committee?

Hundreds of celebrities relaunch a McCarthy-era committee to defend free speech The Committee for the First Amendment first launched in the 1940s, when the House Un-American Activities Committee accused Hollywood actors, directors and writers of being communists or sympathizers.

Celebrities defending the First Amendment 👏 🇺🇸 #Constitution #FreeSpeech www.npr.org/2025/10/01/n...

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

#OtD 2 Oct 1968 the Tlatelolco massacre took place in Mexico City when police murdered hundreds of students demonstrating peacefully, just prior to the start of the Olympic Games in the city stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9228...

The Internet and the Tragedy of the Commons - Geopolitical Futures Jan. 4, 2017 The expectation of anonymity online has become extreme.

From 2019, but seems very relevant geopoliticalfutures.com/the-internet...

A pair of blue tinted spectacles with glass hinges on either side.

Tinted, double-hinged spectacles, c.1790. Many opticians believed green or blue glass was easier on the eyes and would reduce glare; while clear glass was too soft and would distort images.

This extraordinary example is from the Wellcome Collection in London.

Composter John Barry who will always be linked to the James Bond films.

Born in York in 1933, John Barry Prendergast grew up with cinema in his blood – his father managed a chain of picture houses, and the boy spent his childhood absorbing film and music together. That marriage of sight and sound shaped a career that would make him one of Britain’s

Colourfully-glazed (green, blue, brown & white) earthenware sculpture of a lion-like hybrid animal with a fierce expression and many horns protruding from its body.

This is a zhènmùshòu (镇墓兽), or tomb guardian, from Tang Dynasty (AD 618–907) China. Placed in tombs, their ferocious expressions and hybrid animal features were designed to defend the deceased from malevolent spirits.

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📷 Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000.118.1

🏺 #Archaeology

This house is a perfect cube The box-like structure perches atop a hill in the Hudson Valley

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This piece is wonderful wonderful wonderful

one of the most recognisable names in retail history was born when cashier Thomas Spencer from Skipton Invested £300 in the business and the partnership with Michael Marks was created. Their market stalls were call Penny Bazaars

The Marks & Spencer story began in 1884 when Michael Marks, a Polish refugee opened a market stall in Leeds. It was ten years later though OTD the 28th September in 1894 that the Marks and Spencer, one of the most recognisable names in retail history was born

Print with two stylised figures facing left holding umbrellas as if battling gusts of strong winds, behind the sky swirls in blue and white

Sybil Andrews,
The Gale (1930)
Linocut, Art Deco style print from the Modernist Printmaker
#ReframingWomenPrintmakers

New research may rewrite origins of the Book of Kells, says academic Exclusive: Author challenges assumption monks on Iona created manuscript, instead positing its origins are Pictish

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Remains of 'vile' dungeon found under Leicester market - BBC News Archaeologists say they have made "extraordinary" finds digging under the city centre site.

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Concerns about demolition of historic Stoke-on-Trent pottery oven - BBC News Heritage experts say the muffle oven at Falcon Pottery is one of only three of its kind.

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