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Writer, pharmacist. Drama and drugs.

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Historians dismayed by โ€˜scandalโ€™ of BBC cutting access to... Critics say new limit to trove of information sounds knell for independent research

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.

14.10.2025 09:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 89    ๐Ÿ” 111    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

Enjoyed the first ep of @squarewindowpod.bsky.social where @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social and @gkw.bsky.social focus on a week in vintage television, putting it into cultural context

23.09.2025 20:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Cheers John and Mike - it was a fab walk around a part of town new to me. Also, so well researched, I didn't realise that we were privileged to attend a 'for one walk only' event!

10.08.2025 14:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A tiny golden pumpkin

A tiny golden pumpkin

Baby uchiki kuri!

05.08.2025 19:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

1. The only viable government is one based on cutting the still-beating hearts out of sacrificial victims.
2. Do not let the Spanish take over your country.
3. Quetzalcoatl is the one true God.

04.08.2025 11:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 69    ๐Ÿ” 29    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Literally no-one called it Indie Sleaze.

NO-ONE.

29.07.2025 11:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 89    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
A poster advertising a talk at Port Eliot Festival from 2015. An archway from the house is pictured, surrounded by sea.

A poster advertising a talk at Port Eliot Festival from 2015. An archway from the house is pictured, surrounded by sea.

Happy Port Eliot weekend for all those who celebrate!
Remembering good times.

26.07.2025 07:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A Xmas gift tag from the 1970โ€™s with an elf on

A Xmas gift tag from the 1970โ€™s with an elf on

And to you too!

17.07.2025 22:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This kind of smart, walkable, mixed-use development is illegal to build these days.

12.07.2025 09:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1637    ๐Ÿ” 412    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
Caption: Our team is working on these unsolved mathematical problems, but also pitching them as a trilogy of action movies starring Matt Damon 


Images: Posters for the three movies

The Riemann Hypothesis starring Matt Damon
(image of Matt running heroically surrounded by elements of a formula)

The Yang-Mills problem starring Matt Damon
(image of Matt fearlessly jumping a motorbike surrounded by eparts of a quantum equation)

The Goldbach Conjecture starring Matt Damon
(image of Matt falling bravely from a building surrounded by numbers and symbols.

Caption: Our team is working on these unsolved mathematical problems, but also pitching them as a trilogy of action movies starring Matt Damon Images: Posters for the three movies The Riemann Hypothesis starring Matt Damon (image of Matt running heroically surrounded by elements of a formula) The Yang-Mills problem starring Matt Damon (image of Matt fearlessly jumping a motorbike surrounded by eparts of a quantum equation) The Goldbach Conjecture starring Matt Damon (image of Matt falling bravely from a building surrounded by numbers and symbols.

My cartoon for this week's @newscientist.com #science #mattdamon

02.07.2025 14:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 909    ๐Ÿ” 240    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
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Wojciech Jerzy Has Acclaimed for his surreal vision, explore a selection of works from the great Polish filmmaker.

PSA: The Wojchiech Jerzy Has collection falls off the BFI player tonight!

player.bfi.org.uk/subscription...
Would love to see these on a release ...@secondrun.bsky.social ?

29.06.2025 13:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

WHY? Why not?! The world can feel like itโ€™s on fire with political unrest & decimation of funding for independent voices. But we need storytellers - can this small gesture of community/solidarity make our small corner of the film industry a better place

PLEASE HELP SPREAD THE WORD -TELL YOUR PEOPLE

29.06.2025 12:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh my word...

27.06.2025 22:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Barrett (Dirk Bogarde) observes the sleeping Tony

Barrett (Dirk Bogarde) observes the sleeping Tony

A moment of high tension as Susan tries putting Barrett in his place, ordering him to light her cigarette

A moment of high tension as Susan tries putting Barrett in his place, ordering him to light her cigarette

Superb mirror shot of Bogarde and Fox

Superb mirror shot of Bogarde and Fox

A key moment in the film, as the shadow of a naked post-coital Barrett looms on the landing while Tony and Susan try to take in whatโ€™s happening

A key moment in the film, as the shadow of a naked post-coital Barrett looms on the landing while Tony and Susan try to take in whatโ€™s happening

Blimey, Douglas Slocombe shot the absolute hell out of The Servant (Losey, 1963)

Terrific, quintessentially English motion picture

23.06.2025 16:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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From my local library too!

18.06.2025 15:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A thatched ridge with cats, Badger, hares and a fox

A thatched ridge with cats, Badger, hares and a fox

When your thatcher just won't stop...๐Ÿ˜ฎ๐Ÿซฃ

Spotted today in beautiful Walberswick on the Suffolk coast

๐Ÿ“ท My own

#thatch #suffolk

14.06.2025 17:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 270    ๐Ÿ” 33    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A purple flowering clematis upon a blue trellis up a brick wall

A purple flowering clematis upon a blue trellis up a brick wall

Mrs Cholmondley in bloom this morning.
Happy end of week everyone!

13.06.2025 07:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

ChatGPT is down but The Museum of English Rural Life still stands, proving once again that Silicon Valley cannot compete with the history of rural England and its people.

10.06.2025 12:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13783    ๐Ÿ” 2381    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 92    ๐Ÿ“Œ 75
A row of brightly coloured posters against a white tiled wall. The posters say โ€˜Design and Disabilityโ€™ on each left hand bottom corner. On the left lime green poster, a photo of Davina Starr, a member of drag syndrome in a white wig and bright make up under a spotlight. The central light blue poster has a black and white photo of Marvel Harris wrapped in a towel emerging from the sea. The right pink poster is an image of Sky Cubacub in a pink binder and dragon scale headdress.

A row of brightly coloured posters against a white tiled wall. The posters say โ€˜Design and Disabilityโ€™ on each left hand bottom corner. On the left lime green poster, a photo of Davina Starr, a member of drag syndrome in a white wig and bright make up under a spotlight. The central light blue poster has a black and white photo of Marvel Harris wrapped in a towel emerging from the sea. The right pink poster is an image of Sky Cubacub in a pink binder and dragon scale headdress.

Design and Disability opens today at the V&A! Weโ€™re so happy to share it with you all. Disabled, Deaf and neurodivergent people and their companions go free. www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/...

07.06.2025 12:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 70    ๐Ÿ” 28    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Marine Ices and The Enterprise pub, Haverstock Hill, Camden, circa 1975.

Photo by Blackthorne57 on Flickr
www.flickr.com/photos/laver...

17.05.2025 07:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This week I have seen Rialto and Patrick Wolf and this has made me very happy indeed.

16.05.2025 12:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

One of my biggest personal takeaways from it is that building worlds and building community go hand-in-hand. Another is unarmouring and just being your own, strange, gentle self in what you share is kinder way of navigating, not only for others, but yourself. In a territory of bruises, itโ€™s needed.

23.03.2025 19:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 105    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Dolly Parton in the 1970s with a full wavy blonde wig, a red flower in her hair, a red plaid shirt tied at the waist and dark denim jeans. Sheโ€™s leaning against her tour bus which has a yellow and blue butterfly emblazoned on the back.

Dolly Parton in the 1970s with a full wavy blonde wig, a red flower in her hair, a red plaid shirt tied at the waist and dark denim jeans. Sheโ€™s leaning against her tour bus which has a yellow and blue butterfly emblazoned on the back.

Hi, can I ask a favour please. Do you have a Youtube account? Can I ask you to subscribe to my channel (m.youtube.com/@Jeanie_Finlay? ). It would be very helpful to get over 1000 subscribers for very boring reasons. THANK YOU โค๏ธ

A picture of Dolly in my favourite wig era, for the algorithm

22.03.2025 12:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Lining out my sanitarium dreams today at Porchester Hall
#Marienbad #Empusium #MagicMountain

21.03.2025 20:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Indigenous People of North America have decided to go back to calling the Gulf of Mexico, โ€œChalchiuhtlicueyecatlโ€. It is what the Nahuatl People originally called it as it is the domain of the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue, who is assoc w/water bodies, including the Gulf of Mexico.

14.02.2025 07:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 41076    ๐Ÿ” 10573    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1015    ๐Ÿ“Œ 899
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It's your first Survey Sunday! TAKE THE SURVEY: musicfansvoice.uk

The Music Fans' Voice survey launched earlier this week and a huge number of live music fans have already taken part... but thousands more are needed. And that includes you.

09.02.2025 09:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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This was the one in our house:

14.01.2025 18:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Here's a thing I've just learned, though I don't recall from whomst I learned it:

If you're googling something and you add -AI at the end of your query, you'll be spared the AI results.

14.01.2025 16:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 285    ๐Ÿ” 89    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 24    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13
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Finishing off the last of the Christmas films with Eyes Wide Shut

Still learning about the production:

1) It was adapted from the novel Traumnovelle by Arthur Schnitzler

2) Mostly filmed in the UK - they recreated Greenwich Village in Pinewood!

www.reelstreets.com/films/eyes-w...

12.01.2025 13:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A stack of books and films; Patrick Hamiltonโ€™s Mr Simpson and Mr Gorse, Down to Earth (Powell and Pressburger), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Mildred Pierce (Curtiz) and In a Lonely Place

A stack of books and films; Patrick Hamiltonโ€™s Mr Simpson and Mr Gorse, Down to Earth (Powell and Pressburger), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Mildred Pierce (Curtiz) and In a Lonely Place

Happy new year everyone.
This is how Iโ€™m looking forward to spending the first day of 2025 doing.

01.01.2025 10:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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