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Barb Drummond

@barbdrummond.bsky.social

Self publishing historian mostly on 18th century Britain. Books on wife selling, machines of the Enlightenment, and much more. New book The Great Flood of 1607 published on 2 September. Love photography, churchcrawling, curiosity

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#MemorialMonday #SophiaWren #StMary #Bath

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From @Mubi a lovely slow moving film about an early career academic navigating her career and friendships. #MustSee

02.11.2025 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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@Henbury churchyard #churchcrawling think building on left was SundaySchool, on right sextons house

02.11.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Highwaymen - Highwayman (American Outlaws: Live at Nassau Coliseum, 1990)
YouTube video by HighwaymenVEVO The Highwaymen - Highwayman (American Outlaws: Live at Nassau Coliseum, 1990)

youtube.com/watch?v=bMde...

02.11.2025 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Looks over caffeinated

02.11.2025 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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My #book on #WifeSelling shows women earned their dowry before marriage so had more #rights than often claimed. Couples celebrated sales with dinners, rang church bells. Fascinating insight into lives of working people. In all formats in physical & online stores including #WomensHistory

02.11.2025 12:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My #book @TheGreatFloodOf1607 is still available in all formats from online & physical shops including @GriffinBooks in #Penarth and soon in @Bookspace. It describes the disaster, its impact, aftermath and how victims felt they were being punished by #God as in the time of #Noah. #climate #weather

02.11.2025 10:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

1970 Pevsner attributes clerestory windows to Francis Niblett but this looks more modern

02.11.2025 10:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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#StainedGlassSunday #Caerleon

02.11.2025 10:11 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#StainedGlassSunday #Slimbridge #RiverSevern

02.11.2025 09:58 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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#Framilode #StainedGlassSunday

02.11.2025 09:56 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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#Rockhampton #StainedGlassSunday

02.11.2025 09:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#StainedGlassSunday #BourtononTheHill

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Minority representation on TV causes outrage

There has been widespread support for prominent Reform MP
Sarah Pochin after she complained about the over-representation of minorities on television.
Said one angry viewer, "She's right. Every time you turn on the telly there's another Reform MP being interviewed by Laura Kuenssberg."
She added, "I respect their way of life and their strange customs, but Reform MPs comprise only 0.7 percent of the House of Commons. Yet Nigel Farage is on Question Time more than Fiona Bruce."
"I'm not prejudiced. Some of my best friends are swivel-eyed loons, but enough is enough.
There are too many people with angry red faces on television.”

Minority representation on TV causes outrage There has been widespread support for prominent Reform MP Sarah Pochin after she complained about the over-representation of minorities on television. Said one angry viewer, "She's right. Every time you turn on the telly there's another Reform MP being interviewed by Laura Kuenssberg." She added, "I respect their way of life and their strange customs, but Reform MPs comprise only 0.7 percent of the House of Commons. Yet Nigel Farage is on Question Time more than Fiona Bruce." "I'm not prejudiced. Some of my best friends are swivel-eyed loons, but enough is enough. There are too many people with angry red faces on television.”

Gotta love Private Eye.
Always cuts through the crap.

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It also triggered scientific investigation into earthquakes as such a large area was affected. Think it caused collapse of walls of Galway and may have reached the Caribbean

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Extraordinary series!

01.11.2025 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Just watched @KellyReichardt early film @RiverOfGrass @Mubi echoes of early @JimJarmusch of 2 strangers in accidental #shooting then forced to flee with no money. #Intriguing #Grim

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Preview
Man Alarmed to Discover His Smart Vacuum Was Broadcasting a Secret Map of His House One man's robot vacuum was constantly communicating with its manufacturer, sending a detailed 3D map of his house halfway across the world.

Your vacuum cleaner may be spying on you.

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As recently as 2016, it was legal in every state.

It should be illegal in every state.

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An important point for anyone going on about net contribution of immigration

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Yes

01.11.2025 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#GreatPultneyStreet #Bath

01.11.2025 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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#Bath #StMichael #SteepleSaturday

01.11.2025 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#Proposal for #Commemorative #stamp #ITScandal #Noooo!

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#Labour continues to disappoint. Allowing β€œaffordable housing to be sold to #PrivateBuyers

01.11.2025 13:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Humanities are often seen as less important than sciences. But many scientists are interested in humanities so they complement each other

01.11.2025 12:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#SteepleSaturday #Cardiff

01.11.2025 12:06 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow!

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Sharon Graham, UNITE, "If you've got a Β£1,700 bill, Β£500 of that is profit.. They've made Β£30 billion in a single year.. It's obscene"

Meanwhile Labour go after the poor, the disabled, the elderly, instead of windfall taxing energy companies. Disgraceful

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