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Margaret
@benregis.bsky.social
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Music librarian, sometime musician and music teacher. Loves books, music (particularly classical), dogs, film, theatre, travel, and history. Living in the Fens, originally from dragon country in Wales
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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 3h
I went on to LoC name authorities and saw the message :-(
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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 4h
Good grief. Notice on the NHS app that my GP's surgery has already made a note to remind me about my "Over 75" check-up, I'm not even 60 yet #OverEnthusiastic
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Fishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social · 12h
This has made our day.

www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/35...
On the right, the coliseum. On the left, a model of the coliseum, fashioned from custard creams. It's a bit sketchy in its details, but... custard creams!
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Archaeo - Histories @archaeohistories.bsky.social · 5h
During excavations at Nimrud in present-day Iraq 🇮🇶, archaeologists discovered a door threshold inscribed with the name of Assyrian king Adad-Nerari I, which ruled the Assyrian Empire from approximately 1295-1264 BC.

#archaeohistories
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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 5h
Reading The only plane in the sky : an oral history of 9/11. Incredible book. A compelling read.
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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 6h
Thank you idiot lorry driver for spending most of the last 10 miles of my journey home driving up the middle of the road. Not much fun for cars coming in the opposite direction even when you were big enough to move an inch to the left. And very frustrating for us stuck behind you.
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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 18h
Yes, indeed
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David Benedict @eggsbened.bsky.social · 18h
Today is the centenary of the birth of the great Tony Hart who opened the eyes of generations to visual art and who is forever associated with this, the shimmering Gallery theme from Vision On – which was also pretty much everyone’s introduction to the vibraphone. youtu.be/-ZNkJXKV7_w
Vision On - The Gallery Tune - BBC1 1960/70s
YouTube video by Lost 1960s TV and Radio
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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 18h
Loved the baby anteater one.
BBC News - Pictured: Winning entries for Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Wildlife Photographer of the Year: snapping the world's rarest hyena
Photographer Wim van den Heever got the winning shot beside an abandoned diamond mining settlement.
www.bbc.com
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Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · 1d
North Sea oil rig workers rescue owl blown out to sea during Storm Amy.
North Sea oil rig workers rescue owl blown out to sea during Storm Amy
The short-haired owl was found exhausted after battling 'danger to life' winds during the storm.
news.stv.tv
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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 1d
Hoorah! Keeping fingers and toes crossed for you
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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 1d
Often use the shipping forecast to get to sleep, it's the wonderful cadence of those names. When not asleep give a little cheer for the places I know. Magical
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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 1d
I kept an eye out for Death wandering around whenever I was near open water.
In other news I think I spotted Jean Boht pre Bread in one of those films
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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 1d
Pick your own topics for a completely pointless if fun exercise. Sauropoda tp Bach was much more straightforward.
Found 66 paths with 3 degrees of separation from "Marshmallow" to "Johann Sebastian Bach" on Six Degrees of Wikipedia! www.sixdegreesofwikipedia.com?source=Marsh...
Six Degrees of Wikipedia
Find the shortest hyperlinked paths between any two pages on Wikipedia.
www.sixdegreesofwikipedia.com
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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 1d
Beautiful autumn colours, cheering up the grey weather, in Cambridge today
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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 1d
I think this is quite wonderful. What a snapshot into the past.
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
In the footsteps of giants - BBC News
In the footsteps of giants - BBC News
One of the longest sets of dinosaur footprints in the world has been discovered in a limestone quary near Bicester, in Oxfordshire, England.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 2d
Just finished Fahrenheit 451 and feeling similar!
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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 2d
First time for me too. Absolutely incredible read
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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 2d
Thrilled by this, as had just assumed the hotel no longer existed
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Joanna Wyld @joannawyld.bsky.social · 2d
Turns out you can stay in the Eastbourne hotel room where Debussy wrote much of La mer. They've called it the Debussy Suite (Suite bergamasque was right there)
Hotel room with large bed and desk, and pictures of Debussy, the sea and the score of La mer on the wall
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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 2d
Coo! How exciting.
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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 2d
And this is what I was talking about, unfortunately sans spoons - youtu.be/5XZihrNu3io?...
Shawm - Saltarello - David Munrow
YouTube video by 藝術家林奕碩
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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 2d
Much amused by the version of Saltarello played on the Early Music Show, which sounds as though someone is playing the spoons (perfectly possible, I guess!)
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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 2d
Thought Silence of the girls was amazing.
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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 2d
Been quite a while since I read that, but yes, I can imagine the feeling.
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Margaret @benregis.bsky.social · 2d
I've just read that!!
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