Angela
@angelt.bsky.social
Loves reading, walking, listening to a massive range of music, knitting, photography, making things including stained glass sometimes, loves nature and outdoors and my cat 😊Bedfordshire based in a little market town. I don’t follow everyone back but hi 👋
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I’m down to my last hare now but if you’d like a cat, green man, mermaid or hedgehog please just let me know.
December 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I’m down to my last hare now but if you’d like a cat, green man, mermaid or hedgehog please just let me know.
Floods on the water-meadow, wellies on and out for a walk. A woodpecker somewhere, wrens, robins and assorted other twitterers.
December 21, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Floods on the water-meadow, wellies on and out for a walk. A woodpecker somewhere, wrens, robins and assorted other twitterers.
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Token 1: George Harrison, "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth")
Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth) (2009 Remaster)
YouTube video by George Harrison - Topic
youtu.be
December 20, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Token 1: George Harrison, "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth")
I still recommend this dramatisation every year since its launch. The sound design is magnificent so worth listening on headphones. Interested in discovering any other winter listening rituals that others have.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Dark Is Rising - 1. Midwinter Eve - BBC Sounds
This night will be bad. Tomorrow will be beyond all imagining
www.bbc.co.uk
December 20, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I still recommend this dramatisation every year since its launch. The sound design is magnificent so worth listening on headphones. Interested in discovering any other winter listening rituals that others have.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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I'll be hosting the #MysteryJukebox4.0 tomorrow. 11am GMT.
It's the Christmas Edition so make sure you have your mince pies and Christmas Jumpers on!!
It's the Christmas Edition so make sure you have your mince pies and Christmas Jumpers on!!
December 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I'll be hosting the #MysteryJukebox4.0 tomorrow. 11am GMT.
It's the Christmas Edition so make sure you have your mince pies and Christmas Jumpers on!!
It's the Christmas Edition so make sure you have your mince pies and Christmas Jumpers on!!
Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
YouTube video by Sub Pop
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Brent geese sound like “a cement mixer being cleaned with bricks”? Calumny! They make the most gorgeous purring conversation. And I agree with @levparikian.bsky.social, they are the most beautiful geese. Lovely country diary here: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Country diary: Postcard from a pier, where brent geese are the main attraction | Lev Parikian
Ryde, Isle of Wight: Lots of commotion here among the hovercraft and herring gulls, but it’s the wonderful, tubby geese that make my winter
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Brent geese sound like “a cement mixer being cleaned with bricks”? Calumny! They make the most gorgeous purring conversation. And I agree with @levparikian.bsky.social, they are the most beautiful geese. Lovely country diary here: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Little cat has just got her head stuck through the handle of the paper bag containing a large sourdough loaf. Ran into the lounge panicking with the bag and bread in tow until the bag ripped. It has molasses in the bread - only reason I can think that she was at all interested in bread.
December 19, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Little cat has just got her head stuck through the handle of the paper bag containing a large sourdough loaf. Ran into the lounge panicking with the bag and bread in tow until the bag ripped. It has molasses in the bread - only reason I can think that she was at all interested in bread.
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Jim is always so excited when Charles comes in filthy from his adventures and in desperate need of the services of his personal valet.
December 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Jim is always so excited when Charles comes in filthy from his adventures and in desperate need of the services of his personal valet.
Such a coincidence after linking to one of Ronald Blythe’s pieces about winter a few days ago. Ticket at the ready!
Really pleased to be contributing to an event at the British Library celebrating the FANTASTIC Ronnie Blythe, with Ian Collins (who has written the brilliant biography of his life) Jenny Hall and Helen Melody. Tickets here: events.bl.uk/events/the-r...
The Remarkable Life of Ronald Blythe | British Library
Ronald Blythe (1922–2023) was one of Britain’s most distinctive and cherished chroniclers of rural life. His classic, Akenfield: Portrait of an English Vil
events.bl.uk
December 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Such a coincidence after linking to one of Ronald Blythe’s pieces about winter a few days ago. Ticket at the ready!
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Something for the Weekend is here for its regular Thursday slot!
If you're willing to check out what others are posting on the thread, please feel free to reply with your own recommendation!
Provide a link to the IMDb if you can and tell us where to watch. 🙏
If you're willing to check out what others are posting on the thread, please feel free to reply with your own recommendation!
Provide a link to the IMDb if you can and tell us where to watch. 🙏
December 18, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Something for the Weekend is here for its regular Thursday slot!
If you're willing to check out what others are posting on the thread, please feel free to reply with your own recommendation!
Provide a link to the IMDb if you can and tell us where to watch. 🙏
If you're willing to check out what others are posting on the thread, please feel free to reply with your own recommendation!
Provide a link to the IMDb if you can and tell us where to watch. 🙏
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I'd like to chat to one or two people, ideally women (I've already talked to a load of men) who've got into the Merlin app for identifying birdsong this year. For a nice positive story. Please drop me a line, thank you!
December 17, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I'd like to chat to one or two people, ideally women (I've already talked to a load of men) who've got into the Merlin app for identifying birdsong this year. For a nice positive story. Please drop me a line, thank you!
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Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane
“A river of clear water is worth more than gold” This book (a birthday gift) is a kind of companion piece to Kim Stanley Robinson’s Ministry for the Future, which I recommended some time ago, and still recommend. In it, you’ll find the idea of conferring…
“A river of clear water is worth more than gold” This book (a birthday gift) is a kind of companion piece to Kim Stanley Robinson’s Ministry for the Future, which I recommended some time ago, and still recommend. In it, you’ll find the idea of conferring…
Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane
“A river of clear water is worth more than gold” This book (a birthday gift) is a kind of companion piece to Kim Stanley Robinson’s Ministry for the Future, which I recommended some time ago, and still recommend. In it, you’ll find the idea of conferring rights on the natural world and to generations of children as yet unborn. And this idea, that a river should be seen as a living entity and have rights encoded into law, is surely one whose time has come.
robmcminn.uk
December 17, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane
“A river of clear water is worth more than gold” This book (a birthday gift) is a kind of companion piece to Kim Stanley Robinson’s Ministry for the Future, which I recommended some time ago, and still recommend. In it, you’ll find the idea of conferring…
“A river of clear water is worth more than gold” This book (a birthday gift) is a kind of companion piece to Kim Stanley Robinson’s Ministry for the Future, which I recommended some time ago, and still recommend. In it, you’ll find the idea of conferring…
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Lots of free videos and notes of performances of music by #Handel in here. Now I’m late getting up for the day but it was worth it.
englishconcert.co.uk/handel-for-a...
englishconcert.co.uk/handel-for-a...
Handel For All | The English Concert
englishconcert.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Lots of free videos and notes of performances of music by #Handel in here. Now I’m late getting up for the day but it was worth it.
englishconcert.co.uk/handel-for-a...
englishconcert.co.uk/handel-for-a...
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We asked our teams to share some of the sad* Christmas decorations in the collections they help care for.
*Note: Not all are sad. Some are ever so slightly odd and all are weirdly wonderful.
*Note: Not all are sad. Some are ever so slightly odd and all are weirdly wonderful.
December 15, 2025 at 9:30 AM
We asked our teams to share some of the sad* Christmas decorations in the collections they help care for.
*Note: Not all are sad. Some are ever so slightly odd and all are weirdly wonderful.
*Note: Not all are sad. Some are ever so slightly odd and all are weirdly wonderful.
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Happy day 15 of #LentoAdvent and #MapMonday too, so today's theme is
🗺️ maps 🗺️
Seen a stylish / helpful / unusual / bad / big map while you've been out in town or country? Maybe you made a map of your own?
Don't forget the alt text when sharing your maps.
🗺️ maps 🗺️
Seen a stylish / helpful / unusual / bad / big map while you've been out in town or country? Maybe you made a map of your own?
Don't forget the alt text when sharing your maps.
December 15, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Happy day 15 of #LentoAdvent and #MapMonday too, so today's theme is
🗺️ maps 🗺️
Seen a stylish / helpful / unusual / bad / big map while you've been out in town or country? Maybe you made a map of your own?
Don't forget the alt text when sharing your maps.
🗺️ maps 🗺️
Seen a stylish / helpful / unusual / bad / big map while you've been out in town or country? Maybe you made a map of your own?
Don't forget the alt text when sharing your maps.
Lots of natures own decorations spotted on a walk from Barton Le Clay today. So many mistletoe pom-poms.
December 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Lots of natures own decorations spotted on a walk from Barton Le Clay today. So many mistletoe pom-poms.
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Token 1
I don't care to dance
J E Sunde
"And you rebuke the bullshit and the lies
All those people who told me how to be a man
Well, I don't want to follow them any longer"
youtu.be/NfjcxKmRP8Y?...
I don't care to dance
J E Sunde
"And you rebuke the bullshit and the lies
All those people who told me how to be a man
Well, I don't want to follow them any longer"
youtu.be/NfjcxKmRP8Y?...
J.E. Sunde - "I Don't Care to Dance" (Live on Pony Rug)
YouTube video by Pony Rug
youtu.be
December 13, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Token 1
I don't care to dance
J E Sunde
"And you rebuke the bullshit and the lies
All those people who told me how to be a man
Well, I don't want to follow them any longer"
youtu.be/NfjcxKmRP8Y?...
I don't care to dance
J E Sunde
"And you rebuke the bullshit and the lies
All those people who told me how to be a man
Well, I don't want to follow them any longer"
youtu.be/NfjcxKmRP8Y?...
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As we move into the season of excess, I love Millay’s quiet and smiling refusal at restraint.
At first glance, the poem seems almost flippant but beneath the surface is provocative tone.
Much like Jack London’s thought ‘I would rather be ashes than dust…’
#poetry
#poemoftheday
At first glance, the poem seems almost flippant but beneath the surface is provocative tone.
Much like Jack London’s thought ‘I would rather be ashes than dust…’
#poetry
#poemoftheday
December 13, 2025 at 10:17 AM
As we move into the season of excess, I love Millay’s quiet and smiling refusal at restraint.
At first glance, the poem seems almost flippant but beneath the surface is provocative tone.
Much like Jack London’s thought ‘I would rather be ashes than dust…’
#poetry
#poemoftheday
At first glance, the poem seems almost flippant but beneath the surface is provocative tone.
Much like Jack London’s thought ‘I would rather be ashes than dust…’
#poetry
#poemoftheday
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If Stayin' Alive Had Been Written in 16th Century
YouTube video by Jonasquin
youtu.be
December 13, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Bin update, the council have secured a contract with another company to process recycling so we are back in action and the local Facebook page can finally quieten down.
a man is sitting in a pile of garbage bags .
ALT: a man is sitting in a pile of garbage bags .
media.tenor.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Bin update, the council have secured a contract with another company to process recycling so we are back in action and the local Facebook page can finally quieten down.
Collected a print that I bought from artist Marisa Straccia in Bedford today 😊 a gift for my brother. Instantly recognised prints on her wall by the artist @matpringle.bsky.social well there’s a coincidence that I wasn’t expecting!
December 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Collected a print that I bought from artist Marisa Straccia in Bedford today 😊 a gift for my brother. Instantly recognised prints on her wall by the artist @matpringle.bsky.social well there’s a coincidence that I wasn’t expecting!
This is extremely satisfying 😊do follow the link
December 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
This is extremely satisfying 😊do follow the link