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I like old buildings and new ones. Planning, places, built environment, urbanism, architecture, heritage, and design stuff. Humanist. Scooterist. Set sail in Yorkshire, now washed up in Bristol. Opinions probably someone else’s.
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#OtD 23 Nov 1890 revolutionary constructivist Jewish artist El Lissitzky was born in Pochinok, Russia. During the 1917 revolution he helped design propaganda posters for the revolutionaries. We have reproduced some of his work, available here: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
November 23, 2025 at 6:26 AM
#OtD 23 Nov 1890 revolutionary constructivist Jewish artist El Lissitzky was born in Pochinok, Russia. During the 1917 revolution he helped design propaganda posters for the revolutionaries. We have reproduced some of his work, available here: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
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Honor Appleton captured childhood innocence without sentimentality. 'The Boy Lay Upon the Hillside,' (1917) shows her subtle watercolour technique to a tee. She illustrated over 150 books, including the Josephine series, helping shape early 20thC children’s illustration.
November 22, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Honor Appleton captured childhood innocence without sentimentality. 'The Boy Lay Upon the Hillside,' (1917) shows her subtle watercolour technique to a tee. She illustrated over 150 books, including the Josephine series, helping shape early 20thC children’s illustration.
Council shares update on Birnbeck Pier restoration project | Weston Mercury share.google/YT2VLcmUpqw5...
North Somerset Council shares update on Birnbeck Pier restoration
North Somerset Council has hailed “strong progress” in the ongoing restoration of Birnbeck Pier.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Council shares update on Birnbeck Pier restoration project | Weston Mercury share.google/YT2VLcmUpqw5...
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How the BIC Cristal Ballpoint Pen Became the Most Successful Product in History
How the BIC Cristal Ballpoint Pen Became the Most Successful Product in History
If you want to see a tour de force of modern technology and design, there's no need to visit a Silicon Valley showroom.
www.openculture.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:25 PM
How the BIC Cristal Ballpoint Pen Became the Most Successful Product in History
What is thst smell? "Externally, the building is in dialogue with Harlem and its rich artistic and cultural landscape; the surrounding masonry architecture is reflected in the museum's porous sculptural facade of precast concrete and glass," said the team. www.dezeen.com/2025/11/10/s...
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November 15, 2025 at 7:29 AM
What is thst smell? "Externally, the building is in dialogue with Harlem and its rich artistic and cultural landscape; the surrounding masonry architecture is reflected in the museum's porous sculptural facade of precast concrete and glass," said the team. www.dezeen.com/2025/11/10/s...
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The sacrifices I make...
I watched episode one of the new Robin Hood series.
You can read my review here;
fakehistoryhunter.net/2025/11/15/t...
or here;
fakehistoryhunter.substack.com/p/tv-review-...
A few highlights in this short thread.
I watched episode one of the new Robin Hood series.
You can read my review here;
fakehistoryhunter.net/2025/11/15/t...
or here;
fakehistoryhunter.substack.com/p/tv-review-...
A few highlights in this short thread.
TV review: ‘Robin Hood’, episode 1 (2025)
Before you start, yes, I know, the story of Robin Hood is mostly a myth, a legend, so those who tell that story get a bit more freedom, yes.But the writers, set designer & director all have cho…
fakehistoryhunter.net
November 15, 2025 at 4:36 AM
The sacrifices I make...
I watched episode one of the new Robin Hood series.
You can read my review here;
fakehistoryhunter.net/2025/11/15/t...
or here;
fakehistoryhunter.substack.com/p/tv-review-...
A few highlights in this short thread.
I watched episode one of the new Robin Hood series.
You can read my review here;
fakehistoryhunter.net/2025/11/15/t...
or here;
fakehistoryhunter.substack.com/p/tv-review-...
A few highlights in this short thread.
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Konstanza Vase by Dümler & Breiden, West Germany (1970) #Earthenware
November 15, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Konstanza Vase by Dümler & Breiden, West Germany (1970) #Earthenware
The Walter Gropius House launches a competition for a new public toilet | Wallpaper* share.google/lmxhKbDi3QFo...
The Walter Gropius House needs a new toilet – and it wants the public to help
Because having a porta potty adjacent to a Bauhaus icon is utter crap...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:07 AM
The Walter Gropius House launches a competition for a new public toilet | Wallpaper* share.google/lmxhKbDi3QFo...
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I am hiring 4 postdoctoral researchers for up to 4 years each. Topics include ice sheet reconstruction, GIA, spatial stats, and satellite geodesy. Based in Tasmania.
All details are here: careers.utas.edu.au/en/listing/ with titles below
I am also recruiting multiple PhD students (see below)
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All details are here: careers.utas.edu.au/en/listing/ with titles below
I am also recruiting multiple PhD students (see below)
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Current Vacancies
careers.utas.edu.au
November 13, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I am hiring 4 postdoctoral researchers for up to 4 years each. Topics include ice sheet reconstruction, GIA, spatial stats, and satellite geodesy. Based in Tasmania.
All details are here: careers.utas.edu.au/en/listing/ with titles below
I am also recruiting multiple PhD students (see below)
1/n
All details are here: careers.utas.edu.au/en/listing/ with titles below
I am also recruiting multiple PhD students (see below)
1/n
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massive blazing foghorn noise to make sure everyone knows that Benediction – Terence Davies' final film, one of the best of the decade so far, not available to buy in any physical format beyond DVD anywhere except France for some reason – is up on iPlayer for a full year
Benediction
The story of English poet, writer and soldier Siegfried Sassoon.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:57 PM
massive blazing foghorn noise to make sure everyone knows that Benediction – Terence Davies' final film, one of the best of the decade so far, not available to buy in any physical format beyond DVD anywhere except France for some reason – is up on iPlayer for a full year
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Martirani House in São Paulo, Brazil designed by João Vilanova Artigas (1969) r/brutalism
November 11, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Martirani House in São Paulo, Brazil designed by João Vilanova Artigas (1969) r/brutalism
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attn heritage and contemporary arch folks
Call for chapters! Amy Tooth Murphy and I are editing the Routledge Handbook of Oral History Theory, and we are seeking contributions from a range of scholars and practitioners. See our full call here. oralhistory.org/2025/11/11/c...
Call for Chapters: Routledge Handbook of Oral History Theory - Oral History Association
Co-editors George Severs and Amy Tooth Murphy are inviting expressions of interest to contributechapters to the forthcoming Routledge Oral History Theory
oralhistory.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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“The internet is not some kind of self-service buffet, and creative achievements by human beings are not simply templates for use free of charge,”
Dr Tobias Holzmüller CEO of GEMA, one of the World's biggest collectors of royalty payments, as the organisation wins a landmark case against OpenAI.
Dr Tobias Holzmüller CEO of GEMA, one of the World's biggest collectors of royalty payments, as the organisation wins a landmark case against OpenAI.
GEMA wins landmark ruling against OpenAI over ChatGPT’s use of song lyrics - Music Business Worldwide
Court in Germany finds that ChatGPT violates copyright laws through its unauthorized use of song lyrics…
www.musicbusinessworldwide.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:39 PM
“The internet is not some kind of self-service buffet, and creative achievements by human beings are not simply templates for use free of charge,”
Dr Tobias Holzmüller CEO of GEMA, one of the World's biggest collectors of royalty payments, as the organisation wins a landmark case against OpenAI.
Dr Tobias Holzmüller CEO of GEMA, one of the World's biggest collectors of royalty payments, as the organisation wins a landmark case against OpenAI.
