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Hospital Pharmacist. Here for the educational & fun stuff.
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FALMOUTH!

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The Poly
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January 14, 2026 at 11:44 PM
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Still a few #sophiefromromania calendars left - all profits to @cureparkinsons.org.uk

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Sophie from Romania 2026 Calendar
This A4 landscape calendar features 12 stunning photos of Sophie from Romania, the beautiful rescue dog of Cure Parkinson's patron Rory Cellan-Jones. Profits raised from the calendar sales will suppor...
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January 14, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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This is a brilliantly informative overview of what’s going on in Iran right now, perfect for someone like me who knew very little about it
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🚨🚨IRAN EPISODE 🚨🚨
I spoke to Iran expert Charlie Gammell about the latest protests and where it's all going. Recorded yesterday, Charlie had fascinating insights on the Islamic Republic, its likely intentions, and the response from protesters. Have a listen!
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Iran in Crisis: Charlie Gammell on the protests
Podcast Episode · Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell · 14/01/2026 · 46m
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January 14, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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Come see me in BELFAST PLEEEASE

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Robin Ince: The Universe and the Neurodiverse - CQAF
A journey through the minds that populate the planet and may populate the universe beyond. An hour of joy and […]
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January 14, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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My esteemed fellow Victorian Murder Club member Dr Kate Lister was kind enough to have me on her extraordinarily good podcast on the history of sex - History Hit's #betwixtthesheets - to talk about the Thames Torso murders.
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January 14, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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How kind of you to remember my birthday.
January 14, 2026 at 8:03 AM
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Room & food are a bit yukky.
January 14, 2026 at 1:34 PM
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#ReliefWednesday reintroduces us to those toothy charmers, evil #Roman #dolphins, on the #frieze of the #BasilicaofNeptune at the back of the #Pantheon in #Rome. These marine elements, including shells and tridents, allude to the victory of #Augustus at the sea battle of #Actium. #AncientBluesky 🏺
FRAGMENT OF FRIEZE, C. 120 CE. BASILICA OF NEPTUNE This piece of Luni marble was found following demolitions for the isolation of the Pantheon from the later buildings attached to it, in the late C19. It's part of the long frieze going around the huge hall called the Basilica of Neptune, initially built by Agrippa and subsequently rebuilt by Hadrian, retaining the same marine imagery. A drawing around the fragment indicates the missing elements. Pairs of evil Roman dolphins seem to be discussing attack plans, with their heads downward and tails up. A sort of palmette separates them. A trident stands atop a shell which divides this dolphin from a mirrored version of itself on the other side. These marine elements refer to the triumph of Augustus at the sea battle of Actium. Above, we have an excellent series of Roman decorative frames: first, a Lesbian kymation, then dentils, then a row of beads, and at top an egg and dart motif.
January 14, 2026 at 1:04 PM
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Do you know anyone who wants a little brother?
January 14, 2026 at 9:14 AM
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A mere £5 - I will be performing at CANOPI in Cardiff in 12 days - a last minute show, and my friend @racheltaylorbeales.bsky.social will be accompanying me - we will be performing poems from our album and lots of new stuff too

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Go Faster Stripe Box Office
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January 14, 2026 at 9:10 AM
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I'm writing this on the end of the pier, watching the sea between the floorboards. On Sat. evening, we saw a super show with Betty Driver and her poodles.
January 14, 2026 at 8:31 AM
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Yesterday I bought some trousers & last night I went to the Atlantic (the local disco). There was some nice blokes there, about 3 or 4 Punk blokes & lots of punk girls. My zip broke while I was pogoing & no one seemed to have any safety pins, even the punks.
January 14, 2026 at 8:30 AM
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I don't like Bromley its horrible.
January 13, 2026 at 11:42 AM
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The Hall has seen over 243,820 sunrises.

Today’s cold and calm one is up there with the best.
We are looking at the Hall - a timber framed building on a cold crisp January morning. The lawn is touched with first whilst the yellow plaster work of the Hall glows as the sun starts to rise. Lights are on in the Hall as work starts on a new day.
January 14, 2026 at 8:04 AM
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For #EpigraphyTuesday, a #brickstamp from the #Pantheon in #Rome, "ex figlinis Marcianis", from the Marcian brickyards of C. Calpetanus Favor, with a palm symbol at centre. This brickstamp, now on display in the rooms behind the Pantheon, is dated 100-120 CE. #AncientBluesky 🏺
BRICKSTAMP FROM THE CORNICE OF THE PANTHEON, 100-120 CE. ROOMS OF THE BASILICA OF NEPTUNE This brickstamp is more important than it might appear. Its discovery, along with others from the same manufacturer with his brickyards at the spring of the Aqua Marcia outside of Rome, helped give the lie to the idea, widespread in the C19, that the Pantheon was still the building constructed by order of Agrippa during the reign of Augustus. Calpetanus Favor's bricks were found in other early C2 buildings and have a date that crosses the reigns of Trajan and Hadrian. Bricks like these could be stored up until use, which explains how they might predate Hadrian's accession. Still, the minister of Education, Guido Bacelli, who had just obtained a metric ton of bronze to use in the inscription commemorating Agrippa on the building's porch, was too deeply invested in its Augustan provenance to accept this later date: "While I'm in the ministry building," he roared, "the Pantheon was made at the order of Agrippa, by Bacchus!" I appreciate his swearing to Bacchus, but he should have accepted the evidence of his own eyes.
January 14, 2026 at 12:09 AM
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More seats available at #CAMBRIDGE gig #comedy #poetry #science #love
#solidarity
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Robin Ince: The Universe and the Neurodiverse | Cambridge Junction
Book tickets for Robin Ince: The Universe and the Neurodiverse at J2 at Cambridge Junction. The Universe and the Neurodiverse is a journey from the outermost planets to our innermost thoughts.  Robin...
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January 13, 2026 at 11:13 PM
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Today on #BetwixtTheSheets I am talking to the sleuthtacular Lucy Worsley about the “Thames Torso Murders” in Victorian London. Listen where you get your podcasts or you can watch #LucyWorsleysMurderClub on
bbciplayer right now!
January 13, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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I always love a marble skeleton and this is one of my favourites. He’s in Sherborne, Gloucestershire. The monument dates to 1791, and is for James Lennox Dutton Esq. and his wife Jane. It depicts an angel trampling Death, and the sculptor was Richard Westmacott the Elder
The head and shoulders of a marble skeleton with marble drapery behind. A view from behind the marble skeleton looking up to an angel towering above him.
January 13, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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If you live in or near #Bristol and haven't got your tickets for the Night Sky Show this weekend, you had better hurry.
A few tickets have been released and less than a handful left.

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The Night Sky Show | Bristol Beacon
A music charity, renowned venue and award-winning music education hub. We're here to help make space for music every day, with everyone.
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January 13, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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❄️What's been your favourite thing this winter?❄️

The crisp frosty mornings, snowy weather, or wonderful wildlife?

We'd love you to share your favourite natural spectacle with us by filming yourself talking about it.

Send your videos via www.bbc.co.uk/send/u203684...

#WinterWatch #wildlife #winter
January 13, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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Been to Glasgow today to get the needfuls.
January 13, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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I've put a few Watercolour and biro pictures on Ebay, some have very exciting damage effects (caused by terrible masking fluid, but which I now consider A FEATURE!). Please consider giving them a nice home. They do not need toilet training.
10 watercolour HappyToast characters
January 13, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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This makes me weep with laughter every time I see it
January 13, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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Also for your apotropaic / witch mark fans out there:

Check out this little bobby dazzler near the doorway. 👇
We are looking at a close up of a timber post with a small burn mark in a flame shape. There’s also a rather nice brass light switch above.
January 13, 2026 at 12:40 PM
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We have been busy today in room in the Hall that you won’t have seen - the office.

Well that sounds boring you say…

…not when it looks like this!

This is the 1601 extension to the Hall and is a timber framed mini masterpiece. Even the vacuum cleaner is wowed by it. 👀
We are looking at a small room with timber and plaster framed walls. A large red vacuum cleaner sits in the middle of the floor. We are looking at a small room with timber and plaster framed walls. A large red vacuum cleaner sits in the middle of the floor. It has goggly eyes and is wowed by what it sees.
January 13, 2026 at 12:37 PM