Becca Talks
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Apparently most people have settled here away from the Bird Site so here I am. Expect mostly horses, cats, food, and sight-seeing. Not talking politics for a while if I can help it.
They've already proven with The University Arms/Parker's Tavern that you can rip an entire building down and save the façade, so why it can't be done here to update the building but save the history I don't know. Sadly there's a few places in Cambridge let down like this.
November 28, 2025 at 8:19 AM
They've already proven with The University Arms/Parker's Tavern that you can rip an entire building down and save the façade, so why it can't be done here to update the building but save the history I don't know. Sadly there's a few places in Cambridge let down like this.
We went for my 40th birthday and I am not ashamed to say I cried. The staging, costuming, whimsical design is all genuinely magical to the point it's a bit overwhelming. Also, I want a turn napping on the giant Totoro.
November 28, 2025 at 8:12 AM
We went for my 40th birthday and I am not ashamed to say I cried. The staging, costuming, whimsical design is all genuinely magical to the point it's a bit overwhelming. Also, I want a turn napping on the giant Totoro.
Snap! Excellent exhibition, and some great books in the gift shop.
November 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Snap! Excellent exhibition, and some great books in the gift shop.
Yep. Earlier would have been Tumblr and Livejournal, before that Fanfiction. net, but in 2020 AO3 would be the go-to.
November 10, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Yep. Earlier would have been Tumblr and Livejournal, before that Fanfiction. net, but in 2020 AO3 would be the go-to.
If the argument is being made for it to stay in London it should be due to its existing fame, current access and availability to tourists, and the only valid argument in the article - alongside colossi of Ramses or Tutankhamen's gold this amazing artefact would likely be overlooked.
November 8, 2025 at 11:21 AM
If the argument is being made for it to stay in London it should be due to its existing fame, current access and availability to tourists, and the only valid argument in the article - alongside colossi of Ramses or Tutankhamen's gold this amazing artefact would likely be overlooked.
The article sounds like it's claiming the Rosetta Stone isn't Egyptian at all. And while I agree it has global significance and is a product of global work and discovery, that doesn't make it not Egyptian.
November 8, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The article sounds like it's claiming the Rosetta Stone isn't Egyptian at all. And while I agree it has global significance and is a product of global work and discovery, that doesn't make it not Egyptian.
'It doesn't belong in Egypt because it was translated by European scholars' is a dumb argument because Europeans DOMINATED Ancient studies for decades (cos colonialism) - if an Egyptian scholar wanted to study it in the time of Champollion you think they'd have let them?
November 8, 2025 at 11:17 AM
'It doesn't belong in Egypt because it was translated by European scholars' is a dumb argument because Europeans DOMINATED Ancient studies for decades (cos colonialism) - if an Egyptian scholar wanted to study it in the time of Champollion you think they'd have let them?
'It doesn't belong in Egypt cos actually it's from the Ptolemies and not the Pharaohs' is a dumb argument because that acts like Ptolemaic Egypt wasn't a core part of Ancient Egyptian history - they didn't become Greek because their kings were Greek.
November 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
'It doesn't belong in Egypt cos actually it's from the Ptolemies and not the Pharaohs' is a dumb argument because that acts like Ptolemaic Egypt wasn't a core part of Ancient Egyptian history - they didn't become Greek because their kings were Greek.
I only know about gambling on horses because it's the industry I'm in and I 100% agree. In Japan you have to be at a race track or a JRA viewing venue to bet. And while there's still plenty of problem gamblers, at least it's harder to act on an addiction.
October 25, 2025 at 7:57 AM
I only know about gambling on horses because it's the industry I'm in and I 100% agree. In Japan you have to be at a race track or a JRA viewing venue to bet. And while there's still plenty of problem gamblers, at least it's harder to act on an addiction.
It has been nearly twenty years since I last butchered a translation of The Eloquent Peasant, I can't imagine finding any mistakes 😅
October 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
It has been nearly twenty years since I last butchered a translation of The Eloquent Peasant, I can't imagine finding any mistakes 😅
This has made me smile this morning. And wonder if my copy of Gardiner's Grammar is still around somewhere...
October 23, 2025 at 7:45 AM
This has made me smile this morning. And wonder if my copy of Gardiner's Grammar is still around somewhere...
Oh man, many evenings in my flat full of Egyptology students were spent hating on Akhenaten, aka Baboon Head.
September 20, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Oh man, many evenings in my flat full of Egyptology students were spent hating on Akhenaten, aka Baboon Head.