Nick Halliday
@hallidaynick.bsky.social
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Ex NAO, GDS, Defra, DWP, ECGD.
Ex NAO, GDS, Defra, DWP, ECGD.
Amazing artist. The show at Tate Britain a few years ago was immense and wide ranging. The word visionary does not do him justice.
The Ancient of Days: Frontispiece to Europe a Prophecy, 1794, colour relief etching with added hand-colouring by William Blake, English poet, artist & visionary; born #OTD 1757.
British Museum
British Museum
November 28, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Amazing artist. The show at Tate Britain a few years ago was immense and wide ranging. The word visionary does not do him justice.
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A stunning late #Roman glass goblet
Probably made in Egypt around AD 400
Found buried as a grave good at Highdown hillfort West #Sussex and now in Worthing @wtm.uk
📷 May 2024
An inscription around the vessel in Greek reads *use me and good health to you* 🥂
#FindsFriday #FridayFeeling
Probably made in Egypt around AD 400
Found buried as a grave good at Highdown hillfort West #Sussex and now in Worthing @wtm.uk
📷 May 2024
An inscription around the vessel in Greek reads *use me and good health to you* 🥂
#FindsFriday #FridayFeeling
November 28, 2025 at 7:27 AM
A stunning late #Roman glass goblet
Probably made in Egypt around AD 400
Found buried as a grave good at Highdown hillfort West #Sussex and now in Worthing @wtm.uk
📷 May 2024
An inscription around the vessel in Greek reads *use me and good health to you* 🥂
#FindsFriday #FridayFeeling
Probably made in Egypt around AD 400
Found buried as a grave good at Highdown hillfort West #Sussex and now in Worthing @wtm.uk
📷 May 2024
An inscription around the vessel in Greek reads *use me and good health to you* 🥂
#FindsFriday #FridayFeeling
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When is it Men's Black Friday?
November 28, 2025 at 7:40 AM
When is it Men's Black Friday?
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❤️ Black Friday Offer
🚀 Join our Women in Tech Power Network today and get a copy of my book:
📕 Saving Bletchley Park: how #socialmedia saved the home of the code breakers - for FREE!
Offer finishes at midnight tonight 👇🏽
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#BlackFriday #savingbletchleypark #FreeBook
🚀 Join our Women in Tech Power Network today and get a copy of my book:
📕 Saving Bletchley Park: how #socialmedia saved the home of the code breakers - for FREE!
Offer finishes at midnight tonight 👇🏽
www.skool.com/women-in-tec...
#BlackFriday #savingbletchleypark #FreeBook
November 28, 2025 at 7:48 AM
❤️ Black Friday Offer
🚀 Join our Women in Tech Power Network today and get a copy of my book:
📕 Saving Bletchley Park: how #socialmedia saved the home of the code breakers - for FREE!
Offer finishes at midnight tonight 👇🏽
www.skool.com/women-in-tec...
#BlackFriday #savingbletchleypark #FreeBook
🚀 Join our Women in Tech Power Network today and get a copy of my book:
📕 Saving Bletchley Park: how #socialmedia saved the home of the code breakers - for FREE!
Offer finishes at midnight tonight 👇🏽
www.skool.com/women-in-tec...
#BlackFriday #savingbletchleypark #FreeBook
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Almost 200 fires in London have been caused by an e-bike or e-scooter so far this year.
This Black Friday, London Fire Brigade is advising Londoners to buy e-scooters and e-bikes from reputable high street retailers and avoid online marketplaces.
This Black Friday, London Fire Brigade is advising Londoners to buy e-scooters and e-bikes from reputable high street retailers and avoid online marketplaces.
Major e-bike warning issued across London ahead of Black Friday
The London Fire Brigade warned incompatible lithium-ion batteries or faulty conversion kits in e-bikes and e-scooters can cause fires
www.independent.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Almost 200 fires in London have been caused by an e-bike or e-scooter so far this year.
This Black Friday, London Fire Brigade is advising Londoners to buy e-scooters and e-bikes from reputable high street retailers and avoid online marketplaces.
This Black Friday, London Fire Brigade is advising Londoners to buy e-scooters and e-bikes from reputable high street retailers and avoid online marketplaces.
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Ferdinand Magellan's expedition to circumnavigate the globe first passed through the Strait of Magellan #OnThisDay in AD 1520.
The southernmost archaeological site in the world (an Indigenous hunting camp) is nearby, on the island of Isla Hornos.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
The southernmost archaeological site in the world (an Indigenous hunting camp) is nearby, on the island of Isla Hornos.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
November 28, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Ferdinand Magellan's expedition to circumnavigate the globe first passed through the Strait of Magellan #OnThisDay in AD 1520.
The southernmost archaeological site in the world (an Indigenous hunting camp) is nearby, on the island of Isla Hornos.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
The southernmost archaeological site in the world (an Indigenous hunting camp) is nearby, on the island of Isla Hornos.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
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This Jacobean travelling library was commissioned for a gentleman to carry his own collection of miniature vellum-bound books inside a wooden case ~ contents are listed on the inside cover (1617). Possibly, the first of its kind (University of Leeds) www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
November 28, 2025 at 8:31 AM
This Jacobean travelling library was commissioned for a gentleman to carry his own collection of miniature vellum-bound books inside a wooden case ~ contents are listed on the inside cover (1617). Possibly, the first of its kind (University of Leeds) www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - The Blind Date couple who married in front of millions
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The Blind Date couple who married in front of millions
Sue and Alex Tatham became the first couple who met on Blind Date to get married. They reflect on a life together 40 years after the show first broadcast.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:24 AM
BBC News - The Blind Date couple who married in front of millions
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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BBC News - Parents threatened by authorities as 1,000 adopted children returned to care
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Parents threatened by authorities as 1,000 adopted children returned to care
Families seeking help for their children’s complex needs describe threats of police action against them.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:15 AM
BBC News - Parents threatened by authorities as 1,000 adopted children returned to care
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Tonight we're celebrating 10 years of Rewilding Britain (@rewildingbritain.org.uk). I don't think I've ever come across an organisation which has shifted both public attitudes and tangible outcomes on an issue so fast. I'm proud to be associated.
November 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Tonight we're celebrating 10 years of Rewilding Britain (@rewildingbritain.org.uk). I don't think I've ever come across an organisation which has shifted both public attitudes and tangible outcomes on an issue so fast. I'm proud to be associated.
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Want to hold a major academic conference in the humanities and social sciences? We offer up to £20k (and sometimes £25k) for a conference on any topic to be held between April 27/March 28. Apply by 29 Jan 2026.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
British Academy Conferences funding for UK-based researchers
An exceptional opportunity for UK-based scholars to run a landmark event featuring leading-edge research as part of the British Academy’s events programme.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
November 26, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Want to hold a major academic conference in the humanities and social sciences? We offer up to £20k (and sometimes £25k) for a conference on any topic to be held between April 27/March 28. Apply by 29 Jan 2026.
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
BBC News - 'Extraordinary discovery' at Orkney Neolithic site
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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'Extraordinary discovery' at Orkney's Ness of Brodgar Neolithic site
Archaeologists are to resume digging at the site after 3D radar technology uncovered a mystery find.
www.bbc.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
BBC News - 'Extraordinary discovery' at Orkney Neolithic site
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Not my kind of thing but these are amazing from Crooked Dice Studio - wargaming etc.
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The Night The Snow Turned Red Episode – FREE PDF
There's a free 7TV episode in the December 2025 issue of Wargames illustrated! Download the 12 unique profile cards including Major Lee Minor, the Twizzler and Mr and Mrs Claus! These cards and the ep...
crooked-dice.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Not my kind of thing but these are amazing from Crooked Dice Studio - wargaming etc.
crooked-dice.co.uk/products/the...
crooked-dice.co.uk/products/the...
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Do you have a local fox ? Please share your photos in the comments , or using #FoxOfTheDay !
Thank you to @sarahvallance3 for today's #FoxOfTheDay .
Thank you to @sarahvallance3 for today's #FoxOfTheDay .
November 26, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Do you have a local fox ? Please share your photos in the comments , or using #FoxOfTheDay !
Thank you to @sarahvallance3 for today's #FoxOfTheDay .
Thank you to @sarahvallance3 for today's #FoxOfTheDay .
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NEW Have archaeologists identified the largest nucleated settlement in prehistoric Ireland and Britain? Survey at Brusselstown Ring, one of the largest hillforts in Ireland, found evidence for potentially hundreds of occupied roundhouses!
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
November 26, 2025 at 8:13 AM
NEW Have archaeologists identified the largest nucleated settlement in prehistoric Ireland and Britain? Survey at Brusselstown Ring, one of the largest hillforts in Ireland, found evidence for potentially hundreds of occupied roundhouses!
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Plenty of scope for improvement.
Seems to be idea that everything has to be perfect - not sure that's what fans really want? Have the cards made any difference to way tackles are made? Why so many substitutes? Why stop for someone to put boot back on?
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...
Seems to be idea that everything has to be perfect - not sure that's what fans really want? Have the cards made any difference to way tackles are made? Why so many substitutes? Why stop for someone to put boot back on?
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...
Rugby union: Springbok and Ireland red cards lead game to question autumn officiating
After a flurry of red-card reversals and TMO interference during the Autumn Nations Series - what state is international rugby in?
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Plenty of scope for improvement.
Seems to be idea that everything has to be perfect - not sure that's what fans really want? Have the cards made any difference to way tackles are made? Why so many substitutes? Why stop for someone to put boot back on?
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...
Seems to be idea that everything has to be perfect - not sure that's what fans really want? Have the cards made any difference to way tackles are made? Why so many substitutes? Why stop for someone to put boot back on?
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...
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What book would you recommend to someone learning about neurodiversity for the first time?
We’re updating our Space for Reading at the Weston Library and this time, the theme is Neurodiversity.
Share your book recommendations here: https://forms.office.com/e/bRHBxTXBSY
We’re updating our Space for Reading at the Weston Library and this time, the theme is Neurodiversity.
Share your book recommendations here: https://forms.office.com/e/bRHBxTXBSY
November 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
What book would you recommend to someone learning about neurodiversity for the first time?
We’re updating our Space for Reading at the Weston Library and this time, the theme is Neurodiversity.
Share your book recommendations here: https://forms.office.com/e/bRHBxTXBSY
We’re updating our Space for Reading at the Weston Library and this time, the theme is Neurodiversity.
Share your book recommendations here: https://forms.office.com/e/bRHBxTXBSY
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A cold night to come with a widespread frost ✨
However, temperatures will start rising in the west as cloud and rain approaches ☁️
However, temperatures will start rising in the west as cloud and rain approaches ☁️
November 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A cold night to come with a widespread frost ✨
However, temperatures will start rising in the west as cloud and rain approaches ☁️
However, temperatures will start rising in the west as cloud and rain approaches ☁️
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UK friends who like notebooks - TKMaxx currently have half-price and even cheaper Moleskines, LAMYs, and Leuchtturms.
November 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
UK friends who like notebooks - TKMaxx currently have half-price and even cheaper Moleskines, LAMYs, and Leuchtturms.
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#OtD 25 Nov 1865 Mississippi passed a Black Code to reintroduce slavery post-civil war. They prevented Black people from renting land, required them to work for whites and barred them from changing jobs. Violators could be jailed & enslaved legally stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9774...
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
#OtD 25 Nov 1865 Mississippi passed a Black Code to reintroduce slavery post-civil war. They prevented Black people from renting land, required them to work for whites and barred them from changing jobs. Violators could be jailed & enslaved legally stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9774...
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Books of the Year 2025: Our contributors choose their favourites
Books of the Year 2025
www.the-tls.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Books of the Year 2025: Our contributors choose their favourites
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A new episode of Instant Classics Bookclub has dropped. We're reading the Odyssey & have reached Book 4. Helen 'of Troy' is back in Sparta with Menelaus whom she abandoned so causing the Trojan War. Domestic bliss? Join the Bookclub with access to back episodes too: instantclassics.supportingcast.fm
Instant Classics | Instant Classics
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November 25, 2025 at 7:20 AM
A new episode of Instant Classics Bookclub has dropped. We're reading the Odyssey & have reached Book 4. Helen 'of Troy' is back in Sparta with Menelaus whom she abandoned so causing the Trojan War. Domestic bliss? Join the Bookclub with access to back episodes too: instantclassics.supportingcast.fm
Yet another contributor to TLS books of year list mentioning Seamus Heaney 'Poems'. The collection of published and till now unpublished poems.
I think that is the most times I have seen one book mentioned repeatedly.
I think that is the most times I have seen one book mentioned repeatedly.
November 25, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Yet another contributor to TLS books of year list mentioning Seamus Heaney 'Poems'. The collection of published and till now unpublished poems.
I think that is the most times I have seen one book mentioned repeatedly.
I think that is the most times I have seen one book mentioned repeatedly.
Scare yourself read this and make the checks mentioned.
BBC News - Scammers hacked her phone and stole thousands of pounds - how did they get her details?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Scammers hacked her phone and stole thousands of pounds - how did they get her details?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Scammers hacked her phone and stole thousands of pounds - how did they get her details?
Sue Shore told the BBC how scammers targeted her - and we found her information had been leaked online.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Scare yourself read this and make the checks mentioned.
BBC News - Scammers hacked her phone and stole thousands of pounds - how did they get her details?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Scammers hacked her phone and stole thousands of pounds - how did they get her details?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
One of the funniest books ever written.
“Digressions, incontestably...are the life, the soul of reading...”
Laurence Sterne, whimsical Irish clergyman & author of The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, born #OTD 1713.
Portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1760, National Portrait Gallery, London
Laurence Sterne Trust
Laurence Sterne, whimsical Irish clergyman & author of The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, born #OTD 1713.
Portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1760, National Portrait Gallery, London
Laurence Sterne Trust
November 24, 2025 at 8:06 AM
One of the funniest books ever written.