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Dr Laura Hodsdon
@laurhod.bsky.social
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Associate Professor and Research Centre Lead, Heritage, Culture & Society at Falmouth University | Heritage, landscapes, social justice | Lapsed Classicist. Rower, runner(ish), photographer, failing veg grower. Yorkie in Cornwall.
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Brahms’ Requiem has been on my singing bucket list for ages - super excited for tonight’s concert with @threespiressing.bsky.social - tickets available on the door if you’re in Truro!
Photo of choir and orchestra rehearsing and the nave of Truro cathedral
November 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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A nicely timed walk at Godrevy yesterday
Double rainbow over a white lighthouse with sandy beach
November 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Autumn colours ❤️ #alsace #elsàss
Photo of vineyards in autumn yellow colours
October 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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And it turns out lettuce doesn’t need to be wrapped in plastic either
Huge lettuces in a supermarket
October 13, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Always delighted to see the veg sections in French supermarkets - these are local mushrooms, thoughtfully and respectfully presented, not just shipped in from wherever and vacuum packed as in the UK. And a real celebration of local produce in general. (Very little organic choice though, sadly.)
Photo of vegetable section in a supermarket with baskets of different types of mushrooms, with an autumn leaf decoration
October 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Flyover linking two banks of the Nile and a billboard planted on an island, itself only accessible by boat
There's a lot happening in this photo. It's an island taken from a boat. On the left of the island bank is a felucca sailboat, and a line of chairs is an informal ferry queue. In the centre, sprouting from some trees on the island, is a billboard. To the right are the concrete struts of a flyover.
September 27, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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Door with hands, Cairo
Large blue wooden door with Arabic writing above the threshold, and two white painted hand prints in its centre
September 27, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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Mural in the City of the Dead, Cairo
Image shows a wall with a bright yellow background and a mural of mosque domes and minarets, with city buildings behind
September 27, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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So lucky today to visit Qursayah Island on the Nile with @landscaperesearch.bsky.social - farming and fishing communities just a stone's throw from the modern city - and to support verynile.org up-cycling programme of plastic waste from the river plus their delicious community cafe
Photo of a run down but lush looking farm land, with a cow grazing in front of a ramshackle barn and palm trees, with a minaret nearby and modern city buildings in the background
September 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Yup
Photo of a glass calm sea with a kayak and paddle in the foreground
August 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Oh yes, hello #TidesOutTuesday! Definitely a hashtag I can embrace.

Concrete plinths, all that remains of Newlyn WW1 seaplane base, forming a stone circle, with the ruins of Penlee quarry behind
Black and white photo of square concrete blocks on a rocky foreshore. They are at strange angles and could pass for ordinary rocks.
July 1, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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Photo of post titled ‘most people seem unaware of AI’s climate impact’ with text underneath explaining that ChatGPT uses a surprising amount of water.
June 4, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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Not the worst day at work
Photo of castle keep silhouetted with blue sky and grassy meadow
May 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Post a warning ⚠️
March 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Good to revisit Poulnabroune dolmen last week #TombTuesday
Black and white photo of a stone portal tomb
March 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Amazing day visiting Loughcrew, Knowth, and Newgrange for the first time
Black and white photo of entrance to a passage tomb with abstract circles of rock art
March 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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From Valencia Island, Iveragh peninsula
Photo of a white sunlit lighthouse survived by low hills and an ominous cloudy sky
March 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Wonderfully rainy drive around Connemara Gaeltacht today, made better with interesting info and context at the Ionad Cultúrtha an Phiarsaigh in Ros Muc
Photo of bog with hill in background and grey rainy clouds
March 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Photo of electricity junction boxes brightly painted with a puffin and ‘love Galway’ written alongside
March 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Morning sun run 😎
Photo of St Michael’s Mount with sea in foreground and sun behind clouds behind it
February 1, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Sunday vitamin D at Gwithian beach
Wide angle photo of beach and sky with clouds on blue sky reflected in the beach
January 12, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Catching the last bit of sun on Penzance prom this morning before a weekend of hunkering inside with a vat of mince pies
Sunrise over the sea through high grey clouds with the black railings of the promenade in the foreground
December 6, 2024 at 8:53 AM
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Good couple of days at the Royal Anthropological Institute at the Folklore without Borders network meeting
Georgian buildings and trees with autumn leaves on the ground
November 15, 2024 at 4:11 PM
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Always a wondrous sight
Shelves of red and green books in a book shop - the Loeb classical library
November 15, 2024 at 9:39 AM
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Haven’t done a #standingstonesunday for a while - here’s Poulnabrone Dolmen in the Burren in Ireland (📷 May 2022)
Black and white photo of a rocky ground with a burial chamber in the distance and a cloudy sky
November 10, 2024 at 12:04 PM