Untidy Garden
@untidygarden.bsky.social
Gardening for wildlife in Devon. Sharing my untidy oasis with hedgehogs, newts, snakes, birds and lots of things I can't name yet. And two Airedales.
Can’t think of another hobby that costs the public millions. Plundering our heritage for personal gain, destroying crucial context and if not sold abroad, lost to us in the back of someone’s drawer. The system needs urgent overhaul.
News | British Museum raises £3.5m to acquire Tudor Heart pendant
But debate grows in sector over high costs associated with treasure scheme
But debate grows in sector over high costs associated with treasure scheme
British Museum raises £3.5m to acquire Tudor Heart pendant - Museums Association
But debate grows in sector over high costs associated with treasure scheme
www.museumsassociation.org
February 10, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Can’t think of another hobby that costs the public millions. Plundering our heritage for personal gain, destroying crucial context and if not sold abroad, lost to us in the back of someone’s drawer. The system needs urgent overhaul.
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Since #bbclaurak is trending, let’s remind ourselves that ONE MONTH ago, the BBC invited Mandelson on for a soft-ball interview on her show. While HIS CLIENT , Palantir’s Louis Moseley appeared as a pundit
Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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February 8, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Since #bbclaurak is trending, let’s remind ourselves that ONE MONTH ago, the BBC invited Mandelson on for a soft-ball interview on her show. While HIS CLIENT , Palantir’s Louis Moseley appeared as a pundit
Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’
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The latest piece of atrocious writing on the BBC website.
Though if scabies mites are naked, I guess bed bugs are fully clothed. “In pyjamas” my partner added
Though if scabies mites are naked, I guess bed bugs are fully clothed. “In pyjamas” my partner added
January 28, 2026 at 8:14 AM
The latest piece of atrocious writing on the BBC website.
Though if scabies mites are naked, I guess bed bugs are fully clothed. “In pyjamas” my partner added
Though if scabies mites are naked, I guess bed bugs are fully clothed. “In pyjamas” my partner added
I had no idea there was a word for this. And it sounds just like the rustling of the dry leaves
January 8, 2026 at 7:25 AM
I had no idea there was a word for this. And it sounds just like the rustling of the dry leaves
‘‘Twas the day before Xmas and the boiler packed in
No hot water or heating for me then.
No hot water or heating for me then.
December 24, 2025 at 7:30 AM
‘‘Twas the day before Xmas and the boiler packed in
No hot water or heating for me then.
No hot water or heating for me then.
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I wrote a Christmas gift guide! Who am I? Anyway, there’s lots of crap out there so get the best deal for the wildlife gardener in your life. Merry Christmas 🎄
open.substack.com/pub/katebrad...
open.substack.com/pub/katebrad...
Gifts for wildlife gardeners that really work
(Or, don't buy a hedgehog box that kills hedgehogs. Ok?)
open.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I wrote a Christmas gift guide! Who am I? Anyway, there’s lots of crap out there so get the best deal for the wildlife gardener in your life. Merry Christmas 🎄
open.substack.com/pub/katebrad...
open.substack.com/pub/katebrad...
I’ve honestly thought I was losing it a bit. Turns out it was the tech adding 20 years to my fine motor skills
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hksV...
Thank the maker- I was feeling clumsy for about three releases. Well done Apple.
Thank the maker- I was feeling clumsy for about three releases. Well done Apple.
It's Not Just You - The iOS Keyboard is Broken
YouTube video by Michi NekoMichi
www.youtube.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I’ve honestly thought I was losing it a bit. Turns out it was the tech adding 20 years to my fine motor skills
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BBC showing tennis’s new Battle of the Sexes will just offer up opportunity to belittle women’s sport | Barney Ronay
BBC showing tennis’s new Battle of the Sexes will just offer up opportunity to belittle women’s sport | Barney Ronay
The match between Aryna Sabalenka and Nick Kyrgios opens up a direct channel between the BBC of old and a world of toxic internet hatred
It’s always best to take a sceptical view of the constant flow of BBC-bashing newspaper stories, which are often simply bogus outrage expressed for commercial gain. Even the war-on-woke, cod-ideological stuff – Clive Myrie INSISTS hamsters can breastfeed human robots – the bits that make you want to smear your face with greengage jam and weep for England, our England, with its meadows, its shadows, its curates made entirely from beef. Even these come from a hard, transactional place.
Basically, it’s the licence fee. The BBC is free at the point of delivery, but paid for by a national levy. The BBC is also a direct commercial competitor to every other form of legacy media, all of which are trying to find ways to survive and recoup revenue. Continue reading...
dlvr.it
December 6, 2025 at 8:05 AM
BBC showing tennis’s new Battle of the Sexes will just offer up opportunity to belittle women’s sport | Barney Ronay
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Yet another example of how we are all having to pay to see our shared heritage.
Just look at the outrageous financial figures and ask where its coming from!
Just look at the outrageous financial figures and ask where its coming from!
Most expensive treasure find ever - cost us all £4.3 million last year & now an extra £1 million to display it.
Dug without archaeological supervision & taken to the British Museum in a washing up bowl:
youtu.be/nKHgiQPYEs4?...
#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting #Treasure
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Dug without archaeological supervision & taken to the British Museum in a washing up bowl:
youtu.be/nKHgiQPYEs4?...
#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting #Treasure
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Somerset museum gets almost £1m to display Norman treasure
The Chew Valley hoard is thought to be be the highest value find in English history.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Yet another example of how we are all having to pay to see our shared heritage.
Just look at the outrageous financial figures and ask where its coming from!
Just look at the outrageous financial figures and ask where its coming from!
What a beautiful creature 😍
November 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
What a beautiful creature 😍
Just had an instant flashback to my childhood. Treacle tart with Carnation. Infinitely better than tinned peaches with Carnation. Or, god help us, sago pudding (with Carnation).
in england they have treacle tart which just bypasses the whole nuts on it situation
I think Pecan Pie is one of those things that is divisive now because it’s just a blob of sugar with nuts on it but to someone 150 years ago who ate shoes it was probably like having 12 orgasms at once
November 26, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Just had an instant flashback to my childhood. Treacle tart with Carnation. Infinitely better than tinned peaches with Carnation. Or, god help us, sago pudding (with Carnation).
I’m a noted Xmas grinch but Bernoid’s cards are so full of playful joy I almost get in the spirit
November 23, 2025 at 7:54 AM
I’m a noted Xmas grinch but Bernoid’s cards are so full of playful joy I almost get in the spirit
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Seems we're unwilling to return treasure looted from other countries during the Empire days, but happy to sell off our own cultural heritage to the highest bidder.
*Archaeological find of national significance broken up and dispersed overseas*
There, fixed that headline for you
www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/2562811...
There, fixed that headline for you
www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/2562811...
Roman coin find in Dorset field sells for over £16,000
A hoard of 97 Roman coins found in Dorset by metal detectorist Trenton Oliver sold for £16,625 at Noonans Mayfair auction, exceeding estimates.
www.dorsetecho.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Seems we're unwilling to return treasure looted from other countries during the Empire days, but happy to sell off our own cultural heritage to the highest bidder.
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It blows my mind that there are real people who see a post like this and actually believe the whole “Christmas is being cancelled by Muslims” BS 🙄
Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆
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Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆
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November 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
It blows my mind that there are real people who see a post like this and actually believe the whole “Christmas is being cancelled by Muslims” BS 🙄
Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆
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Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆
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Oh great. One big firework bang every 15 mins, just to help the dogs lose their minds.
November 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Oh great. One big firework bang every 15 mins, just to help the dogs lose their minds.
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“[…] so to put the Treasure reward figures in context: we are looking at around 150-250 museum curators who could have been salaried for the amount paid out in 2023. Instead, this ‘reward’ money was paid out to individual finders and landowners as cash gifts for their hobby.“
Following on from last week's blog on Treasure 'rewards', I've been trying to dig deeper into the numbers.
Although very preliminary, what I've found does not make for happy reading...
#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting #Treasure
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/11/04/l...
Although very preliminary, what I've found does not make for happy reading...
#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting #Treasure
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/11/04/l...
Looking for Treasure…
by Tess Machling [A download/print PDF version can be found at the end of the paper] Introduction Following on from my blog last week, I have been trying to find out exactly how much is being paid …
bigbookoftorcs.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:19 AM
“[…] so to put the Treasure reward figures in context: we are looking at around 150-250 museum curators who could have been salaried for the amount paid out in 2023. Instead, this ‘reward’ money was paid out to individual finders and landowners as cash gifts for their hobby.“
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I’m really starting to suspect that most of the tech bros haven’t actually read Tolkien, as they certainly don’t understand it.
The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!
The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!
Elon Musk: "It is time for the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die" 29th October 2025. 2 million views in its first hour.
October 29, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I’m really starting to suspect that most of the tech bros haven’t actually read Tolkien, as they certainly don’t understand it.
The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!
The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!
9 yr old me sat in a willow leaning against the trunk - and heard a heartbeat. Ran all the way home terrified that I’d be pursued by a big old tree 😂
When windy place your best ear to the bark of an oak tree, and with a hand stop all noise entering the other ear
When you get used to the embarrassment from the looks of passers by, you can concentrate on listening THROUGH the tree to the trunk & branches working with the wind
When you get used to the embarrassment from the looks of passers by, you can concentrate on listening THROUGH the tree to the trunk & branches working with the wind
October 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
9 yr old me sat in a willow leaning against the trunk - and heard a heartbeat. Ran all the way home terrified that I’d be pursued by a big old tree 😂
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So water companies polluting rivers and seas is fine, but chucking leftover coffee down the drain is where the council draws the line?
This is madness
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg435gg66gpo
This is madness
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg435gg66gpo
Kew woman fined £150 for pouring coffee down drain in Richmond
Burcu Yesilyurt says the fine is "disproportionate" while Richmond Council say it is in line with its policies.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
So water companies polluting rivers and seas is fine, but chucking leftover coffee down the drain is where the council draws the line?
This is madness
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg435gg66gpo
This is madness
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg435gg66gpo
When you have two Airedale puppies, it’s zoomscrolling
If all you see is bitterns in breeding season, it’s boomscrolling.
If the algorithm's just showing you Optimistic, Brightly Coloured 90s Adverts For Jumpers it's Life, Liberty And Fruit Of The Loom Scrolling
October 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
When you have two Airedale puppies, it’s zoomscrolling
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We should be asking this
c o n s t a n t l y.
c o n s t a n t l y.
October 13, 2025 at 3:54 AM
We should be asking this
c o n s t a n t l y.
c o n s t a n t l y.
I’ve definitely had nightmares like this
This is Clio. She did not study for the test today. Also does not know how to read. 12/10 (IG: paspastotoro)
October 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I’ve definitely had nightmares like this
😂🦇how have I never seen this before. At least goths don’t do a handstand to pee on the ceiling (I hope)
October 6, 2025 at 6:21 PM
😂🦇how have I never seen this before. At least goths don’t do a handstand to pee on the ceiling (I hope)
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.