Working in London today and had a bit of time to kill with the work camera. Midland Grand 1873-76 m, St Pancras
Daniel Ratcliffe-Shutt
@daniel.statement-heritage.com
Historic buildings and landscape archaeologist, working for a living as www.statement-heritage.com . Ruins and their repair, maritime, industrial and agricultural heritage. Aerial photographer. Intertidal deposit.
I think they should have just sent us this.
No visible eclipse here (Midlothian) due to clouds. But without those clouds we wouldn’t have this iridescence.
Proof, were any more needed, that we are the stupidest thing ever to happen to ourselves.
"I know it's not the sort of thing you usually do Mr Havelange but speaking as a nuclear power we'd appreciate Gascoigne's yellow being overturned and the match result annulled"
For anyone who has seen the latest news about Stonehenge, just saying...other Prehistoric Monuments are available...
Thornborough Archaeology Group
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Tree Bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum) foraging today on my raspberry canes in Penicuik, Midlothian.
Other work of the Ladybird artists. ‘St Michael’s Mount’ Artist: Ronald Lampitt
"Three young Barn Owls looking out of the quatrefoil of a church in North Norfolk."
John Piper, 24. St Mary’s, Paddington: by G.E. Street, 1964 https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1118579
When the Cornish did Brutalism before it was fashionable. China clay dry, Leswidden, St Just. Early 20th century, likely 1910-1930ish #brutalism #industry #archaeology
Thinking about this as the bombers start to land in Gloucestershire fields, quite clearly against the wishes of the British people and their government.
edith@edithcharles.bsky.social · 6mo agoRobin Cook resigning over Iraq in 2003, one of the last major resignations of conscience in British politics:
Shap, Cumbria. And something not seen for a while.
Only two more sleeps before Ben Saunders @wessexarchaeology.bsky.social introduces Maritime Mapping around the Firth of Forth. Book your free ticket here👉 www.mining-landscapes.org/news #MaritimeHeritage #Coal #MiningHeritage
Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers. This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.
There seems to be a problem with the bleedin’ obvious here.
"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
Remember maybe ten years ago when both historians and socialists were warning about the rise of fascism, as the media class smirked and joked on TV. Next time, I say we just listen.
‘I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace.’
a bald man is sitting at a desk and giving a peace sign .
Alt: Dr Evil, a pale bald supervillain in a grey suit, doing air quotes.
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