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This
#LGBTQ
+ History month, Mansfield College is delighted to announce a generous gift of £4.9m which enables the College, with the
@FacultyofHistory
, to create and endow in perpetuity,
@UniofOxford
's first Professorship in LGBTQ+ History. 🌈🏳️⚧️
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Mansfield College is thrilled to announce, in association with
@OxfordHistory
, the appointment of Professor Matt Cook as the Jonathan Cooper Chair of the History of Sexualities, the UK’s first Professorship in LGBTQ+ History at the
@UniofOxford
. 🎉🏳️🌈
A thread... 🧵
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Mansfield College is delighted to congratulate alumnus Chris Bryant (English, 1980)
@RhonddaBryant
on his knighthood. Chris is Chair of the Commons Committees on Standards & Privileges, & has been MP for Rhondda in Wales since 2001.
📸: Ander McIntyre, 2022
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The dangers of sharing an office with the Mansfield cats 🐱
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Mansfield College is delighted to reveal it has secured an environmentally-friendly method of keeping the grass freshly cut over the summer. Oxfordshire farmer David Sloof has offered to lend his prized goat April to the College every Sunday from May through to Sept. 🐐🌿😍
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Did you spot us in the
@guardian
this morning? We may be biased but we think our community is pretty special. Shout out to our wonderful students, Principal
@HelenMountfield
and incredible
@MansfieldAccess
colleagues:
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The Jonathan Cooper Professor of the History of Sexualities will lead and expand the study and teaching of LGBTQ+ History at Oxford. It is the first fully endowed specialist post of this type in the UK.
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Congratulations to all our students graduating today! 🎉🎓
Share your graduation moments with us by tagging
@MansfieldOxford
or use the
#MansfieldAlumni
😍👏🏼
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The Professorship is named in memory of the late Jonathan Cooper OBE, who was an inspiring human rights lawyer, tireless advocate for LGBTQ+ rights, and commentator on issues such as trans rights, conversion therapy and the rights of people living with HIV.
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Our Principal has made a statement about Mansfield’s admissions process in 2020, please read it here:
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We would like to introduce you to our Head Porter Tom.
Over the last couple of weeks, Tom and his team have been doing an absolutely sterling job of taking care of College, and the small group of students who are still not able to travel home.
#ThankfulThursday
#PandemicHeros
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The hard-knock life of a college cat.
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Warmest congratulations to our Honorary Fellow and Former Principal, Baroness
@HelenaKennedyKC
on her appointment to the highest honour in Scotland, The Order of the Thistle, by His Majesty the King. 🎉
🔗:
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OXFORD READS KAFKA! 📖🎉
As part of the university-wide celebration of the life & work of
#FranzKafka
at Oxford, all
@UniofOxford
students are gifted with a special limited edition of the
#Metamorphosis
by the
@bodleianlibs
. 📚
🔗:
#OxfordReadsKafka
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Join us this Friday for our annual Hands lecture to hear
@RhonddaBryant
discuss how state corruption, ‘golden visas’, poor political analysis and UK law have enabled authoritarian regimes like Russia to play us for fools.
Get your tickets here 👉
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This morning’s beautiful sunshine 😍☀️
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We're very proud to announce that Mansfield has come 5th in the
@UniofOxford
Norrington Table - our best ever result! 🎉🎉
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🌹💖 Mansfield's no. 1 heart-throb is seeking a canine Valentine.
🐕 Mishmish enjoys ignoring 'keep off the grass' signs, standing on her hind legs, and being the most popular dog in College.
❔ Are there any other
#OxfordLonelyHearts
out there? RSVP.
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We'd like to say a very warm welcome to Kate Clanchy MBE (
@KateClanchy1
)- Mansfield's new Writer in Residence! 📚📖🖋️
👉
@HelenMountfield
@MansfieldAccess
@MansfieldColle1
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Wisteria in the spring sunshine 😍💜☀️
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We were so proud to see our wonderful Principal
@HelenMountfield
and the brilliant work of
@Mansfieldaccess
featured by
@SianGriffiths6
in the
@SundayTimes
this weekend.
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Today, on the day that marks 100 years since women were granted the right to matriculate at the University of Oxford, we are thrilled to be able to unveil our brand new
#WomenAtMansfield
exhibition! ♀️
@HelenMountfield
@UniofOxford
#WomenAtOxford
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Today is the day! Our Senior Tutor Lucinda Rumsey is receiving her MBE for services to social mobility in Higher Education
@UniofOxford
Today Lucinda is going with access staff past and present Helen Brooks, Helen Etty and Jenny Medland to get an MBE for services to social mobility in Higher Education!
@MansfieldOxford
#OxOutreach
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It's graduation season! 🎓
Here is soon-to-be English graduate Brennig Davies' poem, Passing Through, which perfectly captures the bittersweet feeling of moving on.
"you can't grip water forever. Be glad your hands are cleaner,
though colder, for having once held it at all."⬇️
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Happy
#internationalcatday
🐱🐾❤️
Cheers to our College furriends, Baz, Bea and Ziggy😻
College wouldn’t be the same without you - live long and pawspurr 🐾
@UniofOxford
@catsofoxford
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In conversation with Dame Maggie Smith - watch the podcast!
@UniofOxford
#interestingtalks
@OxfordTalks
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There's no feeling like finishing your exams. 🎉🎉
Our final year students have found creative ways to mark to end of their finals at home (with some getting their entire neighbourhood involved). 🎈🎈🎈
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Warm Hanukkah wishes from Mansfield College to all celebrating! 🕎✨
Here’s some photos from our end of term
#Hanukkah
dinner!
Huge thanks to Hasnain,
@MulcoNathan
and Asima for organising! 🙏💜
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Introducing Ziggy- the newest & cutest member of our community! 🐱
Ziggy has arrived at the Principal's Lodgings just in time to help
@HelenMountfield
prepare for her Principal's Giving Day Poetry Challenge.
#WeAreMansfield
#MightNeedACatNapFirst
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'The Holocaust ended in the camps but it started with language.' - Joan Salter MBE
Mansfield College was honoured to have welcomed
@T21Joan
child survivor of the holocaust and a tireless & dedicated educator, sharing her powerful testimony in our public talk yesterday evening.🧡
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Mansfield Professorial Fellow in Physics - Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell will donate her Breakthrough prize money $3m (£2.3m) to help students underrepresented in physics. To read more:
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We are so proud to announce that
@MansfieldOxford
has been recognised by
@CityofSanctuary
as one of the UK's first University Colleges of Sanctuary, along with our partner
@SomervilleOx
.
@HelenMountfield
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Introducing Basil & Beatrice, the new Mansfield cats 🐱🐱 It'll be a little while until they are allowed to play outside, so for now they are exploring the college cattery.
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We are deeply grateful to philanthropists Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin, whose extraordinary generosity has enabled Oxford University to fully fund the new Professorship in perpetuity.
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Some splendid photos of our
#Magnolia
in full
#bloom
for your feed today 🌸☀️
#oxfordphotography
#oxforduniversity
#photography
#spring
#blossom
#mansfieldcollege
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A peaceful moment in the Old Hall.
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At
@UniofOxford
, we count Sunday as the first day of the week...which means that it's officially freshers' week!! 🎉🎉
Safe travels to all our students who are moving in tomorrow 🚗 College cats Basil & Beatrice are eagerly awaiting your arrival.
#WelcomeToOxford
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We're thrilled to announce we've closed our gender pay gap. 🎉
Principal
@HelenMountfield
: “Mansfield takes great pride in treating everyone with equal dignity & respect, so I'm delighted that this is reflected in the latest monitoring figures.”
More at👉
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The Chair will act as a catalyst for developing scholarship in LGBTQ+ History at Oxford. In line with our particular emphasis on inclusion and diversity, we are so proud that the Professorship will be associated with Mansfield College.
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Mansfield College is thrilled to announce a generous gift of £1.65m from the McBain Family Foundation in support of our efforts to widen access to
@UniofOxford
& to endow graduate scholarships in Human Rights Law at the College.
@MansfieldAccess
More at👉
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This Friday at 5.30pm we're delighted to welcome back
@sagarikaghose
to Mansfield Lecture Series to speak on 'Civil Rights and State Power: why individual freedoms are vital for India'.
Admission is free & open to all.
Reserve a seat here:
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To find out more information about The Jonathan Cooper Chair of the History of Sexualities, visit and .
@HelenMountfield
@UniofOxford
@OxfordHistory
@KevinChilds101
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To read more about Jonathan’s life, click here:
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A blooming gorgeous corner 😍🌹🌸
Can you guess where in College? 👀
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Have you got 2 minutes for the coolest application of Maths you’ll see all year? 🤩
Our fantastic Maths Professor, John Chapman
@jon_ox
has created this quirky & mathematically inspired photo of College in the style of Escher. In the video below, he explains how! 🤯 ...🧵
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Mansfield College sprinkled in snow ❄️
Brrrrrring on more ❄️☃️
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Alumnus Chris Foster (Mathematics, 1997) has kick-started our
#ForMansfieldForever
campaign with a £25m gift – the largest in our history! 🎉♥️
Chris graduated with a first-class degree in 2000, after attending a
#stateschool
in the Northwest of England. 🎓
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Today, on the International Day of Women & Girls in Science, we are delighted to announce the launch of Mansfield's new annual Jocelyn Bell Burnell Lecture in Science. 👩🔬🔭
👉
#WomenInScienceDay
#WomenInSTEM
@PhysicsNews
@WomenScienceDay
@OxfordSparks
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Applications open for funded doctoral study programme: Growing up Queer: 1780-1918.
The AHRC - CDP award is a collaborative doctoral studentship between Mansfield College &
@MuseumoftheHome
.
Deadline: midday on 03/05/2024
Find out more⤵️
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What a gorgeous day for a degree day!🌞
Congratulations and well done to all Mansfielders who have graduated this week. 🎉🎓🙌🏽
Tag us
@MansfieldOxford
@UniofOxford
in your grad pics! 📸
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Definitely not biased...but we think our library ceiling is one of the best in Oxford! 📚
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Our second annual Iftar dinner in collaboration with the
@dialogue
society! 🍽️🕯️
Huge thanks to all speakers including Principal,
@helenmountfield
, Vice-chancellor of
@UniofOxford
Irene Tracy, Deputy Lord-lieutenant of Oxfordshire Moira Darlington, councillor Liz Leffman.
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Jonathan also had a great love of history, in his words:
“When we acknowledge our identity, we join a rich and extraordinary history, we reinvent ourselves… and we can give visibility to all those who came before us. We can commemorate and celebrate. And we can say sorry.”
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The Mansfield cats wanted to join in with this, so:
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With
#ValentinesDay
just around the corner, it’s time to celebrate love! 🥰 Calling all Mansfield alumni who found their forever at Mansfield – share your love story with us & let’s spread the
#MansfieldLove
together! 💘
DM or email us at communications
@mansfield
.ox.ac.uk. 💌💝
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This week, we're flying our
#TogetherWithRefugees
flag. 🧡
We are Mansfield, we are a College of Sanctuary, and we stand
#TogetherWithRefugees
.
@AsylumWelcome
@SomervilleOx
@HelenMountfield
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Congratulations to all who will hear today that they've received an offer from
@UniofOxford
. We can't wait to meet you in the Autumn!🎉
For those who didn't get the outcome they wanted: very well done for getting this far in such a competitive process- we wish you every success.
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Basil would like to take a moment out of his busy schedule to wish you all a happy advent. 🐈
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Beatrice makes her nightly patrol of the grounds.
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Celebrating a
#MansfieldLove
story that started in 1981 & continue to inspire! 👩❤️👨
From sherry parties to founding the Oxford C.S. Lewis Society, Suzanne (English, 1981) & Greg (English, 1980) met at Mansfield College & never looked back…💘🧵
@UniofOxford
@engfac
@oxfordalumni
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We'd like to say 'good bye and good luck' to the brilliant
@ADMHenley
and his canine sidekick Mishmish as they leave us to join the Institute of Ismaili Studies.
Here is Mishmish finishing as she started: breaking College grass rules with blissful abandon.
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This
#NationalTriviaDay
, we are sharing some random and interesting facts about Mansfield College,
@UniofOxford
. 👀🤩
A thread…🧵
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Spoiled Cat No. 1 has been told that it’s too early to open his advent calendar.
Spoiled Cat No. 1 is now sulking in a hedge.
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Beatrice isn't too pleased about this jack-o'-lantern taking her favourite spot.
Happy Halloween! 🎃
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Black Lives Matter. Diverse minds matter.
@MansfieldOxford
wants to be part of the solution in creating a fair world which affords everyone equal dignity, respect and capacity. You can't change what you haven't addressed.
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It's
#WomenInScienceDay
👩🔬and we're celebrating
#WomenInScience
- past and present!
Today we announced the launch of our new annual Jocelyn Bell Burnell Lecture in Science, named for the trailblazing astrophysicist Prof Jocelyn Bell Burnell.
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A beautiful shot of our Magnolia tree 😍🌸
📸: Esther Johnson Photography (on Instagram)
#springbloom
#magnolia
#Oxforduniversity
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6/ The Hands Lecture: What next for Afghan women and Afghan politics?
🧕: Fawzia Koofi
🗒️:
@Fawziakoofi77
, former Vice President of the Afghan National Assembly, outspoken women’s rights advocate on women's rights in Afghanistan since Taliban's takeover.
🗓️: Fri 3 Mar, 5:30pm
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New Year congratulations to Senior Tutor Lucinda Rumsey, MBE, Prof Helen Margetts, OBE and Mansfield alum Sir Ian Blatchford. For widening access; technology, politics & policy; cultural education, respectively.
@MansfieldAccess
@HelenMargetts
@UniofOxford
@sciencemuseum
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On this
#InternationalDayofEducation
, Mansfield College is delighted to introduce its inaugural Ukraine Scholarship recipient, Oksana Berezniuk (MSc Mathematical and Computational Science). 👩🏻🎓
A thread…🧵
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Huge congratulations to everyone who received an offer
@UniofOxford
yesterday! 🎉 We are so excited to welcome you in 2022. Even our College cat, Basil, is waiting patiently for you! 🐈
@MansfieldAccess
#GoingtoOxford
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#tbt
The Mansfield site looked very different at the start of the 20th century! Anyone else find this view disorientating? 📷
🎾 This tennis court would become the south side of the quad.
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Term is over, interviews are finished, and we're signing off for the Christmas break-but before we go, we'd like to wish all of our students, alumni, friends and colleagues, at Mansfield and beyond, a safe and restful holiday. 🎄🎄🎄
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#NationalCodingWeek
This week we're exploring Mansfield's coding connections. Our Stipendiary Lecturer in Mathematics
@rcimpeanu
has made a code for you to crack 🧐
Message us the answer by Friday 12pm! Good luck. 👨💻
@bletchleypark
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Mansfield Fellow Lucinda Rumsey MBE hails all those who act on their belief in the power of education to foster social mobility.
@MansfieldAccess
@AccessOxford
#wideningparticipation
#access
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Mansfield College 🤝
@DialogueSociety
Iftar Dinner!
Last night, a diverse range of individuals from students, staff, academics, to local councillors, community and faith leaders came together at our Chapel Hall to celebrate unity and togetherness. 🌙🥰💛
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📢Announcing 7 new fully funded Kofi Annan Scholarships at Mansfield.
We're thrilled to be partnering with
@WeidenfeldSchol
&
@KofiAnnanFdn
to offer 7 new Scholarships of the ‘Weidenfeld-Hoffmann’ graduate programme.
More info:
@OxfordGradStudy
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Our Principal Helen Mountfield of
@matrixchambers
was voted
#Legal500
Public Law KC of the year at last night's awards ceremony.
Warmest congratulations
@HelenMountfield
🎉🥰
We are delighted that
@HelenMountfield
KC won Public Law silk of the Year at the inaugural
@theLegal500
UK Bar Awards
#PublicLaw
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Blue skies over the Library. 🌿🔆
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Happy
#NationalReadaBookDay
! 🎉📚 In celebration of this day, our Professor
@BallasterRos
has shared her top three favourite reads: 🧵👇🏼
Share yours in the comments below! 👇
📸: Ander McIntyre 2022
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#EidMubarak
from Mansfield College. Whether you are celebrating today or tomorrow, we wish you a wonderful
#eidaladha
🥰
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We’ve always set out to change things.
Now we’re transforming our future by championing our world class teaching & research, transforming our site, taking Mansfield to net zero, & creating opportunities for generation of students to come. 🎉
For Mansfield. Forever.♥️
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From our students & staff, to our alumni at home and abroad, we could not be more proud of how our incredible community has responded to these difficult times.
A massive THANK YOU to you all.
Mansfield will be here with you for the duration!
#YoureMansfield
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We're loving these amazing prints of Mansfield by printmaker Claire Whitworth 😍 Just look at those details! 🪟 🌿
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Warmest wishes to all students and staff celebrating Easter this weekend 🐣 ❤️
#happyeaster
#bankholidayweekend
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Starting the week with a light dusting of snow. ❄️❄️❄️
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