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5 months
I finally got around to framing this picture tonight, but I'm still no closer to identifying the artist. #cubism #art #antiques
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6 years
Art installation in Chicago, commenting on how easy it is to get a gun in the city - just like renting a bike.
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7 years
Just stumbled upon the grief of a widow, hidden away in the pages of this tiny little notepad.
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2 years
Just caught this bad boy in slow motion. #lightning
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3 months
If it was just a vote for the PM, I'd vote for Sir Ed Davey all day long rather than Kier Starmer or Rishi Sunak. He's far warmer and more genuine than the other two party leaders. #bbcqt
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2 years
Possibly the best Karen Carpenter soundalike you will ever hear...
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6 years
@MirrorBreaking_ Reality TV is a cancer, and the production companies couldn't give a toss about the mental health of the people that appear on their shows, let alone the after effects if they receive bad press during their time in front of the cameras.
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2 years
The fuckwits in this audience don't even understand the concept of the Myra Hindley picture - it was literally designed to challenge the idea of what is offensive and what is art. #JimmyCarrDestroysArt .
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3 years
My 12yr old son just walked into my office and said, "You know what you need to do dad. You need to get @bts_bighit to shoot a music video in one of your motorhomes". Forgive me for being 'old' but something tells me a Kpop band aren't going to be interested in campervan holidays
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8 months
Today's second charity shop bargain is equally awesome - a 1970s ceramic chicken by Alessio Tesca. #antiques #vintage
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3 years
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1 year
Only bought one thing from the boot sale this morning, but it could be a keeper.
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6 years
Absolute codswallop opinions on Anne Robinson's programme #TheTroubleWithWomen - why do women still insist that men are more confident and believe they can do anything? If that was true, male depression wouldn't be so wide spread and suicide rates wouldn't be so high.
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7 years
@TVsCarlKinsella I have never seen a more moronic tweet - Anyone over 8 years of age at time of Band Aid understands the context of the song (i.e. Ethiopian famine). This song is not about Africa today or as a continent. Comments like this undermine the great work & money this raised in the 80's
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2 years
@iamjamiefoxx @CameronDiaz @NetflixFilm Now all we need is Rick Moranis to come out of retirement and the world will be a better place.
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6 months
Probably the most realistic lettuce tea pot I've ever seen. #bootsale #bargainhunt
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3 years
I don't really have any opinions on the monarchy vs republicanism, but tonight's show on #PrincePhilip is a brilliant insight into what is essentially just a 'normal' family and their affection for what appears to wonderfully fun and engaging man.
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5 months
Spotted on Facebook marketplace this morning, the coolest ride-on lawn mower you will ever see.
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5 years
#countryfile I think Matt Baker might want to reconsider his font choice if he's gonna continue using the strapline 'Working from home'
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3 years
When squirrels land from a fall, they look like @chrishemsworth 's Thor.
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6 years
Currently watching the final of #LandscapeArtistOfTheYear and I just know the judges will pick the wrong winner. They can never just pick the painting that looks the best. They always have to come up with some bullshit about the artist's potential to grow & evolve
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2 years
Nearly two weeks in and the camp mates are FINALLY asking the questions that we want to hear... "When you're staying at Buckingham Palace, can you come downstairs in the morning in your joggers?" #ImACeleb #ImACelebrity
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6 months
Another day and another charity shop trip. Today's first 40p purchase is this little fella from West Germany.
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2 years
FACT: Chris Kamara is a national treasure. #maskedsinger
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2 years
Can you imagine living in a country so f*cked up that you can get shot while working at a school and then be made bankrupt by the medical treatment you receive to save your life. #ulvade
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2 years
@oneadds I take it you didn't actually read this article then? "This research only looked at the spike protein found on virus cells. There is no evidence to suggest that spike proteins generated by the vaccine behave in a similar way."
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2 years
More Karen Carpenter goodness from @ladyofthecanyons
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5 months
There's no denying it, today's charity shop purchase is an absolute stunner. #Murano #glass #antiques #vintage
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4 years
The collective noun to describe a gathering of flamingos is a 'flamboyance' - a flamboyance of flamingos. #LifeinColour
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6 years
I knew it - the judges must be on acid. Wrong wrong wrong #LandscapeArtistOfTheYear
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3 years
Big Zuu cooking on #SaturdayKitchen and slagging off Gordon Ramsay is the entertainment we need on a Saturday morning.
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9 months
So frickin obvious that it was Dionne Warwick, and so obvious that producers instructed the judges to vote her off as she probably didn't want to do the whole series. #maskedsingeruk #maskedsinger #TheMaskedSinger
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9 months
@DanNeidle So the implication is that PPE took out a non-existent loan, thinking that it would take priority in any debt recovery proceedings? Barrowman could declare bankruptcy without paying back any money to HMRC, and the missing money would be handled by a 'caretaker' in the Caymans?
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4 years
@gelles So bats bred in a lab then?
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11 months
They're probably common as muck, but it's the first corner dressing table I've seen, and it's on Facebook or all places. #antiques
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6 months
Wow wow wow! #want
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5 months
First time I've ever seen one of these in a charity shop. #antiques
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1 year
A few of my best charity shop and car boot sale finds over the past 10 years... First up is this Hans Coper pottery vase - bought for £10, sold at £4,500 (prob worth over £20k now) #antiques
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@antiquestwins
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3 years
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen was one of Charles the first's top cavalier generals until he was frozen in a freak ice house accident at Hampton Court Palace and only reawoke in 1996. #AwfullyBritishFakeHistory
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2 years
@OriginalRamayan @KyivIndependent Can you see the dagger in Macron's hand behind Zelensky's back?
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4 years
I'm 7yrs old today, but everybody's ignoring me. Who will wish me happy birthday?
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7 months
This afternoon's charity shop rummage is looking successful. Picked up this necklace marked as 'costume jewellery', but on inspection with a loupe, it's marked 925 for silver, and some of the stones have inclusions. Are they light coloured Garnets, pink Tourmaline, or Spinels?
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@antiquestwins
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4 years
@1606kenreid You forgot to mention that it was a Scotsman who first landed on the moon, Scotland that won WW2 all on it's own, and Scotland that pays for of England's schools, libraries and NHS and motorways.
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2 years
Ah, the irony of celebrities saying that Matt Hancock doesn't understand the real world that 'we' live in. #ImaCeleb #imacelebrity
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4 years
@QuickTake The exact bridge that formed the inspiration behind my book #TheEelThatSlept , where a murder victim is found handing from a bungy rope!
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6 years
If ever there was a hint that #GBBO is the ultimate TV show for the middle classes, it's that bloke's kid's names: Barnaby and Constance
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2 years
@lenofi I have more respect for Hancock than archaeologists who continue to disrespect the dead and dig up mummies under the lie that it will teach us something that can advance our society.
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10 months
It's time for #onlyconnect and the weekly 30mins when I pretend that I have the slightest clue of what is going on.
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6 years
@arusbridger You ask Leavers to show humility after @theresa_may (a remainer) has failed to deliver on her promise to the nation? And you ask us to show humility when remainers haven't shown an ounce of it since day one after losing the referendum? Your arrogance is simply astonishing.
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11 months
The top needs refinishing, but the world has gone completely mad when you can buy an antique table like this for just £15 Yep, you read that correctly... £15
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3 years
@MarcCorbishley Anyone responding with Woolworths has rose tinted spectacles on. It was always a crap store. Overpriced, rubbish quality and vinyl tiles peeling off the floor. The only good things about it were the pick n mix sweets and the music section where you could listen on headphones
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1 year
Starting to realise that I have a genuine problem. I am a shopaholic and I can't help buying things that I don't need. Take today's boot sale purchase for instance - did I really need a pair of mid-century Italian vases for £2 ?
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5 months
All of Ireland is currently thinking 'shit, we should have asked Johnny Logan to sing this year's entry's #Eurovision2024
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11 months
Piers Morgan currently punching the shit out of his TV. #alex #celebrityraceacrosstheworld #raceacrosstheworld
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6 years
Just been to my nan's funeral and the vicar said something that I think is going to stay with me for a long time - "Grief is the price we pay for love".
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3 years
@scobie To be fair to Sophie, she's probably correct for the vast majority of under 30s in Britain. Oprah hasn't been 'a thing' here for nearly 20 years. With more and more channels to choose from, most younger Brits will recognise @theJeremyVine more than her.
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4 years
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9 months
Just got home from watching an unexpected gem at the cinema. #WonkaMovie     is spectacular, gleeful, funny, and brilliantly nostalgic. @RealChalamet is more than a worthy successor to Gene Wilder's original Wonka, and the rest of the casting is perfect too. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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5 years
Woohoo!!! Just sold my 1,000th copy of #TheEelThatSlept 🥰😍😘 ‐---------------------------------------------- I'm now gonna pin this tweet to the top of my feed so in 10 yrs time if you revisit my account it might actually be true 😂
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7 months
Just one charity shop purchase made yesterday, and I think it's a good one. #antiques #vintage #glass #murano #millefiori
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4 years
@bopinion Thousands of people currently reading this and muttering, "wtf are grape nuts?" while the rest of us who already know are quietly anxious that our secret is out and they'll be even more difficult to find on the shelves.
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4 years
Does this guy not realise that the majority of the comfort in a sofa comes from the springs or webbing underneath the cushions, not the cushions themselves? Bench seating is just shit. #Yourhomemadeperfect
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2 years
@DaveAtherton20 I lived in Cottingham for 3 years until 2021 and the 'village' couldn't cope with 1,000 new residents no matter where they're from, let alone hundreds of non-english speaking families requiring translators in schools and the already full doctors surgeries.
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4 years
Incredible camouflage of the Great Grey Owl. Photo by Alan Murphy Photography
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5 years
China has quarantined used banknotes to help stop #coronavirus spread and on the face of it, it's a sensible precaution - but it's also a handy way to prop up the value of the Yuan as it makes it more difficult to get hold of.
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10 months
This has got to be my favourite charity shop purchase in a while. 1986, Edinburgh hallmark.
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1 year
Bet you a fiver @VictoriaCoren went home after filming tonight's #onlyconnect , put #eyeswideshut on the telly, and waited for the old man to get home.
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3 years
Anyone else gutted that we'll never get to see @VancityReynolds and Betty White in a time travel comedy where Reynolds falls in love with the Golden Girl. #RIPbetty , you were my favourite
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4 months
Today's charity shop find.
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3 years
Storytime rocking chair by Hal Taylor
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2 years
America - you're all idiots. The second amendment needs scrapping now, not next year, not in ten years, now! #shooting #ulvade
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5 years
Hey #WritingCommunity it's #ShamelessSelfpromoSaturday Leave a link to ur book in the comments, like & RT Here's mine: An archaeological crime thriller with a supernatural twist #TheEelThatSlept Amazon: Audiobook @Kickstarter :
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6 years
Here's why @bbc commissioning editors are idiots. #Flogit is being axed but they'll probably keep @AntiqueRoadTrip - viewers are fed up with celebrity shows and we want more shows with everyday people please.
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6 years
@RichardDawkins Your arrogance is mind boggling - you are openly accusing 51.9% of the UK population of being racist xenophobes,simply because they disagree with your point of view towards the EU - a political alliance, not a country, race, or religion
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11 months
Now that dear tweeps, that is what's known as... a stunner
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8 months
I love finding spelling mistakes on Facebook.
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5 years
The world has gone mad - this beautiful antique desk for just £90 or a modern repro from The Cotswold Company for £549
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6 months
Somebody needs to take my car keys away from me, so I can't keep driving to car boot sales and buying junk.
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1 year
Looks like someone needs to watch @baggottsilver 's video on 'tea tongs'...
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2 years
Hey Rylan, make sure you stay away from any Kryptonite. #Eurovision
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6 years
People who do this to antiques should be shot.
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7 years
Like a lot of people I agreed with two of the judge's choices on tonight's #portraitartistoftheyear - but for the other painting my reaction was WTF? Even if she intentionally meant it to look unfinished, it still didn't look like the sitters & there were much better alternatives
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@campbellclaret @Nigel_Farage Campbell logic: If you lose, claim that the rules of the game are wrong. Should football matches be decided by which team held the most possession during the 90 minutes?
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5 years
@PickardJE Schindler's List - "I could have saved more"
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8 months
Antique candlestick shapes by date
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1 year
Today's lunchtime charity shop bargain.
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1 year
The world has gone mad. Only £40 for this wardrobe on Facebook.
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1 year
Got to be one of the coolest church doors I've seen. #Cotswolds
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4 years
One of the best aviation photos you will ever see...
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6 months
That moment when you hold your breath as you remove the print from its frame and pray that there's a signature behind the mount. ...and there was! #HiroshiYoshida
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11 months
If Mamma Mia was a James Bond theme tune...
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1 year
Look what just arrived in the post from @WoolleyWallis - my best find ever is listed at lot No.153 #Auction #antiques #pottery
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10 months
What do you think antiques peeps: '50p unless otherwise marked' Surely it's got to be worth 50p?
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4 years
There is absolutely no way I would design a large area of my downstairs space around the kids - that's what bedrooms are for (and kids grow out of things before you know it) #Yourhomemadeperfect
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