Liz Anderson 🇺🇦🌻📚🖋🏺📷🍸
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Licensed Thames Mudlark. Up To My Eyes In Silt. Insta: @lizanderson2 Bluesky: @lizanderson .bsky.social #ForeverEuropean 🇫🇷🇵🇱🇬🇧
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I know everything is awful but I’ve just spent the morning finishing replies to over a hundred lovely emails from all round the world as a result of
@BenTheEpicure
featuring me,
@ThamesDiscovery
& others in this piece for BBC Travel. People are very kind.
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To the woman driving through Bushy Park earlier who flicked me the finger when I hooted at her, your purse is on the roof of your car. You’re welcome.
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I know everything is worrying right now but please take a moment to enjoy my photo of The Colosseum carved from melon.
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A much lower than expected tide today exposed an Anglo-Saxon fish trap, over 1,000 yrs old, to an extent I’ve never seen on the river here before. Most people pass by on the Embankment above & don’t know there’s such a rich example of Thames archaeology on the foreshore below.
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Sorry, I know you’re all eating breakfast but yesterday I took this nit comb, preserved in my freezer, to the Museum of London’s FLO & he identified it as Roman. Made from boxwood, it’s survived 2,000 yrs in Thames mud & has Roman nits STILL visible
#Mudlark
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When you’re so bored with lockdown you decide to carve a melon in the shape of the Colosseum.
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Phone my mother a few minutes ago to check she is ok after her first Covid injection. She is on cracking form.
‘I don’t know what they put in that vaccine, dear, but do you remember the watch I mislaid twenty years ago? Well I’ve just remembered what drawer I put it in.’
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Tiny ray of hope re the felled Sycamore Gap tree. An arborist on the news has suggested that the remaining trunk of this 300 year old beauty is very healthy and that coppicing & careful management could result in eventual regeneration & new growth *crosses fingers & toes*
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Yesterday while
#mudlarking
on the Thames Foreshore I found this tiny yellow glass bead with a sad & dark history. This is a ‘striped melon’, so called because of the colour & red/green stripes. Made in 18th C Venice or Bohemia & known as a slave trade bead.
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Mini thread re the queue for the Queen’s Lying-In-State as I’m seeing an awful lot of nonsense being tweeted about it which might put people off who genuinely would like to go to Westminster Hall & pay their respects while there’s still time (ends at 6.30am on Monday.)
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From the Thames Foreshore in London this morning, a dream find. This, my dears, is a microlith. A small stone tool usually made from flint or chert & typically one to three cms long. These date from the Mesolithic to Neolithic periods, approx from 35,000 to 3,000 years old.
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I can’t stress enough how often mudlarking trips to the Thames Foreshore result in very little, but yesterday afternoon ended in a bucket list find for me. Thank you to fellow mudlarks for the ID - BEHOLD the first time a 15th/16th C Pinners’ Bone has been held for over 500 yrs.
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Searching photos of various Brocantes in France this morning and I can’t take my eyes off this bust of Napoleon, his bicorne hat looking like it’s made from the finest prosciutto.
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Watching two of my neighbours already taking decorations down and throwing their Christmas tree unceremoniously into the front garden. Perhaps it’s just me but I find this so depressing. In my glorious rule decorations would stay up till Candlemas 🕯️ (2nd Feb)
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A day of Roman building finds from the Thames Foreshore, starting with a partial roof tile. Imagine being a tile maker in Londinium, nearly two millennia ago, laying your tiles out to dry. Along comes a dog, without a care in the world, and leaves his paw prints all over them 🐾
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Today I’ve:
✅ Accidentally deleted two chapters of research
✅ Dropped 30 litres of John Innes compost on a previously fractured foot
✅ Turned up a week early for a dental appointment
Any more of this & they’ll make me Foreign Secretary.
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Big shout-out to the angry little woman in a well-known supermarket in leafy Richmond, SW London, who this afternoon told my elderly Polish mum to get to the back of the cake queue because SHE WAS HERE FIRST AND EU PEOPLE SHOULD BE SERVED LAST.
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Good morning. It’s my birthday & I’ve just opened a gift from my mother. She’s made me deluxe face masks, one of which is from World War Two parachute silk she had knocking about her house. The parachute was from a Polish paratrooper en route to Arnhem.
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Good morning. Christmas tree made from broken sherds of Thames-found willow pattern pottery. Don’t say I do nothing for you 🎄
#Mudlark
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@SCrabbPembs
Mate. You recently voted against staying in the Single Market & the Customs Union and this week you voted against Parliament having a meaningful say in order to avert a catastrophic ‘No Deal’ scenario. Own it. THIS IS ALL ON YOU.
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She *actually* said that to my 82 year old mum who’s lived in the UK for nearly 60 years. My message to this lady - may your almond croissant turn to dust in your mouth. You’re welcome.
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Thames garnets, a
#mudlarking
mystery as no one is sure what they were used for. Imported to Britain, the bigger pieces used in the Cheapside jewellery trade, the smaller ones probably industrially. Careless hands dropped sacks of these in the river.
Merry Christmas, everyone🎄
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You can say what you like about Twatter but my goodness it is great for sharing animal photos. Please welcome this little chap who will be joining the family in three weeks time.
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As if this morning couldn’t get worse I’ve just interrupted son’s Zoom call with his boss by bursting in and bellowing ‘ARE THESE YOUR PANTS OR YOUR FATHER’S?’
I am now dead to him.
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I recently found a post medieval hawking bell from the 16th/17thC while mudlarking on the Thames Foreshore in London. Full of four hundred years of mud & gravel, I’ve gently cleaned it up & the tiny little clapper still works.
Here is the sound of the past.
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Sun rising over Hampton Court this morning.
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This is probably the perfect moment to remind that when the sun’s shining, the resulting shadow through the trefoil on Westminster Bridge is a cock and balls. You’re welcome
#NotMyPM
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- basically the reason why I tweeted this thread. Thank you for reading. The End.
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My mother sends me more handmade face masks, in case I run out. Top one made from vintage Liberty print, bottom one from a consignment of parachute silk she was given by Polish Airborne Division parachuted into the Battle of Arnhem. As recycling goes this takes some beating 😷
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Perched on a wall in the courtyard at
@Southwarkcathed
when I hear a mysterious rustling in the bushes behind me. This good looking lad is Hodge, the new Cathedral cat, who took over the residency of this manner after the sad passing of Doorkins.
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Utterly grotesque GROTESQUE to hear the huge roar of approval from Conservative backbenchers as Johnson announces the Govt will no longer mandate the wearing of face masks.
Masks are NOT restrictions. They are mitigations AND protections
#PMQs
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Anyway, I must have missed the Government memo where EU nationals are now barred from buying pastries.
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It’s only taken nearly 7 years, but yesterday up popped my first ever silver hammered coin. BEHOLD the slightly worn face of Henry VII (1485-1509) on the obverse, while the reverse shows a cross and pellet design. This is his silver halfpenny, issued in the London Mint
#Mudlark
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@joncstone
Finding it hard listening to her because she’s beginning to sound like a Government spokesperson rather than someone talking on behalf of the nursing profession. Also, what was with the ‘PPE is like gold dust & should only be used where it’s needed’ line?
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A dream achieved. Found a battered, faceted Thames garnet while mudlarking many years ago and had it recently cleaned up and made into a ring. I am now ready to take my place in Tudor portraiture. All hand modelling commissions accepted, I’ll even bring my own sleeve ruffs.
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Oh good. The car insurance renewal has just come in and our eyes have filled with blood. Humongous increase of 57% - yes 57% - has sent us over the edge.
We’ve been with this insurer for many years, 25 years no claims - how can they justify such an increase is beyond me.
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@NadineDorries
Your tweet is straight from the Trumpian school of politics, Ms Dorries. It’s the job of journalists to hold you, an elected representative, to account for the ill-informed/inaccurate things you’ve said eg you still don’t understand what the Customs Union is.
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Thinking of my dad, a Polish refugee, came here after WW2. Trained as an engineer & helped build UK, his adopted country
#Onedaywithoutus
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Last night we had to say farewell to our beautiful cat, Bonnie. At nearly 21yrs, a life well lived. My wing woman, co-pilot, resilient, shouty, sun lover, gardener, mudlarking assistant. Now reunited with her partner Clyde.
We are broken today. Godspeed, dear girl, Godspeed 💔
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In this week’s food drop for mum she’d left a tin of biscuits for me on the doorstep. Called her to say how delicious they were, albeit slightly granular in texture (she likes proper feedback.) After a five minute silence she told me they were for the birds.
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Cat flap saga, episode twenty eleven hundred and twelve. Please watch to the bitter end. I’ll be taking no further questions at this difficult time.
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That Mail piece on Rashford is just pure spite. Awful. He’s a young man with a social conscience who’s using his privilege to help others. Nothing else matters. Nothing. There is no other story here.
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A few years ago I found this tiny piece of pure gold wire when mudlarking on the Thames Foreshore. As per legal requirements I took it to my FLO at the Museum of London to see if it should be recorded under the Treasure Act. It was deemed too small but no one knew what it was.
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David Davis confirming Michel Barnier is "very French." Nothing gets past Davis. Nothing
#Marr
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Not hearing any opposition from the official opposition. This leaves us with the unofficial opposition:
Sadiq Khan
Private Eye
Gary Lineker
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Our builder has just discovered his lunch box has been tampered with. Missing in action are the following items:
one pork pie
the ham from a ham roll
large piece of cheddar
1/4 of a packet of salt & vinegar crisps
BEHOLD THE CULPRIT ⬇️
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@Peston
Here we go again.... the dramatic staged exit via the front door when there’s a discreet & hidden back door to & from Number Ten if he genuinely didn’t want to be seen leaving like this. Some people fall for the Cummings’ theatrics every time.
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And just as I was leaving the Thames Foreshore today, spotted my first ever Charles II copper farthing, date 1672, I think. Don’t find many coins by eye so this is a real treat. The King’s head is in good condition though Britannia on the reverse appears to be fading away...
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Dream find from the Thames today, my first Roman hair pin. I’ve found broken fragments before but this is the best yet. It has perhaps half a cm missing from the tip but is still fully functional. Made from bone there were many different lengths & types, a high status object.
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My mother’s spent the afternoon drinking Prosecco & swinging about in this chair on someone’s roof garden, if you want to know what being nearly 85 years of age looks like.
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@RoryStewartUK
@Peston
I’m surprised Raab has such a working knowledge of Venezuela seeing as Dover-Calais had him completely confused a few months ago.
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Episode 365 of our new deluxe cat flap saga. VICTORY IS MINE.
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@carolecadwalla
This is insane. How is it possible that two fifth-rate, talentless spivs such as Banks & Wigmore are able to exert such influence?
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You can say what you like about Twitter but I love how you all appreciate an Anglo-Saxon fish trap on the Thames. Behold! This one at Isleworth is protected by a guardian of the river who graciously allowed me to pass. The tide was a cracking -0.06m & you could almost ford over.
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My mother, 88, rocking numerous fashions spanning the centuries & accessorised by Didier the dog -
Puritan head cap
Faux leopard print coat á la Bet Lynch
M & S cowboy boots bought in 1978 & still going strong
Scarf influenced by Joseph & His Technicolour Dream Coat
#RockOn
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One of my favourite reads from last year was ‘Blood & Sugar’ by
@LauraSRobinson
Laura’s debut crime thriller set in the 18th C, beautifully researched, set in Deptford, the plot based around a dark secret to do with British involvement in the slave trade.
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Don’t know why I filmed this sideways but my star find from the Thames Foreshore today was this gorgeous bit of Georgian bling. Thanks to a fellow Mudlark for the ID, behold a Rococo pendant, made of brass, from approx 1750-1760, reign of George II
#mudlark
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Wall & one Samaritan volunteer told me yesterday some people were in tears as they passed it, tough memories of the last 2+ years resurfacing. We’re all still silently grieving all sorts of losses whether overtly aware of this or not. Sometimes these can come at you from nowhere
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My Thames Treasures cabinet is now COMPLETE *trumpet fanfare* The faintest whiff of mothballs when the drawers open (Edwardian gent once stored poor dead butterflies in them.) Restoring this beauty has been v satisfying & a marvellous distraction in these awful times
#mudlark
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Custom House, Lower Thames St, at first light. As the tide goes out the old Georgian gridirons appear on the foreshore, ready for ancient vessels to rest on & wait for the tide to return. First recorded custom House building was at Wool Quay, built in 1300s to collect taxes.
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I’ll say one thing for this lockdown, it’s given me the opportunity to catalogue my extensive collection of ‘Best-Parisian-Door- Knob’ photographs. Here’s an absolute stunner.
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@Peston
@theresa_may
Sorry, but I seem to have missed the memo informing that we’re now living in a dictatorship where the PM can do what she likes.
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@bbclaurak
So frightening for Nazanin & her family. Boris Johnson should resign immediately.
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So angry. I've said this before, EURef is the greatest deception perpetrated on the UK in my lifetime, just to appease the likes of this man
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Good afternoon, everyone. My eldest texts me about a *possible* new addition to the family. I know everything is grim right now but please say hello to Roger.
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We had an emergency appointment with the vet yesterday evening resulting in us having to say goodbye to our beautiful, poorly boy. Bon viveur, poseur, night daemon & staunch reader of The New European. Go well, our lad, go well. Hearts are broken today & we’ll miss you 💔💔💔💔
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@AliBunkallSKY
Anyone swearing on their children’s lives is insane & not fit to be in public office.
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You have to find a bit of joyful news where you can. 15 months after he left uni, my son starts his first geotechnical engineering job this morning after many unsuccessful applications.
I’m so proud of him & that he didn’t give up trying.
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Gene Kelly. PHWOAR.
Don’t say I do nothing for you.
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@carolecadwalla
Having given Fiona Bruce an A for her handling of last week’s
#BBCQT
I’m afraid this week it’s a C- for that very reason. Allowed Oakeshott off the hook too. Very disappointing.
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Last month I returned to a part of the Thames Foreshore I hadn’t been to for a while. Not the best of tides that day so I decided to go home early after a final ten minutes, or last knockings. Very glad I did as this small beauty landed at my feet. It’s a medieval pilgrim badge.
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Bell-shaped knop from a Tudor-era money box found on the Thames Foreshore this week. Made of green-glazed earthenware, the medieval name for clay was ‘pygge’, origin of the words ‘piggy bank.’ Money was retrieved by smashing the box when it was full, the pieces then thrown away.
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I have a million urgent things to do today, including a writing deadline, so of course you find me dilly-dallying and faffing about re-arranging some recent Thames mudlarking finds into a pretty photo
#AllTheGreens
#EpicProcrastinator
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@MichaelLCrick
He wasn’t misquoted. Here’s the full text of his actual speech. You’re welcome
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Social media hive mind can be astonishing. I recently posted sketches of some of my mudlarking finds & a follower on Insta recognised this pretty porcelain design from a Thames found teacup - blackberry & ear of wheat - as having been sold in Woolworths in the 1950s & 1960s 1/2
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Have fallen in love with the futurist & often bleak & chilling paintings of Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson. This is ‘Among The London Searchlights’, 1916, the first aerial painting of the capital, painted from a balloon tethered above London Bridge.
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Popped into
@Southwarkcathed
this lunchtime to sign the book of condolence for the Queen.
@HodgeTheCat
casting a beady eye on all visitors (& refused a friendly ear scritch ‘cos too busy, the guardian of everything.)
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@David_Cameron
Long period of quiet reflection from you would be in order. UK divided as never before because of YOUR irresponsible decision to call EURef.
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- heart, READ THE LIST OF DOs AND DON’Ts BEFORE YOU GO *and breathe* That said, CHAPEAU to the organisers - civil servants, police, military, & thousands of volunteers plus charity groups & others, who have been going solidly for over 24 hours now making this a memorable -
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Distracting myself cleaning this small, emerald green 3oz Victorian poison bottle, found washed up on the Thames Foreshore recently. Could have been thrown into the river as rubbish or fallen from a vessel, part of a ship’s doctor’s medicine cabinet.
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Thousands spent on this brand new bi-fold kitchen door & deluxe cat flap yet still I have to let him out manually EVERY DAMN TIME.
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@shushitssusan
@SCrabbPembs
Mr Crabb putting party over country and now crying crocodile tears. MPs who do this and bleat when the consequences hit are unspeakable.
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He’s unravelling, isn’t he? In front of all our eyes he’s unravelling. This is our leader, everyone, during a national crisis. God help us all
#liaisoncommittee
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Just witnessed a woman being vile to a checkout girl because the supermarket had run out of something. Can’t be said enough but I am *so* grateful to all shop staff for their hard work endlessly filling shelves & being helpful. I know it’s stressful but no need to be so foul.
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I try not to tweet all sweary but my day was made by hearing a vicar on the bus tell someone that Liam Fox could go & fuck himself. A VICAR.
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Stopped off to put some flowers on my father’s grave & see two elderly ladies at the water tap.
“You probably shouldn’t be out today, Moira. You might catch something.”
“Hardly likely, Janet. In case you hadn’t noticed, everyone here’s already dead.”
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- standing, chatting, reading (Kindle), eating etc. There are portaloos along the way, bins (regularly emptied), cafés, shops selling food along the route, all immensely grateful to be doing such good business once more after two years of pandemic & barely a tourist in London.
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Good morning, am at St Pancras for the Eurostar. Just had my passport stamped with great élan & a roguish twinkling of the eye by a French border official resembling a young Jean-Louis Trintignant & I think I may have found the first and only Brexit benefit.
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I know Parliamentary procedure is archaic but the notion that Ian Blackford has to be ordered to leave the house because he accused the PM of wilfully misleading the house and yet Johnson continues to wilfully mislead the house is, to put it bluntly, crackers.
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Whenever I find a new glass trade bead, as happened yesterday, it’s always important to reflect on the dark past of what appears, on the surface, to be a pretty little yellow bead. It’s anything but.
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@adwhiskey
@mrjamesob
@piersmorgan
@EmporersNewC
Brexit in a nutshell. Total lack of understanding of extremely complex issues, then distracting from this by deflecting & blaming someone or something else. Welcome to the world of populism.
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St Val’s Day themed find from the Thames Foreshore, oh yes. Green glass heart, this once graced the top of a Victorian era eye-drops dispenser. Available from pharmacies but I found this one near a site where ships once berthed, so maybe part of a ship’s surgeon’s stores 💚
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Bram Stoker’s house in Chelsea. Imagining him stepping out onto this gorgeous wisteria-clad balcony, looking for inspiration for his latest book and thinking ‘Yes! Blood sucking vampire it is!’
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In other news, a locksmith who’s arrived to help a neighbour get into their house, has now locked himself out of his own van.
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