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When Henry VI found out that he'd lost Gascony, he sat down and was like, "Well, chile, let me just sit here and stare into the abyss" and he was
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@guardian journalists - this is seriously annoying. Did Diane Taylor speak to other former road protesters besides George and Dan in researching this article? Probably not.https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/29/tipping-point-wh
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Officially officialThis is the new Minor League Baseball landscape Here's the press release that accompanied the above grid A lot of questions regarding league names. Right now I'm not sure
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Small - mostly rural - bus companies are one of the things that have made me think hardest about #LocalHistory, being a historian and how we describe histories of place.
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This thread is the experience of one of our tenants. We’re sharing it here for #socialenterpriseday to show the impact of social enterprises. It’s a long thread, but please read
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We had a lot of nice words about our cider coverage this weekend, so thought today would be a good place to take stock of what we've covered so far,
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The first written reference to Chelvey is in Domesday (1086), but the name itself indicates an earlier origin. “Chelvey” has Old English and Anglian origins, meaning ‘calf farm’. A farm
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The doors of Bath: a multitweet photo series Part 2Of particular interest here are the twin doors lower right with their protruding entry halls Part 3The monolithic nature of the
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Jacob Rees-Mogg pays 0% tax on his £150M.Tax that could feed the poor kids UK @UNICEF feeds. We pay HIM £89k a year!He's the reason for the #BrexitDisaster; his money
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""23 things I didn't learn in college / grad school":#5: Show up. Really restating Somerset Maugham's famous line: “I write only when inspiration strikes. Fortunately it strikes every morning at
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A thread on what happened in the PA row office races. The overall theme is that besides the suburbs of Philadelphia basically the GOP candidates got better margins everywhere. Take
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@ManchesterCider soft but complex - off dry. A Browns Single Variety released from @TheCiderCritic ‘s cidery. Soon there will be cider from his bio diversedly grown trees Really enjoying the
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Defenders of Rorke's DriftLt John Rouse Merriot Chard No. 5 Coy. Royal EngineersBorn near Plymouth, Chard attended the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich and was commissioned into the Royal Engineers. Chard
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On 21 Nov 1778 the Navy Board ordered that enquiry be made as soon as possible for a piece of ground in the neighbourhood of Plymouth of Plym Dock “whereupon
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Liz Bilney - everyone forgotten who she is?"We will not be poorer, we will be better off by £1000 per person”.Not there yet? Liz Bilney was the chief executive of
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Today, for some reason, we’re thinking about #ReconstructionHere’s some amazing Iron Age hillfort recreations that have recently caught our eye, starting with this excellent picture of Yeavering Bell © Eric
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