My hour for tea is half-past five, and my buttered toast waits for nobody.

• January 28th, 2021, 12:00 pm

My tweets

• Wed, 19:24: RT @ScienceAlert: Radar Scans Uncover an Alaskan Fort Built to Scare Off Russia https://t.co/RYkwrn9lRp
• Wed, 19:44: RT @EnglishHeritage: What's the weirdest thing you've ever picked up in a gift shop? Here's a rather tasteful Stonehenge, err, chicken and…
• Wed, 20:39: RT @firstdogonmoon: Today’s cartoon about how I bravely wasn’t murdered by an enormous snake of which there are a great many in Tasmania. h…
• Thu, 04:57: RT @presentcorrect: The most wonderful Tumblr of Japanese playgrounds at night. https://t.co/WVicv3AJWx By Fujio Kito. https://t.co/GmMUkab…

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  twitter

• January 27th, 2021, 12:00 pm

My tweets

• Tue, 12:33: ‘No more monkey selfies’: scientists told images could drive illegal pet trade https://t.co/JHh0mYMF9C
• Tue, 14:38: How do you act drunk on screen? https://t.co/pg1gwxjcPk via @BBC_Culture
• Tue, 14:57: (Screenplay, anyone?) The bravery, tragedy, and mystery of Captain Smirnov's secret diamond delivery https://t.co/32cUzGe2Na
• Tue, 16:23: (Cold cases.) Friar crushed by cart: bone analysis hints at causes of medieval deaths https://t.co/eUEB1oNN7J
• Tue, 16:37: (A good new story from Salisbury, for a change) An Organ Recital, With a Coronavirus Shot https://t.co/ZxOiTo7Edz
• Wed, 07:04: RT @archivetvmus71: The Bill - Long Odds (6th November 1984). Sean Bean (making his television debut) made the right decision to leg it - t…

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  twitter

• January 26th, 2021, 12:00 pm

My tweets

• Mon, 17:08: RT @YourWullie: Princes Street, Edinburgh, 1950s. Photo Alistair Weir https://t.co/o1ybefIi3f
• Mon, 17:08: RT @timritchie: On a warm summer’s dawn, cleaners do the hard yards on righting the sails. https://t.co/kEM2d4JZdX
• Mon, 18:54: Burns night. Very old photo from whenever I was last in Scotland.😕 https://t.co/GmxoJwcQ4s
• Mon, 21:10: Tam, and Maggie 🐎🌩 https://t.co/rECmg8J5ZB
• Mon, 21:23: RT @jackiesearle09: Stunning frost pattern on a car window this morning. Like medieval tapestry in ice #Devon #Winter #awe https://t.co/2GX…
• Mon, 21:37: RT @mimicofmodes: This evening's thread is going to be about the idea that "boys used to dress in pink and girls in blue, but then that swi…
• Mon, 21:45: RT @nlsrarebooks: The Kilmarnock edition may be the most famous collection of Burns's poetry but it is through hundreds of #chapbooks that…
• Mon, 21:46: RT @flyingmonkphoto: Los Angeles, 1979 #myusaolympustrip1979 https://t.co/L0fGcJvfEe
• Mon, 22:50: RT @edinburghcastle: In 2020 we hosted @DWF_Law for their annual #BurnsNight supper 🥃 Read our latest blog to see how DWF celebrated the…
• Mon, 22:58: RT @MuseumofLondon: It turns out Londoners in the Georgian and Victorian period suffered from hangovers as much as we do now. Thanks to the…

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  #awe, #burnsnight, #chapbooks, #devon, #myusaolympustrip1979, #winter, twitter

• January 25th, 2021, 12:00 pm

My tweets

• Sun, 16:49: RT @OzKitsch: Australian foreign correspondent and spy Richard Hughes, who inspired characters in novels by Ian Fleming and John le Carré:…
• Sun, 20:16: RT @MrTimDunn: SNOW! (1963). A team including Edgar Anstey, Geoffrey Jones (& Daphne Oram of the Radiophonic Workshop) created this BRILLIA…
• Sun, 20:18: RT @qikipedia: Youtuber Device Orchestra has created a toaster that can play the Imperial March. Toothbrushes and a typewriter play backup…
• Sun, 20:36: RT @archivetvmus71: Good morning Twitter. https://t.co/iRRSYXBsGq
• Sun, 20:56: RT @NSWHealth: NSW recorded no new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 in the 24 hours to 8pm last night. There were three cases acquired o…
• Sun, 21:04: Another shot of the fireworks in the park last night because pretty. https://t.co/DWxF9wLncP
• Mon, 05:05: RT @flyingmonkphoto: Nissen boat shed and generator. Bays of Harris, January 2021. https://t.co/i9VHxfWFib

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  twitter

• January 24th, 2021, 12:00 pm

My tweets

• Sat, 13:54: RT @naagovau: A cheerful vintage ad for Allen’s Steam Rollers from the October 1958 edition of the Australian Women’s Weekly. NAA: A1336,…
• Sat, 14:03: RT @18thCent_Kitty: #FridayNightFrills Detail of back of 18th Century dress, robe à la française, made from beautifully hand painted silk f…
• Sat, 23:00: Went to Symphony under the Stars (eventually) in the park (covid safe). I love this. Many tunes, but Jurassic Park was a highlight, just because I've never heard it played live before by a world class orchestra. #parrapark https://t.co/gSARYyNdIN
• Sat, 23:01: Do you think the poor flying foxes have learnt to skedaddle at the opening notes of the 1812? Boom. #parrapark https://t.co/dJIZJGYR0z
• Sun, 08:02: RT @timritchie: It was a very steamy cycle this morning, no breeze and only downhill parts for any cooling action. I’m on top of the Navy c…
• Sun, 08:02: RT @MrTimDunn: Not a bad sunset from Tower Bridge tonight https://t.co/ie5bb9zcJc
• Sun, 08:35: RT @TideLineArt: If anyone fancies a Saturday night ancestry challenge I'm trying to find a trace of Tom Thompson P/JX 128804, presumably s…
• Sun, 08:55: RT @klia00: 😃😃
• Sun, 09:01: RT @actonjohn: Wonderful day for a walk. Mist on the Thames Path and feels like ❄️ on the way. @ThamesPathNT https://t.co/55y6reTJj1
• Sun, 09:06: RT @naagovau: A queue forms at a kiosk on an unidentified Melbourne beach in 1969. NAA: A1200, L79755 https://t.co/xLSMBlyFcA

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  #fridaynightfrills, #parrapark, twitter

• January 23rd, 2021, 12:00 pm

My tweets

• Fri, 18:25: RT @naagovau: Drinks on the beach at Hayman Island in 1952. Photograph by J Fitzpatrick. NAA: A1200, L13627 https://t.co/Lxhr84VmFp
• Fri, 18:30: RT @TroveAustralia: Some of us might be on a health kick this time of year (New year, New me 🙏), but the idea of "health food" seems to hav…
• Fri, 18:33: RT @statelibrarynsw: Historical photos contain so many fascinating details! The deep zoom feature on our new #CataloguePreview makes it eas…
• Fri, 18:34: RT @naagovau: Check out @PRO_Vic's terrific new online exhibition exploring the concept of 'A New Normal.' The exhibition features a range…
• Fri, 18:35: RT @museumsvictoria: Since announcing our closure of the Wild Gallery in @melbournemuseum, we have heard people asking where #SadOtter is.…
• Fri, 20:51: RT @presentcorrect: Thousands of old Japanese postcards, click for ephemeral pleasures. https://t.co/sMUYIXMYAI https://t.co/64U00ImpW6
• Sat, 07:52: RT @CSIRO: And it was all yellow... 💛✨ #FungiFriday This is a golden-scruffy collybia (Cyptotrama aspratum). Our @atlaslivingaust has reco…
• Sat, 07:52: RT @presentcorrect: Happy Friday! Here’s a mushroom library. https://t.co/BB9QA55zNV https://t.co/qSrRjcpHFU
• Sat, 08:03: RT @drapedinhistory: I know I’ve said it before, but I can never get over Coles Phillips’ brilliant use of negative space. This mustard hue…
• Sat, 08:18: RT @18thCent_Kitty: #FridayNightFrills A rare survivor - An 18th Century silk dress designed by Rose Bertin and supposedly worn by Marie An…

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  #cataloguepreview, #colorslides, #fridaynightfrills, #fungifriday, #highlands, #kodachrome, #kodak, #onlyinscotland, #sadotter, twitter

• January 22nd, 2021, 12:00 pm

My tweets

• Thu, 17:49: RT @naagovau: These unusual outfits were commissioned by an advertising agency in 1971 in order to promote new display homes. The original…
• Thu, 18:29: RT @statelibrarynsw: Can you identify where this photograph was taken? Hint: It is somewhere on the NSW Central Coast! Reply or retweet wit…
• Thu, 19:55: (Oddly invested this year because I've spent the last year listening to the old radio next to my WFH desk and it was still tuned to triplej so I just left it there) Triple J’s Hottest 100: who will win Australia's biggest music poll? https://t.co/SmmkT6msBA
• Thu, 20:38: RT @archivetvmus71: Happy Birthday Martin Shaw, born this day in 1945. https://t.co/24ALQNYz3L
• Thu, 20:39: RT @QSArchives: This work by Percy Trompf, an Australian commercial artist, captures the beautiful colours of the Great Barrier Reef. Poste…
• Fri, 05:04: RT @AndyRileyish: I hand-punched Tainted Love into this strip of card because lockdown. https://t.co/u6mCjc0L8A
• Fri, 05:34: RT @archivetvmus71: Telly Savalas looks at Birmingham https://t.co/SX9CyZjtRi
• Fri, 05:40: RT @V_and_A: Missed our Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk exhibition? We've got you covered. Get a detailed insight of the highlights on this spe…
• Fri, 09:54: (I love the supermarkets and markets, the many coloured eggs of NYC, coffee yoghurt in Rome, instant hot chocolate in the UK, Big Ms in Melbs...)I miss the supermarkets the most: closed borders have me dreaming of ramen aisles | Brigid Delaney https://t.co/q7e87mLZZc

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  twitter

• January 21st, 2021, 12:00 pm

My tweets

• Wed, 17:42: RT @YourWullie: Candlemaker Row and George IV Bridge in Edinburgh, Scotland 1907. Photo Robert Dykes https://t.co/6WJb1gsWYU
• Wed, 17:46: RT @AgeSMH_Archives: Happy #NationalCheeseLoversDay! Advertising billboards on the corner of Elizabeth and Hunter Streets, Sydney on Nove…
• Wed, 17:53: RT @CSIRO: Extreme Close Up! Waaaaaambat Wednesday style! 🎥 Wombats are amongst the world’s largest burrowing animals. They are well-equip…
• Wed, 18:36: RT @AntarcticReport: Happy Penguin Awareness Day! Know your penguins! There are 18 different species, many threatened or endangered; all fo…
• Wed, 18:41: 🤣 https://t.co/sAY4RzKzoW
• Wed, 20:28: RT @artinsociety: The drama of frozen action ~ two cleaners pictured in 1939, polishing the sculpted war chariot horses atop Wellington Arc…
• Wed, 20:35: RT @NFSAonline: We may not be able to travel like we used to, but we can still explore the world, and its history, thanks to incredible cli…

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  #nationalcheeseloversday, twitter

• January 20th, 2021, 12:00 pm

My tweets

• Tue, 17:39: RT @archivetvmus71: Goodnight Twitter 🌙 https://t.co/GtGvOJLJrT
• Tue, 18:20: RT @OrkneyLibrary: If you're interested in Scotland's past then check out this fabulous resource - 125 incredible years of Scottish film hi…
• Tue, 18:34: RT @MoviesSilently: Baby Basil Rathbone in THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL (1922). https://t.co/lf0532MV1P
• Tue, 19:38: RT @nationaltrust: Romantic ruins with enchanting features or stone strongholds with towers and battlements. Which castle would you defend…
• Tue, 19:39: RT @The1980sGirl: This #80s classic by Simple Minds was released in January ‘84 https://t.co/sEvOJvv4tl
• Wed, 06:10: RT @daniteixeira___: Great resource here!
• Wed, 06:27: RT @LondonMudlark: Wow! https://t.co/mno4XFYbwt
• Wed, 06:29: RT @tomgauld: My latest cartoon for @newscientist See more of my science cartoons online here: https://t.co/wiOfPL1e96 Or get a book of t…
• Wed, 06:29: RT @kateStrasdin: #Embroidery patterns for garments were drawn up like this in the #18thc. This fine design is in a pattern book by Margare…
• Wed, 06:29: RT @britishlibrary: As it’s #InternationalFlowerDay 💐 here are some folios from the Dara Shikoh album, which is renowned for its exquisite…

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  #18thc, #80s, #embroidery, #internationalflowerday, #lockdownlife, twitter

• January 19th, 2021, 12:00 pm

My tweets

• Mon, 19:27: Noel Clarke: 'Would I play Doctor Who? There's a conversation to be had' https://t.co/PCheoIpul3
• Tue, 06:38: RT @kateStrasdin: Perhaps the most imaginative #1920s #clochehat I have seen, using the copper fabric to create loops of silken hair twiste…
• Tue, 06:39: RT @presentcorrect: A book of 560 old Japanese candy wrappers. https://t.co/cuwPI8LZ55 Thanks @50WattsDotCom https://t.co/WXnNDr6D3C

• Tags

  #1920s, #clochehat, twitter