
History teacher and learner. Head of History and Politics. @CCFcadets officer and @DofE assessor.
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Remembering Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 1926 – 2022.
© All Rights Reserved.
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As an aside, an unspoken rule in English known as ‘ablaut reduplication’ means we never dally-dilly on the way to a game of pong-ping while the bells go dong-ding. Nor, sadly, do we ever eat a KatKit.
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Sunrise at Stonehenge today (14th February 💘) was at 7.22am, sunset is at 5.21pm ☀️ – at Compton Chamberlayne, England
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Sunrise at Stonehenge today (10th February) was at 7.29am, sunset is at 5.13pm 🌥 – at Compton Chamberlayne, England
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Sunrise at Stonehenge today (4th January) was at 8.10am, sunset is at 4.13pm ☀️❄️
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Tonight's stunning misty last sunset of 2025 at Stonehenge🤩 Photo credit Nick Bull 🙏
Happy new year everyone 🥳
#newyearseve #NYE #sun #winter #stonehenge #colours #stones #landscapephotography #landscape #sunset #December
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It wouldn't be Christmas without the Carols from @Kings_College ⛪
Watch the world-famous @ChoirOfKingsCam traditional candlelit celebration today at 5:45pm on @BBCTwo.
Listen to 'A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols' at 3pm on @BBCRadio4.
📸 @camdiary
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INCIDENT: We are currently monitoring an unidentified flying sleigh entering NATO airspace. The track originates from the North Pole and is flying an erratic path🎅
No NATO jets have been scrambled.
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Word of the day, should you be feeling a little huffish, is ‘apanthropy’ (18th century): a love of solitude and the desire to be away from other people.
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CONFIRMED: @OxUniPress has announced its shortlist for the Oxford Word of the Year 2025:
- Aura Farming
- Biohack
- Rage Bait
Voting runs from 24th to 27th November, with the winning word announced on 1st December.
#OxfordWOTY

ALT Oxford Word of the Year promotional image featuring the term 'biohack' defined as a verb to improve physical or mental performance, health, longevity, or wellbeing by altering one's diet, exercise routine, lifestyle, supplements, or technological devices. The background has a light blue and white abstract design.
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Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
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Sunrise at Stonehenge today (21st November) was at 7.33am, sunset is at 4.10pm 🌤️ ❄️
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Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.
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Sunrise at Stonehenge today (20th November) was at 7.31am, sunset is at 4.11pm 🌤️ ❄️
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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
#ArmisticeDay #Remembrance #TwoMinuteSilence
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We’ve officially launched the Royal British Legion’s 2025 Poppy Appeal.
Set against the backdrop of a stunning immersive poppy display, veterans and their families - whose lives have been rebuilt with RBL’s support - joined us to share their stories.




























