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Among all the nurdles and microplastics on the strandline, a tiny red Lego flower, one of 161,264 red Lego flowers lost overboard from the Tokio Express back in 1997. These originally came in sets of four, all attached to a central sprue (or doodah as beachcombers call them) but it's rare to find a complete set these days. Mostly beachcombers just find the individual flowers. Still turning up, 28 years on.
ALT Red Lego flower from the container spill in 1997 among nurdles and microplastics on the strandline
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Head on down to @GWRHelp's Exeter St David's train station to see the #WorldPoetryDay themed selection's we've got in our @PenguinUKBooks Vending Machine! 🐧
This month's selection features writers from Exeter and Prague #CityofLiterature!
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The gale force winds and high spring tides of recent weeks seem to have brought quite a bit of Lego from the 1997 cargo spill to the surface. This haul was found by Liutauras and his family while picking up plastic from Whitsand Bay in Cornwall over the weekend. These pieces have probably been buried in sand for decades rather than being adrift in the ocean all that time, giving an insight into how long plastic survives in the coastal environment. Many thanks to Liutauras and his family for giving us permission to share this photo.
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‘See her when she is free…’ Celebrating Joan Eardley for @LGBTHM by Kirsten MacQuarrie #LGBTHM
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#LGBTQ #LGBTHM25
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📣 To celebrate #InternationalWomensDay2025, we've teamed up with the @WomensPrize Trust to donate 10% of every book sale to their important work in improving access to books and creating equity within writing communities 📚 uk.bookshop.org/lists/women-…
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These Lego flowers, still attached to their central sprue or 'doodah' as beachcombers call them, were found just before Christmas by ninibythesea at Saunton Sands in North Devon. There were 16,000 sets of yellow Lego flowers in the container that fell overboard from the Tokio Express in 1997 but it's rare to find them intact these days. Usually beachcombers just find the single flowers, or the sprues. Many thanks to ninibythesea for giving us permission to share her pictures. You can see more of her images over on instagram and Facebook.
www.instagram/ninibythesea
Picture credit: Ninibythesea/Janine Bannister
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Suffragette Christmas card designed by artists of the Women's Social and Political Union, 1909 #Womensart
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'We believe in the importance of heritage and its ability to ignite the imagination, offer joy and inspiration, and to build pride in place and connection to the past.' - Eilish McGuinness marks the end of 2024. ✨
🔗Full blog: ow.ly/ONGk50UrC2y
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Our exhibition Change Through Art closes tomorrow! We're open 11am-5pm today and tomorrow. Pop in and see us, and find out how Cornwall is local campaign groups are bringing about change.
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Voices from the Deep is now stocked in our Women in Word bookshop on Chapel Street in Penzance.
Pop in Wednesday-Saturday, 11am-3pm to browse this and many other wonderful titles all written by or about women.
📷: Abbey Rumbellow
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Back in the Frame - The first Annual Maud Sulter Lecture presented by @JackieKayPoet
A fascinating, emotional & engaging presentation on the friendship & artistic synergy between Jackie & Maud.
Watch the full video here: youtube.com/watch?v=yE1PyVEM…
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Another Lego octopus from the Great Lego Spill of 1997 has turned up. It was found in the midst of Storm Bert on Saturday in Cornwall by Constance Morris, founder of Grampus Campus, which raises awareness and educates about the marine environment and natural history around Cornwall. "Happy does not describe how it feels to finally find one of the famous Lego octopuses after all these years of looking," she said. Video credit: Constance Morris
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In honour of World AIDS day on 1 Dec and Trans Day of Remembrance on 24 Nov, Queer Kernow are hosting a ‘Queer Collections Day’ at Kresen Kernow.
Come and explore local Cornish history and don’t let your story get lost.
Book on our Ticket Tailor page.
#queerkernow
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As part of the 16 Days of Activisim on the 7th December @orangemousehole will host a delicious buffet featuring Iranian inspired vegan cuisine followed by a quiz. You can find tickets here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/16-days-o…
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Joan’s Eardley’s rarely seen Two Children with Graffiti, a small gouache painting, is currently on display @womenslibrary as part of the exhibition, Kate Downie: Conversations with Joan.
Until 25 January
The work is on loan from the Eardley family.
📸 @THEJoanEardley
ALT Joan’s Eardley’s Two Children with Graffiti, a small gouache painting of two children standing in front of a brick wall scrawled with graffiti
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Looking to flex your creative muscles, supercharge your skills, support local artists, or try something different? Reclaim Festival is next week!
Find out more online 👉 bit.ly/reclaim-fest
Or by calling our Box Office on 📞 01392 72 63 63
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Activist periodicals of the 1970s-90s powered, connected & sustained the UK Women’s Liberation Movement.
Join us to find out more about @LibHistories & contribute your own thoughts & ideas to our understanding of how the power of print mobilised a movement
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