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@fentiger

"I won't wake, without a song to sing. Nothing to some, everything to me."

 Cambridge, UK
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Joined January 2009
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The Royal Charter Storm of 1859 claimed 800 lives and led to our first storm warning service. From visual signals to morse code, and finally BBC broadcasts - discover how the Shipping Forecast evolved. 🧵2/4
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#OnThisDay 1988: A young Alice Roberts, now a renowned scientist and broadcaster, had her winning design featured on the Radio Times cover to celebrate Blue Peter's 30th birthday. Earlier that year, she discovered she had won this incredible prize.

Alice Roberts on Blue Peter (1988)

Clip taken from Blue Peter, originally broadcast on BBC One, Thursday 11 February, 1988.

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“All shall be well. All shall be well. And all manner of things shall be well.” Keep going. Every step through every day is worthwhile. Julian and her cat know…
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fentiger@fentiger15 Mar 2022
Replying to @Kit_Yates_Maths
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Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.
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Post your favorite "Desire Paths". These are paths that naturally form as a result of bad planning.
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Britain is simply not going to believe how dark it is later.
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The Northern Lights dancing over North Yorkshire in the UK. A quick timelapse from this evening. #northernlights #aurora #Astrophotography
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Happy 1st birthday to The Dreamless Sleep Of The 1990s! Thanks for listening! 🙏🎂🥂🎉 brokenrecordsedinburgh.bandc…
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Replying to @heritageopenday
@heritageopenday #Bedford Come and see inside our Victorian Chapel, search our Burial records and enjoy a walk in our beautiful, peaceful cemetery. We look forward to seeing you!
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'The Bound and The Infinite' is now released! Tell us what you think: #theboundandtheinfinite
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Just a few hours to go until ‘The Bound and the Infinite’ is released! We hope you’re as excited as we are… Tell us what you think of the album using #theboundandtheinfinite 😁
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"The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater." ~ J.R.R. Tolkien
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That’s it folks. My relevance has finally reached zero. Goodbye.
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Hey @X, how many James Blunts will it take till you realise your app is broken?
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Readers added context they thought people might want to know
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At this moment, 80 years ago, British troops land by glider to seize bridges over the Caen Canal (later known as Pegasus Bridge) and the River Orne. Within minutes ‘Pegasus’ is captured intact. Arlette Gondree and her family are the first French citizens to be liberated. #DDay80
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Being kind increases happiness 💕 Image: @kindness_org
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Places British people “pop” and “nip” 1. To the shops 2. Next door 3. To the loo 4. To the cash point 5. Upstairs 6. Out for two secs 7. Round
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Happy 15th birthday to our debut album, Until The Earth Begins To Part, released on this day in 2009!
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A May sunset memory over @Ely_Cathedral taken in Ely Country Park 31 May 2022 🤗 “I think gratitude is a big thing. It puts you in a place where you’re humble.” ~ Andra Day
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