I thought it might be worth occasionally collecting together some of my Twitter updates and re-publishing them here. Some of the stuff might be interesting to readers of this website.
I tweet as salisbury_matt, often about local things. Since this is the first time I’ve copied the tweets onto the website, I’m going to go back a few months.
- Salisbury Bonsai Society’s great display is on the rather wonderful Clonehenge website Link about 7 hours ago via web
- The path alongside the Avon is flooded at the bit where it goes under the Ring Road (near Waitrose) this morning (23 Jul 2010 08:21:11 )
- New Stephen Fry series sounds interesting – Link (21 Jul 2010 21:04:03 )
- Currently reading an old book about S’bury by RLP Jowitt. V good. Contains some fine words: gnomon, piscator, fenestration, halberdiers (21 Jul 2010 17:55:45 )
- Enjoyed a couple of hours at Breamore (never sure how to spell it) at the weekend. Interesting Saxon church, if you like churches… (20 Jul 2010 21:20:39 )
- #ilearnedtodaythat Lt-Gen Shrapnell, who invented explosive shells, lived in The Close in Salisbury (20 Jul 2010 21:17:35 )
- I managed to crow-bar Coleridge, Nick Cave and O-zone into one post Link (20 Jul 2010 06:42:12 )
- @Clonehenge btw just started reading Stonehenge by Rosemary Hill. About responses rather than archeology etc. Seems good. Have you seen it? (17 Jul 2010 08:02:42 ) in reply to Clonehenge
- Great phrase on the news this morning: Plan B is to make Plan A work (07 Jul 2010 08:08:40 )
- Discovered why my recently-upgraded-to-3.0 WordPress install wasn’t letting me schedule posts Link (04 Jul 2010 19:49:11 )
- I finally completed ‘Little London’ post. Still not happy with it….Clarissa Eden/Churchill fascinating Link (01 Jul 2010 21:35:07 )
- This FLP podcast-lecture-thing is good too – Starbucks and Harveys (pre-war restaurant/hotel chain/bookshop) Link (01 Jul 2010 21:31:51 )
- Had a great evening at ‘Maletstock’ last night. Lovely pub at Newton Tony Link (27 Jun 2010 21:53:14 )
- Great comment on the website linking the Moberly story to Picnic at hanging Rock Link (21 Jun 2010 08:17:12 )
- Solstice morning, Salisbury station. Always makes me feel fairly chipper, in comparison to all the people looking very, very tired, (21 Jun 2010 08:14:16 )
- I’ve actually managed to upgrade Link to WP 3.0 *by mistake*. Consummate IT professional…. (19 Jun 2010 22:03:36 )
- Disappointed about the Stonehenge Visitors Centre. Given the numbers of currently unimpressed visitors it *seems* like a false economy (19 Jun 2010 18:12:55 )
- Reading about Clarissa Churchill. Niece of Winston, wife of PM Eden, friend of Waugh, Beaton, Orson Welles, Fleming. Neighbour of my granny (19 Jun 2010 18:10:44 )
- Thinking about a post on nicknames and pseudonyms for Salisbury – Sarum, Lighthouse City, Melchester, Starbridge…any more? (11 Jun 2010 23:24:18 )
- My footballing friend Fred Fieber’s website: Link (09 Jun 2010 20:36:36 )
- The Smoke, LDN, the Great Wen, Londonistan, The Land of Sugar Cake, Troynovant…. any other nicknames for London? (04 Jun 2010 23:42:56 )
- RT @VisitWiltshire Countryside walks for children in Wiltshire released in book Link (04 Jun 2010 23:10:57 )
- Listening to an interesting enough podcast about Harveys, a 19th century restaurant/hotel chain and Starbucks Link (01 Jun 2010 21:00:59 )
- Went to Burley yesterday in the Forest. Odd place. Gift shops themed around a witch/TV presenter who lived there in the ’50s (01 Jun 2010 20:54:12 )
- Typed up the schedule for May and June at the Odeon Kids Club: Link (30 May 2010 22:12:21 )
- I’ve been researching the derivation of the road name Love Lane. No certain conclusion really (21 May 2010 21:35:33 )
- Spent a proportion of my last day of unemployment at the Anokkaa buffet in Fisherton St. Very nice, but can now barely move. (14 May 2010 13:51:06 )
- Went to see the singing of the Vly be on the Turmut for the first time today. Quite fun. Where’s Si(Cowell when you need him? :) (07 May 2010 14:41:28 )
- Would this be the first time 3 Champions League team have come from one city? Can’t think of another (05 May 2010 21:58:01 )
- Enjoyed Les Liaisons Dangereuses @salisburyplay very much. Liked the line: ‘its always the best swimmers that drown’ (04 May 2010 12:29:07 )
- RT @ SpireFM Link – It’ll be good to see the Woolworths building in use again (30 Apr 2010 14:39:45 )
- Short item about the photo used in the Toro Toro posters @salisburyplay Link (23 Apr 2010 22:13:03 )
- Had a lovely day at @HawkConservancy near Andover yesterday. I’m not a great one for ‘nature’ but those birds are fascinating. (19 Apr 2010 09:48:32 )
- A bit of trivia I didn’t know ’til today – the greatest midfielder of his generation, Frank Lampard, was born in Salisbury (29 Mar 2010 17:13:52 )
- This is very good – RT @Londonist Is this the most beautiful hand-drawn map of London yet? Link (26 Mar 2010 14:18:15 )
- Saw @Out_of_Joint Andersen’s English @salisburyplay last night. Really good show, v interesting. Difficult to square Dickens with his work (26 Mar 2010 08:45:06 )
- Useful bit of sed to remove html tags: sed -e ’s/<[^>]*>//g’ ……from Link Dunno how it works, to be honest! (25 Mar 2010 16:43:58 )
- Bath University (@UniofBath) public lecture podcast about Avebury here: Link (2nd one down) (24 Mar 2010 14:36:34 )
- Added an @OrdnanceSurvey map to one of my fave posts – on the meaning of the name Petersfinger (to do with Saint Peter in chains, Lammas..) (23 Mar 2010 17:13:41 )
- Enjoyed a double decker bus ride out of Salisbury today – you do get a different perspective on stuff. (18 Mar 2010 16:17:00 )
- @SalisburyCath Have you found any good views on Google StreetView yet? My best so far: Link (11 Mar 2010 15:33:24 ) in reply to SalisburyCath
- Made me laugh: Matthew Parris: “What were the circumstances of Picasso’s birth?” Brian Sewell “The same as everyone else’s, I imagine” (09 Mar 2010 15:54:17 )
- Created another @OSOpenSpace_Svc (@OrdnanceSurvey) map. An annotated map of East Harnham – Link (07 Mar 2010 22:33:53 )
- Saw Glass Menagerie @salisburyplay. None too cheerful, but very intense, dramatic stuff. Might go again… (07 Mar 2010 19:35:26 )
- As ex-Forest Hill billy, this is brilliant – RT @leebryant if the London tube’s northern bias was reversed: Link (02 Mar 2010 14:58:51 )
- Worth a visit before it closes – RT @TimMontgomerie Ted Heath’s house [in Salisbury] is to be closed to public and sold Link (26 Feb 2010 15:27:45 )
- Tried to jog around outer rim of the ‘Accursed Hill’. Old Sarum. Chickened out. Too slippy and too far to fall. (23 Feb 2010 13:27:20 )
- Went to the British Music Experience at the Dome at the w/e. Good for before a show. Saw John Lennons copy of Lonnie D’s Rock Island Line (23 Feb 2010 11:43:57 )
- Nice picture of the stones – RT @Clonehenge Doctor Who–doing some filming at Stonehenge. Link (09 Feb 2010 12:09:22 )
- Footnotes seemed to have gone wonky on my wordpress site, but I managed to hack a fix in the PHP. Inordinately proud of myself! (09 Feb 2010 10:27:20 )
- @SalisburyDPhoto Did you see this ? – a postcard of a lion attacking a horse at the Pheasant near Pitton Link (05 Feb 2010 21:12:13 )
- One of my faves either in S’bury or elsewhere : RT @salisburyplay Private Lives Theatre Day today. You still have until the 20 Feb to book (04 Feb 2010 14:27:49 )
- The insipirations for Gulliver, Robinson Crusoe and the Ancient Mariner were once all on the same boat acc. to Link (04 Feb 2010 13:27:15 )
- Just used the ‘sticky post’ feature in WordPress. Very useful – exactly what I wanted. And I like the name ‘sticky post’ (28 Jan 2010 23:27:51 )
- My post on Winston Churchill’s great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather (I think) has gone up. Needs editing tho Link (27 Jan 2010 23:13:59 )
- Saw Noel Coward’s Private Lives @salisburyplay on Friday. Very good. And a London Pride at half time, appropriately Link (24 Jan 2010 21:55:37 )
- Listened to a brilliant but yucky podcast on parasites – Link (13 Jan 2010 16:43:42 BST )
- The Beeb has started podcasting Desert Island Discs – hooray! Link (05 Jan 2010 23:10:54 BST )
- Typed in the listings for future Salisbury Odeon Kid’s Club films. Don’t know why its not on the cinema’s website Link 2:54 PM Jan 2nd )
- By popular (well…one!) request the entry for Maundrel Hall, (Slug and Lettuce, Salisbury) is now live Link 2:46 PM Jan 2nd )