Studley Royal was the vision of disgraced politician John Aislabie. Shunned in London, he turned the Skell Valley into an engineered landscape of formal moon ponds, classical follies, and the famous 'Surprise View' of the abbey he eventually purchased to complete his composition.

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Happy Sunday all Hope it’s been a good weekend x

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“Watch out! They get you while you’re sleeping…” Philip Kaufman’s Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) is a chilling sci-fi classic where paranoia and horror collide. 🌌👽 #BodySnatchers #SciFiHorror #MovieSky

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I'll be talking online about 'These Isles: A People's History of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales' to Liverpool and South-West Lancashire Family History Society, Weds July 15th, 7pm. www.lswlfhs.org.uk/index.php/home

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