High above the Avon Gorge in Bristol, the Clifton Observatory stands as both a monument to 18th‑century ingenuity and a working portal into the optical past. Obscura Legacies sat down with Alice Hammond, one of the keepers of the site’s celebrated Camera Obscura, to talk about daily life inside one of the few working examples left in Britain.

📍Have you ever experienced a camera obscura? Alice from Clifton Observatory shares her insights into maintaining this rare piece of working heritage. A hidden piece of Bristol magic ✨
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Turns out Richard Schiff is very good at playing highly intelligent moral characters struggling with the complexities of the real world. Who knew?

#Copenhagen (the play)

#RichardSchiff

#HampsteadTheatre

Programme for an event featuring Simon Brett as a speaker

Really special hearing from Simon Brett today about his early encouragement of #DouglasAdams and the production of the pilot of #hitchikersguidetothegalaxy, as part of the Orchestra of the Age of Elightenment series, “Bach, The Universe and Everything”. #h2g2 #oae

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London Symphony Orchestra onstage during the applause after a concert

Glorious #Borodin Symphony 2 from @londonsymphony.bsky.social at @barbicancentre.bsky.social tonight. Should be played far more often!

PSA: Slow Horses. The book is so much better than the brilliant TV! (Based on the first one). #slowhorses #mickherron #appletv

Ok. Don’t understand that but never mind.

Why the booing though?

I wish I knew that too #F1

Was fine! Last year here, I gather.

A corner at the formula e race, excel

At #londoneprix again.

And now that #Heineken aren’t sponsors there is, at last, decent beer!

Oops KATHERINE Merrifield

Anne Merrifield from Health Foundation talking 100% sense at #publicfinancelive25

Also shocking stat. Male healthy life expectancy in Blackpool is 53.

I was working on that joke …

Sir Mark Lowcock gave an impressive professional leadership intro to #publicfinancelive25 securely locating the profession’s role in the future for public services.

Kim Daroch up next.

The Heavy Beats Brass Band on Stage

Thumping opening to #publicfinancelive25

Heavy Beats Brass Band.

#F1 #Monaco

The most exciting thing was wondering it if it was going to be exciting.

It wasn’t.

I think having actual singers is contrary to the whole spirit of the thing. But well done!

Me too

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Norton’s astonishment that UK gets any points at all is revealing #eurovision

Must be freezing in Portugal

#eurovision

If only there were some kind of visual clue

Austria now favourite in Betfair odds

#eurovision

Agreed. But wasn’t high on the list to be fair.

Is this another ad break perchance? #eurovision

#eurovision