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Ian Mason | @thedimpause

Inside the Colosseum: Hidden Mechanisms of Ancient Rome πŸ”—

🏷 Links 🏷 History 🏷 Video | πŸ“†

🎡 My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Leif Ove Andsnes (24 plays), Roger Waters (22), Lankum (13), Leif Ove Andsnes, The Norwegian Soloists' Choir & Grete Pedersen (12), Babyshambles (11)

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Film log - watched: Gladiator II, 2024 - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜… - Letterboxd link πŸŽ₯

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Birthday lunch at The Bunch of Grapes, Pontypridd - oven roasted miso cod, wild rice, red pepper & gochujang puree and a kimchi fritter. And a bowl of chips 😊

Also a Weird Dad porter 🍺

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🏷 Photography 🏷 Food 🏷 Beer | πŸ“†

Film log - watched: Black Mirror: USS Callister – Into Infinity, 2025 - β˜…β˜…β˜…β˜… - Letterboxd link πŸŽ₯

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My daughter’s birthday today. We were with a mixed clientele in the pub.

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The Grace. πŸ“

Some wax clearance needed πŸ•―οΈ

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Bristol Museum & Art Gallery. πŸ“

A Ton of Tea
Ai Weiwei

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🎡 My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Harding, Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Buratto, Tetelman, TΓ©zier (41 plays), Il Giardino Armonico & Giovanni Antonini (13), The Loft (12), Tribe3 (6), Beck (2)

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The Grace. πŸ“

Blue Sky Drinking by Arbor Brewery 🍺

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Mercado Bom Sucesso. πŸ“

Today’s itinerary:

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O Manel’s. πŸ“

Brilliant food!

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Three days in Porto πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Ή

Tourist and selfie poses 😁

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🎡 My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: KT Tunstall (14 plays), The Loft (10), Goose (5), Aphrodite’s Child (1), Jack White (1)

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Location check in β€” HF FΓ©nix, Porto 🏨
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