We explore the history of the English countryside and its people. Chaotic Good. https://merl.reading.ac.uk/https://bsky.app/profile/themerl.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/themerl.bsky.social/post/3muwopzuk7224what if we played Big Walk as a museum07 Sep 2026 14:09 +0000at://did:plc:denuvqodvvnzxtuitumle4vs/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwopzuk7224https://bsky.app/profile/themerl.bsky.social/post/3muwoflnc5k2yjust take a look at this pig ok [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Sep 2026 14:04 +0000at://did:plc:denuvqodvvnzxtuitumle4vs/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwoflnc5k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/themerl.bsky.social/post/3mupdoau3z22umaking plans in Reading? Progress Theatre (just up the road from the museum) are currently staging the iconic rural comedy, Cold Comfort Farm! the cast popped by the museum this week to do some crucial last-minute research (playing on our climb-on tractor)04 Sep 2026 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:denuvqodvvnzxtuitumle4vs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupdoau3z22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/themerl.bsky.social/post/3mum7m4rxa22bany drainage experts up rn? [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2026 10:12 +0000at://did:plc:denuvqodvvnzxtuitumle4vs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mum7m4rxa22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/themerl.bsky.social/post/3mum7jasvik2bwe have expanded the museum's forward plan. our newly-added goal is simple and achievable: - absorb the British Museum into our museum so that we can technically display the Bayeux Tapestry by osmosis03 Sep 2026 10:11 +0000at://did:plc:denuvqodvvnzxtuitumle4vs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mum7jasvik2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/themerl.bsky.social/post/3muk5axidms2jPsst do you like news? We have news! After being broken for an embarrassingly long time, we've just repaired our newsletter signup form. So if you'd like a bit of the museum in your inbox every now and then, go ahead and sign up! merl.reading.ac.uk#newsletter-s... https://merl.reading.ac.uk/#newsletter-signup02 Sep 2026 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:denuvqodvvnzxtuitumle4vs/app.bsky.feed.post/3muk5axidms2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/themerl.bsky.social/post/3muh3gz4nmc25autumn is fast approaching which means it's time for pannage: the ancient commoner's right of taking your pigs to the forest to feast on fallen acorns, chestnuts, and beechmast01 Sep 2026 09:14 +0000at://did:plc:denuvqodvvnzxtuitumle4vs/app.bsky.feed.post/3muh3gz4nmc25https://bsky.app/profile/themerl.bsky.social/post/3mugymgjar22kgm we are back from the bank holiday01 Sep 2026 08:24 +0000at://did:plc:denuvqodvvnzxtuitumle4vs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mugymgjar22khttps://bsky.app/profile/themerl.bsky.social/post/3mu52e2wa6s2vbut can you feed oats to a hog [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Aug 2026 09:28 +0000at://did:plc:denuvqodvvnzxtuitumle4vs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu52e2wa6s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/themerl.bsky.social/post/3mu36dvkhkc2qis it a bird? is it a plane? is it the latest episode of Absolute Units, the official podcast of The Museum of English Rural Life? https://merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/absolute-units/27 Aug 2026 15:34 +0000at://did:plc:denuvqodvvnzxtuitumle4vs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu36dvkhkc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/themerl.bsky.social/post/3mu35tx7zdc2fwhat would the Minions think of The Museum of English Rural Life27 Aug 2026 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:denuvqodvvnzxtuitumle4vs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu35tx7zdc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/themerl.bsky.social/post/3mu2fyehj522wapparently in GTA 6, you're going to be able to build your own farm, combining heritage skills and modern technologies to tackle the polycrisis by building sustainable and environmentally-friendly food systems. you're also going to be able to fire rockets out of a Ferguson tractor27 Aug 2026 08:18 +0000at://did:plc:denuvqodvvnzxtuitumle4vs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2fyehj522whttps://bsky.app/profile/themerl.bsky.social/post/3mtyczqq2gs2xjust realised we have nothing in our collection specifically about aura farming26 Aug 2026 12:20 +0000at://did:plc:denuvqodvvnzxtuitumle4vs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyczqq2gs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/themerl.bsky.social/post/3mtvu5jecu227technology is incredible [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Aug 2026 12:49 +0000at://did:plc:denuvqodvvnzxtuitumle4vs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvu5jecu227https://bsky.app/profile/themerl.bsky.social/post/3mtvqivodrs2l"Robot beats Bolt at 100-meter sprint" okay now get a robot to win the Falmouth worm-charming championship https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2023/jun/28/10-weird-sporting-events-in-the-uk25 Aug 2026 11:43 +0000at://did:plc:denuvqodvvnzxtuitumle4vs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvqivodrs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/themerl.bsky.social/post/3mttnfefa3c2jin honour of @bsky.app testing longer videos, here's our most successful short: holding space with @olliedouglas.bsky.social24 Aug 2026 15:42 +0000at://did:plc:denuvqodvvnzxtuitumle4vs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttnfefa3c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/themerl.bsky.social/post/3mtt6n3i7uk2qLast week, we brought you the story of Merle the bat - her rescue from our galleries and her rehabilitation by our volunteer Rose-Ann, a licensed bat carer. Yesterday evening, Merle was safely released back into the wild, flying off healthily into the night 🦇 [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Aug 2026 11:18 +0000at://did:plc:denuvqodvvnzxtuitumle4vs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtt6n3i7uk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/themerl.bsky.social/post/3mtsxxplgdk2rwe're hearing rumours that the gamers are planning to boycott PlayStation and instead spend their evenings dreaming about visiting The Museum of English Rural Life24 Aug 2026 09:19 +0000at://did:plc:denuvqodvvnzxtuitumle4vs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtsxxplgdk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/themerl.bsky.social/post/3mtlmhgvvzc2twhy did farmers call it 'fertiliser' when spreadsheet was right there [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Aug 2026 11:04 +0000at://did:plc:denuvqodvvnzxtuitumle4vs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlmhgvvzc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/themerl.bsky.social/post/3mtgldke3s22qSo, we found a live bat in our galleries. 🦇 a thread🦇19 Aug 2026 11:01 +0000at://did:plc:denuvqodvvnzxtuitumle4vs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgldke3s22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/themerl.bsky.social/post/3mtej2bj3g222do those come in museum sizes? 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