Matt Salusbury 🇳🇱
@mattsalusbury.bsky.social
English language teacher, journalist, (@forteantimes, @MysteryAnimals,) Chair @DunwichMuseum. https://bigcatsofsuffolk.com Currently writing ✍️ "Armies of the Belgian Revolution" for Partizan Press.
City Council of The Hague bans Wim, the 10-metre tall inflatable mascot of Republican organisation @republieknl.bsky.social, from appearing within sight of King Willem Alexander of the Netherlands on the Prince's Day celebrations 15/9/26) as it might "frighten the horses."
September 14, 2026 at 6:18 PM
City Council of The Hague bans Wim, the 10-metre tall inflatable mascot of Republican organisation @republieknl.bsky.social, from appearing within sight of King Willem Alexander of the Netherlands on the Prince's Day celebrations 15/9/26) as it might "frighten the horses."
Aubergine grown from seed!
September 11, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Aubergine grown from seed!
"Small or far away?", my article from @forteantimes.bsky.social on witnesses accurately (or inaccurately) judging the size and distance of alleged sea monsters and British big cats - now online.
mattsalusbury.blogspot.com/2026/09/smal...
mattsalusbury.blogspot.com/2026/09/smal...
September 11, 2026 at 5:33 PM
"Small or far away?", my article from @forteantimes.bsky.social on witnesses accurately (or inaccurately) judging the size and distance of alleged sea monsters and British big cats - now online.
mattsalusbury.blogspot.com/2026/09/smal...
mattsalusbury.blogspot.com/2026/09/smal...
Mastadon tooth 🦷 that once belonged to James Parkinson - surgeon, geologist and discoverer of the "shaking palsy" now known as Parkinson's Disease. @hunterianmuseum.bsky.social
#FossilFriday
#FossilFriday
September 11, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Mastadon tooth 🦷 that once belonged to James Parkinson - surgeon, geologist and discoverer of the "shaking palsy" now known as Parkinson's Disease. @hunterianmuseum.bsky.social
#FossilFriday
#FossilFriday
Lovely aubergine 🍆 flower! (Rare legitimate use of aubergine 🍆 emoji!).
August 30, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Lovely aubergine 🍆 flower! (Rare legitimate use of aubergine 🍆 emoji!).
Maize growing in a space in the steps of the William Gladstone statue on the Strand, near Aldwych, London WC2. Was it dropped from somebody’s tuna and sweet corn 🌽 lunch hour sandwich 🥪 filling? Xx
August 14, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Maize growing in a space in the steps of the William Gladstone statue on the Strand, near Aldwych, London WC2. Was it dropped from somebody’s tuna and sweet corn 🌽 lunch hour sandwich 🥪 filling? Xx
Jurassic oyster 🦪 shells in Portland stone - seating by St Clement Dane, Strand; LSE Marshall Bldg, Lincoln's Inn Fields; STK Steak House, Aldwych. All London WC2. #FossilFriday @lseblogs.bsky.social @fossilfriday.bsky.social @pavementgeology.bsky.social
August 14, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Jurassic oyster 🦪 shells in Portland stone - seating by St Clement Dane, Strand; LSE Marshall Bldg, Lincoln's Inn Fields; STK Steak House, Aldwych. All London WC2. #FossilFriday @lseblogs.bsky.social @fossilfriday.bsky.social @pavementgeology.bsky.social
Well over 3/4 of the money donated to Reform UK Party Ltd comes from just 11 individuals.
July 16, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Well over 3/4 of the money donated to Reform UK Party Ltd comes from just 11 individuals.
Form filled in with fake updates from Dorset Council during late Cold War exercise Operation Heptad, 1988, on show at Nothe Fort, Weymouth. This one orders requisition of B&Q store near Weymouth Station. museumdata.uk/object-searc...
July 6, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Form filled in with fake updates from Dorset Council during late Cold War exercise Operation Heptad, 1988, on show at Nothe Fort, Weymouth. This one orders requisition of B&Q store near Weymouth Station. museumdata.uk/object-searc...
Ammonite on the side of a bus! Jurassic Coaster double-decker at Weymouth #FossilFriday
July 3, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Ammonite on the side of a bus! Jurassic Coaster double-decker at Weymouth #FossilFriday
Ammonite on the side of a bus! Jurassic Explorer double-decker at Weymouth #FossilFriday
July 3, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Ammonite on the side of a bus! Jurassic Explorer double-decker at Weymouth #FossilFriday
"My life in the Fort Sort cohort" from @forteantimes.bsky.social, now online. Trends in weirdness - sweary parrots, 🦜 burglars falling asleep on the job, swarms of various animals fuelled by climate change. mattsalusbury.blogspot.com/2026/06/my-l...
June 26, 2026 at 11:51 PM
"My life in the Fort Sort cohort" from @forteantimes.bsky.social, now online. Trends in weirdness - sweary parrots, 🦜 burglars falling asleep on the job, swarms of various animals fuelled by climate change. mattsalusbury.blogspot.com/2026/06/my-l...
It's 40 years ago to the day since I was sentenced by the University of Bristol's @bristoluni.bsky.social Disciplinary Committee for "disrupting a lecture" by the Dept. of History's Prof. John Vincent, who had a side-gig as a columnist for The Sun, during the News International Wapping strike. 1/2
June 6, 2026 at 12:12 AM
It's 40 years ago to the day since I was sentenced by the University of Bristol's @bristoluni.bsky.social Disciplinary Committee for "disrupting a lecture" by the Dept. of History's Prof. John Vincent, who had a side-gig as a columnist for The Sun, during the News International Wapping strike. 1/2
20 years before Jurassic Park's animatronic dinosaurs, "March of the Mighty Ones" in 1970s Monster Fun Comic saw John & Jenny Byrd fight armies of life-size dinosaur robots (built by their dad) . These had run amok after struck by lightning. @tetzoo.bsky.social
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June 3, 2026 at 3:07 PM
20 years before Jurassic Park's animatronic dinosaurs, "March of the Mighty Ones" in 1970s Monster Fun Comic saw John & Jenny Byrd fight armies of life-size dinosaur robots (built by their dad) . These had run amok after struck by lightning. @tetzoo.bsky.social
kazoop.blogspot.com/2014/04/a-lo...
kazoop.blogspot.com/2014/04/a-lo...
The shop that time forgot, Smithfield, London. It appears to sell office chairs and has an.... interesting window display. It still has an 01 number.
May 27, 2026 at 2:31 PM
The shop that time forgot, Smithfield, London. It appears to sell office chairs and has an.... interesting window display. It still has an 01 number.
My life in the Fort Sort cohort - trends in weirdness - sweary parrots, 🦜 burglars falling asleep on the job, celebrity simulacra replacing those of messiahs and gods, swarms of various animals fuelled by climate change. In the current issue of @forteantimes.bsky.social (FT471, June 2026)
May 22, 2026 at 10:27 PM
My life in the Fort Sort cohort - trends in weirdness - sweary parrots, 🦜 burglars falling asleep on the job, celebrity simulacra replacing those of messiahs and gods, swarms of various animals fuelled by climate change. In the current issue of @forteantimes.bsky.social (FT471, June 2026)
My update for @forteantimes.bsky.social on Zwarte Piet (Black Pete), Santa's controversial blackface helper, now rapidly disappearing to be replaced by the more acceptable "Sooty Pete" - now online. mattsalusbury.blogspot.com/2026/05/zwar...
May 22, 2026 at 8:36 PM
My update for @forteantimes.bsky.social on Zwarte Piet (Black Pete), Santa's controversial blackface helper, now rapidly disappearing to be replaced by the more acceptable "Sooty Pete" - now online. mattsalusbury.blogspot.com/2026/05/zwar...
The "Royal whale 🐋 of Ostend", beached at Ostend in 1823, shown here with its dissection almost finished, with visitors dancing among its bones to celebrate the birthday of Queen Wilhelmina of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.
May 16, 2026 at 10:14 PM
The "Royal whale 🐋 of Ostend", beached at Ostend in 1823, shown here with its dissection almost finished, with visitors dancing among its bones to celebrate the birthday of Queen Wilhelmina of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.
My survey of the #woodwoses and wildmen of #Suffolk and beyond features in the forthcoming @forteantimes.bsky.social anthology bookazine "Fortean Times presents Folklore: Myths, legends and traditions of Britain". shop.forteantimes.com/product/folk...
May 1, 2026 at 8:21 PM
My survey of the #woodwoses and wildmen of #Suffolk and beyond features in the forthcoming @forteantimes.bsky.social anthology bookazine "Fortean Times presents Folklore: Myths, legends and traditions of Britain". shop.forteantimes.com/product/folk...
My update on "Zwarte Piet" (Black Pete), Santa's blackface little helper in the Netherlands, and how's he's fading away - to be replaced by the more acceptable "Sooty Pete".
In this month's @forteantimes.bsky.social - FT470, May 2026 issue.
In this month's @forteantimes.bsky.social - FT470, May 2026 issue.
April 13, 2026 at 11:01 AM
My update on "Zwarte Piet" (Black Pete), Santa's blackface little helper in the Netherlands, and how's he's fading away - to be replaced by the more acceptable "Sooty Pete".
In this month's @forteantimes.bsky.social - FT470, May 2026 issue.
In this month's @forteantimes.bsky.social - FT470, May 2026 issue.
Are those Crinoid stems in the walls of Windsor Castle? 🏰 #FossilFriday
January 23, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Are those Crinoid stems in the walls of Windsor Castle? 🏰 #FossilFriday
Yarmouth celebrated the defeat of Napoleon and "the fall of the Buonaparte dynasty" with "two pig hunts and three donkey races" - according to A Narrative of the Grand Festival of Yarmouth on Tuesday the 19th of April 1814. With thanks to @timholtwilson.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Yarmouth celebrated the defeat of Napoleon and "the fall of the Buonaparte dynasty" with "two pig hunts and three donkey races" - according to A Narrative of the Grand Festival of Yarmouth on Tuesday the 19th of April 1814. With thanks to @timholtwilson.bsky.social
Jurassic oysters in Portland Stone at Goodenough College postgraduate student accommodation, Bloomsbury, #FossilFriday
January 9, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Jurassic oysters in Portland Stone at Goodenough College postgraduate student accommodation, Bloomsbury, #FossilFriday
The titles of some of these Dutch editions of Dickens at the Dickens House are quite different to the original English - "De Klok van Mr. Humphrey" (Mr Humphrey's Clock) is "The Old Curiosity Shop."
January 6, 2026 at 12:27 AM
The titles of some of these Dutch editions of Dickens at the Dickens House are quite different to the original English - "De Klok van Mr. Humphrey" (Mr Humphrey's Clock) is "The Old Curiosity Shop."