#leicestershire

[vox-anglosphere]

Belvoir Castle's State Dining Room has hosted Queen Victoria & King Edward VIII. It is also where afternoon tea was first invented in 1840.

#Belvoir Castle #Leicestershire #English mansion #Dining Room #Duke & Duchess of Rutland #baroque #country estate #UK #afternoon tea #classic architecture #interior design #royalty

[curiouslyodd]

Thought I might as well post about the unauthorised shelter I found in the woods a few weeks back:

I'm not one for keeping to the path, and stumbled upon it while meandering through the trees looking for interesting mushrooms.

Here's what the sign says - it's a pretty substantial build, so I'm surprised it was built without permission or knowledge! I suspect it was somebody's lockdown project.

Unfortunately I didn't have my main camera with me at the time, so I only got a few poor quality shots. I headed back last week to take some proper pics:

Seems that the rough weather of the last few months has left it in even worse shape. Luckily for me, the damage popped the lock off so I could get a good look inside:

Not much to see! Pretty clear that while the rest of the structure is sound, whoever built it didn't account for groundwater. It's a pity - it'd probably be quite a nice little space otherwise. It even has vents and little chimneys (not pictured) to make sure there's good airflow.

Certainly an interesting thing to find while out and about on a walk, in any case. Probably quite dangerous - I wouldn't want to be walking about in a forest and plummet through a rotting plywood roof into a few feet of water! But the council seems to know about it, so I'm sure it'll be demolished/cordoned off at some point.

#abandoned #woods #creepy #exploration #my photography #UK #leicestershire

[frenchcurious]

Morris Minor Traveller 1971 à Thurlaston Leicestershire. - source Derbyshire car spotter via Old British Cars.

#morris #thurlaston #leicestershire #grande-bretagne

[livesunique]

Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

#art #design #interiors #interiordesign #castle #belvoir castle #stately home #leicestershire #united kingdom #dining room #christmas #melton #mowbray #luxuryhouses #luxuryhomes #luxurylifestyle #style #history

[liquial]

The River Soar at Abbey Park, Leicester

#oc #watercore #water #mine #photography #water photography #nature #river #lake #river soar #lily pads #bridge #parks #abbey park #leicester #leicestershire #east midlands #spring

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Pike Courtship, Northern pike (Esox lucius), Stoney Cove, Leicestershire, England

‘This photo was taken on a dive aimed at finding breeding pike in a quarry. I came across a group of six pikes, two of which moved off, leaving this group of four – three males and a female (furthest from view). During courtship, the males are oblivious of divers, so it was possible to get close to them and take a series of pictures’

Photograph: Robert Cuss

British Wildlife Photography Awards

#robert cuss #photographer #british wildlife photography awards #northern pike #fish #esox lucius #stoney cove #leicestershire #england #underwater #nature

[flagwars]

#polls #flags #vexillology #flag wars #united kingdom #uk #england #scotland #wales #leicestershire #sutherland #flintshire

[cleowho]

Real Police Box Location: Bradgate Park, Newtown Linford, Charnwood, Leicestershire, England. LE6

A Leicestershire Police telephone box of around 1931, moved to its present location in 1952. Timber panels with riveted metal brackets to the sides. Rectangular, approximately 1.8m by 2.4m. Four sides under a very shallow, nearly flat pitched roof over a frieze and cornice. The box sits on a low brick and concrete plinth, which it slightly overhangs.

Description from britishlistedbuildings.co.uk Photos by Chloe "Cleo Who" Mortimer (top two) & Morris-Henshaw (lower pic feat. Chloe).

You can find it on Google Maps here.

#real police box #bradgate park #leicestershire #charnwood #1930s #cleowho #chloe mortimer #doctor who #british historical buildings #british listed buildings

[useless-englandfacts]

I know I prolly shouldn’t ask about UK pronunciation but how is Belvoir pronounced beaver?

to annoy french people

to give people a reason to talk about leicestershire for once

^ whichever one of those is funnier

(serious answer is that the name belvoir was given by the french-speaking normans and the middle english-speaking anglo saxons couldn’t say it so they simply pronounced it ‘beaver’ instead)

#asks #anonymous #admin dominique #leicestershire

[vox-anglosphere]

The King's Suite at Belvoir Castle is a bargain compared to London

#Belvoir Castle #Leicestershire #King's Suite #English mansion #Air B&B #sumptuous #canopy bed #country estates #Britain

[theunabashedepicurean]

With its opulent regency decor, and stunning 18th century hand-painted Chinese wallpaper, The King’s Room was one of my favourites during my recent tour of Belvoir Castle. The wallpaper in this suite of rooms, plus a deep dive into the Castle’s archives, was the inspiration behind one de Gournay’s most recent projects, de Gournay x Belvoir, which now adorns one of the Castle’s State Bedrooms. @belvoircastle @degournay #belvoir #belvoircastle #leicestershire #grantham #castle #countryhome #countryhouse #englishcountryhouse #englishcountryhousestyle #sibylcolefaxandjohnfowler #colefaxandfowler #degournay #chinoiserie #handpaintedwallpaper #chinesewallpaper #18thcentury #interior #interiors #decor #decoration #interiordecor #interiordecorating #interiordecoration #interiordecorator #regency #regencyera #daybed #antique #antiquefurniture #flowers (at Belvoir Castle) https://www.instagram.com/p/CosPL1aoEEM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#belvoir #belvoircastle #leicestershire #grantham #castle #countryhome #countryhouse #englishcountryhouse #englishcountryhousestyle #sibylcolefaxandjohnfowler #colefaxandfowler #degournay #chinoiserie #handpaintedwallpaper #chinesewallpaper #18thcentury #interior #interiors #decor #decoration #interiordecor #interiordecorating #interiordecoration #interiordecorator #regency #regencyera #daybed #antique #antiquefurniture #flowers

[anotherasswithadslr]

#photography #original photographers #photographers on tumblr #tree #autumn #leicestershire

[blue-hat-graphics]

#Joe #Leicestershire #Reuters #zoos #BritishPathe #Twycross #Zoo #footage #newsreel #gorillas #Molly #British Pathe #chimpanzees #Badham

[coochiequeens]

Not only are Leicestershire police focusing on this when that area is dealing with actual hate crimes but they are using photos of a model in the advertising might not be getting paid.

Leicestershire Police are under fire for a Twitter post in which they appear to suggest that using an incorrect name for a trans-identified individual could be reported as a “hate crime.”

On October 8, Leicestershire Police’s Stay Safe Twitter account launched a social media campaign advertising Stamp It Out, an anti-hate resource website which provides information on the laws surrounding hate crimes in the area.

Stay Safe, a combined account for the force’s Crime Reduction Officers and Hate Crime Officer, was encouraging social media users to utilize Stamp It Out’s online reporting system in the event they experienced a hate crime.

The campaign’s Twitter posts, of which there were 7 in total, all include a black-and-white graphic with a photo of a person, and a quote in which they described an experience being targeted on the basis of their identity or appearance.

But one of the posts in particular has gone viral for appearing to suggest that calling a transgender person by a non-preferred name would be considered a reportable hate crime.

The graphic featured a photo of a man with long, blond hair, and a quote which read: “I get called by my previous male name on purpose, but that’s not who I am. it can be really hurtful, especially when it’s just seen as a joke.” The quote and photo were attributed to “Jane, 57” of Hinckley. 

Despite purporting to depict a real member of the community, “Jane” is in fact a stock image model who has appeared in dozens of licensable photos across popular stock image websites.

The model was also featured in a “body positive” lingerie campaign in 2015 for Lane Bryant, an American women’s apparel and intimates specialty retailer focusing on plus-size clothing. 

The photos used by Leicestershire Police were taken from a series shot by Arizona-based photographer Anna Griessel. It is unlikely that the model was aware of their likeness being utilized by Leicestershire Police for the campaign, as the rights to stock photos are usually purchased through third-parties.

As of this article’s writing, Leicestershire Police’s post featuring “Jane” has wracked up over 3,000 overwhelmingly negative replies, compared to just 267 ‘likes,’ many of which were ironic. 

Many users in the United Kingdom pointed out that Leicester has seen a massive surge in crime recently, and that the force’s campaign appears to demonstrate misplaced priorities. 

“Leicester has just seen unprecedented unrest and violence, including rioting and looting, on its streets, and there have been numerous reports of sexual assault in the county this year. Fortunately, the police are on the case,” popular UK-based information service @ripx4nutmeg wrote sarcastically.

“You will not compel my speech. Do your real job. 3 women a week in the UK are murdered by men not to mention countless rapes and attacks. Where’s your publicity campaign for them and their children?” User@joolzdenby wrote, referencing femicide statistics which show one woman dies by domestic violence every three days in the United Kingdom.

Responding directly to Leicestershire Police, police watchdog We Are Fair Cop asked: “where is the hate crime here, please?”

Speaking to Reduxx, Dr. Kate Coleman of Keep Prisons Single Sex pointed out that what Leicestershire Police were suggesting was a criminal offense — “deadnaming” a transgender person — was in fact not a legal matter at all.

“A hate crime is a normal crime plus an aggregator. In this case, it would be hostility on the basis of transgender identity,” Dr. Coleman said. “But where is the crime in the example Leicestershire gives There is no crime. So this cannot be a hate crime.”

Coleman is the director of Keep Prisons Single Sex(KPSS), a campaign group focused on advocating for prisons to be segregated by sex, not self-declared gender identity. KPSS is vocal about the rights of women in the UK legal system, and has recently launched a crowdfunder to assist with their activism efforts.

Coleman slammed Leicestershire Police for their apparent lack of insight into the laws they were purporting to enforce, noting that it was a widespread issue in the United Kingdom. She speculated the cause may be that the police have become “institutionally captured” by gender ideology or its proponents.

“Police forces appear to be consistently unaware that in order for a hate crime to be reported, an actual crime must have been committed,” she said. “Hurting someone’s feelings, offending them, upsetting them or making them cry are not crimes. Yet the police are stating that they appear to be willing to act as if they are.”

Despite “misgendering” and “deadnaming” not being crimes in the United Kingdom, multiple women have been arrested or threatened with arrest on those grounds.

In 2019, a mother in Hertfordshire was arrested in front of her children and held for over 7 hours after being reported for “misgendering” a man who identified as a woman on Twitter. Kate Scottow’s conviction was ultimately overturned on appeal the next year, but was just one of many similar cases that would emerge. 

Coleman expresses cautious optimism for the state of free speech rights in the United Kingdom, but stresses that many women are still concerned about being arrested and possibly charged for expressing factually accurate statements related to biology or gender ideology.

“I firmly believe that our determination to fight on will continue. Each day more people, men as well as women, realize the extent of this threat to freedom of speech. I am optimistic, but it would not surprise me if police forces double-down before things improve.”

The backlash against Leicestershire Police comes just weeks after a similar incident in Sussex. 

The Sussex Police force came under fire after a series of posts cautioning Twitter users who were “misgendering” a serial pedophile named in one of their case updates. Taken by many to be a thinly-veiled threat of criminalization, some users asked if they could be charged if they continued to refer to the predator as a “man.” Sussex Police replied to those users with a link to their website outlining the nature of a hate crime, and encouraging people to ensure their “gender critical views” were “not targeted at an individual.”

Sussex Police ultimately retracted the tweets and apologized after widespread outrage.

By Anna Slatz Anna is the Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief at Reduxx, with a journalistic focus on covering crime, child predators, and women's rights. She lives in Canada, enjoys Opera, and kvetches in her spare time.

This what the cops should be focusing on

#Leicestershire #leicestershire police #Reality is not a hate crime #Misgendering is just correctly guessing someones sex #Stay Safe #crime reduction officers are spending time on this?

[elclarkie]

Meeting the locals at the Charnwood Lodge Nature Reserve.

#cow #Leicestershire #nature #countryside

[billiambabble]

I've hardly added any new locations yet and am still experimenting with using this antique map as a base for a fantasy map. To be honest with all the reproduction erosion it's probably more efficient to do a trace-over, and boy I'm hating the colours I keep ending up with. I'm learning a few things about Procreate though. 👍Also I never realised how many streams are in my local area! #antiquemap #fantasymap #procreate #Charnwood #leicestershire https://www.instagram.com/p/ChLJW0kLbSI/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#antiquemap #fantasymap #procreate #charnwood #leicestershire