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  1. Oxford Mail: Blenheim Palace digitises centuries-old archive collection. “The Blenheim Archives has finished cataloguing and digitising a collection of material never before seen by the public. The project has brought to light more than 200 documents and revealed fresh detail about life in the villages of Wolvercote, Cutteslowe, and Godstow.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/26/oxford-mail-blenheim-palace-digitises-centuries-old-archive-collection/
  2. Two men are jailed over gold toilet theft from Blenheim Palace.

    Two men have received jail sentences for their roles in the 2019 theft of an 18-karat gold toilet from the mansion.

    The €5.5 million artwork, which satirised consumerism, was once offered on loan to Donald Trump.

    Thousands of visitors come each year to visit Blenheim Palace and the valuable art and furniture that it houses.

    mediafaro.org/article/20250614

    #Crime #GoldenToilet #BlenheimPalace #Art #ArtTheft #UK

  3. Four years in jail for stealing a golden toilet from Churchills old home?

    I thought we had a Prison Crisis?

    Is a rapist being let out early for this?

    And owning a gold toilet says a lot about a man, none of it good...

    #UKCrime #UKPOL #UKpolitics #UKLaw #BlenheimPalace

  4. A golden toilet called "America" is fucking art and needs to be seen by as many as possible.

    Perhaps these thieves were working to order, for a certain Rapist President?

    Another heist foiled by poor Opsec.

    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2ljjk

    #Heist #Art #BlenheimPalace

  5. Odd headline (BBC):
    Man Pleads Guilty To Golden Toilet Palace Theft
    (The palace in question was Blenheim Palace, where the 18K toilet was plumbed in for an art exhibition.)
    #OddNews #crime #BlenheimPalace #toilet #art

  6. In typical aristocratic arsehole style, the Duchess of Marlborough (who had wanted Wren to design it) hated #SirJohnVanbrugh so much that he never actually got to see #BlenheimPalace, his most famous work, when it was completed in 1722. She even banned his wife from seeing it!

  7. Russians set to steal British sunshine

    #BlenheimPalace #BlenheimPark #GreenBelt #news #satire #solar #SolarPower #solarPV #UNESCO

    There is little enough sunshine in the UK as it is. A dastardly plot by the Russians to harvest sunshine in Oxfordshire has been revealed. We say enough is enough. British sunshine is for the Brits!

    In collusion with the Duke of Marlborough and the German company, Photovolt Development Partners, Russians will be harvesting sunlight.

    daily-twerk.com/general/russia

  8. Blenheim Palace last year. They went a bit patriotic out the front with Union flag carpeting but it gave an interesting effect. #DailyPhoto #DailyPhotograph #BlenheimPalace