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People of tumblr, I believe in you. I trust you to make the right choice. I truly believe we can make this a reality. We have the power. We can achieve anything we put our minds to.

Bad News about HMS Surprise

“I am writing to share that the Museum has recently made a difficult long-term decision regarding the vessel’s future.

After extensive professional evaluation and careful consideration by the Board and staff leadership, the Museum has determined that keeping HMS Surprise in our fleet is not financially viable. The cost required to bring the ship up to the standard our visitors, crew, and community deserve is no longer feasible nor responsible.

Earlier this year, the Museum brought in a professional marine surveyor to carefully inspect our historic fleet and the resources required to properly steward them. The cost to sufficiently restore HMS Surprise is estimated to exceed $25,000,000. The Museum simply does not have the resources for this, and it would significantly limit our ability to care for the rest of the collection and advance our educational mission.

Therefore, the decision has been made to permanently close HMS Surprise to the public on August 1, 2027. We will be announcing this to our museum community and the public in the coming month.

Please know that this decision was not made lightly. For more than 20 years, the Museum has devoted considerable resources to maintain HMS Surprise as a vital part of the Museum’s historic vessel collection. She has played an extraordinary role in bringing maritime history to life, inspiring countless visitors, students, and supporters over the years. Before she is closed to the public, the Museum will be appropriately honoring and celebrating her over the next year.

I do want to be clear that this decision is final, and the Museum will not be launching a fundraising campaign to reverse it. The Museum staff is exploring options for her next chapter, including but not limited to potential entertainment industry opportunities, among other solutions. We will share updates when available.

We deeply appreciate the recent support you have shown HMS Surprise. However, I understand that this information may change how you wish to direct your donation. The funds can be redirected to another vessel, our education programs, or to the Museum’s general operating fund. I also understand that you may choose to have your donation refunded and am happy to assist with that as well. My office number is below if you need to reach me via phone.

Thank you again for your support and interest in our work.

Sincerely,

Kate

Kate O’Neill

Director of Development & Membership

Maritime Museum of San Diego”

BODY

SOMETHING

*inhale* THAT I CAN’T EXPLAIN ᴵᴹ ᴳᴼᴺᴺᴬ ˢᵀᴬᴿᵀ ᶠᴿᴼᴹ ᵀᴴᴱ ᵀᴼᴾ

Agent Miles (ahuhuhuh)

Agent

MULDER

I AM STANDING HERE IN

The rain

AND

2. The mud

LOOKING AT TWO COFFINS THAT WE—AGENT MULDER I AM STANDING OUT HERE IN

The rain

AND

The mud

AND

The rain

ᵃⁿᵈ…ᵗʰᵉ ᶠᵒʳᶜᵉ ˢᵘᵐᵐᵒⁿᵉᵈ ᵗᵉʳᵉˢᵃ… ⁿᵉᵇᵇᶦⁿ’ˢ ᵇᵒᵈʸ (nemmin’s body) ⁿᵉᵐᵐᶦⁿ’ˢ ᵇᵒᵈʸ

AND THE FORCE SUMMONED TERESA NEMMIN’S BODY………………INTO THE WOODS TONIGHT

⁽ⁿᵒ, ᵍᵒ ᵃᵍᵃᶦⁿ, ᵍᵒ ᵃᵍᵃᶦⁿ⁾

AND TERESA NEMMIN’S AND THE PUH-

AND THE FORCE…..IT

Summoned

TERESA NEMMINS,,,,

INTO,,,,,

the woods tonight

Happy 100th Birthday David Attenborough [b: 8th May 1926]

It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.

So, I attended this event last Friday as part of York Literature Festival and what a privilege it was to listen to Susanna talk in the city that inspired so much of JSAMN. It's the second time I've seen her in person, but there was definitely something extra special about seeing her in York.

I'm sure I've forgotten loads of fascinating nuggets of details she shared, but here are just a few personal favourites:

She read snippets from both JSAMN (she aptly chose 'The Stones of York', given the venue was just down the road from the Minster) and Piranesi, which was a real treat.

Someone in the audience asked how Mr Norrell and Childermass met and whether there were any lost footnotes about their origin story and Susanna replied, "I think there's some fan fiction on that" 👀

She's currently working on two books: one about Bradford, as she grew up there. And the other is set in the JSAMN universe, but she wouldn't say anything else about it.

Surprisingly, she had only visited York once with an old boyfriend prior to writing JSAMN. She based the majority of her knowledge of the layout of the city etc. on paper maps.

Even as a hobbyist fic writer, I heavily related to a lot of her thoughts on the writing process, particularly about only being able to do a lot of writing or reading at any given time (i.e. if she's writing, she can't do much reading and vice versa). Someone also asked about how she goes about researching and she alluded to getting lost down rabbit holes and wondering why she'd need half of what she'd read. She joked that if she needed to include a fork in her writing, she'd end up reading up about the history of forks and I've never felt more seen 🤣

Although she said she doesn't do much reading nowadays, someone in the audience asked about contemporary books she'd enjoyed and she named The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison and Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro.

She said Childermass was always very easy to write and that he would just ride in, say "I've got this" and take over (which sounds so very Childermass ❤️).

She loved the BBC TV adaptation and went to watch some of it being filmed. She said both Bertie Carvel and Eddie Marsan were the inverse of their characters: Bertie was very meticulous, well-researched and wanted to rehearse a lot, whereas Eddie was happy to just turn up and wing it lol.

She talked about some of the film deals that never panned out, including one studio who had just dealt with a situation in relation to another author/adaptation where they were accused of ripping off someone else's book and the whole project had to be scrapped. As a result, they wanted to know which books had inspired JSAMN. Susanna’s people sent back a list of over 200 books and the studio didn't believe her and expected her to name just one other title as inspiration?!

The footnotes in JSAMN were originally only meant for Susanna's enjoyment, but the publishers (thankfully) left them in.

due SOUTH HD

due SOUTH Season 1 - Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/due-south-hd-Season-1

due SOUTH Season 2 - Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/due-south-hd-Season-2

due SOUTH Season 3 - Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/due-south-hd-Season-3

due SOUTH Season 4 - Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/due-south-hd-Season-4

When I saw that they took down Due South HD Youtube channel I was upset, so I looked for the best site that would allow them and have the lowest chance of being taken down and I loaded them and I want to share them. Because I'm mad at Youtube LOL

If the Due South HD ever comes back I will take these down because I respect him and what he did for my favorite show but until then this is the best I can do to make myself feel better for their absence.