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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.bsky.social will discuss her new book, The Best of Everything, with Paul McVeigh this Sunday 27 April in the River Lee Hotel. Hope to see you there! Read the article: www.irishtimes.com/culture/book... Book your ticket: www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-best-o...

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The Defiant Ones with Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier, 1958. Such a great film.

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“We are such stuff as dreams are made on, And our little life is rounded with a sleep” Am pondering upon William Shakespeare, believed to be born on this day in 1564, and who past on this day in 1616

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My article for author @cryssabazos.bsky.social, about a murder case in Anglo-Saxon England. Was it a matter of 'an eye for an eye'? cryssabazos.com/2025/02/19/e...

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“The Sun is God!” 250 years ago today, JMW Turner burst forth into this world

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Archaeologists, not just baffled as usual, but also confounded. No word if any stumbling was involved. #archaeology #ancientbluesky

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Happy #StGeorgesDay William Blake wrote the poem 'And did those feet in ancient times' in 1804, over one hundred years before Sir Hubert Parry put music to Blake's words, creating the hymn 'Jerusalem.'

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Happy birthday, Will. #shakespeare

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Save me from the 'all nature is delightful' brigade, save me their inaccurate, dangerous positivity. The wise witch knows some places hold bruises, that their psychic skin is scarred. The wise witch knows some places bare their teeth. Not all the land will like you. – #EmilyCBanting, 1981 #WitchSky

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The long Easter weekend - a perfect opportunity for recording rare breeding birds! There’s a blog with lots of tips on what to look for in April at rbbp.org.uk/2023/04/25/w...

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Triumphant lilies top this exuberant display of flowers from 1670 by Jan de Heem. It's his birthday.

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Good morning to everyone, but especially to all the bats, as today is their special day! This illustration of a lesser ternat bat is from 'Animated Nature' (1828) by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon. 📷 Reserve 590 BUF #InternationalBatAppreciationDay #BatAppreciationDay #BatDay #RareBooks

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Pieces of painted #Roman wall plaster from a villa at Tarrant Hinton #Dorset excavated 1968-1984 Possibly depicting Narcissus, the fresco is now on display in the excellent Museum of East Dorset #Wimborne Minster 📷 April 2025 A #FindsFriday / #FrescoFriday crossover

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Easter is the #OnlineArtExchange theme this week Five Rabbits by Alfred R. Barber from Hollytrees Museum 🐰🐇🐰🐇🐰 #Easter #EasterWeekend #Rabbits #Art

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If you ask locals why there are so many abandoned farms, time-cracked and ivy-claimed cottage ruins on the edges of Barrowcross Moor, they won't make eye contact. They'll look down and mutter about 'Barrowcross blight' as if you'll know exactly what they mean. – #MattAdams

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COVER REVEAL. My first poetry collection comes out on September 9. Please use the link to order from the bookseller of your choice. The cover design is by Laura Williams. It’s a collection about timesickness, loss, love, and surviving dark times. #BuyIndie #PoetryMonth bit.ly/m/allthesegh...

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In today’s atmosphere, it’s obvious why a book warning of totalitarian censorship would be in the American Library Association’s list of most commonly challenged books

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Press release from National Wildlife Crime Unit. #RaptorResearch #ornithology #WildlifeCrime raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/04/17/o...

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Do you have the vision and leadership skills to shape the future of public engagement in one of the most exciting museums in the UK? We are seeking a new Head of Public Engagement & Programming. Full-time permanent role. Grade 8: Starting from £48,235 p.a. Closing date: 13 May 2025. bit.ly/4lo27vk

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#OTD Feast day of St Guthlac, the hermit of Crowland. I wrote about him in my history of Mercia, and he and his family feature in my novel The Sins of the Father: mybook.to/MerciaRisean... mybook.to/TSOF

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Italiano certimento

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The children of Penda the Pagan king, and the children of Oswii of Northumbria, are adults. And there are scores to settle... Book Two of Tales of the Iclingas - can be read as a standalone: mybook.to/TSOF

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Treated myself, can't wait to get stuck in. #BetweenTwoRivers

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I talked about Murder in Anglo-Saxon England with Dr Eleanor Janega for History Hit's Gone Medieval Podcast: podfollow.com/gone-medieva...

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Happy birthday William Dobson!

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Newsletter of the Friends of Arthur Machen arrived today. See Alt text for Machen and pubs For @hookland.bsky.social

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Just a reminder… #InternationalWomensDay

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Hillforts in diorama, Lego and in the flesh. The wonderful reconstructions of Danebury in The Museum of The Iron Age, Andover and the real thing from Winter Solstice 2023. #HillfortsWednesday

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On Sat 22nd Feb, EDGEWAYS presents "A Consideration of Dr John Dee and Sir Edward Kelley: Their Achievements & Legacy" with Gary Nottingham from 20:00 GMT. In this talk, Gary will look at who Dr. John Dee and Sir Edward Kelley were, their importance, and what they had achieved.

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Wherever possible please buy your books directly from authors and/or publishers. Even ebooks (then Amazon can't delete them either). We make a better cut and you get the same thing or better, plus Bezos and ilk don't get richer. Win win win.

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Today’s work view 🙂 @antiquaries.bsky.social

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Good morning to this man, and this man only #bbcqt

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Quite the post-punk lineup with The Fall, The Cure, The Passions, The Au Pairs and Section 25 all appearing at a May 1980 show at Finsbury Park in London. #FallFriday

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Starmer should now say the truth; the world has profoundly changed, we cannot rely on the US anymore, and we should rejoin the EU. Negotiate re-entry with the EU soon, and then put those terms to a referendum. He'd win.

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By almost every economic & financial measure Brexit has been disastrous for the UK - the Office for Budget Responsibility says it will reduce the UK’s potential GDP by 4% in the long run by lowering the trade intensity of the economy & its latest report lays bare its catastrophic impact on trade

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I missed Joan Mitchell’s centenary yesterday. Joan Mitchell in her Vétheuil studio, 1983. Photograph by Robert Freson.

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