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Historic Kitchens Manager at Hampton Court Palace, he/him, experimental historian, tiresome lay-about. All views own, yada yada yada. No expectation of mutual following. Posting about whatever makes it out of the blender of my mind
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Want to know the names of some of the bears in Elizabethan Southwark? I've got you covered with this transcription of a 1590 "bear schedule" [TNA C 146/8581]. beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-...

Turned our doormat around. Makes more sense that way.

We offer an MSc, or Graduate Diploma (both on-campus) or Graduate Certificate (online, Distance Learning) in Experimental Archaeology & Material Culture programmes. Lots of seminars, workshops, practicals every Friday or also options - if online -to travel to Ireland for a week’s crafts & making

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Parasite egg from a cesspit in medieval Leiden, The Netherlands. A diverse range of intestinal parasites were identified, indicating sanitation and diet was poor at all social levels. 🔗 from 2024 🆓 https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.72

"Tomb of mysterious missing pharaoh is biggest archaeological find in a century" Phenomenal news...worst Photoshop cut and paste to illustrate said news ever! www.independent.co.uk/news/science...

Bugger "BBC News - Jam drummer Rick Buckler dies at 69" www.bbc.com/news/article...

Fascinating read

The only known copy of the earliest cookbook by an African-American, published in 1866 in Paw Paw, Michigan, republished with commentary from U. Michigan copy. (Juli McLoone wrote the into and is featured in the article). 📜 www.lib.umich.edu/about-us/new...

youtu.be/oCZl8fosL74?... Guess again

I have just been made aware of the existence of cat prams/strollers/buggies and it has broken my brain! #WTAF

More of Roman London slowly emerging "BBC News - Beginnings of Roman London discovered in office basement" www.bbc.com/news/article...

Busted!

Spent much of today watching linen folding magic. Napkin folding wizard Joan Sallas is back at Hampton Court Palace this weekend mending some of the display pieces, and my team have been supporting by teaching visitors some simple napkin folding. Watching Joan work is like watching magic happen 1/4

She's just so fish weir[d]

www.alycechaucer.uk Some of you here may be interested in this: "Alyce Chaucer Festival, Her Life And Times" in Ewlme on 16-18 May. As the saying goes, check website for details!

By "interesting" I assume they mean, well, not sure if words exist to describe it....

X ?

"Draw me like one of you French girls"

Not sure the Ops team would agree

English Heritage plans up to 200 redundancies and winter closures of some sites

I have started the day with an absolute banging headache, but so much worse than that....I have this on repeat in my head as an earworm!! WHYYYYYYYYYYYY?!?! youtu.be/NWI2L1g76Jg?...

all my tulips gone.

I know we live in an age of shrinkflation, and I know 'contents are prone to settling', but this is ridiculous!

The collective noun for books is 'an insufficiency'.

Les Très Riches Heures ms to go on display this summer for 1st time in 40 years! www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...