From 11-13 September, the Bodleian will open up spaces and show off collections not usually accessible to the public, for #OxfordOpenDoors 2026! Enjoy tours, storytelling, a Victorian printing press, and MUCH more. https://visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/oxford-open-doors We can't wait to see you!
I googled my symptoms and it turns out I need a cottage on a quiet lake, a stack of books and a case of wine.
Blue plaque unveiled to mark 1964 gig at a Manchester railway station by Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the 'godmother of rock and roll'. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Godmother of rock and roll's Manchester station gig honoured
The blues guitarist and vocalist Sister Rosetta Tharpe performed at an empty station for TV.
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John Ford — Monument Valley, Utah (1964) 📷 by John R. Hamilton
A 1,000-year-old Irish oak tree, which was brought down by a storm, has been crafted into three rare whiskey casks
Rare whiskey casks crafted from storm-felled Irish oak
A 1,000-year-old Irish oak tree, which was brought down by a storm, has been crafted into three rare whiskey casks.
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i don't like to police genre, but it's not dark academia unless somebody gets squished in one of these bad boys
Have you ever heard of menuki? These beautiful objects are an example of a pair from the Ashmolean’s collection. Menuki are sword-grip ornaments on Japanese swords and daggers, they come in pairs and are placed asymmetrically on either side of the handle.
Four baselines for academic conference attendance: 1) keep to your allocated speaking time. 2) everyone is clever; stand out by being warm & kind. 3) be interested in everyone equally - from postgrad to Prof to conference administrator to catering & hotel staff. 4) in Q&A, ask an actual question.
Everyone who uses "smart glasses" to be legally required to strap one of these to their head and light it up when the camera is on
Did you know that there’s a 1,300-year old tree slice in the Natural History Museum? 🌳 Find out more about the giant sequoia in our new series, Natural History Museum Showstoppers. 👇
#RecipeOfTheDay is Spanish Chicken with Chorizo and Potatoes. ¡Vamos la Roja! 🇪🇸 www.nigella.com/recipes/span...
Spanish Chicken With Chorizo and Potatoes
Much as I love to have a pan bubbling away on the stove, I often feel that the most stress free way to feed people is by taking the oven route. When I'm frazzled, I firmly believe that the tray-bake i...
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Even now, this image of Cinderella - the spell broken, rushing to get home before her sisters, - is how I picture ‘anxiety’ Artist: Eric Winter
The Bayeux Tapestry is in this box. It arrived overnight at the British Museum after leaving France for the first time in 900 years.
EThOS platform restored! 'Following restoration work, all metadata records previously available on EThOS have now been restored, along with an additional 14,000 records added since the service was taken offline' - more to come www.bl.uk/stories/news...
EThOS records restored
We are pleased to share that EThOS (E-Theses Online Service) is now available again following restoration work after the cyber-attack.
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Made in early 17th century England, this lady’s cap features a beautifully detailed botanical design. The scrolling gold-work design forms compartments containing strawberries, honeysuckle, cowslips, a foxglove-like flower and the distinctive spiked blue borage flower.
I had Don McCullin’s Aldermaston photo from 1960 in mind when I framed that photo.
Davenant 📸@marcdavenant.bsky.social · last yr.A doctor is arrested by the police as a terrorist for peacefully protesting against the proscription of Palestine Action, Parliament Square today, from my series ‘Rebellion!’
There’s something about English aunts of a certain generation where it’s all knitting & crosswords until you scratch the surface and then it turns out they were in fact basically trained assassins/crossed the Sahara singlehanded by camel/part of infeasibly complex love triangle
So much to love about Pico waving the Irish flag, not least that he, a proud Irishman of African heritage and as Dublin as can be, embodies the kind of Irishness that the far right can't abide but is a thriving feature in communities across the island.
More than anything right now, I wish to experience the sweet, cooling relief of being tossed into a chest freezer by an errant emu.
There are people all across Belfast helping relocate people, get them food, clothes, meds and more. You will likely never hear about them on the news. But they are many. And *they* are Belfast.
'The Tube Train' (1934) by Cyril Power (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
This story, insofar as it deals with the National Railway Museum, is utterly absurd. If you rock up to a museum event expecting to dump a load of stuff on the staff, and are then surprised to be politely refused, then you clearly have no idea what museums are for. www.cityam.com/a-state-of-t...
A state of the nation tale: The National Rail Museum won't accept a model railway set
From museums that won't accept model railway sets to the NHS's refusal to share data, British inefficiency is costing us billions.
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Who owns a swarm of bees? 🐝 And what happens when they stray onto a neighbour’s land? This #WorldBeeDay check out Dr Chris Doyle's (@gollygee2004.bsky.social) latest contribution to The Conversation! 🐝 @uniofgalwaycasscs.bsky.social theconversation.com/why-early-me...
Why early medieval Ireland had laws for bees
Medieval Irish bees had a legal status because they were classified as domestic livestock.
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