How it starts: "Mark – You don’t have much time to read this. You’re going to be busy for the next several years."
Adam Keiper@adamkeiper.com · 5d agoA powerful read from our @markhertling.bsky.social: "Twenty-five years later, I know things that I could not possibly have known as I turned on the television just in time to see the second plane hit. This is the letter I would send to myself if I could, warning about what was to come."
From pre-carbon paper days we have this Wet Copy Letter Book #WorldLetterWritingDay • letter written in ink on paper • page of copybook’s thin tissue-like pages moistened • OG letter was placed face down onto the damp page • book was closed & pressed • ink transferred onto damp tissue paper • dried
#WorldLetterWritingDay ✒️ Here's the story of love letters I discovered in the Amgueddfa Cymru collections 💌 Sarah was 20 years old when she received these letters. She fell in love with a butcher, and they kept a public house together 🍻 hellohistoria.substack.com/p/my-dearest... #Wales #History
'My dearest Sarah' | A Bridgend Love Letter.
While going through the National Museum of Wales Collections, I came across a love-letter.
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For this #WorldLetterWritingDay we have this cross-hatched letter from Admiral G Henderson to his father in 1840. Cross-hatching was a way of saving paper & reducing the cost of postage: which depended on the distance the letter had to go & the number of sheets of paper. #NorfolkHistory
I think Colbert has been using music in one of the most personal ways to engage with art, which is to allow it to reflect back your own feelings in a way that clarifies them. Your circumstances are new, but—in this case—your defiant frustration mixed with exuberance is legible to other people.
Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin@ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 4mo agoThis is fucking epic and actually made me burst into tears. Fight fire with fire. youtu.be/EtvKvmTIaQU?...
Dead Weight is about two women, a black cat, and what happens when they finally get enough of the bad men in their lives. My elevator pitch for it is: Read this if you want to find out the perfect way to get rid of a body in Reykjavík. You can learn more – and find preorder links – here:
Dead Weight
An Icelandic night may hide secrets and affairs – or even bodies – in this gruesomely cathartic horror thriller from the author of The Night Guest.Unnur ...
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From the voyages of Portuguese explorers to the era of British naval supremacy, narrow maritime straits have provided a focal point for religious fervour and geopolitical competition. Chokepoints are the true crossroads of history | Damian Valdez engelsbergideas.com/essays/choke...
Chokepoints are the true crossroads of history
From the voyages of Portuguese explorers to the era of British naval supremacy, narrow maritime straits have provided a focal point for religious fervour, commercial exchange and geopolitical competit...
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A decade before @ashleyrparker.bsky.social’s father died, she lost him to dementia. She writes about the heartbreak of mourning someone before they’re gone:
The Endless Goodbye
More than a decade before my dad died, I lost him to dementia.
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The first Danish state visit to Australia in 40 years will start at the country's magnificent red heart today.
Mary and Frederik to visit Uluru on first stop of Danish royal visit
The first Danish state visit to Australia in 40 years will start at the country's magnificent red heart today.
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On International Women’s Day, I pay tribute to girls and women everywhere who continue to fight oppression with relentless strength, with unbreakable courage. This strength and courage live within all of us. The power is in us.
🎉 Volume 93 is here! The latest PBSR is now live in print and open access on JSTOR. Featuring new research from our own Alessandra Tafaro and Elena Pomar, plus fresh archaeology reports from Stephen Kay and the BSR team. Read it free: www.jstor.org/stable/e2744...
Trilingualism in action: Latin book on herbs & their uses gets translation annotations of some head words to French & English Things I learned: 'haus' (Middle French) is a (rare) plural form of 'allia' (Latin), aka 'garlec' (Middle English) CCCC MS 438, f. 21v parker.stanford.edu/parker/catal...
125 years. An anniversary logo. Countless stories. The BSR has shaped generations of scholars and artists — now we need your support and your stories of convivial living, creativity, and research at the BSR. Every memory and every donation help shape the next 125 years: bsr.ac.uk/125th/
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125th 125th Celebrate 125 years of the BSR For 125 years, the British School at Rome (BSR) has been a beacon of cultural exchange, research excellence, and artistic innovation. Founded in 1901, the BS...
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Some thoughts on Bondi for Monocle. monocle.com/affairs/in-t...
In the darkness of the Bondi Beach massacre, a civilian’s heroism gives Albanese a clear path forward - Monocle
The Bondi Beach attack was callous and anti-Semitic but the fallout could provide further ugliness yet. The reaction – like...
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The final report into governance has called for state and Commonwealth legislation to refocus universities on teaching and research.
'Betrayed, undermined and let down': Universities told to do better
The final report into governance has called for state and Commonwealth legislation to refocus universities on teaching and research.
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Your weekly wrap-up of What We Learned, for Monocle Radio. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
President Macron’s assassination plot, US senator Mark Kelly under fire and ‘Adolf Hitler’ wins yet another election - Monocle
Andrew Mueller unpacks the week’s strangest stories, including a spat between US politicians, Candace Owens’ accusation against French president Macron...
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People often ask whether I am related to the great American archaeologist Edith Hall (Dohan). Sadly, no. She just looked so cool riding to her sites. I "dig" the hat-and-cravat look.
PHOTO OF THE DAY. Lady Florence Norman, a suffragette, on her motor-scooter in London (1916). 📷 Paul Thompson
Higher education has been in crisis since students stopped wearing hats.
Daniel Bellingradt@dbellingradt.bsky.social · 10mo agoOnce upon a time in a university near you, in-person teaching was a thing, as you can see in this image of 1612. Young people with hats came together, regularly and voluntarily, prepared for classes, and enjoying a lively learning situation of *checks notes*, a 90 minutes monolog of someone else ...
Family members of two World War I soldiers have been left stunned after a bottle containing their hand-written letters was found on a WA beach.
A WWI-era message in a bottle is a letter 'from the grave' for family
Family members of two World War I soldiers have been left stunned after a bottle containing their hand-written letters was found on a WA beach.
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How will the work of biographers change as letters, diaries and photographs are replaced by emails, texts and snapshots on the cloud?
When letters and diaries vanish, can biographers survive the digital age?
How will the work of biographers change as letters, diaries and photographs are replaced by emails, texts and snapshots on the cloud?
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Did you know that classics students at @wwu.edu put out a weekly newsletter in Latin? You can read it online or subscribe to receive it in your inbox Friday 🤓 #MedievalSky #EarlyModern #skystorians #languages
Nuntii Latini
Nuntii Latini Vasintonienses. The week's news in Latin, brought to you by the students of Western Washington University.
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Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
MLGB is back!! Delighted that Medieval Libraries of Great Britain @bodleian.ox.ac.uk is now back online. We are also working had on plans for the next phase of the resource, enhancing & adding data & functionality. HUGE thanks to my colleagues for their hard & clever work mlgb.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Latest Foreign Desk on Monocle Radio takes a look at Moldova's parliamentary election of last weekend and why it matters (and it does). With @paulaerizanu.bsky.social, @jgmaber.bsky.social and Quentin Peel. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Why is Moldova’s election result so significant to its neighbours? - Monocle
Last Sunday’s parliamentary election was one of existential stakes for Moldova and considerable concern for Europe. But will the newly...
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Two dogs join the fight against one of the biggest threats to Australia's native plants, making dieback detection possible in minutes rather than weeks.
These adorable pups are helping fight one of WA's worst plant diseases
Two dogs join the fight against one of the biggest threats to Australia's native plants, making dieback detection possible in minutes rather than weeks.
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Latest Foreign Desk Explainer for Monocle Radio winds back from the latest chapter in the India-Pakistan cricket rivalry. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Explainer 487: India, Pakistan and a dearth of cricket diplomacy - Monocle
Following India’s recent victory against Pakistan in the Asia Cup, handshakes were absent and India refused to accept the trophy....
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We are pleased to share with you the new events programme for October–December 2025! This autumn term features a rich line-up of lectures, workshops, exhibitions—and even concerts—open and free to all. Check out the full programme here: bsr.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
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