That day when I was looking through a 14th-century romance. First impression: That's not a very good stag, is it... Closer look: OMG LOOOOOL #medievalmanuscripts
Norma Saunders
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Summer nights at Vauxhall Gardens: the scene of many a debauched Regency romance! Which brings us neatly to this month's Really Popular Book Club choice: Friday's Child by Georgette Heyer. 📅28 July ⏰7-8pm 📍Online 🎟️ https://loom.ly/v5CD4a0 🎨The Microcosm of London, 1808 (Harley-Mason.a.3-5)
A 'Red Admirable', which we now call a Red Admiral! From Drawings of English Butterflies by Sir Thomas Gage (1781–1820) Vol. I, 1799 (Hengrave 61).
Eve being tempted; Elizabeth of York as the Queen of Sheba 😳 All the glass dates from 1500-1515 and was manufactured by Henry VI's top glazier, I'm told. The church itself is a classic late medieval (c1490) Cotswold rebuild funded by 🐑 ££
Just an appreciation post for this guy. The COVID pandemic would have been far worse without Dr. Fauci's decades of experience as guidance through it. Had he been working under an adult president and not the child that presided over 2020, he would have saved even more lives without having to contend
Part of the west door into Ely Cathedral within the Galilee Porch. This porch is thought to have been built in either the 12th or 13th centuries. #AdoorableThursday
Jonathan Porritt has been arrested. As he says "trying to save lives is not terrorism, exposing this Governments complicity in genocide is not terrorism."
Defend Our Juries@defendourjuries.bsky.social · 6d agoNEW: Sir Jonathon Porritt, arrested under Terrorism law outside Westminster Magistrates Court. As police escorted him away he said "I am a supporter of Palestine Action, trying to save lives is not terrorism, exposing this Governments complicity in genocide is not terrorism." www.wedonotcomply.org
Whilst the cost of living crisis continues to spiral, with food and fuel prices soaring, so do global oil and gas companies profits. Shell has today announced it's profits have more than doubled. This is obscene. www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Shell profit more than doubles to $9.8 billion, second-highest on record, as Iran war lifts prices
Shell's net profit more than doubled from last year to $9.84 billion in the second quarter, beating expectations, helped by higher energy prices and increased market volatility during the Middle Eas...
reuters.com
We SO need to leave monoculture plantation forestry behind. It usually • Burns like petrol • Drives out nature • Drives out local communities • Drives climate breakdown • Helps kill tourist economies... • Produces crap timber • Is *highly* vulnerable to pests and diseases ENOUGH already.
Rachel@slightlycaustic.bsky.social · last wk.theconversation.com/impact-of-cl...
Impact of climate change may be equivalent to 3.3 million years of transformations in tropical vegetation
Changes that took millions of years can now happen in a matter of decades, and this accelerated rythm can be destructive, with dangerous consequences for the planet
theconversation.com
Very long Long Gallery at Hardwick Hall. Stroll down it & admire the portraits of important friends, relatives, & guests of Bess of Hardwick, who was born OTD in 1527.
An extreme close-up of a Pineapple Lily (Eucomis bicolor), featuring pale green, star-shaped flowers with striking pink-purple edges and stem, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh #MacroMonday #BloomScrolling #Garden #Flowers #MondayMotivation #PinkMon #ECK
14th century effigy of a woman in the church Sr. Melangell, Pennant, Powys, said to depict the 7th century saint herself. Much weathered after spending many years in the churchyard. Brought inside during restoration work 1982-94. #MonumentsMonday
#SmallBeautiesHour A small beautiful white buffalo on a small beautiful mountain, at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park exhibition: "Hold to This Earth", work by contemporary Indigenous American artists from Tia Collection.
The shrine of Saint Melangell, a 7th century saint who protected a hare from a prince’s hunting dogs. The shrine is in the 12th century church of St Melangell, Pennant Melangell, Powys. #shrine
Malpas, Cheshire, St Oswald. Late fifteenth century church with alabaster monuments to the Brereton and Cholmondeley families
Walking in the rainforest the other day, the canopy overhead was immersed in a 'flocking': a pippering, squeaking multi-species band of blue, great, coal, and long-tailed tits, plus others like goldcrest. This behaviour evolved as a defence against predation, for eg by sparrowhawk. Just magical.
I have just completed & sent off my (length) report to the Your Party Disability Rights Commission.
Live anywhere near Mansfield? Make sure you visit Mansfield Museum from this Saturday. That’s the opening of my exhibition: The Wonderful World of the Ladybird artists. Sneak preview today. It’s looking grand ☺️ Free entry
The green cat bird 24-33cm Lives in eastern Australia it gets its name from its loud call that sounds like a crying cat. They eat mostly fruits, flowers and small insects nest they build in trees in the female incubates, the male feeds her when the chicks hatch, both parents feed them for 80 days
This is Finn. He likes to ominously stand on his hind legs in the water. We've asked him to stop but he won't. Still 13/10 (TT: firstmatefinn)
The largest dinosaur weighed around 85 tons. Some male blue whales weigh as much as 200 tons. A blue whale's heart is 6 feet wide and weighs 400 lbs. The largest animal that ever lived.
A barrister represents his clients in court. Clients who are political dissidents. He now faces criminal prosecution for doing so. Not Turkey. Not Egypt. Not Russia. England. Astonishing, deeply disturbing, and part of a long slide towards authoritarianism. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Palestine Action barrister’s prosecution criticised as ‘chilling’
CBA chair says contempt charge over closing speech by Rajiv Menon KC has left lawyers fearful of doing their job
theguardian.com
Carved head of a beast. From the #VikingAge Oseberg ship burial of two women. It is one of five unique carved animal heads from the womens’ richly-furnished ship grave. AD 834. Norway. 📷 by me #Archaeology
I've been out photographing the wildflowers this month. Here's a stunning sunset at Mount Adams with fields of lupine.
Oldest natural history museum completes redisplay. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Oxford's Museum of Natural History completes biggest redisplay
The new installations, which open on Monday, include the first ever named dinosaur, the Megalosaurus.
bbc.co.uk