What’s one of the oldest objects you’ve seen that genuinely made you stop and stare? We’ll go first: a copy of Homer’s Odyssey in Ancient Greek, printed in Venice in 1488 that we got to take a look at today 📚

St Andrew's Hall, Norwich. The nave of the early 15th Century Dominican Priory church which was bought by the City Corporation at the Dissolution. The chancel was converted to a protestant chapel, but the nave became a public hall and meeting place, which it remains today as a concert venue.

Patron: have you finished the illustrations for my music book? Artist: yep! nice and normal this time, just like you asked

Istanbul moon

Martin Wolf's unimprovable answer when asked to identify "The summer that changed me" www.ft.com/content/d529...

Our age of taking Elgar themes and making them sound like Karl Jenkins is collapsing

Our age of taking Elgar themes and making them sound like Karl Jenkins is collapsing

PhD introduction chapter draft sent to supervisors. Total manuscript now at 69k words. Time for a holiday.

We know our readers love a cat. And these two would love a loving home. Thanks to the friend of the Clarion who sent them our way #publicservicejournalism #forthecats #CatsOfOxford

emma burnett@slashnburnett.bsky.social · 5d ago

These two glorious fosters have emerged from their shells! From Shy Boys to Bouncy Boys, and I’m so proud. They’re looking for an adult-only forever home, with calm, patient folk in Oxfordshire. If that’s you, please let me know!

www.economist.com/britain/2026... Wrote about our indie music loving elite and how Burnham is...just another 50-something bloke interested in the exactly same thing as others of his generation

A glimpse of the early C16th Number 1 Myddylton Place, Saffron Walden, where history is written into the walls. Look closely for the 👻 ghost of a medieval shopfront hidden in plain sight—a time capsule revealing secrets from centuries ago.

Host the anti-world cup in Avignon, you cowards.

Sky News@news.sky.com · 6d ago

European nations agree to boycott World Cup if FIFA goes ahead with World Cup sell-off

Walkers should start producing small bags with exactly eight Quavers in them called Semibreve send tweet

UEFA spokesperson Dietmar Fumm said to reporters "This decision effectively signals that Gianni Infantino is an enemy of world football". tl;dr: FIFA "foe" - Fumm

23 December 1524 - Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris It was proposed that it might be good to shorten the lessons that are read at Matins on Nativity because through their prolixity they quite often protect the divine service... from 10 o'clock until 4am which causes boredom and diminishes devotion

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Blimey, Blackheath

The sec of state who has seen at least 15000 academics lose their jobs just said this. Out loud. Mercy me. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

‘It hurts to lose a job you love’: Starmer loyalist Bridget Phillipson fights on despite cabinet demotion

Exclusive: The former education secretary on her new role as Labour chair and continuing as the minister for women and equalities

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Abram Games London Zoo, Regent's Park (Poster for London Transport), 1976

Have been working on the Introduction chapter of my PhD (exciting as it’s the beginning of the end of the process) and in order to write it, it’s felt like I’ve had to reread everything I’ve read over the last 4 years! And then actually read more things.

Any London followers have a mannequin (or several) they could lend me for London Open House 18/19 September???

Think you spend too much time with your choir? Here's a summary of the chorister routine at Cambrai Cathedral in the 18th-century

What I love about this story is that, at its core, it rests on the idea that French naval officers can identify members of the Shadow Cabinet from a distance, something most politicos can't do from up close.

Henry Mance@henrymance.ft.com · last wk.

update: Chris Philp has invaded France.

No amusing sex dungeon but dear me, look at this exquisite six-bedroom house in Ipswich with tons of 15th-century features www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/det...

Ipswich, Suffolk IP1, 6 bed semi-detached house for sale, £695,000 - Zoopla

6 bed semi-detached house for sale in Ipswich, Suffolk IP1, selling for £695,000 from Inigo. See property details on Zoopla or browse all our range of properties in Ipswich, Suffolk IP1.

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(Very) early music klaxon

John-Paul@jpkeates.com · last wk.

Well, of course, if you choose to adapt The Odyssey into a book translated into English, rather than having it sung to you in Greek accompanied by a lyre, you're going to make compromises to make the adaptation work; it's a different art form entirely.

29 July 1937 | A Belgian Jewish boy, Sylvain Laufer, was born in Antwerp. In September 1943 he was deported to #Auschwitz and after the selection murdered in a gas chamber. --- ▶ Gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck

Martin Luther, October 31 1517

Jay Hulme@jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · last wk.

God, I need to stop posting and go to mass.

Full of despair today. Massive lay offs in social sciences and humanities across the country, Burnham puts out a video saying 'AI can write an essay', and my university is busy integrating co-pilot into all staff and student computers. We are being told we're defunct and there's no resistance.

A breeze, a breeze, my kingdom for a breeze

Shout out to the man on the train calling his bank about ID theft and who has read his name, postcode, and the long number on his card to the whole carriage.

I've confirmed that the UK's new Sovereign AI Fund does no due diligence on whether AI companies use copyrighted work without permission before investing in them. It took me 3 Freedom of Information requests to find this out: 🧵 1/10