Day 9 of #31DaysOfGraves prompt is ‘lettering’. - I like the cursive script on William Blake’s gravestone at Bunhill Fields. This marker has only been in place since 2018, following work to identify the exact location of his burial. The previous stone is still there too.

Back to Abney Park again for today’s #31DaysOfGraves prompt of ‘animal’. I have lots of pictures of graves featuring animal imagery and wildlife in cemeteries, but Susannah and Frank Bostock’s lion tugs at my heartstrings. - The second picture is a digital drawing I made (no AI!) a while back.

Instagram asked if I was sure I wanted to post this…

For today’s prompt of ‘home’ for #31DaysOfGraves, I’ve chosen Charlotte Sharman’s headstone in Abney Park. - She set up and ran several homes for young girls who’d been orphaned to provide care and education. - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlot...

Today’s prompt in #31DaysOfGraves is ‘weather’. - Last year, I had a holiday in Mallorca with my mum. The day I chose to explore along the coast on a rental bike was wild and stormy, but I still explored the local cemetery.

I’m not forgetting it’s #MementoMoriMonday! - This little skull is part of a large ornate tomb in Greyfriars, Edinburgh, where I had a lovely autumnal walk almost a year ago.

I did it, I sent the form that officially sets things in motion towards doing a PhD…

Day 5 of #31DaysOfGraves prompt is ‘vehicle’. - Richard Tams’ memorial has an engraved scene featuring what I think is a Romani vardo, though please correct my terminology if it’s not accurate, I mean to be respectful.

Devin Townsend’s ‘Spirits Will Collide’ has never made me cry before, but with various Life Things going on right now, it got me good. Fuck, I love live music! That was a heartachingly beautiful solo acoustic show 🖤

I had SO MANY photos to choose from for today’s #31DaysOfGraves prompt - ‘entrance’. - This is the way down into the catacombs at Brompton. I’ve added a closeup of the gates, because the imagery is 🔥

#31DaysOfGraves - ‘glass’ - There were various pieces of old broken ceramics and glass on the overgrown paths around St John’s, and being an absolute magpie for shiny things, this one caught my attention.

During my Masters, I delivered a presentation entirely in BSL to an audience who didn't know any sign language to make a point about accessibility of experience and information. Disabled people deserve equitable access to art, culture, heritage, and history.

#31DaysOfGraves Day 2 - ‘urn’ - Memorial to Minnie Wolff in the Jewish section of St John’s Cemetery in Newcastle.

Watching the After Dark episode on Artemisia Gentileschi, for reasons…

Day 1 of #31DaysOfGraves list of prompts by @annaandthedead.bsky.social. - For ‘flower’, I looked back at my visit to Sheffield General Cemetery a few winters ago with my friend, her sister, and her niece. I loved this posey. Kinda wish I’d moved the grass stems, though!

I want to read the essays those seven fraternity members wrote. If they even wrote them. I expect it was a ChatGPT job.

#31DaysOfGraves prompts are ready for October 1st 2026! 🪦Welcoming posts from graveyards, cemeteries, or related places throughout October. No rules - interpret however and wherever you want, but AI is strongly discouraged. Browse previous posts using the tag. Translations welcome, German is below 👇

This is how I remember the order of Henry VIII’s wives.

Dan of the Year@downwithdan.bsky.social · 2w ago

Ah yes the circle of life

“Good guys” aren’t friends with abusers. “Good guys” don’t ignore the perpetrators in their social circles. Choosing the bear. Every. Single. Time.

My second hand copy of The Song of Achilles came with some incredible annotations be a previous reader who… yeah, I don’t think she knew the story ahead of time! @madelinemiller.bsky.social! Also @nataliehaynes.bsky.social and @gregjenner.bsky.social, and any classicists!

felt coot, might delete later

I had never lost an end from my nose piercings (I have paired nostrils) til June this year, when one of my beautiful white gold ends disappeared right before graduation. Since then, I’ve lost THREE more. Sake.

I visited Belle Elmore’s grave yesterday, and lacking as I was in secateurs or gardening gloves, cut back the brambles with my embroidery scissors. Her resting place deserves the care. If you haven’t read Hallie Rubenhold’s ‘Story of a Murder’, it’s well worth your attention.

I regularly stick old Time Team episodes on in the background while I’m drawing or crafting - Tony bloody Blair popping up towards the end of S10 E12 was a jump scare!

I’m more surrounding myself *with* library cards - my local, British Library, and National Library of Scotland…

The Whimsical Muse@whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Surround yourself with the kind of people who are proud to have a library card.

I’m intending on being there.

I’ve just signed this: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1

Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project

Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.

goodlawproject.org

Hmmm...would it be too cynical to link the apparent benevolence of scrapping restrictions on bus passes to Access to Work pulling funding for taxis? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Disabled creatives like me are behind many of your favourite shows – so why has our work support been withdrawn? | Annalisa Dinnella

Cuts to the Access to Work scheme will mean no more contributions to shows like Sex Education, Call the Midwife or The Hack. It will be devastating to lose such talent, says TV writer Annalisa Dinnell...

theguardian.com

I keep forgetting to post Memento Mori Monday on here as well as Insta - this absolute beauty is in Penicuik, Midlothian.

I think every northerner has met this guy.

David@archaeomather.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Celtic head from northern England carved from sandstone with traces of original red pigment, Romano-British period ca. 100-300 CE.