This is, by quite some distance, the worst book cover I have ever seen.

'Even when women were mentioned, the report found they were more often victims than protagonists, with the women murdered by Jack the Ripper more likely to be taught in lessons than the female code breakers at Bletchley Park during the second world war 1/2

Probably just my imagination, but I like the nostalgic charm and vague air of potential adventure in 20C French painter Raoul du Gardier’s “Washing Down the Deck” (La Lavage du Pont)

In London, hate will never win.

Written by a doctor at St Thomas' Hospital, London after the Tommy Robinson march on 13/9.

Douglas Carswell has skirted the line and now he's crossed it. This is disgusting racism from a former MP who now demonstrates who and what he is.

Life-saving idea! Pass it on!

Hear bloody hear @eddavey.libdems.org.uk Impartiality is not given Persons A & B equal say...it's journos/interviewers being on top of their game, knowing the facts & calling out the BS of Persons A & B. And maybe more in depth debate about the benefits of #Brexit ( that shouldn't take long) #BBC

The Pinch of Salt Path

'Kitchen at the George Tavern, Stepney' by Eleanor Crow eleanorcrow.org

"I think this is a very pretty card darling, but I want you to notice where it is dear. You will know what I mean. I thought I had better not send Mum this card." ------ Postmark: 25 March 1917

Rogier van der Weyden's Deposition, one of the greatest works of all western art. Maybe the greatest. Tragedy in a box. Incredible.

In the midnight hour she cried Moore, More, Moore With a rebel yell she cried Moore, More, Moore

Coverage of idiots claiming ‘betrayal’ or ‘surrender’ isn’t just bad journalism, it’s a dereliction of our duty to explain things. I’d actually forgotten just how bad it got but here we are, straight back to treating liars & spivs like authorities of equal weight to experts & honest brokers.

This is a shocking story!

Oh yeah nice one kid hook that hope for humanity right into my veins

Brilliant!!! Thank you Ken! 🫡

An anniversary worth marking. I'm sure we're going to see the very people who have trashed its legacy seek to appropriate WW2 today - so let's remember what was really fought for: peace, a more united Europe, a land fit for heroes (mark 2) and the defeat of fascism.

Strong FT editorial on much of the world’s shameful silence on Gaza, even as Netanyahu threatens to escalate Israel’s offensive. on.ft.com/433Mp02

'Blue Iris.' (1936) Stanley Spencer's flower paintings celebrate all the things that he thought quintessentially English and at a completely opposite end of the spectrum to the more challenging figurative compositions he produced during the same period.

This is ridiculous.

#MementoMoriMonday 🪦 "Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away." 📍St Peter's Church • Blaenavon ⛪ #Wales #History

This view of the harbour at St Ives in Cornwall (c1890) was painted by William Osborn and shows local people catching sardines in drift nets. Osborn was often near poverty and frequently exchanged paintings for food and lodgings, bartering works to earn a living.

Turns out Le Pen is not mightier than the fraud.

The AHA has released a statement in support of the Smithsonian Institution, the target of the recent EO, “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.” This order “egregiously misrepresents the work of the Smithsonian Institution” and “completely misconstrues the nature of historical work.” 🗃️

'Evening, Westminster Bridge' (c.1910) by Yoshio Markino (Private collection)

Globe-trotting photographer, the often-overlooked Minna Keene ~ here’s her ‘Pomegranates’ (1906), taken at her home in Cape Town, with daughter Violet as the model. It was awarded Picture of the Year at the London Photographic Salon

A few years ago I visited the National Museum of African American History & Culture with my grandparents. When we stepped out of the building my grandmother kept repeating the words “I lived it. I lived it. I lived it.” She’s still here. That history is still in her bones. You can never erase that.

Not satisfied with purchasing a Presidential Election to become co-President, Sissy SpaceX now wants to buy himself a Supreme Court judge in Wisconsin. You can end his shopping spree, Wisconsinites! 🚫 💰 #VoteForJudgeSusanCrawford 🗳️ ✅ 👍 This is super important.

This Curation spotlights 80 women artists capturing the First and Second World Wars 👉 buff.ly/xezcaID Developed with @rafmuseum.bsky.social, to mark the opening of Margy Kinmonth's new film War Paint: Women at War 🎞️ 'Riding into Barmouth' by Mary Adshead (1904–1995) © the artist's estate. 📷 IWM

1/2 To “remove improper ideology”. Does anyone still baulk at naming this fascism? This is why it’s so important to resist History Reclaimed’s propaganda in The Telegraph, Mail, GB TV etc here too. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

God bless that guy off-camera. "Yeah, I'm an American journalist. I'd like to hear your answer to what she's asking "

‘Teenage Intimacies’ is now officially out in the world! It’s a history of teenage sexuality in postwar England that speaks to ideas of growing up, adolescence, friendship, family, identity, culture and education. It’s been a long time coming but I’m really proud of the end result! 🗃️ #histsex

This will probably come as no surprise to anyone but..

Gustav Klimt was 17 years old in 1879 when he drew (with charcoal and black chalk) this portrait of a young girl. His superb technical ability as a draughtsman is evident even as a teenager in the way he uses shadow to create a three-dimensional picture on paper.

'Moonlight on the River.' (1919) John Birge Harrison frequently depicted scenes at twilight, dawn or dusk (notably New York) when the contrasts between light and shadow were most subtle; he believed poetic moods of nature should both serve as the medium and as inspiration.

With the United States imprisoning and interrogating innocent people coming into the country, including tourists, how can they possibly host the World Cup? FIFA needs to strip the U.S. of the 2026 World Cup and have the tournament hosted in Canada and Mexico alone.

UK Subs detained

'The Postman Calls.' (1912) At the time of this work, Laurits Andersen Ring was increasingly addressing themes of peasant and traditional rural activities at a moment when this way of life was beginning to fade away.

in slightly-early honour of St Patricks Day, I will once again remind the world of the time Amazon united Ireland (and apologized for the Troubles), still one of my favourite moments on twitter

I am currently writing up a paper I am giving in a few months. It's about the female experience in Glamorgan County Lunatic Asylum. I've just rediscovered a woman who stole an attendant's clothes, escaped by jumping the fence, and was never seen again. I hope she had a good life 🙏

Wow, would love to read more!

Broadwest Film Studios, Wood St, Walthamstow c1916. Films made here featured Poppy Wyndham, also one of the first female jockeys. Under birth name Elsie Mackay she was an aviator & interior designer for P&O shipping line. Died in failed transatlantic flight 1928 📷 Portrait: Creative Commons #WHM2025

'Women' is on the list but 'men' isn't...

This week's paintings were all from 'The London Show - 1750-2025', a new exhibition at Chris Beetles Gallery, London. Look at the timeline over the last week for details of these and the rest of the featured pieces. The exhibition runs until 29 March chrisbeetles.com

Admiring here the fine ironwork and leaded glass on these bay windows on the art nouveau Casa Jaume Forn, in the Eixample district of Barcelona (1904) (photo: theangeladee) And at R, a view from inside flickr.com/photos/thean...

Roy Ayers, jazz-funk pioneer behind Everybody Loves the Sunshine, dies aged 84

From the creation of lectureships to the closure of postgrad programmes, the last five years represent a tumultuous period within the study of #BlackBritishHistory Join us for a roundtable: Black British History in 2025 🗓️ 6th March ⏰ 17:30 📍 IHR Wolfson Room NB01 www.history.ac.uk/events/black...