The Victorian Society is looking for an Evaluation Consultant to support the monitoring and impact evaluation of our project funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Read more and apply: bit.ly/49Nh1qU #heritage #amenitysociety #hiring Photo right: Morgan Ellis Leah

Well here we go. End of Humanities provision at an institution that championed the value of Humanities even when it was a 1950s Tech College. CP Snow was a fan and wrote in his famous "Two Cultures" (1959) that "the intellectual life of the whole of western society" rested on Science and Humanities.

Today staff in the School of Creative Arts, including the Humanities department, were called to a redundancy consultation meeting. We were informed that 23 posts were to go by August this year, with further redundancies as the Humanities programmes are taught out over 2 years.

At University of Hertfordshire Heritage Connections event today. The University plans to axe its History dept. inc. the Heritage Hub and 16 years of innovative and inspiring co-creation with communities. Madness. @katrinanavickas.bsky.social @odavies9.bsky.social

"Spring Night" Artist- Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865–1931).

Film review: 'Fatherland'. Hanns Zischler stars as Thomas Mann on his 1949 tour of Germany, contending with political barbs, personal tragedy and his daughter, played by an extraordinary Sandra Hüller www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ma... via @theguardian.com @peterbradshaw1.bsky.social

If you enjoyed this, read ‘The Pages’, a wonderful novel by Irish author Hugo Hamilton giving Roth’s ‘Rebellion’ its own voice. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/678947...

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London Craft Week is here! The festival brings together over 1000 established and emerging makers, designers, brands and galleries from around the world🎨 Check out the programme⬇️ londoncraftweek.com

It's #NationalStationeryWeek, which seems like a good enough reason to talk about cards. There are now over 80 card designs in my shop. £3 each or 5 for £12. www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/greeting-cards

Looked up by chance while walking along Oxford Street this afternoon. No 219 with gorgeous reliefs by David Trussler #FestivalOfBritain

Oh my. This is spectacular. sinceyouarrived.world/taken

The Camera Man www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2023/se... Happy birthday to a gracious correspondent and a loving son

The devastating reality of what's going on right now in Albania's Vjosa Delta and Narta Lagoon, one of Europe's last intact deltas systems and absolutely crucial for migratory and resident wildlife.

Just saw that Susan Bernofsky is doing a lecture about her Thomas Mann translation in London. At German Historical Institute @ghilondon.bsky.social -- on 28 May. I am going. Link here: ilcs.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

This Mesolithic amber figurine from Denmark is conclusive proof that The Wombles were around long before the 70s.

Lovely lettering in Ascension Burial Ground in Cambridge; surely from the marvellous Cardozo Kindersley Workshop not far away. #HeritageCrafts

Gail has wonderful mugs, notebooks, phone cases and much more. Treat yourself on this sunny Sunday 🧡

120 years ago, today, the Toffees won their first FA Cup final. A Sandy Young goal from a Jack Sharp cross secured victory. Skipper Jack Sharp lifted the trophy. Our member Kieran Smith wrote Sunday’s EFC programme article about that season & has a book on it due out soon.

1635 is twenty years after Shakespeare was dead, and over thirty after *Hamlet* (which was NOT inspired by the death of his son no matter what that stupid movie claims) was written. What an absurd headline. Shame on the Guardian.

A reminder that I'm speaking at Conway Hall on Sunday 19 April. Book your tickets here: www.conwayhall.org.uk/whats-on/eve...

This course, led by medieval manuscripts expert Professor Michelle Brown, explores the role of women – as scribes, illuminators, patrons and authors – in the creation of medieval manuscripts in the western world. Book your space by 31st May 2026: buff.ly/0TPbCpT #rarebooks #LRBS26

‘When does appropriation express admiration and when does it become an act of violence?’ 7,000 evil eye charms in ‘Atlas of an Entangled Gaze’ by London/Beirut artist Ramzi Mallat at Leighton House, part of its Centenary celebration until 14 May.

Germany is celebrating the late Queen! A special stamp marks what would have been Queen Elizabeth II’s 100th birthday on 21 April. It honours her legacy and work towards reconciliation between the UK and Germany.

Just started @nationalgalleries.bsky.social Joan Eardley contextualised with artists from Monet to McTaggart. She's a painter of two halves - I've never liked her Glasgow figures as much as her landscapes but I'm eyeing a trip to Edinbugh www.nationalgalleries.org/exhibition/j...

No disrespect to any of the speakers here - some of whom I call friends - but honestly, I think it’s unacceptable to have a conference line up with such poor diversity in 2026.

If the King goes on a state visit to the USA while Trump is still President, we’re in this kind of territory.

In 1938, Evelyn Dunbar was commissioned by Country Life magazine to produce drawings (and later oils) for its Gardener’s Diary and made witty personifications of each month. The month of April sees a figure wearing a striped smock, holding a coldframe with a cuckoo in her hat.

Trump: "I don't believe in building libraries or museums…It's most likely going to be a hotel with a beautiful building underneath and a 747 Air Force One in the lobby, which is going to be a trick."

I'm looking for suggestions of museum/heritage education consultants for a small project, ideally south-west based. Any ideas or recommendations greatly received!

1924 ad for Wm Harbrow Ltd, 'Specialists in Design and Constuction of Temporary and Semi-Permanent Buildings.' Temp churches sprang up mid-C19th (until c. WWI) as places of worship for rapidly expanding populations in industrial towns & cities. Also a need for more nonconformist places of worship.

One of the country's finest libraries of books on town planning and housing policy - the Harry Simpson Memorial Library, currently located in Wisbech - is at risk of being pulped. Please publicise and support the campaign to save it. davemnt.wordpress.com/2026/03/26/a...

I wrote about the findings from the inquiry about the impact of the pandemic on the NHS, and the mistakes of the first year. I hope it makes you angry - it should make us all angry. open.substack.com/pub/christin...

Footballer buys book shock! (well done Erling Haaland) www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Pay attention to Lebanon. Trump and Netanyahu started a regional war in the Middle East, creating a humanitarian disaster. And now, the Israeli army has killed over 1,000 people in Lebanon—about 20% of them are kids. Congress should not bankroll this escalating war of choice.

A bit annoyed because I arranged my whole week for you coming - only to receive a - to say the least - strange card from you. Please can you be definite about your dates as I am very busy businesswise.

@girtoncollege.bsky.social 'The Eagle' in Cambridge has Watson & Crick, but delighted 'The Golden Beam' Headingley, Leeds now has Girton alumnus & physicist Florence Bell on their wall who, whilst working in Dept. of Textiles here in 1938, first showed X-rays could be used to reveal DNA structure!

Textiles created by Inaash, Lebanese/Palestinian women's collective (in collaboration with artist Mona Hatoum to create the work entitled 'Twelve Windows') #WomensArt

For anyone in London at a loose end on Thursday 9 April, I'm giving a talk at @lampallib.bsky.social on the concept of the primate archbishop, exploring its history from late antiquity to the Norman Conquest. Free to attend but please register here! #medievalsky

In Finland it is the National Equality Day, the Minna Canth Day. Her importance is testified by ending up in this meme...

#OtD 15 March 1919 thousands of women in Egypt marched in protest against British occupation. The arrest and deportation of Egyptian politician, Saad Zaghlul, and several other activists caused widespread outrage and boosted anti-colonial sentiment stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8701...

Wonderful initiative to clean the Nile in Cairo; needed in Luxor too. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

For all the widowed mums in the Great War. My nan Emily. My dad is standing on the right. This is my blog about her struggles. A wonderful mum. historicalclues.blogspot.com.es/2015/10/v-be...

Obituary for the renowned historian Roland Huntford whose controversial criticism of Scott of the Antarctic redefined our interpretation of polar exploration www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...

The @britishlibrary.bsky.social is recruiting for a permanent Chief Executive. It’s really critical they appoint someone great, who gets the value of serving the research community, and cares about librarianship. £174k. Deadline 13 April join-britishlibrary.co.uk/job/chief-ex...

Today, we're publishing Don't Steal This Book - a (mostly) empty book from almost 10,000 authors, protesting the theft of their work by AI companies. 🧵 1/3

You Gov: Britons tend to think that King Charles's planned state visit to the US should be cancelled, as Lib Dem leader Ed Davey calls on the government to call the trip off in response the US-Iran conflict Should be cancelled: 46% Should go ahead: 36%