Early stained glass at Tabley Old Chapel.

Interesting article. However much politicians might want to deny the reality of climate change, the insurance industry ends up pricing the risks. on.ft.com/4pAvFbj The warped economics of insuring climate destruction

Which is how you do it, rather than saying the plans are unworkable and unfunded. The "fight of our times" isn't looking to be much of a fight at all.

Our @thegreatwargroup.bsky.social conference is a month away! With many talks and seminars to choose from. From the Royal Logistics Corps Museum, Samantha Jolley is going to be telling us all about tank drivers from the Army Service Corps!

The Teesside Steelworks once stretched along the south bank of the River Tees from Middlesbrough to Redcar. At its peak, 91 blast furnaces operated within ten miles, but by the late 1970s only one remained. The Redcar blast furnace, opened in 1979 near the river’s mouth, was then

First published in 1789. Reliques of Irish Poetry: consisting of Heroic Poems, Odes, Elegies and Songs. "Originals in the Irish Character" By Charlotte Brooke (1740-1793)

I did not begin my story till September 22. After I had begun it, as we were walking in the Park, I mentioned to G. that I had thought of the plan of writing a series of stories, containing sketches drawn from my own observation of the Clergy, and calling them “Scenes from Clerical Life.”

Narcissus, c. 1760, by #BarbaraReginaDietzsch (German, 1706-83), who was born #otd, Sept 22. Held by @artbma, collection.artbma.org/objects/1001... #womenartists #artherstory #hernaturalhistory

Duo of Great Spangled Fritillary butterflies on wild White Crownbeard flowers along the edge of our southwestern woods. #Photography99 📷🌱 #Butterflies 🦋

Don’t miss this interview with @markwitton.bsky.social demystifying the world of dinosaurs! Read his full interview here: www.express.co.uk/news/science... and don’t miss his talk at New Scientist Live on 19 October! @express.co.uk #KingTyrant #NewScientistLive

Delighted to share that my first book The Experience of Work in Early Modern England (co-written with the fantastic @jwhittle.bsky.social, @markhailwood.bsky.social, and Hannah Robb) has been published and is available free and Open Access! doi.org/10.1017/9781... #earlymodern #economic #history

Thousands of Londoners have indefinite leave to remain. They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city. Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.

Very much this. The IHR really is open to everyone and this includes our common room and our library as well as our wonderful seminars. All free, all welcome!

It's the #AutumnalEquinox today at 18.20 GMT! This 16th-century paper machine, called a volvelle, helps explain how the sun moves through the sky from equinox to solstice throughout the year. Find a full explainer video on our exhibition website: history.rcp.ac.uk/exhibitions/... #BodyofKnowledge

Small boats: TV coverage - day after day after day after day.... PPE scandal: TV coverage - let's stick this powerful, enraging documentary on at quarter past ten on a Sunday night.

Evening at Argenteuil by Claude Monet 1876 Oil on Canvas (Private Collection)

💯. Progressives have to stop franchising out their consciences to the courts. Politics is about moral choices. The problem with Reform's proposal isn't that "the courts won't allow it". It's that it's grotesque and inhuman. If we're democrats, we must believe that this argument can be won.

The true question right now is whether you believe in the moral character of the British public. If you do, you'll want to have the fight with Reform. You'll believe that the public will hate the idea of breaking up families, spying on & deporting people who've worked here for years.

I am likely to be writing about House of Lords (lack of) reform this week. Would love to hear from anyone with useful information or experience, including any peers who follow. Also let me know if you have read/seen anything interesting on this. DMs open.

British artists reclaim St George’s flag with a message of inclusivity

Catching up on @rte.ie #TheRecordsShow - delighted to hear that the Land Commission records are being transferred back to NAI to prepare to open them to the public. #IrishGenealogy

The River Cam should flow with pure chalk spring water. Instead, it runs on sewage outflows laced with phosphorus, and it's killing life in the river. Read the full story for this week's #BigRiverWatch ⤵️ @eastangliabylines.co.uk

Busy weekend, this stopped me- a carpet of cyclamen in the shadow of beech, unexpected and joyous. (Harewood).

The beautiful Tudor ceiling at St Helen's church, Northwich. #heritage #churches

This coming Wednesday, all welcome.

'Heir lyis an honest man callit Thomas Pitr Balzie of Paslay quha decessit ye 10 of Nov anno 1609 & Jone Turie his spous & Johne Piter thair sone & Margaret Craig his spous quha decessit ye 30 of Octob anno 1617' A spiralling inscription on an early 17th Century burial marker in Paisley Abbey.

Anyhow I saw the best garden hedge in London today A+++ no regrets

Myra Nymphaion: Healing waters of Roman Empire to flow again after 1,850 years, details on our page. A 2nd century CE Roman "healing water complex" in Antalya Province, Turkey with aqueducts, baths and cisterns. It was built over a natural spring rich in magnesium, iron, sulphur and phosphorus.

I count myself lucky if my cabbages make it past the seedling stage! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #gardening

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #austen250

Congratulations #brunelmuseum.bsky.social on your new display including Marc Brunel’s silver shoe buckle’s beautifully conserved with support from the #CostumeSociety #18thC #eighteenthcentury

Silk dress, British, 1833 What a busy week. Anyway, here's a beautiful 19th century dress, with all the bits you know and love from the period. I particularly like the puffed & creased sleeves, and the downward V effect on the bodice. Lovely colour too. #dresshistory #ootd #fashionhistory #TheMet

Villagers are ripping invasive plants from the banks. Trout habitats are being restored. Wildlife is being tracked. But one thing still poisons the Cam: sewage pouring from treatment works. Kate Moore reports #BigRiverWatch

Crest fallen.

Made it up to the top of Beeston Castle today. #mypoorknees

The Macclesfield Canal is a sorry sight at the moment. Closed to boats because of low water levels and becoming covered in green algae.

Public Service Announcement: time to save the NT from astroturfing reactionary nutters, AGAIN.

Creeg Tol: This outcrop of rock, also known as the Giant’s Footprint, is beside the footpath from the A30 lay-by kissing gate to Boscawen Un, though you may not notice it there on your way to the circle. There is a small, presumably modern stone circle close by, photos of that are on our page.

Mitchell, and in 1893 Herbert had it enlarged to match his ambitions. He also restored the old watchtower of Mucklaberry Castle. By the turn of the century, more than thirty people lived on the island, most employed by the Andertons. Images: James Allen and Rude Health both CC BY-SA 2.0 3/3

What links the tiny, windswept island of Vaila in Shetland with the industrial city of Bradford? The thread is Herbert Anderton Foster known in Scotland as Herbert Foster Anderton—the grandson of John Foster, founder of Black Dyke Mills. Having already built the forty-room Littlemoor mansion at 1/3

I've just interviewed amazing historians for a podcast for History Workshop Journal's 100th issue, on doing history in turbulent times. It's made me more sure than ever that history is one of the most powerful tools for understanding & changing the world. Coming Jan 2026 on @historyworkshop.org.uk .

But what about the drones inside the conference hall? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"the hard data suggests that the largest of the UK’s very real problems are no more being caused by mass immigration than they are by a group of charity fundraisers rowing past Great Yarmouth" on.ft.com/3IsyVVu @timharford.ft.com with his facts and reasonableness

I gave a talk this week on the vulnerability of UK institutions to a populist govt and I was told by an audience member that the US and Hungary couldn't happen here. I said it absolutely could and Reform are learning fast. The complacency is scary

The Society's 2025 events programme continues this autumn with lectures, October-December, by Tim Grady, Daniel Finkelstein, Jane Ohlmeyer and Heather Ellis. Further details and booking for each of these lectures is now available bit.ly/4mobBGe. Events are public and all are welcome #Skystorians

I don't know why but I'd have thought that protests at this level following similar a week ago would have come to my attention sooner, either on here or in the mainstream news. Anyway, this is happening: www.france24.com/en/france/20...

At last, we can get to see what two decades of neglect have done to the interior of the Grade 2 listed Railway Hotel in Edgware . Yesterday, I went along to a public presentation by Cavendish Consulting on behalf of the new owners. This is a Hendon Memories image from 1982 and a recent photo.

Grade 1 listed Rochdale Town Hall once a magistrates court from 1872 to the 1980's to be open for monthly tours from October where people will be able to learn about the people who appeared there. 👇 BBC News- 19th Century courtroom to open for tours after popular demand www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

“Vindolanda!” says Sir Nortibear as he shares his Fort For The Day. #RomanFortThursday

Paul Simonon of the Clash, Rock Against Racism - Anti-Nazi League Carnival, London’s Victoria Park, April 30th 1978, by Syd Shelton.