FFS!

Better test it I suppose 😎 Fantastic....quince jelly on a sharp cheddar. I think I might know what's for lunch now. Shame there's no crackers in the house

Now the washing up 😟

So just over 1300ml of jelly from about 1.5kg of quince (about 6 fruit). Not bad... Xmas gifts sorted!

Into the hot jars, then lids on pretty sharpish

IT'S ALIVE!

Day 2 of the quince jelly....BOIL!!!

Now for the drip drying phase!

Kitchen is starting to smell fantastic now!

My own family cookbook from the 1790s has a recipe for Mutton Cabob’d

Probably shouldn't have waited so long to harvest the quince from the tree...only got 7kg to turn to jelly. The other 3/4 went to windfall, and last night's storm didn't help.

Kofta kebab recipe in England c. 1660. Amazing find!

In memoriam...

Fair enough, they’re not cheap.

www.bbc.com/news/article... "Dismissed as a joke, UK's first rice crop ripe for picking after hot summer"

Looking at all the news this week and thinking, yup, still this

Holiday plans sorted:

www.bbc.com/news/article... "The remains of a medieval dungeon have been uncovered during an archaeological dig under Leicester's market place. Experts said they believed they had found the prison which was attached to the former Gainsborough Chamber"

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

"Oh, my God. I'm back. I'm home. All the time, it was...We finally really did it...'YOU MANIACS!!! YOU BLEW IT UP!' AH, DAMN YOU! GOD! DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL!"

"A 3,000-Year-Old Bracelet Belonging to an Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Has Been Stolen, Sold and Melted Down for Gold" WTAF?! If ever there was a need for the 'Pharaoh's curse'to be real, this would be it www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...

Another busman's day today

Apropos of nothing in particular. This image from 2022 genuinely just popped up on my camera roll...seems this was before its time

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... "The processing of all the data that was gathered has been a major part of my life since the 1990s and I hope I have not only provided an account of interest but also a basis for others to carry out more research in the future."

Years later it's revealed that an additional 'mystery' housemate that wasn't spotted during the original broadcasts, appeared in multiple scenes in hit BBC comedy 'The Young Ones'

Home from work to find the empires bravest and best waiting for me on the door mat They'll win your hearts and minds....or burn your peasant village to the ground

Off into London this afternoon to speak to a class at www.nyu.edu/london.html about authenticity in reconstruction of historic recipes. Should be a fun afternoon I hope

Sorry I'm a bit late for work, I forgot I had an emergency tummy scritch dropped into my calendar at the last moment

A Lost Gem: The Demise of Parlwr Mawr In the heart of Conwy, a building full of history was demolished in the 1950s. Parlwr Mawr, the "Great Parlour," was a magnificent townhouse dating back to the late 16th century. 1/...

"Wow" indeed

Timelapse of the relocation of the #Oseberg ship is now available. On the same page you will also find press images that are free to use (with proper attribution). www.vikingtidsmuseet.no/english/relo...

Despite easily being the most British fighting vehicle ever developed, the mock-Tudor AT-AT programme was sadly cancelled due to budgetary concerns

Strong Statler and Waldorf vibes in this news item from 1572 about gun shooting monks. #skystorians

"back to the grind tomorrow" is what I think I said yesterday...turns out this is 'the grind' today. A visit to the Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection to look at pretty things. See more here The Royal Wardrobe artsandculture.google.com/project/roya... if you're interested (and why wouldn't you be!)

Back from a weekend away and it looks like the world went to hell in a hand basket [again] over the last couple of days! Back to the grind tomorrow 😟 On the up side, saw a seal on Saturday, so there's that.

Customer feedback this week; ‘Please can you get some more diversity at the National Trust by encouraging more hot men to visit.’ Ideas for how we do this v welcome. Nothing too racy please - we are the National Trust not the National Tryst.

Can't help but think there's some mixed messaging going on with this marketing brand

Another busman's holiday (is there another sort?? 🤔)...weekend away travelling via Audley End House. On other news, my wife is a saint 😉

BBC News - 'Forgotten' Plymouth castle brought to life with AR - BBC News "Peter Holt from the Ships Project has spent two years researching the story of the fort and castle, which once protected the Barbican and harbour in the 1300s." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sorry for the miserable post.

"no, I'm gonna stop you there as you're clearly very, very wrong"

www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/01/s... Doppelganger!

It's World Coconut Day! A fabulous coconut cup with gilt silver mounts, Netherlandish, c. 1540:

Wait, what! September...Oh FFS, where did August go?? (Additional 18851, f. 5v: calendar page for September)

No shock to this news...I am an idiot with no sense of what the date is!

Wait, what, 44 years!

The UK Government will test its Emergency Alert System on Sunday, 7th September at 3:00 PM. If you have a concealed phone for safety, this alert could reveal its presence. You can opt out of these alerts. Find out how here: www.gov.uk/alerts/optin... Please help share to help keep others safe.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... Slippery little buggers!

"I've told you before Edith, put some bloody clothes on, we're at Eastbourne not bloody Marbella" Ms germ qu 14 (Ausst 48) - Rüst- und Feuerwerksbuch f.118v sammlungen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/msma/content...