Such a lovely story. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Financing roads has always been a challenge for communities & governments. In the 1600s the English started putting up barriers -- turnpikes -- and charging fees. @genejean.bsky.social and @howtoreadthisch.art tell all. N.E. USA still calls toll roads turnpikes. how-to-history.com/2026/05/27/t...

I’ll miss listening to Bob. Always such an interesting and informed voice on the radio.

Happy #PubDay to @katewilliamsme.bsky.social and her new book REGINA - a landmark history of queens told by the queen of public history herself! You can get signed copies here: www.welbooks.co.uk/shop/p/regin...

#nature #animals #insects #fish #amphibians #birds #mammals www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Huge 🎉 Thank You 🥳 to all of our listeners - you've given us the biggest month of downloads ever in May by quite a healthy jump. This is wonderful. Thank you so much.

A rose by any other name… Gertrude Jeykell on the left, Strawberry Hill on the right. #Gardening #Flowers #Roses

This website is collecting social history stories on the homes we have lived in and (ambitiously!) trying to create a timeline of every home in the UK. You can submit (anonymously if you want) direct to HouseStories.uk. There are currently over 150 stories. #OnePlaceWednesday

I’ve been reading a lot about the end of the Roman republic recently, and the slide of that empire into imperial monarchy. The stamping of the leader’s face on coins, colossal statues and a reworking of the forum. But even Augustus didn’t build himself a ballroom-fortress.

"A video of city buses, provided by the city of Paris as humanitarian aid for the Kyiv region. The train with the buses passes through France and Germany to Poland, where the buses will be reloaded onto platforms with a gauge of 1520 mm, and then sent to Kyiv"

London painter Anthony Eyton, age 103 who is still submitting pieces to the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. 👇 BBC News - 'It keeps me in touch with life': The London artist still working at 103 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#Libraries #Librarians

Season Eleven is ready to go, and we're excited for you to hear these episodes! familyhistoriespodcast.com/2026/05/01/s... #genealogy #ancestry #FamilyHistory #podcast

Here are the names of the children in the grave. @robertjackson5858.bsky.social

List of 9 websites where you can download unlimited books for free: 1. gutenberg .org 2. standardebooks .org 3. manybooks .net 4. openlibrary .org 5. bookboon .com 6. freecomputerbooks .com 7. internetarchive .org 8. digilibraries .com 9. librivox .org

The U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional is one of the most studied in American history. The briefs are now accessible to everyone on the Internet Archive, thanks to the Wolf Law Library. Learn more ⤵️ blog.archive.org/2026/04/20/u...

Today is #NationalPenguinDay so we're remembering that time we made a Penguin out of Penguin Books. It's a Penguin Penguin. 🐧

Woo-hoo!!! 🥳 Thank you SO MUCH to People Magazine for writing about my memoir, the perception of disability, and my music! I am so excited that the book is finally out in the world... Thank you to the many lovely people who are helping to spread the word! ❤️ Read it here: people.com/singer-gaely...

I needed a good news story today and thought you might like it, too.

Latest addition to the Long, Long Trail. An article for family historians, "Regulars, reservists and the 1911 census". See www.longlongtrail.co.uk/regulars-res... #ww1 #genealogy

Cherry blossoms in Japan.

Not a garden but a carpet of magnolia flowers at Westonbirt Arboretum this morning.

#MedievalSky I received a very important announcement today. Feminae, the bibliographical database on medieval women created and run by Margaret Schaus for the past couple of decades, is going offline as of 1 April. Download as much as you can ASAP: inpress.lib.uiowa.edu/Feminae/Adva...

I loved studying these courses. I am super thrilled to now be a Pharos Tutor myself. 👩🏼‍🏫📚📖📝💻

Woohoo! The Long, Long Trail website is celebrating 30 years of existence! #ww1 #genealogy

21 today! Happy Birthday to us! Amazing that the website pre-dates Streetview and iPhones. Now 8.2 million geolocated and CC-licensed photos of UK + Ireland. Covering >98% of OS 1km squares in GB, with thousands added every week as people record and share their places and travels www.geograph.org.uk

We’re pleased to share that our new website is now live, including our redesigned Learning Hub. You can: • Search for topics you’re researching • Find your favourite speakers • Browse by category • Discover suggestions through “You Might Like…” Visit the Learning Hub: sog.org.uk/learn/learni...

This #MapMonday we have even #MoreMaps for you! 🗺️✨ We've georeferenced the 1,329 first edition Six-inch maps of England and Wales we added in November. Now you can use a special toggle button in our viewers to compare these maps side-by-side. Explore the new tool > maps.nls.uk/additions/#194

Rock climbers Lucy Smith and Pauline Rankin of the Ladies’ Scottish Climbing Club, 1908, Salisbury Crags, Scotland #WomensArt Welcome to #WomensHistoryMonth

#oneplacewednesday In Mary Loder of Lechlade’s will proved in 1808, she describes herself as ‘being in but an indiffering state of health’. Yep, I think we’ve all been there!

So your surname is Bysshe- hmmm, what to call your son- of course, Percy Shelley!

Proud to be no. 500!

Our 500th story! Thanks to all our amazing volunteers and congratulations to @cotswoldtalespast.bsky.social for being number 500 😍😍

The irreplaceable. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3...

The recording from our #PublicDomainDay virtual event is now available! 🕵️ Investigate THE CASE OF THE DISAPPEARING COPYRIGHT to learn which works entered the #publicdomain—and why copyright is more complicated than it looks. Watch the full recording ⤵️ archive.org/details/the-...

Yes! What if we treated extremely normal human variation as something other than a "disorder"??? www.positive.news/society/yout...

Brand New! Researching Your Yorkshire Ancestors. Yorkshire is the largest county in England, stretching from the coast of the North Sea to the edge of the Lake District to the west, encompassing rural and industrial landscapes. www.pharostutors.com/researching-...

The recording from our #PublicDomainDay virtual event is now available! 🕵️ Investigate THE CASE OF THE DISAPPEARING COPYRIGHT to learn which works just entered the public domain & why copyright is more complicated than it looks. Watch the full recording ➡️ archive.org/details/the-... #PublicDomain

Snowdrops and Hellebores at North Cerney House Gardens. #Nationalsnowdropday.

No wonder the orange toddler is unhinged once again. The Obamas are competent, classy, loving, Harvard and Princeton graduates, loved by many, not on the Epstein files, got the Nobel Peace Prize, and gave us a steady economy to boot. Repost this if you agree they are AMAZING and an inspiration!

Grace. Respect. Love.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

#Genealogy #FamilyHistory Do you have Ancestry's new "Ideas" feature in beta, which uses AI to offer research suggestions? What do you think? I tried it with 2 #ancestors, will test on more ancestors. My initial reaction: climbingmyfamilytree.blogspot.com/2026/01/ance... #GenHour #AncestryHour

If you’re searching for people on the 1939 Register, I notice that Find my Past is ahead of Ancestry on opening redacted entries. #Genealogy #Family

Went to my local library this morning to do a bit of research for my current book project and my goodness such a life-affirming space! There was an adult being taught to read on the next table, children enjoying story time, countless people taking out books. So grateful for our libraries ❤️