The Daily Journal April 18, 1729 #earlymodern

Back to doubting the Clayton translation, at the very least I know she saw it. Finally, my chapter is almost done. 😮‍💨

Fancy picture day! 💐 Photo from my collection, no date/info.

Who says there’s no good news around these days? 🥳🎉🍾

Death from above! Photo from my collection, no date/info.

This is Edie. She was trying to catch her tail when suddenly things turned sideways. Legend has it she is still rolling to this day. 13/10 (TT: golden_gang_tom_and_edie)

I still really want chapters like this in all public history books, by the way. The investigation bit is THE EXCITING BIT.

It's always Henry VIII...

He's back 😄 #archaeohistories

"The Most Noble, Volatile SMELLING-BOTTLE in the world..." #earlymodern #history

This is a fun little game for history nerds -- guess the year from the historical headlines www.headlines.games

Unrelatedly, my cat has given herself a hot spot where she had to be shaved for last month's ultrasound and every time I try to put antiseptic on her she acts like I am trying to kill her and fights literal tooth and nail.

The worst part of writing is the writing part. I have so many ideas but making them sound good on the page is so difficult.

Monday June 8 2026 reminder that not a single Epstein client has been arrested #EPSTEIN #EPSTEINFILES #TRUMPANDEPSTEIN

I got whatchu need.

Casting an unschedule nap spell on you. Postcard from my collection, no date.

A favorite from my collection - this luminous little one from the 1960s. Thank you so much for all the donations to the shelter today, everyone. You lifted my spirits at a time when I really needed it. 💕

Hello im a cat artist from the uk. I do pet portraits, but my specialty is cats.

Imagine their adventures! From a glass plate negative in my collection, no date/info.

Reportedly JMW Turner said Margate had the loveliest skies in Europe. There are times when I buy that. I have seen some lovely sunsets and some cool clouds like I did today.

They're the same picture

If you'd pay a plumber, fucking pay a poet.

Saw this delightful weighing scale on display in the GWR Steam museum in Swindon — rather than fat-shaming you, this scale rewarded you with chocolate!

This is the ideal male body. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like

Although not relevant to my research, the scribbles left by clerks on the endpapers and back covers of volumes are always the most fascinating. Quick sums, lists, and handwriting practice left by City of London clerks in official records ✍🏼 📷 @thelondonarchives.bsky.social - CLA/002/05/012

For the @thelondonarchives.bsky.social exhibition 'Londoners on Trial', I researched the story of Jenny Diver, an 18th-century pickpocket who was transported twice and still returned to London! Read more about her exploits in my blog post 👇🏼 www.thelondonarchives.org/blog/jenny-d...

This is Chootie. He looks like a dog, but from one of those 15th century paintings done by someone who had only ever heard about dogs. 12/10 (IG: chootieboy)

Do you want to learn to read old documents? Do you need to learn some Latin? The 49th Palaeography Summer School is for you! 👇 Tell all your friends. #palaeography #Skystorians #MedievalSky palaeography.uk/study/short-...

Adorable young kestrels surprised by a butterfly.

This week: the politics of hair! Read how international geopolitics made Catherine of Aragon get Henry VIII to shave his beard off, & how the end of the British Empire was marked by Anthony Eden's wimpy moustache. It's a fun week to try MY LIFE IN THE PAST! lucyworsley.substack.com/p/your-hair-...

‘Nothing left to chance' for Bayeux Tapestry's journey to London www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

On apprend la mort de Marjane Satrapi, l’autrice de Persepolis, à seulement 56 ans, « morte de tristesse un peu plus d’un an après le décès de Mattias Ripa, son mari et l’amour de sa vie », déclare un communiqué transmis à l’AFP. Appelez la « Liberté », une valeur qu’elle a toujours défendue

"Even if a software agent were conscious and had the best of intentions, the fact that it cannot accept responsibility for its actions disqualifies it from being a moral agent." Just one of many spectacular sentences in this piece.

Very much looking forward to Jamie Gemmell (KCL), talking about John Satia and the 1731 City of London ban on Black apprenticeship @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social All welcome in person or online, but please register. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

I am beginning to become convinced the translation IS Clayton herself. She capitalises pronouns and spells "friend" as "freind", likely because she was a correspondent with many members of the Freind family. Do I hope it is her because it helps my thesis? Yes. Do I think it is her? Starting to.

Still obsessing over the Clayton transcriptions and their mysterious translator (found here: ra.rct.uk/TreeBrowse.a...) I was hoping that while going thru her other correspondence I would find either her using that handwriting or someone identifiable doing so. No dice there, but I got...🧵

Question for #skystorians : I found Caroline of Ansbach's will and she very pointedly leaves absolutely everything to her husband the then newly crowned George II. Is that standard for queens? To leave everything to their husband/the king? Or is this part of Caroline and George's dynamic? #history

The same thing is true for comprehension of media. Ppl want ONE explanation and no ambiguity and they want to be TOLD it. It's heartbreaking. Nuance is dead. Curiousity is discouraged.

The day I stop reposting cute cats is the day I die. Sorry.

Royalty. 👑 Photo from my collection, 1963.

Just want to state, this isn't how I feel, I'm always willing to listen. I just love that this is a postcard.

Bamberg never ceases to be charming

Bum! ❤️ Photo from my collection, 1936.

This is what happens when you name avian species Great Tits and Boobies — you get pervert birds!

Happy Pride Month 2026 🌈 all

The absolute dream. 💜

The owner of X is calling for violence (again). If you have not stopped using this site already, today is a very good day to do it.

TIRED: Going on Hinge dates WIRED: Dating henges

Medical researcher I know responded to this with: "not to be dramatic, but it’s the end of scientific freedom in the US" www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...