And the "last refuge of the scoundrel"!

I don't normally engage in 'politics' online, as it's so devisive, but this article deserves attention, we've all seen and are affected by climate change and something needs to change, as our planet #Earth could end up like our planerty neighbour #Venus 🔭 jasonhickel.substack.com/p/climate-so...

You'll feel better afterwards.

Doom strolling...

Let me summarize this for you...

I have spent the past few years working on a book about people on the front lines of technological change, from truck drivers and warehouse workers to translators and Hollywood writers. And none of these people were standing paralysed as a “tsunami” washed over them.

This is horrendous

I looked out at about 2.30am last night to see a wonderful orange moon setting in the south west. I could hear a rooster carrying on at full blast clearly convinced that it was just like the rising sun and worth celebrating. Not sure anyone nearby trying to sleep would have agreed! #TinyJoys

The shop sign exhibition in the Musée Carnavalet really is a marvel of #earlymodern #18c and #19c life. Highly recommend (and it's free!)

Celebration Day: Nathaniel Parker performs Samuel Johnson’s ‘On the Death of Dr Robert Levet’ in memory of his mother www.the-independent.com/tv/culture/n...

Take a moment to breathe with the cosmos 🌌 Above the Chilean landscape, the Milky Way stretches overhead while the Large Magellanic Cloud glows softly 160,000 light-years away. 🔭🧪 It's not hard to see why we’ve always looked up and wondered about our place in the cosmos ✨

procession of clouds the plain face of an old house blooming with shadows

Calling A-level English teachers! Do you teach Austen, Brontë, or other 18thc stuff? Could you use a set of free research-informed teaching materials, which support students' historical, literary, & linguistic understanding, & foster debate about misogyny, consent, & healthy relationships? (1/?)

Last night I dreamt I wrote in my notebook again.

Why not get that special someone this pretty little early Caillebotte? www.christies.com/lot/lot-6585...

Pre-order a copy of my book Fantastic Kingdom from Bookshop.org between 13-17 May and save 20% with the code: PREORDER20 Every sale supports real independent bookshops across the UK!

When I was in hospital as a kid, the nurses all looked like this and I was in love with them all. #InternationalNursesDay

Have hedgehog, will play croquet.

My aunt used to apologise profusely for a noise like the "rattle of musketry".

A reliable and constant companion.

It’s Sunday & it’s 8pm so it’s time for #wildflowerhour! 🥳 Please share your pics of the wild & naturalised blooms you’ve found from across Britain & Ireland in the last week especially if you found them in a hedgerow, the focus of this week’s challenge!

56 years ago today: Relief at Mission Control as Apollo 13 astronauts return safely to Earth. 🧪🔭

I think this is purple gromwell(?) growing beside a path in Somerset. #WildflowerHour

So happy to share a watercolour illustration I created for author Vince Wheeler's book "Honest John Pine", a 1940s golf fiction I can't wait to read. ⛳️📚 #golf #GolfIllustration #watercolour

What a wonderful thing! #TinyJoys

V excited to be delivering this online talk for the wonderful @chawtonhouse.bsky.social on the evening of April 23rd. Book tickets now if you want to hear more about why I think Fanny Knight was the prototype for Sir Walter Elliot! chawtonhouse.org/whats-on/onl...

Today, Christians across Canada celebrate Easter and the resurrection of Jesus Christ. We are reminded that compassion is stronger than hate, that light follows darkness, and that hope endures – even in the face of despair. From my family to yours, have a blessed Easter.

I hope you've got your New Tax Year Resolutions ready... 🙄

Remarkable news. This is a date that will go down in history.

That's what they say, left My response, right #womenartists

Working on keeping down my stress levels, went off to the supermarket without my wallet. 😂

Miss G Hunter Bell, Miss G Hunter Bell, How mad I am, sad I am, glad you did well. [with apologies to the shade of JB]

Hello, all. I'm writing this thread to ask for your help. I know it's a bit of a downer at the start of a sunny spring weekend, but please read to the end. (1/?)

Anne Sharp was friends with Jane Austen. She died in 1853. Her address was perhaps a pleasant reminder of that friendship.

Blimey. #TinyJoy

Chiffchaff in the garden going full-throttle now. #spring #TinyJoys

The original stabber-in-the-back.

#18thC #19thC

A day filled with poignant reflection as the permanent exhibition dedicated to the plaster casts of ancient Pompeians opened in #Pompeii. At last they are given context: where, when and how they were found, what they were found with, and details such as their sex and approximate age.

Spoilt for choice.

Toad denied his toadying.

Greetings from Kyiv Today, on International Women’s Day, I chose to honor them: mothers, wives and girlfriends of missing soldiers. I visited the exhibition “Status: Missing. My State: Waiting (Love You).” The exhibits were created by those who wait and love 💔 Stop the video on a story to read it

“Someone, I tell you, in another time will remember us.” ― Sappho #InternationalWomensDay ♀️

No, no, I won't play ball!

"In 1755, for example, Longman joined a consortium with five other publishers to produce and publish Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary of the English Language." theconversation.com/netflix-and-...