So far this year I've read 3 extremely funny & uplifting books. All About Me! by Mel Brooks and the Life & Mind of Andy Kaufman. And one by the British comedian Rob Gotobed, whose humour I only discovered thanks to my dentist introducing me to his work. Best trip to the dentist ever! Thanks Stephen

So far this year I've read 3 extremely funny & uplifting books. All About Me! by Mel Brooks and the Life & Mind of Andy Kaufman. And one by the British comedian Rob Gotobed, whose humour I only discovered thanks to my dentist introducing me to his work. Best trip to the dentist ever! Thanks Stephen

How Wuthering Heights was shaped by Emily Brontë’s gothic poetry Emily Brontë’s poetry is full of haunting love, grief and death. by Claire O'Callaghan theconversation.com/how-wutherin... Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1019 #books #literature #poetry

Today's random page is the entry for "Benjamin Franklin"(Francesco Lazzarini, 1789 original) www.philart.net/art/Benjamin... #PublicArt #VisitPhilly #art

Look forward to hearing what you think. She really should be better known. I spent ages trying to find even a single interview with her, then found this - a short piece also featuring her husband Kenneth (aka Ross Macdonald), in this great old crime compendium.

I finished reading “As It Is In Heaven,” by Irish writer Niall Williams, this past week. Very very enjoyable book. See my mini review in ALT. #BlueBrewBooks #Reading #Books #NiallWilliams #IrishWriters

2/5 Pitzhanger Manor Another shot from what was Sir John Soane's home. The Laowa 6mm (12mm ff equivalent) is tricky to use but very effective when you get it right. #microfourthirds #Laowa6mmf2 #OMsystemsOM1 #photography #interior #architecture #architecturephotography #georgian

I rather suspect Diaper Don, his Dr Corruption’s Cabinet, and all his MAGAt minions, were too busy banning, burning or simply shunning books to have read Donne’s poem. Or to grasp its eternal message. Its Hellenistic impulse is another reason I adore Classical Athens. allpoetry.com/No-man-is-an...

"Our government is treating the suffering of the Iranian people as a backdrop for our own entertainment, as if it’s just another piece of content to be swiped through while we’re waiting in line at the grocery store" Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago bit.ly/4bxp5ND

🎉 New Acquisition at Penlee House We are delighted to share that we have acquired a remarkable new work for the collection, thanks to the generous support of the Friends of Penlee House. Portrait of Lamorna Birch (1905) by Henry Scott Tuke (1858–1929) is a fascinating addition to our collection.

On this day in 1855, Edwin Harris was born in Birmingham. Though he didn’t achieve widespread fame during his lifetime, he left a lasting mark on the Newlyn art colony. Harris is best known for his intimate cottage interiors, often lit by a single window, capturing figures with a quiet observation.

Upcoming Talk: Capturing the Community – Then and Now with Greg Martin Photojournalist 📸 📅 Date: 21 April 2026 🕝 Time: 7.30 pm 📍 Venue: The Queens Hotel, Penzance 🎟️ Tickets: £7 Friends | £15 General admission friendsofpenleehouse.org.uk/events/talk-...

Ancient #Egypt meets modern entertainment in this #lecture by Richard Gray, part of our "Land of the Pharaohs: Egypt on Screen" programme. Join us on 9 April, 6:30pm & step into a world of sphinxes, #cinema & #architecture. Book for free here: tinyurl.com/4hjxcvps #Egyptsky #museumsky #cinemasky

Elizabeth Warren: "I am a hard no on a supplemental. This is not a war the American people want us to engage in. This is not a war that makes us safer ... No. No more money. The only thing Congress has the power to do is to stop actions like this through the power of the purse."

The pacing, character development, and educational depth reflect masterful storytelling. Linda Maria Fran & JoAnn Vergona Krapp truly shine! amazon.com/dp/B0FM82B5KJ/ #BookLovers #MustRead #BookRecommendation #KidsAdventure @AnnieTillery123

Exeter Phoenix is hosting this free Curation for Cinema workshop on Friday 6th March as part of Two Short Nights. Aimed specifically for 16-25-year-olds, it will be interactive and invaluable to anyone with an interest in curation, event management and/or cinema: exeterphoenix.org.uk/events/irl-c...

The worst place to be stung by bees is at a nightclub because it just looks like you're doing some very cool dance moves. Oh sure, you win the dance competition, but at what cost!

Remembering Stanhope Forbes, who died on this day in 1947 aged 89. A beloved figure in West Cornwall, he was still painting en plein air into the 1930s. He rests at Sancreed Parish Church with Elizabeth Adela Forbes, near Thomas Cooper Gotch.

Sip in style! This Newlyn Copper set is a seaside dream: oval tray with fluted centre, pyramidal teapot & hot water/milk jug with wicker handles, sugar bowl with scrolled handles, and clawed sugar tongs each adorned with cormorants, fish & seaweed.

At yesterday's Choral Evensong, we said farewell to Revd Canon Chris Palmer, who is soon to become the next Dean of Winchester. We are incredibly grateful for all of Chris' hard work and contributions to the Cathedral, and wish him the best of luck for this new and exciting chapter.

Lilac Bakery x Exeter Cathedral 🥐 The talented bakers at Lilac Bakery are now supplying our pastries! Cinnamon cruffins, pains au chocolat, almond croissants – choose your favourite and pair with a barista-made drink. 📍 Refectory (next to our shop) 🥐 10am-4pm (Mon-Sat) | 11:30am-4pm (Sun)

We recently acquired by generous donation the very rare unillustrated edition of a poem by Charles William Hempel (1777-1855), printed in Plymouth in 1817 under the shorter title, ‘The Gentleman Traveller’. Explore this English organist and minor poet: www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/news-events/...

📚 WORDS ALIVE IN LIBRARIES 🌿 Looking for a moment of calm, reflection, and creative inspiration? Explore life writing, nature, and wellbeing with A Flat Place author @noreenmasud.bsky.social. 📅 26 March 2026 📍 University of Exeter (Streatham) @swrls.bsky.social @literatureworks.bsky.social

Have you seen the new display in our case yet? Our #GorsedhKernow Special Collection covers topics from ancient crosses to Shakespeare to the #Cornish language. Come and see some highlights on level 0 of the Exchange Building - and remember, our Women of the Gorsedh exhibition opens next week too!

Library events next week include: Dissertations: Critical Reading & Writing Crafting Clever GenAI Prompts Intros to APA, Chicago & Harvard referencing Introduction to EndNote AI Escape Room Experience AI Playground Drop-Ins/Research Cafés See more & book: bit.ly/ExeterUniLibEvent 🗓️

Our latest exhibition, ‘Cornwall in Print’ is OPEN! 🥳🎉 Explore Cornwall’s historic letterpress printing industry, including stories about its community of printers. Discover what letterpress is, why its invention was so far reaching and why it is such an important part of our history.

March is Women's History Month! Women are present throughout our collections but their narratives can be harder to find. Our online guide addresses this imbalance by highlighting archives and rare books relating to women, which can be accessed for research or enjoyment. #WomensHistoryMonth #WHM

This #LGBTQHistoryMonth, we’re highlighting how #film has told and validated LGBTQ+ #stories and #identities. Our #collection traces the evolution of #LGBTQ+ representation - pictured are some examples. Explore more here: tinyurl.com/5n7wmcar #museumsky #lgbtsky #filmsky

Oh this? Just my Friday entrance.   This inquisitive young seal came to visit just after @paulnaylormarinephoto set up his static underwater camera.   Learn more about #GreySeals with MarLIN https://www.marlin.ac.uk/species/detail/1995

Over 30% of global marine catch comes from small-scale fisheries, contributing to global food security, livelihoods, and resilient communities, and yet the UK's inshore fishing fleet is in decline. Listen now - https://open.spotify.com/episode/7DFAdWqpeonTBRb3AhEEmT?si=jhtxYUaXR36gGX8pbse6mw

The year was 1950...the place was Istanbul... A CESSPOOL OF SPIES by Linda Watkins Universal Link: books2read.com/u/mgdr56 #Audible: www.audible.com/pd/A-Cesspoo... #ColdWarThriller #historicalthriller #thriller #historicalfiction #LindaWatkins #mystery #writingcommunity

Time to open something special in 2026! Get ready to continuously laugh out loud! From the absurd to the hilarious, this Best of Rob Gotobed’s comedy book delivers the wildest humour that’ll have readers of all ages giggling, snorting, and maybe even questioning their sanity. bit.ly/4aKC3WU

Drop your best guess below - no Googling! They're in no rush… but can you identify it before it reaches the bait? #BRUV #FieldworkFriday #MarineMystery

Heading to #OSM26? See you in Glasgow We're exhibiting alongside Plymouth Marine Laboratory and the University of Plymouth as part of the Marine Research Plymouth Alliance - a powerhouse partnership driving innovation in marine science. 📍 Scottish Event Campus, Glasgow 📅 22–27 February 📌 Stand 38

🌙  Graceful and almost otherworldly, the moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) are carnivorous, passive filter feeders that consume vast amounts of zooplankton, including crustacean larvae, rotifers and fish eggs.  https://www.marlin.ac.uk/species/detail/2089

We're launching the brand-new Bill Douglas Cinema Museum newsletter! Sign up here to be first to hear about #exhibitions, #events, #activities, #research, behind-the-scenes stories & all things moving image history: mailchi.mp/d0efe508c694... #museumsky #filmsky #film #cinema #museum #newsletter

Happy Ash Wednesday! Did you know that the oldest work in the DEI library is a fragment of Jacobus de Voragine’s Lenten Sermons (c.1493)? February's Book of the Month blog explores the history of this mysterious little volume. devonandexeterinstitution.org/the-deis-old... #incunabula #incunable

We love finding photographs of pets in archives! ❤️ Can you spot any pets in these Halls of Residence group photographs from our University Archive? 📷 EUL UA add. 17 & EUL UA P/3/i #LoveYourPetDay #UniOfExeterArchive #ArchiveCats #ArchiveDogs #Archives

Wishing everyone a lovely weekend, but especially to all the pangolins, for tomorrow is their special day! Ahead of World Pangolin Day, here is an illustration of a pangolin from 'Animated Nature' (1828) by Georges-Louis Leclerc. 📷 Reserve 590 BUF #WorldPangolinDay #PangolinDay #RareBooks

Join Exeter Cathedral Choir and Devon Baroque for a spectacular performance of St John Passion – JS Bach’s monumental retelling of the story of the Crucifixion of Jesus. 📆 Palm Sunday 29 March 2026 at 4pm Tickets via

Free event for C.S. Lewis + J.R.R. Tolkien enthusiasts 👇 Join us as multi-award-winning novelist, Julia Golding, transports you to these worlds with conversations on topics found in her new Lent book ‘Wardrobes & Rings: Through Lenten Lands with the Inklings’. ✧ 8 March | 6pm ✧ Chapter House

🎨 Join Lorraine Downes for a fascinating talk on portraiture, exploring the “Face to Face” exhibition at Penlee House. 📅 3 March 2026 | 🕢 7:30 pm 📍 The Queen’s Hotel 🎟️ £7 Friends | £15 General Book now! friendsofpenleehouse.org.uk/events/talk-...

Also tying in nicely with #MosaicMonday! The beautiful entrance mosaic bearing the name Crysede still survives at the former Penzance shop in Queen’s Square — a small but significant reminder of the town’s design heritage. @romanpalace.bsky.social

Happy 10th birthday to @artukdotorg.bsky.social 🎉 One million artworks. Thousands of institutions. Available to everyone, at any time, for free. Our ‘one in a million’ artwork from Art UK is Self Portrait by Dod Procter. 👉 Explore more at artuk.org #ArtUK10thBirthday

Every family has its secrets… Amelia Prentice has had the worst two years of her life. First her daughter and then her parents have died. As she clears her mother’s attic, she discovers a box of Victorian photographs. They lead her to house Cliffside in Pembrokeshire and long-buried family secrets.

Book 14 in the series. When I started, I had no idea if Book 1 would even sell. Longevity is the real grind in this industry. Authors writing series, what changed for you between Book 1 and Book 5+?

Dark fantasy, supernatural combat, and impossible odds—The Volcan Knights is a wild, immersive ride worth taking. amazon.com/dp/B0FZVJ2N54/ #VolcanKnights #FantasyBooks #DarkFantasy #EpicFantasy #MustReadFantasy @authorlauriebowler.bsky.social

"...An intense and intriguing puzzle' STORM ISLAND, A KATE POMEROY MYSTERY www.amazon.com/Storm-Island... Available on #KindleUnlimited and in paperback and #audio formats #thriller #gothicthriller #gothic #RomanticSuspenseReads #thrillerseries #pageturner #ParanormalMystery #writingcommunity

quote with two of your book covers and/or art pieces! [just two, so the images aren’t squished!] here are my two most recent cover designs, made by me. Some of my best IMO. #booksky

quote with two of your book covers and/or art pieces! [just two, so the images aren’t squished!] here are two of my covers! both are designed by the amazing @rachelbowdler.bsky.social 💞 #booksky