Waistcoat https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/99723

I'm often asked what's my favourite find. It has to be this beautiful gold, sapphire and emerald medieval ring 🥰 Not because of what it is, but for what it means to us. We were in a dark place, through no fault of ours, but thankfully we pulled through, and survived.

Connelly Early is in the rotation, as the Red Sox Opening Day roster has now taken shape: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/24/s...

33 affordable apartments approved on Bowdoin Street in Dorchester www.universalhub.com/2026/33-affo... #Boston #housing

The Tower of Babel, rising ever higher above the city, 1580. Giant Nimrod at right criticizing architect: it needs to be taller! Taller! By Hendrick van Cleve, whose day is today.

Hello Tuesday. Agnes in the Forest, Edward Gorey.

Peach Blossoms and Forsythia, Alois Lunzer, L. Prang & Co, 1885.

Happy birthday William Morris, born on this day in 1834. He was inspired by nature and went on to design some of the most recognisable textile patterns of the 19th century. Do you have a favourite? Photos: 'Trellis', 'Pomegranate', 'Daisy', 'Acanthus'

A happy (or sinister?) #Roman mosaic crocodile, basking on the banks of the Nile 🐊 #MosaicMonday 🏺 #AncientBlueSky

The Talbot hound again, this time in a carpet at Knightshayes Court. #textiletuesday

Sunk Relief of a God or Deified King https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/4238

now to put away this drop sheet

I've been podcasting again, talking about the life and death of Thomas Becket: memorymedieval.substack.com/p/the-grisly...

Socks https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/97938

1797 AD. Discussions about how many library seats are to be reserved for an elephant became virulent.

1637 AD. Balancing time.

24 Mar 1543: Easter Eve, accusations are gathered against Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of #Canterbury, as part of the so-called Prebendaries' Plot #otd These were likely shown to Henry VIII at some point in April (NPG)

24 Mar 1547: Sir Gerald Aylmer, an old client of Thomas Cromwell is reappointed Chief Justice of the King's Bench, #Ireland #otd by Edward VI. He'd held the position since 1535 and would be appointed again 16 Nov 1553 by Mary I (NLI)

24 Mar 1603: In the early hours of the morning, d. Elizabeth I Queen of #England & #Ireland #otd (NT) - the last Tudor monarch

How the ABS Challenge system works - and how it will fundamentally change the game. A look at the nuts and bolts, strategy, and potential game impact with @peteabeglobe.bsky.social, @timbhealey.bsky.social, and our amazing @bostonglobe.com graphics team: apps.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/spor...

The ABS breakdown is part of a bonanza of @bostonglobe.com coverage today. Here’s my feature on Garrett Crochet stepping into the lineage of Red Sox aces - with thoughts from Sale, Pedro, Varitek, and Crochet about his transformative impact and next steps: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/24/s...

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller March 24,1947

ABS is a big change for baseball. How does it work and how are the Red Sox preparing for it? This story and graphics presentation breaks it all down. Words from me, Alex and Tim and awesome work our amazing graphics staff back in Boston. apps.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/spor...

Last game of Spring Training

Rocket, Pedro, Lester, and Sale. Now here comes Garrett Crochet. @alexspeier.bsky.social has the story on what comes next for the lefty. “Crochet is, I think, the building block for this team becoming a solid team for the future.” www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/24/s...

For their final game of spring training, the Red Sox will feature most of their Opening Day lineup behind Game 4 starter Ranger Suarez: Anthony LF, Story SS, Yoshida DH, Contreras 1B, Abreu RF, Durbin 3B, Mayer 2B, Rafaela CF, Narváez C, Suarez P

On Baseball: Barring something unexpected, the Red Sox have set their roster. Let's take a look: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/23/s...

Here are the Globe staff predictions for the baseball season. As usual they will be completely correct. 🤣 www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/24/s...

"Marriage Scarab" of Amunhotep III and Queen Tiye https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/4041

Shawl https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/99425

We had a ton of Red Sox coverage during spring training. Now Opening Day is coming up and our season preview content has been rolling out since Sunday: All here and more to come with three of us headed to Cincinnati: www.bostonglobe.com/sports/baseb...

Once again, the wonderful @alcs.co.uk keep the lights on. If you're a UK author and not registered with them, get a move on.

A new immunotherapy is showing rare promise against advanced prostate cancer, a disease long thought resistant to this kind of treatment. The drug is designed to activate only inside the tumour, which may both reduce dangerous inflammation and require fewer doses. buff.ly/VDLBsMC #ShareGoodNewsToo

One of the makers to feature in Dressing the Queen is James Churchyard, seen here peering around his loom. He was a master weaver of Norwich shawls, popular with Queen Victoria. Here a shawl remodelled into a mid #1860s dressing gown. Publication day April 2! Norwich Museums #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Society for the Study of Early Modern Women & Gender welcomes award nominations for the 2026 Book Awards, Editions Award(s) & Collaborative Project Award For more info &/or to nominate a work, see docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Deadline: May 25, 2026

This is good and will make you read the book if you haven’t already. I already said months ago that there’s at least one entire arc in this book that I want a television show made of. (Don’t ask me which because my memory issues, and the post where I said it is long since deleted.)

An Early Bronze Age burial mound, close to the Hengistbury Head visitor centre, on the vernal equinox Now with extra added information board 😊👍 📷 March 2026 #TombTuesday @bcpcouncil.bsky.social

Tables tossed, thrown as teens battle cops at South Bay Panera after school, police say www.universalhub.com/2026/tables-... #Boston #crime #bread

Octodrachm of Arsinoe II (obverse) https://clevelandart.org/art/1965.552.a

Connelly Early will start for the Red Sox on Sunday, per Chris Cotillo. Johan Oviedo will likely be used in a piggyback role to start the season.

#TombTuesday Midhowe chambered Cairn, Rousay. The largest tomb in #Orkney. 32.5m long, 23m wide, it has 12 chambers, 8 of which held the remains of 25 people, many had been placed on benches, 9 in a crouched position. #Neolithic #Archaeology 📸 mine

Not in the tree!

Job opportunity with manuscripts and early printed books! Librarian at Lincoln Cathedral – Cathedral Library £43,722 - Full time applicaiton DL: 14 April 2026 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQX901/l...

Ah, yes, the perfect shipment has arrived 💖

#OTD 1603 Elizabeth I, Queen of England, bit.ly/3m2YBsJ died at Richmond palace. History remembers her 45 year reign as a golden era: exploration, literary flowering & a growing sense of nationhood. But it was not all golden, with increasing persecution of Catholics & bloody conflict in Ireland.

Yes, yes she will.