Pippin

Looks a fantastic book, though bit disappointed to see it only covers Bern. In my experience, there are distinct linguistic-zone variations in Swiss cat ladder design (just as there are in their bus timetables). Ticinese cat ladders look sort of how you'd expect Italian-speaking cat ladders to look.

A remarkable archaeological discovery beneath the waters of Lake Neuchâtel! In November 2024, the remains of a Roman cargo ship, dating 1st c. AD, was discovered. The wreck contained hundreds of pottery vessels, Spanish olive oil amphorae, tools and weapons, including the #sword shown here. 🧵1/2 🏺

On the frontline of international digital labour, TikTok moderators are starting to join hands across the world as they seek protection from a brutal workplace environment where trauma and violence are par for the course.

I don’t think anyone’s saying he hired a Phone Assassin to rob him. They’re saying he pinged it into the river and then told the cops it had been stolen. This one can be satisfactorily cleared up with a bit of CCTV, and I’m sure the cops are looking into it as we speak.

You can just do Islamophobia on the cover of your magazine; it's so normalised now that you don't even have to worry

DYK today is #Goodhairday? We hope you're having a good hair day but we bet it's not as fabulous as this Roman lady, who was having a belter of a hair day around 100CE. She can be found rocking it -Flavian style -in the Capitoline Museum. 📷 By Jamie Heath - Own work, CC BY-SA 2.0, zurl.co/RMmMy

Painting on old wallpaper rolls (1966) Artist: Harry Wingfield

Aretha Franklin by Moneta Sleet, Jr. Johnson Publishing Company Archive. Courtesy J. Paul Getty Trust and Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Drinking a very nice glass of The Wine Society's Parcelas Ecológico Monastrell, Yecla 2023

In late March, #Romans observed Hilaria, a festival of #Cybele , the Magna Mater. Part of a wider spring ritual cycle, it marked a shift from mourning to renewal. Her cult, brought from #Phrygia to Rome, spread across the Empire—including into Britain, reaching even its northern frontiers.

Merry

Vadim

BBC News - Hunting lynx wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice prize - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BBC News - Book dubbed 'the work of angels' may have been made in the Highlands www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Other work by the Ladybird artists. Cover to ‘Nature Lover’s Companion’ (1949) Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

Make your own transistor radio. Artist: BH Robinson (1972)

"Still life with a cat and a mackerel on a table top", by Giovanni Rivalta (1756–1832)

Spring garden pics

Pippin and Vadim

BBC News - The Other Bennet Sister increasing hype around Austen and Bath - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Other work by the Ladybird artists ‘March’ Artist: Ronald Lampitt

Pictures that explain things ‘Understanding Maps’ 1966 Artist: Ronald Lampitt

William Morris was born on this day in 1834. Morris was one of the principal figures of the British Arts and Crafts movement. These beautiful images were first designed by him in 1865.

23 Mar AD59: Agrippina the Younger is murdered. Mother of Nero, she helped secure his rise & influenced his early reign, drawing on matriarchal power of her lineage. Ancient sources describe repeated failed attempts on her life, including poison & a collapsing boat. He sent an assassin to her villa.

23 Mar 1421: Catherine of Valois and Henry V keep Easter at #Leicester #otd