Time for the first trim.

Tree leaves out, iris in bud, roses, cornflower. This shouldn’t be mid April.

A lament from 127 years ago. (Frederick Harrison, ‘Annals of an old Manor House’

Moist.

What a time to be alive www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Pete Hegseth quoted a fake Bible verse from the Tarantino movie Pulp Fiction yesterday during a Pentagon prayer service

Salisbury cloisters at twilight

Headline: gas is more expensive, and that's unacceptable. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The 200 year-old cedar tree next to the village church was dying, cut down last week. 😞

Here's a talk on Lost Tudor Palaces in Stratford-upon-Avon next Tuesday evening... if you haven't seen the C15 guildhall it's worth it just for that- feel free to ignore me shakespearesschoolroom.digitickets.co.uk/event-ticket...

@abi-on-a-hill.bsky.social Great talk at the lime conference, appreciate the structure and clarity of delivery.

A film on Strawberry Hill m.youtube.com/watch?v=uA5P...

"Excited to announce the historical rediscovery of the only known contemporary wooden carving of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey's coat-of-arms" (Except for the others.)

So smart, and essential, to create nuclear. Preferably nationally built and state-owned www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

What a prospect: a vigorous windbreak.

Mist in the hills this morning

Good morning.

Detail of Durham Cathedral. (Foyle, J.)

one immediate dramatic consequence of the Hungarian result: Magyar has promised to repair relations with the EU and unblock a €90bn EU loan for Ukraine

I’m sensing a pattern

Orban is gone! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

This story! Earliest painting of Stourhead reveals amazing details… which show it’s later than thought … and maybe not even of Stourhead. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A C15 St Michael weighing souls at Doddiscombsleigh Devon

Cloisters of agreeable rusticity, Hereford Cathedral

Trump Was Watching a U.F.C. Fight in Miami While Iran Talks Collapsed On his way to Florida, Trump said it did not matter to him if a deal with Iran was reached or not www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/u...

If you know lots about the works of architects, especially Asian architecture or the Iberian empires, this could be a fun collaboration... www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRB377/f...

Do you have a Ten Minute Talk idea to share with us? We're always looking for new stories of local history research! Find out more: www.balh.org.uk/news-promote... #WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll

What a thing. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

Pugin, such a comedian. That axe slicing away chunks when the fine details of the piece are finished, holes drilled. The sculpted bishop offering blessing. A piece of theatre on a page.

Love the “all for”

Coronation of the Virgin (detail) c 1295-1300 A 700 year old pine wood carving that has been painted, silvered & gilded I really like the flying #angels with censers Originally in parish church of Villeneuve (Aosta) Now in Palazzo Madama, Turin, Italy #Woodensday #WoodcarvingWednesday

US Vice President JD Vance in Hungary claims Ukrainian intelligence is trying to influence US and Hungarian elections, calling on voters to support Viktor Orban in the upcoming vote. #Hungary

The highest quality video of the moon was just released… so beautiful * Artemis II

Amazing day, what a salve.

1/7 I’m a Green Party councillor for City Ward #Sheffield. It’s a densely populated urban ward. I’m going to talk about digital advertising screens, which doesn’t sound exciting, but please bear with me. I want to explain why I spend time objecting to so many of these. Since 2023, I’ve …

A Tudor material culture talk on 20 April if it's of interest. www.htsc.org.uk/concerts-eve...

Quite the take from the BBC. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

An economist friend passes along this graph of energy costs. He says, "Given this history, it is more than a little ironic that renewable energy is derided by fossil-fuel proponents as 'unreliable.'”

BREAKING Trump fires Bondi as Attorney General www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04...

Just wait until these eyesore monstrosities want to come to your neighborhood. Goodbye trees. Expect to hear a constant, electrical humming, warmer temperatures and higher energy bills. Fight like hell to keep data centers out of your area.

Of course it wouldn’t be Jonathan the Lion, or Jonathan the Golden Eagle

Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social

April Fool's Day. Can't beat the current reality this year.

Only 4 online tickets left now...

Peak tulip time. The jazz section in full flow.

Always buy the last car off the production line. www.independent.co.uk/news/science...

A Lutyens building in Piccadilly, easy to miss.

Thank you University of Oxford! 🐝🌎

The roadside jazz section is warming up.