I think this is my favourite so far. Alice Knox in Blackrock, Co. Dublin who is very glad to be single. #1926census nationalarchives.ie/collections/...

This Hellenistic mosaic glass bowl looks so modern, yet it was made over 2,000 years ago! Ancient glassmakers created the tiny flower pattern using a technique now known as ‘millefiori’ (thousand flowers). A timeless design still made by glassmakers today! British Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology

@wgrumblepants.bsky.social has been showing us a series of beautiful cricket grounds I’m going to show you every ground I umpire at in 2026. First match of the season yesterday, Sarisbury v Lock’s Heath.

Woke up to this

Henri Cartier-Bresson, Easter Sunday in Harlem, New York, 1947

Oedd tad rhywun o’n i’n nabod â chasgliad anhygoel o recordiau 33rpm blues, gan gynnwys Robert Johnson. Roedd e hefyd yn weinidog gyda’r Methodistiaid.

✨ NEXT WEEK ✨ Join award-winning literary translator and writer, and BCLT Translator-in-Residence Rosalind Harvey, for The Good Enough Translator, a workshop inspired by Donald Winnicott’s concept of the “good enough” parent. Register 👉 www.uea.ac.uk/groups-and-c...

A bit of family and housing history: Norton Green Farmhouse, Stevenage, C18th, today and c1890/1900 with my great grandparents Charles and Sarah Maria Tompson and family - Charles, a tenant farmer of 131 acres on the Knebworth Estate, employing three men and two boys, died in 1900.

I've dabbled in Intentional Camera Movement before. But mostly in forests and with zooming and vertical pans. It was about time I tried a horizontal pan at the beach. This is right before sunrise. #photography #landscape #ECK #clouds #sky #Nikon #Z8 #ICM #art #abstract #sunrise #ICMPhotography

What’s your favourite “untranslatable” word? 🌍 We spoke to BCLT Translators-in-Residence, Charlotte and Rosalind, about theirs here’s what they said… What’s yours? Drop it in the comments 👇✨

It's review o'clock already. @parthianbooks.bsky.social ellipticalmovements.wordpress.com/2026/04/15/t...

RIP Moya Brennan. I loved the early Clannad stuff. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD6c...

Do listen, sound well up.

Mountain light, Beinn na Caillich #IsleofSkye #Scotland #Highlands www.damianshields.com

Greek police using masked 'mercenaries' to push migrants back across border

New Zealand left arm spinner Ajaz Patel, playing for Leicestershire v Surrey on the final day of the last Championship match, delivered 22 wides in the Surrey 2nd innings, a County Championship high. #cricketcounts

Spot on analysis. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Do watch this and be patient. Highly recommended.

The Oyster Eater 1882, oil on canvas, early work by James Ensor, Belgian Expressionist artist, born #OTD 1860. Rejected for exhibition, its painterly treatment of light & colour were admired by poet Emile Verhaeren as first Belgian Impressionist work. Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerpen

Regret to inform everyone that Peter Magyar beat the world’s smartest illiberal populist in large measure by working incredibly hard for 2 straight years, meaning the rest of us are just going to have to get off our asses and do shit rather than just complaining.

Hugh Morris a legendary name in Glamorgan and Welsh cricket; but also what he achieved in various roles with England and the E.C.B was ‘Visionary’ and ground breaking. A ‘Wonderful’ person whose life in cricket we celebrate at lunchtime today with Dr. Andrew Hignell a friend and author of this book.

Vaibhav Suryavanshi scored 78 in 26 balls, reaching 50 in 15 balls for Rajasthan Royals v RCB in the IPL. It was the joint 3rd fastest 50 in IPL history. The 15 year old has now scored 200 runs in the 2026 IPL at a strike rate of 266.66. #IPL #cricketcounts #3rdfastestfifty

Okay, I get publishers affirming that the books we've produced are human-made, but have we also considered bringing back medieval book curses??? Just saying.

This does not inspire confidence. Ask people with disabilities for responses then feed them to AI. "The DWP will analyse and summarise responses and may use artificial intelligence to assist with the handling of responses - this will be under human oversight and will not replace human judgement"

Omg! Huge shoutout to San Francisco, CA! Ocean Beach, you crushed it! 🌊

I was there.

Interval entertainment at major matches in England is usually limited to children playing game or the occasional marching band. At the 1907 Leeds Test against South Africa, a troupe of clowns went round the ground to amuse spectators ... one can only imagine some of the comments

For the #SundayPix early birds, this week's these is Before and After, the hashtag being #SundayPixBefore&After All interpretations welcome, seasonal, growth, decor, whatever works for you.

Please enjoy Kenny the Frog.

Oh my god, the alt text is a gift. 😹

Evening. I've just finished the excellent Stars on Sunday by @sandscribble.bsky.social, published by PitchPublishing. It's well worth a read when it comes out on Monday: yahooovercowcorner.wordpress.com/2026/03/27/s...

Vanya - une des chattes de @gaelviolet.bsky.social, a disparu. On a besoin d'aide pour la chercher à Fougères (35). N'hésitez pas à partager largement SVP! Gaël ne peut pas la chercher du fait de ses handicaps, et son anxiété est au max avec la disparition de Vanya, ce qui aggrave son état.

Yesterday, Ellyse Perry became the oldest player to take a wicket in a women's T20I for Australia (35y 140d). Remarkably, Perry now holds the record for being both Australia's oldest and youngest wicket-taker in the format, having taken 4-20 aged 17y 90d on debut against England in 2008.

Au @museecluny.bsky.social, entre deux époques, d'une beauté fascinante, une statuette en ivoire représentant une figure d'Ariane (atelier de Constantinople, début du VIe siècle). #HDA

Délicatesse et virtuosité de la touche d'Auguste Renoir, que l'on peut admirer actuellement au @museeorsay.bsky.social dans le cadre de l'exposition "Renoir et l'amour". #HDA

A picture I had not seen until this week ... Archie MacLaren leads England out to field at the start of the 4th Ashes Test at Old Trafford, July 26th 1909. Although 20 wickets fell on the first day of three the game was drawn after bad weather on the second day

One of my favourite facts is that the spiky tail of a stegosaurus didn't used to have a specific name, until Gary Larson published this Far Side cartoon, at which point "thagomizer" was adopted by paleontologists.

Translation is a form of creation. The translator has to make decisions about preserving style over direct content, about cultural equivalence, about how to preserve a sense of pun or sentence structure from one language to the next. People who assume an LLM can do it are not understanding the task.

Aesop: I TOLD YOU

We all know Associate Cricket survives on a wing and a prayer, and the ICC's lip service to growing the game remains just that, but thanks to the Broken Cricket Dreams blog for going into what details is publicly available.

The various meticulous geometric designs covering the entire surface of this pitcher became popular during the Early Iron Age in Greece, also known as the Geometric Period!

Please repost & help me find a home (UK) for Johnny. Needed through absolutely no fault of his own - details in alt text. Scottish Borders but will travel. Many thanks.

My explainer on the constitutional referendum being held here in Italy today and tomorrow.

A wonderful view of New Road, Worcester during the Test Trial - England v The Rest - May 29th 1974. The picture was taken from Worcester Cathedral (Patrick Eagar)

You know how in a library no one’s trying to sell you anything? That’s how the internet was.

Cricket West Indies published its audited financial statements for FY 2025 yesterday. It's a bloodbath: a $28m loss with an expected $26m loss for FY 2026 before bouncing back positive in FY 2027. All the cash reserves from the T20 World Cup are gone.

18-year-old Ukrainian in the UK lost his mum suddenly. His father died some time ago. As an “adult” the state will do nothing for him. The fundraiser aims to help cover his living costs so he can focus on his studies and rebuild his life. If you can, please donate and/or share. gofund.me/5c9624ba9