And today a walk down to the Severn Estuary/Môr Hafren itself. Now about to knuckle down to finish a chapter on Queens and Confessionalism for an edited collection being put together by @johannastrong.bsky.social

I really need to hoover the living room but cannot bring myself to disturb the sleeping child

Happy #Caturday from MyDude and MooCow #catsky

Embroidered Silk Square, 1680–1720. Japan, Genroku Style. Silk; overall: 158.1 x 170.2 cm (62 1/4 x 67 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art

Enter through the beautiful archway that Sunday offers to all ☀️

#OTD 1578 d. William Roper, son-in-law and biographer of Sir Thomas More bit.ly/2ct9BtC Roper was the son of John Roper, Attorney General to Henry VIII, and thus of similar social standing to the Mores. He himself was Chief Clerk to the King’s Bench.

4 Jan 1650: Parliament appoints Henry Ireton President of #Munster #otd (NPG)

Caturday. Hoggle says "You did what to Venezuela"? Stoopid Hoomans.

for you, a bit of flower power and grace 🤍🕊️ . . #ArtistsOnBlueSky #BlueSkyArtShow #Photography #WomensArtBlueSky  #PhotographersOnBlueSky #Flowers #OregonPhotographer #Oregon #peony

And now… check this out. Yesterday’s glorious #sunrise here in Ballarat, over the lake. It was bloody calming I tell ya what. #iPhoneography #Photography #landscape

A recent oil on canvas painted in my garden size 61cmX86cm "Two women at a garden table". It was one of my entries to the Cambridge Drawing Society 2024. Needs to be a bit more subtle in its tone I think looking back on it. #art #oiloncanvas #summergarden

What Languages Were Used in the Middle Ages? www.medievalists.net/2026/01/lang... #languages #history

It is John Aubrey’s 400th anniversary this year! My next book publishes his Natural History in full for the 1st time. It is not the quaint collection of random anecdotes suggested by the heavily edited 1847 version, but cutting edge c17 science all penned with Aubrey’s characteristic brilliance.

Get your tickets for Six Queens: Peril and Passion at the Court of Henry VIII bit.ly/3X4zY1K on 24 January at @southwarkcathedral.bsky.social Our third speaker will be @enortonhistory.bsky.social on Jane Seymour.

A rather lovely walk in Coed Gwent, with the Severn Estuary in the distance on the left.

The Siege of Jerusalem; the Wheel of Fortune, Three Fates with threads of life, and the Four Seasons München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, BSB Clm 17404; Flavii Josephi historiarum antiquitatis Judaicae libri XX; eiusdem de Judaico bello libri VII; 1241; p.410

Luis Laso de la Vega’s ‘Huei tlamahuiçoltica’ [The Great happening] #Mexico City, 1649 - an account in Nuahatl of the appearance of the Virgin of Guadeloupe

This is stunning - an Ancient Egyptian glass bottle in the shape of a bunch of grapes! New Dynasty of Egypt, c.1200 BC It was made by dipping a mud core in molten glass, before attaching extra lumps of glass to represent grapes 📍 Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge 📸 Me #FindsFriday #archaeology 🏺

The inspiring and wonderful Red Dress project at Killerton yesterday. #embroidery #thereddress

6th January is the feast of the Epiphany which is depicted in the initial 'D'(eus) of the Collect for Epiphany. #Epiphany BnF MS Latin 9428; Sacramentary of Drogo; 9th century (between 826/837 CE & 855 CE); Metz; f.34v @gallicabnf.bsky.social

The 15th century tower at St Michael’s Church, Kingsteignton, Devon survived after much of the church was rebuilt in in 1865, 📷 from 2 January 2023 #SteepleSaturday

365 Challenge No. 1 - 2026 publish daily old unpublished pics Day 3 - Columns and light, Lisbon, Portugal 2025 More at fotosbyfaj.com #fotosbyfaj #faj365challenge2026 #lisbon #portugal #columns #photography #blueskykin

Catherine of Valois, Queen of England, died on this day in 1437 thefreelancehistorywriter.com/2017/04/07/c...

I am happy #archaeology is thriving www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

6th January is the feast of the Epiphany. #Epiphany BL Royal 1 D X, f.2v

The Secret Diary of Eleanor Cobham: A young duchess is found guilty of sorcery and witchcraft. Centuries later her secret diary is discovered hidden under floorboards in Beaumaris Castle and her true story can be told. mybook.to/SecretDiary #HistoricalFiction #audiobooks

"The congregation agreed the sermons had definitely improved this Xmas"

First #snow of 2026 ❄️🌨️

Jupiter, Io and Ganymede looking beautiful tonight with my C6. #astronomy #astrophotography

Day 1282 of #IansDailyPhotoChallenge and kicking off with my 1st fungi of 2026 Definitely have mush(more)room to add lots of these before the year is done! 🤗🍄😁#inspiringnature #wildlife #naturephotography #365DaysWild

6th January is the feast of the Epiphany. "Deus qui hodierna die unigenitum tuum gentibus stella duce revelasti....." #Epiphany BL Yates Thompson 2; 'The Ottobeuren Collectar'; 12th century; Germany, S. (Ottobeuren); f.62v

Don't forget to buy your tickets for Six Queens: Peril and Passion at the Court of Henry VIII bit.ly/3X4zY1K on 24 January at @southwarkcathedral.bsky.social Second speaker is @drowenemmerson.bsky.social on Anne Boleyn.

May 2026 be better than 2025! The De Brailes Hours,13th century. (BL, Add 49999, fol. 40v)

Don't forget to buy your tickets for Six Queens: Peril and Passion at the Court of Henry VIII bit.ly/3X4zY1K on 24 January at @southwarkcathedral.bsky.social First up, @melitat.bsky.social on Katharine of Aragon.

Trieste Cathedral was built over a Roman temple next to the forum and retains the original mosaic floor. #TilesOnTuesday 🗃️🏺

Both sides of the disused rood stairs in the Church of St. Pandionia and St. John the Baptist, Eltisley, Cambridgeshire 🤩

Holkham Beach, North Norfolk

Sunlight filtering through the trees in the Forest of Dean. Wishing everyone a happy and healthy 2026.

a piece of work So bravely done, so rich, that it did strive In workmanship and value; which I wonder'd Could be so rarely and exactly wrought’ Cymbeline 2.4 #ShakespeareSunday This digital project allows you to see the minutest detail of Van Eyck’s work. Breathtaking! closertovaneyck.kikirpa.be

Dec 29, 1627: Globe shareholder and actor Henry Condell is buried at St. Mary Aldermanbury in London. #OTD #Shakespeare

29 December 1582: Sir Christopher Hatton is still in a snit about Elizabeth I's new-found favour for young Walter Ralegh. His friend Thomas Heneage writes to him to say that he has, as requested, presented a gift to the queen on Hatton's behalf: a 'fish prison', presumably some ... 1/ #earlymodern

On 1 January 1387 Charles II, the medieval king of Navarre, died as he had lived – with great violence. ✍️ Mathew Lyons explains www.historytoday.com/archive/mont...

Magritte's #Art of Conversation

An early medieval claw beaker from Nettersheim. Claw beakers, so named for the applied "claws" attached to their bodies, were prevalent during the 6th and 7th centuries. Fun fact: in German, these vessels are called Rüsselbecher - trunk beaker On display at Neues Museum Berlin 📷me 🏺 #archaeology

Earliest coin minted in Scotland saved for the nation after 900 years. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion." Alexander the Great

Good morning from the Welsh Marches. Sheltering beneath a rockery wall. Perfect on a grey day.

This artists name is grandma Moses and she didn’t start painting until age 78

#OTD 1503 Battle of Garigliano, one of the more decisive battles in the long Italian Wars of the first half of the 16th C. when the Spanish under Gonzalo de Cordoba defeated French ally Ludovico II of Saluzzo.