#1000TudorPeople M is for Anthony Munday who travelled through Europe in 1578. He visited the English College in Rome, possibly as a spy. Returning to London, he gave evidence against Catholic priests at the trials of November 1581 that led to execution of Edmund Campion & others. amzn.to/3X5KVBp

Celtic Brithonic figure wearing a cloak known as Bittus Brittanicus 4th century AD found in Chelmsford England #celtic #archaeology #BritishHistory #druidsky /|\ #pagansky

This detail of an Athenian vase shows a war chariot advancing with infantry carrying huge figure-of-8 shields. By this time, both of these military technologies were long obsolete making me wonder whether this is a depiction of a Homeric (or other epic) battle scene 🕰️c730BC 🏛️BM 📷mine #ChariotTuesday

Octopus vase! 🐙 This Mycenaean pottery jar, made more than 3000 years ago, is decorated with a fabulous image of an octopus - look at the swirling tentacles, & those big round eyes! 🏺 #AncientBlueSky

What a find! Great to hear it will stay in Somerset. #roman www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Farage stirring up race hatred as usual. His conduct is disgraceful.

This 2,000 year-old Roman glass storage bottle still contains its original contents! 🤯 An ointment composed of fatty acids, glycerine, and plant fibres. Perhaps a cosmetic or medicinal cream. Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Trier 📷 by me #Archaeology

This is just a single foxglove plant. For the start of summer time. Have a lovely week everyone.🩷🩷🩷🩷

Amazing story! Roman news! Detectorist news! 💍🪏 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Just let me write one line as good as the first line of this poem with its casual, beautiful nostalgia that says everything without saying it

When it’s 30 degrees, a 12th-century (Narbonne) cathedral is perfect for a cool-off spell. Even as an atheist it’s impossible not to feel awe that these colossal buildings endure, as monuments to faith. (Next, a cold beer.)

2 June 1420: Henry V & Catherine of Valois solemnize their marriage at Troyes #France #otd - exactly one year to the day after they first met at Meulan.

2 June 1665: Bernini arrives in #Paris at the request of Louis XIV #otd (Getty/JMcC)

The shrill carder bumblebee (Bombus sylvarum) - a very rare bumblebee found only in a few scattered, isolated populations in England and Wales - is thriving on nature reserves near my home in south Wales. These fantastic places are managed by Gwent Wildlife Trust.

The orange tip butterflies are fluttering around happily in the sunshine. This picture is taken from Andrew Fusek Peters' fabulous book, Garden Safari, published by Graffeg.

Spent a fascinating morning at Lydney Park Gardens, investigating the intriguing remains of the Roman temple dedicated to the British god, Nodens. Remains of the temple and the bath house. The gardens are also stunning.

#1000TudorPeople S is for Elizabeth Sidney, Countess of Rutland, daughter of Sir Philip Sidney. Elizabeth shared the family taste for literature and patronised a circle of poets, including Ben Jonson, who wrote three poems to her. amzn.to/3X5KVBp

The roses are enjoying the heatwave!

An Afternoon Tea, 2026 by Elena Wuest (Germany, b.1977). Oil, canvas | 110 × 110 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Paris in Quiet Contrast Rediscovering the City in Black and White 👉 aksgar.me/paris-in-qui... #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #bnw #classicmono #bw #b&w #bnwphotography #art #artwork #scape #architecture #streetphotography #streetphoto #photography #travel #travelphotography

On the left of this photo is a Neo-Assyrian cylinder seal. These seals could be used like signatures, impressing them onto a tablet. They could also be applied to clay seals on containers to show that the container had not been opened since the seal had been applied. 1/2 #history #Mesopotamia

The magical view from Beinn a'Chrulaiste 📷 c.o. Soul of Scotland .🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The old steps and the window, St Michael and All Angels, Isel, Cumbria. Maybe steps to an old pulpit. #Windowsonwednesday

Wulfstan II (Lupus), archbishop of York, died #OTD in 1023. He delivered the barnstorming Sermo Lupi ad Anglos, 'Sermon of the Wolf to the English', and brought north the Canterbury-made gospel-book that became known as the York Gospels. Ælfric Puttoc succeeded him.

My second non-dominant handed painting this year. My left hand creates a different, wilder surface that I really enjoy seeing, but I’m not 💯 comfortable with yet. . 11”x14” oil on canvas

Another look at the wonderful door at St Saviours Church Dartmouth. Carbon-dated to 1361, The 1631 date is thought to be when it was repaired. The ironwork depicts a Tree of Life flanked by two leopards, 📷 2022 #AdoorableThursday #ironworkthursday

Golden light on sea stacks of the Oregon Coast.

Field of Flowers - Gustav Klimt

Really feeling the centre cannot hold so it’s time again for this gem

We all have days where we feel like this cup. Embrace it. Embrace the grump. 📍Pompeii, House of Julius Polybius 🕰️ 1st century AD 📷 mine #AncientBlueSky

A visitor just now in the front garden. This is why we do it (bites knuckles and cries) 🌱 #monarch #nativeplants #bloomscrolling

Nearly 2 billion people live in the red area. It is becoming completely uninhabitable. What do the climate deniers, who also hate immigration, think is going to happen?

Fleeting but magical...

This Minoan jug is in the Kamares style, typified by its light on dark decoration. This piece sports a lovely stylised flower. It’s thought that only highly skilled craftsman could produce this ware so it was likely for elites only. 🕰️c2100BC-1700BC 🏛️Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷Wolfgang Sauber

Royal lion hunt relief, Assyrian palace at Nineveh, c 645-635 BC, alabaster, British Museum

Someone has put up an umbrella over the goose nest at the pond round the corner from me to protect it from the heat and I think this is the sweetest thing ever. It’s possibly the pub next to the pond that has done it not sure. I will miss this place when we move 🪿 🐣❤️♥️🥰

Vermeer’s Girl With The Pearl Earring will be shown in Osaka, later this year, and the press conference was as Japanese as you’d expect #Vermeer

Rechalking Dorset's favourite (and happiest) giant with @nationaltrust.org.uk @nattrustarch.bsky.social Video Jim Wileman / The Guardian See 👇👇👇 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Æthelstan, king of the English, convened an assembly at Wintancæstir (Winchester) #OTD in 934. Here, he drew up a land and naval campaign against the Scots. Among those present were Wulfstan I, archbishop of York, and Wigred, bishop of Chester-le-Street. 📸Athelstan Museum

#OTD 1552 b. Alexander 4th Lord Elphinstone, was born. He was Lord Treasurer of Scotland 1599-1601 & an Extraordinary Lord of Session – that is, a direct nominee of the king within the Court of Session, Scotland’s highest court, instituted by James V bit.ly/1eGOFjT

Snap it up before it's gone. The Queen and the Countess still on Kindle offer for only 99p - but only a few days left now. 'A superb read.' 'Fascinating, poignant and beautifully written. A story of love and the sorrow of war.' www.amazon.co.uk/Queen-Counte...

The boy has brought me a tiny wee bairn from work There are five(?) more I swore I wasn't going to take in kittens anymore I have named her Willow 💚

27 May 1583: Elizabeth is leaving Greenwich temporarily for a visit to Lord Burghley's sprawling mansion of Theobalds in Hertfordshire. I'm not sure if she makes it all the way there today, but Burghley himself, characteristically meticulous, draws up the accommodation list for ... 1/ #earlymodern

#OTD 1541, Margaret, Countess of Salisbury, sometimes called ‘the last Plantagenet’ was executed on Tower Green. Margaret, aged 69, had been in the Tower for two years, without trial, but was condemned to death for treason by an Act of Attainder. bit.ly/1vgc7GC

This painting is titled "Two Women Sitting at a Bar" created by Pablo Picasso in 1902.

Two bees sleeping in a flower.. I’m so normal about this 🥹🥹

there’s a woman inside me with dirt beneath her nails & moonlight tangled in her hair. she doesn’t care whether she’s lovable, only that she’s alive.

This is glorious. (From the British Museum, Midsummer 1939.)

Podcasts that feature or mention Jane update. ladyjanegrey.info?p=19672