"Well, what shall we hang? The holly, or each other?" Now that's a Christmas movie. From 'The Lion in Winter' (1968). With the brilliant Katharine Hepburn and Peter O'Toole

The complete Bayeux Tapestry has finally been released and proves that Bishop Odo had absolutely nothing to do with the illegal Norman invasion of England.

Morning all! Ivor remained asleep until 6am, bless him. Just had a look and we tipped 20k, which is magnificent. I’m going to repost some pix that I missed while slumbering. Thank you thank you #DuvetKnowItsChristmas www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...

For those late to all this, Duncan's "Lemon Meringue Prison" from a few years back is the Bohemian Rhapsody of #DuvetKnowItsChristmas

This year we’ve been upgraded to “The Annexe of Estrangement”. Apart from a model shark on the bed and an excess of gym equipment, all is looking good. But what the hell is going on with the pumpkin summoning charm on the other side of the room? And who needs 5 freezers? #duvetknowitschristmas

The joy of teenage children #ConfinedCocktails. We have all just been out for dinner and are now watching something about Christmas music videos while eating biscuits.

Unbelievably, #DuvetKnowItsChristmas generates such good will on social media that over the years we've raised somewhere approaching a quarter of a million quid for homeless charities. If you can spare a bob or two, sling some to Centrepoint, and here's the link: www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...

This is the 15th year of #DuvetKnowItsChristmas, which is preposterous. Rules: if you find yourself dealing with unusual / claustrophobic / gaudy sleeping arrangements this Christmas Eve, share a picture with the world. Use the hashtag (with capitalisation) and cc me if you can be bothered.

Happy It's OK to Start Eating the Christmas Food Day to all who celebrate

Tomorrow evening it’ll be my annual duty to vaguely shepherd the activity on the #duvetknowitschristmas hashtag and urge people to give small sums to charity. 7.30pm? Something like that?

Happy We Can Probably Open One of the Cheeses day to all who celebrate.

I'm not sure what was decided at Stonehenge during the winter solstice this year, but I approve of the new god/ruler/emperor/pagan supreme being or whatever the rank is of the one that was chosen:

Festive #ConfinedCocktails - everyone has finished work and we're celebrating with a Casino.

ChatGPT could NEVER.

I missed #Caturday but this cat belongs on your timeline regardless of the day!

Very sad that this is the last time I'll be muttering 'oh shut up Tess'.

We are shocked and saddened to share news of the death of Dr Paul Ayris, Pro-Vice-Provost (LCCOS: Library, Culture, Collections and Open Science). Paul will be hugely missed in LCCOS and beyond, and our thoughts are with his family, friends and colleagues. Read our tribute: https://bit.ly/3XZKE25

Words Matter is a free multi-disciplinary exhibition that is part of Prejudice in Power. Find out more about the events programme exploring UCL’s historic role in promoting the pseudoscience of eugenics.

A diverse range of projects has progressed our mission in 2024-25; from curating and opening up world-class collections, to pioneering open science, and partnering with our local and global communities to address society’s grand challenges. Read our Annual Report here: www.ucl.ac.uk/lccos/about-...

Everything is an effort at this point in the year. Every sentence is a little hill to climb.

At Château de Salignac the renovation continues, replacing boring modern plaster with proper lime and of course... paint! I love seeing colour & patterns being brought back into castles, a much more accurate depiction of what they once looked like. www.facebook.com/chateaudesal...

I am brimming with holiday spirit

Word of the day, should you be feeling a little huffish, is ‘apanthropy’ (18th century): a love of solitude and the desire to be away from other people.

The Growth of London, from the Romans to the 21st Century, Visualized in a Time-Lapse Animated Map

‘No one seems to care’: scholars decry plight of British Library. Humanities researchers suffer amid “agonisingly slow” recovery from 2023 cyberattack, as strikes cause further delays. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...

Party season is here (if parties are your thing) and what joyous colour there is in Anne Lowe’s evening wear. Her early #1960s turquoise and black ensemble combines plain silk with black floral lace, structured in such a way as to make the fabric the star of the show #NMAAHC #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

hello from this Paris restaurant where I've just eaten a scamorza tortilla and I'm here to ask: why aren't the rest of us making scamorza tortillas, how is it the first time I'm hearing about this, what have we been doing all this time

Highly recommend doing this. It's an amazing chance to help shape professional standards, alongside a great group of people!

Applications are now open for The New Curators Project 2026! Deadline: 8pm 22 February. This annual project – offers 10 paid places for east Londoners aged 18-24 who do not have a degree but are interested in working in the cultural heritage sector. Apply now: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll...

CFP: 'Difficult Collections' Special issue of 'Paper Trails' @uclpress.bsky.social. Focus on challenges of working with troubling heritage collections (colonialism, eugenics, representation, etc). Proposals: 31/01/26; Submissions: 31/05/26. Details: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll... #GLAM ##HistorySky

2025 marks the 60th anniversary of UCL's Small Press collections. UCL has collected widely in this area of independent radical publishing to preserve the outputs of these activities. The collections comprise 4,500 periodicals and 20,000 pamphlets. Watch a new celebratory video at lnkd.in/eAhT7M6t.

Are you a UCL student or staff member curious about Wikidata? Join us on 3 Dec for a fun, hands-on workshop where you’ll explore what Wikidata is and make your first edits using data from UCL’s Ethnography Collections. Come start your Wikidata journey with us!

Join us tomorrow for a very special night @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social as a part of @ucl.ac.uk MultiCOP supporting COP30. www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...

OK #ConfinedCocktails, finishing off the weekend with a Suburban. All I can say is it's a good job I've already made dinner...

The Orwell Society Prize for Dystopian Fiction 2026 is now open for submissions from people studying at a UK university: orwellsociety.com/charitable-a... If you work in UK HE, please publicize widely! I’ve been a judge since the prize’s inception; it’s such a privilege to read the submissions.

Please just let me type in the year I was born. No more scrolling. We don’t have to keep doing this to each other.

fuck I forgot I washed my sheets and now have to interrupt the soothing peacefulness of the post bath state to put the fucking sheets back on life sucks again, cheers

I think I could run for election on the single issue of removing the calories from the menus of restaurants. Sir, I am hungover. I do not want to know this delivery could feed an adult puma for a week.

Making up for a sober Saturday and getting into the Halloween vibe with a Satan's Whiskers #ConfinedCocktails

Your (my) #FridayCocktail is a fruity highball. Calvados, peach liqueur, lemon juice, syrup, soda. Essentially a health cordial, 3 of your 5-a-day* [*not binding health or legal advice]

Scrolling through my 5,000 photos on my phone, trying to organise them into albums, and stumbled on this important piece of journalism from 2022 🤣🤣🤣

i see you're doing something online that you have effortlessly done 100,000 times. would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? w

Supporters of male primogeniture during the Anarchy of the 12th century:

if you put enough olive oil in a dish it stops being unhealthy and actually becomes healthier because the olive oil now counts as one of your five a day Public Health England doesn't want you to know this

There are a lot of reeeeaaaallly cool things going on @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social World Anatomy Day this Saturday - don’t miss it! 11am - 2pm Oct 18. 🩻🐊🦴

In 2025 UCL Special Collections celebrates 60 years of collecting small press. This year also marks 50 years of publishing by Coracle Press @coracle.bsky.social Join us for a birthday bash! 12 November 17:00 - 20:00 Free & open to all / booking essential. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/we-continu...

Universities, archives and heritage groups unite for £1.5m Tudor Domesday project - Museums + Heritage share.google/uuXzitJgMK0r...

For reasons, it would be v. helpful to have information from a broad range of academic and non-academic (incl. GLAM) users of the BBC Written Archives OTHER THAN historians, briefly on: 1) What you've used it for and 2) How the proposed changes would impact on your research. Reposts welcomed.

*vomits*