“I’m a remarkable woman..always was, though none of you seemed to think so.”May Morris, English artist embroiderer, designer, feminist and socialist, dismayed by the lack of support for women artists founded the Women’s Guild of Arts, 1907 #womensart

Go for it CA!

Poor boy. What is wrong with the human race?

Phew. Just uninstalled and deleted my Spotify account. Feel lighter already. What do you all suggest I divest myself of next? (Have already shut off Twatter and Audible).

Mothers and infants are generally underrepresented in historical accounts. Examining mother and infant burials from Iron Age and Roman England allows us to observe the multi-generational impact of Roman occupation on health #WednesdayWisdom 🏺 #Archaeology 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

🔟 The tenth entry on our 2025 Coming of Age list of the best architecture now eligible for heritage listing is Techniquest, Cardiff, by Ahrends Burton & Koralek (1995) - the UK’s first science discovery centre, constructed around the frame of an 1890s workshop. ➡️ c20society.org.uk/coming-of-age/…

'Snow Shadows' by contemporary printmaker Alexandra Buckle #WomensArt

Frozen stream.

Turn down the lights, turn up the volume for a sublime moment. The words of Jackie Morris read by Jerome Flynn put together with music by Dougal Abbott. This is balm for the soul. (Stained glass by me!)

Open up this picture fully. Then look at the surface of Mars. Then look up to the top right. Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky. Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos. That's Earth.

Happy 50th Anniversary of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975. Great long read: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Today marks 50 years since The Sex Discrimination Act 1975 came into force, and the Equal Pay Act 1970 fully taking effect.

The algorithms are making it a lot harder to spread the word about these online talks. Although numbers are still reasonable, it would be a great help if folk were able to give the 30 December event a quick share 🙂 Booking available here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/buildings-...

How delicately a Romanesque angel uses the lightest touch of a finger to wake one of the magi, snuggled with the other 2 under their embroidered circular blanket at St Lazare, Autun, c1130 (& how beautifully the textures of pillow & blanket are represented). Season's greetings to you all!

“Two turtle doves…” 🎶 Once a symbol of love and loyalty, now on the UK Red List. This Christmas, let’s protect the species that inspired the carol. Read about a farmer doing just that ⤵️ Day 2 of East Anglia Bylines #12DaysOfChristmas @eastangliabylines.co.uk @oscarwoofs.bsky.social

Do you hear ghostly hooves, cantering through the night? Our Mari is stirring… she races to sunset on Alban Arthur, the Winter Solstice tomorrow ❤️ So lucky to see this little piece of Welsh heritage bought back to life and celebrated in the here and now, even if her beginnings are a mystery

Cool idea!

Nature isn’t a “blocker” – it makes our lives better. Our coast, countryside, heritage and wildlife underpin our food, water and health and put millions of pounds into the economy. The Government must not weaken the laws that protect them.

ROMAN WALL BLUES “Over the heather the wet wind blows, I’ve lice in my tunic and a cold in my nose. The rain comes pattering out of the sky, I’m a Wall soldier, I don’t know why.” W. H. Auden. #PlaymobilInfestation #HadriansWall

Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.

Two examples of a distinctively Romano-British artefact: the sinuously gorgeous dragonesque brooch for #FindsFriday 😍 These particular copper alloy beauties, inlaid with red and blue enamel, were found in Faversham #Kent c 1895 © Trustees of the British Museum #Roman #Archaeology

Have passed this Bronze Age burial chamber many times.es but decided to stop this year ... Cerig y Gof, covered in bracken. #autumn #walking #archaeology #BronzeAge #Pembrokeshire #Wales #WestWales

(Semi)Annual trek to Pentre Ifan burial chamber. Love the walk through Tŷ Canol NNR to get there (no pics this time of that though). #autumn #walking #preselihills #Pembrokeshire #Wales #WestWales

Beach on our doorstep for very cold dips each morning and sea glass hunting. #autumn #coldwaterswimming #pembrokeshire #Wales #westwales

On hols in Pembrokeshire West Wales. Expect a few pics of landscapes and archaeology. First up: Inland path in Cwm Rhigian /3. #autumn #walking #pembrokeshire #Wales #westwales

It's Monday tomorrow - here's a cute dormouse to help you cope with that fact. They were spotted by Ranger George on a recent survey at Cadsonbury in Cornwall. It's all in a day's work for the ranger team who carefully manage the site so protected species like dormice can thrive. Photo: George H

Annual trek to Pentre Ifan Neolithic chambered tomb. Always enjoy the walk through the fearie glen of the TV Canol NNR to get there. #AncientBluesky

The Hind Rajab Foundation have identified the IDF soldiers who murdered 6 year old Hind and her family, & their names have been submitted to the ICC. Professor William Schabas discusses the possibility that they'll face prosecution.

#StainedGlassSunday One of fine windows at St Neot, Cornwall, features obscure Cornish saints Mabyn, daughter of Welsh King Brycha, left + Irish missionary Meubred, right, w Our Lady of Pity and Risen Christ in between. 1528 glass known as Wives Window for donors from the west of the parish: see /2

Thank you to everyone at the #NO_KINGS rallies for making your voices heard & being part of history. The massive crowds were joyful, passionate & spectacular! So were the signs...

Brilliant! I'd read that story!

@iramjohn.bsky.social So Roast beef with Yorkshire pudding, Lancaster Hotspot, shepherds pie, cottage pie, fish pie etc don't have any taste? Not to mention dishes from Wales, Scotland and NI where there is also fish and chips.

King Tamar of Georgia - by European standards Queen Tamar (1179-1213). Tamar is widely considered one of the most influential female political leader in world history.

Louise Stebbing, contemporary Norfolk based (UK) printmaker working mostly in lino printing & etching #WomensArt

Queen of Hearts, 1909, by Margaret Macdonald, one of the defining artists of the Scottish Arts and Crafts Movement #womensart

Reform Defunding Schools Reform UK’s Flagship Kent Council is planning to take £2 million from schools’ already-squeezed budgets to pay for vital services it can no longer afford. Linden Kemkaran, Reform’s Kent Leader is failing. schoolsweek.co.uk/reform-run-k...

. A LIFE WELL LIVED 💜 .

NEW: Extraordinary scenes in Amsterdam this afternoon (Sunday, Oct 5). An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸 (🎥 Ahmed Zantac)

Labbacallee • Cork Labbacallee is Ireland’s largest example of a wedge tomb. The name Labbacallee derives from Leaba Chaillí, which can be roughly translated to ‘The Hag’s Bed’. Archaeologists discovered the remains of an adult woman, a man, and a child. All dating between 2456–1776 BC.

Our ancestors were very much like we are: they liked colors, animals, and pretty things.

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

Being accountable to an international court means our Government has to answer to them if it tries to undermine your human rights. Be very suspicious of any UK politician who wants to remove that check on their powers. Share this and speak up for your freedoms.

Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91

The agreement on marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction was reached in 2023 with much fanfare, partly because it sets up a system for establishing marine protected areas (MPAs) in international waters. On Sept. 19, Morocco became the 60th country to ratify the deal.

#MosaicMonday Very pleasingly designed floor in tepidarium of women's baths in Herculaneum.

#OnThisDay - 21 September 19 BC is the date usually given for the death of Virgil. So here's the 3rd Century AD mosaic from Hadrumetum - Virgil flanked by the Muses Clio and Melpomene. The scroll on his lap has the text of Aeneid 1.8. #Virgil #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: Bardo National Museum, Tunis

“the enemy arrives not by rubber dinghy but by private jet” (traditional English proverb)

The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States. 🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...

From predator conflict to conservation champions 🐆👩🏽🌾: Quechua women in Peru’s Andes are protecting wildcats and finding new livelihoods. Mongabay’s reporting helped spark global support 🌍. Read more 👇 Support independent media: buff.ly/oibj9JH

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