Definitely not bringing @royalsociety.org into disrepute, though.

Laxton stands some two miles east of Howden, in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The Old Chapel of St Peter, erected in the fourteenth century, long served the village until, falling into decay, the greater part of the fabric was taken down. In the later nineteenth century a new church was

Just After Dawn. -1°C and a light dusting of snow. Owls 🦉

And if you want a list of the reasons that have been given for keeping Musk as FRS, there's this piece deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/02/seve...

Embassy, Petts Wood. My first cinema.

A US government that gives its middle finger to the world harms all of us, Conservatives and Liberals. It has already drastically weakened our country.

Ska-Weihnacht Rostock

The Lusetti Family, Luzzara, Italy in 1953 by Paul Strand. This has to be one of the best group photographs ever taken.

The Victoria Hotel in central Leeds has recently reopened after a massive restoration. It's one of the most stunning heritage pubs in the UK - I highly recommend the food & drink too.

The Nesin Mathematics Village in western Turkey was dreamed up by award-winning mathematician Ali Nesin to engage his students

Nominative determinism alert.

Cheque stubs with “10/- cash” written on them.

An associate dean told English faculty “literature with major plot lines that concern gay, lesbian or transgender identities should not be taught in core-curriculum classes…faculty may assign textbooks with chapters that cover transgender identity, so long as they do not talk about the material.”🙃

Here is a courageous American literally "getting in the way". Does the above federal official believe that she deserves to be executed?

Not really what you’d call blackmail, as described here. But still a nice story. Nice moustache too.

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A snowy Alexandra Road, Moss Side, Manchester, 1897 (Manchester Libraries).

A Slow Thaw. 2°C and black ice. Partridge in the wood.

By 1882, Dolcoath Mine had reached a remarkable depth of 2,160 feet (660 m), with around 12 miles (19 km) of tunnels accessible to miners and a further 40 miles (64 km) of disused workings that had become unsafe and impassable. This pic was taken in the 1900s.

A new ‘Memories for You’ collection as curated (and named) for me automatically by Google Photos.

Early Morning, West Hartlepool, County Durham, 1963, photo by Don McCullin.

A fiery sunrise over Elterwater in the Lake District on the last day of 2025. 💕 #Elterwater #LakeDistrict 📷 Courtesy of Verity Milligan @veritymilligan.bsky.social

Pity poor Jacob Rees-Mogg.😔 He turns up at a TV studio with an almighty bad hangover to find a somewhat disturbed & deranged elderly woman preaching at him. 😱

Leaving Finchley Central View of a train leaving Finchley Central London Underground station. I love how it snakes around the corner. Taken from the platform bridge.

A mid-12th century relief of the ‘Adoration of the Kings’. Originally from the Lower Rhine, the relief is now part of the collections at the V&A in London. 📸 My own. #Epiphany

'Notting Hill Gate' by Denys G. Wells (1881–1973) (Private collection)

De brug bij de Paleisstraat, circa 1898, door George Hendrik Breitner, particuliere collectie. De tekening was te zien op de tentoonstelling ‘Breitner in Amsterdam’ in 2014 in het Stadsarchief Amsterdam. #sneeuw #amsterdam #sneeuwballen

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A man and woman watch water flood Salford streets, September 1946.

A Jester's staff (or marotte) 15thC. The head here is of bronze, the staff itself would have been wooden. (British Museum)

I don’t think we rank that highly tbh; there’s no way we’d do so well in comparison to other countries. Probably something wrong with the survey or something.

Is it extraordinary that the only English newspaper front page with even a hint of criticism of US actions is the Daily Star? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Mossley, now in Tameside, is a former cotton spinning town where the historic borders of Lancashire, Cheshire and the West Riding of Yorkshire meet in one place. Derbyshire isn't far away either. Painting is 'Old Milltown', a montage by Chris Cyprus.

Wet Winter Weather, painting by Mal Burton, b.1944.

PHOTO OF THE DAY. London telephone engineer (1925). 📷 Donald McLeish

A Corner of the Artist’s Room in Paris, 1907-09, painting by Welsh artist Gwen John.

View (SW, across the Vale of York) this morning from Crayke, North Yorkshire's own little Tuscan hill town.

Painting by Sarah Carvell. ‘Crisp Morning on the Allotment’ Oil on linen. Dimensions 70 x 60cm.

Another one from much warmer times, recording 'What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow' in North Carolina. A welcome reminder that spring will always come again. I hope you’re staying bundled up out there and enjoying time with loved ones. Video: Alexei Mejouev

Fantastic portrait of don Andrés de Andrade y la Cal and his excellent dog, painted in the 1660s by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, whose day is today.

James Paterson. Scottish (1854 - 1932) A Little Town in France

Vasily Baksheev "Snow-Capped Trees" 1900 Tretyakov Gallery

🥁 **Top Ten Images of the Year · #3 of 10** How lovely is this church? Another from my *Pocketable Churches* series — All Saints', Billesley, Warwickshire. Once at the heart of a medieval village, now standing solitary in a copse.

“Focus on the aesthetics of the controls, not their legibility. People’s eyesight is at its best when they’re using this product.” First day of shower designer class, presumably.

US printmaker Rose Piper Slow Down Freight Train, 1947 Offset Lithograph #Womensart

Motiv from Stockholm and Katarinavägen, Isaac Grünewald 1916

Newcastle Quayside, 1978, photo by Trevor Ermel.