Heron taking advantage of the quiet evening to look majestic from a prime tourist spot. @everyheron.bsky.social @queens.cam.ac.uk

Roses are red, you owe someone an apology,

I BEG YOUR PARDON DUOLINGO?

Hey yesterday I emailed an archivist with, and I quote, “do you know what ‘bundle dated 1190-1200,46’ might be?” And they emailed me back within an hour with the full text of a deed and a translation so yeah, ask a librarian (and archivists)

Teaching a summer school in London the last two weeks of July and need a place to stay! If anyone has any leads on spare rooms / pet-sitting opportunities lmk! 🙏🏻

Am I deceiving myself @bsbibotany.bsky.social - is this just a leany-over Spanish bluebell rather than a native? There are definitely Spanish elsewhere in the garden and this has popped up by itself.

Just added my first 33 entries to the @bsbibotany.bsky.social 100 plants challenge after a cursory stroll around the garden and to the corner shop - this was only ones with visible flowers or easily identifiable. Plenty more to come after a more detailed look! bsbi.org/take-part/ac...

Reposting for the weekend crowd.

Johannes Gutenberg invented the PlayStation

Relocated my wildlife camera - the pond greenery was setting it off on windy nights - and discovered that as well as the two foxes who come by regularly, we are also blessed by a hedgehog 😍 #wildlife #nature

Excitement at DP HQ - vol 3 of our Morales series comes out on 1st May! Here's a link to all the places where you can pre-order it. Cleverly, it will show the singles as they're released too. The first single - the Kyrie of the mass for 4 voices - comes out this Friday! Woo-hoo!

Junior is a kid after my own heart.

And is it OK to share someone else's photo for the #WildflowerHour #CowslipChallenge? It's so beautiful. Picture of @theul.bsky.social store at Ely taken by Eliot Lees.

Last minute entry for #WildflowerHour two bees on a primrose as @theul.bsky.social .

In Easter Season, add Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.

The three Marys at the empty tomb being greeted by an angel #EasterSunday BL Add 49598; Benedictional of Æthelwold; 963 CE-984 CE; England, S; f.51v @blmedieval.bsky.social

A Vigil with 37 confirmations, now listening to the Earthquake mass with a slice of Osterzopf. Happy Easter to one and all!

Just as the violets in the garden start to fade, the first forget-me-nots show their faces. #Wildflowers

Excellent nominative determinism, BBC News website.

18,000 mph is unimaginably fast.

LOVE that they were just like "and here we see the moon, which as it happens is where we are going"

We've all felt that way, Junior.

Flashback to the day that both Margaret Bent and Constant Mews were in my reading room 🤩 #MedievalHistory

The two types of librarian conflict management as illustrated by Richard Scarry. Which are you?

this is the news coverage I need

Anyone out there who wore a family member's passed-down wedding dress when they got married? 17yo interested in this for an art project she's working on.

Discovered in the stacks in the box next to the one I was looking for. Excellent nominative determinism from the editor. @theulspeccoll.bsky.social

Because I am a cruel parent who doesn't just give away chocolate free, the kids have a quiz for their Easter egg hunt in the garden. Previous years' clues have included a map, limericks, languages/codes, and a Spotify playlist (I'm so up to date 😂). What to do for 2026: tiktok vids? AI prompts?

Bursary deadline 7 April. Please encourage students/colleagues to apply. 👇☀️📖 palaeography.uk/study/short-...

Building my own bookshop from a kit. Make slightly fiddly bookshelves, check. Make teeny tiny Voynich manuscript, check 😁 Make fiddly block of books, ok. Make *44 more*? 😭

You've got to love the Aim High approach of the loyalty club at our local pizza delivery place.

Just scrolled down my feed and I have now seen the screenshot of the Pope discovering that you don't wear gloves in special collections exactly 20 times, well done staying on brand everybody.

For @oldenoughtosay.com and others who enjoy a nice surprise in the photos on a house listing. www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...

I think this is meant to be enthusiasm but comes across as damning with faint praise. Just how interesting are we expecting the history of insurance to be...?

THE GREAT BRITISH SEWING BEE: oh my this is fun, oh what larks THE GREAT BRITISH REAPING BEE: well this is a spot of bother and make no mistake, what on earth

Looking at #WorldFrogDay posts to find my people.

We maintain that there is NO SUCH THING as a boring record - just an archive that hasn't yet found its (probably very niche) researcher 📜

Blossom starting in the garden: greengage and ornamental cherry.

This is somewhat confusing.

I was reminded of this thread today, so I’m sharing it to add a bit of whimsy to your timelines.

Me summed up in three recent Duolingo phrases.

That turned out well 😭

Happy Mother’s Day from Robert Grosseteste (d.1253)!!

Wondering if I can start a[nother] PhD in time to apply for one of these *phenomenal* 6 month placements.

I’m at Akhenaten at the LA Opera and I’m not exaggerating when I tell you literally EVERYONE is here except Timothée Chalamet

Johannes Gutenberg invented leopard print

So pleased that International Women's Day is also I Hat Yoo Mummee day in our house. Raising strong girls who know their own minds 💪 then 5yo was not pleased: "This is me going upstairs with a piece of paper because I am cross and I am going to write on it I hate you mummy"

there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for

:crumbles and turns to dust:

Disco moss! This is funaria hygrometrica which popped up all by itself in a pot next to some lavender. @bsbibotany.bsky.social #moss #nature