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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 3h

Foreigners and Outside Influences in Medieval Norway
edited by Stian Suppersberger Hamreis. Archaeopress Publishing Ltd 2017: The Cistercians’ arrived in the middle of the twelfth century. 'In this case, we have more evidence of who they were and 'where they came

The first Cistercian monastery, Lyse near Bergen, was founded in 1146 by monks from Fountains near York, at the behest of Sigurd, the Bishop of Bergen.

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 1h

Such languor infuses this late #1930s court presentation gown. It was designed by Madeleine Vionnet & worn by Ms Potter Palmer. I imagine her gliding towards the monarch for her presentation dropping a slow curtsey & drifting off in search of a martini @chicagomuseum.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Side view of a silver grey chiffon sleeveless evening dress with silver embellishment at the wait and shoulders and a long train

Detail of the back of the silver grey chiffon dress showing the silver embellishment along the shoulder straps

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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 1h

Against a deep black ground, hundreds of delicate star-shaped flowers are hand-drawn in soft cream and pale coral tones, creating an enchanting celestial effect that transforms the kimono into a wearable night sky. 1868-1912, Japan

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Bexhill Museum @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social · 54m

Aww hee hee.

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Trimontium Trust & Museum @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social · 7h

All the women from 8 onwards used to spend several hours per day spinning. Some researches state that a good spinner could reach the amount of 100 metres of yarn per day.
To know more about Iron Age Textile take part in the Trimontium workshop on October 11th!

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Reading Museum @readingmuseum.bsky.social · 7h

Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is all about ✨glamour✨

We're sharing this beautifully illustrated catalogue for shortbreads, biscuits and cakes produced by Huntley & Palmers in 1929. Who doesn't feel this glamourous reaching for a cookie and a cuppa? 🍪

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illustrated cover of a Huntley & Palmers catalogue for 'Shortbreads, Biscuits & Cakes' with a glamourous lady wearing jewelry and evening dress sitting on the edge of a table reaching for a bowl of biscuits. From Reading Museum's collection.

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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 13h

In swamps and marshes, people occasionally see mysterious blue-tinged flashes of light above water, which have commonly been associated with ghosts or spirits. Now physicists may have finally worked out what causes them.

We may finally know what causes will-o’-the-wisps

Mysterious flashes of light seen in swamps and bogs could be caused by burning methane or other gases, ignited by sparks that fly between bubbles in water

www.newscientist.com

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LBV Magazine @labrujulaverde.bsky.social · 1d

The Loneliest Fish in the World: The Species That Has Lived Isolated in the Same Hole for 20,000 Years www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/10/t...

The Loneliest Fish in the World: The Species That Has Lived Isolated in the Same Hole for 20,000 Years

Devils Hole is a limestone water-filled cavern located in the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, in Nye County, Nevada. Measuring only 22 meters long by 3.5 meters wide, it is home to one of the ra...

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Athelstan Museum @athelstanmuseum.bsky.social · 12h

Event coming up soon-

Lace Making Workshop

23rd October -
2 sessions - 10.30 to 12.30 & 1.30 to 3.30
Rausing Building, Malmesbury.

Tickets not required (£5 donation requested)

ages 5-95
(under 16s to be accompanied by an adult)
#crafts #workshop #localhistory

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Bexhill Museum @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social · 10h

Phew, good to know! 🤣

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Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · 1d

I think I'd cycle 80 miles in a headwind to see Ely Cathedral. No other cathedral feels so organically grown from the earth itself - it's lantern tower is one of the most verdant wonders of the medieval world. #thread

Ely Cathedral’s octagon and spires rise above the town’s tiled rooftops, their weathered stone and intricate pinnacles catching morning light beneath a pale blue Fenland sky.

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Bexhill Museum @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social · 11h

"A prison officer, one of many on duty during the hunt for the two escaped Northeye prisoners, warns motorists passing through Hooe not to give lifts to hitch-hikers."
Bexhill Observer 9.10.1971. #Hooe #Northeye #Prison #Bexhill #Sussex #History #1970s #ThrowbackThursday

Newspaper cutting from the Bexhill Observer 9.10.1971 about escaped prisoners from HMP Northeye.

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Emily Brand @emilybrand.bsky.social · 1d

V. excited to have found a child's diary from 1789, covering the period he & his family fled the French Revolution

... So far it has mostly been 'I am very annoyed about running away!', accompanied with detailed blow by blow accounts of his tutor's unfortunate bouts of diarrhoea #18c

a man sitting in a chair with a hulu logo on the bottom

ALT: a man sitting in a chair with a hulu logo on the bottom

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Stone Club @stoneclub.bsky.social · 1d

Work begins on hidden Neolithic stone circle dig
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Work begins on hidden Neolithic stone circle dig near Bodmin

More than £40,000 of National Lottery funding was awarded to excavate the site earlier this year.

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Bexhill Museum @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social · 11h

Er…is there a person attached to those legs?? 😳

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 1d

That’s a wrap on sessions at St Fagans for #Museums2025! 🎬

We’ve had a wonderful two days on-site with you, discussing how community, solidarity and friendship can bring people together at a time of uncertainty and division.

Sain Ffagan sign at the entrance to St Fagans National Museum of History

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Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social · 11h

In 1968, against the backdrop of the Race Relations Act and Powell's 'Rivers of Blood' speech, local Birmingham groups campaigned against racism and in support of civil rights

The archives of activist Margaret Stanton capture some of the grassroots activities mrc-describe.epexio.com/records/MSP/...

Ticket for the inaugural meeting of the Birmingham Area Civil Rights Campaign.

Photograph from the Birmingham Post, 6 May 1968, captioned 'A grim struggle for the police as they link arms to hold back the large crowd of demonstrators in Victoria Square, Birmingham, yesterday during the Prime Minister's visit'. The most visible placard says 'Would you let your daughter marry Enoch Powell'.

Letter sent to newspaper editors in August 1968 by the Birmingham Committee of the International Year for Human Rights. It deplores "the recent recommendations of the Birmingham City Council that all immigration into the city should be stopped, and we affirm that this policy is both morally wrong, and unworkable in practise. We remind the Council that the prosperity of this great city has been built on a long tradition of welcoming immigrants of all races. ... The proud motto of Birmingham is "Forward". Let the Council abandon its present backward-looking policy, and go forward to lead the nation in creating a society in which all races can work together in harmony."

Circular issued by the Birmingham Area Civil Rights Campaign Steering Group in 1968. It identifies four main fields of activity for the newly formed Birmingham Area Civil Rights Campaign: education, research, community action and political activity.

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 23h

Fuel shortages you say?
Air Raid Warden driving a miniature car, capable of covering eighty miles on a gallon of gasoline and attaining a speed of 45 m.p.h.!

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Annie Brassey @anniebrassey.bsky.social · 11h

Sunbeam #TierradelFuego #Chile 9.10.1876. "It was almost dark when we arrived, but the children, Captain Brown, and I, went on shore...and gathered a few ferns and mosses. We also found the embers of a fire...we...thought it prudent to hurry on board again before nightfall." #Brassey #Travel #1870s

Pages and map from "A Voyage in the Sunbeam" by Annie Lady Brassey, published in 1878. Tierra del Fuego, Chile 9.10.1876.

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 15h

Bethan's Rock to be displayed the soon to be reopening @poolemuseum.bsky.social

Huzzah 😊🥳

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Bethan's Rock: Beloved exhibit returns to revamped Poole Museum

The museum said Bethan's

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Fishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social · 1d

For #WorldOctopusDay we'd like to share with you this rare octopus skeleton that was found at the Palace.

An empty glass display box that, crucially, contains no bones.

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Phil Watson @frenchmegaliths.bsky.social · 15h

The 7m long menhir of La Tiemblais in St-Samson-sur-Rance (Côtes-d’Armor) now lies at an angle probably due to C19 treasure seekers. One of several legends about it says it is a stopper for the sea and if pulled out the sea would rush in and flood the land.

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Lucy Betteridge-Dyson @lmbd1418.bsky.social · 12h

Happy Publication day to me! 🥳
Jungle Commandos is out now! @ospreypublishing.bsky.social

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