Dr Jill Whitelock
@jillwhitelock.bsky.social
Associate Director, Head of Special Collections at @theul.bsky.social | Co-Chair, @camglamresearch.bsky.social | Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries | Wildflowers, hoverflies, photography
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“Poore Toms a cold.” Wasn’t expecting to see a Shakespeare quarto today. 🤩 ‘King Lear’ (1608), @trincolllibcam.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
“Poore Toms a cold.” Wasn’t expecting to see a Shakespeare quarto today. 🤩 ‘King Lear’ (1608), @trincolllibcam.bsky.social
You know #TheWinter10 has kicked in when you’re including Groundsel. Dandelion, Wild clary, Red dead nettle, Groundsel, Hairy bittercress, Daisy, Shepherd’s purse, Yarrow, Black horehound, Shepherd’s purse again, Smooth sowthistle. West Cambridge. #WildflowerHour
November 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
You know #TheWinter10 has kicked in when you’re including Groundsel. Dandelion, Wild clary, Red dead nettle, Groundsel, Hairy bittercress, Daisy, Shepherd’s purse, Yarrow, Black horehound, Shepherd’s purse again, Smooth sowthistle. West Cambridge. #WildflowerHour
A ghost of summer. Still some flowers on Wild clary in West Cambridge. #WildflowerHour
November 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
A ghost of summer. Still some flowers on Wild clary in West Cambridge. #WildflowerHour
Autumn Hawthorn, West Cambridge. 📷 #photography
November 23, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Autumn Hawthorn, West Cambridge. 📷 #photography
Think these are female Goat willow catkins with seeds in a copy of William Salmon’s ‘Botanologia: the English herbal’ (London, 1710) (along with several other pressed botanical specimens). CCA.46.31 @theUL.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Think these are female Goat willow catkins with seeds in a copy of William Salmon’s ‘Botanologia: the English herbal’ (London, 1710) (along with several other pressed botanical specimens). CCA.46.31 @theUL.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Reposted by Dr Jill Whitelock
Just witnessed the ceremonial unrolling of some beautiful and often rather intriguing geological wall posters at the @theul.bsky.social. Here's a selection.
November 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Just witnessed the ceremonial unrolling of some beautiful and often rather intriguing geological wall posters at the @theul.bsky.social. Here's a selection.
Join us in Cambridge on 10 December for the @camglamresearch.bsky.social Michaelmas Term Keynote Lecture,
‘Repurposing Digitised Natural History Collections for 21st-Century Challenges’, delivered by Pam Soltis.
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/repurposin...
‘Repurposing Digitised Natural History Collections for 21st-Century Challenges’, delivered by Pam Soltis.
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Repurposing Digitised Natural History Collections
CCC Michaelmas Keynote Lecture 2025 delivered by Pamela S. Soltis, Distinguished Professor, Curator, Director, UF Biodiversity Institute
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November 22, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Join us in Cambridge on 10 December for the @camglamresearch.bsky.social Michaelmas Term Keynote Lecture,
‘Repurposing Digitised Natural History Collections for 21st-Century Challenges’, delivered by Pam Soltis.
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/repurposin...
‘Repurposing Digitised Natural History Collections for 21st-Century Challenges’, delivered by Pam Soltis.
Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/repurposin...
The woods are lovely. #scape 📷 #photography
November 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The woods are lovely. #scape 📷 #photography
Cafe light. #UrbanGaze 📷 #photography
November 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Cafe light. #UrbanGaze 📷 #photography
It’s hard to believe it was a sunny sixteen degrees last week. Honeybee on Green alkanet last Thursday in Cambridge. 📷 #photography
November 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
It’s hard to believe it was a sunny sixteen degrees last week. Honeybee on Green alkanet last Thursday in Cambridge. 📷 #photography
November 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Eye-to-eye with (I think) a male Yellow dung fly resting on an Ivy leaf. #WildWebsWednesday #Diptera
November 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Eye-to-eye with (I think) a male Yellow dung fly resting on an Ivy leaf. #WildWebsWednesday #Diptera
Reposted by Dr Jill Whitelock
1620: seeking predictions from an angel, Richard Napier asks whether one of his clients will 'live long & prosp[er]' #earlymodern 🖖
![Manuscript image showing part of a paragraph that reads: 'wheather Mr John Monson hayre to Sir Th shall live long & prosp[er] & attayne to honour & good & a happy mariage', then, added later in a darker ink (but not shown in the image): 'he shall'. (NOTE6839 in the online edition.)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:k254wppy2ojyxlyxgi2odu5z/bafkreid5dg4nfnubkseed4f762m3mngvzupzzf4kqfcmdudv7yahs7hoq4@jpeg)
November 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
1620: seeking predictions from an angel, Richard Napier asks whether one of his clients will 'live long & prosp[er]' #earlymodern 🖖
A nice White dead nettle in Cambridge. #WildflowerHour
November 16, 2025 at 8:40 PM
A nice White dead nettle in Cambridge. #WildflowerHour
Common field speedwell in Cambridge. #WildflowerHour
November 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Common field speedwell in Cambridge. #WildflowerHour
Black nightshade flowering in the car park at Cambridgeshire Music, Histon. #WildflowerHour
November 16, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Black nightshade flowering in the car park at Cambridgeshire Music, Histon. #WildflowerHour
Trailing bellflower growing as a pavement plant in Cambridge. #WildflowerHour
November 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Trailing bellflower growing as a pavement plant in Cambridge. #WildflowerHour
Yellow corydalis, Trumpington Road, Cambridge. #WildflowerHour
November 16, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Yellow corydalis, Trumpington Road, Cambridge. #WildflowerHour
Spotted dead nettle, Little St Mary’s, Cambridge. #WildflowerHour
November 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Spotted dead nettle, Little St Mary’s, Cambridge. #WildflowerHour
Thyme-leaved speedwell in flower on the north side of @theul.bsky.social. #WildflowerHour
November 16, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Thyme-leaved speedwell in flower on the north side of @theul.bsky.social. #WildflowerHour
A Cambridge #TheWinter10. Greater celandine, Hedgerow cranesbill, Red dead nettle, Shaggy soldier, Black horehound, Periwinkle, Knotgrass, Ragwort, Common chickweed, White dead nettle and Dandelion. #WildflowerHour
November 16, 2025 at 8:03 PM
A Cambridge #TheWinter10. Greater celandine, Hedgerow cranesbill, Red dead nettle, Shaggy soldier, Black horehound, Periwinkle, Knotgrass, Ragwort, Common chickweed, White dead nettle and Dandelion. #WildflowerHour
November 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM