Melita Thomas
@melitat.bsky.social
I'm an author and historian, a PhD candidate at UCL and editor of Tudor Times. I love history, books, gardens, walking in the countryside, the sea, and interacting with interesting people on social media.
Glorious frosty morning.
November 26, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Glorious frosty morning.
I updated my blog about my walk around the coast of Britain. I am still writing up walks I took in 2023, but I am making progress! mgctblog.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I updated my blog about my walk around the coast of Britain. I am still writing up walks I took in 2023, but I am making progress! mgctblog.com
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Charlemagne the hamster likes to do some reading in the mornings. This week he’s chosen Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy #womenwhoruledtheworld
November 25, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Charlemagne the hamster likes to do some reading in the mornings. This week he’s chosen Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy #womenwhoruledtheworld
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Have you got your tickets for Six Queens: Peril and Passion at the Court of Henry VIII? @southwarkcathedral.bsky.social 25 January. bit.ly/3X4zY1K Second speaker is @drowenemmerson.bsky.social on Anne Boleyn.
November 25, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Have you got your tickets for Six Queens: Peril and Passion at the Court of Henry VIII? @southwarkcathedral.bsky.social 25 January. bit.ly/3X4zY1K Second speaker is @drowenemmerson.bsky.social on Anne Boleyn.
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#BookSale!
Just 99p this week!
Daughter of the nobility, cousin to a fallen Queen, Catherine Howard survives a dangerous childhood, forging a path to the #Tudor Court...
Shadow of Persephone
#Free #KindleUnlimited!
#Histfic #KU #Books #Tudor #Booksky 💙📚💙📚💙
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Just 99p this week!
Daughter of the nobility, cousin to a fallen Queen, Catherine Howard survives a dangerous childhood, forging a path to the #Tudor Court...
Shadow of Persephone
#Free #KindleUnlimited!
#Histfic #KU #Books #Tudor #Booksky 💙📚💙📚💙
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Shadow of Persephone (The Story of Catherine Howard Book 1)
Shadow of Persephone (The Story of Catherine Howard Book 1) eBook : Lawrence, G., Design, Amelie: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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November 25, 2025 at 10:04 AM
#BookSale!
Just 99p this week!
Daughter of the nobility, cousin to a fallen Queen, Catherine Howard survives a dangerous childhood, forging a path to the #Tudor Court...
Shadow of Persephone
#Free #KindleUnlimited!
#Histfic #KU #Books #Tudor #Booksky 💙📚💙📚💙
www.amazon.co.uk/Shadow-Perse...
Just 99p this week!
Daughter of the nobility, cousin to a fallen Queen, Catherine Howard survives a dangerous childhood, forging a path to the #Tudor Court...
Shadow of Persephone
#Free #KindleUnlimited!
#Histfic #KU #Books #Tudor #Booksky 💙📚💙📚💙
www.amazon.co.uk/Shadow-Perse...
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St Catherine at St Stephen’s for St Catherine’s Day. Wonderful fifteenth century stained glass at Old Radnor.
November 25, 2025 at 8:26 AM
St Catherine at St Stephen’s for St Catherine’s Day. Wonderful fifteenth century stained glass at Old Radnor.
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The Great Chamber at St. Nicholas Priory, Exeter. A broad stone staircase leads up to the room in which the medieval Priory's guests would have been fed. After the Reformation this probably served as a great chamber. The upper end of the hall, where there may have been a /1
November 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The Great Chamber at St. Nicholas Priory, Exeter. A broad stone staircase leads up to the room in which the medieval Priory's guests would have been fed. After the Reformation this probably served as a great chamber. The upper end of the hall, where there may have been a /1
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905 years #OnThisDay the White Ship sank.
The loss of the vessel carrying the English king Henry I’s sole heir was a disaster from which anarchy would follow.
🔓 This archive article is free for 7 days
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The loss of the vessel carrying the English king Henry I’s sole heir was a disaster from which anarchy would follow.
🔓 This archive article is free for 7 days
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The White Ship: A Crown Lost at Sea
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November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
905 years #OnThisDay the White Ship sank.
The loss of the vessel carrying the English king Henry I’s sole heir was a disaster from which anarchy would follow.
🔓 This archive article is free for 7 days
www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...
The loss of the vessel carrying the English king Henry I’s sole heir was a disaster from which anarchy would follow.
🔓 This archive article is free for 7 days
www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...
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Sharing mine last year's Xmas photo cause I am starting my yuletide season early. This year's pic coming soon. After turkey day. Hoomom says. Stay beautiful, kind, share some love if you're able. Love & hugs from this family 🍂🧡🍂
November 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Sharing mine last year's Xmas photo cause I am starting my yuletide season early. This year's pic coming soon. After turkey day. Hoomom says. Stay beautiful, kind, share some love if you're able. Love & hugs from this family 🍂🧡🍂
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Apologies for showing a bum on here 🤭
BUT how bonkers is this? Bumble bee on our winter flowering honeysuckle just now, there are 2 around as well! 😲🤗🐝 #inspiringnature #wildlife #naturephotography #MentalHealthMatters
#365DaysWild
BUT how bonkers is this? Bumble bee on our winter flowering honeysuckle just now, there are 2 around as well! 😲🤗🐝 #inspiringnature #wildlife #naturephotography #MentalHealthMatters
#365DaysWild
November 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Apologies for showing a bum on here 🤭
BUT how bonkers is this? Bumble bee on our winter flowering honeysuckle just now, there are 2 around as well! 😲🤗🐝 #inspiringnature #wildlife #naturephotography #MentalHealthMatters
#365DaysWild
BUT how bonkers is this? Bumble bee on our winter flowering honeysuckle just now, there are 2 around as well! 😲🤗🐝 #inspiringnature #wildlife #naturephotography #MentalHealthMatters
#365DaysWild
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Happening this evening. I can promise some absolutely gratuitous shots of dendrochronologists in action. Bookings will remain open until 7pmGMT.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Happening this evening. I can promise some absolutely gratuitous shots of dendrochronologists in action. Bookings will remain open until 7pmGMT.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
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A rather different blog from us, hosted by @ihr.bsky.social, & written by Dr Christopher Tinmouth.
Christopher reflects on his involvement with the VCH in Cumbria and the benefits that supporting neurodivergent people can bring to a broad-based community history project like the VCH. #Skystorians
Christopher reflects on his involvement with the VCH in Cumbria and the benefits that supporting neurodivergent people can bring to a broad-based community history project like the VCH. #Skystorians
The Value of Encouraging Neurodivergent Participation in Community Research Initiatives for the Victoria County History of England - On History
Dr Christopher Tinmouth addresses the value of encouraging neurodivergent participation in community research initiatives.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:42 AM
A rather different blog from us, hosted by @ihr.bsky.social, & written by Dr Christopher Tinmouth.
Christopher reflects on his involvement with the VCH in Cumbria and the benefits that supporting neurodivergent people can bring to a broad-based community history project like the VCH. #Skystorians
Christopher reflects on his involvement with the VCH in Cumbria and the benefits that supporting neurodivergent people can bring to a broad-based community history project like the VCH. #Skystorians
#1000TudorPeople H is for Sir Thomas Hoby who translated the Italian courtly manual of Baldassare Castiglione into English as The Book of the Courtier. In in 1566, he was appointed as ambassador to France but died in Paris within months of his arrival. amzn.to/3X5KVBp
November 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
#1000TudorPeople H is for Sir Thomas Hoby who translated the Italian courtly manual of Baldassare Castiglione into English as The Book of the Courtier. In in 1566, he was appointed as ambassador to France but died in Paris within months of his arrival. amzn.to/3X5KVBp
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Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor). Photo © Enrique Shore
#bird #birds #nature #birding #birdphotography #naturelovers #wildlife #titmouse #beauty #feathers
#bird #birds #nature #birding #birdphotography #naturelovers #wildlife #titmouse #beauty #feathers
November 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor). Photo © Enrique Shore
#bird #birds #nature #birding #birdphotography #naturelovers #wildlife #titmouse #beauty #feathers
#bird #birds #nature #birding #birdphotography #naturelovers #wildlife #titmouse #beauty #feathers
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Maid flirts with her fellow, cat steals the dinner, housewife escapes boring party upstairs to enjoy the disorder of her own household. Great scene from 1657 by Nicolas Maes, whose day is today.
November 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Maid flirts with her fellow, cat steals the dinner, housewife escapes boring party upstairs to enjoy the disorder of her own household. Great scene from 1657 by Nicolas Maes, whose day is today.
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On this day 24th November 1425 Elizabeth of Lancaster, sister of Henry IV and one time Duchess of Exeter, died at Ampthill Castle at 61 years.
Buied in St Mary's Church in Burford in Shropshire, owned by her 3rd husband Sir John Cornwalle.
Here she lies in the 'Princess Tomb'.
Buied in St Mary's Church in Burford in Shropshire, owned by her 3rd husband Sir John Cornwalle.
Here she lies in the 'Princess Tomb'.
November 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
On this day 24th November 1425 Elizabeth of Lancaster, sister of Henry IV and one time Duchess of Exeter, died at Ampthill Castle at 61 years.
Buied in St Mary's Church in Burford in Shropshire, owned by her 3rd husband Sir John Cornwalle.
Here she lies in the 'Princess Tomb'.
Buied in St Mary's Church in Burford in Shropshire, owned by her 3rd husband Sir John Cornwalle.
Here she lies in the 'Princess Tomb'.
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„Quiet, Piggy!“ Just think about that for a minute, and what it means to live in a time when a President can assault a woman in public like that without any consequences.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
November 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
„Quiet, Piggy!“ Just think about that for a minute, and what it means to live in a time when a President can assault a woman in public like that without any consequences.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
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😊It is with great pleasure that I am sharing our new article published in @antiquity.ac.uk about #burialpractices and #archaeothanatology in #Byzantine #Ephesos !
with @oeai.bsky.social @oeaw.bsky.social @mnhn.fr UMR7206 Ecoanthropology and @pacea.bsky.social
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with @oeai.bsky.social @oeaw.bsky.social @mnhn.fr UMR7206 Ecoanthropology and @pacea.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Burial practices in Byzantine Ephesos: new archaeothanatological data from the Church of Mary cemetery | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
Burial practices in Byzantine Ephesos: new archaeothanatological data from the Church of Mary cemetery
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November 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
😊It is with great pleasure that I am sharing our new article published in @antiquity.ac.uk about #burialpractices and #archaeothanatology in #Byzantine #Ephesos !
with @oeai.bsky.social @oeaw.bsky.social @mnhn.fr UMR7206 Ecoanthropology and @pacea.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
with @oeai.bsky.social @oeaw.bsky.social @mnhn.fr UMR7206 Ecoanthropology and @pacea.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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"The circle is the synthesis of the greatest oppositions. It combines the concentric and the eccentric in a single form and in equilibrium. Of the three primary forms, it points most clearly to the fourth dimension."
- W.Kandinsky -
🖼️ : "Circles in a Circle", 1923, oil on canvas
#Quotes #Art
- W.Kandinsky -
🖼️ : "Circles in a Circle", 1923, oil on canvas
#Quotes #Art
November 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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I've updated the images for my current books and I'm slowly adding more prints of my paintings to my shop - should you wish to peruse them... www.jackwallington.com/shop/
Shop | Books and seed packets by Jack Wallington
Buy books and seed packets by Jack Wallington.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I've updated the images for my current books and I'm slowly adding more prints of my paintings to my shop - should you wish to peruse them... www.jackwallington.com/shop/
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#OTD 1542 Battle of Solway Moss, which led to the capture of c. 1200 Scots men, including several earls, many of whom were then forced to swear loyalty to Henry VIII of England. The battle was followed within a few weeks by the death of James V. bit.ly/1eGOFjT (Scotclans)
November 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
#OTD 1542 Battle of Solway Moss, which led to the capture of c. 1200 Scots men, including several earls, many of whom were then forced to swear loyalty to Henry VIII of England. The battle was followed within a few weeks by the death of James V. bit.ly/1eGOFjT (Scotclans)
Winter shows the beauty of trees unhindered by foliage.
November 24, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Winter shows the beauty of trees unhindered by foliage.
#1000TudorPeople P is for Hugh Plat, an early proponent of verifiable experimentation as the basis of science who gathered information on a wide range of subjects, including treatments for common ailments such as gout or colic, how to clean old paintings & how to maintain a dovecote. amzn.to/3X5KVBp
November 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
#1000TudorPeople P is for Hugh Plat, an early proponent of verifiable experimentation as the basis of science who gathered information on a wide range of subjects, including treatments for common ailments such as gout or colic, how to clean old paintings & how to maintain a dovecote. amzn.to/3X5KVBp
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“The Valley Of Giants” Oil on Panel 16”X24”
The result of the final glaze.
#dennisboydfineartmt #paradisevalleymt #oilpainting #landscapepainting #art.blsky #blskyart #impressionist #fineart #art #cottonwoodtrees #montana
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The result of the final glaze.
#dennisboydfineartmt #paradisevalleymt #oilpainting #landscapepainting #art.blsky #blskyart #impressionist #fineart #art #cottonwoodtrees #montana
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November 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
“The Valley Of Giants” Oil on Panel 16”X24”
The result of the final glaze.
#dennisboydfineartmt #paradisevalleymt #oilpainting #landscapepainting #art.blsky #blskyart #impressionist #fineart #art #cottonwoodtrees #montana
www.dennisboydfineart.com
The result of the final glaze.
#dennisboydfineartmt #paradisevalleymt #oilpainting #landscapepainting #art.blsky #blskyart #impressionist #fineart #art #cottonwoodtrees #montana
www.dennisboydfineart.com