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· Jul 24
‘A world of disorderly notions, picked out of his books, crowded into his imagination.’
It must be very unusual for Lent to coincide with Ramadan, isn’t it?
Ramadan Mubarak 🌙
Wishing a peaceful month to our Muslim students, colleagues and Readers.
Ramadan and pilgrimage in our collections:
🕌 Sultanahmet Mosque (Bodl. Or. 430, fol 57r)
📖 Sūrat al-Baqarah, Tīpū’s Qurʾān (Bodl. Or. 793, fols 24a–24b)
🧳 Pilgrims to Mecca (Bodl. Or. 430, fols 145r & 148r)
Wishing a peaceful month to our Muslim students, colleagues and Readers.
Ramadan and pilgrimage in our collections:
🕌 Sultanahmet Mosque (Bodl. Or. 430, fol 57r)
📖 Sūrat al-Baqarah, Tīpū’s Qurʾān (Bodl. Or. 793, fols 24a–24b)
🧳 Pilgrims to Mecca (Bodl. Or. 430, fols 145r & 148r)
February 18, 2026 at 11:57 AM
It must be very unusual for Lent to coincide with Ramadan, isn’t it?
‘Come gentle spring
Come at winter's end’
Come at winter's end’
'In limiting its value to where it led, we damn The Colour Of Spring with faint praise. Itself a vital manifesto, it’s always deserved its own raptures, and not just for familiar songs'
Many Happy Returns to Talk Talk’s The Colour Of Spring, which turns 40 today!
buff.ly/lh69Z5M
Many Happy Returns to Talk Talk’s The Colour Of Spring, which turns 40 today!
buff.ly/lh69Z5M
February 17, 2026 at 3:13 PM
‘Come gentle spring
Come at winter's end’
Come at winter's end’
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From Penzance to Thurso (and Marazion to Hoy)… it’s finished.
After 25 years, I’m delighted to report that the New Adlestrop Railway Atlas now covers the whole of England, Scotland and Wales in one big PDF. Every* passenger line and station.
Download it here: www.systemed.net/atlas/
After 25 years, I’m delighted to report that the New Adlestrop Railway Atlas now covers the whole of England, Scotland and Wales in one big PDF. Every* passenger line and station.
Download it here: www.systemed.net/atlas/
February 17, 2026 at 1:43 PM
From Penzance to Thurso (and Marazion to Hoy)… it’s finished.
After 25 years, I’m delighted to report that the New Adlestrop Railway Atlas now covers the whole of England, Scotland and Wales in one big PDF. Every* passenger line and station.
Download it here: www.systemed.net/atlas/
After 25 years, I’m delighted to report that the New Adlestrop Railway Atlas now covers the whole of England, Scotland and Wales in one big PDF. Every* passenger line and station.
Download it here: www.systemed.net/atlas/
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February 16, 2026 at 11:11 AM
When the ground is so saturated that the water forces its way up through the gravel path
February 15, 2026 at 3:34 PM
When the ground is so saturated that the water forces its way up through the gravel path
What a joy it is to read this in my clean, warm kitchen while the cold rain pours down outside
“What a joy it is in life when you happen to have a clean, warm kitchen. It has never happened to me.”
“I am already at an age and additionally in a state where I must always wash my feet thoroughly before bed, in the event of having to be removed by an ambulance in the Night.”
Opening line of Olga Tokarczuk’s Drive Your Plow Over The Bones of the Dead. I think I’m going to enjoy it.
Opening line of Olga Tokarczuk’s Drive Your Plow Over The Bones of the Dead. I think I’m going to enjoy it.
February 15, 2026 at 8:41 AM
What a joy it is to read this in my clean, warm kitchen while the cold rain pours down outside
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This Ancient Egyptian board game is almost 4,000 years old!
Known as ‘Hounds and Jackals’ or ‘Game of 58 holes’, its original name is unknown. It’s suggested it was played in a similar way to ‘Snakes and Ladders’.
📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
#Archaeology
Known as ‘Hounds and Jackals’ or ‘Game of 58 holes’, its original name is unknown. It’s suggested it was played in a similar way to ‘Snakes and Ladders’.
📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
#Archaeology
February 14, 2026 at 11:05 AM
This Ancient Egyptian board game is almost 4,000 years old!
Known as ‘Hounds and Jackals’ or ‘Game of 58 holes’, its original name is unknown. It’s suggested it was played in a similar way to ‘Snakes and Ladders’.
📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
#Archaeology
Known as ‘Hounds and Jackals’ or ‘Game of 58 holes’, its original name is unknown. It’s suggested it was played in a similar way to ‘Snakes and Ladders’.
📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
#Archaeology
Omagh Gawd !
⚠️ Yellow weather warning issued ⚠️
Snow & ice across western parts of Northern Ireland
Saturday 1700 – 2200
Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware⚠️
Snow & ice across western parts of Northern Ireland
Saturday 1700 – 2200
Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware⚠️
February 14, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Omagh Gawd !
A remarkable crop of mistletoe berries in a small tree in a suburban street on the edge of London
February 13, 2026 at 5:06 PM
A remarkable crop of mistletoe berries in a small tree in a suburban street on the edge of London
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Have you ever seen a Roman plumbing device that is both genius and gorgeous? Just look at this bronze drain strainer, found in the Roman baths at Weißenburg, Germany, dating2nd/3rd century AD!
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology #findsfriday
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology #findsfriday
February 13, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Have you ever seen a Roman plumbing device that is both genius and gorgeous? Just look at this bronze drain strainer, found in the Roman baths at Weißenburg, Germany, dating2nd/3rd century AD!
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology #findsfriday
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology #findsfriday
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This is an accurate endorsement of Bluesky. The core user base are the kids who would whisper "wanna see a weird bug?"
And then proceed to show you the weirdest bug/thing/idea you have ever seen.
Welcome, #NewSkies
And then proceed to show you the weirdest bug/thing/idea you have ever seen.
Welcome, #NewSkies
Someone told me lately "Bluesky is just like Twitter." I argued that was untrue on the basis that last time I had a Twitter account most times I got a new follower their bio said "single & looking for fun" & here when I get a new follower it tends to say something like "professor of rare moths".
February 12, 2026 at 2:56 PM
This is an accurate endorsement of Bluesky. The core user base are the kids who would whisper "wanna see a weird bug?"
And then proceed to show you the weirdest bug/thing/idea you have ever seen.
Welcome, #NewSkies
And then proceed to show you the weirdest bug/thing/idea you have ever seen.
Welcome, #NewSkies
‘It is almost as if intellectual change does not really occur through argument at all…people just made up their minds and then grasped at arguments to substantiate their preconceived ideas’ – Michael Hunter - The Decline of Magic
February 13, 2026 at 8:50 AM
‘It is almost as if intellectual change does not really occur through argument at all…people just made up their minds and then grasped at arguments to substantiate their preconceived ideas’ – Michael Hunter - The Decline of Magic
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This is Bogie. This rope is his very favorite toy because it makes his tiny human smile too. 13/10 (TT: _chelsea_brown_4)
February 12, 2026 at 10:28 PM
This is Bogie. This rope is his very favorite toy because it makes his tiny human smile too. 13/10 (TT: _chelsea_brown_4)
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Taken from the canoe: #reflection of the shoreline on Duncan Lake on a warm afternoon in September. #colour #abstract
February 12, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Taken from the canoe: #reflection of the shoreline on Duncan Lake on a warm afternoon in September. #colour #abstract
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🗺️ Historic maps of South Asia – now at your fingertips
The MAHSA Project is thrilled to share our open-access search portal for historic Survey of India maps! (1/3)
The MAHSA Project is thrilled to share our open-access search portal for historic Survey of India maps! (1/3)
February 12, 2026 at 2:09 PM
🗺️ Historic maps of South Asia – now at your fingertips
The MAHSA Project is thrilled to share our open-access search portal for historic Survey of India maps! (1/3)
The MAHSA Project is thrilled to share our open-access search portal for historic Survey of India maps! (1/3)
It's so difficult to decide - am I 'Unsure' or do I have 'No opinion either way'
February 11, 2026 at 9:29 PM
It's so difficult to decide - am I 'Unsure' or do I have 'No opinion either way'
EuroNews getting a bit dramatic
February 11, 2026 at 2:30 PM
EuroNews getting a bit dramatic
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Sempé - Pluie
(La grande panique - 1966)
(La grande panique - 1966)
February 11, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Sempé - Pluie
(La grande panique - 1966)
(La grande panique - 1966)
Francis Hutcheson - Francis Hutchinson
well, this is confusing - two British Enlightenment figures at almost the same time with almost the same name
well, this is confusing - two British Enlightenment figures at almost the same time with almost the same name
February 11, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Francis Hutcheson - Francis Hutchinson
well, this is confusing - two British Enlightenment figures at almost the same time with almost the same name
well, this is confusing - two British Enlightenment figures at almost the same time with almost the same name
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23/x When this cross current shows up, we say "the Devil is in the water" and sometimes the devil still plays with ships and surprises a pilot.
February 10, 2026 at 12:48 PM
23/x When this cross current shows up, we say "the Devil is in the water" and sometimes the devil still plays with ships and surprises a pilot.
February 10, 2026 at 11:15 AM
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Cook was arguably one of the greatest legal minds in British history – he helped establish the right to silence, was responsible for the 'cab rank' rule for barristers, campaigned for the abolition of imprisonment for debt and the abolition of the use of latin in courtrooms... 3/
February 9, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Cook was arguably one of the greatest legal minds in British history – he helped establish the right to silence, was responsible for the 'cab rank' rule for barristers, campaigned for the abolition of imprisonment for debt and the abolition of the use of latin in courtrooms... 3/
‘Close to the edge, down by the river
Down at the end, round by the corner
Seasons will pass you by’
Down at the end, round by the corner
Seasons will pass you by’
February 9, 2026 at 9:48 AM
‘Close to the edge, down by the river
Down at the end, round by the corner
Seasons will pass you by’
Down at the end, round by the corner
Seasons will pass you by’