Richard Fitch
@tudorcook.bsky.social
Historic Kitchens Manager at Hampton Court Palace, he/him, experimental historian, tiresome lay-about.
All views own, yada yada yada.
No expectation of mutual following.
All views own, yada yada yada.
No expectation of mutual following.
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A volume of essays I edited some years ago on news in #earlymodern Europe is now available open access 📖
Featuring chapters by @lenaliapi.bsky.social, @emmawhipday.bsky.social, among others!
brill.com/edcollbook-o...
Featuring chapters by @lenaliapi.bsky.social, @emmawhipday.bsky.social, among others!
brill.com/edcollbook-o...
February 13, 2026 at 11:16 AM
A volume of essays I edited some years ago on news in #earlymodern Europe is now available open access 📖
Featuring chapters by @lenaliapi.bsky.social, @emmawhipday.bsky.social, among others!
brill.com/edcollbook-o...
Featuring chapters by @lenaliapi.bsky.social, @emmawhipday.bsky.social, among others!
brill.com/edcollbook-o...
Having lost a really close friend to bowel cancer because it wasn't discovered until it was too late to treat, this! A thousand times this!
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Fuck cancer. Get checked. Fuck cancer
I hope you enjoyed this TED Talk
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Fuck cancer. Get checked. Fuck cancer
I hope you enjoyed this TED Talk
Colonoscopy is the gold standard for diagnosing bowel cancer, but a very helpful home test is also available — the FIT test is normally done as part of screening after age 50, but you can ask your GP for it if you have any changes in your bowel movements
www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk/about-bowel-...
www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk/about-bowel-...
Bowel cancer screening | Bowel Cancer UK
Learn about the different screening programmes currently in use across the UK and what tests are available.
www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk
February 11, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Having lost a really close friend to bowel cancer because it wasn't discovered until it was too late to treat, this! A thousand times this!
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Fuck cancer. Get checked. Fuck cancer
I hope you enjoyed this TED Talk
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Fuck cancer. Get checked. Fuck cancer
I hope you enjoyed this TED Talk
Reposted by Richard Fitch
Colonoscopy is the gold standard for diagnosing bowel cancer, but a very helpful home test is also available — the FIT test is normally done as part of screening after age 50, but you can ask your GP for it if you have any changes in your bowel movements
www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk/about-bowel-...
www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk/about-bowel-...
Bowel cancer screening | Bowel Cancer UK
Learn about the different screening programmes currently in use across the UK and what tests are available.
www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk
February 11, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Colonoscopy is the gold standard for diagnosing bowel cancer, but a very helpful home test is also available — the FIT test is normally done as part of screening after age 50, but you can ask your GP for it if you have any changes in your bowel movements
www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk/about-bowel-...
www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk/about-bowel-...
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This applies to young people too, if ANYTHING changes with your bowel health, ask your GP for this simple test 👇
Colonoscopy is the gold standard for diagnosing bowel cancer, but a very helpful home test is also available — the FIT test is normally done as part of screening after age 50, but you can ask your GP for it if you have any changes in your bowel movements
www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk/about-bowel-...
www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk/about-bowel-...
Bowel cancer screening | Bowel Cancer UK
Learn about the different screening programmes currently in use across the UK and what tests are available.
www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk
February 11, 2026 at 8:48 PM
This applies to young people too, if ANYTHING changes with your bowel health, ask your GP for this simple test 👇
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"The British Museum has successfully raised £3.5m to keep a gold pendant linked to King Henry VIII's marriage to his first wife, Katherine (also Catherine) of Aragon."
"The British Museum has successfully raised £3.5m to keep a gold pendant linked to King Henry VIII's marriage to his first wife, Katherine (also Catherine) of Aragon."
British Museum to keep pendant linked to Henry VIII after campaign
The museum says it has reached a fundraising goal so it can permanently display the artefact.
www.bbc.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:45 AM
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"The British Museum has successfully raised £3.5m to keep a gold pendant linked to King Henry VIII's marriage to his first wife, Katherine (also Catherine) of Aragon."
"The British Museum has successfully raised £3.5m to keep a gold pendant linked to King Henry VIII's marriage to his first wife, Katherine (also Catherine) of Aragon."
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Found the original text
February 6, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Found the original text
Hat doffed for the "stiff competition"....but simultaneously, WTF
February 5, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Hat doffed for the "stiff competition"....but simultaneously, WTF
Insert obvious "your scientists were so preoccupied" Jeff Goldblum meme here
Xfinity has just released its Jurassic Park-themed Super Bowl ad that features a digitally de-aged Sam Neil, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum. https://bit.ly/4rmRhrK
February 3, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Insert obvious "your scientists were so preoccupied" Jeff Goldblum meme here
"Introducing to the world Sir Barbara Covington"
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Shamelessly pinched from over on Reddit. Love this take on sixteenth century armour
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Shamelessly pinched from over on Reddit. Love this take on sixteenth century armour
February 2, 2026 at 8:39 PM
"Introducing to the world Sir Barbara Covington"
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Shamelessly pinched from over on Reddit. Love this take on sixteenth century armour
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Shamelessly pinched from over on Reddit. Love this take on sixteenth century armour
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Metal detectorist finds 'Richard's Secret' and discovers this medieval seal has a secret of its own. 🧪🏺
Rare medieval seal discovered in UK is inscribed with 'Richard's secret' and bears a Roman-period gemstone
The Gosfield seal is made of a medieval silver seal bezel surrounding an ancient Roman gemstone.
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February 2, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Metal detectorist finds 'Richard's Secret' and discovers this medieval seal has a secret of its own. 🧪🏺
Insert obligatory "surely he must have seen it coming", or "he's had his cards" joke here
January 29, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Insert obligatory "surely he must have seen it coming", or "he's had his cards" joke here
"Why Do These Tudor-Era Portraits of Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth I Look So Strikingly Similar?" share.google/DICuCwhpHEqa...
Why Do These Tudor-Era Portraits of Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth I Look So Strikingly Similar?
The artist behind the works may have used Elizabeth's likeness as a template in other royal portraits to visually emphasize her resemblance to previous monarchs and reinforce her status as the legitim...
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January 27, 2026 at 11:58 PM
"Why Do These Tudor-Era Portraits of Anne Boleyn and Elizabeth I Look So Strikingly Similar?" share.google/DICuCwhpHEqa...
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The great thing about having pet insurance is that while our labrador is at the vets, they've given us a courtesy poodle to hang out with.
January 24, 2026 at 10:50 AM
The great thing about having pet insurance is that while our labrador is at the vets, they've given us a courtesy poodle to hang out with.
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"More than 300 pieces, with a combined value of tens of thousands of euros, were taken."
Can't help but presume these will be melted down, given the price of silver 😢
"More than 300 pieces, with a combined value of tens of thousands of euros, were taken."
Can't help but presume these will be melted down, given the price of silver 😢
Entire collection stolen from Doesburg silver museum overnight - DutchNews.nl
The “entire collection of antique silver” has been stolen from a museum specialising in silver objects in Doesburg. The break-in took place at around 4.30am on Wednesday morning, when two men forced t...
www.dutchnews.nl
January 24, 2026 at 1:39 PM
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"More than 300 pieces, with a combined value of tens of thousands of euros, were taken."
Can't help but presume these will be melted down, given the price of silver 😢
"More than 300 pieces, with a combined value of tens of thousands of euros, were taken."
Can't help but presume these will be melted down, given the price of silver 😢
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Hull castle attraction to go ahead as council pledges £1m funding - BBC News"
"Hull castle attraction to go ahead as council pledges £1m funding - BBC News"
Hull castle attraction to go ahead as council pledges £1m funding - BBC News
Hull City Council leader Mike Ross pledges £1.16m to complete the new visitor attraction.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 24, 2026 at 1:34 PM
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Hull castle attraction to go ahead as council pledges £1m funding - BBC News"
"Hull castle attraction to go ahead as council pledges £1m funding - BBC News"
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It really isn’t
January 23, 2026 at 8:01 PM
It really isn’t
It is 11.30, and for the last 4 hours all I've had going round my head is a mash up of Laurel & Hardy Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, and the 1970's theme to The Wombles.
Now I'm not saying it's not a cracking mash up my head's invented...but I didn't ask for it, and it's driving me mad...
Now I'm not saying it's not a cracking mash up my head's invented...but I didn't ask for it, and it's driving me mad...
January 23, 2026 at 11:39 AM
It is 11.30, and for the last 4 hours all I've had going round my head is a mash up of Laurel & Hardy Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, and the 1970's theme to The Wombles.
Now I'm not saying it's not a cracking mash up my head's invented...but I didn't ask for it, and it's driving me mad...
Now I'm not saying it's not a cracking mash up my head's invented...but I didn't ask for it, and it's driving me mad...
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Announcing 🚨 TUDOR CONTEMPORARY 🚨 the first exhibition to focus on legacies of Tudor history in contemporary art, curated by yrs truly, opens at @heong-gallery.bsky.social at @downingcollege.bsky.social in Cambridge on 20th Feb, until 19th April. More info here: www.dow.cam.ac.uk/creative-art...
January 22, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Announcing 🚨 TUDOR CONTEMPORARY 🚨 the first exhibition to focus on legacies of Tudor history in contemporary art, curated by yrs truly, opens at @heong-gallery.bsky.social at @downingcollege.bsky.social in Cambridge on 20th Feb, until 19th April. More info here: www.dow.cam.ac.uk/creative-art...
Again, proof of ever you needed it, that googly eyes improve ANYTHING!
'It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a library in possession of a good Jane Austen biography, must be in want of some googly eyes.'
January 20, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Again, proof of ever you needed it, that googly eyes improve ANYTHING!
Also, several hours later, have only just spotted that it's "Freezy Dried" 🤦♂️
God only knows what I've bought!?!
God only knows what I've bought!?!
Not what I was expecting to have been asked to order when I came in to work today!
January 20, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Also, several hours later, have only just spotted that it's "Freezy Dried" 🤦♂️
God only knows what I've bought!?!
God only knows what I've bought!?!
Not what I was expecting to have been asked to order when I came in to work today!
January 20, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Not what I was expecting to have been asked to order when I came in to work today!
Yes, thank you tinnitus, I know you're there but if you'd do the greatest honour and shut up for five minutes, you're doing my head in today
a cartoon mouse is holding a piece of cheese and says quiet !!!
Alt: a cartoon mouse is shouting quiet !!!
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January 18, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Yes, thank you tinnitus, I know you're there but if you'd do the greatest honour and shut up for five minutes, you're doing my head in today