Anna Maria Barry
@annamariabarry.bsky.social
Writer & historian in London, working in heritage. Specialises in Victorian/Edwardian culture - especially women's writing, music, art, death masks. Usually found in a graveyard or at a gig!
This is, by quite some distance, the worst book cover I have ever seen.
November 22, 2025 at 9:34 PM
This is, by quite some distance, the worst book cover I have ever seen.
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'Even when women were mentioned, the report found they were more often victims than protagonists, with the women murdered by Jack the Ripper more likely to be taught in lessons than the female code breakers at Bletchley Park during the second world war 1/2
School history lessons minimise the role of women, report finds
Campaigners say key stage 3 curriculum plays to misogny and teaches a ‘false version of the past’
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2025 at 6:17 AM
'Even when women were mentioned, the report found they were more often victims than protagonists, with the women murdered by Jack the Ripper more likely to be taught in lessons than the female code breakers at Bletchley Park during the second world war 1/2
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Probably just my imagination, but I like the nostalgic charm and vague air of potential adventure in 20C French painter Raoul du Gardier’s “Washing Down the Deck” (La Lavage du Pont)
September 24, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Probably just my imagination, but I like the nostalgic charm and vague air of potential adventure in 20C French painter Raoul du Gardier’s “Washing Down the Deck” (La Lavage du Pont)
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In London, hate will never win.
September 17, 2025 at 6:10 AM
In London, hate will never win.
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Written by a doctor at St Thomas' Hospital, London after the Tommy Robinson march on 13/9.
September 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Written by a doctor at St Thomas' Hospital, London after the Tommy Robinson march on 13/9.
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Douglas Carswell has skirted the line and now he's crossed it.
This is disgusting racism from a former MP who now demonstrates who and what he is.
This is disgusting racism from a former MP who now demonstrates who and what he is.
August 31, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Douglas Carswell has skirted the line and now he's crossed it.
This is disgusting racism from a former MP who now demonstrates who and what he is.
This is disgusting racism from a former MP who now demonstrates who and what he is.
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Life-saving idea! Pass it on!
August 5, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Life-saving idea! Pass it on!
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Hear bloody hear @eddavey.libdems.org.uk
Impartiality is not given Persons A & B equal say...it's journos/interviewers being on top of their game, knowing the facts & calling out the BS of Persons A & B.
And maybe more in depth debate about the benefits of #Brexit ( that shouldn't take long)
#BBC
Impartiality is not given Persons A & B equal say...it's journos/interviewers being on top of their game, knowing the facts & calling out the BS of Persons A & B.
And maybe more in depth debate about the benefits of #Brexit ( that shouldn't take long)
#BBC
Watch @EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk call out the BBC for their failure to hold Nigel Farage to account.
July 16, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Hear bloody hear @eddavey.libdems.org.uk
Impartiality is not given Persons A & B equal say...it's journos/interviewers being on top of their game, knowing the facts & calling out the BS of Persons A & B.
And maybe more in depth debate about the benefits of #Brexit ( that shouldn't take long)
#BBC
Impartiality is not given Persons A & B equal say...it's journos/interviewers being on top of their game, knowing the facts & calling out the BS of Persons A & B.
And maybe more in depth debate about the benefits of #Brexit ( that shouldn't take long)
#BBC
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The Pinch of Salt Path
July 6, 2025 at 7:37 AM
The Pinch of Salt Path
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'Kitchen at the George Tavern, Stepney' by Eleanor Crow
eleanorcrow.org
eleanorcrow.org
June 24, 2025 at 6:54 AM
'Kitchen at the George Tavern, Stepney' by Eleanor Crow
eleanorcrow.org
eleanorcrow.org
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"I think this is a very pretty card darling, but I want you to notice where it is dear. You will know what I mean. I thought I had better not send Mum this card."
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Postmark: 25 March 1917
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Postmark: 25 March 1917
June 23, 2025 at 10:37 AM
"I think this is a very pretty card darling, but I want you to notice where it is dear. You will know what I mean. I thought I had better not send Mum this card."
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Postmark: 25 March 1917
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Postmark: 25 March 1917
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Rogier van der Weyden's Deposition, one of the greatest works of all western art. Maybe the greatest. Tragedy in a box. Incredible.
June 18, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Rogier van der Weyden's Deposition, one of the greatest works of all western art. Maybe the greatest. Tragedy in a box. Incredible.
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In the midnight hour
she cried
Moore, More, Moore
With a rebel yell
she cried
Moore, More, Moore
she cried
Moore, More, Moore
With a rebel yell
she cried
Moore, More, Moore
June 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM
In the midnight hour
she cried
Moore, More, Moore
With a rebel yell
she cried
Moore, More, Moore
she cried
Moore, More, Moore
With a rebel yell
she cried
Moore, More, Moore
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Coverage of idiots claiming ‘betrayal’ or ‘surrender’ isn’t just bad journalism, it’s a dereliction of our duty to explain things. I’d actually forgotten just how bad it got but here we are, straight back to treating liars & spivs like authorities of equal weight to experts & honest brokers.
May 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Coverage of idiots claiming ‘betrayal’ or ‘surrender’ isn’t just bad journalism, it’s a dereliction of our duty to explain things. I’d actually forgotten just how bad it got but here we are, straight back to treating liars & spivs like authorities of equal weight to experts & honest brokers.
This is a shocking story!
My latest article for @skepticalinquirer.bsky.social is a sad tale, "The Demise of the American Society for Psychical Research." skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/th... cc: @spr1882.bsky.social
The Demise of the American Society for Psychical Research | Skeptical Inquirer
After my emails went unanswered, I decided to look a bit deeper into what is going on at the American Society for Psychical Research. What I found was shock ...
skepticalinquirer.org
May 14, 2025 at 6:10 AM
This is a shocking story!
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Oh yeah nice one kid hook that hope for humanity right into my veins
May 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Oh yeah nice one kid hook that hope for humanity right into my veins
Brilliant!!! Thank you Ken! 🫡
TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
May 8, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Brilliant!!! Thank you Ken! 🫡
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An anniversary worth marking.
I'm sure we're going to see the very people who have trashed its legacy seek to appropriate WW2 today - so let's remember what was really fought for: peace, a more united Europe, a land fit for heroes (mark 2) and the defeat of fascism.
I'm sure we're going to see the very people who have trashed its legacy seek to appropriate WW2 today - so let's remember what was really fought for: peace, a more united Europe, a land fit for heroes (mark 2) and the defeat of fascism.
May 8, 2025 at 6:44 AM
An anniversary worth marking.
I'm sure we're going to see the very people who have trashed its legacy seek to appropriate WW2 today - so let's remember what was really fought for: peace, a more united Europe, a land fit for heroes (mark 2) and the defeat of fascism.
I'm sure we're going to see the very people who have trashed its legacy seek to appropriate WW2 today - so let's remember what was really fought for: peace, a more united Europe, a land fit for heroes (mark 2) and the defeat of fascism.
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Strong FT editorial on much of the world’s shameful silence on Gaza, even as Netanyahu threatens to escalate Israel’s offensive. on.ft.com/433Mp02
May 8, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Strong FT editorial on much of the world’s shameful silence on Gaza, even as Netanyahu threatens to escalate Israel’s offensive. on.ft.com/433Mp02
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'Blue Iris.' (1936) Stanley Spencer's flower paintings celebrate all the things that he thought quintessentially English and at a completely opposite end of the spectrum to the more challenging figurative compositions he produced during the same period.
April 8, 2025 at 5:32 PM
'Blue Iris.' (1936) Stanley Spencer's flower paintings celebrate all the things that he thought quintessentially English and at a completely opposite end of the spectrum to the more challenging figurative compositions he produced during the same period.
This is ridiculous.
amazing how the cyber attack on the British Library still means that all recently published work (and that's a definition that stretches back several years) is completely unavailable to researchers, since they only acquired ebooks and that system is still down
April 8, 2025 at 5:54 AM
This is ridiculous.
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#MementoMoriMonday 🪦
"Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow.
For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away."
📍St Peter's Church • Blaenavon ⛪
#Wales #History
"Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow.
For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away."
📍St Peter's Church • Blaenavon ⛪
#Wales #History
April 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
#MementoMoriMonday 🪦
"Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow.
For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away."
📍St Peter's Church • Blaenavon ⛪
#Wales #History
"Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow.
For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away."
📍St Peter's Church • Blaenavon ⛪
#Wales #History
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This view of the harbour at St Ives in Cornwall (c1890) was painted by William Osborn and shows local people catching sardines in drift nets. Osborn was often near poverty and frequently exchanged paintings for food and lodgings, bartering works to earn a living.
April 7, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This view of the harbour at St Ives in Cornwall (c1890) was painted by William Osborn and shows local people catching sardines in drift nets. Osborn was often near poverty and frequently exchanged paintings for food and lodgings, bartering works to earn a living.
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Turns out Le Pen is not mightier than the fraud.
March 31, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Turns out Le Pen is not mightier than the fraud.
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The AHA has released a statement in support of the Smithsonian Institution, the target of the recent EO, “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.” This order “egregiously misrepresents the work of the Smithsonian Institution” and “completely misconstrues the nature of historical work.” 🗃️
Historians Defend the Smithsonian - AHA
The American Historical Association has released a statement in support of the Smithsonian Institution, the target of the recent executive order, “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.” This...
www.historians.org
March 31, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The AHA has released a statement in support of the Smithsonian Institution, the target of the recent EO, “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.” This order “egregiously misrepresents the work of the Smithsonian Institution” and “completely misconstrues the nature of historical work.” 🗃️