Gail Savage
@savagegl.bsky.social
Historian of modern Britain with interests including family, law, gender.
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Petrus Christus's delightfully domestic holy family, 1460s. The neatly folded linens! The chamber pot! But baby J has an orb instead of a rattle. Dead give-away.
December 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Petrus Christus's delightfully domestic holy family, 1460s. The neatly folded linens! The chamber pot! But baby J has an orb instead of a rattle. Dead give-away.
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'Seven Brussels Sprouts.' (1955)
Delicately painted with meticulous detail, Eliot Hodgkin captures the crisp waxy green beauty of a vegetable that in the year this work was painted was very often boiled to oblivion.
Delicately painted with meticulous detail, Eliot Hodgkin captures the crisp waxy green beauty of a vegetable that in the year this work was painted was very often boiled to oblivion.
December 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
'Seven Brussels Sprouts.' (1955)
Delicately painted with meticulous detail, Eliot Hodgkin captures the crisp waxy green beauty of a vegetable that in the year this work was painted was very often boiled to oblivion.
Delicately painted with meticulous detail, Eliot Hodgkin captures the crisp waxy green beauty of a vegetable that in the year this work was painted was very often boiled to oblivion.
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Today’s artist without a (known) birthday: Petrus Christus, painter of Bruges. Here, beautifully delicate Annunciation at a church door. Queen of heaven, door to heaven.
December 23, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Today’s artist without a (known) birthday: Petrus Christus, painter of Bruges. Here, beautifully delicate Annunciation at a church door. Queen of heaven, door to heaven.
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Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 became UK law #OTD 23 Dec 1919. "A person shall not be disqualified by sex or marriage from exercise of any public function...holding any civil or judicial office..carrying on any civil profession..or admission to any society" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_Dis...
![Front cover of Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 tied with offical red tape. (Governmental practice is the source of the phrase "tied up in red tape"). The basic purpose of the act was, as stated in its long title, "to amend the Law with respect to disqualification on account of sex", which it achieved in four short sections and one schedule. Its broad aim was achieved by section 1, which stated that:
A person shall not be disqualified by sex or marriage from the exercise of any public function, or from being appointed to or holding any civil or judicial office or post, or from entering or assuming or carrying on any civil profession or vocation, or for admission to any incorporated society (whether incorporated by Royal Charter or otherwise), [and a person shall not be exempted by sex or marriage from the liability to serve as a juror] ...[3].
It is the reason many of the women i post about had their careers but was weakened by act passed in August the same yeat The Restoration of Pre-War Practices Act 1919 which saw 25% of working women legally pushed out of their jobs](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ofyd6kin2pdaihewn3pollex/bafkreihd5qhoddlx27qwtcbzd6esxfijsg3yxf2olq32o4gl7vlpc7ltkm@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 became UK law #OTD 23 Dec 1919. "A person shall not be disqualified by sex or marriage from exercise of any public function...holding any civil or judicial office..carrying on any civil profession..or admission to any society" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_Dis...
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War memorial plaque. St. Michael’s Church, Buckland, Gloucestershire. Commemorating Lieutenant Hew Wardrop Brooke Rickards of the Royal Field Artillery, attached to the Royal Flying Corps. KIA near Courtrai, 28th July 1917. #LestWeForget
December 23, 2025 at 9:08 AM
War memorial plaque. St. Michael’s Church, Buckland, Gloucestershire. Commemorating Lieutenant Hew Wardrop Brooke Rickards of the Royal Field Artillery, attached to the Royal Flying Corps. KIA near Courtrai, 28th July 1917. #LestWeForget
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Good Day!
In the Depths of Winter by Richard Freiherr von Drasche-Wartinberg 1923
Oil on Canvas
(Doretheum)
In the Depths of Winter by Richard Freiherr von Drasche-Wartinberg 1923
Oil on Canvas
(Doretheum)
December 23, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Good Day!
In the Depths of Winter by Richard Freiherr von Drasche-Wartinberg 1923
Oil on Canvas
(Doretheum)
In the Depths of Winter by Richard Freiherr von Drasche-Wartinberg 1923
Oil on Canvas
(Doretheum)
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This is "The School in Wellclose Square" by Albert Turpin from his post-war work, most likely the mid to late 1950s. The building is still there as you'll see in this photo, courtesy of Derek Randall. #AlbertTurpin #EastLondonGroup
December 23, 2025 at 9:59 AM
This is "The School in Wellclose Square" by Albert Turpin from his post-war work, most likely the mid to late 1950s. The building is still there as you'll see in this photo, courtesy of Derek Randall. #AlbertTurpin #EastLondonGroup
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Hercule-François d'Alençon, Duke of Alençon, Anjou and Brabant, as painted (with his puppy) in 1561 by François Clouet, court painter of the French renaissance. It's been his day today.
December 23, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Hercule-François d'Alençon, Duke of Alençon, Anjou and Brabant, as painted (with his puppy) in 1561 by François Clouet, court painter of the French renaissance. It's been his day today.
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Bari Weiss lied in her memo. She said segment didn't report administration's legal justification (it does in the very first sentence) and didn't say how many detainees had been charged with crimes as opposed to just those who were convicted (it does). www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Bari Weiss lied in her memo. She said segment didn't report administration's legal justification (it does in the very first sentence) and didn't say how many detainees had been charged with crimes as opposed to just those who were convicted (it does). www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
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I firmly believe we're going to survive this era -- broken, hobbled, with decades of rebuilding that will not be finished in my lifetime -- but we are going to survive and every asshole who collaborated in the effort to destroy this country will forever wear the stain of it.
December 23, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I firmly believe we're going to survive this era -- broken, hobbled, with decades of rebuilding that will not be finished in my lifetime -- but we are going to survive and every asshole who collaborated in the effort to destroy this country will forever wear the stain of it.
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2/2 The future François II, looking a bit sulky as he sits for François Clouet, whose day is today.
December 23, 2025 at 1:19 AM
2/2 The future François II, looking a bit sulky as he sits for François Clouet, whose day is today.
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François, Duke of Alençon & Anjou etc., was such a sweet child, as painted François Clouet. Shortly after this, though, got smallpox and was terribly scarred. One of awful dangers of renaissance life.
December 23, 2025 at 12:37 AM
François, Duke of Alençon & Anjou etc., was such a sweet child, as painted François Clouet. Shortly after this, though, got smallpox and was terribly scarred. One of awful dangers of renaissance life.
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Mary, Queen of Scots, in her brief but glorious moment as queen consort of France in 1559. Painted by Francois Clouet, whose day is today.
December 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Mary, Queen of Scots, in her brief but glorious moment as queen consort of France in 1559. Painted by Francois Clouet, whose day is today.
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Tom Chadwick's 'The Christ Child'. Chadwick was killed at El Alamein in 1942, 2 days after his brother Hector. He'd set out to find Hector's grave when his scout car was hit by shell fire. @CWGC inscription: 'In Their Death They Were Not Divided' © @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social
December 22, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Tom Chadwick's 'The Christ Child'. Chadwick was killed at El Alamein in 1942, 2 days after his brother Hector. He'd set out to find Hector's grave when his scout car was hit by shell fire. @CWGC inscription: 'In Their Death They Were Not Divided' © @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social
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If this doesn't motivate you to vote in the Midterms, nothing will.
December 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
If this doesn't motivate you to vote in the Midterms, nothing will.
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2/2 Admiral Gaspard II de Coligny, painted in around 1570 by Francois Clouet.
December 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
2/2 Admiral Gaspard II de Coligny, painted in around 1570 by Francois Clouet.
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The apothecary Pierre Quthe, with his herbal. Painted in 1562 by François Clouet, whose day is today.
December 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The apothecary Pierre Quthe, with his herbal. Painted in 1562 by François Clouet, whose day is today.
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NEW: In 1957, the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division was created to "zealously safeguard” the right to vote. In 2025, it’s responsible for bringing over half of the anti-voting lawsuits this election cycle — a flip that makes it hard to deny its newfound commitment to Trump.
Trump’s DOJ Filed Half the Anti-Voting Lawsuits This Election Cycle
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
NEW: In 1957, the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division was created to "zealously safeguard” the right to vote. In 2025, it’s responsible for bringing over half of the anti-voting lawsuits this election cycle — a flip that makes it hard to deny its newfound commitment to Trump.
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The corruption is absolutely staggering. One big money donor after another receiving direct benefits in return. Trump didn’t drain any swamps, he created a giant sewer to roll around in daily. Great reporting. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
December 22, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The corruption is absolutely staggering. One big money donor after another receiving direct benefits in return. Trump didn’t drain any swamps, he created a giant sewer to roll around in daily. Great reporting. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France, beautifully portrayed in 1571 by Francois Clouet, painter of the French renaissance court. It's his day today.
December 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France, beautifully portrayed in 1571 by Francois Clouet, painter of the French renaissance court. It's his day today.
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Menorah, 1296 Unknown illuminator & Elijah ben Meshallum (active 13th century), scribe
(The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 116, fol. 226v)
(The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 116, fol. 226v)
December 22, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Menorah, 1296 Unknown illuminator & Elijah ben Meshallum (active 13th century), scribe
(The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 116, fol. 226v)
(The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms. 116, fol. 226v)
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2/2 Saint Julian murdering his parents. He thought they were his wife & her lover. Still got to be a saint. Pretty good going! By Masaccio.
December 21, 2025 at 11:16 PM
2/2 Saint Julian murdering his parents. He thought they were his wife & her lover. Still got to be a saint. Pretty good going! By Masaccio.
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Cheerful seasonal scene: Saint Nicholas discreetly tosses gold through window to save three girls from prostitution. From the predella of the Pisa Altarpiece by Masaccio, who was born OTD in 1401.
December 21, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Cheerful seasonal scene: Saint Nicholas discreetly tosses gold through window to save three girls from prostitution. From the predella of the Pisa Altarpiece by Masaccio, who was born OTD in 1401.