It was very poignant to see the red roses laid on Anne Boleyn’s memorial in the Tower chapel this morning. They have been delivered on the anniversary of her execution every year since the 1840s and to this day nobody knows who sends them Historic Royal Palaces The Tower of London #anneboleyn

On
Word Wenches
today, Mary Jo Putney interviews
Anne Gracie
about her new book, THE HEIRESS'S DAUGHTER. And there's a #Giveaway wordwenches.com/mary-jo-interv…

Thank you very much Sarah Johnson for this review of The Other Gwyn Girl. So much appreciated! Restoration-era intrigue and sisterhood in Nicola ... readingthepast.blogspot.com/2024/05/restor…

A 1958 drawing of a family with their dogs by LS Lowry from one of his many holidays in Berwick-upon-Tweed is to go on public display for the first time. But the sketch is lucky to have survived: it was kept in a shoe box for 43 years
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Looking forward to the new book of Eliza Haywood’s writings.

Posted again so the picture features and you can see what I'm talking about! bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

This is such an interesting article. I understand very well the difficult of balancing the capacity of small museums/historic houses against the economics of running a place (and the desire to share its history). Many of the lesser known houses and museums are brilliant. I make

📣One week to go! So looking forward to hearing the award-winning adventurer Phoebe ‘Wander Woman’ Smith talk to Rebecca Fletcher about her unflinching, tender and beautifully written memoir #Wayfarer in Hungerford
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2 women in a cafe.
1. How’s George
2. He’s fine. We’ve just spent a week in Yorkshire
1. Did you have a good time?
2. We did. And I got to meet his father. Look I’ve got a photo
(Gets out phone)
1. Oh he’s a looker
2. He is. You can tell he’s got spaniel in him can’t you?

Me 😳

On this day in 1763, Dr Samuel Johnson and James Boswell met for the first time - in a bookshop belonging to Tom Davies in Russell Street in London.

The latest exhibition at the King's Gallery: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

A great article about the new series of Bridgerton! bbc.co.uk/news/entertain…

Scotland is blessed with amazing islands & #EileachAnNaoimh in the #Garvellachs is one of them. Brave the stormy waters of the #CorryvreckanWhirlpool & step back in time to follow in the footsteps of intrepid 6th century monks! In issue 94 of iScot pocketmags.com/search/results… #Argyll

This is a fascinating article. At Ashdown House we also portraits with the wrong names for the sitters inscribed on them!

Scotland depicted in the 17th century was wildly different in character to the Scotland seen in images today.

Read 'Scotland's national identity in art before the Act of Union' to find out more 👉 ow.ly/HbnT50Rskif

🧑‍🎨 Edwin Henry Landseer (1802–1873) 📷 YaleBritishArt

An aphrodisiac that sprouts beneath incontinent hanged men? A heady hallucinogen that shrieks so loud it kills humans and dogs? Meet the mandrake, a root steeped in myth that has inspired a rich visual tradition across 12 centuries: publicdomainreview.org/collection/man…

A stellar entry in my collection of pictures of postbox toppers! Seahouses, Northumberland #RNLI

Rather late to the part on this study of Oxford and classicists between the wars from Dr Daisy Dunn – absolutely loved it... just as Antonia Fraser says...

And there's me thinking they ONLY sold coffee!☕️

A description of a #17thCentury Coffee-House.

#Satirical #Author Ned Ward - The London Spy - 1703.