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Dr Sarah Flew @c19thphilanthropy.bsky.social · 18h

Off for my flu jab this morning. It’s the one day of the year that my name (Dr Flew) causes confusion & hilarity!

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

John Atkinson Grimshaw (British, 1836–1893) "October Gold", 1889. Oil on Canvas, 59 × 44.5 cm Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

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Dr Sarah Flew @c19thphilanthropy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Delighted to have become a trustee!

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Dr Sarah Flew @c19thphilanthropy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Thanks everyone! I really like the suggestions of best rations or best natives. Highly likely to be oysters as she (Dame Agnes Jekyll uses oysters a lot in Kitchen Essays)!

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Dr Sarah Flew @c19thphilanthropy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Handwriting help please! "I had 5 doz xxxxxxxxxxxxxx & brown bread & butter ad lib & 3 bottles of chablis"

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Dr Sarah Flew @c19thphilanthropy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Handwriting help please! "I had 5 doz xxxxxxxxxxxxxx & brown bread & butter ad lib & 3 bottles of chablis"

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The mastery of artist Harry Wingfield. ‘Peas’ (Yes, it is a painting - from Fifth Picture Book, 1973)

A photo realistic illustration close-up of some pea pods on a white table. Some pods are split with the garden peas already shelled.

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Dr Sarah Flew @c19thphilanthropy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Donated (as a bequest in 1937) to @tate.bsky.social by Dame Agnes Jekyll in memory of her father William Graham who was a trustee of National Gallery

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JudithFlanders @judithflanders.co.uk · 13/09/2026

This is so interesting: Wikipedia and the gender gap. ‘on the one hand, the criteria for notability are not suited to adequately capture women’s achievements; on the other hand, the criteria seem to be interpreted more strictly for women than for men.’

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Reading Museum @readingmuseum.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Haven’t got tickets for the Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum? Don’t worry you can visit Reading's full-size copy, faithfully embroidered by 35 women in 1885-86 (plus extra pants!) Or latest blog compares the two tapestries www.readingmuseum.org.uk/blog/comparing-bayeux-and-reading-tapestries

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Comparing the Bayeux and Reading tapestries

Reading’s Bayeux Tapestry is a full-size copy of the original 11th century tapestry. It was created in 1885-1886 by 35 women of the Leek Embroidery Society 'so that England should have a copy of its o...

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Roman clay hot water bottles in the shape of human body parts used for therapeutic purposes some 2,000 years ago! Found in a building which may have been a healing centre. Paphos Archaeological Museum, Cyprus 📷 by me #Archaeology

My photo shows a museum display at Paphos Archaeological Museum of ancient Roman red clay vessels shaped like human body parts each of which has a spout with a handle either side, allowing it to be filled with hot water or oil. The clay walls of the vessels are only 3 mm thick so that heat would be conducted to the body. They are comparable in size to the corresponding human parts of the body including ears, torso, groin, hands, thigh, knee, shin, and feet. They are mounted for the display over a simple outline of a human figure, illustrating their possible therapeutic use around 2,000 years ago.

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Art UK @artukdotorg.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

We have the perfect artwork for the August bank holiday 🌊 Explore bank holiday artworks on Art UK 👉 artuk.org/discover/curations/bank-h… 'August Bank Holiday, Yarmouth' by Campbell Archibald Mellon (1876–1955) 📸 Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives

Crowds at the beach, on the sand and in the sea, with the town scape in the background

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Tobias Niedenthal @klostermedizin.de · 29/08/2026

Sambucus ebulus and Hedera helix in BL Sloane 4016, f.38v, c. 1440.

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Kate Teltscher @kateteltscher.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Great article on the task of emptying Kew’s Palm House in advance of renovation. When this last happened in the 1980s, the entire building was dismantled, piece by piece, like a giant Meccano kit. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

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‘Sad moments ahead’: Kew Gardens to fell rare trees in race to save Victorian greenhouse

Horticulturalists begin moving and propagating plants before the rusty and warped Palm House begins renovation – but some are too tall to save

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Will Clement @historywill.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

It's proof day! Very excited to see ideas that have been in my head for over a decade in some cases looking now like a real book. I can't wait to see the full thing in print with @manchesterup.bsky.social in February

Inspecting the home
Urban poverty and public health in
nineteenth-century France
Will Clement

MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS

Contents
List of figures and tables page vi
Acknowledgements viii
List of abbreviations xi
Introduction 1
Part I
1 Senses and statistics: Home visitors before 1840 29
2 Politics and property: Crafting new legislation on
housing, 1840– 50 54
Part II
3 Citizens of unsung duties: The inspectors of the
Second Republic 91
4 Inspecting the inspectors: State bureaucrats and local
experts, 1850– 60 131
Part III
5 Building responsibility: Industrialists and new
constructions 179
6 Shifting blame: Landlord appeals and tenant petitions 223
Conclusion: ‘There will always be insalubrious housing’ 248
Select bibliography 261
Index 276

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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

A museum gallery on the second floor at the Natural History Museum, South Kensington, London which was closed to the public to reopen after 83 years. 👇 BBC News - Hidden museum gallery to reopen after 83 years www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Natural History Museum nature gallery to reopen after 83 years

The gallery, which has been closed since 1943, will reopen from 16 September.

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Sally Osborn @salosborn.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Fabulous

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Exeter Cathedral, Devon One of the early 12th Century #Romanesque towers. Friezes of blank arcading, blind oculi & arches bell-openings. There is also examples of the new fashion of zigzag decoration. The new stonework is of the 2024 “Friends Cloister Gallery”. #SteepleSaturday

One of the early 12th Century #Romanesque towers.

Friezes of blank arcading, blind oculi & arches bell-openings. There is also examples of the new fashion of zigzag decoration.

The new stonework is of the 2024 “Friends Cloister Gallery”.

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Dr Sarah Flew @c19thphilanthropy.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Just think of all the historical research I could have done in the time I spent doing #CandyCrush

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The Victorian Society is deeply saddened to announce the death of Peter Howell, one of the Society’s longest-serving and most distinguished members, a former Chairman, and one of its great and defining characters. Read our tribute here: tinyurl.com/jvkrk868

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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

'A view of the Thames with Saint Paul's Cathedral from Blackfriars' (c.1850) by Henry Pether (Private collection)

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

You get the impression that Leeds born artist John Atkinson Grimshaw would have hated the last few months weather. Considered the master painter of images of the rain and mist, the puddles and the smoky fog of late Victorian England his subject matter would have dried up almost literally.

At the Park Gate, an 1878 oil painting by the Victorian-era Leeds born artist John Atkinson Grimshaw. The work captures a moody, damp evening featuring a glowing moon through pale green skies, bare autumn trees, reflective puddles on a wet pathway, and a solitary figure approaching large stone gate pillars.

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Dr Sarah Flew @c19thphilanthropy.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Hello - a question for fellow historians. Who is the Rt Hon Lord Manners? He was Chairman of the Central Work Rooms 1916-19 (collaboration between St John Ambulance & British Red Cross) There are lots of Manners and I am struggling to identify him!

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Dr Sarah Flew @c19thphilanthropy.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Loved the art installation at Petworth House @nationaltrust.org.uk by Felicity Aylieff

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Dr Sarah Flew @c19thphilanthropy.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Enjoyed the re-release of Madhouse 1974 with Peter Cushing & Vincent Price

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 09/08/2026

"As the south of England continues to enjoy an unusually warm and dry summer..." ie suffer a hideous drought as a result of climate change

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Paul @atticusfinch-105.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

This is called a ‘hudd’ and was used in the 18th century for the priest to stand in when conducting graveside services in wet weather. The Wingfield hudd is one of just two in East Anglia. There's another at Walpole St Peter in Norfolk. #History #HistoryMatters

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Dr Sarah Flew @c19thphilanthropy.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Just watched this wonderful documentary as I’m a big fan of Hammer films. Had no idea that Harriet Walter was his niece!

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Dr Sarah Flew @c19thphilanthropy.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Loved the Barbara Hepworth exhibition at Courtauld Gallery

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Dr Sarah Flew @c19thphilanthropy.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

My favourite thing about doing historical research is going to visit a new archive! Today I visited the @tate.bsky.social archive to research Lady Agnes Jekyll's bequest of this Rossetti painting - The Girlhood of Mary Virgin - in 1937 in memory of her father www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks...

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RCP museum @rcpmuseum.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

📣New exhibition alert!! 👀 We are excited to announce new exhibition 'Patient voices: power, truth, understanding' will be opening on 14 September 2026 at the RCP - exploring the lived experience of healthcare. 👉 history.rcp.ac.uk/exhibitions/... @rcphysicians.bsky.social #PatientVoices

A exhibition graphic with the title and dates of exhibition. Included is a black and white photo of a smiling woman sitting in a hospital bed.

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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Today in Isles of Scilly we saw Sir Harold Wilson and Bill Oddie of the Goodies.

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Dr Sarah Flew @c19thphilanthropy.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Highly recommend the IHR data course which I did during my PhD

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Independent Historians Network (UK) @indyhistnetwork.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Want to join IHN? You can now sign up as a member for just £10 a year! You'll get our newsletter, access to free online events with experts, invites to our meet-ups and access to online resources. The more of us, the better! Do join up! membermojo.co.uk/independenth...

Group of wooden people with the words "membership has arrived (hurray)"

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Dr Sarah Flew @c19thphilanthropy.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Thrilled to visit St Nicholas church in Overstone to see dedication window in memory of Samuel Jones Loyd (Lord Overstone). Installed by his daughter Lady Wantage in 1903.

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Dr Sarah Flew @c19thphilanthropy.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

So enjoyed visiting Althorp House - the Spencer estate - in Northamptonshire

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Dr Sarah Flew @c19thphilanthropy.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Now we are in Leicester and visited the house where I lived in the 1970s & Richard III tomb at Leicester Cathedral

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Dr Sarah Flew @c19thphilanthropy.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Then we visited Burghley House - wow!

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Dr Sarah Flew @c19thphilanthropy.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Today I have visited St Peter’s church in Oundle where we are staying in the lovely Talbot Hotel

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

A double helping of Griff Rhys Jones, our brilliant President, this week with the Telegraph! You can read his piece on Liverpool St Station in The Telegraph here: tinyurl.com/2ze5hb7b 🧵

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Dr Sarah Flew @c19thphilanthropy.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Lovely visit to Upton House near Banbury today to see its world-class art collection @nationaltrust.org.uk

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Dr Sarah Flew @c19thphilanthropy.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Delighted to have written an article about the Clerkenwell Outrage of 1867 for this issue. It was a prison break that resulted in many casualties. And of course there was a philanthropic response!

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Dr Sarah Flew @c19thphilanthropy.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Was lovely to briefly pop into St Pancras New Church. I’ve walked past many times but never been inside. Grade 1 listed and consecrated in 1822

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

This weekend sees the public celebration marking the completion of major parts of the Crystal Palace Park regeneration. Including the restoration of the 30 Grade I dinosaur statues dating from the 1850s.

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The best thing about a picnic in Ladybird Land is the absence of wasps or dirt Artist: Harry Wingfield

In a clearing in a wood on a sunny day, a family of four sit down on the grass to enjoy a picnic

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