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Heather Knight @heather1576.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Some of the beautiful mosaics in the Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid. #MosaicMonday

A room within the museum with 3rd and 4th century mosaics displayed on the walls and floor.

A large mosaic with images of the months and seasons.

4th century mosaic from Villa del Soto de Ramalete (Tudela, Navarre). There are plant motifs, intertwined garlands, branches with flowers and fruits, and a dolphin towards the bottom.

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Heather Knight @heather1576.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Another thing that made me smile this morning at the Museo Arqueologico Nacional, Madrid was the garden. The garden pays homage to the first Spanish female archaeologists “pioneering women paved the way for future generations”.

A gravel path leading into a garden planted with trees and shrubs.

Brown sign in the garden. The sign reads” In this historic garden, associated since it was created with the National Archaeological Museum, we pay homage to the first female archaeologists in our country.
Born between the late 19th century and early decades of the 20th century, these pioneering women paved the way for future generations.”

The names of the pioneering women on the sign in the garden:
Ana María Vicent Zaragoza (1923-2010)
Matilde Font Sariols (1923-1975)
Ángela Mendoza Eguaras (1924-1998)
Maria Lluisa Vilaseca Borras (1924-2023)
Glòria Trias Rubiés (1925)
María Ángeles Alonso Sánchez (1925-2006)
Trinidad Taracena del Piñal (1926-2017)
Anna M. Adroer i Tasis (1927-2021)
Maria Petrus Pons (1927-2022)
Mercedes Vegas Minguell (1928)
Lola Echaide Itarte (1928-2018)
María Angeles Mezquíriz Irujo (1929)
Purificación Atrián Jordán (1929-2021)
Maria Lluisa Pericot Raurich (1931-1989)
María Ángeles Vall Ojeda (1931-2021)
Mº Carmen Sentandreu Gimeno (1931-2020)
Ana María Muñoz Amilibia (1932-2019)
Julia Sánchez Carrilero (1933-2016)
Francesca Pallarès i Salvador (1934)
Gabriela Martín Ávila (1935)
Ana Mº de la Quadra Salcedo Gayarre (1935-2012)
Rosario Lucas Pellicer (1937-2004)
Encarnación Ruano Ruiz (1938-2000)
Pilar Acosta Martínez (1938-2006)
Maria Nieves Urrutia Agorreta (1938)

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Heather Knight @heather1576.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The 16th- and early 17th- century tin-glazed wares in the Museo Arqueologico Nacional, Madrid made me smile this morning.

A large plate with a stylised figure depicted in blue and orange on an off-white background surrounded by blue and orange flowers and leaves. Made in Talavera de la Reina, in Toledo province, the main production centre for decorated ceramics. In the second half of the 16th century about thirty Talavera potteries made ceramics in both the Gothic-Mudejar style and styles inspired by the Italian, Flemish and Chinese traditions.

A large plate with a stylised knight and a plant stem in the centre painted in blue, yellow and orange. The border is a stylised floral motif in blue, yellow and orange.

A large plate with a portrait of a woman with the name “Margaritina” behind her head. Probably a wedding gift, the lady's portrait on its surface is framed like a classical medallion, a style typical of the potters of Deruta, Italy. Dates to the second half of the 16th century.

A museum display case containing a variety of tin-glazed ceramics.

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Heather Knight @heather1576.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The edges of the known world at the beginning of the 16th century had some curious creatures if the northeast corner of Juan de la Cosa’s map of the world c 1500, in the Museo Naval, Madrid is to be believed.

Painted figures in the corner of a map. The one on the right is naked, has no head but a face in the centre of the body.The one on the right is an animal standing on its hind legs wearing a red robe.

The sign “Museo Naval” with a model ship above it on the grey stone wall with doorways to on either side.

The hand painted Chart of Juan de la Cosa, produced c 1500 in the Museo Naval, Madrid. America is the green area on the right, the compass is in the middle of the Atlantic and Africa and Europe on the left hand side.

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Heather Knight @heather1576.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

In Madrid for a few days and outside our hotel is a statue of Cervantes, which two magpies were using as a handy perch this morning.

Bronze statue of the Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra standing on a stone plinth with bronze panels on each side. A magpie is perched on the head of the statue and another is perched on the left shoulder. Behind the statue are tress and behind the trees is a building that looks orange and pink due to the early morning sun.

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Studios+Gallery+Cafe+Shop+Classes @creek-creative.org · 30/07/2026

Enjoy new street show "Teabreak" happening #tomorrow (11am & 1pm FRIDAY 31ST JULY) Market Square #Faversham in association with The Alexander Centre (thealex.org.uk) & Farnham Maltings Theatre (farnhammaltings.com) Details: creek-creative.org/exhibitions/ #StreetTheatre #StreetPerformance #Teabreak

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Heather Knight @heather1576.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Don't miss your chance to hear expert Andrew Richardson on the 5th August talking about early medieval helmets, inc the Sutton Hoo helmet, that could have been made in #Faversham. Free for Faversham Society Members, £5 Non Members favershamsociety.org/etn/andrew-r...

A brown which has an image of a die stamp overlaid with black and white text that reads “War Helms and Weapon Dancers Did the Lynstead die stamp help make the Sutton Hoo helmet? Find out more with expert Andrew Richardson on Wednesday 5th August 2026 8.30pm The Old Brewery Store information and tickets online or the Visitor Information Centre in the Market Place”

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Catherine Richardson @profcatheriner.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Pleased to see it out at last! Digging down into the lived experience and ways of thinking that objects, fabrics, scents etc brought with them onto the stage, in short chapters based around particular things (with colour images!).

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Heather Knight @heather1576.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

The Gunpowder Walk - Discover Faversham's Explosive Past Sunday 5th July 2pm A fascinating walk to discover more about the town's gunpowder heritage. Online booking via the Faversham Society website: favershamsociety.org/etn/the-gunp...

The vertical millstones and the trough at Chart Mills, Faversham.

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Heather Knight @heather1576.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Lovely afternoon at the re-opening of the Chart Mills. The Incorporating Mill, where the ingredients for gun powder were mixed, is looking splendid thanks to the #Faversham Society volunteers favershamsociety.org/chart-gunpow...

The water wheel that powered the gun powder mill in a timber and stone shed.

One of the vertical mill stones and the warning notice that reads “No Entry When Mill Is Running On Powder”

A bridge over the Westbrook (a chalk stream) with people standing on the path outside the gun powder mill reflected in the water

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Heather Knight @heather1576.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Night at the Museum, 7pm 23rd June. Join us for an after-hours costumed experience at the Fleur de Lis Museum #Faversham favershamsociety.org/events/?even...

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Events - The Faversham Society

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Nicole Sandler @nicolesandler.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

A patriotic gift from everyone's favorite family in Faversham, @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social! Happy Birthday (or not) DonOld... but it's really for us, not him. Enjoy! Thanks Marsh Family!! youtu.be/EnZY_08vnHc...

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"Trumpy Doodle" - Marsh Family version of "Yankee Doodle" for the USA's 250th anniversary antics

YouTube video by Marsh Family

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The Society of Antiquaries of London @antiquaries.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Come and join us tomorrow for an Open Friday! Drop by between 11am and 3.30pm to have a look at our ground floor area, chat to our friendly volunteers, and learn more about the Society and our collections. www.sal.org.uk/event/friday...

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Open Friday at the Society - Society of Antiquaries of London

Visit and explore the Society on our open Fridays.

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Spitalfields Life @thegentleauthor.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Join me for ramble through 2000 years of culture at the heart of old London followed by tea and cakes freshly baked to recipe of 1720 served in a 300 year old house overlooking Christ Church. shorturl.at/N8E1T

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Colchester Museums @colmuseums.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

We’re looking for people to help us track down and confirm the locations featured in our Throwback Thursday posts from the comfort of their own homes. If you know your way around historic Colchester, or just enjoy a bit of visual detective work, we’d love your help.

Promotional graphic with large text reading “Fancy being a researcher for Throwback Thursday?” over a split background. The left side shows a faded black and white historic street scene with a horse-drawn carriage and buildings along a wide road. The right side shows a modern view of a similar street with shopfronts, bollards and signage. A vertical textured line separates the old and present-day images, reinforcing the “then and now” comparison.

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David Connolly BAJR @bajr-badger.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Human Osteologists MOLA Location: London Salary: £32,624 per annum Closing Date: May 25, 2026 www.bajr.org/job-ad/human...

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Human Osteologists - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources

Salary: £32,624 per annumClosing Date: 25/05/26Location: London

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Meryl Faiers @merylf.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I love maps - historic and modern - so Callan Davies’s latest article is a particular delight. shakespearestage.substack.com/p/navigating...

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Navigating Shakespearean History

A meditation on mapping and the surveys of Ralph Treswell

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The Rose Playhouse @roseplayhouse.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Monday 11 May @ 6.30pm online BEFORE THE ROSE: MARLOWE AT THE CURTAIN Dr Callan Davies takes you back to the years around 1587, when The Rose is being built on Bankside and Christopher Marlowe is living up in Shoreditch, close by to The Curtain Playhouse. £8 / £5 www.roseplayhouse.org.uk/whats-on

Infographic, with a photo of Dr Callan Davies.
It reads:
Researching The Rose, Monday evening online talks.
Dr Callan Davies,
Before The Rose: Marlowe at The Curtain.
6.30pm (BST) online, Monday 11 May.

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Ben Blyth @benblyth.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

This was so much fun to research and write! Coming your way this July, my “swashbuckling” Cambridge Element is a rallying cry for those intrepid theatre makers who dare to stage Shakespeare in the world beyond the theatre. 🎭🤺🏴‍☠️🍻 www.cambridge.org/core/element...

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Site-Specific Shakespeare

Cambridge Core - Renaissance and Early Modern Literature - Site-Specific Shakespeare

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London Archaeologist @londonarchaeo.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Nominations are open for the London Archaeological Prize! If you’ve read – or written – a great piece of work about London's archaeology over the past two years, why not enter it for this prestigious award? Deadline: 20th May 2026 Nomination form here www.londonarchaeologist.org.uk/london-archa...

London Archaeology Prize information image. Text in image says "For the best digital or print publication about London's archaeology in 2024 and 2025. £300 cash prize and award nomination certificate. Download a nomination form from www.londonarchaeologist.org.uk/ Deadline for nominations Wednesdayt, 20th May 2026

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Kent Archaeological Society @kentarchsoc.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

KAS online talk with James Dickinson — Thu 30 Apr, 7pm (Zoom). Free. Explore Canterbury from Roman times to the late Middle Ages, focusing on pilgrimage after Thomas Becket’s 1170 murder, Chaucer’s pilgrims and how visitors marked Becket’s shrine. Joining info sent later. #Canterbury #Heritage

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The Ancient City of Canterbury — Kent History & Archaeology

The next in a series of online talks hosted by the KAS, with James Dickinson.

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Kent Archaeological Society @kentarchsoc.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

North Kent Young Archaeologists’ Club (YAC) are a very active group with a large membership of children and young people of all ages, united by a genuine passion for archaeology and history but struggling to find opportunities. If you can support North Kent YAC email: bexleyyac@btinternet.com

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Shakespeare Resource Center @shakespearerc.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Apr 18, 1593: Venus and Adonis is entered into the Stationer's Register in London. #OTD #Shakespeare bit.ly/38AemAm

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Rachel Barrett @racheljbarrett.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

A high res scan of Shakespeare's property plan is now available to view on @thelondonarchives.bsky.social collections catalogue. Just type in the document reference CLC/522/MS14570/001 search.lma.gov.uk/scripts/mwim...

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Andy Kesson @andykesson.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

William Shakespeare has been laying low for over 400 years, but at long last, @lucycmunro.bsky.social has sniffed him out

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The Rose Playhouse @roseplayhouse.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Tonight at 6.30pm (1.30pm EST) Jesse Berger in conversation, talking about Red Bull Theater, The Rose, and his current production of Titus Andronicus, nominated for a Lortel award for Outstanding Revival, and playing in New York until 3 May. Can't make it? Buy a ticket and ask for a catch-up link.

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Callan Davies @callanjd.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Today’s new post is a quick read on Tudor “stand up” routines, celebrity clowning, and husband and wife duos: open.substack.com/pub/shakespe...

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One of the First Comedy Double Acts?

Meet Richard Tarlton, Elizabethan England's biggest celebrity, and his wife Kate in their stand-up venue...

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The Society of Antiquaries of London @antiquaries.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Here's something you don't expect to see, a diver at Winchester Cathedral! William Walker (1869-1918) was a diver, and this portrait photograph shows him in his diving suit and with his diving equipment, likely taken at the Cathedral, where he worked between 1906 and 1911.

A man in a bell diving suit stand next to the diving equipment.

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The Rose Playhouse @roseplayhouse.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Monday 23 March 7.30pm (GMT) online LOST PLAYS & THE ROSE Professor David McInnis The vast majority of plays once performed at The Rose are now lost, but what can they still reveal about the business of Elizabethan play-making? Tickets: £8 / £5 students & Friends Book: www.trybooking.com/uk/GEID

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Callan Davies @callanjd.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

This place lives in my head rent free, so a pleasure & privilege to visit Almagro’s 1628 corral de comedias. One of world’s oldest surviving theatres, an uncanny analogue to the Curtain playhouse #CurtainBook. Grateful to the city & Councillor Genaro Galàn Garcia for their generous hospitality.

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The Society of Antiquaries of London @antiquaries.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

On 3 March, join our free lunchtime lecture to hear about the identification of wall paintings of two of the Nine Worthies at Eastgate House and learn about their use in a variety of media in the interiors of 16th and 17th century houses. www.sal.org.uk/event/nine-w...

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The Nine Worthies: Who, What, When, Where & Why? - Society of Antiquaries of London

The identification of wall paintings of two of the Nine Worthies at Eastgate House, Rochester in 2018 led to a deeper investigation of their use in a variety of media in the interiors of 16th and 17th...

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Heather Knight @heather1576.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

The #Faversham Fleur de Lis Museum re-opens tomorrow from 11am - 3pm and a fabulous exhibition is ready to kick off the year. The The Kent Archaeological Society community excavation at Front Brents, Faversham exhibition will run until the 18th April.

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Heather Knight @heather1576.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

As promised @callanjd.bsky.social - photos of our advent window. We started off with a Twelfth Night theme but it kind of went off piste slightly.

A timber framed house with a 19th-century shop window decorated for Christmas with two life sized cardboard cut out William Shakespeares wearing Christmas hats next to a fake fire place. Angels and stars are hanging in the door window.

Christmas window decorations with a pile of gift boxes on the left in front of two cardboard images of Shakespeare next to a white pole decorated with a green garland with small white and pink birds. In the centre is a fire place with Santa’s legs dangling above a pile of logs. On top of the fire place are books, a candle, bookends, a glass and a mince pie. To the right is a small figure of St Nicholas.

A letter on top of the fireplace with a bookend on the left and the candle holder behind. The letter reads “Dear Father Christmas, I have been been good boy unlike my friend Kit Marlowe (who can be very bad) for Christmas I would like you to write a play for me please. I have the title Twelfth Night but need help with the rest. If you could make a funny play the Queen would like I would be grateful. William Shakespeare”.

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The Society of Antiquaries of London @antiquaries.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

This stone head with coronet was found on the site of Merton Priory, Surrey, in 1797. The diplomat and collector Sir William Hamilton FSA presented the head on behalf of the Priory’s landowner to the Society in 1802.

The Merton Head, carved stone head with coronet with traces of gilt.

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The Rose Playhouse @roseplayhouse.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Mon 24 Nov @ 6.30pm online JOAN ALLEYN – NO MOUSE Join Calista Lucy, former Keeper of the Archive at Dulwich College, as she pieces together the biography of Joan Alleyn, step-daughter of The Rose's owner, Philip Henslowe, & wife of Edward Alleyn, its star actor. www.roseplayhouse.org.uk/whats-on

Infographic, together with a photo of the speaker, that reads:
Researching The Rose
Monday evening online talks
CALISTA LUCY
Joan Alleyn – No Mouse
6.30pm online
Mon 24 Nov 2025

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The Society of Antiquaries of London @antiquaries.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

This image is part of a detailed account of King Edward VI’s procession in 1547 from the Tower of London to the Palace of Westminster on the day before his coronation. Unique to this scene is its recording of the City, especially Cheapside with its goldsmiths’ shops.

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Kent Archaeological Society @kentarchsoc.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

The next in a series of online talks hosted by the KAS, with Experimental Archaeologist Alexander Read. Alex will talk us through how he made an early Saxon sword based on one from Sarre. Join Zoom Meeting: us06web.zoom.us/j/82181595224 #Archaeology #ExperimentalArchaeology

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Heather Knight @heather1576.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Thanks @lostplayhouse.bsky.social for “Pub Crawling Through Playhouses” - an excellent romp through playhouses and their drinking culture and cheers to @roseplayhouse.bsky.social for hosting! 🍻

Detail from of wood cut from a ballad “ Man in the Moon Drinks Claret”. A man standing on a half moon with a jug in one hand and a wine glass in the other.

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The Society of Antiquaries of London @antiquaries.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

The weather may be dreary today, but tomorrow looks better, so why not drop by ours at 1pm for a free talk on a long-lost painting of an 18th-century London amputation scene. www.sal.org.uk/event/amputa...

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Amputation: A Dramatic Act - Society of Antiquaries of London

Dawn Kemp Director of Museums of the Royal College of Surgeons of England talks about her recent research into a long-lost painting of an 18th-century London amputation scene, with surprising connecti...

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The Rose Playhouse @roseplayhouse.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Join us online this Monday evening as Professor Laurie Johnson @lostplayhouse.bsky.social – President of the Marlowe Society of America, and former President of the Australian & New Zealand Shakespeare Association – uncovers the connections between ale houses and playhouses in early modern London.

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The Rose Playhouse @roseplayhouse.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

TONIGHT at 6.30pm online This should be a fascinating talk, so please do join us if you can!

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Dr Tess Machling @tessmachling.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

This is REALLY good to see. Too many colleagues were utterly misrepresented in this awful film, & in narrative surrounding it They deserve to have their names cleared. BBC News - Substantial damages awarded to academic over Steve Coogan Richard III film - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Substantial damages awarded to academic over Steve Coogan Richard III film

Richard Taylor sued Steve Coogan and two production companies over his portrayal in the movie.

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Heather Knight @heather1576.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

King Stephen died on 25th October 1154 at Dover. He was buried in the choir at Faversham Abbey alongside Queen Matilda and their son, Eustace. The exact location of his remains is unknown but after the dissolution of the Abbey he may have been reburied in the church of St Mary of Charity, Faversham.

Image of King Stephen from Matthew Paris’s Historia Anglorum.

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Callan Davies @callanjd.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

I'm delighted, grateful, and a little dazed to be among this year's Philip Leverhulme Prize winners @leverhulme.ac.uk, and among such excellent company. A little more on my research hopes at the @unisouthampton.bsky.social press release: www.southampton.ac.uk/humanities/n...

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Two academics from the University of Southampton’s School of Humanities receive prestigious Leverhulme Award

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Heather Knight @heather1576.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

On Wednesday 17th October 1962, at 7.30pm, the inaugural meeting of the Faversham society was held at the Guildhall, chaired by the Mayor of Faversham, Cllr. Peter Lee-Roberts. James Doak was elected chairman and Arthur Percival, secretary. favershamsociety.org

A newspaper advert inviting people to attend the inaugural meeting of the Faversham Society that was to be held in the Guildhall. The top line reads “Cherish the Past: Adorn the Present: Create
for the Future”

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Heather Knight @heather1576.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

A 13th-century oak door in Wells Cathedral for #ADoorableThursday

Oak door in Wells Cathedral with decorative iron hinges and scroll work.

View of the open door with a second door beyond.

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The Black Country Dying Museum @bcdyingmuseum.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Ay, of a snail, for though he comes slowly, he carries his house on his head.. As You Like It, Act 4, Scene 1 Glass at St Mary Edstaston #shakespearesunday #stainedglasssunday #snailsonsunday

Colourful Victorian stained glass featuring a cute snail surrounded by bright green foliage and pink flowers.

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