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Heather Tweed

@heathertweed.bsky.social
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Artist, writer, researcher. Veiled & forgotten 19th Century characters, Circus, Music Hall. SoA, British Music Hall Soc, Circus250 Book Ahoy! www.heathertweed.net www.heathertweed.co.uk

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Heather Tweed @heathertweed.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
🦇New blog on Substack! Bats and Ceramics: Meet Moss and Mud Studio - batconservationtrust.substack.com/p/bats-and-c...
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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
🧵6 posts. A fascinating insight: In 1654, Elizabeth Roberts of Beverley was accused of witchcraft and imprisoned at York Castle following allegations made by John Greencliffe, also of Beverley. Greencliffe claimed that Roberts had attacked him through supernatural means, appearing to
This image shows black cats from the medieval bestiary manuscript Liber de naturis bestiarum (MS. Bodley 533, folio 13r), created in England during the mid-13th century.
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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 14/10/2026
Pulling some thoughts together from disparate discussions on the SoA / AI Charter thing... (Full text here: societyofauthors.org/charter-of-e...)
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Charter of Ethical AI Use in the Creative Industries  - The Society of Authors
Charter of Ethical AI Use in the Creative Industries International authors’ organisations and other creative industry bodies have joined forces to create an international charter setting out commitmen...
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The Ghost Monk @theghostmonk.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Rhamanta is an old #Welsh word for DIY divination. In 1896, Rev Elias Owen recounts an unpleasant ritual witnessed by a woman while it was actually being carried out. For reasons that will become obvious, Owen named neither party. It’s worth quoting in full because it’s not long... #WyrdWednesday
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Annie Brassey @anniebrassey.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Autumn Term 1934. Colwall Court School of Domestic Economy, Pages Avenue, Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex. #WyrdWednesday
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Annie Brassey @anniebrassey.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
"Black Magic In Britain The most searching investigation into evil ever made by a newspaper. Sunday Pictorial." Bexhill Observer 21.5.1955. #WyrdWednesday #1950s
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Heather Tweed @heathertweed.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I think we know where the celebratory dinner will be held 🤩🦖🦕
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Island fossil identified as new dinosaur species. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Isle of Wight fossil identified as new dinosaur species
Invictibellatrix would have been up to four metres long with feathers and had 20cm claws.
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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 14/10/2026
For @socantscot.bsky.social, 2023: 2 case studies by Louise Yeoman & Julian Goodare 1) the 1568 political conspiracy of Sir William Stewart of Luthrie, in which he summoned a spirit called “Obirion” 2) Ritchie Graham of North Berwick witch fame, 1590 #WyrdWednesday www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoJE...
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Scottish Necromancers and Elite Magic
YouTube video by Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
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Heather Tweed @heathertweed.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Solved!😁 🐺 It’s a Thylacine, a now extinct Tasmanian Wolf 🐺
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Crystal Ponti @crystalponti.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
The Beast of Gévaudan terrorized rural France in the 1760s, killing numerous people. Contemporary accounts described a terrifying wolf-like predator, while later retellings transformed it into everything from a monstrous hybrid to a werewolf. The true identity remains debated. #FairyTaleTuesday
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Fiona Chartres @chartresfi.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The annual carrot chomping competition was well underway when we arrived at St Andrew's, Chesterton, Cambridge. #MementoMoriMonday
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Mark Turnbull Author @1642author.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
🗓️#OTD 1645, Wales. Chepstow Castle was captured by Parliamentarian Colonel Thomas Morgan. Parliament's committee in that area wrote that they planned a monthly fast to better instruct people in the 'true Fear and Worship of God'.
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Heather Tweed @heathertweed.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
However, an unwanted or unexpected approach warrants a hearty kick to the shin.
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Girl’s Own advice @girlsown.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It is right to be kind to everyone, but you may not bow to gentlemen on the street unless you are acquainted.
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Dr Alison Daniell @alispencer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Publication day! So happy to have worked with @kimsim399.bsky.social to bring this into the world. Thank you to our marvellous contributors, everyone at @manchesterup.bsky.social, @chawtonhouse.bsky.social and all who have supported us! manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526187468/
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Manchester University Press - Virtue reconsider'd
Virtue reconsider'd - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Virtue reconsider'd by Alison Daniell
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Victoria County History @vch-home.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We're really excited to share updates on our exciting new projects in #Devon, #Dorset, #Kent , #Lincolnshire an #London in our latest blog with @ihr.bsky.social, part of our wonderful community of projects. Please take a look! #Skystorians
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Updates from the Victoria County History’s Five New Projects   - On History
This blog post was written by Dr Ruth Slatter and Dr Adam Chapman, Co-General Editors of the VCH.   Following the announcement of four new VCH projects in 2025, in this blog post Ruth Slatter and Adam...
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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
From 18 October there will be a new exhibition at the Museum of Cambridge devoted to folklore (and supported, among others, by the @folkloresociety.bsky.social)
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Dr James Peate @jamesepeate.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Really pleased to have my new article on Romanies & London in eighteenth century published by @thelondonjournal.bsky.social. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.....
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A Romani Capital? Romanies and London in the Eighteenth Century
The history of Romanies in England during the eighteenth century has been largely neglected by existing historical scholarship. Yet, the Romani experience of and in London had a notable impact on t...
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Ashmolean Museum, Oxford @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Happy #WorldAnimalDay! Do you have a favourite in the Ashmolean? World Animal Day exists to celebrate animals but also to raise their status and improve welfare standards around the globe. The 4th of October is the feast day of St Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals.
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Olivia Wyatt @oliviawyatt1999.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
My article — “Black is Beautiful”: Gender, Pigmentation, and Political Blackness in Modern Britain — is now available to read! It reinserts the politics of complexion into our narratives of the Black Power and Black Women’s movements. #BlackBritishHistory academic.oup.com/histres/adva...
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‘Black is beautiful’: gender, pigmentation and political blackness in modern Britain*
Abstract. By examining political literature, ephemera and oral histories, this article investigates the politics of pigmentation within the Black Power and
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IHR African History Seminar @ihrafricanhistory.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Biography can help recover history from colonial dispossession and silencing - join us next Wednesday September 30 for the first IHR African History Seminar in 26/27 with Ben Lawrance and Vusumuzi Kumalo to explore how, focusing on South African writer Dugmore Boetie, apartheid, and decolonization!
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British Music Hall Society @musichallsociety.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#MusicHallMonday - This month Monday's will look at some ghost stories from Theatres. The Sunderland Empire is up first where the ghost of actor Sid James (1913-1976), who died on stage there is said to have been seen including in 1989 when supposedly witnessed by the comedian Les Dawson! Spooky Eh?
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Heather Tweed @heathertweed.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
😁🤩
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Heather Tweed @heathertweed.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
(Man in armour) ‘I shall smite ye with my mighty sword’ (Person about to shake hands) ‘Welcome! You look tired, was it a long journey. Would you like a cup of tea?’ Peace & love everyone. 🕊️ Have a lovely day everyone. 🤗
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National Library of Scotland @natlibscot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Happy World Teacher Day! 🍎 From online workshops that guide Advanced Higher students through using our catalogue for their dissertations, to self-guided visits and staff-led tours, we offer a range of ways to bring the Library into your classroom - or your classroom into the Library.
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Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Next issue of Strange and Wondrous: Notes from a Science Historian coming out in a few hours with my spooky season reads. Sign up now for free to make sure you don’t miss it! buttondown.com/surekhadavie...
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Strange and Wondrous: Notes from a Science Historian
Dr. Surekha Davies on history, science, and politics through the stories people tell about monsters. Scroll cautiously past this Renaissance cyclopes for why you should subscribe. François Deserps, Re...
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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I'm thrilled to announce that I'll be doing a "soft launch" in Edinburgh on October 14! Get your hands on SLEUTH-HOUND before it's officially out in the city where the story took place! I'll be in conversation with @anatomicalcat.bsky.social! Tickets here: www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinb...
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Lindsey Fitzharris for Sleuth-Hound: The Case of the Real Sherlock Holmes at Edinburgh New Town Church
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 29/09/2026
Submissions are now invited for the Society's 2027 First Book and Early Career Article Prizes - covering monographs and articles published in 2026 bit.ly/4z45bD8 The closing date for submissions is 14 December 2026. Judging begins in early 2027 with winners announced next July #Skystorians 1/2
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Royal Historical Society Book and Article Prizes, 2027: submissions now invited - RHS
The Royal Historical Society invites applications for its First Book Prize, 2027 and Early Career Article Prize, 2027. The call for submissions opened on Monday 28 September 2026 and runs to Monday 14...
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Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
My ships bigger than yours, medieval ship envy at Old Winchelsea. In 1254, Old Winchelsea had prepared for a Royal visit..... what could go wrong 🤔 For the full story please see our Facebook page Sussex Heritage Community, its a fascinating read.
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Girl’s Own advice @girlsown.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ok round two for #NationalPoetryDay - would you enjoy the quaking duck, the ‘nice’ mountains, the ungrammatical fatality, the patted sod, or the nocturnal chirping cuckoo? Is my harshest critique ‘perfect twaddle’?
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Jane Hoodless @janehoodless.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
The new Prime Minister is writing a "10-year plan" for the UK. The arts & culture MUST be part of it. I've signed @campaignforthearts.org's petition urging @andyburnham.bsky.social to revitalise the arts – to revitalise the whole nation 🌱 Join me: www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/10-year-plan/
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Prime Minister – put the arts in your 10-year plan for the UK | Campaign for the Arts
Sign our petition urging the UK Government to build a country where the arts are available from childhood, accessible to all and thriving everywhere.
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Jane Hoodless @janehoodless.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Dead and buried - and probably a bit sassy…
Close up of a gravestone which reads: “she was as wise as a serpent & harmless as a dove & the world was not worthy of her”.
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Heather Tweed @heathertweed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Rabbits, rabbits, rabbits 🐇🐇🐇
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Heather Tweed @heathertweed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Railings made by … you know which company 🤣
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Hellebore @helleborezine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
⚡️IT’S HERE!⚡️ Ruined temples, living myths, riddles and enigmas, Medieval mystics, a gas-lit world of secret societies and energy grids, psychedelic revivals, and sonic experiments at the City of the Dead. 👉🏼 Gaze into the eyes of the sphinx and pre-order The Mystery Issue on helleborezine.com
A woman standing by a sphinx, the wind beating her cape
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Mainly Museums @mainlymuseums.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I’m a bit of an old toy collector myself so rather enjoyed this one. Thanks Heather. And yes you can read that both ways - I’m old and I collect old toys… @heathertweed.bsky.social #museums #museumfromhome #museumlover #oldtoys mainlymuseums.com/post/1462/th...
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Theatre of Memory A Visit to Pollock’s Toy Theatre Museum
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Physicians' Gallery @physiciansgallery.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
1578 Counsell Against the Pestilence - use cinnamon, violet and cloves, but under no circumstances rely on a walnut
Open page of a book, only text is visible, no illustrations. The text is unreadable.
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Remembering novelist Elizabeth Gaskell, born on this day 1810.
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Dr Ella Hawkins @ellamchawk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Elizabethan playhouses were supplied by a network of tailors, merchants & craftswomen. Their names survive in records, but little is known about their lives. I’m working on new research that brings the stories of these makers & traders centre stage. Here is the project in biscuit (cookie) form. 🍪
A photograph of eight rectangular biscuits (cookies) arranged in two rows on a square white plate. The plate is framed on all sides by a trailing vine pattern in green with pops of red. The biscuits are mostly in shades of ivory, cream, yellow, and grey, with a burst of vivid red and blue in one corner of the arrangement. Moving across the top row of biscuits from left to right, the designs include: neat lines of handwritten names in an early modern parish register; a section of a hand-drawn map from 1561 featuring St Paul’s Cathedral, with street names like ‘Carter Lane’ visible in a tiny spiky font; an extract of text from a funerary monument printed in an early modern book, ending ‘So transitory is our glory’; a section of embroidery from a funeral pall featuring metallic silver armour, crossed gold keys, and two hands holding up a crown. The biscuit designs on the bottom row include: horses prancing past shopfronts on Cheapside in the mid-sixteenth century; a receipt written in early modern secretary hand, which is difficult to read; a portrait of a stern-looking women dressed in a ruff, pearls, and sober dark clothing; swirling calligraphy and dense secretary hand featuring on a will dating from 1638.
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Fiona Chartres @chartresfi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Poor little ratty! A plump owl with beautifully curved wings carries his prey off on a 15thC misericord at St Mary Magdalene, Newark, Nottinghamshire. #OwlishMonday
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Heather Tweed @heathertweed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Good lion! Lovely lion, patina lion. Pleased you live with me now.. along with your pal 🦁😃🎭
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Heather Tweed @heathertweed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
‘Temporary Theatre’ ? Well .. not quite 😁🎭
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Heather Tweed @heathertweed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Heather Tweed @heathertweed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
‘Lived here’ …well not quite 😁🎭
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
To all the people saying: "How can I find time to read to my kid when I have a high-powered full-time job?" I taught high school full time; marked A-level exam papers in my spare time; wrote a bestseller in 4 months and still found time to read to my kid every night. I did give up dusting, though.
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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 28/09/2026
Anthropic:
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Annie Brassey @anniebrassey.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Eothen #NiagaraFalls #Canada 28.9.1872. "When we reached the top, we were all again photographed, dripping and dishevelled as we were; so I expect the picture will be more peculiar and picturesque than pleasing." #Brassey #Victorian #Travel #History #1870s
Pages from "A Cruise in the Eothen, 1872" by Annie Lady Brassey, published in 1873. Niagara Falls, Canada 28.9.1872.
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