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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 12h

It's the final #TriviaTuesday of September! This week we have this stainless steel object from 1990. It is 7.5 cm in length, 2.5 cm in width and 7.5 cm in height. What is it?

Small rectangular chrome object with vertical slats on the front. There is a hollow metal rod sticking up from the top.

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Dr Juliet Roberts @julesmrobertsf1.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Sorry I goofily just repeated what you said…I’m concentrating poorly as am the middle of the Sunday Times cryptic! 😅

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Dr Juliet Roberts @julesmrobertsf1.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

😃Thank you! We can’t have uncovered legs, can we?? Although I think there’s little evidence that even the Victorians went that far!!

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Dr Juliet Roberts @julesmrobertsf1.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

“I’m AGHAST at such IMMODESTY!”roared Algernon. “We simply CANNOT continue until the piano legs have been covered!” #GirlsOwnCC

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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We are looking for an Events and Marketing Assistant to join the team. You can find out more about the role and how to apply here: jobs.rcsed.ac.uk/jobs/5051448...

Dark blue background with white text. It reads: Join the team. To the left of the image there is a photo of an old travelling medicine chest. It is open to show the different compartments and glass bottles inside.

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Dr Juliet Roberts @julesmrobertsf1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I think it’s some kind of self-retaining retractor, endoscopic, maybe?

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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Who's ready for another #TriviaTuesday? This week, we have this instrument from the early 21st century. It is 21 cm in length and 16 cm in width. What is it?

A metal instrument. It has a claw like attachment. There is a handle which when used closes the claw like attachment.

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Dr Juliet Roberts @julesmrobertsf1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Not so much Hieronymus Bosch as Geronimo Botched. #GirlsOwnCC

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Dr Juliet Roberts @julesmrobertsf1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

And that was the last time Cedric was allowed to ‘have a few friends over’ while his parents went out to dinner. #GirlsOwnCC

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Girl’s Own advice @girlsown.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Enjoy this excessive illustration for Sunday’s caption contest! Give away lots of ❤️s, please repost to encourage more competitors, and include #GirlsOwnCC

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Dr Juliet Roberts @julesmrobertsf1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🤣Never tried it myself, far too old for that sort of thing. *harrumphs and adjusts cardigan…

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Dr Juliet Roberts @julesmrobertsf1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Persephone got bored of knitting knickers so she FaceTimed her mates to plan their next beer pong session. #GirlsOwnCC

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Girl’s Own advice @girlsown.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Enjoy this Sunday’s caption contest! Give away lots of ❤️s, please repost to encourage more competitors, and include #GirlsOwnCC

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Surgeons' Hall Museum @surgeonshall.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Our #TriviaTuesday objects this week are from the 20th century and are 31.3 cm in length. Do you know what they are?

Bundle of thin red and black rubber tubes

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Dr Juliet Roberts @julesmrobertsf1.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Karaoke Night at the Vicarage! Lettice was looking forward to murdering ‘Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing’. #GirlsOwnCC

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Girl’s Own advice @girlsown.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Enjoy this Sunday’s caption contest! Give away lots of ❤️s, please repost to encourage more competitors, and include #GirlsOwnCC

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First World War Studies @fwwsjournal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

We are recruiting new Associate Editors! First World War Studies, the interdisciplinary journal of the International Society for First World War Studies, published by Taylor & Francis, is seeking to expand its editorial team.

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Dr Juliet Roberts @julesmrobertsf1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Oh poor you! Hope you’re feeling much better now! Thank you!

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Christine Slobogin @slobogin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

My podcast with @urochester.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social students - "In the Same Vein" - is back! Listen below to the season 3 teaser, and keep an ear out for the six episodes that'll be coming this semester, from October to December. open.spotify.com/episode/74xC...

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Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History @c2dh.uni.lu · 15/09/2026

Join us on 7, 8 & 9 Oct in Luxembourg City for the 2nd edition of HISTOFEST with film screenings, exhibition, hands on activities and experiences that bring the past into today’s public space 📍 Europa Experience and Ciné Utopia, Kirchberg, Luxembourg 📅 7–9 October 2026 👉 www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/even...

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Rok Stergar @stergarr.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Historiography needs you! Join our team and become an associate editor of the First World War Studies.

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Dr Juliet Roberts @julesmrobertsf1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A spool for ligatures? And what’s the answer to last week’s Trivia Tuesday, please?

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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

***BREAKING NEWS*** We have extended the deadline on our #CFP by 5 days to give those of you that missed our early deadline another chance! New deadline: 20 September 2026 Get writing! #skystorians #18thC 🗃️ www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...

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BSECS Annual Conference: the annual meeting of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies is Europe's largest and most prestigious annual conference

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Dr Juliet Roberts @julesmrobertsf1.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

« As you can see, Betty, I have cleverly concealed the corpse behind the Constable. » #GirlsOwnCC

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Dr Juliet Roberts @julesmrobertsf1.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

« I ‘aven’t got a nail, Ma’am, but I found some Wriggler’s chewin’ gum in me pockit. Would that ‘elp? » #GirlsOwnCC

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Girl’s Own advice @girlsown.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Enjoy this Sunday’s caption contest! Give away lots of ❤️s, please repost to encourage more competitors, and include #GirlsOwnCC

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Vanda Wilcox @vandawilcox.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

is there anyone who can help me with a historical French perfume enquiry? @willtullett.bsky.social @lucaturin.bsky.social am looking into a late 19th- early 20thC Grasse producer called Bertrand Frères & would welcome any pointers before I head down there to the archives!

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