iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Dr Katharine Edgar

Kentwell Hall @kentwellhall.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Love the magical way the light falls in our Red Dining Room. #windowsonwednesday #diamondpanes #photography #shadows

A high window of diamond panes between 4 levels of stone mullions. Shadows of the diamond panes fall onto the pink walls above an arched doorway.

Dr Katharine Edgar @katharineedgar.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Ugh. Go to @jorvikviking.bsky.social instead, they have real people who know loads. Or one of the re-enactments - @kentwellhall.bsky.social had Vikings last weekend - where you will get a much richer multisensory experience and there will be people doing real things. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

AI Viking character unveiled in Orkney museum - BBC News

It is part of a permanent exhibition to celebrate the role of the Vikings in the area's history.

0194

Reposted by Dr Katharine Edgar

Kentwell Hall @kentwellhall.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

So nice to hear we have had an impact. ‘The 37-year-old first got a taste for the trade aged nine, when he met a thatcher at a Tudor re-enactment at Kentwell Hall in Long Melford - a thatcher who is his colleague today.’ #thatching #historicbuildings #heritagecrafts www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

'Safeguard thatching or Suffolk areas risk losing character'

It is estimated there are about 25,000 buildings with thatched roofs that are listed.

1508

Reposted by Dr Katharine Edgar

will pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

jeez read the room charlie brooker we don’t need another season of black mirror right now can’t you try doing like a ‘rose tinted mirror’

2435

Dr Katharine Edgar @katharineedgar.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

I have never wished I still taught Collections Management before, but….

020

Dr Katharine Edgar @katharineedgar.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

I’ve always loved the headlines in my local paper but this one from a few years ago even beat ‘man drove tractor at love rival.’ www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/1519931...

gazetteherald.co.uk

North Yorkshire villagers dismembered corpses to prevent zombies

MEDIEVAL villagers in Ryedale mutilated and burnt bodies to stop them rising from the dead, according to new research.

291

Dr Katharine Edgar @katharineedgar.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

I just got in from a run and my 15 year old son said to me, ‘You know, if I saw you running I’d think how amazing it is that an old person can run.’ 🤨

4171

Dr Katharine Edgar @katharineedgar.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Ok I think I have nailed it and I think it’s going to do the job I want (brief thread follows)

2101

Dr Katharine Edgar @katharineedgar.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

I’m going to try to learn Elizabethan double twisted chain stitch now, please pray for me. #blackwork #embroidery #historicembroidery #costume #needlework #crafts

Pages from a book of historic embroidery stitches showing a complicated confusing loopy stitch. A needle threaded with black silk is poised by some linen, ready to begin.

3270

Reposted by Dr Katharine Edgar

Birdie's Bindings @birdiesbindings.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

#marchmeetthemaker Day 10: Where? 1) You will find a selection of notebooks on Etsy (link in bio) 2) and also at local #Suffolk (UK) #craft fayres, these are my next two. 3) or you can see me binding as a Tudor at @kentwellhall.bsky.social . #bookbinding #booksky #journal #makingmonday

031

Reposted by Dr Katharine Edgar

Kentwell Hall @kentwellhall.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Practice makes perfect! In preparation for #Kentwell1536 one of our #Tudors has been working on his ‘English secretarie’ hand from Augustino de Siena’s 1560 book. Goal is to be as neat as Cranmer (or Cranmer’s clerk.) #medievalmonday #mondaymotivation #earlymodern #16thc #penmanship #palaeography

Swirly capitals in black ink on modern lined paper

A facsimile 16th c letter next to a page of similar writing on modern A4 paper

A new letter in 16th c hand on new old fashioned paper signed George Clopton

46015

Dr Katharine Edgar @katharineedgar.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Counted blackwork from Johann Schönsperger the Younger, Ein new getruckt model Büchli, 1529. For @kentwellhall.bsky.social 1536 re-creation this year. Deveres 36 silk on 46 count linen. I love bringing old patterns to life! #embroidery #blackwork #needlework #crafts #history #crafts #counted

An embroidery hoop with two designs in black on white linen. Both use tiny stitches with no diagonals. One is symmetrical and about 3 cm and the other has two rows of little offset crosses.

4434

Dr Katharine Edgar @katharineedgar.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Me: This video I am in has gone viral! 40k views! Teenage son 1: Mum, no-one says gone viral any more. You say ‘it broke out.’ Teenage son 2: That’s nothing, I got 700k for a video of me playing a computer game. 🤷‍♀️

1171

Reposted by Dr Katharine Edgar

Kentwell Hall @kentwellhall.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Little 77 living his best life in the spring sunshine. Open this weekend! www.kentwell.co.uk #lambs #daffodils #flowersonfriday #spring #suffolk #farm #gardens #sheep

1728

Dr Katharine Edgar @katharineedgar.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Lots of comments on this now & I don’t know what’s worse, the ones who misunderstand biphasic sleep & think we did it wrong because we didn’t get up in the middle of the pitch black freezing night to do a few hours work, or the ones who are convinced we are eating potatoes. They are TURNIPS!!!

3153

Reposted by Dr Katharine Edgar

Nicky @nickysau.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

This Sunday Eleanor and I are doing a William McGonagall memorial walk for the 200th anniversary of his birth. All ticket money will go to LGBT Youth www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/william-mc...

eventbrite.co.uk

William McGonagall Memorial Walk

Join us to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Scotland’s worst poet, the legendary William McGonagall. With live readings.

042

Reposted by Dr Katharine Edgar

Kentwell Hall @kentwellhall.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

This lamb may be our cutest yet and the #daffodils are out! Open this weekend www.kentwell.co.uk #lambs #daysout #suffolk #eastanglia #heritage #gardens #farm #rarebreed

Extremely cute little white lamb with a smiley face, barely standing on new wobbly legs in the straw, its mum behind it nuzzling it

0967

Dr Katharine Edgar @katharineedgar.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

If any UK based spinners want a Great Wheel, the amazing Jack Greene is taking commissions. He made my #spinningwheel, it’s incredible craftsmanship and excellent value. #wool #textiles #spinning #greatwheel #walkingwheel #textilecrafts #medieval #tudor #reenactment #livinghistory

Picture of a girl in Tudor dress spinning on a Great Wheel. Text reads:
Great wheels made to order. Can be broken down and re-assembled for transport. Price under £500
Contact Jack Greene
Email alchemyjack@gmail.com
Tel 01636 707836

192

Reposted by Dr Katharine Edgar

Jenn Scott @jennscott1485.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

My new book ( out next year) about Scotland and the wars of the Roses will feature some incredible women. Mary of Gueldres and Margaret of Anjou. I am very excited to be researching them.

1316

Reposted by Dr Katharine Edgar

Dr Bendor Grosvenor FRHistS @bendorgrosvenor.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Glad to see the Wrest Park Lady Jane Grey portrait in the news. But ‘a new discovery’? I exhibited the picture and made the case for it in 2007, with David Starkey. We even had the dendrochronology done back then. 🤓

313118

Dr Katharine Edgar @katharineedgar.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

The costume change is what interests me most here, the idea that the pinner (what they have called ‘white scarf’) and white headgear relate to her being a Protestant martyr.

2121

Dr Katharine Edgar @katharineedgar.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

When my daughter was a baby I found some pink and white striped cotton and thought ‘How lovely! I will buy some and one day she can go to #WorldBookDay as Milly Molly Mandy!’ Then when she was old enough she was like, ‘No way. I’m going as The Illustrated Mum.’ Lots of temporary tattoos. Was fab.

0110

Dr Katharine Edgar @katharineedgar.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Probably the best photo I have ever seen of the Kentwell Hall #TowerofBabelTree. ❤️

191

Dr Katharine Edgar @katharineedgar.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

So pleased to see @bkhistorical.bsky.social has joined Bluesky. He organised the #extremereenactment I posted about earlier, though he did not do it dressed as a knight. Do follow him for more #history #events & photos. #medievalsky #medieval #historysky

0171

Reposted by Dr Katharine Edgar

Victoria Gausden @ancientnmodern.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Accidental Renaissance painting in The Guardian this morning.

Photo of Zelensky, Macron and Starmer, arms entwined, very still, statuesque, grave

The Visitation altarpiece by Jacopo Pontormo. Two figures with arms extended, one looking on. Similar composition to Guardian photo

510831

Dr Katharine Edgar @katharineedgar.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

The #Hull & East Yorkshire Museum was a revelation, it has the most astonishing archaeology collections.

0111

Dr Katharine Edgar @katharineedgar.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

This blew my mind. Somehow the fact they were doing it outdoors, in the woods, made it even more astonishing. #historysky #craftsky #crafts #metalwork #metalworkmonday

1263

Reposted by Dr Katharine Edgar

CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

20255395436868

Dr Katharine Edgar @katharineedgar.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

These North #Yorkshire #sheep would like to send empathy and solidarity to all our non-Trump voting American friends. #yorkshiremoors #sheepsunday

A grass field with a dry stone wall, some leafless trees and blue sky. Several sheep stand in the sunshine looking calm and happy.

6243

Dr Katharine Edgar @katharineedgar.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

This is wonderful, an absolute goldmine of food-related material culture.

0112

Reposted by Dr Katharine Edgar

Alex Harvey @alexharvv.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

www.epoch-magazine.com/post/what-ar... A new article for @epoch-history.bsky.social. One about mosh-pits, historical reenacting, generative AI, and Elon Musk. One that I really enjoyed writing and only took semi-seriously. A laid back, (hopefully) insightful, entertaining 8 minute read. Enjoy!

epoch-magazine.com

What Are A Few More Words? Historical parallels where you least expect them

I have a friend who makes replicas of Early Medieval jewellery. Using authentic techniques, he forges and sells his wares at fairs up and...

2216

Reposted by Dr Katharine Edgar

Jesse Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

In 1626, a Cambridge fishwife sliced open a cod, only to find a gelatinous, half-dissolved manuscript inside. It was published the next year under the name "Vox Piscis or, the Bookfish." At this point, why not get your news from inside a dead fish? #earlymodern #bookfish archive.org/details/bim_...

Frontispiece and title page of Vox Piscis, or The Book-Fish, contayning three treatises which were found in the belly of a cod-fish in Cambridge market, on Midsummer Eve last

11562192

Reposted by Dr Katharine Edgar

Kentwell Hall @kentwellhall.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Here’s another #lamb picture for anyone that needs it. Our lovely flock are #Norfolkhorn, a #rarebreed that is one of the ancestors of the #Suffolk #sheep breed.

A black and white lamb standing up in a pile of straw

1846

Reposted by Dr Katharine Edgar

Yorkshire Wolds Weather @yorkswoldsweather.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

I Stand With Ukraine against this despicable bully

536462

Reposted by Dr Katharine Edgar

Kentwell Hall @kentwellhall.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Everyone else is doing pictures of #iron already worked for #ironworkthursday so here is some in progress. The ‘dink! dink! dink!’ sound in the distance as the #blacksmith hammers away is one of the most evocative parts of our #earlymodern soundscape. #forge #metalwork #crafts #ancienttechnology

A blacksmith with a long beard hammering a red hot piece of metal on an anvil. Behind him on a hearth a pile of burning charcoal glows orange and blue.

0317

Reposted by Dr Katharine Edgar

La Leipsig @laleipsig.eurosky.social · 26/02/2025

go.bsky.app/FCtPe35

063

Dr Katharine Edgar @katharineedgar.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

So true! It’s why it’s so nice learning a new historical skill (eg brewing) right from the start because I can afford a whole pile of books. Whereas when you get really niche it needs to be a very specific date and place and the books are £250 if there are even any copies available.

2131