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Leonie V. Hicks @lvhicks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

You might have heard me mention that 2027 is the European year of the Normans and @britishlibrary.bsky.social is now advertising its major exhibition for that. Think of it as the sequel to the excellent Anglo-Saxon ehibition several years ago. events.bl.uk/exhibitions/... #medievalsky 1/

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Conquest: The Making of Norman England | British Library

Beyond the battlefield lies a story of ambition, upheaval and reinvention. Spanning the generations before and after 1066, this exhibition traces the impac

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

🎶New display: Dover Choral Union 🎶 In 1913, Harry James Taylor, the first conductor of #Dover Choral Union, was presented with a "coming of age" souvenir book filled with concert programmes to celebrate his 21st year in that role.

A black-and-white ink illustration serving as a program cover from 1904 drawing from the Art Nouveau and Arts and Crafts design.
The central figure is a musician wearing long, flowing robes that drape down to her feet. She is playing a double horn instrument. She is framed by roses, thorny vines, and leaves.
There are two stylized, unfurling banners rest within the rose canopy above the female. The left banner reads "TRIENNIAL" and the right banner reads "MUSICAL FESTIVAL." At the very top, set inside a separate horizontal scroll border, the word "DOVER" is written in large, heavy, stylized block lettering. Either side of the central figure are the words "PROGRAMME" (on the left) and "4th MAY 1904" (on the right) written down the sides in an angled script. At the bottom of the vines is the monogram A.J.D 1904.

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Lizzy Sharpe @lizzysharpe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Happy 317th birthday Dr Samuel Johnson!

An ink illustration of an older Dr Samuel Johnson holding a manuscript of his dictionary which he is editing with a white feather quill pen. He has coiled white hair and is wearing a deep purple coat. He is stood in front of the window of his house. The top of his cane can be seen in the background.

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

What better place than a museum to showcase beards on #WorldBeardDay. This neatly sculpted beard and gloriously styled moustache belongs to William Brooke, tenth Baron Cobham (1527-1597), a nobleman, diplomat, and most notably Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and Constable of #Dover Castle.

The image is a portrait William Brooke, 10th Baron Cobham. He is facing slightly to his left while looking directly at the viewer. He has a trimmed brown beard, and a long slightly upward styled moustache. He is largely wearing black including, a flat black velvet hat and cloak, a large white pleated collar of the Order of the Garter around the neck, and a gold medallion on a thick blue ribbon. He is holding a golden coloured staff of office as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. In the right corner of the painting is a heraldic coat of arms.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Aren't medieval dovecotes brilliant?

The ruin of a medieval dovecote, near Padstow, Cornwall.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

My favourite grasshopper fact: Grasshoppers first appeared on the planet 250 million years ago. Grass did not appear on the planet until 40 million years ago Imagine it: 210 million years, hopping around on any random surface you can find, waiting for the grass that will make you truly yourself.

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Bin Day cometh.

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In Quires and Places where they meme @quiresandplaces.com · 10/08/2026

We hereby put our full-throated support behind Count Binhead.

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In Quires and Places where they meme @quiresandplaces.com · 10/08/2026

HIDE NOT THOU BINFACE FROM US, O LORD.

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

100 years ago, on this day, at 7:08 am, Gertrude ‘Trudy’ Ederle entered the water near Cape Gris-Nez. At 9:40pm she walked out of the water at Kingsdown Beach as the first woman to swim the English Channel, beating the men's record by nearly two hours. #OnThisDay

The image is an oval monochrome photograph from a scrapbook showing Gertrude walking along the beach in the moments leading up to her historic swim. She is wearing a two-piece bathing suit and goggles. The photograph is annotated Miss Ederle starts (7-8 A.M)

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Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

The Archive but it's a videogame from 1998.

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

On 6th August 1926, at 7:08am Gertrude Ederle entered the water near Cape Gris-Nez. At 9:40pm she walked out of the water at Kingsdown Beach as the first woman to swim the English Channel. For the 100th anniversary of this achievement, an exhibition will be opening 6th of August at #Dover Museum.

Images provided courtesy of Katharine Loxton. The images and captions are taken from an annotated album with photographs taken by spectators of this historic event. There are three monochrome photographs of Gertrude Ederle on the beach at Cape Gris-Nez in the moments leading up to her Channel Swim on 6th of August 1926. The top two photographs are of Burgess greasing Gertrude Ederle in animal fat; the bottom photograph is of Gertrude Ederle walking along the beach before starting her swim

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In Quires and Places where they meme @quiresandplaces.com · 09/07/2026

Lord, now lettest Nigel Farage depart in peace according to thy word. For mine eyes have seen thy salvation which thou hast prepared: it's Count Binface, of all people. To be a light to lighten the country, and to be the glory of thy people of Clacton.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Also, if you borrow an author's book from a library in the UK, that author gets more than 12 pence per loan in Public Lending Rights. Any author can earn up to £6,600 per year this way.

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University of Exeter Special Collections @exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Some beautiful blooms to brighten your Friday! 💐 We hope you have a lovely weekend. 📷 Illustration of horehound, motherwort and hemp nettle from ‘The Flowering Plants of Great Britain' (1855) by Anne Pratt [Baring-Gould Library 0691] #FridayFlowers #FlowerFriday #FlowersOnFriday #RareBooks

An opened book showing full-page colour illustration of horehound, motherwort and hemp nettle, decorated in shades of yellow, pink, purple and green.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Note from my notebook (2017). Still true.

Truths About Writing
Most people will ignore what you write
Someone dead did it better than you
You will be misunderstood
That's all ok

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Peter Ross @peteralanross.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Recent adventures, some news, a little music ... it's my new Substack piece. smallfinds.substack.com/p/canterbury...

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Canterbury tales

Recent adventures, some news, a little music ...

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

REPLE! Fill it up again! With the warmer weather upon us we wanted to raise this celebratory motto beaker on display at the Roman Painted House #Dover Although I wouldn't recommend filling this particular beaker up... (1/4)

Image description: A reconstructed dark coloured round fluted pot with painted white swirl and dotted border decoration. There are white serifed letters R and E. It The pot is incomplete with pieces missing and the reconstruction is being supported with white acid-free tissue paper. One of the fragments is placed next to it.

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BCP Minus Context @bcpminuscontext.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

make me ready, Lord, for whatever

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

This map of all the regional names for woodlice in the UK also serves nicely as a guide to the future tribes of humans to be found on the same landmass after The Great Digital Crash and ensuing breakdown of society AND a guide to some of the country's best forgotten lo-fi indie bands from the 1990s.

A map of all the regional names of woodlice in the UK, including Flumps, Crunchy Bats and Grandads.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I once heard someone who had a decent amount of knowledge about these sort of things describe jellyfish as "essentially just organised water" and I still think about that quite a lot.

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Lizzy Sharpe @lizzysharpe.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Tempted to go to Greggs for lunch...

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Print by contemporary Polish artist Laura Makabresku #WomensArt

Print feating a lone distant figure in a golden field under a dark sky and full moon

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In Quires and Places where they meme @quiresandplaces.com · 02/06/2026

Happy birthday Edward Elgar, born on this day in 1857.

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Peter Ross @peteralanross.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Hello. I'm off to Canterbury next month, and am wondering whether there are any sites related to the "Canterbury sound" that I could visit while there? I like a bit of prog with my pilgrimage.

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Dr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

St Bede the Venerable, ‘father of English history’, author of Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum, died at Jarrow #OTD 735; buried at Durham Cathedral. British Library | Cambridge University Library |Durham Cathedral #FeastDay #Bede @theul.bsky.social

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BCP Minus Context @bcpminuscontext.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

In the darkness, fire is kindled

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I am biased, of course, but if you are looking for a short, silly book to read right now, with absolutely zero defining central subject, may I recommend this? It's recently been republished, after an upsetting period out of print due to the demise of my ex-publishers. www.tom-cox.com/my-notebook-2/

My 2021 book Notebook, now republished by Swift Press, and available from Blackwell's UK with free international delivery

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

This bank holiday weekend, 23rd-25th May come along to Maison Dieu #Dover's Stone Masonry festival: ➡See stone mason Carrie Horwood's progress on sculpting replicas of Deal Man ➡Suggest names for the Deal Man replicas ➡Make your very own clay Deal Man!

A poster advertising:
Stone Masonry festival
Maison Dieu, Dover, Ct16 1DL
Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 May 10 am to 4pm
Monday 25 May 10am to 2pm
Watch stonemasons from the UK and France carve fantastic creatures. Take part in family-friendly activities including stone carving, chalk graffiti and making gargoyles and grotesques!
Learn about Kent's incredible geology and exciting plans for the Cross-Channel Geopark.
Suitable for all ages.
Refreshments.
Free drop-in event
There are images of Deal Man and a carving of a Maison Dieu dragon.
In the foreground is a picture of stone mason Carrie carving a Maison Dieu gargoyle.

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

(1/8) Who is Deal Man? Deal Man is an Iron Age carved chalk figurine on display at Dover Museum. He was discovered in 1984 during excavations by the #Dover Archaeological Group ahead of construction work on a site adjacent to St Richards Road in, #Deal.

Deal Man is a small Iron Age carved chalk figurine with a simple face features, a long slender neck, and a plain rectangular body. The figurine's base slopes backwards so that it will not stand up on a flat surface.

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Medieval Military Medicine @medmilmedicine.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Drunk Monk - 14th century, Lyon, Bibliothèque municipale, Ms 5128, f. 76v

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Lizzy Sharpe @lizzysharpe.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

To be coloured in... Pencil drawing of St Mary of Charity from Church Street in Faversham, featuring the west tower and spire. #Faversham #churches

A pencil outline drawing of a view of St Mary of Charity church in Faversham from Church Street. It features the west tower and spire in the middle of the picture. Behind the tower are outlines of whisky clouds. There are houses and buildings from Church Street to create a directional focus on the church. There is a street lamp in the foreground on the right.

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Lizzy Sharpe @lizzysharpe.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

To be coloured in... Pencil drawing of St Mary of Charity from Church Street in Faversham, featuring the west tower and spire. #Faversham #churches

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Minimus @minimuslatin.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

#fabula murina (mouse story) 506 Minimus, Minima et Silvius diem Bellorum Stellarum celebrant (Minimus, Minima and Silvius are celebrating Star Wars day). vis tecum sit! (May the Force be with you!) #starwarsday #maythefourth #maythe4th

Photo of Minimus, Minima and Silvius, the Latin mice, dressed as Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia and Yoda for Star Wars Day.

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In Quires and Places where they meme @quiresandplaces.com · 03/05/2026

Just checking everyone has the right finals for 4 May.

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

(1/5) This week behind the scenes, Dover Museum’s collections team were joined by their museum volunteers and Maison Dieu ambassadors to help with the annual condition check and gentle clean of furniture at the Maison Dieu in #Dover

A member of Dover Museum's collection's team and and two Maison Dieu ambassadors inspecting, documenting, and cleaning red upholstered wooden chairs in the Maison Dieu's council chamber.

Two members of Dover Museum's collections team gently cleaning and condition checking large tables on one of the Connaught Hall balconies in the Maison Dieu.

Three volunteers cleaning and condition checking historic furniture on one of the Connaught Hall balconies in the Maison Dieu.. Two volunteers are cleaning a red upholstered wooden framed screen, while another volunteer is cleaning and condition checking a brown round leather chair.

A member of Dover Museum's collection's team discussing and documenting integrated pest management with a volunteer in the Maison Dieu's council chamber.

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

After its voyage to Musée d'Archéologie Nationale in Saint-Germain-en-Laye in France the replica half-size Bronze Age Boat has returned to #Dover. Pictured are stages of the boat being moved from display and onto a trailer ready for its return journey. #BronzeAge

An end view of the Bronze Age boat replica on raised a stand outside the Musée d'Archéologie Nationale. Two people are preparing the replica boat to be moved by placing straps around the centre of the boat.

The Bronze Age boat replica attached to a red forklift by straps.

The Bronze Age boat replica is attached to a forklift truck and being lowered down from the stand by a red forklift truck with three people guiding it down. Three people are around the boat guiding it down.

The Bronze Age boat replica secured on a trailer leaving the Musée d'Archéologie Nationale

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Dover Museum & Bronze Age Boat Gallery @dovermuseum.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

On the 99th day of the year we look to this Roman minted coin for the emperor, Pupienus Maximus (164-238AD), who, with his co-emperor, Balbinus, ruled for just 99 days. They were two of the six men who ruled as emperor of Rome in 238 AD in the politically turbulent Year of the Six Emperors

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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

The story of the crypt under St. Margaret's church, Rainham, Kent. 👇 BBC News - Long-dead occupants of Medway church crypt have royal connections - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Long-dead occupants of Medway church crypt have royal connections

Several coffins are preserved under St Margaret's Church in Rainham.

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Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

If walls could speak. Ghost gable with brick tumbled verge (triangular sections), captured, like a fly in amber, in a later building, in Sandwich, Kent.

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NearlyKnowledgeable @g0blinegg.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

The 'Bayeux Tapestry of England'. All Saints Church, Claverley, houses a remarkable 13th-century wall painting of over 15 metres. Its rare depiction of knights makes it unique in Britain. Thought to show the battle of Vices and Virtues, it is truly remarkable. #history #medieval #churchcrawling

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Wiltshire Museum @wiltshiremuseum.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

We would like to send our condolences to KitKat on their recent robbery of 12 tons of their chocolate bars. On a completely unrelated note, please see our latest Stonehenge replica!

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