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Rosie @rosieje.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

To the British Museum to see the Bayeux Tapestry. The BM has decided to not allow any photography but there are great photos in the exhibition catalogue and a very nice tote bag depicting a key moment at the Battle of Hastings available in the gift shop.

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Matt Bishop 🏳️‍🌈 🏁 @thebishf1.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Here are 2 new cartoons that are doing the rounds on social media today, & sadly there’s a lot of truth & wisdom in both of them. 😔

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Rosie @rosieje.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Some photos from last weekend's King Henry VIII'S Joust at Hampton Court Palace.

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Kate Lister @k8lister.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Wearing historic artefacts as jewellery or wearing historic garments on the red carpet can fuck off into the sun. inews.co.uk/opinion/thin...

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Of all the things rich people have ruined, one thing infuriates me

Kate Lister: The privatisation of history enrages me like nothing else

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Rosie @rosieje.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Queen Elizabeth: Her Life In Style. Sovereign's Mantle of the Order Of The British Empire & Full Military Tunic as Colonel-In-Chief of the Grenadier Guards. Outfit worn to Princess Margaret's wedding. Dress worn by the Queen and stuntman for the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony.

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Rosie @rosieje.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life In Style exhibition. Evening wear. The Queen wore some stunning evening dresses including a dress worn for a state banquet at the White House given by President Eisenhower in 1957.

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Rosie @rosieje.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Queen Elizabeth: Her Life In Style exhibition. Day wear. The Queen was famous for wearing bright colours so she would stand out in a crowd, having see through raincoats & umbrellas, & her hats.

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Rosie @rosieje.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life In Style exhibition at the King's Gallery, Buckingham Palace. Christening robe, dress & coronet worn for coronation of George VI, wedding dress & coronation gown.

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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

"I have accepted Keir Starmer's resignation as my chief servant and have invited Andy Burnham to lay out details for how many meals a day he'll give me"

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

“Aussie boys are on a bender, Donald Trump is a sex offender.”

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Lucy Worsley @lucyworsley.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Tonight I'm back on BBC Two at 9pm to finish what I started — and Part Two of the American Revolution gets seriously dramatic! Lucy Worsley Investigates: The American Revolution concludes tonight in Britain at 9pm, BBC Two. Don't miss it 😃 www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

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Rosie @rosieje.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Photo of a Greylag Goose from my recent trip to Painshill Park, Cobham, Surrey. @painshill.bsky.social

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Lucy Worsley @lucyworsley.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

This is the document that started a revolution. The original Stamp Act — held in the UK's National Archives — is extraordinary to see in the flesh. Lucy Worsley Investigates the American Revolution — Monday 9pm, BBC Two Link to watch 😃 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Rosie @rosieje.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Cedar coffin of Ramses the Great.

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Rosie @rosieje.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

The solid silver sarcophagus of Pharaoh Shoshenq II c. 885BCE.

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Rosie @rosieje.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Ramses & The Pharaohs' Gold - ancient Egyptian bling.

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Rosie @rosieje.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Ramses & The Pharaohs' Gold exhibition at Neon, Battersea Power Station, London on it's world tour. Featuring 180 treasures that normally live in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo, the exhibition tells the story of Ramses II or Ramses The Great, who reigned for nearly 67 years around 3000 years ago.

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Rosie @rosieje.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Painshill Park, Cobham, Surrey. Created in the 18th century by Charles Hamilton as a living painting. The landscape garden contains many follies and features. @painshill.bsky.social

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The British History Podcast @thebritishhistorypodcast.com · 26/04/2026

Wild how this kind of thing seems to happen every time his poll numbers look really bad.

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Rosie @rosieje.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Tulips at Hampton Court Palace.

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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

In the UK we call them lifts but in the US they call them elevators, because we’re raised differently.

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Rosie @rosieje.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

For me the stars of the show were the feather cloaks and headdresses. You will be pleased to hear that the feathers were sustainabily sourced. The birds were trapped, a few feathers plucked out and then the birds were released, their plumage growing back. It would have taken many years to make them.

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Rosie @rosieje.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Carved wooden bowls, probably used for serving food or drink to chiefs.

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Rosie @rosieje.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Some more photos from the British Museum. This time their Hawai'i - A Kingdom Crossing Oceans exhibition. Wood carvings, depicting gods.

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mqb2766.bsky.social @mqb2766.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

The croesus / delphic oracle saying is rather apt "He wanted to know whether he should go to war against the Persians. The oracle's response was famously cryptic: "If you cross the Halys River, a great empire will fall."" mused.com/stories/973/...

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The Fatal Prophecy: The Oracle and the Fall of Lydia | Sardis Expedition

An ambiguous prophecy of the Oracle of Delphi was interpreted, leading the Lydian empire to its fall

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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 06/04/2026

The occupants of Nasa's Artemis II are now as far from Donald Trump as any humans have managed to get. Lucky buggers.

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Rosie @rosieje.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Wasn't expecting to run into this fellow! George Lucas took a lot of inspiration for Star Wars from watching Japanese Samurai movies. The exhibition closes on May 4th 2026.

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Rosie @rosieje.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Beautiful textiles, including the red jacket and hood of a female firefighter c.1800-50, who was trained to tackle a fire and evacuate the inhabitants of the women's quarters in Edo castle.

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Rosie @rosieje.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Some beautiful arts and crafts. The Samurai were not just warriors but artists, poets and craftsmen too.

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Rosie @rosieje.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Palanquin or litter, used by a Samurai woman of status, when moving around outside of her residence. She would always be accompanied by a maid. c.1700-1900.

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Rosie @rosieje.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Some pics of the Samurai exhibition at the British Museum, taken during my recent visit. Lots of armour, obviously...

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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

What do scientists at the Large Hadron Collider say when they get up in the morning? Up and atom!

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Rosie @rosieje.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

The Tudor Heart pendant at the British Museum. Possibly made to celebrate the betrothal of Henry VIII & Catherine of Aragon's daughter Mary to the French dauphin in 1518. It was found by a metal detectorist in Warwickshire in 2019. Bought by the British Museum after an appeal raised £3.5 million.

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Rosie @rosieje.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Silk robe worn by T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence Of Arabia). Lawrence gave 2 silk robes to his friend Arthur Russell's mother telling her to cut them up and make dresses from them. Thankfully, this 1 escaped the scissors!

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Rosie @rosieje.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

The skeleton of Napoleon's horse Marengo, named after the French victory at Marengo in 1800. The horse was captured along with his owner after the Battle Of Waterloo in 1815 and died in 1831.

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Rosie @rosieje.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Soyer Stove designed by Alexis Soyer for use during the Crimean War 1854-6, allowed soldiers to cook in all weathers & according to Soyer's calculations an army of 40000 men could save 90 tons of fuel per day. The design continued in use for over 100 years. This stove dates from 1953.

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Rosie @rosieje.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

A glass bottle contorted by the Hiroshima atomic bomb, 1945.

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Rosie @rosieje.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

National Army Museum, Chelsea, London. A few photos of some of the exhibits I found interesting.

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Guy Walters @guywalters.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

The banners are in for the red(-)carpet premiere... Show starts on Sky HISTORY at 2100 on Monday 30 March!

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Rosie @rosieje.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Jane Austen's will, written in her own hand, leaving most of her estate to her sister Cassandra.

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Rosie @rosieje.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Letter from Henry VIII's 5th wife Katherine Howard to Thomas Culpeper. In 1541, rumours were circulating at court that Katherine was having an affair with Culpeper & the letter was used as evidence. She signs off with the words "yours as long as life endures". She was executed in 1542 aged 18-19.

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Rosie @rosieje.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Letter written to Elizabeth I by her favourite (there may have been a romantic relationship) Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. He died a few days after writing it and Elizabeth kept it with her for the rest of her life. She wrote "his last letter" on it.

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Rosie @rosieje.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Trip to Kew to the National Archives for their Love Letters exhibition. Some amazing documents on display all with some connection to love, romantic love, platonic love, family love. The instrument of abdication signed by Edward VIII, 1936, in order to marry Wallis Simpson.

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Barts Health Archives @bharchives.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Starting on Wednesday at 8pm on Channel 5, watch Our Hospital Through Time. Tune in to see us showing @profaliceroberts.bsky.social our collection items and discussing the history of St Bartholomew's Hospital #History #Archives #HistMed #HistNursing

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Rosie @rosieje.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

WW2 gallery. Battle Of Britain painting by Paul Nash. Morrison shelter, an indoor air raid shelter, designed to withstand the upper floor of a house falling on it. Squander Bug, a cartoon character used in a campaign to encourage saving money & not waste resources. Women's uniforms.

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Rosie @rosieje.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

A few things that caught my eye in the WW1 gallery. A British sniper robe, hand painted by the sniper to blend into the background. Gas hoods. WW1 trench recreation with a tank overhead. A camera used in aerial reconnaissance.

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