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VictorianLondon @victorianlondon.bsky.social · 2h

most of my research time is now taken up explaining to a cat that it is not lunchtime.

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A London Inheritance @alondoninheritance.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Johnny Eagle, the Tower Hill Escapologist and Strong Man who performed on Tower Hill for many years, photographed by my father in the early 1950s and from my post with more photos at alondoninheritance.com/london-chara...

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E.E. Reed @poetryforsupper.bsky.social · 21h

it warms the cockles of my existential phenomenologist heart that this man sees so clearly what is at stake in this moment.

Tweet from Pope Leo XIV:

Intelligence must draw on memory. The mind must not simply compile data — as an algorithm now does more quickly than we can - but recall lived experiences, which contain depths of meaning that only the human soul can recognize, and connect more deeply with the goodness of these experiences. Everything that is good begins "with the Spirit" and thus possesses a breath, a dynamism and a sense of communion that, once experienced, are engraved upon the heart.

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VictorianLondon @victorianlondon.bsky.social · 21h

one for both @misterslang.bsky.social and any early modern toilet enthusiasts ... I'm assuming 'handle for jaques' means 'handle for a jakes' (i.e. toilet) but what handle are we talking about - for a door, or seat in some sense? and is it an early use of 'handle' hinting at penis? (1656) or not?

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

One of the painters I’ve written about in my book on obscure British 20thC artists is Brian Hatton, a friend of John Singer Sargent, who was killed in WW1. This portrait from 1908 is of his sisters Ailsa and Marjorie.

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VictorianLondon @victorianlondon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

coming in March 2027 ... COVENT GARDEN: A People's History Yale UK are taking pre-orders ... yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...

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Bertrom. @bertrom.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Roger Mayne. ‘Photography involves two main distortions, the simplification into black and white and the seizing of an instant in time. It is this mixture of reality and unreality, and the photographer’s power to select, that makes it possible for photography to be an art.’

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Mémoire2cité @memoire2cite.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

GROSSBLOCK Plaspi, un jouet de construction de maisons est-allemand des années 1970.

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Carl Wilhelmson, Sweden (1866-1928). The Black Cat. Date of artwork 1922. Oil on panel. Dimensions: 42 cm × 31 cm. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

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VictorianLondon @victorianlondon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Get the feeling Jeff isn't really much of a book guy.

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VictorianLondon @victorianlondon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

looking at the legislation for Thames watermen drafted in 1555. hiding from being conscripted into the navy meant two weeks in prison and a one year rowing ban.

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The cat on the left is gorgeous but its "first cat photo" internet fame has been a continuous source of aggravation for me and @fakehistoryhunter.net.

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The one on the right is a viable candidate but the actual first photo of a cat has never been conclusively identified. The one on the left has gone viral many, many, many times as being "the first cat photo" but the claim is patently false. www.snopes.com/fact-check/w...

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VictorianLondon @victorianlondon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

definitely a very real and not fake request from, erm, Denis Bovell who - checks notes - hosts 'Dub on Air', a show devoted to all things reggae.

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VictorianLondon @victorianlondon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Henry VIII passed an act formally laying down the fares for watermen on the Thames in 1514. So I'm thinking he was the first regulator of fares for London transoport - anyone know any different? Sadly, though, no oyster cards.

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Mémoire2cité @memoire2cite.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

FASHION LIFE La robe Mondrian d’Yves Saint Laurent (1965) est l’une des créations les plus emblématiques de l’histoire de la mode. Inspirée des compositions abstraites du peintre néerlandais Piet Mondrian, elle reprend ses célèbres aplats de couleurs primaires (rouge, bleu, jaune)

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cbnewham @parishchurches.org · 05/10/2026

The magnificent alabaster tomb of William Phelip, 6th Baron Bardolph (d.1441) & Joan, Lady Bardolph (d.1447) at St Mary, Dennington, Suffolk. Sir William fought with Henry V at Agincourt. In 1438 the couple obtained a royal licence for a chantry at Dennington.

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VictorianLondon @victorianlondon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

one for the 'what frightened you as a child' thread ...

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Helen Barrett @helenbarrett.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Scrolling around for gloves, I stumbled on a chimera. Meet THE GLUFF. Yours for £154.

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VictorianLondon @victorianlondon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

not sure I knew that old London Bridge had a drawbridge, just slightly, erm, smaller than the current arrangement

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VictorianLondon @victorianlondon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

for someone who isn't very used to older London, something quite magical about this painting of Westminster in the 1600s collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:... ... you can see why the Victorians went all in for everything ye olde

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Dominique Cabrelli Little girls reacting to a wedding kiss, 2011

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 04/10/2026

"Unidentified buildings, possibly movie set, associated with Famous Players-Lasky." Arnold Genthe, c.1920

an old, cobblestone alleyway with timber-framed buildings

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weloveallthat @weloveallthat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Shocked, nay stunned, to discover that Clive Dunn's 1970s novelty number one hit "Grandad" actually merited a Japanese 7" single release.

Japanese cover art for Clive Dunn's "Grandad"showing Dunn in Dad's Army military attire holding a gun in one hand, standing to attention next to some kind of hewn stone monument, possibly a gravestone. The song title is rendered in katakana in a curiously artistic font, as is the name of the B-side. Other Japanese script informs potential local purchasers that the disc is a British number one hit.

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Matthew Steggle @matthewsteggle.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

They certainly could! There’s a case involving Christopher Marlowe: earlytheatre.org/earlytheatre...

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VictorianLondon @victorianlondon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

does anyone happen to know if horses were hired out in Tudor London? could someone who had money go to an inn and hire a horse for a few hours or days?

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Stephen Byrne @stephengbyrne.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

There's a lovely bit about it in Adam Nicolson's 'The Seabird's Cry'.

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VictorianLondon @victorianlondon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

King James I fished in the Thames with trained cormorants. fabulous.

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VictorianLondon @victorianlondon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Hollar's 'An American from Virginia' 1645

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VictorianLondon @victorianlondon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

did not leave this in my bike basket

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VictorianLondon @victorianlondon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

while the process is drawing to its conclusion, I'd also like to acknowledge the painstaking work of editors and proof-readers at @yalebooks.bsky.social to actually make this into a good print book that appears next year ... such a stark human contrast to the AI future we're all supposed to want

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VictorianLondon @victorianlondon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

News from the Frost Fair upon the River of Thames

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

🧵Back to Ryedale Museum and my favourite exhibit mainly because it tells a wonderful story of community. It is, the Farndale hearse. Victorian funerals were taken very seriously and a certain level of ceremony was expected. In some ways they were the equivalent of a present day wedding. These

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VictorianLondon @victorianlondon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"Taylors Revenge more than lived up to its title, lambasting Fennor as a ‘scurvy, squint-eyed, brazen-faced baboon'."

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Part of the former Victoria Infirmary on the Southside of Glasgow, which is currently being converted into flats. Built in the 1880s, it served the people of the city for 125 years before finally closing in 2015. #glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #victoriainfirmary #langside

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Nemone7 @nemone7.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Haunted

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hiroshi Yoshida (Japanese, 1876–1950) "Sailing Boats in the Morning, Inland Sea", 1926. Color Woodcut, 54.5 × 40 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

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VictorianLondon @victorianlondon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

love this 1620s vision of luxury ... macaroons ... parmesan ... swan!

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