Hilary Stark
@40yearsateacher.bsky.social
Retired history teacher mainly in Hampshire. Grandma.
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On this day, 11th October 1982, the Mary Rose was raised from the Solent in one of the largest maritime archaeological projects the world has ever known.
This was viewed by 50 million people worldwide - were you watching? #WhereWereYouIn82
Find out more - maryrose.org/discover/his...
This was viewed by 50 million people worldwide - were you watching? #WhereWereYouIn82
Find out more - maryrose.org/discover/his...
October 11, 2025 at 9:59 AM
On this day, 11th October 1982, the Mary Rose was raised from the Solent in one of the largest maritime archaeological projects the world has ever known.
This was viewed by 50 million people worldwide - were you watching? #WhereWereYouIn82
Find out more - maryrose.org/discover/his...
This was viewed by 50 million people worldwide - were you watching? #WhereWereYouIn82
Find out more - maryrose.org/discover/his...
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There’s cool and then there’s these two.
September 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
There’s cool and then there’s these two.
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When journalism was cool. And risked everything to challenge power.
September 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
When journalism was cool. And risked everything to challenge power.
How very sad 😢 www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...
Robert Redford, giant of American cinema, dies aged 89
Redford achieved huge critical and commercial success in the 60s and 70s with a string of hits including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Way We Were and The Sting, before becoming an Oscar-win...
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
How very sad 😢 www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...
Just noticed #stainedglasssunday, so sharing this from the Vyne yesterday
September 14, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Just noticed #stainedglasssunday, so sharing this from the Vyne yesterday
What an incredibly useful word!!!
Word of the Day is ‘theic’ (19th century), defined as ‘one given to immoderate tea-drinking; a tea drunkard’.
September 1, 2025 at 8:00 AM
What an incredibly useful word!!!
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“Let’s begin by saying that we are living through a very dangerous time.” So opens “A Talk to Teachers,” which James Baldwin delivered to a group of educators in October, 1963.
James Baldwin’s Lesson for Teachers in a Time of Turmoil
Rigorous lessons are not mutually exclusive from culturally and politically relevant ones.
www.newyorker.com
August 31, 2025 at 2:52 PM
“Let’s begin by saying that we are living through a very dangerous time.” So opens “A Talk to Teachers,” which James Baldwin delivered to a group of educators in October, 1963.
Listened to #justaminute on the way home. All you English teachers out there should listen to @stephenmangan.bsky.social doing Mr Darcy without hesitation, repetition or deviation - a masterclass 🤣🤣🤣
August 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Listened to #justaminute on the way home. All you English teachers out there should listen to @stephenmangan.bsky.social doing Mr Darcy without hesitation, repetition or deviation - a masterclass 🤣🤣🤣
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For #MosaicMonday this fantastic photo of a mosaic (and a lovely fish 🐟) that was discovered in the submerged ruins of #Roman Baiae.
Photo: Parco Archeologico Campi Flegrei
Photo: Parco Archeologico Campi Flegrei
August 18, 2025 at 7:44 AM
For #MosaicMonday this fantastic photo of a mosaic (and a lovely fish 🐟) that was discovered in the submerged ruins of #Roman Baiae.
Photo: Parco Archeologico Campi Flegrei
Photo: Parco Archeologico Campi Flegrei
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Letter of the day (in the Times)
August 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Letter of the day (in the Times)
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#penguinbooks #bookcovers #bookdesign #bookcoverdesign #BookDesignMatters
Design For Today
"Happy 90th Birthday
Penguin Books
Exactly 90 years ago, on July 30th 1935, the first batch of 10 Penguins were published. "
www.instagram.com/p/DMuT2asCEF...
Design For Today
"Happy 90th Birthday
Penguin Books
Exactly 90 years ago, on July 30th 1935, the first batch of 10 Penguins were published. "
www.instagram.com/p/DMuT2asCEF...
July 30, 2025 at 1:37 PM
#penguinbooks #bookcovers #bookdesign #bookcoverdesign #BookDesignMatters
Design For Today
"Happy 90th Birthday
Penguin Books
Exactly 90 years ago, on July 30th 1935, the first batch of 10 Penguins were published. "
www.instagram.com/p/DMuT2asCEF...
Design For Today
"Happy 90th Birthday
Penguin Books
Exactly 90 years ago, on July 30th 1935, the first batch of 10 Penguins were published. "
www.instagram.com/p/DMuT2asCEF...
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So, someone suggested using ChatGPT to help track down the artist of an ex libris bookplate... a cautionary tale...!
July 21, 2025 at 12:06 AM
So, someone suggested using ChatGPT to help track down the artist of an ex libris bookplate... a cautionary tale...!
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Word of the day is ‘forwallowed’ (15th century): extremely weary from tossing and turning all night.
July 1, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Word of the day is ‘forwallowed’ (15th century): extremely weary from tossing and turning all night.
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IWM has recently launched our India's War collecting project, aiming to improve our representation of the Indian experience of the Second World War within the museum’s collections. More details here:
www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
India's War: An IWM Collecting project
Find out more about how IWM is looking to increase the representation of the Indian experience of the Second World War within the museum’s collections.
www.iwm.org.uk
June 24, 2025 at 10:27 AM
IWM has recently launched our India's War collecting project, aiming to improve our representation of the Indian experience of the Second World War within the museum’s collections. More details here:
www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...
Can barely believe this
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Revealed: 5,000 English nature sites at risk under Labour’s planning proposals
Exclusive: Planning bill includes mechanism for developers to ‘pay to pollute’ valuable ecosystems, experts warn
www.theguardian.com
June 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Can barely believe this
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Happy #NationalBiscuitDay
Might have a Bourbon or a Rich Tea rather than a ship's biscuit today though...
Might have a Bourbon or a Rich Tea rather than a ship's biscuit today though...
May 29, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Happy #NationalBiscuitDay
Might have a Bourbon or a Rich Tea rather than a ship's biscuit today though...
Might have a Bourbon or a Rich Tea rather than a ship's biscuit today though...
Yes... we know... 🙄
But we're making an exception, so stop arguing.
We doing Latin and Greek taster sessions on 27th May. They're going to be FUN, FREE, and run by ANDIE, who is chuffing lovely. 😍🤩
Deets here: sussexpast.co.uk/event/latin-...
But we're making an exception, so stop arguing.
We doing Latin and Greek taster sessions on 27th May. They're going to be FUN, FREE, and run by ANDIE, who is chuffing lovely. 😍🤩
Deets here: sussexpast.co.uk/event/latin-...
May 19, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Really interesting read www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
I was Hitler’s neighbour: ‘If he’d known we were Jewish, we’d have been sent to Dachau’
In 1929, Edgar Feuchtwanger was five years old and living with his family in Munich when Adolf Hitler moved into a flat opposite. At first, his parents thought they were safe hiding in plain sight – u...
www.theguardian.com
May 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Really interesting read www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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Absolutely Accurate Classical Fact of the Day: Marcus Aurelius became so bored with eating apples that he developed a faster-than-light drive, travelled to a galaxy far, far away and used his knowledge of philosophy to become a Jedi.
#MayThe4thBeWithYou
#MayThe4thBeWithYou
May 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Absolutely Accurate Classical Fact of the Day: Marcus Aurelius became so bored with eating apples that he developed a faster-than-light drive, travelled to a galaxy far, far away and used his knowledge of philosophy to become a Jedi.
#MayThe4thBeWithYou
#MayThe4thBeWithYou
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Thread: The story of the mighty runner Pheidippides dates back to the 5th century BCE Herodotus, who tells us that this incredible athlete ran all the way from Athens to Sparta and back again, a distance of just over 300 miles.
April 27, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Thread: The story of the mighty runner Pheidippides dates back to the 5th century BCE Herodotus, who tells us that this incredible athlete ran all the way from Athens to Sparta and back again, a distance of just over 300 miles.
Loved the context provided for my father’s 1941 school report
April 22, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Loved the context provided for my father’s 1941 school report