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French artist Raymond Wintz specialised in marine and coastal views in Brittany. Here, almost 100 years ago, he looks through an open doorway to the harbour beyond (The Blue Door, 1927)
November 9, 2025 at 7:09 AM
French artist Raymond Wintz specialised in marine and coastal views in Brittany. Here, almost 100 years ago, he looks through an open doorway to the harbour beyond (The Blue Door, 1927)
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coast path day, i am alive again
November 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
coast path day, i am alive again
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Tonight’s moon over north Cornwall - taken from our garden gate
November 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Tonight’s moon over north Cornwall - taken from our garden gate
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Really pleased to announce the launch of the all-new, all-dancing, London Lives website - www.londonlives.org It has been thoroughly re-engineered to facilitate more types of search, and redesigned for phones and tablets. The team very much hopes peope like it. 1/
London Lives
www.londonlives.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Really pleased to announce the launch of the all-new, all-dancing, London Lives website - www.londonlives.org It has been thoroughly re-engineered to facilitate more types of search, and redesigned for phones and tablets. The team very much hopes peope like it. 1/
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”I believe that everyone ought, in duty, to do any good they can.”
The man who saved children: Thomas Coram, English sea captain, philanthropist & founder of London’s Foundling Hospital, world’s first incorporated charity.
Portrait 1740 by William Hogarth, died #OTD 1764.
Foundling Museum
The man who saved children: Thomas Coram, English sea captain, philanthropist & founder of London’s Foundling Hospital, world’s first incorporated charity.
Portrait 1740 by William Hogarth, died #OTD 1764.
Foundling Museum
October 26, 2025 at 5:42 AM
”I believe that everyone ought, in duty, to do any good they can.”
The man who saved children: Thomas Coram, English sea captain, philanthropist & founder of London’s Foundling Hospital, world’s first incorporated charity.
Portrait 1740 by William Hogarth, died #OTD 1764.
Foundling Museum
The man who saved children: Thomas Coram, English sea captain, philanthropist & founder of London’s Foundling Hospital, world’s first incorporated charity.
Portrait 1740 by William Hogarth, died #OTD 1764.
Foundling Museum
How to use Google search free of AI - what's not to love?
www.reddit.com/r/techsuppor...
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zensnapple's comment on "Is there a real way to shut off the Google AI overview for searches, or am i switching browsers and search engines?"
Explore this conversation and more from the techsupport community
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October 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
How to use Google search free of AI - what's not to love?
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Well informed post. Wonder why that sometimes brings out crass replies from others. Reminds me of the historical podcast and radio programme makers who narrate with a sarcastic / tongue in cheek undertone in their voice as though the audience response they want is laughter not interest.
The Madog story of a Welsh medieval Welsh prince who sailed to America is absolutely fascinating (my book has a chapter on it!) - but the "America" part doesn't seem to enter the story, on available evidence, until it was a useful justification for Tudor imperialism in North America
Prince Madoc (or Madog ab Owain Gwynedd) was a Welsh prince who, according to folklore, sailed across the Atlantic in 1170, more than 300 years before Columbus.
October 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Well informed post. Wonder why that sometimes brings out crass replies from others. Reminds me of the historical podcast and radio programme makers who narrate with a sarcastic / tongue in cheek undertone in their voice as though the audience response they want is laughter not interest.
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Coming up on Tuesday
October 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Coming up on Tuesday
Coming up on Tuesday
October 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Coming up on Tuesday
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Many congratulations to my colleagues in the Forms of Labour project team on the publication of their new monograph! 🗃️👏🎉
Brilliantly, The Experience of Work in #EarlyModern England is available open access:
www.cambridge.org/core/books/e...
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...
Brilliantly, The Experience of Work in #EarlyModern England is available open access:
www.cambridge.org/core/books/e...
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...
A woman’s place was not in the home: New book challenges assumptions about women’s work in early modern history
New research has revealed that women played a fundamental role in the development of England’s national economy before 1700. Far from being the unpaid homemakers and housewives of traditional historic...
news.exeter.ac.uk
October 9, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Many congratulations to my colleagues in the Forms of Labour project team on the publication of their new monograph! 🗃️👏🎉
Brilliantly, The Experience of Work in #EarlyModern England is available open access:
www.cambridge.org/core/books/e...
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...
Brilliantly, The Experience of Work in #EarlyModern England is available open access:
www.cambridge.org/core/books/e...
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...
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In which Sak Supple shares his experiments with using LLMs to transcribe 18th and 19th century playbills from the British Library - manicules, long 's' and all! 'blplaybills.org: better search results using LLMs' www.bl.uk/stories/blog...
#OCR #TheaterHistory #LLMs #AI #ATR
#OCR #TheaterHistory #LLMs #AI #ATR
blplaybills.org: better search results using LLMs
Search for, view and download 300 years of theatre posters from Great Britain and Ireland, 1600–1902.
www.bl.uk
October 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
In which Sak Supple shares his experiments with using LLMs to transcribe 18th and 19th century playbills from the British Library - manicules, long 's' and all! 'blplaybills.org: better search results using LLMs' www.bl.uk/stories/blog...
#OCR #TheaterHistory #LLMs #AI #ATR
#OCR #TheaterHistory #LLMs #AI #ATR
Scorrier also used as a building material in Cornwall.
In one of our latest blogs, Dr Susan Major highlights the scoria bricks of York's alleyways, sharing a story of recycling, ingenuity and urban change.
Find out more: balh.org.uk/blog-scoria-br…#WeAreLocalHistoryr#LocalHistoryForAllll
Find out more: balh.org.uk/blog-scoria-br…#WeAreLocalHistoryr#LocalHistoryForAllll
September 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Scorrier also used as a building material in Cornwall.
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What did #18thcentury women wear when they were pregnant? What did a ‘good’ mother look like? Which fashion was both patriotic and recommended by midwives? For the answers to all these questions join me at the #IHR on 7th Oct archive.history.ac.uk/events/good-...
September 26, 2025 at 11:56 AM
What did #18thcentury women wear when they were pregnant? What did a ‘good’ mother look like? Which fashion was both patriotic and recommended by midwives? For the answers to all these questions join me at the #IHR on 7th Oct archive.history.ac.uk/events/good-...
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Women Money and Mining on Wednesday 3 September Falmouth Poly thepoly.org/whats-on/eve...
August 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Women Money and Mining on Wednesday 3 September Falmouth Poly thepoly.org/whats-on/eve...
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Had a wonderful visit to @nhm-london.bsky.social Tring last week to examine some of the bird collection compiled by the naturalist Thomas Pennant (1726-98) - a very rare surviving 18th century ornithological collection. @curioustravellers.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Had a wonderful visit to @nhm-london.bsky.social Tring last week to examine some of the bird collection compiled by the naturalist Thomas Pennant (1726-98) - a very rare surviving 18th century ornithological collection. @curioustravellers.bsky.social
Just reread next article because proof due back tomorrow.
C18th author Hester Piozzi clearly loving the writing process: "beginning next Thursday at soonest, for just now I hate the sight of it."
Good to know we all have our moments... ✍️ #writing
Good to know we all have our moments... ✍️ #writing
August 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Just reread next article because proof due back tomorrow.
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I found a cool Shakespeare document, but why was it missing in the first place? www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/s... [1/4]
Shakespeare family will found by historian - The National Archives
Red sealing wax seal and string on 1642 parchment will of Thomas Nash
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
August 23, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I found a cool Shakespeare document, but why was it missing in the first place? www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/s... [1/4]
@adambotallack.bsky.social Grim posts get more replies on X -which is not to say people here are not as aghast as you.
August 25, 2025 at 9:14 PM
@adambotallack.bsky.social Grim posts get more replies on X -which is not to say people here are not as aghast as you.
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#OTD (Aug 23) in the year 1782: British forces under Edward Despard complete the reconquest of the Black River settlements on the Mosquito Coast from the Spanish. #OTDIH #History #Skystorians #c18th
Edward Despard
Edward Marcus Despard, an Irish officer in the service of the British Crown, gained notoriety as a colonial administrator for refusing to recognise race as a distinction in English law and, following his recall to London, as a republican conspirator. Despard's associations with the London Corresponding Society, the United Irishmen and United Britons led to his trial and execution in 1803 as the alleged ringleader of a plot to assassinate the King.
en.wikipedia.org
August 23, 2025 at 9:34 AM
#OTD (Aug 23) in the year 1782: British forces under Edward Despard complete the reconquest of the Black River settlements on the Mosquito Coast from the Spanish. #OTDIH #History #Skystorians #c18th
Women Money and Mining on Wednesday 3 September Falmouth Poly thepoly.org/whats-on/eve...
August 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Women Money and Mining on Wednesday 3 September Falmouth Poly thepoly.org/whats-on/eve...
Cornwall and Peterloo cornishstory.com/2019/10/19/c...
August 16, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Cornwall and Peterloo cornishstory.com/2019/10/19/c...
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Join us for special behind-the-scenes tours this September with Heritage Open Days!
This year’s theme is all about architecture – so it will be another chance for you to see some gems from the collection along with celebrating Cornwall’s rich architectural history!
This year’s theme is all about architecture – so it will be another chance for you to see some gems from the collection along with celebrating Cornwall’s rich architectural history!
August 14, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Join us for special behind-the-scenes tours this September with Heritage Open Days!
This year’s theme is all about architecture – so it will be another chance for you to see some gems from the collection along with celebrating Cornwall’s rich architectural history!
This year’s theme is all about architecture – so it will be another chance for you to see some gems from the collection along with celebrating Cornwall’s rich architectural history!