Sheila
@ladysilel.bsky.social
Loves theatre, travelling books and art, Jane Eyre 2006, Outlander and Wolf Hall
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One of our newest treasures: an #earlymodern Catechismus Romanus bound with a 1613 #manuscript student notebook of Jesuit Cornelius a Lapide’s lectures at Leuven. A wonderfully personalized & used book with a doodle of a long-nosed (😉) figure by its unknown owner.
#bookhistory #rarebooks 💙📚📜
#bookhistory #rarebooks 💙📚📜
November 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
One of our newest treasures: an #earlymodern Catechismus Romanus bound with a 1613 #manuscript student notebook of Jesuit Cornelius a Lapide’s lectures at Leuven. A wonderfully personalized & used book with a doodle of a long-nosed (😉) figure by its unknown owner.
#bookhistory #rarebooks 💙📚📜
#bookhistory #rarebooks 💙📚📜
Evening, blueskyers. I confess I have done very little today apart from steam cleaning the kitchen floor, worktops and the inner glass door of my oven. The glamour never begins.
#DiaryOfAReluctantHousePerson
#DiaryOfAReluctantHousePerson
November 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Evening, blueskyers. I confess I have done very little today apart from steam cleaning the kitchen floor, worktops and the inner glass door of my oven. The glamour never begins.
#DiaryOfAReluctantHousePerson
#DiaryOfAReluctantHousePerson
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Just been listening to an outstanding address on 'Britain in a Changing World' by Sir John Major at the LSE. I never rated him as a prime minister but like Gordon Brown he has become far more impressive out of office rather than in it. His views on the wretchedness of populism were superbly drawn
November 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Just been listening to an outstanding address on 'Britain in a Changing World' by Sir John Major at the LSE. I never rated him as a prime minister but like Gordon Brown he has become far more impressive out of office rather than in it. His views on the wretchedness of populism were superbly drawn
Je suis in That Stratford. Pretty place but the stations on WMT need overhauling as does the rolling stock. Birmingham Moor Street station is such a throwback and quite nostalgic
October 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Je suis in That Stratford. Pretty place but the stations on WMT need overhauling as does the rolling stock. Birmingham Moor Street station is such a throwback and quite nostalgic
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Viviane: 10yr Keir
Farage failed on Brexit.
Farage failed 8 times to become an MP
Farage has failed on Local Councils
Farage has failed to tell us who bought his house.
Farage has failed to distance himself from Nathan Gill
Farage will fail to become PM
Farage is a failure
Farage failed on Brexit.
Farage failed 8 times to become an MP
Farage has failed on Local Councils
Farage has failed to tell us who bought his house.
Farage has failed to distance himself from Nathan Gill
Farage will fail to become PM
Farage is a failure
October 12, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Viviane: 10yr Keir
Farage failed on Brexit.
Farage failed 8 times to become an MP
Farage has failed on Local Councils
Farage has failed to tell us who bought his house.
Farage has failed to distance himself from Nathan Gill
Farage will fail to become PM
Farage is a failure
Farage failed on Brexit.
Farage failed 8 times to become an MP
Farage has failed on Local Councils
Farage has failed to tell us who bought his house.
Farage has failed to distance himself from Nathan Gill
Farage will fail to become PM
Farage is a failure
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An observation test for you - for your inner 8 year-old
“The artist has hidden 12 things in this picture. How many can you find?”
Treasure magazine, 1964
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one? 🙏)
“The artist has hidden 12 things in this picture. How many can you find?”
Treasure magazine, 1964
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one? 🙏)
October 11, 2025 at 7:07 AM
An observation test for you - for your inner 8 year-old
“The artist has hidden 12 things in this picture. How many can you find?”
Treasure magazine, 1964
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one? 🙏)
“The artist has hidden 12 things in this picture. How many can you find?”
Treasure magazine, 1964
Official answers coming soon
(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one? 🙏)
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Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.
Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.
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It should inspire those engaged in similar struggles around the world - and remind those of us lucky enough to live in America that we have a solemn responsibility to constantly preserve and defend our own hard-won democratic traditions.
October 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
It should inspire those engaged in similar struggles around the world - and remind those of us lucky enough to live in America that we have a solemn responsibility to constantly preserve and defend our own hard-won democratic traditions.
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Today on the (award winning) #BetwixtTheSheets, I am talking to the fabulous Elizabeth Lublin about her work on the history of selling sex in Tokugawa Japan.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
October 7, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Today on the (award winning) #BetwixtTheSheets, I am talking to the fabulous Elizabeth Lublin about her work on the history of selling sex in Tokugawa Japan.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
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“If Rose and Jack reunited in the afterlife, then what happened to Rose’s husband, the man she married and raised a family with? Did he have to spend eternity watching his wife getting it on with the big boat fling bloke?”
“I meant questions about the job”
“Oh. What time is our lunch break?”
“I meant questions about the job”
“Oh. What time is our lunch break?”
October 7, 2025 at 12:22 PM
“If Rose and Jack reunited in the afterlife, then what happened to Rose’s husband, the man she married and raised a family with? Did he have to spend eternity watching his wife getting it on with the big boat fling bloke?”
“I meant questions about the job”
“Oh. What time is our lunch break?”
“I meant questions about the job”
“Oh. What time is our lunch break?”
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Marie Antoinette was executed more than 200 years ago. This year alone has seen a major museum exhibition, a new animated film, an ongoing TV series and a new biography about her. Why can't we stop talking about Marie Antoinette? My latest podcast investigates: pod.link/1489560920/e...
October 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Marie Antoinette was executed more than 200 years ago. This year alone has seen a major museum exhibition, a new animated film, an ongoing TV series and a new biography about her. Why can't we stop talking about Marie Antoinette? My latest podcast investigates: pod.link/1489560920/e...
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Morning all.
Photographer John Bulmer, Halifax 1965.
Photographer John Bulmer, Halifax 1965.
October 6, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Morning all.
Photographer John Bulmer, Halifax 1965.
Photographer John Bulmer, Halifax 1965.
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Gardening
(Helping at Home, 1961)
Artist: Harry Wingfield
(Helping at Home, 1961)
Artist: Harry Wingfield
October 6, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Gardening
(Helping at Home, 1961)
Artist: Harry Wingfield
(Helping at Home, 1961)
Artist: Harry Wingfield
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Word of the Day is ‘tandsmør’, from Danish. It describes bread that is buttered so thickly you can see tooth marks in it after every bite. Its literal translation? ‘Tooth butter’.
October 5, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Word of the Day is ‘tandsmør’, from Danish. It describes bread that is buttered so thickly you can see tooth marks in it after every bite. Its literal translation? ‘Tooth butter’.
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I have made the difficult decision to get out of bed and open the shop. Hopefully you will support me in this tough time.
We’ll be here to 5:30 today, tho I can’t guarantee we’ll be awake.
We’ll be here to 5:30 today, tho I can’t guarantee we’ll be awake.
October 4, 2025 at 7:38 AM
I have made the difficult decision to get out of bed and open the shop. Hopefully you will support me in this tough time.
We’ll be here to 5:30 today, tho I can’t guarantee we’ll be awake.
We’ll be here to 5:30 today, tho I can’t guarantee we’ll be awake.
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Outstanding photography here!
From the Swiss Alps to a solar eclipse: the 2025 Bird Photographer of the Year – in pictures
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
From the Swiss Alps to a solar eclipse: the 2025 Bird Photographer of the Year – in pictures
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
October 4, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Outstanding photography here!
From the Swiss Alps to a solar eclipse: the 2025 Bird Photographer of the Year – in pictures
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
From the Swiss Alps to a solar eclipse: the 2025 Bird Photographer of the Year – in pictures
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Eighty nine years ago today. We need always to stay vigilant about Fascism. #BattleOfCableStreet
October 4, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Eighty nine years ago today. We need always to stay vigilant about Fascism. #BattleOfCableStreet
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🔥 Britain is about to launch a new GCSE in natural history – a vital step toward restoring our knowledge of and respect for the natural world.
Fellow creatures: the new GCSE in natural history
The new GCSE in natural history is a vital step toward restoring our knowledge of and respect for the natural world
westenglandbylines.co.uk
October 4, 2025 at 6:07 AM
🔥 Britain is about to launch a new GCSE in natural history – a vital step toward restoring our knowledge of and respect for the natural world.
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Good morning, SundayPixies. For those of you considering getting out and about to look for shots, tomorrow's #SundayPix theme will be "Leaves". We'll use the hashtag #SundayPixLeaves
October 4, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Good morning, SundayPixies. For those of you considering getting out and about to look for shots, tomorrow's #SundayPix theme will be "Leaves". We'll use the hashtag #SundayPixLeaves
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Later today, I'm going to tell you how a railroad accident in the early 19th century led to a brain tumor being removed decades later! What more could you hope for on a Saturday afternoon?
October 4, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Later today, I'm going to tell you how a railroad accident in the early 19th century led to a brain tumor being removed decades later! What more could you hope for on a Saturday afternoon?
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Are you exhausted by the world? Come take refuge in my weird and wonderful corner of #Bluesky - where I post medical history content that will make you happy to live in 2025!
Medieval urine wheels! Opium toothpaste! Cemetery guns! I got it all. I love sharing my passion for this niche subject.
Medieval urine wheels! Opium toothpaste! Cemetery guns! I got it all. I love sharing my passion for this niche subject.
October 4, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Are you exhausted by the world? Come take refuge in my weird and wonderful corner of #Bluesky - where I post medical history content that will make you happy to live in 2025!
Medieval urine wheels! Opium toothpaste! Cemetery guns! I got it all. I love sharing my passion for this niche subject.
Medieval urine wheels! Opium toothpaste! Cemetery guns! I got it all. I love sharing my passion for this niche subject.
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Strip Michelle Mone of her peerage
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October 3, 2025 at 1:24 PM