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Dr Peter Knowles
@medievalpete.bsky.social
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Head of Creative at Smartify. Giddily working with cultural sites around the world to share their stories.
Interests/obsessions include: 🏛️ museums 🖼️ art 👾 video games🐕 dogs🍸 gin martinis (Not necessarily in that order...)
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brandyjensen.bsky.social
Spotify: March was your Francophile Cowgirl Crush Punk phase
Me: Uh huh that’s right
Spotify: In July you had a Surf Princess Girl Math Autoerotic-core moment
Me: I recall that, yes
December 4, 2024 at 9:21 PM
medievalpete.bsky.social
This should be the cover of Lady Gaga’s next album 🔥
drnwillburger.bsky.social Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · Dec 4
Usually I don't post things older than the late Palaeolithic period, but #insects embedded in amber never cease to amaze me - the sheer age!

This ant preserved in its finest detail is some 50-million-year old.

Found in Gujarat, India.

Photo: University of Bonn
Close-up view of a fossil ant preserved in amber.  The ant is reddish-brown in color and its intricate details are visible in the amber.  Its legs and body segments are clearly discernible. The amber itself displays a yellowish-orange hue, with scattered, small, dark inclusions throughout. The lighting highlights the ant, creating a contrast against the amber's background.
December 4, 2024 at 8:54 PM
medievalpete.bsky.social
museums are awesome
The view through three archways at night, looking over an illuminated, skyscraper-rich cityscape. The installation artwork ‘One Olive Garden Tree’ by artist Nadia Kaabi-Linke. Pakistani architecture as part of an outdoor exhibition. I. M. Pei’s Museum of Islamic Art.
December 4, 2024 at 8:41 PM
medievalpete.bsky.social
How, in my 34rd year, am I only *just* discovering that Whigfield covered Last Christmas…?!

youtube.com/watch?v=SFwI...
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November 29, 2024 at 3:43 PM
medievalpete.bsky.social
We’re looking for a Producer to join our amazing creative team (I’m not at all biased…) Please take a look, share, and let me know if you have any questions!

smartify.org/careers/seni...
Senior Creative Producer
Working directly with heritage professionals all over the world Smartify Producers help galleries and museums tell the stories of their sites and collections.
smartify.org
November 28, 2024 at 11:07 AM
medievalpete.bsky.social
I’m not saying I have a problem, but I 100% thought these were lovely-looking artisanal gins at first glance...
oldoptheatre.bsky.social The Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret @oldoptheatre.bsky.social · Nov 24
1/3-Say hello to "Mercury Oxide (Yellow)," the bright yet potent powerhouse of Victorian medicine! 💛 This sunny-looking powder, also known as Yellow Mercuric Oxide, was once a go-to for treating skin infections and wounds, prized for its strong antiseptic qualities.
November 24, 2024 at 5:47 PM
medievalpete.bsky.social
I highly recommend choosing to spend your life with someone who knows their way around a shoulder of lamb as well as this.
harrymccarthy.bsky.social Harry R. McCarthy (offline) @harrymccarthy.bsky.social · Nov 24
Sundays are for roasting lamb 🍽️
A roasted shoulder of lamb on a white oval platter with black and platinum rim. Two silver forks rest the edge of the plate.
November 24, 2024 at 5:46 PM
Reposted by Dr Peter Knowles
reportbywilson.bsky.social
Dear Editors — If you’re considering publishing an article about issues related to transgender people, then perhaps you should consider assigning that article to a transgender journalist. Don’t have any transgender journalists in your newsroom?

@transjournalists.org has several valuable resources:
Trans Journalists Association
Promoting more accurate, nuanced coverage of trans issues and communities in the media. Supporting gender-expansive journalists in their careers.
www.transjournalists.org
November 21, 2024 at 2:58 AM
medievalpete.bsky.social
In what I’m sure is a highly unique piece of breaking news: it has snowed in Devon.
Peter in the snow, wearing a long grey coat with a red, blue, and yellow patterned jumper underneath. A signpost in a cemetery, completely covered in snow. Two large conifer trees framing a pathway, all covered in snow. Trees and headstones in a cemetery, all covered in snow.
November 21, 2024 at 11:27 AM
medievalpete.bsky.social
Post you from a different era
Early 1990s, South Devon
(I have *always* been a fashion icon…)
A young Peter sporting bright red corduroy trousers, big white trainers, a felt burgundy waistcoat over a long sleeved white shirt with a very wide, loud tie. Hair is swept aside with gel. A Dalmatian dog looks on, perhaps with concern.
November 20, 2024 at 8:32 PM
medievalpete.bsky.social
I have just discovered there is a museum with a dedicated Cheese Room, and that alone makes the leap to Bluesky worth it.
nantwichmuseum.bsky.social Nantwich Museum @nantwichmuseum.bsky.social · Nov 17
One of the most popular displays at Nantwich Museum is the Cheese Room. It’s believed that by 1600 local people were making cheese, with production in Cheshire peaking around the start of the 20th century. The exhibit includes a cheese vat, a cheese press & other cheesemaking equipment.
November 19, 2024 at 7:05 PM
medievalpete.bsky.social
Hello Bluesky 👋 While I work out how this all works, please enjoy some photos from the RA’s gorgeous new exhibition ‘Florence, c.1504’ (which I hear has an excellent audioguide…)
A sketch of male nude seen from behind, by Michelangelo A partial sketch of a male figure A sketch of two arms A sketch of two male bathers, seen from behind
November 18, 2024 at 10:44 PM