@tudorfp.bsky.social
20thc. musicians and wives: Gustav, Isobel and Imogen Holst and Vally Lasker. Mrs. Gustav Holst (2022). Church history, mostly Tudors and Huguenots.
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Happy, excited and very grateful to be a fellow of @ihr.bsky.social for 2025-26. Much has changed since I last had an academic home, in 1982, including greatly increased diversity and extensive access to electronic sources. Delighted to belong to such a welcoming and inclusive community of scholars.
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Speaking about her appointment, Chloe said:
"It is an absolute honour to have been appointed as the next Clerk of the Parliaments. I feel privileged to have been trusted to take forward this historic and important role that dates back over 700 years."
📄 Read more www.parliament.uk/business/new...
"It is an absolute honour to have been appointed as the next Clerk of the Parliaments. I feel privileged to have been trusted to take forward this historic and important role that dates back over 700 years."
📄 Read more www.parliament.uk/business/new...
November 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Speaking about her appointment, Chloe said:
"It is an absolute honour to have been appointed as the next Clerk of the Parliaments. I feel privileged to have been trusted to take forward this historic and important role that dates back over 700 years."
📄 Read more www.parliament.uk/business/new...
"It is an absolute honour to have been appointed as the next Clerk of the Parliaments. I feel privileged to have been trusted to take forward this historic and important role that dates back over 700 years."
📄 Read more www.parliament.uk/business/new...
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Chloe Mawson has been appointed the 66th Clerk of the Parliaments and is the first woman to take up the post.
The Clerk of the Parliaments is head of the House of Lords Administration and Chief Procedural Adviser to the House.
The Clerk of the Parliaments is head of the House of Lords Administration and Chief Procedural Adviser to the House.
November 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Chloe Mawson has been appointed the 66th Clerk of the Parliaments and is the first woman to take up the post.
The Clerk of the Parliaments is head of the House of Lords Administration and Chief Procedural Adviser to the House.
The Clerk of the Parliaments is head of the House of Lords Administration and Chief Procedural Adviser to the House.
Super post about science pioneer and namesake of @somervillecollege.bsky.social
These are the words of Mary Somerville, writing in her old age.
This pioneering scientist of the nineteenth century is the subject of our Book of the Month blog for November - written and researched by our Library Volunteer Edward Maunder.
devonandexeterinstitution.org/mary-somervi...
This pioneering scientist of the nineteenth century is the subject of our Book of the Month blog for November - written and researched by our Library Volunteer Edward Maunder.
devonandexeterinstitution.org/mary-somervi...
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Super post about science pioneer and namesake of @somervillecollege.bsky.social
A very #Tudor time at Liverpool’s Walker Art Gallery yesterday, with the unexpected treat of a volunteer playing period music on the lute. I otherwise had the early galleries mostly to myself, so was able to linger trying to count the Tudor roses on Elizabeth I’s very fine outfit.
November 8, 2025 at 5:50 AM
A very #Tudor time at Liverpool’s Walker Art Gallery yesterday, with the unexpected treat of a volunteer playing period music on the lute. I otherwise had the early galleries mostly to myself, so was able to linger trying to count the Tudor roses on Elizabeth I’s very fine outfit.
Only one more week left to visit this excellent exhibition @lampallib.bsky.social. Like all their exhibitions it is small, thoughtfully curated, no need to book and free. Highly recommended to anyone interested in choral music.
Today, we proudly opened our exhibition, Sing Joyfully: Exploring Music in Lambeth Palace Library, to the public! 🎉
👉 Learn more on our Sing Joyfully homepage: www.lambethpalacelibrary.info/sing-joyfully/
#SingJoyfully #LambethPalaceLibrary
👉 Learn more on our Sing Joyfully homepage: www.lambethpalacelibrary.info/sing-joyfully/
#SingJoyfully #LambethPalaceLibrary
October 31, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Only one more week left to visit this excellent exhibition @lampallib.bsky.social. Like all their exhibitions it is small, thoughtfully curated, no need to book and free. Highly recommended to anyone interested in choral music.
Open until 31 January (Wed to Sat) the Museum of Croydon has an interesting one-room exhibition about Croydon-born composer and campaigner Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Good selection of images, several of which were new to me. Well worth a 30 minute visit and a shortish walk from East Croydon station.
October 31, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Open until 31 January (Wed to Sat) the Museum of Croydon has an interesting one-room exhibition about Croydon-born composer and campaigner Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Good selection of images, several of which were new to me. Well worth a 30 minute visit and a shortish walk from East Croydon station.
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What does it mean to paint your way to freedom during the American Revolution?
Prince Demah was an enslaved man, a portrait artist trained in London, and a patriot soldier.
His story is nothing short of astonishing.
🔗 benfranklinsworld.com/423
#EarlyAmerica #Revolution250 #ArtHistory
Prince Demah was an enslaved man, a portrait artist trained in London, and a patriot soldier.
His story is nothing short of astonishing.
🔗 benfranklinsworld.com/423
#EarlyAmerica #Revolution250 #ArtHistory
Episode 423: Zara Anishanslin, The Forgotten Artists of the American Revolution
Zara Anishanslin joins us to uncover the hidden world of artists, artisans, and makers who painted, stitched, and crafted the Revolution into being.
benfranklinsworld.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:12 AM
What does it mean to paint your way to freedom during the American Revolution?
Prince Demah was an enslaved man, a portrait artist trained in London, and a patriot soldier.
His story is nothing short of astonishing.
🔗 benfranklinsworld.com/423
#EarlyAmerica #Revolution250 #ArtHistory
Prince Demah was an enslaved man, a portrait artist trained in London, and a patriot soldier.
His story is nothing short of astonishing.
🔗 benfranklinsworld.com/423
#EarlyAmerica #Revolution250 #ArtHistory
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Two weeks to go until History Day 2025! Take a look at some of the amazing organisations participating this year 🤩
Explore the different organisations and online collections on the History Day website: exhibitions.london.ac.uk/s/history-da...
#HistDay25 @senatehouselib.bsky.social
Explore the different organisations and online collections on the History Day website: exhibitions.london.ac.uk/s/history-da...
#HistDay25 @senatehouselib.bsky.social
History Day 2025 · History Day · University of London
exhibitions.london.ac.uk
October 22, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Two weeks to go until History Day 2025! Take a look at some of the amazing organisations participating this year 🤩
Explore the different organisations and online collections on the History Day website: exhibitions.london.ac.uk/s/history-da...
#HistDay25 @senatehouselib.bsky.social
Explore the different organisations and online collections on the History Day website: exhibitions.london.ac.uk/s/history-da...
#HistDay25 @senatehouselib.bsky.social
Last night’s concert by @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social and chorus was indeed a Titan. The programme and performance were stellar and Mahler 1 and Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms a memorable pairing. Outstanding solo by @westminsterabbey.bsky.social choir treble in the latter. A triumph all round.
October 22, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Last night’s concert by @royalphilorchestra.bsky.social and chorus was indeed a Titan. The programme and performance were stellar and Mahler 1 and Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms a memorable pairing. Outstanding solo by @westminsterabbey.bsky.social choir treble in the latter. A triumph all round.
Really unusual heron pose. One for @everyheron.bsky.social. I’ve been observing herons since school days, enlisted with a friend by early wildlife broadcaster Phil Drabble to count nests in Staffordshire. I’ve never seen this.
October 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Really unusual heron pose. One for @everyheron.bsky.social. I’ve been observing herons since school days, enlisted with a friend by early wildlife broadcaster Phil Drabble to count nests in Staffordshire. I’ve never seen this.
Despite the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes #otd 1685 many Protestants in Paris attended services held on and off at the Residences of the Dutch or British Ambassadors. Revd William Beauvoir led Anglican services in English & French in Paris c.1716-1720. Records and letters @lampallib.bsky.social
The Reception of Cornelis Hop (1685-1762) as Legate of the States-General at the Court of Louis XV, 24 July 1719
Reception of the Dutch ambassador Cornelis Hop by the French king Louis XV, 24 July 1724. By L.M. Dumesnil, 1724. This was the first time an ambassador of the Republic was received at the French court...
www.rijksmuseum.nl
October 15, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Despite the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes #otd 1685 many Protestants in Paris attended services held on and off at the Residences of the Dutch or British Ambassadors. Revd William Beauvoir led Anglican services in English & French in Paris c.1716-1720. Records and letters @lampallib.bsky.social
Next up in the 150th birthday celebrations for brilliant #Croydon born and @rcmlondon.bsky.social educated composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, a weekend of activities 18 and 19 October. A new interactive exhibition opens at Croydon Museum 18 October (to 31 Jan).
www.culturecroydon.com/event/samuel...
www.culturecroydon.com/event/samuel...
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor 150 - This is Croydon
Join the celebration. Discover the history. Be part of the legacy. You’re invited to join a season of celebratory performances, artworks, music and more to mark the 150th anniversary of Samuel Colerid...
www.culturecroydon.com
October 12, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Next up in the 150th birthday celebrations for brilliant #Croydon born and @rcmlondon.bsky.social educated composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, a weekend of activities 18 and 19 October. A new interactive exhibition opens at Croydon Museum 18 October (to 31 Jan).
www.culturecroydon.com/event/samuel...
www.culturecroydon.com/event/samuel...
Excitingly, this triptych has been the subject of a three year restoration and will be displayed at the Louvre before being returned to Les Moulins. The dates are 26 November to 4 March 2026.
Splendid triptych for the cathedral in Moulins, 1498, by Jean Hey. Also known (because of this work) as the Master of Moulins. Today is his day.
October 10, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Excitingly, this triptych has been the subject of a three year restoration and will be displayed at the Louvre before being returned to Les Moulins. The dates are 26 November to 4 March 2026.
This is a great idea by my favourite @lampallib.bsky.social. The roles really are exciting, and not ones often suggested in careers advice. They include archivist, collections care and printed book librarians. The Lambeth Palace Library collection is astounding in quality and variety. Recommend!
🎓Join us for our Careers Open Day - a chance to explore exciting roles, meet the team and discover how to enter these professions.
📅What's on📅
👤Chat with staff!
📚Book a Library tour!
🕰Enjoy our collections!
🤝Meet professional bodies and learn about the wider sector!
🎶Explore our current exhibition
📅What's on📅
👤Chat with staff!
📚Book a Library tour!
🕰Enjoy our collections!
🤝Meet professional bodies and learn about the wider sector!
🎶Explore our current exhibition
October 8, 2025 at 8:02 AM
This is a great idea by my favourite @lampallib.bsky.social. The roles really are exciting, and not ones often suggested in careers advice. They include archivist, collections care and printed book librarians. The Lambeth Palace Library collection is astounding in quality and variety. Recommend!
Happy, excited and very grateful to be a fellow of @ihr.bsky.social for 2025-26. Much has changed since I last had an academic home, in 1982, including greatly increased diversity and extensive access to electronic sources. Delighted to belong to such a welcoming and inclusive community of scholars.
October 2, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Happy, excited and very grateful to be a fellow of @ihr.bsky.social for 2025-26. Much has changed since I last had an academic home, in 1982, including greatly increased diversity and extensive access to electronic sources. Delighted to belong to such a welcoming and inclusive community of scholars.
Unique opportunity to handle objects from the V&A collections in the lunch break of today’s Sacred Ceramics; devotional images in European porcelain event. 5 super presentations and 3 more to go. Many thanks to all concerned.
September 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Unique opportunity to handle objects from the V&A collections in the lunch break of today’s Sacred Ceramics; devotional images in European porcelain event. 5 super presentations and 3 more to go. Many thanks to all concerned.
Today is international world heart day. The 2025 theme is “don’t miss a beat”, encouraging individuals and organisations to raise awareness of how to promote heart health. The Castle at Colioure in S. France does its bit with its topiary heart, photographed last week. @bhfpolicy.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Today is international world heart day. The 2025 theme is “don’t miss a beat”, encouraging individuals and organisations to raise awareness of how to promote heart health. The Castle at Colioure in S. France does its bit with its topiary heart, photographed last week. @bhfpolicy.bsky.social
Chineke! concerts are always outstanding and exciting, but today’s concert by Junior Chineke (age 12-22) was a 1st for us. It was a great performance, including Averil Coleridge Taylor’s Sussex landscape (1939) and well up to Chineke’s high standards. Thank you Chineke! For your brilliance and hope.
September 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Chineke! concerts are always outstanding and exciting, but today’s concert by Junior Chineke (age 12-22) was a 1st for us. It was a great performance, including Averil Coleridge Taylor’s Sussex landscape (1939) and well up to Chineke’s high standards. Thank you Chineke! For your brilliance and hope.
Otd 1953 piano manufacturers Pleyel confirmed the identity of the piano sent to composer Chopin for his winter in Menorca in 1838. His time staying in Carthusian cell no 4 was productive. George Sand was unimpressed. It snowed. He composed. We can still enjoy the results. Photographed last week.
September 23, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Otd 1953 piano manufacturers Pleyel confirmed the identity of the piano sent to composer Chopin for his winter in Menorca in 1838. His time staying in Carthusian cell no 4 was productive. George Sand was unimpressed. It snowed. He composed. We can still enjoy the results. Photographed last week.
Really looking forward to this. Likely to be of interest to @huguenotsociety.bsky.social as well as more widely.
The IHR Tudor and Stuart seminar has joined Bluesky! Please follow and RT!
Our programme for the year is starting NEXT WEEK on Monday 29 September with Alison Knight @aeknight.bsky.social speaking on 'Certificates of Religion: Early Modern Belief on Paper'.
Online and in-person, 5.30pm
Book here:
Our programme for the year is starting NEXT WEEK on Monday 29 September with Alison Knight @aeknight.bsky.social speaking on 'Certificates of Religion: Early Modern Belief on Paper'.
Online and in-person, 5.30pm
Book here:
Certificates of Religion: Early Modern Belief on Paper
www.history.ac.uk
September 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Really looking forward to this. Likely to be of interest to @huguenotsociety.bsky.social as well as more widely.
#GustavHolst, born otd 1874. This is my favourite photo of him, taken when he and his wife Isobel were in the USA in 1923. Daughter Isobel wrote « he was the happiest » person she knew. Photo now at his birthplace museum in Cheltenham. Lots more to see there and excellent mss scores online.
September 21, 2025 at 3:58 AM
#GustavHolst, born otd 1874. This is my favourite photo of him, taken when he and his wife Isobel were in the USA in 1923. Daughter Isobel wrote « he was the happiest » person she knew. Photo now at his birthplace museum in Cheltenham. Lots more to see there and excellent mss scores online.
Many happy returns for the great lexicographer Dr Samuel Johnson, born in Lichfield otd 1709. This stained glass window is at his London house @drjohnsonshouse.bsky.social, a wonderful place to visit.
September 18, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Many happy returns for the great lexicographer Dr Samuel Johnson, born in Lichfield otd 1709. This stained glass window is at his London house @drjohnsonshouse.bsky.social, a wonderful place to visit.
Two visits 6 years apart. Today’s treat was the recently restored Crystal Palace subway (opened 1865) in south London. The photo of Cordoba Mosque/Cathedral was taken in January 2019.
September 13, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Two visits 6 years apart. Today’s treat was the recently restored Crystal Palace subway (opened 1865) in south London. The photo of Cordoba Mosque/Cathedral was taken in January 2019.
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I was invited to write a post for the @ihr.bsky.social blog about #AHistoryOfEnglandIn25Poems.
'The book tells a story about how England has been shaped over the centuries - and, between the lines, I think it tells a story about my working life here at the IHR...'
blog.history.ac.uk/2025/09/a-hi...
'The book tells a story about how England has been shaped over the centuries - and, between the lines, I think it tells a story about my working life here at the IHR...'
blog.history.ac.uk/2025/09/a-hi...
A History of England in 25 Poems - On History
This new book from IHR Professor Catherine Clarke explores the history of England in new ways—drawing on her work here in the Institute. It’s been quite a journey. From hours in the archive to writing...
blog.history.ac.uk
September 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I was invited to write a post for the @ihr.bsky.social blog about #AHistoryOfEnglandIn25Poems.
'The book tells a story about how England has been shaped over the centuries - and, between the lines, I think it tells a story about my working life here at the IHR...'
blog.history.ac.uk/2025/09/a-hi...
'The book tells a story about how England has been shaped over the centuries - and, between the lines, I think it tells a story about my working life here at the IHR...'
blog.history.ac.uk/2025/09/a-hi...
An upcheering sight in the middle of a thundery downpour on London’s Victoria Street just now - @cathamclarke.bsky.social’s new History of England in 25 poems in Waterstones window display.
September 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
An upcheering sight in the middle of a thundery downpour on London’s Victoria Street just now - @cathamclarke.bsky.social’s new History of England in 25 poems in Waterstones window display.