Dr Sarah Flew
@c19thphilanthropy.bsky.social
C19th historian fascinated by philanthropy & charity. Latest book examines Lord Overstone's philanthropy in period 1843-83. Oh and I’m a fundraiser as well! https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/charitable-giving-in-victorian-britain-9781350424593/
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We're sharing a festive artwork each day until Christmas for our art advent 🎄
Here's day two 🌵🌟
'Christmas Cacti' by Winifred Nicholson (1893–1981) © Trustees of Winifred Nicholson. 📷 Peter Scott Gallery
Here's day two 🌵🌟
'Christmas Cacti' by Winifred Nicholson (1893–1981) © Trustees of Winifred Nicholson. 📷 Peter Scott Gallery
December 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
We're sharing a festive artwork each day until Christmas for our art advent 🎄
Here's day two 🌵🌟
'Christmas Cacti' by Winifred Nicholson (1893–1981) © Trustees of Winifred Nicholson. 📷 Peter Scott Gallery
Here's day two 🌵🌟
'Christmas Cacti' by Winifred Nicholson (1893–1981) © Trustees of Winifred Nicholson. 📷 Peter Scott Gallery
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December 1, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Irish artist Mildred Anne Butler, Shades of Evening, 1904 #womensart #November
November 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Irish artist Mildred Anne Butler, Shades of Evening, 1904 #womensart #November
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The Internet Archive just released tens of thousands of seed catalogs, spanning over two centuries!
They are both lovely and interesting. Check them out!
archive.org/details/usda...
🗃️ #c18th #c19th #c20th #illustration
They are both lovely and interesting. Check them out!
archive.org/details/usda...
🗃️ #c18th #c19th #c20th #illustration
November 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The Internet Archive just released tens of thousands of seed catalogs, spanning over two centuries!
They are both lovely and interesting. Check them out!
archive.org/details/usda...
🗃️ #c18th #c19th #c20th #illustration
They are both lovely and interesting. Check them out!
archive.org/details/usda...
🗃️ #c18th #c19th #c20th #illustration
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The now Grade II listed headstone of railway fireman Edward Booth is a reminder of the tragic Ulleskelf accident which occurred OTD 24 November in 1906 when in fog, the train on which he was working missed a red signal and crashed into a coal train killing himself and the driver.
November 24, 2025 at 6:44 AM
The now Grade II listed headstone of railway fireman Edward Booth is a reminder of the tragic Ulleskelf accident which occurred OTD 24 November in 1906 when in fog, the train on which he was working missed a red signal and crashed into a coal train killing himself and the driver.
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Window in London Street. (Fitzroy Street) | Sir William Orpen
November 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Window in London Street. (Fitzroy Street) | Sir William Orpen
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1/3 After attending Lambeth School of Art, Hannah Barlow was the first woman employed by Doulton & Co, #Lambeth in 1871 to paint their ceramics. She was joined a few years later by sister Florence - Hannah’s designs featured animals while Florence painted birds and flowers.
November 22, 2025 at 8:13 AM
1/3 After attending Lambeth School of Art, Hannah Barlow was the first woman employed by Doulton & Co, #Lambeth in 1871 to paint their ceramics. She was joined a few years later by sister Florence - Hannah’s designs featured animals while Florence painted birds and flowers.
Not convinced by these Love Hearts with emojis
November 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Not convinced by these Love Hearts with emojis
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October 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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"I think I shall have a rest from thinking as I have been told I do too much..."
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Postmark: 21 July 1906
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Postmark: 21 July 1906
October 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
"I think I shall have a rest from thinking as I have been told I do too much..."
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Postmark: 21 July 1906
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Postmark: 21 July 1906
Radio 4 presents Queen Victoria’s Nightmares, featuring details from the diaries of Queen Victoria’s obstetrician, Robert Ferguson, who attended the birth of all of Victoria’s children. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... These diaries can be viewed by appointment @rcpmuseum.bsky.social
BBC Radio 4 - Artworks, Queen Victoria's Nightmares
Presented by Matthew Sweet. A new discovery about the unconscious mind of Queen Victoria.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Radio 4 presents Queen Victoria’s Nightmares, featuring details from the diaries of Queen Victoria’s obstetrician, Robert Ferguson, who attended the birth of all of Victoria’s children. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... These diaries can be viewed by appointment @rcpmuseum.bsky.social
Really enjoyed Gilbert & George at Hayward Gallery - works beautifully in the space @southbankcentre.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Really enjoyed Gilbert & George at Hayward Gallery - works beautifully in the space @southbankcentre.bsky.social
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Tickets still available! Vanessa is an amazing storyteller and I can't wait to hear what's she created based on the amazing RCP library.
Join storyteller Vanessa Woolf @londondreamtime.bsky.social for an exciting family storytime 27 October @rcphysicians.bsky.social!
There will be music, props, smells & a secret revealed!
Pick from a selection of times through the day.
Book now👉 history.rcp.ac.uk/event/tales-...
#BodyOfKnowledge
There will be music, props, smells & a secret revealed!
Pick from a selection of times through the day.
Book now👉 history.rcp.ac.uk/event/tales-...
#BodyOfKnowledge
October 22, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Tickets still available! Vanessa is an amazing storyteller and I can't wait to hear what's she created based on the amazing RCP library.
Hello from (the oracle of) Delphi. Never thought I’d get to go to Greece (given my husband’s bias for Roman ruins) and it’s marvellous
October 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Hello from (the oracle of) Delphi. Never thought I’d get to go to Greece (given my husband’s bias for Roman ruins) and it’s marvellous
Came across a nice account of what it was like to be a student at University of Bristol in 1947 in the Godalming County School magazine. The typical day starts with 1st gong for breakfast at 7.45! @bristolunilib.bsky.social
www.theoga.org/wp-content/u...
www.theoga.org/wp-content/u...
www.theoga.org
October 4, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Came across a nice account of what it was like to be a student at University of Bristol in 1947 in the Godalming County School magazine. The typical day starts with 1st gong for breakfast at 7.45! @bristolunilib.bsky.social
www.theoga.org/wp-content/u...
www.theoga.org/wp-content/u...
Love this! My Nana had a fuchsia nursery in Cornwall and I have fond memories of taking fuchsia cuttings with her in the greenhouses
'Greenhouse Interior,' (c1935) shows Stanley Spencer's common practice at the time of this painting; a closely observed and highly detailed flower painting, in this case fuchsias, against a receding background.
October 1, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Love this! My Nana had a fuchsia nursery in Cornwall and I have fond memories of taking fuchsia cuttings with her in the greenhouses
For anyone interested in Jack Phillips wireless operator of #Titanic I've just come across a nice little bio of him in Godalming County Grammar School mag of 1933 because his sister established a prize at the school in his name. The magazine is scanned
www.theoga.org/wp-content/u...
www.theoga.org/wp-content/u...
September 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM
For anyone interested in Jack Phillips wireless operator of #Titanic I've just come across a nice little bio of him in Godalming County Grammar School mag of 1933 because his sister established a prize at the school in his name. The magazine is scanned
www.theoga.org/wp-content/u...
www.theoga.org/wp-content/u...
Finally visited @nationaltrust.org.uk Red House - built for William Morris! Only open for a few days a week and you have to book in advance.
September 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Finally visited @nationaltrust.org.uk Red House - built for William Morris! Only open for a few days a week and you have to book in advance.
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History curious? You don't need to be in London (or the UK) to attend many Institute of Historical Research seminars, although if you're in Bloomsbury you'll enjoy doing so. Most are hybrid (online/in person). They're free, usually fortnightly and open to the public.
Starting this week:
Starting this week:
Events
Stay up to date with the upcoming events organised or hosted by the Institute of Historical Research
www.history.ac.uk
September 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
History curious? You don't need to be in London (or the UK) to attend many Institute of Historical Research seminars, although if you're in Bloomsbury you'll enjoy doing so. Most are hybrid (online/in person). They're free, usually fortnightly and open to the public.
Starting this week:
Starting this week:
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A 400-Year-Old Ring that Unfolds to Track the Movements of the Heavens
A 400-Year-Old Ring that Unfolds to Track the Movements of the Heavens
Rings with discreet dual purpose have been in use since before the common era, when Hannibal, facing extradition, allegedly ingested the poison he kept secreted behind a gemstone on his finger.
www.openculture.com
September 26, 2025 at 1:24 AM
A 400-Year-Old Ring that Unfolds to Track the Movements of the Heavens
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Our CFP for our May 2026 conference is live! Please see the attachment or the thread for details about our upcoming conference on VICTORIAN TRADE
September 26, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Our CFP for our May 2026 conference is live! Please see the attachment or the thread for details about our upcoming conference on VICTORIAN TRADE
Great new book out from Caroline Dakers uclpress.co.uk/book/million...
Millionaire Shopping
Millionaire Shopping is the first full, detailed and original account of the huge and unstoppable collecting and patronage of Alfred Morrison (1821-1897) who was one of the most important but lesser-k...
uclpress.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Great new book out from Caroline Dakers uclpress.co.uk/book/million...
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"For... interesting holidays".
Something about the spookily lit trees in the foreground makes this feel like the kind of poster you'd catch sight of on a mildewed wall in the early minutes of an MR James adaptation.
(SMG: collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co23...)
Something about the spookily lit trees in the foreground makes this feel like the kind of poster you'd catch sight of on a mildewed wall in the early minutes of an MR James adaptation.
(SMG: collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co23...)
September 25, 2025 at 6:07 AM
"For... interesting holidays".
Something about the spookily lit trees in the foreground makes this feel like the kind of poster you'd catch sight of on a mildewed wall in the early minutes of an MR James adaptation.
(SMG: collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co23...)
Something about the spookily lit trees in the foreground makes this feel like the kind of poster you'd catch sight of on a mildewed wall in the early minutes of an MR James adaptation.
(SMG: collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co23...)
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Long shot: any1 ever come across a #Laight family in #NewYork in the 1820s, with ties to #Haiti?
Tiny info I have: father=Henry, daughter=Maria. She's not a native writer of French, requests orange jams (!) from Modeste Pigeon in Port-au-P., is v. religious.
Thanks #skystorians 's hivemind!
Tiny info I have: father=Henry, daughter=Maria. She's not a native writer of French, requests orange jams (!) from Modeste Pigeon in Port-au-P., is v. religious.
Thanks #skystorians 's hivemind!
September 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Long shot: any1 ever come across a #Laight family in #NewYork in the 1820s, with ties to #Haiti?
Tiny info I have: father=Henry, daughter=Maria. She's not a native writer of French, requests orange jams (!) from Modeste Pigeon in Port-au-P., is v. religious.
Thanks #skystorians 's hivemind!
Tiny info I have: father=Henry, daughter=Maria. She's not a native writer of French, requests orange jams (!) from Modeste Pigeon in Port-au-P., is v. religious.
Thanks #skystorians 's hivemind!
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BBC coverage of research using Northampton General Hospital's archive:
Child hospital care dates from 18th Century:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The study itself is #OpenAccess:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#History #MedicalHistory
Child hospital care dates from 18th Century:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The study itself is #OpenAccess:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#History #MedicalHistory
Northampton research reveals origins of paediatric hospital care
Research overturns the belief children did not receive hospital treatment until the Victorian era.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 18, 2025 at 11:01 AM
BBC coverage of research using Northampton General Hospital's archive:
Child hospital care dates from 18th Century:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The study itself is #OpenAccess:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#History #MedicalHistory
Child hospital care dates from 18th Century:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The study itself is #OpenAccess:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#History #MedicalHistory