Helen MacDonald
@helen8macdonald.bsky.social
Historian, writer, reader, interested in nature.
Books: Human Remains / Possessing the Dead / A Cultural History of Death in the Age of Empire (ed.)
Books: Human Remains / Possessing the Dead / A Cultural History of Death in the Age of Empire (ed.)
It’s this kind of day again, here.
November 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
It’s this kind of day again, here.
It’s a route map of sorts
September 23, 2025 at 10:01 PM
It’s a route map of sorts
Made a friend.
September 5, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Made a friend.
It’s a frosty morning in the veggie patch.
August 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM
It’s a frosty morning in the veggie patch.
This is lovely Nicola. When I was reading old files in the National Archives years ago, I found a (boring) meeting agenda on which someone had doodled what I think is a learner-bell ringer’s code.
July 28, 2025 at 10:35 PM
This is lovely Nicola. When I was reading old files in the National Archives years ago, I found a (boring) meeting agenda on which someone had doodled what I think is a learner-bell ringer’s code.
June 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
At the end of the street #SmallBeauties
June 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
At the end of the street #SmallBeauties
She’s setting off for a night of skittering along fence tops and tap-dancing on roofs.
June 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM
She’s setting off for a night of skittering along fence tops and tap-dancing on roofs.
June 10, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Jack Frost visited last night.
May 18, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Jack Frost visited last night.
Last night, such a lambent moon; and this morning a hot diggetty dog (as my dad would say).
April 14, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Last night, such a lambent moon; and this morning a hot diggetty dog (as my dad would say).
The last of summer’s tomatoes on their wizened vines.
March 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The last of summer’s tomatoes on their wizened vines.
There are balloons this morning. Also, flocks of corellas. Autumn :)
March 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
There are balloons this morning. Also, flocks of corellas. Autumn :)
Autumn light on the pantry door #smallbeautieshour
March 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Autumn light on the pantry door #smallbeautieshour
This was fun! Buster Keaton accompanied by Blue Grassy Knoll at Melbourne’s Federation Square.
February 27, 2025 at 9:17 PM
This was fun! Buster Keaton accompanied by Blue Grassy Knoll at Melbourne’s Federation Square.
This home, with its fig tree and wonderfully messy garden, is doomed.
February 13, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This home, with its fig tree and wonderfully messy garden, is doomed.
The eeriness of a bushfire sun.
February 4, 2025 at 8:35 AM
The eeriness of a bushfire sun.