Dr Jill Whitelock
@jillwhitelock.bsky.social
Associate Director, Head of Special Collections at @theul.bsky.social | Co-Chair, @camglamresearch.bsky.social | Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries | Wildflowers, hoverflies, photography
Pinned
November 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Eye-to-eye with (I think) a male Yellow dung fly resting on an Ivy leaf. #WildWebsWednesday #Diptera
November 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Eye-to-eye with (I think) a male Yellow dung fly resting on an Ivy leaf. #WildWebsWednesday #Diptera
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1620: seeking predictions from an angel, Richard Napier asks whether one of his clients will 'live long & prosp[er]' #earlymodern 🖖
![Manuscript image showing part of a paragraph that reads: 'wheather Mr John Monson hayre to Sir Th shall live long & prosp[er] & attayne to honour & good & a happy mariage', then, added later in a darker ink (but not shown in the image): 'he shall'. (NOTE6839 in the online edition.)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:k254wppy2ojyxlyxgi2odu5z/bafkreid5dg4nfnubkseed4f762m3mngvzupzzf4kqfcmdudv7yahs7hoq4@jpeg)
November 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
1620: seeking predictions from an angel, Richard Napier asks whether one of his clients will 'live long & prosp[er]' #earlymodern 🖖
A nice White dead nettle in Cambridge. #WildflowerHour
November 16, 2025 at 8:40 PM
A nice White dead nettle in Cambridge. #WildflowerHour
Common field speedwell in Cambridge. #WildflowerHour
November 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Common field speedwell in Cambridge. #WildflowerHour
Black nightshade flowering in the car park at Cambridgeshire Music, Histon. #WildflowerHour
November 16, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Black nightshade flowering in the car park at Cambridgeshire Music, Histon. #WildflowerHour
Trailing bellflower growing as a pavement plant in Cambridge. #WildflowerHour
November 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Trailing bellflower growing as a pavement plant in Cambridge. #WildflowerHour
Yellow corydalis, Trumpington Road, Cambridge. #WildflowerHour
November 16, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Yellow corydalis, Trumpington Road, Cambridge. #WildflowerHour
Spotted dead nettle, Little St Mary’s, Cambridge. #WildflowerHour
November 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Spotted dead nettle, Little St Mary’s, Cambridge. #WildflowerHour
Thyme-leaved speedwell in flower on the north side of @theul.bsky.social. #WildflowerHour
November 16, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Thyme-leaved speedwell in flower on the north side of @theul.bsky.social. #WildflowerHour
A Cambridge #TheWinter10. Greater celandine, Hedgerow cranesbill, Red dead nettle, Shaggy soldier, Black horehound, Periwinkle, Knotgrass, Ragwort, Common chickweed, White dead nettle and Dandelion. #WildflowerHour
November 16, 2025 at 8:03 PM
A Cambridge #TheWinter10. Greater celandine, Hedgerow cranesbill, Red dead nettle, Shaggy soldier, Black horehound, Periwinkle, Knotgrass, Ragwort, Common chickweed, White dead nettle and Dandelion. #WildflowerHour
November 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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First & last flies featured in #FliesofBritainandIreland – Wasp-banded Comb-horn Ctenophora flaveolata & Deer Warble Fly Hypoderma diana. Nearing completion due late Jan/early Feb 2026. Pre-order now bit.ly/4dqQI8Z @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @gailashton.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
First & last flies featured in #FliesofBritainandIreland – Wasp-banded Comb-horn Ctenophora flaveolata & Deer Warble Fly Hypoderma diana. Nearing completion due late Jan/early Feb 2026. Pre-order now bit.ly/4dqQI8Z @flygirlnhm.bsky.social @gailashton.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
Aster, Little St Mary’s, Cambridge. 📷 #photography
November 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Aster, Little St Mary’s, Cambridge. 📷 #photography
Reposted by Dr Jill Whitelock
It's such fantastic news that poet, writer and journalist Amy Levy's archive has been acquired by Cambridge University Library @theul.bsky.social. I wrote about her time as a student at Newnham College Cambridge here:
akennedysmith.substack.com/p/written-wi...
akennedysmith.substack.com/p/written-wi...
The archive of enigmatic 19th-century writer Amy Levy has a new home at Cambridge University Library.
Find out more: https://loom.ly/RHh3bbc
Thank you to our supporters, including: @thefnl.bsky.social, Arts Council England, Rothschild Foundation, The Polonsky Foundation, T. S. Eliot Foundation.
Find out more: https://loom.ly/RHh3bbc
Thank you to our supporters, including: @thefnl.bsky.social, Arts Council England, Rothschild Foundation, The Polonsky Foundation, T. S. Eliot Foundation.
November 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
It's such fantastic news that poet, writer and journalist Amy Levy's archive has been acquired by Cambridge University Library @theul.bsky.social. I wrote about her time as a student at Newnham College Cambridge here:
akennedysmith.substack.com/p/written-wi...
akennedysmith.substack.com/p/written-wi...
Insects on the engraved title-page of August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof’s ‘Der monatlich-herausgegebenen Insecten-Belustigung’ (Nuremberg, 1746-61), vol. 2. S391.c.74.1-4 @theul.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Insects on the engraved title-page of August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof’s ‘Der monatlich-herausgegebenen Insecten-Belustigung’ (Nuremberg, 1746-61), vol. 2. S391.c.74.1-4 @theul.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Fungi where a tree used to be, outside @theul.bsky.social earlier this week. There were Bee orchids there earlier this year too. #FungiFriday 📷 #photography
November 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Fungi where a tree used to be, outside @theul.bsky.social earlier this week. There were Bee orchids there earlier this year too. #FungiFriday 📷 #photography
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The River Tees at High Force this morning after last nights heavy rain. There is some floodwater coming over the middle of High Force, but it had dropped considerably by the time I got there.
#highforcewaterfall #highforce #rivertees #teesdale #weather #countydurham
#highforcewaterfall #highforce #rivertees #teesdale #weather #countydurham
November 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The River Tees at High Force this morning after last nights heavy rain. There is some floodwater coming over the middle of High Force, but it had dropped considerably by the time I got there.
#highforcewaterfall #highforce #rivertees #teesdale #weather #countydurham
#highforcewaterfall #highforce #rivertees #teesdale #weather #countydurham
Reposted by Dr Jill Whitelock
This humorous addition was spotted by one of our super volunteers in a building control plan for a house on Eaton Road in Norwich, dated March 1951. It seems that the grey watercolour for the window appears elephant-like and this has been emphasised with pencil. #HouseHisto ry #NorwichHistory
November 13, 2025 at 10:26 AM
This humorous addition was spotted by one of our super volunteers in a building control plan for a house on Eaton Road in Norwich, dated March 1951. It seems that the grey watercolour for the window appears elephant-like and this has been emphasised with pencil. #HouseHisto ry #NorwichHistory
A Sweet violet flowering in Ely last weekend. #FlowersOnFriday 📷 #photography
November 14, 2025 at 9:03 AM
A Sweet violet flowering in Ely last weekend. #FlowersOnFriday 📷 #photography
Cranefly resting on grass. #WildWebsWednesday 📷 #photography
November 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Cranefly resting on grass. #WildWebsWednesday 📷 #photography
Eristalis hoverfly on a nice big Dandelion. #WildWebsWednesday
November 12, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Eristalis hoverfly on a nice big Dandelion. #WildWebsWednesday