Jules
@julesheritage.bsky.social
Heritage professional and tour guide in East Anglia 🇬🇧
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I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts.
The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.
Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.
The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.
Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.
August 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts.
The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.
Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.
The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.
Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.
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'The District Line' (from 'London, The Passing Scene', 1975) by Rupert Shephard
July 31, 2025 at 6:43 AM
'The District Line' (from 'London, The Passing Scene', 1975) by Rupert Shephard
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Congratulations Alayo Akinkugbe, otherwise known as Insta's @ablackhistoryofart, who's disgustingly youthful 😉 to have such a significant new art history book out! Heard all about Reframing Blackness at Tate Britain this morning 😃
www.penguin.co.uk/authors/2927...
www.penguin.co.uk/authors/2927...
July 16, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Congratulations Alayo Akinkugbe, otherwise known as Insta's @ablackhistoryofart, who's disgustingly youthful 😉 to have such a significant new art history book out! Heard all about Reframing Blackness at Tate Britain this morning 😃
www.penguin.co.uk/authors/2927...
www.penguin.co.uk/authors/2927...
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'Kensington High Street' (1930) by Tirzah Garwood
July 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
'Kensington High Street' (1930) by Tirzah Garwood
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The Blenheim Estate lost an oak, and as they like their fallen trees to remain in place to encourage wildlife, they asked artist Matthew Crabb to do his magic
Photo: Pete Seaward
Photo: Pete Seaward
July 3, 2025 at 6:43 AM
The Blenheim Estate lost an oak, and as they like their fallen trees to remain in place to encourage wildlife, they asked artist Matthew Crabb to do his magic
Photo: Pete Seaward
Photo: Pete Seaward
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Badgers, Tunnicliffe.
June 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Badgers, Tunnicliffe.
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Stormzy awarded honorary Cambridge doctorate in law
Stormzy awarded honorary Cambridge doctorate in law
Rapper recognised for his ‘transformative’ scholarship programme helping black students into higher education
The rapper Stormzy has been awarded an honorary degree from Cambridge University for his work helping black students get into higher education.
The 31-year-old received a Doctorate in Law for his “transformative” scholarship programme, which funds black UK students to study at the institution. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Stormzy awarded honorary Cambridge doctorate in law
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Just launched!
2025
Action Scorecards
Climate Emergency UK assessed all UK councils on the actions they’ve taken towards net zero. councilclimatescorecards.uk/scoring/dist...
2025
Action Scorecards
Climate Emergency UK assessed all UK councils on the actions they’ve taken towards net zero. councilclimatescorecards.uk/scoring/dist...
District Councils’ Climate Action Scorecards
Want to know how effective UK councils’ climate plans and strategies are? Check out the Council Climate Scorecards to see your Council’s score and how it compares to others across the UK.
councilclimatescorecards.uk
June 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Just launched!
2025
Action Scorecards
Climate Emergency UK assessed all UK councils on the actions they’ve taken towards net zero. councilclimatescorecards.uk/scoring/dist...
2025
Action Scorecards
Climate Emergency UK assessed all UK councils on the actions they’ve taken towards net zero. councilclimatescorecards.uk/scoring/dist...
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I think it would be good to get some women in charge of the countries that have nuclear weapons. Women talk to each other. Women can be reasonable. Enough with the macho men and swinging dicks.
June 14, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I think it would be good to get some women in charge of the countries that have nuclear weapons. Women talk to each other. Women can be reasonable. Enough with the macho men and swinging dicks.
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Farage and the US Religious Right are celebrating policy wins here - and there's been a huge rise in prosecutions for abortion.
Please email your MP and ask them to support Stella Creasy's amendment to decriminalise abortion; we've made it so easy for you. action.goodlawproject.org/decriminalis...
Please email your MP and ask them to support Stella Creasy's amendment to decriminalise abortion; we've made it so easy for you. action.goodlawproject.org/decriminalis...
Ask your MP to put reproductive rights into law
The right to make decisions about our families and bodies is not protected by law. The 1967 Abortion Act allows people to seek abortion under certain circumstances but abortion otherwise remains a cri...
action.goodlawproject.org
June 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Farage and the US Religious Right are celebrating policy wins here - and there's been a huge rise in prosecutions for abortion.
Please email your MP and ask them to support Stella Creasy's amendment to decriminalise abortion; we've made it so easy for you. action.goodlawproject.org/decriminalis...
Please email your MP and ask them to support Stella Creasy's amendment to decriminalise abortion; we've made it so easy for you. action.goodlawproject.org/decriminalis...
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Welcome Joan, a four year old Suffolk Punch and the latest addition to Wimpole Estate’s Home Farm in Cambridgeshire. Suffolk horses, also known as Suffolk Punch, are Britain’s oldest native heavy horse breed and are critically endangered, with fewer than 500 remaining in the UK. buff.ly/K0HvkJT
June 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Welcome Joan, a four year old Suffolk Punch and the latest addition to Wimpole Estate’s Home Farm in Cambridgeshire. Suffolk horses, also known as Suffolk Punch, are Britain’s oldest native heavy horse breed and are critically endangered, with fewer than 500 remaining in the UK. buff.ly/K0HvkJT
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"Vivian Taylor, a climate policy expert who co-authored the analysis, said the fossil fuel industry has a real interest in funding panic over transgender people: It distracts the public from 'the very real and ongoing risks that climate change creates.'" heated.world/p/fossil-fue...
Fossil fuel billionaires are bankrolling the anti-trans movement
An investigation shared exclusively with Atmos and HEATED finds that 80% of anti-trans organizations receive fossil fuel funding.
heated.world
June 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
"Vivian Taylor, a climate policy expert who co-authored the analysis, said the fossil fuel industry has a real interest in funding panic over transgender people: It distracts the public from 'the very real and ongoing risks that climate change creates.'" heated.world/p/fossil-fue...
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Newly launched- the Decoding Hidden Heritages project brings together over 5,500 Gaelic folktales from Ireland & Scotland, transcribed & made searchable using advanced AI. Congrats to Will Lamb, Bea Alex and wider team!
Decoding Hidden Heritages
Explore the shared linguistic and cultural heritage of Ireland and Scotland
www.hiddenheritages.ai
June 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Newly launched- the Decoding Hidden Heritages project brings together over 5,500 Gaelic folktales from Ireland & Scotland, transcribed & made searchable using advanced AI. Congrats to Will Lamb, Bea Alex and wider team!
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June 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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'The Albert Bridge' (1966) by Edward Bawden
May 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
'The Albert Bridge' (1966) by Edward Bawden
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Welsh folklore tells us that June is a month of midsummer magic marked by fire and festivity.
The cuckoo changes her call in June, a shift said to foretell the year ahead. Warm and welcome? A good omen. Strange or harsh? Trouble may follow.
Listen closely...
#folkloresunday #Wales
The cuckoo changes her call in June, a shift said to foretell the year ahead. Warm and welcome? A good omen. Strange or harsh? Trouble may follow.
Listen closely...
#folkloresunday #Wales
June 1, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Welsh folklore tells us that June is a month of midsummer magic marked by fire and festivity.
The cuckoo changes her call in June, a shift said to foretell the year ahead. Warm and welcome? A good omen. Strange or harsh? Trouble may follow.
Listen closely...
#folkloresunday #Wales
The cuckoo changes her call in June, a shift said to foretell the year ahead. Warm and welcome? A good omen. Strange or harsh? Trouble may follow.
Listen closely...
#folkloresunday #Wales
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London tunnels that inspired James Bond creator will become spy museum
London tunnels that inspired James Bond creator will become spy museum
Complex built during second world war is to include military equipment, interactive exhibitions and a bar
During his time in military intelligence, Ian Fleming, the author of the James Bond novels, regularly worked with Winston Churchill’s spy organisation based 30 metres below ground in a labyrinth of tunnels in central London.
The Kingsway Exchange tunnels complex, stretching out across 8,000 sq metres beneath High Holborn, near Chancery Lane underground station, hosted the Special Operations Executive (SOE) and is said to have inspired Q Branch in Fleming’s novels. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
May 30, 2025 at 6:15 AM
London tunnels that inspired James Bond creator will become spy museum
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Join us in person or online on 16 June, 1-2.30 pm (BST) as we mark the culmination of this stage of Reading the Room. I can promise plenty of book pictures & stories from heritage libraries.
Free event but booking required. We'd love to see you there!
visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/jun25/...
Free event but booking required. We'd love to see you there!
visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/jun25/...
Reading the Room: Books in Heritage Spaces
This panel talk explores what it means to engage with books in a heritage setting, and how we might better enable contemporary engagement with our histories of books and reading
visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
May 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Join us in person or online on 16 June, 1-2.30 pm (BST) as we mark the culmination of this stage of Reading the Room. I can promise plenty of book pictures & stories from heritage libraries.
Free event but booking required. We'd love to see you there!
visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/jun25/...
Free event but booking required. We'd love to see you there!
visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/jun25/...
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THREAD. When my parents' cat Bridget went missing, my dad, to try to ease his worry, painted her on a variety of historical ventures. Soon, these numbered in the dozens.
After much nagging, my dad has had some postcards printed of this brilliant series: michaelcoxmoredaysthansausages.bigcartel.com
After much nagging, my dad has had some postcards printed of this brilliant series: michaelcoxmoredaysthansausages.bigcartel.com
May 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
THREAD. When my parents' cat Bridget went missing, my dad, to try to ease his worry, painted her on a variety of historical ventures. Soon, these numbered in the dozens.
After much nagging, my dad has had some postcards printed of this brilliant series: michaelcoxmoredaysthansausages.bigcartel.com
After much nagging, my dad has had some postcards printed of this brilliant series: michaelcoxmoredaysthansausages.bigcartel.com
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Read what our Director General, Hilary McGrady, has to say about putting history and heritage at the heart of policymaking here: bit.ly/4dxie6s
May 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Read what our Director General, Hilary McGrady, has to say about putting history and heritage at the heart of policymaking here: bit.ly/4dxie6s