History • Legends • Heritage • Light ☀️
Koh-i-Noor diamond: a storied stone 💎
⚖️ Is Hades… history’s actuary?
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My pre-event to mark the coming centenary of Princess Irene Duleep Singh’s tragic death by suicide in 1926.
Grateful to all involved — and to @samaritans.bsky.social for their support 💜
My pre-event to mark the coming centenary of Princess Irene Duleep Singh’s tragic death by suicide in 1926.
Grateful to all involved — and to @samaritans.bsky.social for their support 💜
@lichfieldlive.bsky.social
‘A Forgotten Princess: Irene Duleep Singh and the Evolution of Mental Health and Law’ coincides with World Suicide Prevention Day (10 Sept). visitlichfield.co.uk/listing/a-fo...
@samaritans.bsky.social Call 116 123
@lichfieldlive.bsky.social
‘A Forgotten Princess: Irene Duleep Singh and the Evolution of Mental Health and Law’ coincides with World Suicide Prevention Day (10 Sept). visitlichfield.co.uk/listing/a-fo...
@samaritans.bsky.social Call 116 123
For Heritage Open Days I’ll be remembering a forgotten princess — Irene Duleep Singh — and how her life & death show the evolution of mental health & law over the last century.
If you’re struggling, call Samaritans 116 123
@samaritans.bsky.social
For Heritage Open Days I’ll be remembering a forgotten princess — Irene Duleep Singh — and how her life & death show the evolution of mental health & law over the last century.
If you’re struggling, call Samaritans 116 123
@samaritans.bsky.social
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She’s now the focus of my FREE Heritage Open Days event.
www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-e...
She’s now the focus of my FREE Heritage Open Days event.
www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-e...
#MarriageMaterial #BirminghamRep #Theatre #WhatsOnBrum
@sathnam.bsky.social
#MarriageMaterial #BirminghamRep #Theatre #WhatsOnBrum
@sathnam.bsky.social
Music of the day: Beach Boys – Surfin’ USA! 🇺🇸🌴☀️
#July4th #IndependenceDay #USA #SurfinUSA #SummerVibes #RedWhiteAndBlue #StarsAndStripes #FourthOfJuly #HappyFourth #JulyFourth #Freedom #American #America #LandOfTheFree
Music of the day: Beach Boys – Surfin’ USA! 🇺🇸🌴☀️
#July4th #IndependenceDay #USA #SurfinUSA #SummerVibes #RedWhiteAndBlue #StarsAndStripes #FourthOfJuly #HappyFourth #JulyFourth #Freedom #American #America #LandOfTheFree
What if our digital present is the ‘Curse of Minerva’ Byron warned of in 1811, after #Elgin took Athena’s marbles? Byron’s daughter, Ada Lovelace, was mother of the digital age…
Was the #Curse prophecy?
What if our digital present is the ‘Curse of Minerva’ Byron warned of in 1811, after #Elgin took Athena’s marbles? Byron’s daughter, Ada Lovelace, was mother of the digital age…
Was the #Curse prophecy?
Looks like I’ve found a summary of the debate online.
Her new book subtly—and perhaps unintentionally—shows how these debates are shifting: from questions of ownership and reparations to questions about the logic of authority, privacy, exposure & dignity when the tables turn…
Looks like I’ve found a summary of the debate online.
Her new book subtly—and perhaps unintentionally—shows how these debates are shifting: from questions of ownership and reparations to questions about the logic of authority, privacy, exposure & dignity when the tables turn…
She seems personable, but it’s the book that counts.
I’d recommend reading her new book on privacy with her earlier work. It shows the double standards—and the paradox between privacy & exposure. Debates about restitution, reparations, and digital exploitation are converging…
She seems personable, but it’s the book that counts.
I’d recommend reading her new book on privacy with her earlier work. It shows the double standards—and the paradox between privacy & exposure. Debates about restitution, reparations, and digital exploitation are converging…
Did you ever review ‘Keeping Their Marbles’?
Good PR.
But that book showed a callousness about exposing others’ private histories.
Now there’s a new book defending privacy—yet it barely sees how museums helped create the privacy problem.
Curious to know what you think?
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When you publish books about privacy—something sacred & sentimental—do you choose authors who grasp that forcing others’ private histories into exposure for “universal good” has consequences?
See my #Amazon review of ‘Strangers and Intimates: The Rise and Fall of Private Life’.
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Did you ever review ‘Keeping Their Marbles’?
Good PR.
But that book showed a callousness about exposing others’ private histories.
Now there’s a new book defending privacy—yet it barely sees how museums helped create the privacy problem.
Curious to know what you think?
☀️
When you publish books about privacy—something sacred & sentimental—do you choose authors who grasp that forcing others’ private histories into exposure for “universal good” has consequences?
See my #Amazon review of ‘Strangers and Intimates: The Rise and Fall of Private Life’.
☀️
When you publish books about privacy—something sacred & sentimental—do you choose authors who grasp that forcing others’ private histories into exposure for “universal good” has consequences?
See my #Amazon review of ‘Strangers and Intimates: The Rise and Fall of Private Life’.
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My Heritage Open Days event is listed for Sept 2025.
Today marks 186 years since Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s death.
This Sept, I’ll share his granddaughter Princess Irene Duleep Singh’s story—her life, mental health, & the legacy of a forgotten royal line.
#HeritageOpenDays #MentalHealth
My Heritage Open Days event is listed for Sept 2025.
Today marks 186 years since Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s death.
This Sept, I’ll share his granddaughter Princess Irene Duleep Singh’s story—her life, mental health, & the legacy of a forgotten royal line.
#HeritageOpenDays #MentalHealth
Parts 1 & 2 gave the background and a GCSE-level (ages 14-16) intro to Byron’s prophetic poem — especially relevant to today’s Parthenon Marbles debate.
Now we dive deeper.
#Substack #Byron #ParthenonMarbles
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Parts 1 & 2 gave the background and a GCSE-level (ages 14-16) intro to Byron’s prophetic poem — especially relevant to today’s Parthenon Marbles debate.
Now we dive deeper.
#Substack #Byron #ParthenonMarbles
open.substack.com/pub/sundeepb...
This one’s geared toward GCSE & US high school students (ages 14–16), helping make Byron more accessible for classrooms & curious minds alike.
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This one’s geared toward GCSE & US high school students (ages 14–16), helping make Byron more accessible for classrooms & curious minds alike.
open.substack.com/pub/sundeepb...
Let me know if you’re on there & I’ll follow back!
#Substack #WritingCommunity #MythologyMatters #WritersOfBluesky #NewsletterLaunch #NewOnSubstack #ContentCreator
#ReadThis #Legend #Heritage
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Let me know if you’re on there & I’ll follow back!
#Substack #WritingCommunity #MythologyMatters #WritersOfBluesky #NewsletterLaunch #NewOnSubstack #ContentCreator
#ReadThis #Legend #Heritage
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Byron coined the term in 1811 — for those who defend imperial theft with big words, small morals & flattery.
His poem The Curse of Minerva, about Elgin & the Parthenon marbles, has proved eerily prophetic.
#HirelingArtist #ParthenonMarbles #MuseumEthics #ByronWasRight
Byron coined the term in 1811 — for those who defend imperial theft with big words, small morals & flattery.
His poem The Curse of Minerva, about Elgin & the Parthenon marbles, has proved eerily prophetic.
#HirelingArtist #ParthenonMarbles #MuseumEthics #ByronWasRight
If we can’t laugh a little while talking about the Parthenon marbles story, what are we even doing?
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If we can’t laugh a little while talking about the Parthenon marbles story, what are we even doing?
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I wanted to share a reel about my visit to the King’s Gallery at Buckingham Palace for an exclusive community group event.
And of course, I spotted the Koh-I-Noor diamond 💎 in a painting, which helps contextualise our shared history.
I wanted to share a reel about my visit to the King’s Gallery at Buckingham Palace for an exclusive community group event.
And of course, I spotted the Koh-I-Noor diamond 💎 in a painting, which helps contextualise our shared history.
Find out at my next talk about Leto, inspired by the prefix at the Roman site Letocetum…
12th June,10am, online talk for the English Heritage cohort only
16th June,7pm, in-person talk for a public audience at the Erasmus Darwin House Lichfield
Find out at my next talk about Leto, inspired by the prefix at the Roman site Letocetum…
12th June,10am, online talk for the English Heritage cohort only
16th June,7pm, in-person talk for a public audience at the Erasmus Darwin House Lichfield
If this piques your interest and you’re a literary agent, I’d love to hear from you!
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#literaryagents #MSWL
If this piques your interest and you’re a literary agent, I’d love to hear from you!
🙏☀️
#literaryagents #MSWL
@corinnefowler.bsky.social
I’m not sure if you and your colleagues are aware, but Nigel Biggar (or should I refer to him as Lord Biggar now that he’s joined the House of Lords?) has a new book titled ‘Reparations: The Tyranny of Imaginary Guilt’ set to be released this year.
@corinnefowler.bsky.social
I’m not sure if you and your colleagues are aware, but Nigel Biggar (or should I refer to him as Lord Biggar now that he’s joined the House of Lords?) has a new book titled ‘Reparations: The Tyranny of Imaginary Guilt’ set to be released this year.