Tim Chamberlain 🧭
@waymarks.bsky.social
Historian, interested in Exploration & Empire. PhD from Birkbeck College, University of London. FRGS. https://tim-chamberlain.owlstown.net/
Probably the highlight of my year, finding this in my post box yesterday. One of the best projects, with the nicest people, I’ve been involved with. ☺️ Published last month by @manchesterup.bsky.social Available Open Access here: www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781... 🗃️
December 6, 2024 at 6:02 AM
Probably the highlight of my year, finding this in my post box yesterday. One of the best projects, with the nicest people, I’ve been involved with. ☺️ Published last month by @manchesterup.bsky.social Available Open Access here: www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781... 🗃️
The branches were filled with flocks of Mejiro (めじろ) - small sparrow-sized birds with beautiful shiny green plumage and a distinctive white ring surrounding their eyes, all feeding on the plum blossoms. (6)
![A tangle of dark branches seen against a clear blue sky, covered with reddish-pink plum blossoms and a small green Mejiro bird perched in the middle (March 2024). [NB - Apologies: I've just realised I mistakenly wrote 'cherry tree' in the ALT text of the last photo; hopefully, it's obvious I meant 'plum tree.']](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7itheupep3zteih6jwjlg3qb/bafkreieauwdupni5gofygslrqs676qu2lavaltiqquh3pf4i2b7pxev5ni@jpeg)
November 28, 2024 at 1:57 AM
The branches were filled with flocks of Mejiro (めじろ) - small sparrow-sized birds with beautiful shiny green plumage and a distinctive white ring surrounding their eyes, all feeding on the plum blossoms. (6)
Just up the hill from Jindai-ji is Jindai Botanical Gardens. Visiting here on the same day as the Daruma festival, the plum blossoms were in full bloom. (5)
November 28, 2024 at 1:45 AM
Just up the hill from Jindai-ji is Jindai Botanical Gardens. Visiting here on the same day as the Daruma festival, the plum blossoms were in full bloom. (5)
Daruma dolls depict the Indian monk, Bodhidharma. They are seen as a symbol of perseverance & good luck. Bought with both eyes blank, one eye is painted by the priest, consecrating the owner's wishes for the coming year, who then returns with the doll a year later, when the other eye is painted. (4)
November 28, 2024 at 1:36 AM
Daruma dolls depict the Indian monk, Bodhidharma. They are seen as a symbol of perseverance & good luck. Bought with both eyes blank, one eye is painted by the priest, consecrating the owner's wishes for the coming year, who then returns with the doll a year later, when the other eye is painted. (4)
Jindai-ji is perhaps best known for its Daruma festival in March, when the temple is crowded with visitors who queue up to buy Daruma dolls (ranging in size from tiny to huge) and have them blessed by the temple priests. (3)
November 28, 2024 at 1:24 AM
Jindai-ji is perhaps best known for its Daruma festival in March, when the temple is crowded with visitors who queue up to buy Daruma dolls (ranging in size from tiny to huge) and have them blessed by the temple priests. (3)
Jindai-ji is a very picturesque temple set in beautiful grounds. Many of the trees burst into flower in April. (2)
November 28, 2024 at 1:16 AM
Jindai-ji is a very picturesque temple set in beautiful grounds. Many of the trees burst into flower in April. (2)
I thought I would follow up on this post with a thread 🧵 of photos I've taken at Jindai over the course of this year. (1)
November 28, 2024 at 12:59 AM
I thought I would follow up on this post with a thread 🧵 of photos I've taken at Jindai over the course of this year. (1)
New arrival, and a nice start to the week. Looking forward to reading this. Thanks to @farsouthhistory.bsky.social
November 19, 2024 at 3:27 AM
New arrival, and a nice start to the week. Looking forward to reading this. Thanks to @farsouthhistory.bsky.social
Ma twitter is nae more!!! 👋🤓👋🤓 #deactivated
November 18, 2024 at 5:14 AM
Ma twitter is nae more!!! 👋🤓👋🤓 #deactivated
"Japanese Anglicans in World War Two Singapore: During the Japanese Occupation, four Japanese Anglicans were a sign of hope for the locals during a dark chapter in Singapore’s history," by John Bray | BiblioAsia 🗃️ biblioasia.nlb.gov.sg/vol-20/issue...
November 18, 2024 at 2:52 AM
"Japanese Anglicans in World War Two Singapore: During the Japanese Occupation, four Japanese Anglicans were a sign of hope for the locals during a dark chapter in Singapore’s history," by John Bray | BiblioAsia 🗃️ biblioasia.nlb.gov.sg/vol-20/issue...
Launch events for our new book "Other Everests: One Mountain, Many Worlds" (MUP, 2024).
IN PERSON - Sunday 24 November 13:30 at the Kendal Mountain Festival, UK tickets.kendalmountainfestival.com/schedule/669...
ONLINE - Wednesday 11 December 17:00 GMT
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events
IN PERSON - Sunday 24 November 13:30 at the Kendal Mountain Festival, UK tickets.kendalmountainfestival.com/schedule/669...
ONLINE - Wednesday 11 December 17:00 GMT
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events
October 16, 2024 at 1:40 AM
Launch events for our new book "Other Everests: One Mountain, Many Worlds" (MUP, 2024).
IN PERSON - Sunday 24 November 13:30 at the Kendal Mountain Festival, UK tickets.kendalmountainfestival.com/schedule/669...
ONLINE - Wednesday 11 December 17:00 GMT
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events
IN PERSON - Sunday 24 November 13:30 at the Kendal Mountain Festival, UK tickets.kendalmountainfestival.com/schedule/669...
ONLINE - Wednesday 11 December 17:00 GMT
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events
It's quite amazing, isn't it. Especially when you compare it to the boot that can be seen in this famous photograph.
October 11, 2024 at 2:07 PM
It's quite amazing, isn't it. Especially when you compare it to the boot that can be seen in this famous photograph.
"Remains of Andrew 'Sandy' Irvine believed to have been found on Everest" - Discovery made by a National Geographic team 100 years after the mountaineer vanished with George Mallory in 1924. 🗃️ www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/ar...
October 11, 2024 at 9:33 AM
"Remains of Andrew 'Sandy' Irvine believed to have been found on Everest" - Discovery made by a National Geographic team 100 years after the mountaineer vanished with George Mallory in 1924. 🗃️ www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/ar...
'Other Everests' brings together new voices and perspectives on the historical and cultural significance of Mount Everest in the modern world. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/978152617916... @manchesterup.bsky.social 🗃️
August 26, 2024 at 3:20 AM
'Other Everests' brings together new voices and perspectives on the historical and cultural significance of Mount Everest in the modern world. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/978152617916... @manchesterup.bsky.social 🗃️
"A hundred years after the tragic 1924 British Everest expedition, a new collection titled 'Other Everests: One mountain, many worlds' explores the social and cultural history of the mountain." 🗃️ tickets.kendalmountainfestival.com/schedule/669...
August 13, 2024 at 11:33 PM
"A hundred years after the tragic 1924 British Everest expedition, a new collection titled 'Other Everests: One mountain, many worlds' explores the social and cultural history of the mountain." 🗃️ tickets.kendalmountainfestival.com/schedule/669...
Just finished reading this. An excellent book. I highly recommend. 🗃️
July 2, 2024 at 8:57 AM
Just finished reading this. An excellent book. I highly recommend. 🗃️
Fascinating on-line resource for anyone interested in the British Empire and the BBC's Far Eastern Service radio broadcasts (1927-1961). 🗃️ omekas.seasia-hearing.org/s/bbc-sea/pa...
May 25, 2024 at 12:34 AM
Fascinating on-line resource for anyone interested in the British Empire and the BBC's Far Eastern Service radio broadcasts (1927-1961). 🗃️ omekas.seasia-hearing.org/s/bbc-sea/pa...
Our 'Other Everests' book now has a cover! - And it is now listed on the publisher's website too. More info here: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/978152617916... 🗃️
February 25, 2024 at 2:42 AM
Our 'Other Everests' book now has a cover! - And it is now listed on the publisher's website too. More info here: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/978152617916... 🗃️
Seems like it's primarily aimed at kids with an educational angle (and at their parents and elders with a whimsical one), with part of the proceeds promised to charity ...
February 14, 2024 at 12:52 AM
Seems like it's primarily aimed at kids with an educational angle (and at their parents and elders with a whimsical one), with part of the proceeds promised to charity ...
This popped up on my FB feed today, prompting all sorts of thoughts on geography, learning, exploration, sentimentality, colonial nostalgia, Rhodes Must Fall, 'culture wars,' etc. 🤔🧐
February 14, 2024 at 12:45 AM
This popped up on my FB feed today, prompting all sorts of thoughts on geography, learning, exploration, sentimentality, colonial nostalgia, Rhodes Must Fall, 'culture wars,' etc. 🤔🧐
This is one of my favourites. (By Edward D. Melillo, in Past & Present, No. 223 (May, 2014), pp. 233-270)
February 9, 2024 at 12:35 AM
This is one of my favourites. (By Edward D. Melillo, in Past & Present, No. 223 (May, 2014), pp. 233-270)
I've only ever seen them growing at the Botanics in Edinburgh. I'd love to try growing them myself one day, but I'm not sure Tokyo is the best location for them; although I have seen other Meconopsis types growing here.
October 25, 2023 at 9:42 PM
I've only ever seen them growing at the Botanics in Edinburgh. I'd love to try growing them myself one day, but I'm not sure Tokyo is the best location for them; although I have seen other Meconopsis types growing here.
Given its made by Tesco, this seems like the gentrification of a traditional English favourite, known as Fish fingers.
October 23, 2023 at 12:51 AM
Given its made by Tesco, this seems like the gentrification of a traditional English favourite, known as Fish fingers.
Currently reading Marco Pallis's "Peaks & Lamas" [1939]. Here are his observations on encountering the Himalayan blue poppy (Meconopsis). 🌿
October 18, 2023 at 1:36 AM
Currently reading Marco Pallis's "Peaks & Lamas" [1939]. Here are his observations on encountering the Himalayan blue poppy (Meconopsis). 🌿
My latest review for LSE Review of Books on Adam Kuper's "The Museum of Other People" blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...
September 11, 2023 at 12:00 PM
My latest review for LSE Review of Books on Adam Kuper's "The Museum of Other People" blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...