HMS Victory: A Remarkable Survivor

Go beyond the Battle of Trafalgar and hear HMS Victory’s complete story. Discover the stories and the people, both famous and not so famous, behind her 256-year history.

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The beauty of boiled beef stew?

People were literally forging tickets to get into the gallery of the Irish Parliament in 1783 as calls for parliamentary reform intensified in the streets of Dublin. Popular interest in parliamentary debate just isn’t want it used to be…

Missed National Pet Day (why? all these Day things get on my nerves) yesterday. This is the best ever cartoon on the subject, by the late Tony Husband.

12 April 1925. Children’s TV writer Oliver Postgate was born in Hendon. He created the TV puppet characters Noggin the Nog, The Clangers, Bagpuss, and Ivor the Engine. His grandfather-on his mother’s side- was George Lansbury, the Labour Party Leader from 1932 to 1935.

WHAT??!

From Monday?

On Monday evening an all-female clergy team officiated at the Eucharist, we think for the first time in our history.

This happy happenstance was made more poignant as we were keeping the Feast of the Annunciation and celebrating the role of Mary in bringing Christ to the world.

In this wonderful 17th-century picture, a woman playing a lute, likely representing Harmony, sits under a flowering arch. She is surrounded by three large floral slips, a dog chasing a hare, a bird on a fruiting tree, smaller flowers and insects, and a grand castle

This is good - better than previous articles on the topic. Makes the point that things won't stop with cuts in the arts and humanities, since they often help fund more expensive STEM degrees. 1/2 newstatesman.com/comment/2024/0…

I’ll be away from Russia for a few days. A good moment to recall newspaper vendor Valentina’s story from 2021 about the only time she's been to the seaside. #ValentinasKiosk

Me in my university room c1992 where the orange-brown theme lingered from the last time it was redecorated some time in the late 70s. Nylon carpet too!

Labour is more trusted than the Conservatives on EVERY issue prompted.

Which party do voters trust most on...?

(Labour | Conservatives)

NHS (40% | 16%)
Poverty (39% | 15%)
Education (38% | 17%)
Economy (34% | 23%)
Immigration (28% | 19%)
Ukraine (27% | 24%)

The bitter rivalry between the Cecils and Robert Devereux divided the court during the 1590s. Find out who became the queen’s chief minister👇 ow.ly/PbvF50MXI1K

This is worrying. Ukraine needs weapons and artillery NOW. #comeonUSA

ten years as an antiquarian, hearing nothing but 'my relative kept these untouched in a box their whole life but they died, and I don't want this stuff' has radicalized me. annotate the books. use the china. wear the clothes until they wear out. your life should not be a museum

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#ICYMI last year Professor Sarah Richardson explored how widows, many of whom could vote in local elections, assumed a central place in some of the debates about giving women the parliamentary vote👇 WarwickHistory TheVictorianCommons ow.ly/oqbM50O7NaK

A few people’ve asked about the impact of the Daily Mail’s wokesconegate, on sales of National Trust scones. The ‘scone per visitor’ trends in the 10 days following the news were:

Cheese (non-vegan) = no change
Fruit = no change
Plain = 15% increase

Victory to woke scones 🫡

While it's good that the media is now paying attention to this, it would have been helpful had they done something over two years ago when people like myself were being forced out of our jobs. Maybe then the Tories would not have had such a free hand to destroy UKHE.

On this day in 1796, #BathAssemblyRooms hosted Chevalier D’Eon for her last known fencing display. D’Eon assigned male at birth began living as a woman in 1777, officially recognised by Louis XVI and the English courts. Newspapers gave a glowing review of her performance.