Happy #NationalGiveawayDay! 🌼 To celebrate we are giving away ONE botanical #book bundle! Simply follow us and repost this to enter. Giveaway ends on the 25th of July at 12pm GMT. 🌸 #giveaway #bookgiveaway #giveaway

Around the Roundel - Cockfosters If you exit the side entrance at Cockfosters tube station and look back at the London Underground Roundel logo, you can see it surround the distant Roundel from the front entrance to the building.

There are still tickets available for our King's Talk tomorrow evening. Aden: War & Peace at the End of Empire - with Former Royal Marine Commando and historian, Denis Sparrow. 6-7pm Ivor Gurney Hall @kingsschoolglos Tickets £7 gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk/events/aden-wa… #GlosHistFest24

Yesterday we had a lovely, sunny day talking to our authors and seeing storytellers perform ❤️⛺️🌿 Follow @storiesatthedge to learn more about the festival! 🌿✨ #storytelling #storyteller #festivals

📢Festival passes & weekday passes are back - there's a huge variety of talks to choose from - you won't want to miss a moment! New to #GlosHistFest24 this year is the Digital Festival Pass offering access to the whole livestreamed Blackfriars Talks programme. Prof Janina Ramirez

Set up for Gloucester Local History Day ⁦The History Press⁩ ⁦History Press Local⁩ ⁦Hartpury University and Hartpury College⁩ ⁦Gloucester History Festival⁩

#OTD in 1305 #WilliamWallace, who led the Scottish resistance against England, was captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London where he was put on trial and executed.  Find out more here - buff.ly/4foAKyd #Scotland #Scottishistory

Really excited to be curator of the new Cirencester History Festival coming this October with Prof Janina Ramirez the opening speaker for Gloucester History Festival’s first partner Festival! Cirencester History Festival bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Looking forward to my next event - at Museum in the Park with Jo Durrant - on 28 August! I hear that after being sold out they have released a few more tickets - just 4 left! 😀 If you're nearby it would be great to see you! 😊

Our friends Gloucester History Festival have an incredible programme coming to the city this autumn: 7-22 September 🗓️. Find out more about the exciting line-up of speakers and book now! 🎟️ bit.ly/GHFAutumn24

Took this little chap back to his birthplace! #gloucestershire ⁦Visit Gloucestershire⁩ ⁦Visit the Forest of Dean & Wye Valley⁩ ⁦Stroud Book Festival⁩ ⁦Cheltenham Festivals⁩ ⁦Gloucester History Festival⁩ ⁦The History Press⁩ ⁦Punchline-Gloucester.com⁩

Morning campers… at Gloucester Cross today for #GloucesterDay next to ⁦Hollie Gazzard Trust⁩ stand by EE shop! Roll up Roll up ⁦Gloucester History Festival⁩ ⁦The History Press⁩ ⁦Visit Gloucester⁩

Happy 150th Birthday Gustav Holst! 🎂 Listen to Ep 203 of Jo Durrant’s Beautiful Universe podcast, which is a special marking this anniversary at Holst Victorian House with Laura Kinnear. Plus a Holst inspired event at CheltSciFest with Robert Laidlow @robertlaidlow.bsky.social Hannah Wakeford Marcus du Sautoy

Stephen Bourne is taking part in a panel following a screening of Blitz next Wednesday 27 November at 5.45 at the Genesis Cinema in the Mile End Road. It is organised by The New Black Film Collective. For further information click on this link: tnbfc.co.uk/events/blitz-qa

Thoroughly enjoying Three Million Miles in a Volvo this morning. The History Press @ChapmanOnCars

Scotland’s red squirrels are true forest icons 🐿️ With their vibrant reddish-brown coats, tufted ears, and agile leaps through the treetops, they’re a joy to spot in the wild. 🧡 You can play your part in red #squirrel conservation by reporting your sightings 👉

I was last in Pompey to film a C4 doc on the Falklands conflict. 20+ years on I'm returning to talk about what happened when an African American G.I. was sentenced to death for a rape he didn’t commit. Jo and I would love you to see you on there on 24 Feb! wegottickets.com/event/641455

On the topic of fake news.. Get the facts about the Ukraine invasion from journalists in the jaws of the conflict in 'War Diary of the Ukrainian Resistance' - buff.ly/3XUrloR The Kyiv Independent #Russia #Ukraine #Trump

New tellings of half-forgotten tales from England’s 39 historic counties - from the hit podcast Three Ravens. Three Ravens Podcast 'The Three Ravens Folk Tales' is out this #July - pre-order here 📕: buff.ly/YcAMZak #folklore #folk

Ooooo…. Gorgeous Prof Alice Roberts💙 doing witchy things in Essex!! It’s a must watch for sure 😍🥰👁️👁️👁️👁️