Sadly, in the early hours of Tuesday 7 May, Ely Museum was broken into. Thieves stole the East Cambridgeshire gold torc and a gold bracelet, both dating from the Bronze Age.

The police are currently investigating the theft. We will be closed to the public on Wednesday 8 May.

Roman beads? ‘ Rita Ora’s Marni dress was, according to Ora, made using beads collected from Europe and Northern Africa during the 1st century BC’. #MetGala

Nicki Minaj and Dazzling by Chikodili is away. 💛 #LooksToBooks #MetGala

Ruger performing his song “girlfriend” in Germany 🇩🇪 💥

Surprise performance of “GIRLFRIEND” by RUGER in Toronto Canada 🇨🇦 💃🏽 #RTW

Look who finally showed up to the Met Gala, it's Idleness in the walled garden of Le Roman de La Rose 📜🌹

From a 15th-century manuscript (now Bodleian Libraries MS. Douce 264, f. 6v) to the red carpet!

Met Gala outfits as book covers.
(A one-off thread as it's way too much work 😂)
I have no idea who most of these people are, btw, but the books are fab!
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Why does the Met Gala look like it’s near judging point at Notting Hill carnival…

It’s giving carnival glass and I love it #MetGala

We're back with the Ashmolean meets the #MetGala2024 ! A thread 🧵

We can't wait to hear your favourite looks 👇👇

🍇 First up, Zendaya in Maison Margiela, and an ancient Egyptian bunch of glass grapes on a hooked stem of bronze and wood, dating to around 1353–1336 BCE. AN1924.69

With a theme like #TheGardenOfTime , there's no way we could resist matching the 2024 #MetGala #LooksToBooks !

First up, Zendaya and The Book That Broke the World by Mark Lawrence 💙

Facts. Haven't played on the road in TnT yet, but def have elsewhere and it's the same strategy. Yea some Djs really do not understand this at all. Road is a marathon, not a sprint. Even soca sets in general tbh, they're a marathon, not a sprint.

Spring floral necklace this morning 🌸 Ready to delivery CILIP training on how to engage teens in the public library

Highlights from the 2024 Met Gala: Bodleian edition

A fashionably dressed lady of Lombardy (‘Lunbarde’).

(Private prayers and devotions; 16th c,; France)
digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/4eb290…

My #ALAAC24 President's Panel is going to be Filipino 🔥🔥🔥!

We’re a nation of immigrants.

A nation of dreamers.

And as Cinco de Mayo represents, a nation of freedom.

British Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton's Met Gala Burberry look was inspired by the story of John Ystumllyn, one of Britain’s first black gardeners, and the symbolic language of flowers in black history. John Ystumllyn was an 18th-century gardener and is considered the first…

.BLOWNBOY RU performs “Girlfriend” on #TraceSession 🔥🔥🏴‍☠️

Watch full video- youtu.be/yCNzgYahWec

#Ruger #RuTheWorld

Cook dat thing…