#FridayNightFrills 18th Century silver embroidered blue damask court mantua,1730-40. Probably worn by Lady Rachel Morgan (of Tredegar House) for presentation at court

New report shows 330,000 deaths linked to Tory austerity. You know this already of course because the BBC covered the report widely and forensically yesterday. Wait….

Beginning my journey to this very splendid looking conference 🚉

What happens if you drink the water from the tap on a CrossCountry Trains train? Asking for a friend...

Join us for an afternoon of talks celebrating #textiles and #lifestories as part of #TheCovidChronicle. Free to attend but please book on bit.ly/3CQJnAr

I’m organising a conference next year on the history of women and gardens! Submit your proposals before 12th December! It will be held @EH_WrestPark on 28th March 2023🌷🌹🌸🌼 English Heritage

A new piece from Dr Mary Chadwick looks at depositions as collaborative productions in the 17th-century Court of Chancery. Very useful for anyone who works on 'voices' in legal records, including the #PowerOfPetitioning crowd. (HT Sharon Howard) tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…

Using the train journey back from Aberystwyth to venture back to Twitter. Here's the beautiful view from National Library of Wales

What a fantastic piece of art at a local primary school featuring many of the cultural assets of #StokeonTrent (including us!)

The perils of doing an Alexa to do list in the company of your 6 year old...

Enjoying these VERY much this morning

If this is the actual New Conservatives Twitter account I’m going to be very pissed off with them when I find out they’ve tagged my parody version (which I hate)

It's the last day of my contract today. Proofs and substantial edits notwithstanding, after four years spent largely in C17 London, I suspect it's time to return to C18 Wales.

Went to St Fagans last week. Elen Phillips let me into the stores where I got to see AND TOUCH the heavily, beautifully embroidered Tredegar court dress (c 1720). It made "my" Welsh women so real, even more so than holding their letters and poems. Thank you Elen!

The latest Stitching @ Spode event is now live and you can secure your place by visiting bit.ly/3D2Izb3 It promises to be another great afternoon but beware spaces are limited and they usually sell out quickly! #textileart #buttons #sewing

Let's chat manuscript periodicals with Dr Mary Chadwick, Catherine Sloan, and Abigail Droge! Join us next Friday, 4 Aug. at the usual time (4pm BST/11am EST/8am PDT). As always, #RSVPDigEv events are free and open to all. rs4vp.org/lets-talk-manu…

Petticoat of a court mantua worn by a member of the Morgan family of Tredegar House.