Pompeii unveils a black banquet hall with pristine frescoes hailed by archaeologists as among the finest ever found in the ancient Roman city.
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We're beyond excited to share our sample booklet from #ChangingHistoriesKS3 Connected Worlds, c.1000–c.1600 🎉 Take a look: ow.ly/jQzw50Re7hL. With evocative storytelling and beautifully designed pages, this truly breaks the mould of #KS3History textbooks

I signed some copies in Waterstones Oxford yesterday so do pop in if that tickles your fancy.

Oh man, infinitely better than anything now! #twitterstorians

Reading Kevin Sharpe’s ‘The Personal Rule of Charles I’.

North London forever Arsenal ❤️ ⚽️

#Arsenal #ARSBAY

Wow- what a cornucopia of excellent chapters, looking forward to investigating further! #twitterstorians

The contents list for the first #ChangingHistoriesKS3 book is now available! 😍 Take a look: ow.ly/fKcy50R8zaV

Just three months until THE ROADS TO ROME hits bookshops. Very grateful for all the kind comments already coming through: 'erudite, entertaining and infinitely readable,' says Helena Attlee. Pre-order your copy here: penguin.co.uk/books/443108/t…

Follow, follow the Sun / And which way the wind blows / When this day is done 🎶

Today, April 8, 2024, the last total solar #eclipse until 2045 crossed North America.

Love how the Bayeux Tapestry is mostly an intricate political drama about succession and invasion except for that one scene where the characters are like 'BLOODY HELL A COMET' and it's never mentioned again

During a solar eclipse, the gaps between leaves on trees act as multiple pinhole cameras,

and each gap projects its own crescent-shaped image of the eclipsed sun onto the ground.

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Cog rattle (one of its many names)

15th or 16th century, #French - this is used instead of sacring [sanctus] bells during Holy Week. It produces a distinctive loud sound when whirled.

Book royalties came in at the end of last month- only fitting way to celebrate was this luxurious macaron from Bettys 🧁📕

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Virginia Woolf was right. All a girl needs is a room of her own. And money. Money to buy a good dinner. And books.

An imagining of the mediaeval cityscape

Gosh the Yorkshire Dales are something else: couple more highlights of a wonderful birthday yesterday… 🏰 🌊

What a fabulous drive for both cars- Leclerc on a 1 stop was particularly impressive ✨✨✨✨ #f1 #JapanGP

I voted for C. LECLERC as #F1DriveroftheDay . Make your vote here: formula1.com/en/vote.html df0603krefnld.cloudfront.net/drivers/headsh…

Cet ouvrage est un chef-d’œuvre de l’enluminure des années 1430. « Les Grandes Heures de Rohan » sont exceptionnellement présentées au Musée de Cluny dans l’exposition « Les arts en France sous Charles VII » : bnf.fr/fr/agenda/les-…