A curiosity missed by many in London [📹livinglondonhistory]

Swannington, Norfolk, St Margaret. By far the most important object in the church is a Norman pillar piscina carved with St George and the Dragon. It was hidden in the rood loft staircase and only discovered when that was unblocked a hundred years ago

Inside Britain's most complete Anglo Saxon church, 675AD - Escomb, County Durham:

As a fan of Edward Hopper I couldn’t help but take this photo in Greenwich tonight.

Gary Oldman said that when he first read the Dracula script, he decided it would be worth doing the movie just so he could feel what it would be like to say to someone, “I’ve crossed oceans of time to find you”

Very similar vibe at Bradford on Avon, our Saxon forefathers certainly liked their churches tall and narrow, with a tiny chancel arch, seemingly to create a more mysterious/mystical/magical space in the holiest part of the church, divided from the main body of worshippers ...

When men were men!!

I was so thrilled to see the future Elizabeth I’s new Year’s gift to Catherine Parr on display in Bodleian Libraries Treasured exhibition last week. Elizabeth embroidered the cover herself, complete with her stepmother’s monogram. She also created the book, translating Margaret of

The Celtic Carnyx, an ancient war trumpet used by the Celts from around 200 BC to 200 AD. An instrument of psychological warfare; its loud and eerie sound was designed to intimidate enemies on the battlefield. The Roman army feared it.

Woman of the Day cycling champion Eileen Sheridan, born OTD in 1923 in Coventry, smashed records in the 1940s and 1950s (men beaten by her claimed she’d cheated. She hadn’t) and held the End to End record - Land’s End to John O’Groats - for 36 years. Her 1,000-mile record time

Why do we say "slept like a baby"? Babies wake up every 2 hours crying. I want to sleep like a cat, 14 hours, no responsibility and zero regrets.

The first human face carved on a T-shaped pillar has recently been discovered at Karahan Tepe, a pre-pottery Neolithic archaeological site in Turkey. It is estimated to be over 12,000 years old.

People say nineteenth-century novels are “boring” but the nineteenth century gave us Frankenstein, vampires, lesbian vampires, men who stay young while their portraits age. It gave us the Raven. It gave us Alice in Wonderland. It gave us wives in the attic.

I don't think people quite understand the importance of the otter giving that man a rock. Otters are very particular about what rocks they use and even have favorite rocks that can be passed down through families. The otter gave him a rock it thought was perfect. It's one of the

Every ancient library that burned left behind only what bookbinders made strong enough to survive.

Squirrel enjoying the ball 😍

Carpe momentum - das #Zitat des Augenblicks: "Mein Erstes isst die Kuh, der Zweite ist mein Großvater, das Dritte kommt aus der Trompete. Und Cäsar liebt alles! Was ist das?" Gladiator in #Asterix als Gladiator, Seite 36.

What a beauty

More rabbits in the timeline! Less place for harassments!

Windows 10 Update endete angeblich am 14.10.25 W10 will heute irgendein ein Update installieren. Geht natürlich gar nicht. Nervt Linux auch so? Soll ich wegen 2 Desktop Programmen, die ich brauche, die Windows brauchen, dabei bleiben? W11 ist keine Option.