Bute Street, Cardiff. Welsh Assembly Centre for the new, and Merchant House for the old. Butetown was the heart of the Coal Mining industry in Wales during the 19th century.

When the burial ground is more atmospheric than the church... 11th century Tuxlith Chapel at Milland, on the Sussex / Hants border. The perfect resting spot. bit.ly/2UwKCvi

#KingArthur's horse left a hoof-print on a hill above the A493 (a road in mid-Wales). Arthur had gone up there to kill an #afanc [scary water monster] that lived in Llyn Barfog. The place is known as Carn March Arthur. #folklore #Wales

Man being healed by Cuthbert's shoes! Yates Thompson MS 26; 12th century; Bede, Prose Life of Cuthbert; f.80r Medieval Manuscripts

"Nigel's never been the same since he had plastic surgery" bl.uk/catalogues/ill…

"Costume de bain". George Barbier. 1914. Image: British Library.

Good night! The remarkable late #Victorian #stainedglass of #WalterCrane Hull Minster Alexandra Epps Victorian Web @NellytheWillow Daniella Peltz

The #fullmoon in #Scorpio on 18th May is known as the #FlowerMoon, in honour of the blooming flowers of spring. It will also be a rare seasonal #BlueMoon, as it is the 3rd of 4 full moons this spring. Usually there are 3 per season, being one a month. 5:11 pm EDT, 1O:11 pm BST

Interior of Wargrave church...I looked into the bell tower ground floor room. Well worth it. Very attractive layers of stone (chalk?) & flint with some lovely textile art #AnimalsInChurches (left). But what to make of this unusual display of clappers (right)? I

It's almost #WoolleyWeek! Join us 5/21 for our first event, a Facebook Live chat hosted by The Recipes Project. Later in the week: exploring Woolley's books with the Folger Shakespeare Library conservation team; a day of #WoolleyWisdom; blogging by #BeforeFarmtoTable team members, & more!

It seems that the origin of the Custard Cream is uncertain. (#BitBored #SaturdayThoughts #BiscuitInvestigation) However that the design is 'Victorian baroque' appears to be repeated a lot. I can see 17th Century stump work and Arts & Crafts design. What do you see?

What? Phrases from 1866 #Pitmanshorthand ‘What can be the reason of their silence’ #Victorian

A Sino-Tibetan folded book printed in Beijing in 1410, with dhāranīs in Sanskrit written in Tibeto-Nepali characters and woodcuts of protective mantra-diagrams and deities, block printed on heavy white paper. Breathtakingly detailed printing in red ink, 40 years before Gutenberg.

So pleased to finally share this today! A collaboration with Lydia Dean and a host of fantastic volunteers who painstakingly transcribed the entries. Please do let us know if you find a name you recognise in the book, we'd love to know more #DDay75

King George III, 1760-1820. A famous depiction of ‘Farmer George’ on a Halfcrown dated 1817, known as the ‘Bull Head’.

Pvt Billie Millin landed at Sword Beach with Number 4 Commando. He walked up and down the beach as it was under fire playing the bagpipes, striking up "Highland Laddie" - German prisoners later said they didn't shoot because they thought he had lost his mind #DDAY75

"Be wicked, be brave, be drunk, be reckless, be dissolute, be despotic. Live — live fully, live passionately, live disastrously if necessary." English author, Violet Trefusis was born #OnThisDay in 1894 #ReadMoreWomen