Couldn’t share the news with you before, but Princess Sophia Duleep Singh will finally get the recognition she deserves. Six new blue plaques have been granted for 2023. The Princess, suffragette and revolutionary will have her plaque on her grace and favour home at Hampton Court

Nice image I saw floating around aimlessly on FB 'Checkpoint at limes' the artist is J. Goetze. 'Limes' being a frontier or 'limit' the kit worn by the Roman soldiers, mostly the officer's helmet indicates this is in the 3rd century C.E. and that they could be equites of auxilia

Statue of Nero in #bolognaarchaeologicalmuseum erected AD53 in the theatre reconstructed with support from the Emperor after a disastrous fire. Head removed after the ‘memory damnation’ of #nero after his suicide. instagram.com/p/Cn9LbijKhge/…

Neptune Fountain #bologna commissioned by Cardinal Charles Borromeo to celebrate the election of his uncle as Pope Pius IV. Commissioned in 1565. @ Bologna Centro Storico instagram.com/p/Cn9tcjdqriA/…

Just posted a photo @ Basilica di Santo Stefano (Bologna) instagram.com/p/Cn9uS3vq_3v/…

The much photographed Asinelli and Garisenda ‘Two Towers’ in #bologna from late C11th. Built for defence and to show off - just like today! 97m and 47m heigh @ Bologna Centro Storico instagram.com/p/Cn_-i8CKy92/…

“Trainspotting unites my family – we share the pleasure of intricate details.” This, by writer Patience Agbabi is one of the most genuinely delightful accounts of trainspotting that I’ve read in recent years. theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

A section of wheel ruts cut into the limestone which Malta has many examples, dating is difficult but many seem to date from the late Bronze Age onwards but there are more questions than answers about these tracks #Malta

Don’t forget that tomorrow (31st January) is St Wilgils’ Day. Wilgils of #Ripon (also known as Wilgisl and Hilgis) was a C7th saint and hermit of Anglo-Saxon England and father of St Willibrord. How will you be celebrating?

St. Melangell, tucked into the Berwyn Mountains in Powys, Wales sits within an older circular churchyard of ancient origin. Some of the yew trees there are 2000 years old.

Yesterday the HotTopics Team set off to do the first recce of the year at Abbey Road Studios! 🎉 They simply could not resist a picture across the famous zebra crossing! 📸 Join us in-person or virtually for our biggest event yet! here: hubs.ly/Q01zKkLR0

#RomanSiteSaturday: the public latrines in #Ostia are among the best-preserved #Roman latrines. The benches are made of marble, they run along three walls - no stalls, there was no privacy in toilets in Roman times. #RomanArchaeology

C6th BCE Archaic Greek helmet found in warrior grave of Phoenician City of #malaga @ Málaga, Spain instagram.com/p/Cohu6wIKxbf/…

C6th BCE Phoenician Walls in the basement of the Picasso Museum #malaga @ Museo Picasso Málaga instagram.com/p/Cohv2fZK7wW/…

Bishops’s Palace #malaga built 1762 @ Málaga Cathedral instagram.com/p/CohwreUKkYo/…

Emperor Antoninus Pius bust from #malaga @ Málaga, Spain instagram.com/p/CohxTgQKJle/…

Model of Roman Circus or chariot racing stadium at #colchesterromancircus visitor centre. Unique in Britain built first part of C1. @ Roman Circus Visitor Centre instagram.com/p/Cohxz7KqZUf/…

Remains and reconstruction of one of the turning points in Colchester Roman Circus @ Colchester, Essex instagram.com/p/CohyLDBK1jb/…

Celebrating with Annie the current Head of Branch and some previous Heads of Branch 40 years since John Lewis & Partners took over Bonds of Norwich. How time flies!

#onthisday 1974, TRD 3B G-AWZX operated the first British Airways service, dep MLA at 02:30Z and arr LHR at 04:32Z. Flight no. was BE313 as BA ED did not adopt BAXXX codes until several years after merger with BOAC, and appropriately Zulu Xray was still in basic BEA colours!