Prof David Whitehead MRIA 🇪🇺 🇮🇪 🇫🇷 (@profdwh) 's Twitter Profile
Prof David Whitehead MRIA 🇪🇺 🇮🇪 🇫🇷

@profdwh

Retired historian (Ancient Greece) & oboist. Deracinated Nottinghamian. Widower. Grandfather. European. Loves dogs, humour, movies, orchestras, wine.

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Medieval Military Medicine (@medmilmedicine) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A scribe’s effort to correct an omission. The words that were accidentally left out are pulled along by one man who passes them to another who waits between the fourth and fifth lines to receive them - c. 1300, English Book of Hours, Walters Ms. W.102, f. 39v

A scribe’s effort to correct an omission. The words that were accidentally left out are pulled along by one man who passes them to another who waits between the fourth and fifth lines to receive them   -   c. 1300, English Book of Hours, Walters Ms. W.102, f. 39v
Musikverein Wien (@musikverein) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A rare chance to hear Evgeny Kissin as a chamber musician! 🎹 On 3 Oct in the Golden Hall, he joins Joshua Bell & Steven Isserlis for piano trios by Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich & Rosowsky. ✨ Tickets ➡️ musikverein.at/konzert/?id=00…

A rare chance to hear Evgeny Kissin as a chamber musician! 🎹
On 3 Oct in the Golden Hall, he joins <a href="/JoshuaBellMusic/">Joshua Bell</a> &amp; Steven Isserlis for piano trios by Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich &amp; Rosowsky. ✨

Tickets ➡️ musikverein.at/konzert/?id=00…
Alicia de Larrocha - oficial / official - (@alicia_larrocha) 's Twitter Profile Photo

MOZART (1756-1791) "Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat, K. 595" 3rd mov. cadenza+finale Alicia de Larrocha, piano CBS Chamber Music Orch. Sergiu Commissiona, conductor 1972 *Rather poor video quality due to age of the tape.

Dr Jo Ball (@drjeball) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A wild tortoise wandering through the ruins of the Library of Hadrian in Athens... wonderful that these ancient sites are still lived in! #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #RomanSiteSaturday

A wild tortoise wandering through the ruins of the Library of Hadrian in Athens... wonderful that these ancient sites are still lived in!

#Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #RomanSiteSaturday
Archaeology & Art (@archaeologyart) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Silver stater of Knossos (Cnossus), Crete, c. 425–360 BC; obverse: Minotaur in a kneeling–running stance to the right, head facing; reverse: a square labyrinth in gammadion form with five pellets arranged rosette‑wise at the center and four incuse corner squares.

Silver stater of Knossos (Cnossus), Crete, c. 425–360 BC; obverse: Minotaur in a kneeling–running stance to the right, head facing; reverse: a square labyrinth in gammadion form with five pellets arranged rosette‑wise at the center and four incuse corner squares.
Michael Warburton (@themonologist) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A Martin Scorsese that’s become a real cult classic and which opened 40yrs ago today. AFTER HOURS (1985) #RosannaArquette #TeriGarr #GriffinDunne #ThomasChong #LindaFiorentino #JohnHeard #CheechMarin #CatherineOHara

AllegroHD (@allegrohd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

El maravilloso «Concierto para piano n.º 9» de W.A. #Mozart, conocido con el sobrenombre de «Jennamy», es una de las dos obras en este programa con la gran Maria João Pires, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo y #KazukiYamada desde Festival de Pâques. Puro deleite hoy: 22:50 🇦🇷🇵🇾🇺🇾 | 21:50 🇧🇴🇨🇱 | 20:50 🇨🇴🇪🇨.

Lauren Thompson (@lauren_tho4607) 's Twitter Profile Photo

14 September 1947 – Sam Neill, 78, NI-British New Zealand actor. My Brilliant Career * Omen III * Reilly, Ace of Spies * A Cry in the Dark * Dead Calm * The Hunt For Red October * The Piano * Event Horizon * Jurassic Park * Merlin * The Dish * Peaky Blinders * The Twelve (2022-)

14 September 1947 – Sam Neill, 78, NI-British New Zealand actor.

My Brilliant Career * Omen III * Reilly, Ace of Spies * A Cry in the Dark * Dead Calm * The Hunt For Red October * The Piano * Event Horizon * Jurassic Park * Merlin * The Dish * Peaky Blinders * The Twelve (2022-)
Medieval Military Medicine (@medmilmedicine) 's Twitter Profile Photo

At Castelo do Gato, not far from Lisbon, Sir Grimalkin fought a one man defence against the besieging rodent army - 14th century, British Library, Harley MS 6563, f. 72r

At Castelo do Gato, not far from Lisbon, Sir Grimalkin fought a one man defence against the besieging rodent army   -   14th century, British Library, Harley MS 6563, f. 72r
Loire Valley (@experienceloire) 's Twitter Profile Photo

In Chavignol, tucked into the hills near Sancerre, this quiet French hamlet is home to Crottin de Chavignol, a goat cheese with serious attitude. Aged or fresh, it’s earthy, bold and unmistakably local, one bite and you're in the Loire. #Bancdominical #sundaybench

In Chavignol, tucked into the hills near Sancerre, this quiet French hamlet is home to Crottin de Chavignol, a goat cheese with serious attitude. Aged or fresh, it’s earthy, bold and unmistakably local, one bite and you're in the Loire.
#Bancdominical #sundaybench
Berliner Philharmoniker (@berlinphil) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🎻 This coming week, Kirill Petrenko conducts Brahms's Symphony No. 1 with the Berliner Philharmoniker. digitalconcerthall.com/concert/54500?… Until then, enjoy this excerpt from Brahms's Variations on a Theme by Haydn, performed in 2023.

History of the day (@hist_of_the_day) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#OnThisDay September 14, 1752, the British Empire adopted the Gregorian calendar. To align with Europe, they skipped 11 days — September 2 was immediately followed by September 14! Many thought their lives had been “shortened.” Confusion reigned — some feared they had lost part

#OnThisDay September 14, 1752, the British Empire adopted the Gregorian calendar. To align with Europe, they skipped 11 days — September 2 was immediately followed by September 14! Many thought their lives had been “shortened.”

Confusion reigned — some feared they had lost part