A horse-drawn omnibus from the 1890s. Two or three horses would pull them. Companies that ran them like London Omnibus had stables around the city to switch them out periodically.

David Suchet will always be Poirot...

Proud and honoured to be mentioned here! Alexandra Churchill ✌🏼⭐️⭐️ and the History Hack team restored my love of history, for which I am eternally grateful 🙏

This is me on one of my glass half full days 😂😂 Beth Moore Carolyn Day Dr. Nina E. Harkrader @nehbuildings.bsky.social Alina Nowobilska🇵🇱 Kate ✨️ Charlotte White🌈 kate 🤘🏼 @BLaxtonBass Beth Heather OBS 🇮🇪🇵🇱🇩🇰🇩🇪🔬🦠 Sam Jolley Give all of these lovely ladies a follow!

How fab does this event from The real Mortimer History Society look? An amazing line up of talks AND entry to the Tower for £40 (that’s like paying for the Tower and getting all this bonus for a tenner!). Details: tinyurl.com/4zscjr7k Annie Garthwaite The Tower of London Historic Royal Palaces Richard III Society

Wow!

When's the next flight?

I am at my wits end trying to find the other sock. Especially after two bourbons. Follow and like for a chance to win my orphaned Minnie Mouse sock. 😂😂

Cheese.

Couldn't have said it better.

⚠️COMPETITION! Elite Bistro vouchers can be used in any of our 7 sites 14 YEARS OF STICKY WALNUT BURNT TRUFFLE HISPI @WreckfishBistro PINION KALA The White Horse Pub & would make a wonderful Christmas present. RT for the chance to win lunch for two in all 7 🤞

Word, and as a society we don’t do enough for them when that violence leaves them in pieces.

We’ve been sitting on sharing this for a while. (Whilst frantically translating and having word count meltdowns) but it’s very exciting… thebookseller.com/rights/head-of… Nicolai Eberholst (Pike Grey 1914-1918) Iain_MacGregor1 (@iainmacgregor1.bsky.social) Head of Zeus

If you could recommend one B&W movie to a person who dislikes them, what would it be?

Places on Earth that don't look real - thread 🧵 1. Namibia, where the desert meets the ocean

True dat!

174 years ago there was a huge storm in northern Scotland, and it uncovered something strange. From beneath the soil emerged a perfectly preserved village older than the Pyramids, and it even had furniture. This is the 5,000 year old story of Skara Brae...

And...?

In Budapest, there is a fountain that looks like an open book, where at regular intervals a sheet of water curves to one side, creating the illusion of a page being turned.