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Delightful visit to the newly opened in London the #JaneAustenCentre

"This is a life and death story for the UK – so why is it being brushed under the carpet?"

Healthy Life Expectancy at Birth Plummeting. 📉

It is a hideous scandal that they can publish a chart as obvious as this and not even mention the words 'covid infections'.

Londesborough Hall demolished by the 6th Duke of Devonshire in 1818. His commitments to improving Chatsworth made it unaffordable and they had seldom visited it since 1753 when was inherited from the 3rd Earl of Burlington. Its footprint exposed by drought. The Duke donated several vases to Buxton

Something other than the news

Toad hides under the covers in bed. From "Spring" In *Frog and Toad Are Friends*

Toad was lying in bed.

He had pulled all the covers over his head.

Criminal records | 150 years of the Crime Museum - Museums Association This sensitively curated exhibition at London's Metropolitan Police Museum shines a light on the work of those who expose murderers and fraudsters

Review | Criminal records: 150 years of the Crime Museum 🚓

This sensitively curated exhibition at London's Metropolitan Police Museum shines a light on the work of those who expose murderers and fraudsters

Toad spurs on Frog, enraptured by the latter's ghost story. From "Shivers" In *Days with Frog and Toad*

“What happened then?” asked Toad.

Image of a burnt building in park land. Black and white, annotated.

#OTD 1913, suffragettes Lilian Lenton & Olive Wharry were arrested & charged with setting fire to the tea pavilion in Kew Gardens.

Learn more on this education resource: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/re...

#WomensHist #GenderHist #Suffragettes

Image: Bain Collection, Library of Congress

Yasaka Pagoda and Rickshaws at Night This evocative photograph captures the historic Yasaka Pagoda (Hōkan-ji Temple) towering over a narrow, lantern-lit street in the Higashiyama District of Kyoto. The pagoda, a celebrated symbol of the city, is brilliantly illuminated, casting a warm golden glow from its five tiered eaves against a dark, dramatic sky where a full moon peers through swirling clouds. In the foreground, the cobblestone street is occupied by traditional rickshaws (jinrikisha), with pullers and passengers silhouetted against the ambient light. Small floor lanterns line the path, their soft flickers reflecting off the dark wooden facades of the surrounding traditional buildings, creating a timeless scene that feels like a journey back into the Edo period.

Yasaka Pagoda (Hōkan-ji Temple) towering over a narrow, lantern-lit street in the Higashiyama District of Kyoto.
surechigai by ponkan. on Flickr.

The moat at the Bishop’s palace, Wells.
#photography #MoodyMonday #reflection #architecture #stronghold #fortification #dramaticlighting #Wells #CityofWells #England

A tired little Frog walks home in the rain. From "The Corner" In *Frog and Toad All Year*

“You must have been tired,” said Toad.

“I was tired,” said Frog, “and it started to rain.”

15 years ago today I arrived on Downing Street in a cage.
I've seen off Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak and I'm still going strong.
Only two Prime Ministers have ever done longer stints here: William Pitt the Younger and Sir Robert Walpole.
Bill and Bob - I'm coming for you...
(Photos AP)

a gentleman and lady in Victorian dress walk together with the spectre of a massive vampire bat looming behind the man Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1993) trade paperback reprinting Bram Stoker’s Dracula #2 (1992) art by Mike Mignola & John Nyberg.

Vlad Dracula and Wilhemina Murray by artists Mike Mignola and John Nyberg

Happy Valentine's Day

Barnsley has crossed some kind of line here. 😱

Cataloguing 8 pages of a talk someone gave their colleagues on the keeping of budgies. Work social events were wild in the 1950s. #MuseumDocumentation

Screenshot from Tumblr User hatingongodot: “In 1404, King Taejong fell from his horse during a hunting expedition. Embarrassed, looking to his left and right, he commanded, “Do not let the historian find out about this.” To his disappointment, the historian accompanying the hunting party included these words in the annals, in addition to a description of the king’s fall.“ LMFAOOOOOO rip to that guy User Shitacademicswrite: i thought maybe this was fake, but there’s even a citation! Taejong Sillok Book 7. 5th year of King Taejong’s Reign (1404), February 8.

Never forget the anniversary of King Taejong falling off his horse!

Gift of Miss Margaret H. Bronson, 1955

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Anything the Met Museum can do, we can do.... (and we're going to be honest here)...

...broken-er. 😬

Amazing design and objects for the #Samurai exhibition at the #BritishMuseum

James Leman 17th century pattern design.

“I saw everything,” said Frog. “You did very well by yourself.”

“I did not,” said Toad. “But there is one thing that I can do all by myself.”

“What is that?” asked Frog.

“I can go home,” said Toad. “Winter may be beautiful, but bed is much better.”

Being a tennis fan is literally crazy because what do you mean I have to watch another 5 hour match after just watching a 5 hour match

Grey Thursdays feel a little lighter with free good live music in a beautiful setting. So if you can, join the lunch time concerts by the City Music Society at St Bartholomew the Great. You'll feel rejuvenated. #Free #LiveMusic #CityofLondonChurches
www.citymusicsociety.org/Lunchtime.htm

I just selected a book from my bookshelf for my next read, instead of buying a new book.

Did any of you know this is possible? I had no idea.

Pieces of the Bayeux Tapestry stolen by a Nazi scientist during the occupation of France were recently returned. The small fragments were presented to the mayor of Bayeux on January 15.

The best–and most important–movie release this month in the UK is not Hamnet, it is The Voice Of Hind Rajab.

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I've just been to watch 'The Voice of Hind Rajab' at the cinema. The most difficult, most harrowing, and most important film I've ever watched, bar none.

Colourful cover of 1950 guide book The Romance of Kew: Where Flowers always bloom. Interior of Palm House with red hibiscus and snowy scene outside.

Open-the-flap of cover of guide, The Romance of Kew, reveals summer scene of the pagoda.

Charming open-the-flap cover of 1950 guide to Kew.
The wintery scene in the Palm House transforms to summer and a view of the Pagoda when the door opens. Truly, a garden for all seasons!