#FridayFeeling Some of the #hedgerow delights in rural #Worcestershire today: hawthorn, red dead-nettle, garlic mustard, white nettle

Thinking very much about Máire Ní Bhraonain today, her funeral day. Heartbroken 💔 My thoughts and prayers for her and her family, friends, and all who loved her.

Absolute Units podcast - The Museum of English Rural Life Come for the big sheep. Stay for the history of rural England and its people.

New Absolute Units is out now! We're joined by the fantastic author and campaigner @guyshrubsole.bsky.social to explore the question: who owns England? We travel as far back as the Norman conquest, through to the Tudors, Brexit, and right up to the present day.

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Great talk last night @thehiveworcs.bsky.social given by Angie Butler tinyurl.com/fzmd6fjt on letterpress, embodied practice, collaboration: artists making & printing books

So shocked and saddened to hear this. Moya had such a magical voice and was a beautiful harpist. I saw Clannad in Bath on their farewell tour in 2021, although hooked since Robin of Sherwood & ‘Legend’. My prayers for her and her family at this sorrowful time. May she RIP. ☘️

Tickets now on sale for what will be a fascinating two-day conference in June! #ArtHouse #ritual #folklore #wellbeing @worcesteruni.bsky.social
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Glen Baxter – RIP British cartoonist Glen Baxter has passed away. Glen Baxter March 4, 1944 – March 29, 2026 From WePresent in 2020 comes a wonderful account of the life and times of Glen Baxter by Liv Sidall: Confusin...

Just found out Glen Baxter has died and am feeling very sad. Have loved his work since I was a student in the 1980s. What a genius he was.

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@uoearchhist.bsky.social @ukri.org

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Really engaging afternoon in the #archaeology dept @exeter.ac.uk as part of the @UKRI #RICHeS programme #HeritageScience is a gateway to various understandings of material culture! Fascinating to hear about the @prizepapers.bsky.social, and all the science!

Had a fantastic time last night at the 1986-1989 Year Gaudy. So great to be back @lincoln.ox.ac.uk and meet up with old acquaintances!

Submissions are open for the 2026 Stephen Croad Prize, celebrating outstanding research and writing on the UK’s historic buildings. Contributions on building conservation and heritage crafts are also encouraged.

🔗 Full details hbap.org.uk/2026-stephen...

Sign the Petition Support Rights for the River Severn, Wyre Forest

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Is there a Labour Watch / Conservative Watch / Green Party Watch too? Accountability, openness, “discrepancies between so-called policies, promises, and things said” and what actually happens, applies to all parties. Frankly, I trust none of them.

Worcester's record-breaking female aviator A pair of researchers are on a mission to make Sheila Scott a household name.

I’m sure my library colleague, Tom Mandall, & Jasmine Kee from Explore the Past, have had a fab evening tonight delivering this talk. Wish I could’ve been there! #Worcester www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#MuseumOfCarpet #Kidderminster
Come along & support this fabulous museum!

I would be so ashamed to use generative AI, here’s why Generative AI (“genAI”) is not harm-free and I do not think the benefits outweigh the harm in its current iteration. I compiled my thoughts about genAI here to keep all the cited sources straight and ...

You'll find a truly mammoth list of other GenAI issues (with examples and links) on @skwinnicki.bsky.social's site, here:

www.skwinnicki.com/single-post/...

Four-armed St. Brigid’s Cross with a whirl made by 1. Neu-Kelte ©

#FolkloreSunday #Celtic: `Imbolc is associated with the onset of the lambing season, and the lactation of ewes; in fact, in Old Irish, #Imbolc actually comes from words meaning ‘in the belly’, which refers to the pregnancy of ewes.`
Source: aliisaac.substack.com/

Deborah Cameron obituary Linguist, feminist activist and author of influential books on how language can shape gendered experiences

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Love the amulet! #apotropaia

What a fascinating and thoughtful history of Merl and the University. So many things we didn’t know - all entertainingly discussed. Fascism and organic farming, who’d a thunk it! Never did get to dress up in printers’ aprons or artists’ smocks, though.

So pleased to see this! Martin Froy’s work is so fantastic. I’ve seen his murals @belgradetheatre.bsky.social #Coventry Just stunningly beautiful! @aaronjlaw.bsky.social

Neither doorway nor corbels mentioned in the (1958 - presumably influenced by Pevsner’s disregard for the Romanesque) HE listing!

Church of SS Peter & Paul, Rock, Worcs #romanesque corbels on N side & also where main doorway is. Several paired corbels, a few animals & possibly some human representations. A few of those ‘not arrow-sharpening’ grooves on the lower walls, too.

New book about natural dyes for education and colour experimentation - University of Lapland In January 2026 a new book Natural dyes for education and colour experimentation, was published by the University of Lapland and Colour4CRAFTS, a research consortium funded by EU-Horizon.

Fascinating new book, available as OA: ulapland.fi/en/new-book-...

Great day yesterday setting up the new #basketball display cabinet @ #UniversityofWorcesterArena, ready for the #NationalBasketballHeritageCollection (NBHC) celebration event today! The main NBHC is held #TheHive #Worcester

Update! Alongside the exhibition @senatehouselib.bsky.social also seeks to appoint a Printer in Residence to produce a contemporary response to the exhibition and to be an important part of the public engagement programme for the project: www.london.ac.uk/senate-house... @ies-sas.bsky.social

Oh dear! How sad.

Rosebud: The Winnie-the-Pooh special Podcast Episode · Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth · 20/01/2026 · 1h

#winniethepooh is 100 years old! As a child living in #Brixham in the 1960s/‘70s I used to frequent ‘Christopher Robin’s’ bookshop (The Harbour Bookshop) in Dartmouth. It felt very special. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...

I've known and worked with Daisy Fancourt (Professor of Psychobiology and Epidemiology at UCL), for years, and she has just published a book called 'Art Cure'.

Amongst other things she demonstrates just how good 'art' is for our mental AND physical health. Engaging regularly with the arts...

Culturally significant objects stolen from Bristol Archives - Museums Association Police release CCTV of suspects in robbery of more than 600 British Empire artefacts

News | Culturally significant objects stolen from Bristol Archives

Police release CCTV of suspects in robbery of more than 600 British Empire artefacts