We are sorry to learn of the deaths of two leading historians and Fellows of the Society this month: Lord Robert Skidelsky (1939-2026), economic historian and biographer of Keynes bit.ly/4e1mcqa #Skystorians
And Dame Averil Cameron (1940-2026), historian of the Byzantine empire bit.ly/4ex8POD #Skystorians
As World Creativity Day ends, the creativity doesn’t 🎨✨Draw on our chalkboard, follow a Draw with Rob video, stick up a post it or get sketching in our Rob Biddulph exhibition.
At St Albans Museum + Gallery until 20 September 💛
📸 @stephaniebelton.bsky.social
#WorldCreativityDay #StAlbansMuseums
A 'Welcome to the History and Archives Practice' conference sign on a door.
Last week we hosted the History and Archives in Practice annual conference #HAP26 and what an incredible day we had!👏
This year's theme 'Shaping Societies, Improving Lives' was explored through panels, workshops and a showcase of archive services and projects all over the UK...
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Pages and map from "The Last Voyage" by Annie Lady Brassey, published posthumously in 1889. Java Sea 21.4.1887.
Sunbeam, Java Sea, 21.4.1887. "Muriel's birthday...At 7pm the ship was put before the wind in order to let Neptune on board, after which the ceremony of crossing the line was carried out...We could watch the flames of the tar-barrel in which Neptune was suppose to have embarked..." #Brassey #1880s
First record of the Tibetan Woolly Flying Squirrel, Eupetaurus tibetensis Jackson et al., 2021 (Rodentia, Sciuridae, Pteromyini), from eastern Nepal checklist.pensoft.net/articles.php...
This week's #TwentiesTuesday garment is this elegant pink chiffon beaded dress with an attached belt.
It was retailed by the Young Quinlan Co of Minneapolis, founded by D. Young and Elizabeth Quinlan in 1894. The Goldstein Museum of Design collection. #fashionhistory
We are looking at a painting of St Liphardus - a 6th-century lawyer, hermit and abbot in Meung-sur-Loire near Orléans, France. He is wearing bishops clothing including a surplus and mitre and is holding a crook. On a lead is a small knee high green and blue dragon.
We’re very sorry sir but you cannot bring your emotional support dragon in here.
"(1) Earl De La Warr playing in the Open Mixed Foursomes at Cooden Beach on Saturday.
(2) Contrasts in outfits."
Bexhill Observer 21.4.1934. #Cooden #Bexhill #Sussex #Golf #History #1930s
A Gray-collared Chipmunk standing on a broken tree branch. The tree branch is largely vertical. The chipmunk has more gray fur than normally seen on chipmunks, with a large patch of it over the upper body. The rest of the flank is reddish brown. It has two prominent white stripes along the head and white stipes down its back. Its tail is dark gray and reddish-brown. Text: Rodentia - Sciuridae Neotamias cinereicollis Gray-collared Chipmunk J Hall ASM - MIL
#RodentOfTheDay Gray-Collared Chipmunk (Neotamias cinereicollis)
"Distribution: East central Arizona along Mogollon rim to central New Mexico.
Status: Least Concern (IUCN)"
Ph/Inf: www.mammalogy.org/gray-collare...
500 years ago #OnThisDay the Mughal Empire arrived in India with the First Battle of Panipat.
The two 16th-century battles of Panipat are little known in the West. But they were pivotal in establishing Mughal rule.
🔓 This archive article is free for 7 days
www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...
A young girl takes part in an object handling session trying to identify which are pieces of pottery and which are stones.
We're delighted to be running a free drop-in session for home schooled children aged 7 to 11 next month! Focusing on Roman Britain there'll be the opportunity for objects handling, a talk on Roman Cambridge, and the chance to identify Roman pottery sherds. 1/2
📸 Image credit: My Linh Le, 2025.
Our Partners at the Thames Festival Trust are advertising for a Heritage Project Manager. Could this be you? thamesfestivaltrust.org/about-us/joi...
Page and map from "A Voyage in the Sunbeam" by Annie Lady Brassey, published in 1878. Red Sea 21.4.1877.
Sunbeam, Red Sea, 21.4.1877. "Hotter & still hotter every day...This being Muriel's fifth birthday, Mabelle & the doctor & the men have been arranging a surprise...On a throne covered with the Union Jack, Muriel was seated, the two pugs being on footstools on either side..." #Brassey #History #1870s
Bandstand, De La Warr Parade, Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex c.1895. #Bexhill #Sussex #Seaside #Holiday #History #1890s
Black and white photo showing 5 women, 4 of whom are wearing nurses uniforms, sat at a table. The table has a teapot and cups laid out on it
Happy #NationalTeaDay! 🫖
Here's a wonderful photo of a tea party held on board the French hospital Ship, the Sphinx, as a thank you for nurses from the Scottish Women's Hospitals. #WW1 #HistNursing
21 April AD 121 – Hadrian celebrates Rome's 874th birthday with circus games. #NatalediRoma 🐺
followinghadrian.com/2021/04/21/2...
The British Academy Book Prize rewards outstanding books in the humanities and social sciences that combine original thinking, high-quality research and exceptional storytelling.
Discover more about our upcoming prize through the link below 👇
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/british-acad...
Former Odeon Cinema, Morecambe - William Calder Robson for Harry Weedon and Partners, 1937 Image © Philip Butler
Odeon Cinema, Morecambe - William Calder Robson for Harry Weedon and Partners, 1937 Image © John Maltby
NEWS: The former Odeon Cinema in Morecambe (1937), now a hardware and bathroom supply shop, has been Grade II listed following support from C20 Society.
The Streamlined Moderne style cinema was one of 7 designed for Odeon by architect William Calder Robson; 3 of which survive, all are now listed.
FACT OF THE DAY. 21 April 1926. Elizabeth II was born in 17 Bruton Street, London. She reigned from 6 February 1952 until 8 September 2022. She was the longest-lived and longest-reigning British monarch. She was also the longest-serving female head of state in world history. #Elizabeth100
Paula Barker with sign saying ‘just ask could it be sepsis?’
Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that can arise from any infection. It claims 11 million lives globally every year, including 48,000 in the UK. Yet, if caught quickly, sepsis is often treatable.
Please take 5 minutes to get #SepsisSavvy!
sepsistrust.org/support-us/campaigns/sepsis-savvy/
Thanks to @mpsheritage.bsky.social I think I may have identified an original Sylvia Pankhurst artwork. Altho' for licensing agreement the pic below isn't the original - but to unravel the mystery read on...
womanandhersphere.com/2026/04/17/s...
An aisle of deep empty grey shelves, with a window and scaffolding in the distance.
Last year we upgraded to a gallery double the size of our old one. That old store has just been fitted out as a store, but its shelves won't stay this empty for long ... #ArchiveStorage #Archive30
Mosaic depicting a wolf with what appears to be a large grin on its face. Two children (Romulus and Remus) stand underneath the wolf.
Happy birthday Rome! According to Roman tradition, Romulus founded the city #OnThisDay in 753 BC.
Here's a mosaic of Romulus's early years being raised by a wolf (who had a great smile) #BeforeTheyWereFamous
📷 @followinghadrian.bsky.social / CC BY-SA 2.0
🏺 #Archaeology
The lighter is a dark silver metal with flowers and foliage embossed on it.
Bismarck lighter given by a German sailor to a British seaman who saved him when the Royal Navy sank the battleship on 27/05/1941.
#Bexhill #Bismarck #WW2
💥 A Whole Lot of History 💥
📰 Tiberius carved as Pharaoh on newly-discovered stele 🏛
📰 Unexploded mortar shell from the Battle of Culloden unearthed 💣
📰 C6th Runic Gold Pendant found in Gotland Flowerbed 🏅🌷
📰 Northern Norway's Sutton Hoo ⛵️
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Opening showing frontispiece and red and black title page of 'Der Neue Gulliver', Hamburg, 1731
A German translation of a fake sequel to Gulliver's Travels, one of the books on display in our current exhibition 'Gulliver 300' celebrating Jonathan Swift's masterpiece. We're open 9.30-5.00pm Tuesday to Friday and 10am-5.00pm on Saturday #Exhibition #GulliversTravels
We’re proud to announce that we're an official Fossil Festival Supporter of the 2026 Lyme Regis Fossil Festival through one of our Curry Fund awards
The GA and colleagues from @rockwatch.bsky.social will be attending the festival on both days, based in the Lister Gardens Marquees on Marine Parade
Remembering former electrical engineer Harold Emmott, only child of Walter and Louisa Ann Emmott, who died on this day in 1922 at the age of 35.
Pages and map from "The Last Voyage" by Annie Lady Brassey, published posthumously in 1889. Makassar, Sulawesi 20.4.1887.
Sunbeam #Makassar #Sulawesi 20.4.1887. "There were eight or ten weapons I should dearly like to possess. However, it proved to be hopeless to attempt to drive a bargain...succeeded in buying me a few spears, kreises, and baskets from Celebes, Sumbawa, and Bali..." #Brassey #Travel #History #1880s