Snap!

WHAT??????????

What? WHAT????

Ooooh!

Friday Murder Time. And this week's story is a reminder of the sheer banality of greedy evil.

John Baker Bucknell, second of his name, was born near Creech in Somerset in 1837. His mother was rather sickly and he spent most of his time with his grandparents, John and Betsy Bucknell.

Small pond?

Putin: 73 years old
Trump: 79 years old
Netanyahu: 76 years old
Narendra Modi: 75 years old
Xi Jinping: 72 years old
Khamenei: 86 years old

The planet is run by elderly narcissists who think the world can't go on without them and have started a world war to prove themselves right.

Congratulations!

A beautiful yet pensive black and white cat is lying with her paws and chin resting on Legenda by Janina Ramirez.

@drjaninaramirez.bsky.social Betty approves of Legenda!

Part of a display in my classroom of awesome historians, the image shows Janina Ramirez and Estelle Paranque with pictures of them with me.

There are now two photos of @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social and myself on the "Awesome Historians" display in my classroom and one of myself and @estelleprnq.bsky.social.

I looked for this ALL MORNING and finally found it

WOULD YOU SURVIVE VICTORIAN INFANCY?

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(The hosting is very 2003, but I made it on Twine in 2021 and must shift to hosting it locally)

Sleet in Peterborough.

Best start to half term! Thank you @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social

That is a shame about the other place, but I will definitely visit the new one next time I am in Stamford.

If that is the cheese and gin shop, then yes!

"The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction."

~ Samuel Johnson

I'm so jealous! I love Baron Bigod.

I might go and take a look next weekend then. Thanks.

Understandable!

Oh wow! Is it visible from the road?

Yes, I found some drone footage on YouTube and there was the outline of tennis court.

Really? Excellent!

I was flabbergasted! My friend mentioned it to me as we drove by, so I insisted we go and have a look.

Barnwell Castle, round towers, in someones front garden!

So it turns out there is a castle just down the road from me in someone's front garden, so you can't visit, but I never knew this in over 20 years of living just down the road...

Really interesting talk by @estelleprnq.bsky.social at the Catherine of Aragon festival this morning. Thank you @historywithjackson.bsky.social for taking the photo!

Yes!

What???

A few days ago, I stood in the graveyard of an 1100 year old church, getting damper and damper in the drizzling rain.

A woman walked into the graveyard, waved, said hello, and, as we had previously arranged, handed me a paper bag full of human bones.

The life of a churchwarden is a strange one...

GATHER ROUND PEOPLE, I HAVE A SALUTARY TALE ON THE DANGERS OF THE VICTORIAN WAKE.