Two knights in the Battle of the Virtues and the Vices, an allegorical 15th Century wall painting at Kingston, Cambridgeshire, a church which seems to be many people's favourite in the county. It's certainly top ten for me. 1/3
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The 'Bayeux Tapestry of England'.
All Saints Church, Claverley, houses a remarkable 13th-century wall painting of over 15 metres. Its rare depiction of knights makes it unique in Britain. Thought to show the battle of Vices and Virtues, it is truly remarkable.
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Portrait of a man all in fashionable black, 1550. Looks so good against white marble! By Paolo Veronese, d. OTD 1588.
View of the dining table and chairs in the Dining Room at Chartwell. This room has a low ceiling and lots of windows, the room is brightly lit with fantastic views.
A red walled room with book cases, a table with books on and a large framed painting on the wall.
The Gothic Boudoir, Castle Ward. View of the plastered, fan-vaulted ceiling & the ogival windows in the Gothic-revival style favoured by the 1st Lady Bangor in the 1760s. The room is decorated in shades of white and pink. The walls have framed pictures and a large circular mirror. Furniture includes pink sofas, wooden chairs , table and desk
A rustic looking bothy with flaking blue paint on the walls, a green door and various pieces of gardening equipment in view
Imagine you could spend the day in one of these spaces.
Would you be hosting a dinner party at Churchill's Chartwell, penning a poem in the Tower Writing Room at Sissinghurst, relaxing in the boudoir at Castle Ward, or in Calke's gardeners bothy?
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This image shows a page from the Fountains Abbey Bestiary, a medieval manuscript likely produced in North Yorkshire, England, between 1325 and 1350.
This page from the Fountains Abbey Bestiary, probably created in North Yorkshire around 1325–1350, is folio 10v. Written in Latin on vellum, the manuscript contains over 100 line drawings of animals and people. Here, a coot perches in an oak, a kingfisher turns its head, and
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Now that everyone is talking about Hungary, may I point out that the *really* interesting phase of Hungarian history - the ‘great power in the region’ phase - came before the early modern period? Here’s the book on the subject that I edited 25 years ago; still readily accessible and fairly priced. 😉
Not all Edwardian castles in North Wales built in the late C13 were royal ones. In the Welsh Marches barons built great castles. These include, Hawarden, Holt and Ruthin. The latest project we are co-funding is on the Ruthin, built by Reginald de Grey: castlestudiestrust.org/blog/2026/04...
A limewashed white building, with grey stone slate roof, standing on a promontory affording a view of the surrounding landscape.
Look at that promontory it's standing on! Look at the view it commands. Hmm.
I’m so fascinated by unexploded ordnance. I definitely chose the wrong career. (I’ve written about it in Ch 2 of my book)
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The image shows the body of Richard II being transported in a covered horse-drawn wagon. Following his death at Pontefract Castle in 1400, his body was brought to London to prove he was truly dead and to prevent any rumors of his survival from fuelling rebellion.
"I have been studying how I may compare
This prison where I live unto the world..."
— Richard II, Act V, Scene 5
It is set in Pomfret (Pontefract) Castle, where the deposed king is imprisoned. The account of his death is from Shakespeare's imagination. The famous soliloquy
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Driving down the coast of north east Scotland today and I can see why Joan Eardley was so inspired by the often wild rugged beauty of the place when she was living in Catterline. This even looks like one of her paintings!
Modernist painting of a women with a 1920s hairstyle sitting wrapped in an embroidered cloak. The cloak is blue with a red and green pattern. The background is a light purple-y blue
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'The Embroidered Cloak' by Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell (1883–1937) 📸 Ferens Art Gallery
Life-size Angels
The memorial to William Kerr, 8th Marquess of Lothian (d.1870), at St Andrew, Blickling (Norfolk), is the work of G. F. Watts. A painter turned sculptor, Watts produced both the recumbent effigy and the life-size standing angels. It is large, eye-catching, and unmistakably his.
Just getting as far away as possible from the old folks that can barely climb the stairs, but still look censorious.
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Scale model of Saturn on the Trans Pennine Path, north of Naburn, North Yorkshire, 2 April 2026.
Saturn is the size of a football, its rings at a tilt, and most of the colour worn away. Weather patterns. It's part of a scale model of the Solar System. The scale is 1:575,872,239. Size and distance. The model is spread out along 6.4 miles of the trail. I've missed Jupiter. Almost a mile back. 42/
Halberd (ca. 1510–20) by unknown.
Halberd (ca. 1510–20)
Creator: unknown
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No. Kipper pate on toast. And a glass of sauvignon blanc.
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This week @artukdotorg #OnlineArtExchange is all about Ancient art for 'Gladiators of Britain & Uncovering Roman Carlisle: Where Worlds Met' at @tulliecarlisle
Our very own Stromness Museum holds many beautiful ancient artworks including this Peruvian Chimú blackware vessel from c. mid 15th cent.
Section of tapestry depicting several people seated around a curved table, eating. In the centre sits Bishop Odo, with a whole fish on the table in front of him.
Scene from the Bayeux Tapestry, depicting Bishop Odo of Bayeux (who likely commissioned the tapestry) eating a whole fish.
Probably alluding to the biblical Last Supper, it may also show how fish was prepared and eaten at the time.
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