An impact of the Vagrancy Act of 1824 In June 1824 there was an ever increasing number of homeless and poor in England and Wales which led to the passing of the following Act, The Vagrancy Act.  The Act stated that: Every petty chapman…

From the archives of All Things Georgian, 'An impact of the Vagrancy Act of 1824' - wp.me/p3JTNy-6Zx #MondayBlogs

Join me for ramble through 2000 years of culture and history in Spitalfields at the heart of old London followed by tea and cakes freshly baked to recipe of 1720 served in a 300 year old house. thegentleauthorstours.com

I thought we could make this costume our library uniform.

Yes that’s the one. Oh yes it’s not that usual is it. Very few of theatre & Music Hall venues for similar reasons isn’t it.
The few I’ve seen of C19th Circus tent interiors are misted by pipe smoke 😂😊

Wonderful! Yet extremely disturbing 😳

The Roman ruin under a shopping centre trapdoor The King's Bastion in Gloucester is reopening for the first time since 2019.

The Roman ruin under a shopping centre trapdoor. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A picture of a rather dilapidated copy of "The picture of Dorian Gray" There is visible water damage to the cover and the plastic cover is yellowing. Obviously, not evident from the picture but there is a truly foul musty smell emanating from it!

Last week, a gentleman returned this rather dilapidated copy of this famous book to us after 50 years. He had found it in his attic!
Presumably this means there is a pristine copy somewhere in our libraries....

New blog post about Kate Castleton intothelimelight.org. Early music hall performer. Married a forger - twice! @musichallsociety.bsky.social #MusicHall #musichall

Music Hall & Variety Day 2026 is on its way — and this year's theme is #Seaside.
Saturday 16th May. Save the date.
#MusicHallVarietyDay #MHVD2026 #BritishMusicHallSociety

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The Crime Writers' Association Daggers 2026 Longlist The Emerging Author Dagger sponsored by Fiction Feedback Nida Broughton Murder on the Moon Emma Byrne Murder on the IPS Cariad Rod Cookson Ill Met by Murder Sophia Georghiou The Man Who Fit the Case Chris Gill The Desolate City Kate Koester Just a Simple Wedding Joyanna Lovelock Cordelia’s Chocolate Fix Lorna Mathew The Fixer Rebecca McFarland The Madam of Morningside Michael Nikitin Blind Side of the Sun Jude Simms Dead in the Water Melissa Smith The Pattern of Absence

I wrote Murder on the Cariad because I longed to read more scifi meets cosy crime. I've had so much fun building a world, and playing with my imaginary friends. This is the icing on the cake!

I want to read all 12: especially Murder on the Moon and Blind Side of the Sun.

Nerd-er Mystery FTW

Calls for research funding from the Royal Historical Society: May to June 2026 - RHS The Society currently invites applications for the following five schemes — open to historians at a range of career stages — with closing dates between 8 May and 5 June 2026. For further information o...

Research funding for historians: the Society currently invites applications for 5 grant programmes: to support individual and project-based research by historians across a range of career stages bit.ly/4vzzNeB.

Closing dates for eligible applicants fall between 8 May and 5 June 2026 #Skystorians

Bristol Museum staff ‘devastated’ by loss of irreplaceable collection The 600 objects from a historical collection in Bristol were of

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #museums

Grimaldi Jug.
Elsmore & Forster.
Staffordshire, c1860
Brought to you by The Legz Akimbo Theatre Company 😂 🤡

Soooo Leigh Bowery
@Harris Preston Museum

Morning all 😻

Fascinating piece on forgotten pronouns… www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...

Hookland has a long tradition of winged-dogs known as Feorhunds. Even the stone representations of them have a reputation for unbidden climbing and flying. Some say the nets hung around St. Agatha at Belford Darrow are to counter their proclivities for zooming around its tower.

Morning all 🥰

Paris has changed 🤣

We support this campaign to stop developers demolishing Gipsy Hill's historic, local pub, the Railway Bell. Please object to the planning application by 11th April. Full info on how to quickly mask your object here: railwaybellfriends.org

📷 CAMRA

The development of the British Museum, our greatest Greek Revival monument, spans the Georgian, Victorian + Edwardian ages. Steven Brindle, published widely on the history of architecture, considers Smirke’s design, the ideology that produced it, and its strange later history.
Book: bit.ly/41XfOJe

A woman wearing a pink jumper is holding a copy of a book in front of her to display the cover. She looks happy.

Great excitement in the #HistParl office as our research fellow Dr Naomi Lloyd-Jones gets her hands on a print copy of her special issue of Parliamentary History. It's currently free to access online here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17500206...

Pages from "The Last Voyage" by Annie Lady Brassey, published posthumously in 1889. Madai Cave, Malaysia 14.4.1887.

Sunbeam, Madai Cave, #Malaysia 14.4.1887. "The mists were still lying in solid white masses in the valleys and between the mountain peaks; but the small densely wooded islets that dotted the bay were mirrored in its unruffled surface. The scene was altogether most picturesque..." #Brassey #1880s

CFP: ‘CATERING FOR PEOPLE’S DESIRES AND NEEDS IN THE MUSIC HALL’ – The 3rd British Music Hall Society Conference
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Seating chart: Leo Vincey, Catherine Earnshaw, Van Helsing, Jane Eyre, The Signalman, Mina Harker, Charles Darwin, Anne Bronte, Anna Sewell, Beatrix Potter, Dr Seward, Dr Jekyll (Mr Hyde by pudding), Marian Halcombe, Wilkie Collins (who would propose to MH by coffee), Sarah Bernhardt, Count Fosco, Napoleon Sarony, Lady Audley, Quincey Morris, Rosalie Murray. Sherlock Holmes declined and is now hiding at home with all the lights off. ME Brandon sadly declines. She has a deadline to meet.

⭐️ The results are in!! My wonderful hons class have made their choices for dream Victorian Popular Fiction dinner party.

Who are you adding and where are you sitting?! #c19th

The Victorian Short Story: Influence, Innovation and Legacy An Online VPFA Study Day Co-organised by Dr Graziella Stringos and Dr Philippa St. George Keynote Speakers: Dr Jen Baker, and Dr Victoria MargreeFriday 17th – Saturday 18th April REGISTRATION…

Come and join the chatter on *The Victorian Short Story: Influence, Innovation and Legacy*, a free Online Study Day by the Victorian Popular Fiction Association
Friday 17th – Saturday 18th April

Keynote Speakers: Dr Jen Baker, and Dr Victoria Margree
victorianpopularfiction.org/the-victoria...

We’re aware of a recent increase in automated spam and account compromises on @bsky.app. We’re actively removing violating content, banning violating users, and working to restore impacted accounts to their rightful owners.

Copeman, Gardener, Yarmouth by John Dempsey from the eighteen-twenties reproduced courtesy of Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery. spitalfieldslife.com/2026/03/22/j...

We recently visited @abdnartmuseums.bsky.social to explore the exhibition, 'Works on Paper: Women Artists.'

Watch the full episode 👉 https://youtu.be/T82CrP5TTsU?si=HT43idh7wscdTKgR

'Sun Circles and Clouds,' 1978, pencil on paper by Bet Low (1924–2007) © the artist's estate.

Donate to Blue Plaque to honour Bill Richmond and Tom Molyneaux, organized by Black History Walks 200 years ago African-Americans, Bill Richmond and Tom Moline… Black History Walks needs your support for Blue Plaque to honour Bill Richmond and Tom Molyneaux

Black History Walks have campaigned and received permission to have a blue plaque installed on the National Gallery in Central London for Molineaux and Richmond. It's not cheap, and fundraising isn't quite there yet. Every little bit helps, thank you:

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