Eat tapeworm eggs, lose weight: The terrifying Victorian practice whose myth refuses to die.
Women have long gone to extreme lengths to fit into their era’s beauty canon — let’s examine the truths and lies behind the supposed Ozemp…
#Beauty #Tapeworm #Health #Weightloss #Women #Victorians #History
Four victorian mountaineers
Can't help but feel that only one of these guys knew the camera was there.
And if anyone knows who these fine gentlemen are let us know - the back of this is just questions marks and (possibly) Ulrich Almer. #mountaineers #victorians
DYK #Victorians enjoyed #SoftPorn while subjecting the #HardCore to #censorship? This frontispiece is from Emile-H. Meyer’s (d.1893) ‘Paradoxe sur l’Amour”. A manacled, naked woman, manacled to a post has exotic blossoms spring from her crotch. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #HistSex
DYK #Victorians enjoyed #SoftPorn while subjecting the #HardCore to #censorship? This frontispiece is from Emile-H. Meyer’s (d.1893) ‘Paradoxe sur l’Amour”. A manacled, naked woman, manacled to a post has exotic blossoms spring from her crotch. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #HistSex
St. Mary Star of the Sea, a fine example of #GothicRevival #design built for the #Catholic population of #Hastings, an ancient #fishing town on the English south coast.
#EastSussex #Victorians #church #architecture #churchphotography #churchcrawling #SundayService
#Victorians and #Tasmanians get free public transport as state governments seek to ease surge in #fuel demand
Allan government says measure is temporary as energy shock from Middle East conflict sees #petrol_prices soar
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Completed in 1871, London's #RoyalAlbertHall is still one of the world's most prestigeous #music venues, last night's gathering a fundraiser by #britpop stalwarts #ELBOW for the marvellous T.C.T charity
@teenagecancertrust.bsky.social
#london #Victorians #culture #nightlife #icons #charity #cancer
Just a reminder that I’ll be appearing on Channel 5 today at 9.15pm, talking about Queen Victoria and the Groomsman: The Scandal that Nearly Brought Down the Empire #queenvictoria #victorians #victoria
St. Mary Higham, a #medieval church, once the parish church of #CharlesDickens now under care of the Churches Conservation Trust @visitchurches.bsky.social
#sunsetphotography #churchphotography #kent #church #archiitecture #churchcrawling #Victorians
I’ll be appearing on Channel 5 on Saturday 14 March at 9.15pm, talking about Queen Victoria and the Groomsman: The Scandal that Nearly Brought Down the Empire #queenvictoria #victorians #victoria
A freshly ploughed field with willow trees in the background displaying their bright-amber leaf buds.
Cooling, Kent uk. It's been a dull grey winter but springtime is finally starting to win. #CharlesDickens knew this landscape well, a regular at the local church.
#landscapephotography #englishlandscapes #countrylife #hoopeninsula #farming #kent #medway #winter #spring #willow #farming #Victorians
10 March- On this day in 1779 Frances Milton Trollope was born.
When her husband became indebted, Frances took to writing to support the family. Most famously she wrote 'Domestic Manners of the Americans'. It sharply criticised slavery and helped influence Harriet Beecher Stowe.
#Victorians
Ancient churchyard smothered with lilac crocus flowers amongst scattered memorial stones
St. John the Baptist churchyard, Erith uk. The #Victorians used burial grounds recreationally as public parks and gardens, explaining why so many are covered in flowers at this time of year.
#london #church #churchyard #publicpatk #spring #flowers #landscapephotography #urbanphotography
A Gothic Revival high arch window with stained glass inserts flanked by tall columns
West Window, Lincoln's Inn Library, London uk.
A Gothic Revival design by Phillip Hardwick opened by Queen Victoria in 1845 to house one of the oldest collections of legal manuscripts in the world.
#london #innsofcourt #lawandorder #gothicrevival #architecture #library #stainedglass #Victorians
This pretty little ca. 1900 #JohnRuskin #book features a #pastedown on the front cover. www.daveshootsbookseller.com/product/1660... #Booksky #SesameandLilies #Victorians #SocialHistory #philosophy #literature #OldBooks #PrettyBooks #LittleBooks
On #BNA is a publication called Pick-me-up (1901). There is a great set of cartoons showing types of the #MusicHall. I am also pretty sure the cartoonist also drew for the infamous illustrated Photo-Bits #Edwardians #Victorians #CartoonHistory
An amazing piece in the 1879 edition of Leisure Hour: Caution to Widows and Widowers
#victorians #scam #history #books
The book The Small House at Allington opened with the Companion to Trollope by Richard Mullen with James Munson over stretched legs covered by a wool blanket
The same books showing the detail on top of the Companion where we can see a faded stamp of penguins
This companion has been invaluable during my reading of the the Chronicles of Barsetshire
#Books #Trollope #VictorianLiterature #Victorians #Reading 📚💙
Charles Darwin born #OTD 12 February 1809. Of course there were many views (and PUNCH cartoons) of Darwin, like this one by George du Maurier from 1871 #DarwinDay #science #evolution #Victorians
Charles Darwin was born #OTD 12 February 1809, best known for his book 'On the Origin of Species', published in 1859, which introduced his theory of natural selection. He and he featured in many PUNCH cartoons, this one by Linley Sambourne 1882 #DarwinDay #Victorians #science #evolution #STEM
What would the Bronte sisters made of the new film of 'Wuthering Heights'? PUNCH cartoon by Michael ffolkes (Brian Davis) 1965 #moors #Yorkshire #wind #literature #literary #books #classics #authors #writers #women #Victorians
Voices of the #Victorians analyzed in new research about northern accent development
phys.org/news/2026-01...
via @phys.org.web.brid.gy
#language #dialect #history #england #langsky
Everything about this 2008 #FolioSociety #book about the #Victorians is gorgeous: #cloth binding with #ArtNouveau pattern decorated with #gilt, #colour #illustrations and #photos, and a #pictorial #slipcase. $50. #Booksky #ANWilson #giftworthy #prettybooks #history #SocialHistory #England
We can learn a lot from the Victorians. When it comes to environmental awareness in the face of technological advancement, we should pay attention.
#environment #environmentSky #Victorians #digitalcivics #TechEthics #History
www.digitalcivics.org/2021/04/22/2...
Studying the Victorians? At Peterborough Museum KS2 – KS4 students can experience Victorian Medicine.
The sessions provide a unique insight into medical history in that era with lots of hands-on activities.
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@PboroMuseum #Victorians #History #Education
Explore the world of the #Victorians w/ me & #StanfordContinuingStudies. Starts Monday! Online 5 wk course Dets at continuingstudies.stanford.edu/courses/libe...
#England #QueenVictoria
A black and white photograph of author Lewis Carroll.
On this day in 1898 Lewis Carrol passed away from pneumonia.
He was best known for writing books such as 'Alice In Wonderland'. In his spare time Carroll was a mathematician.
#OnThisDay #LewisCarroll #AliceInWonderland #Authors #Victorians #BookSky
New post on my blog - a review of true crime documentary 'Lucy Worsley's Victorian Murder Club', about the Thames Torso Murders.
Substack: tudorblogger.substack.com/p/media-revi...
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#tudorblogger #victorians #lucyworsley #history #truecrime
To #Victorians suffering in these dreadful bushfires, and to the brave souls in the #SES #Police #Ambos et al, who are working around the clock to keep them safe. All of #Australia is with you, in your time of need!
P.S. Rumour has it that #Morrison and #Frydenberg are coming to shake a few hands!
🌻hey #Victorians -how are you doing tonight with everything going on around us right now? It’s 9:40pm,gone down to 23c, I’ve got a bit of thunder & lightning about & I’m just thinking about all the #bushfires currently burning🙁Feeling just useless.Hope it starts pouring tonight 💛😊 #Australia #fires
