Lizzy Sharpe

View along the nave of St. Wendreda’s Church, March, showing the magnificent medieval angel roof with carved wooden angels soaring above the slender stone arcades.

🚴John Betjeman said that it was worth cycling 40 miles in a headwind to see them.
🪽The early C16th Angel Roof at St Wendreda in Cambs is adorned with over 100 oaken angels.

Text on image which reads: I asked my husband to get over his obsession with whether the Record of John was an alto or tenor solo. And he answered, no.

And now he crieth in the wilderness.

A model of a hovercraft with blue and red branding showing Hover Speed written on the back. The hovercraft is displayed on fabric to look like the sea, and is placed among other historic models of ships in the background

#OnThisDay, October 1st 2000, the last hovercraft arrived in Dover having made its final cross Channel journey. A hovercraft first landed in #Dover on 25th July 1959 after crossing the Channel in two hours.

A 19th century watercolour painting of the Granville Dock at Dover Harbour with people and docked vessels. Painted from the York Hotel, it shows Custom House Quay, Strond Street and Snargate Street. The spires of Holy Trinity Church in Strond Street are also visible. In the foreground is the remains of a wooden boat hull, and there are cliffs in the background

Today is #WorldMaritimeDay. Pictured is a #watercolour of Granville Dock at #Dover Harbour in 1843 by S.J. Mackie (1823-1902) from Dover Museum's collection. Mackie’s work included a custom’s official, a civil engineer, an antiquarian, a fossil enthusiast and geological editor.

A watercolour illustration with details emphasized in black ink. St Mary of Charity's spire emerges behind overground trees. The church is lit up by the evening sun. In the foreground is a stone archway and wooden gate.

Illustration of St Mary of Charity, #Faversham

#illustration #church #churchcrawling

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Refugee Riots – Salience and Storytelling

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Write the book you would like to see someone pull from a higgledy piggledy pile in a secondhand shop 63 years after your death and say, "This looks fucking weird. I think I will buy it for Joan."

Happy #BeardDay

Yesterday we spent the day with Aerial Imaging South East undertaking a drone survey of Lenham Church and Tithe Barn!

Check out our previous models on our website: www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/models

This is an ongoing project to make digital records of all of Kent's churches.

A photograph of Thomas William Burgess in the sea with a cup taking a drink. The edge of a supporting boat can be seen on the left. The caption on the bottom states: "Burgess Channel Swim: I want Bovril, not this"

Hot Bovril, anyone? ☕

On this day, in 1911, Thomas William Burgess started his 18th attempt at #swimming the Channel. Burgess set off from South Foreland in #Dover at 11:15am. The following day he arrived in France at 9:50am to become the second person to successfully swim the English Channel.

I know I buy too many books but I like to think that lining the walls of my house with them warns off evil in some deeply important way.

Note from my notebook (2017).

A watercolour sketch with black ink to emphasise outlines and details. The scene is of Sandwich in the foreground is a river and field. In the background are a series of buildings including a windmill and a church.

#September

A watercolour and ink sketch of #Sandwich from 1888 by John Lewis Roget (1828–1908).

A watercolour illustration with details emphasized in black ink. St Mary of Charity's spire emerges behind overground trees. The church is lit up by the evening sun. In the foreground is a stone archway and wooden gate.

Illustration of St Mary of Charity, #Faversham

#illustration #church #churchcrawling

A black and white photograph of a head of a sculpture of the head and chest of Captain Webb on top of a memorial with a dedication plaque. There is a wreath laid in front of the plinth. The statue is situated in gardens in front of a large building called the Hotel Burlington.

A small off white card ticket. The text reads: Unveiling of the national memorial to Captain Matthew Webb, at Dover, Wednesday, June 8th, 1910. Admit to enclosure

#OnThisDay, in 1875, Captain Matthew Webb started his Channel swim diving from the Admiralty Pier in #Dover just before 1pm. 21 hours and 45 minutes later he arrived in France. He was the first person recorded to successfully complete a solo swim of the English Channel.
#CaptainMatthewWebb

A watercolour colour illustration of Captain Matthew Webb. He has blonde short hair and a large moustache. He is wearing a white buttoned shirt and two medals.

We've been celebrating Captain Matthew Webb's 150th anniversary swim of the English Channel @dovermuseum.bsky.social
#OnThisDay in 1875 Webb set off from Dover. 21 hours 45 minutes later he would arrive in France and become the first recorded person to successfully swim the English Channel.

The boat is cool in more ways than one

Image shows Deal Man (a carved chalk votive figurine from Dover museum's display) wearing a Virtual Reality headset. The background is a black and orange strobe pattern and headed with Dover Museum and Curating Visibility. Text reads: Volunteers wanted! To facilitate the exciting, upcoming Curating Visibility VR exhibition.

! Calling for #volunteers !
Production of our exciting Curating Visibility exhibition is now in full-swing.
We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to facilitate the virtual reality experience.
See link below to find out more ⬇️
www.dovermuseum.co.uk/Exhibitions/...

@accentuateuk.bsky.social

A sepia ink outline drawing of St James' church, Dover. The facade and the battlement feature of the church can be seen behind a wall and trees.

A colour photograph of the remaining façade of the West entrance to St James' church Dover. In the foreground is the White Horse Pub, and in the background is a carpark and block of flats.

Sepia ink drawing of the outline of the interior of the view of St James' church, including features of rib vaulting, a pulpit and a stained glass window at the far end.

A colour photograph of the West entrance to St James' church Dover. The photo shows the arch to the doorway with Norman chevron "zig-zag" patterns. The picture shows the aisle leading to the far end with remains of the internal walls. Either side of the aisle is surrounded by grass.

Pictured are #sketches of the 12th century #church of St. James the Apostle in #Dover from a sketch book of sepia ink drawings in Dover Museum's #archive. The artist is unknown, but a note at the back dates the drawings to c.1830. Alongside the drawings are photos of the site today.

A small watercolour and ink outline illustration of a flint church building. The angle captures the side of the church building with a bell tower. In front of the church are green bushes and trees, a lit lamp and a memorial garden with commemorative plaques.

Illustration of St Cosmus and St Damian Church, Blean near #Canterbury

#illustration #church #churchcrawling

A red metal box with an open clasp. There is a label with 'Disaster Box' taped on top, and a large piece of old Blu Tack.

Our latest acquisition is a ‘Disaster Box’ from our front of house team as it kept getting stuck where it was stored and had a tendency to spill the contents.
Would anyone like to put any disasters in this box? Probable, possible, impending or actual disasters can all go in.

Watercolour and ink illustration of St Martin's church in Canterbury. In front of the medieval church are gravestones and a lamp post. In the foreground is an edge of a wall and a bottom step and a path leading round the church. Shadows are cast from the evening sun.

Scanned version of drawing of St Martin's church #Canterbury

Small watercolour and ink drawing of St Martin's church Canterbury.

#watercolour #ink #illustration #church #canterbury #heritage

Deal Man is an 18cm carved chalk figurine from Dover Museum's display. Here he has taken a selfie with a pair of aviator sunglasses. He at the beach on a sunny day in front of Dover Harbour with yachts in the background.

National sunglasses day is a compulsory call to put sunglasses on museum collections, and frankly Deal Man rocks a pair of aviators. #NationalSunglassesDay #sunglassesday #sunglasses #museum #collections #Deal #Dover #beach

Side profile of the replica half-size Bronze Age Boat outside the Musée d'Archéologie nationale. The boat is long and narrow and constructed from timber and stitched with twisted willow. One end of the boat is raised on a stand.

Inside view of the replica half-size Bronze Age Boat outside the Musée d'Archéologie nationale. The boat is long and narrow and constructed from timber and stitched with twisted willow. One end of the boat is raised on a stand.

It's been quite a journey (cleaning, reconstructing, storing, transporting and a fair amount of paperwork) but the Bronze Age Boat replica safely arrived at Musée d'Archéologie nationale for their new exhibition: The Masters of Fire, the Bronze Age in France 2300-800 av. J.-C.

#BronzeAge

My introduction to Dover Museum was trying to let someone know I was there for an interview, but a #pigeon flew into the shop just before me so all eyes were on them... I'm still at the museum today, so maybe it's a good omen.

Miniature Dover Docks model from 1815 focus of new exhibition The replica model is the centrepiece of an exhibition at Dover Museum from this week.

Our Museum in Miniature exhibition is now open. Come and explore a variety of miniature versions of things from life, including the featured model of work at Dover Harbour created in 1815 by James Moon, Harbour Master and Engineer from 1792 to 1832. #Museum #Miniature #Exhibition #Dover

An illustration of Dover Museum's façade with four seagulls on the roof. The façade is cream and white and features archways and columns. It also features black, orange and white Dover Museum entry signs. There are illustrations of clouds on a dusky blue background. A larger illustration of seagull is perched on the title 'Museum in miniature'

Open today! Museum in miniature.
An exploration of miniature versions of things from life that people have produced and enjoyed.
📅Open June 10th 2025-April 2026
📍Special Exhibitions Gallery, #Dover #Museum #exhibition #miniature #seagull

I'm delighted to reveal the cover of my new book, Upon A White Horse: Journeys in Ancient Britain and Ireland. It will be published by @headlinebooks.bsky.social on 11 September. Available to pre-order here: linktr.ee/UponAWhiteHo...
If you are happy to share this post, please, I'd be grateful.

An illustration of Dover Museum's façade with four seagulls on the roof. The façade is cream and white and features archways and columns. It also features black, orange and white Dover Museum Entry signs. There are illustrations of clouds on a dusky blue background. A larger illustration of seagull is perched on the title 'Museum in miniature'

New #Exhibition coming soon: Museum in miniature.
An exploration of #miniature versions of things from life that people have produced and enjoyed.
📅Open June 10th 2025-April 2026
📍Special Exhibitions Gallery, #Dover #Museum.

A young child with brown hair tied back in a low ponytail wearing a purple and pink coat that is too big and blue trousers. The child is walking on wet sand towards the sea. There are faint reflections in the sand. There is a seagull overhead and a silhouette of a building in the distance.

#seaside #watercolour #ink #illustration