History and Heritage Yorkshire

That's a real.shame and it's so hard to get that sense of history and tradition back.

Actually that thought went through my head earlier as to whether it had any effect on the uni/area.

They can't take away the memories of the good times there though.

But places had character and weren't just clones of others. Might not have been posh but they had their own style and an interesting heritage.

That is sad but I am not surprised.

Over the years people used to tell us that house prices/rents rose dramatically in North Berwick as more people moved there from Edinburgh and elsewhere and wealthier English tourists discovered it.

Cupar is lovely as is much of Fife. Admittedly it is the villages like Anstruther and Pittenweem that I have visited most. I've holidayed at North Berwick quite a lot and they are always so tempting in the distance.

If he had been Italian and two hundred years older he would have been a household name internationally!

That is awful. Was that an academic position. Renting when you don't have a long term position is so stressful as well. As you know that was my situation with illness in the three years up to retirement.

and interesting towns/cities as well. I like Glasgow. In some ways I prefer it to Edinburgh especially architecturally.

That is really interesting. You have lived in some super buidings.

Sounds like it was a really good event.

William Etty - Pandora Crowned by the Seasons, 1824 P(second version, Oil on canvas, 87.6 x 111.8 cm (34.4 x 44 in). Leeds Art Gallery The oil-on-canvas painting depicts the Greek mythological figure Pandora. In the scene, she is being crowned with a wreath by personifications of the four seasons, who are shown as cherubic and ethereal characters floating above her.

mixed with some critics hailing him as a natural heir to the Old Masters, others, including The Times, attacked his paintings as "indecent" and "too luscious for the public eye" His home city holds the largest and best collection of Etty's work in the country. #artist #ArtHistory
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This image is a painting titled Monk Bar, York by the artist William Etty, produced between 1832 and 1843. It depicts Monk Bar, a 14th-century gatehouse and the tallest of the four primary gates (bars) in the historic York city walls. William Etty (1787–1849) was a prominent English painter born in York, known for his historical scenes and for being a central figure in the movement to preserve York's medieval architecture.

Schools in 1807. He was a dedicated student who continued attending life-drawing classes even after becoming a prestigious Royal Academician in 1828. Inspired by Titian, Rubens, and Venetian art, he painted ambitious mythological and historical scenes. Reaction to his work was

William Etty, Self-portrait (between 1845 and 1849), based on an October 1844 photograph by Hill & Adamson. Oil on millboard, 41.3 x 31.8 cm (16.2 x 12.5 in). National Portrait Gallery, London

🧵The 10 March 1787 marks the birth in York of artist William Etty (below). A renowned artist he is best known as the first major British artist to specialise almost exclusively in the female nude. Etty initially apprenticed as a printer before moving to London to study at the Royal Academy

Ellie has produced quite a few of them over the last few years. She is very good.

who died while he was in York in 211. It was unearthed around Toft Green, an area that lay within the Roman civilian settlement (colonia) outside the main legionary fortress. The stone was discovered by workmen while digging a cellar. Image York Museums Trust

This Roman tablet was unearthed in York. It records the constructions of a Roman temple in honour of the Egyptian god Serapis. It reads: "To the holy god Serapis, Claudius Hieronymanius, legate of the Sixth Legion Victorious, built this temple from the ground."

This tablet records the constructions of a Roman temple in honour of the Egyptian god Serapis. It reads: "To the holy god Serapis, Claudius Hieronymanius, legate of the Sixth Legion Victorious, built this temple from the ground." Serapis was a favourite God of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus

political and economic ties with Europe while maintaining wider global partnerships.

The so-called “special relationship” with the United States, forged by Churchill and Roosevelt was never an equal balance of power. With Trump and his two year old tantrums it is impossible. In a changing and less predictable world, Britain’s long-term stability depends on rebuilding stronger

gathered during workshops with local residents. The installation forms part of a wider project to improve walking routes between the station and the town centre. #PublicArt #Castleford #Heritage @wflibraries.bsky.social

New artworks planned for Castleford subway The project is part of plans to improve routes to and from Castleford railway station.

🧵Public artworks celebrating Castleford’s heritage, landscape and sporting achievements will be installed in a subway near the town’s railway station. Twenty-two pieces by artist Ellie Way will line the 40-metre Beancroft Subway, drawing on themes www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

19 July 1565 must have sent through Elizabethan protestant society. The rest including his involvement OTD in 1566 in the murder of David Rizzio, is as they say history... Painting Darnley and Mary, Queen of Scots (painting c.1565, now at Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire Photograph courtesy of Tim Green

This image depicts a 16th-century portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots, alongside her second husband, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley.

Tudor. His grandmother was the daughter of Henry VII, the sister of Henry VIII, and the wife (in her first marriage) to King James IV of Scotland. It is not difficult to imagine the shockwaves and panic that Darnley's marriage to his first cousin, Mary Queen of Scots, on

The image shows Temple Newsam House, a historic country estate located in Leeds, West Yorkshire, This Tudor-Jacobean mansion was built in the early 16th century and is famous as the birthplace of Lord Darnley, the husband of Mary, Queen of Scots. The estate features a working rare breed farm, which is considered the largest in Europe. The surrounding parklands and gardens were famously landscaped by the renowned 18th-century landscape architect Capability Brown. Today, it is managed by Leeds City Council and houses extensive collections of fine and decorative arts Image Tim Green

🧵One of the gems of Leeds is most certainly Temple Newsam and one of its most famous residents was Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley who was born at the house probably around December 1545. His mother was Lady Margaret Douglas, the daughter of Archibald Douglas, sixth Earl of Angus, and Margaret

held at Armley Prison for her part in a protest in Leeds. She went on an immediate hunger and thirst strike and was freed following a direct appeal to the Home Secretary. She was a passionate campaigner all her life eventually receiving an OBE. Image unknown photographer #Internationalwomen'sday

Leonora Cohen (nee Throp) OBE made a high profile protest in February 1913. She smashed a display case in the Jewel House of the Tower of London with an iron bar, below, image Leeds Museums and Galleries

collection of Leeds Museum. A note was wrapped around it inscribed “This is my protest against the Government’s treachery to the working women of Great Britain.” She bravely and skilfully defended herself in court after the incident and was acquitted. Later that year she was

The Women’s Suffrage Movement was a popular cause in Yorkshire. Leeds-born activist Leonora Cohen (nee Throp) OBE made a high profile protest in February 1913. She smashed a display case in the Jewel House of the Tower of London with an iron bar. She was a passionate campaigner all her life eventually receiving an OBE.

The Women’s Suffrage Movement was a popular cause in Yorkshire. Leeds-born activist Leonora Cohen (nee Throp) OBE made a high profile protest in February 1913. She smashed a display case in the Jewel House of the Tower of London with an iron bar, below, which I believe is part of the

cities in an already water-stressed region. In short: even limited damage can be alarming in the Gulf, where desalination is not just infrastructure it’s the main lifeline for clean water.

parts of the population. Attacking water infrastructure is controversial and potentially dangerous for civilians. Experts warn that targeting desalination facilities risks humanitarian consequences and escalation, because disrupting them can quickly affect drinking water or towns and