Dr Paul Fitzpatrick

A wonderful angel

Call for papers for the Conflict, War and Violence in the Early Modern World Conference, taking place at the University of Exeter on 30-31 October. We are exploring early modern conflict in all its forms. We particularly seek to unpack the interactions between the more traditional aspects of conflict, such as the political, tactical and strategic, with the more human side of it, including sociocultural approaches that explore experiences, representations and impacts of violence. As such, we particularly welcome proposals that look beyond purely military history and break chronological, geographical and disciplinary boundaries. We welcome proposals for individual papers of up to 20 minutes, or full panels of three to four papers, on any aspect of conflict, war and violence in the early modern period. Speakers might consider, but are not limited to, the following themes: Physical, tactical, operational and strategic aspects of warfare. Martial identities, values and motivations. Notions of gender, race, class and religion. Remembering, (re)imagining and representing violence and/or conflict. The experience of violence, its impact and the everyday at war. Popular allegiance in early modern conflict. Maritime violence and naval warfare. The bureaucracy of conflict, finance and the law. Abstracts of up to 300 words, along with a biographical note, should be sent to earlymodernwar@gmail.com by Friday 5th September.

We are thrilled to announce that the Conflict, War and Violence in the Early Modern World Conference, with a keynote address by Professor Mark Stoyle, will be held on 30-31 October at the University of Exeter.

Please help us spread the world, and consider submitting a proposal!🗡️

Tall wading bird looking to left with long beak, chestnut brown head & body becoming barred towards back with black tail.

#ArtDD2025
Black tailed godwit

From a lovely 📷 by @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social with thanks.

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A beautiful illustration from MS Ashmole 150; a Tudor pattern book. Well worth a look at on Digital Bodleian: digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/385c...

Just because it is beautiful

UK can reach net zero by 2050, climate report finds Climate Change Committee says current targets could be met provided country takes ‘steps forward’ to achieve them

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2nd fledgling Robin digging the wet lawn under a steel-gray sky tinged with cornflower blue.

First bird of my day: starlings flying in boisterous, sequinned, formation. #FirstBirdOfMyDay #WhatsYours

A photo of me with my shortlist certificate from the Society of Authors for for my novel Guilty By Definition. A lovely evening at Southwark Cathedral.

Thank you @societyofauthors.bsky.social for a balmy and uplifting evening at Southwark Cathedral. Delighted to have been shortlisted for the McKitterick Prize for Guilty By Definition, and congratulations to Tom Newlands for the win!

Very much deserved

A floating Red Kite in the sun and nothing else...

Satellite image taken on Tuesday 17 June shows the spread of oil in the sea around the site where two oil tankers crashed in the Gulf of Oman

Satellite image taken on Wednesday 18 June shows the spread of oil in the sea around the site where two oil tankers crashed in the Gulf of Oman

Gulf of Oman oil spill: Greenpeace MENA warns of looming environmental disaster

www.greenpeace.org/internationa...

via @greenpeacear.bsky.social

Fun fact-Studies show that people who own a ridiculous amount of books live a lot longer than those who point it out

Good Morning. We are open! -Sally :)

Mother and child

Mother and child https://www.wikiart.org/en/pablo-picasso/mother-and-child-1902

Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund

Nassos Daphnis, Number 5-58, 1958 #artbots #moma
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134520

No. 4

No. 4 #artbots #rothko
https://botfrens.com/collections/25/contents/4914

The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection

Robert Delaunay, Windows, Paris 1912 #artbots #moma
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135651

Ink & watercolour of small chestnut brown bird looking to left, sharp pointy beak and speckled wings. Stubby upright tail feathers, standing on a grey log.

#ArtDD2025
Jenny wren

I didn't meant to paint another wrenbut this one flitted into my feed and demanded to be done - so 🤷‍♀️.

Thanks to @aintright.bsky.social for the 📷.

@saocousins.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Gift of the artist in honor of Kálmán Makláry, 2012 © Judit Reigl

Outburst by Judit Reigl, 1956 #artbots #guggenheim
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137584

I thought Paul's Dudley book would be hard to follow but ten pages in, this is truly superb; highly recommended.

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Allan D. Emil

Alan Davie, Magic Box, 1955 #artbots #moma
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135007

Love this

QUITE the, erm, Freudian slip by the scribe in this 14th-c collection of extracts from the Wycliffite Old Testament...
(Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 771, 98r)

Garden Robin watching me dig.

Marked decline in semicolons in English books, study suggests Usage of punctuation down almost half in two decades as further research finds 67% of British students rarely use it

I love a semi-colon myself: it adds elegance and precision. But punctuation is as subject to evolution as the rest of language.

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

We are excited to be taking part in this year's Book Market! Join us in our beautiful Georgian library for our second-hand book sale, taking place on Sunday 8th June between 11am and 4pm.

Gift of Warren and Mitzi Eisenberg and Leonard and Susan Feinstein

Gerhard Richter, Forest (6), 2005 #artbots #moma
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137115

Black bird, with long neck turned to left, long thin beak with hook at the end, black crest, green eye and yellow cheek patch.

#ArtDD2025
Cormorant

I love cormorants for their 'take no prisoners' look. They've got it sussed.😂

From a great 📷 by @suzishaw.bsky.social with thanks.

@saocousins.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social 🦉

#OTD in 1536 Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII and mother of the future Elizabeth I is executed in the Tower of London on implausible charges of adultery and incest. The five men with whom she was accused had been executed two days before #anneboleyn #henryviii #toweroflondon #onthisday

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Gift, Andrew Powie Fuller and Geraldine Spreckels Fuller Collection, 1999 © 2016 Hattula Moholy-Nagy / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Architecture (Eccentric Construction) by László Moholy-Nagy, 1916 #artbots #guggenheim
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137247