Sam Perrin

Faithful until the Last: The Mourning Dog in Victorian Culture - online talk - Arnos Vale Discover the ways the Victorians celebrated the bonds shared by dogs and their human companions in life and death.

Hey friends, this looks to be a fabulous talk, you can grab tickets in the link 👇🏻

Feel free to share!

arnosvale.org.uk/faithful-unt...

A big thank you Dear Supporters, A heartfelt thank you for signing the petition to restore the longer, seasonal opening hours at Hampstead Cemetery. Your support has already made a powerful statement — we’ve reached ...

The petition for extending #HampsteadCemetery's opening hours has 222 signatures and Jill Henry, organiser, is hoping for 300 by the end of the weekend.

Friends, could you share this petition pls? Hampstead Cem is peaceful and has some very interesting permanent residents.

tinyurl.com/22vf9bvr

We Can Make an Impact. RESTORE THE SEASONAL OPENING HOURS AT HAMPSTEAD CEMETERY - A lifeline for our community

Hi all,

Fancy helping keep beautiful #hampsteadcemetery open for longer hours? Course you do! 👇🏻

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Hi friends, a small favour:

If you haven't already, please show my @tempusfugithistory.bsky.social profile a little love. Once my website is up and running, I'll be posting mostly there.

If you already follow, thank you! I appreciate the support ❤️💀

Just like that!

Oh my gosh, Tommy Cooper's buried there!

I really must make it down to Eastbourne to visit, #OcklyngeCemetery looks wonderful.

Future note for your diaries, fellow history nerds: #heritageopendays2025 runs from 12-21 September.

Keep an eye on the link below for some wonderfully enriching places to visit! Oh, and did I mention it's all FREE?

www.heritageopendays.org.uk

Lesbians and the Lavender Scare - JSTOR Daily Lesbian relationships among government workers were seen as a threat to national security in the 1950s. But what constituted a lesbian relationship was an open question.

"... one rationale behind getting gay people out of government employment was that they could be subject to blackmail. But a deeper one was the idea that being gay reflected a failure of “character.”

daily.jstor.org/lesbians-and...

A wax moulage of a man's face with large pustules underneath the skin

A wax moulage showing an ulcerated tongue

A wax moulage of an arm showing the effects of smallpox pustules.

Stunning photos from my friend Paul Koudounaris of 19th-century wax moulages from Museo de Medicina Mexicana in Mexico City. These objects enabled doctors to study contagious conditions such as syphilis, leprosy, and smallpox without the risk of infection.

So many are being voluntarily obtuse, it's terrifying. Critical thinking is dying a death at the moment 💀

Support Trauma Centre's Long Walk to healing Hello, Salaams, Molweni, Good Day! I'm Yumna, a social worker, advocate and wellness counsellor at The Trauma Centre for Survivors of Violence and Torture Trust (NPO 026-880). My personal mission is t...

All,

A dear friend of mine is raising funds for The Trauma Centre for Survivors of Violence and Torture Trust in Cape Town, South Africa. I appreciate times are getting tougher for all of us but anything you can spare is greatly appreciated. Thank you so much 🫶🏻

#philanthropy

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'Fascinating stories to tell': Free tours to start at historic graveyard Free guided tours of a historic Glasgow graveyard will be available this summer for all those fascinated in the macabre.

This looks wonderful, I've never been to Ramshorn Graveyard.

www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/2507394...

Great day, yesterday. I have to return because my guy is in an unmarked public grave (along with 13 other people unknown to him in life), hence not being able to find the precise spot immediately. We also visited the pet cemetery, which was very poignant. The place is in full bloom. Good times.

Going on a very exciting research trip to the wonderful #IslingtonStPancrasCemetery tomorrow. It's been an age since I visited and I can't wait. Here are some photos from the last time I visited.

He's insane

He's insane

Clay Artifacts Found in King Tut's Tomb May Have Been Part of a Ritual Honoring the Egyptian God Osiris The four clay troughs were initially thought to have served as stands for gold-plated staffs. Now, a researcher has presented a new theory about their purpose

“The whole burial chamber seems to be set up to recreate a funerary rite known from later times called ‘the Awakening of Osiris."

www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/c...

I suspect the corpse's make-up would be more lifelike than whatever the hell the Tangerine Tyrant applies to his mug.

🚨 Taphophiles, historians and nature lovers, take note: National Cemeteries Week 2025 will be taking place from 7th to 15th June.

www.cemeteryfriends.com/ncw

17th century Quaker burial ground granted listed status The 17th century site at Lower Hazel in South Gloucestershire has been granted Grade II listed status by the Government

Excellent news.

uk.news.yahoo.com/17th-century...

David Lynch’s grave stone bearing enigmatic phrase unveiled in Hollywood The grave marker bears the epitaph: ‘Night Blooming Jasmine’

“You know, on a summer’s night, maybe more like a spring night, you could drive to certain places and if you smell that night-blooming jasmine, you can almost see Clark Gable or Gloria Swanson."

www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...

Wombats Poop Cubes, and Scientists Finally Got to the Bottom of It The marsupial’s unique digestive tract forms square dung

In case you were wondering...
#WombatWednesday

www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/s...

Also, Beegate... tell all please.

@thejanine.bsky.social , please remind me how long it took to get dog walkers to comply with the dog lead rule at Arnos Vale?

People are selfish, aren't they... the most basic of courtesies would be to clear up after your dog. Ditto keeping your dog on a lead. And that poor cub. That's hideous.

Sorry Jarrett... hope you emerge from this black cloud soon. I know how you feel 🖤

“Murdered in a thieves’ kitchen” – Finding Alexander Hayes Munroe In my first article on Ching Hook I wrote briefly on the murder of Hook’s close friend and trainer Alexander Hayes Munroe, known as Alec or Aleck Munroe, Munro or Monroe. Born in Kingston, Ja…

On Tuesdays when I commute into London, my train goes past the grave of Alec Munroe - Francis Lovehall's character in #AThousandBlows. Give him a nod. A Jamaican Mariner turned boxer & coachman for Blue Anchor boxing pub manager Bill Richardson. Poor Alec...

grapplingwithhistory.com/2021/02/16/a...

Me neither Ivor, it's tricky to tell without a person in the frame. Good to see you on here!

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