Stephanie

I'm going to research this but just wondering, when was it realised that WW1 was a "World War" and when was WW2 thought to be "another World War"?

Potato pierogi are called "ruskie" in Polish, and there's an Communist-era joke about the waiter coming out and asking "who ordered the ruskie?" and getting the reply "no-one, but they came anyway".

Jansen Ganesh is on fire in this column on the UK’s role in the Iran conflict

www.ft.com/content/eaee...

A pencil a lot of the time

Handy way to make a bit of extra money if they need a new roof though?

Energy independence is consistently one of the most powerful pro-Net Zero arguments among voters.

They back renewables over fossil fuel as the solution and it's not particularly close.

Bit baffled that Govt is not hammering this more loudly in light of Iran. Pushing at an open door.

The Ship Bedford: Atlantic and Archival Crossings in the Long Eighteenth-Century Slave Trade British History in the Long 18th Century Seminar

Really pleased to see the recording of Phillippa Hellawell (TNA) & Liberty Paterson (TNA)'s seminar on The Ship Bedford and the slave trade @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihrlibrary.bsky.social www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

A military chandelier of the type used at Dorchester

A letter from Thomas to his wife describing the night operation

March 4, 1776: Washington executes the second stage of his plan to force the British into either battle or evacuation from Boston. While American artillery booms for a third night, 3,000 men commanded by Brig. Gen. John Thomas creep unobserved onto Dorchester Heights to fortify the key point. 1/8

Years ago I found a note in the parish register of Glenfield in Leicestershire which instantly became one of my favourite Civil War commentaries:

'Churchwardens, not any; because
distractions many; & distructions mightie'.

I've returned to that document, explored other pages nearby, and found...

THIS

The free market is wildly overrated when it comes to things that you just want to boringly, efficiently, work

I consulted a friend, her PIP took six weeks in Jan/Feb. Another friend's FIL has just had a similar turn around time.

If Ruiari confesses to bottling George he'll probably have his accommodation issues sorted out for him #TheArchers

Germain

Clinton

March 3, 1776: British Colonies Minister Lord George Germain advises Gen. Henry Clinton, who recently sailed from Boston to assist loyalists in North Carolina, that a violent storm has dispersed the fleet transporting the troops to North Carolina. 1/2

Trying to determine the Protestant identity of someone from early C17th with little info. He recruits a minister with anti-Calvinist opinions for his colony, and whips someone in 1630 for criticising Archbishop of Canterbury Abbott. That's it. Would I be correct in labelling him simply an Anglican?

YouTube video by Primary Source Media The Writing on the Wall with Madeleine Pelling I Revolutions in Retrospect

At some point in our lives we all face The Writing on the Wall. Fortunately @maddypelling.bsky.social is here to help explain what all that scandalous graffiti means, & why the 18th century is the best century.

Check out our conversation on Revolutions in Retrospect
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kai3...

I do hope that Miranda puts back a Britannia kitchen like Jenni's #TheArchers

Only they're fighting in organic yogurt #TheArchers

I hope there's a fire extinguisher in Brian's office because his pants have got to be on fire by now #TheArchers

"Richard! Stop hiding under a cache-misère of your own mythology! We have guests!"

A cross stitch of a sea hare which says “Lepus Mari

I did a cross stitch of the noble and not made up Sea Hare

"Shame. A quality which alerts us to the gap between who we are today and the best version of ourselves. It's not a disparagement of the essence of our being, but a reminder of who we could be. Inspiring, helping us to rise, not driving us to despair.

#SilentWitness

9/10 The anti-reparative activists think that because this investment in human suffering wasn't as profitable as the Church had hoped, the institution should wash its hands of any moral responsibility. The moral of their story: a sin is only a sin if it pays off financially.

I apologise to Sunder but

WHO GIVES A SHIT WHAT PEOPLE THINK. WE HAVE A REFUGEE CONVENTION. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE DEBATE.

New Open Access article by Richard Huzzey and Katrina Navickas, 'From Repertoires to Recipes: Rethinking Political Organisation in the Long 19th Century' 🧐💾👇💻🙋

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/WKHAW9...

@richardhuzzey.bsky.social @katrinanavickas.bsky.social @parlhistjournal.bsky.social

Such a beautiful hen, I love the pattern on her feathers

Drax of Drax Hall: How One British Family Got Rich (and Stayed Rich) from Sugar and Slavery, the paperback edition seems to be in the groove, here it is in Dorchester Waterstones as a recommended book.

A red and black spotted ladybird on a green sage leaf

#TinyJoys Saw 4 ladybirds, a brimstone butterfly, various bees, spiders and hoverflies. It feels like spring is really getting started

I'm not sure why, but ladybirds seem to like sage

Wisdom from people who’ve applied for #PIP Personal Independence Payments … what is the turnaround time from getting your Part 2 form in till a decision (I’m fully expecting a rejection) as I would like to know … my ND brain needs to prepare … thanks!

Everyone who goes there seems to become a rabidly anti-migrant securocrat.