Professor Emerita, University of Reading; Director: henslowe-alleyn.org.uk; Shakespeare, drama, manuscripts expert.đşđ¸ Rep: @doujohyou @pew_literary
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22 Apr 2022
A young 18th-century student practiced penmanship by copying out names in an indenture (now @UkNatArchives) on the verso. The student eventually wrote, âBlockheadâ a few times and finally wrote, âI am a Blockheadâ in a neat, calligraphic hand!
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Sunrise at Stonehenge today (15th June) was at 4.51am, sunset is at 9.24pm đ¤ď¸
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All Hallows by the Tower. Purbeck marble altar tomb of Alderman John Croke (c.1416-1477) destroyed in the air-raid of 1940., restored from over 150 fragments.
He was a member of the Worshipful Company of Skinners.
#MonumentsMonday
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My latest cartoon for tomorrow's @Telegraph
Buy a print of my cartoons at telegraph.co.uk/mattprints
Original artwork from chrisbeetles.com
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This copy of Magna Carta in the Abbey's Library collection was made in 1300 and is one of just six known to have survived from this date. The charter was sealed by King John #onthisday in 1215, establishing the universal right to justice and a fair trial.
#MagnaCartaDay
ALT An image of Westminster Abbey's copy of Magna Carta, a large square handwritten charter
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Cat paw prints preserved for 800 years in medieval floor tiles at St. Peter's Church in Wormleighton, England.đž
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âA plague o' both your houses! 'Zounds, a dog, a rat, a mouse, a cat, to scratch a man to death!â
(#Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet)
The cat that crashed the ballet and scratched Romeo:
A cat took to the stage during the final scene of a Romeo and Juliet ballet performance by the Imperial Russian Ballet Company in Ä°zmir
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700 years of being a good boy. đĽš
14th-century wood carving of a dog, immortalized on an armrest in the choir stalls of Worcester Cathedral, England.
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Jun 13
Sunrise at Stonehenge today (13th June) was at 4.51am, sunset is at 9.23pm âď¸
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This is really interesting:
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The Lownie Report Podcast - The Serious Fraud Office Was Monitoring Andrew in 2009, Freemasons in the Royal Protection Squad and Fergie's Attempts to Give Andrew an Alibi. My interview with @mr_gillard
open.substack.com/pub/andrewâŚ
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One of New College's treasures was recently displayed: this collection of Tudor royal warrants includes a rare signature by the 'Nine Days Queen', Lady Jane Grey. Thank you to Leah Duffin, Graduate Trainee Library Assistant, for curating the 'Royal Regalia' exhibition.
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Jun 13
Iconic feminist graffitti (UK), 1979, photographed by Jill Posener, British photographer and activist #womensart #PhotographerWeek đˇ
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Jun 12
I wouldnât be where I am today without the love and support that @MichelleObama has poured into me over the years. Her story â from her South Side roots to the White House and beyond â is a central part of the Obama Presidential Center.
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Jun 12
We are deeply saddened to hear of the death of artist David Hockney.
In 2018, David Hockney designed The Queenâs Window, a vibrant stained-glass window in the Abbeyâs north transept.
Hockney's only work in stained glass, the window was commissioned to celebrate the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. It was designed on an iPad and uses Hockney's distinct colour palette of yellow, red, blue, pink, orange and green. The rural scene, featuring hawthorn blossom, was chosen to reflect the Queen's deep love of the countryside. On summer evenings, the light from the window floods the transept, bathing it in a beautiful kaleidoscope of colour.
The Dean of Westminster, The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle MBE said:
âDavid Hockney's restless eye and eager enthusiasm for pastures new has left us with an extraordinary legacy that is rich and various and yet also unmistakably his. The window he created for the north transept lets in light that arrives with attitude and even humour, painting the statue of Gladstone in shifting shades throughout the summer months. Hockney has left his mark here and we will long remember a great and very personal genius.â
ALT Artist David Hockney - wearing a dark coat, white shirt, red tie, and a red and white scarf - smiling as he stands in front of The Queen's window, the brightly-coloured stained glass window he designed in Westminster Abbey.
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Jun 12
1424, Scotland â King James I proclaims a ban on âFut-Ballâ, hoping to encourage people to focus on archery instead. Letâs be grateful this and others which followed were not better enforced...
Good luck to the boys in Massachusetts on Sunday!
ALT Closely written archaic text in the records of the Parliament of Scotland. The text, which is all but unreadable to the untrained eye, proclaims a ban on football. This was intended to encourage the average person to take an interest in more helpfully martial pursuits, such as archery.
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âLaurence Olivier has joined David Garrick, Henry Irving, Oscar Wilde and NoĂŤl Coward in having an English Heritage blue plaque outside his former London homeâ: theguardian.com/stage/2026/jâŚ
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Jun 11
British photographer Julia Margaret Cameron's 1867 portrait of her niece, Julia Jackson, mother of Virginia Woolf #womensart #PhotographerWeek đˇ
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âIâm Piglet.â
Christopher Robin shook his head.
âOh, youâre not Piglet. I know Piglet well, and heâs quite a different colour.â
Piglet began to say that this was because he had just had a bath.
âI shall call it Pootel,â said Christopher Robin. âHenry Pootel for short.â~A.A.Milne
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Jun 10
Our memorial to poet Percy Shelley was dedicated #onthisday in 1954. One of the most renowned poets of the Romantic period, he is remembered for his works such as Ode to the West Wind and Ozymandias. His memorial adjoins that to his fellow poet John Keats in Poetsâ Corner.
ALT Portrait of a person with short, curly dark hair, wearing a black coat over a white shirt with a high collar. They are gazing at the viewer with a slight smile, holding a quill pen in one hand, set against a dark background.
ALT Marble plaques on a stone wall display the names "Keats 1795-1821" and "Shelley 1792-1822," linked by a decorative floral garland. The setting has a classical architectural style with a triangular pediment below the plaques.
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At auction: the archive of the late actor Terence Stamp, who was a mesmerising Sergeant Troy in the film of âFar From the Madding Crowdâ: independent.co.uk/arts-enterâŚ
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Jun 9
Charles Dickens, author of some of the greatest novels in the English language, died #onthisday in 1870.
Dickens is buried among other literary powerhouses in the Abbey's Poets' Corner. Only twelve mourners attended the funeral, but the grave was left open as thousands of people paid their respects by throwing roses on his coffin.
Dickensâ grave remains one of the most popular among visitors to the Abbey, and you discover more about the fascinating story of how he came to be buried here at: westminster-abbey.org/historâŚ
ALT A sepia photograph of Charles Dickens, in Victorian dress, seated at a desk as he writes
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