Gill Fraser Lee

Public historian, voice artist. Likes Robert Donat, cats, music, poetry. Daft, bit deaf. She/her.

[Gill Fraser Lee @AHappyFlower]

No. Twitter it is and Twitter it will always be.

[Emma Mitchell 💙 @silverpebble]

Tens of thousands of cornflowers in a field in Wicken. Research shows that the sight of them will help you recover from sources of stress more quickly & boost dopamine release in your brain, lifting your mood…in case you need it just now:

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

“Like a dog” … disgusting and unhinged.

[Gill Fraser Lee @AHappyFlower]

@exitthelemming Still beautiful.

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

So I went to see Spike Milligan's gravestone recently, to see for myself the "I told you I was ill" epitaph.

Bright sunny day, slightly faded inscription, couldn't see it. Walked away somewhat disgruntled, another bloody urban myth I thought.

5 minutes later had a thought, had to walk back again, fool, there it was "Dúirt mé leat go mé breoite," which of course is Irish for "I told you I was ill. Who knew.

[Gill Fraser Lee @AHappyFlower]

@MadameGilflurt I have a bit of a ‘thing’ for him. Wasn’t he stunning? This is his Sydney Carton in ‘The Only Way’. There was a film of his performance but I think it’s lost .

[Feargal Sharkey @Feargal_Sharkey]

I've still got that 6 pack you know...

[Gill Fraser Lee @AHappyFlower]

@Jan_Leeming No, not at all (not that I’m young!). The general standard of literacy amongst BBC newsreaders and reporters has declined. I don’t expect RP but I do expect knowledge and understanding of the words used. It’s important when communicating world events.

[Gill Fraser Lee @AHappyFlower]

@Ferretgrove https://t.co/YPGjhCWBqV

[Gill Fraser Lee @AHappyFlower]

@KirstieMAllsopp Standard brainless belligerent response to anyone expressing a negative opinion about a service.
What concerns me is that flying is cheaper than train. Environment-wise, flying short haul is horrendous. But people do it because they have experiences like the one you describe.

[BabelColour @StuartHumphryes]

I really love this autochrome portrait of two Afghan men, photographed by Stéphane Passet in Peshawar (now in present-day Pakistan), in January 1914. I'm sure they felt a million dollars in their embroidered bling. It is original colour from 111-years-ago, not colourised.

[BabelColour @StuartHumphryes]

The citrus zing of 1910: I have cleaned-up this striking autochrome study by Thomas Shields Clarke, taken at his home Fernbrook in Lenox, Massachusetts, 115 years ago. It is original colour, not colourised.

[Gill Fraser Lee @AHappyFlower]

Fantastic event! Thank you for inviting @HistoryNeedsYou and me!

[Middleport Pottery @Middleport_Pot]

THANK YOU!
To Everyone who joined us at Saturday’s Middleport Pottery Canal Festival – Celebrating Stoke 100
WOW WHAT A DAY!
It was fantastic seeing so many people enjoying the day despite the odd rain shower. We had short trips on National Historic Ships UK 2025 Flagship Dane, food & festivities, traditional fairground games, market stalls, music and everyone’s favourite Koogee Boogie the Draught Horse.
THANKS TO: Our Fabulous Volunteers, Staff & Tenants as well as Elizabeth's Group -Suffragettes, A Passion For Learning, Chase's Sweet Shop, Aromas at No 4, Tropic Skincare Canal & River Trust , Creative Faces Facepainting, Historyneedsyou, Traditional Fairground Co, Trax Radio Uk, Darren Mousdell Crystals, Viking Pizza, S M Toy Mania, Mscape Escape Rooms, Luosko German Shepherd Dog Rescue, Eyes Cats Charity, Btian’s Woodturning, Greyhound Gap and The Holm Oak Trading Co.
Special thanks to Steelite International for the use of your car park
#canal #canalfestival #stokeontrent #middleport #middleportpottery #staffordshire #nationalhistoricships#stoke100

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

Tree of the Day. Warehorne, Kent

[Hookland @HooklandGuide]

Goodnight from Beth Brooks, collecting bog moss by full moon to staunch the wounds Marlow’s annual folk football game alwaysbrings. Goodnight from Kristen Salter, wondering what the Drowned Dead count to send them to sleep in absence of submerged sheep. Goodnight from Hookland.

[Duille @DuilleDesign]

Wallpaper design: Jasmine. William Morris. 1872.
Image: BMAG.

[Spitalfields Life @thegentleauthor]

Peonies from Columbia Road Market and jasmine from the garden this morning.

[CoffeeWithTheClassics @CoffeewClassics]

He died unknown, uncelebrated.

Now he’s recognized as one of the most innovative and daring poets in all of English literature.

On this day in 1889, Gerard Manley Hopkins died at 44.

Here are five of his poems you *must* know:

5. Pied Beauty

[Brigitte Webster @tudorfoodrecipe]

No scones for Anne Boleyn on July 29th 1533. Just plain clotted cream and sugar! Feels like nutella without the toast 😉

[BabelColour @StuartHumphryes]

Taken exactly 97 years ago this month - in June 1928 - this beautiful autochrome study of a German garden in Baden is a wondrous riot of colour. I just love the 'twenties outfit with cloche hat and aqua marine scarf! It is all original colour, not colourised. 😍

[Veronica in the Fens 🧚🏼‍♀️ My Heart in Nature @VeronicaJoPo]

"Within you, there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.”
Nature is wonderful for your wellbeing 🥰
Ely, Cambridgeshire