Ruth Selman

Early modern history, genealogy, reading, cats and nature 🏰🌳📚🐈🌻

[Ruth Selman @Historyscape]

Secret diplomatic message deciphered after 350 years https://t.co/CBvT6O4VsI

[Park Lane Stables @ParkLaneStables]

Woody did it! He completed the triathlon. In Woodys words he swammed! So proud of him and our whole amazing team. A day full of magic celebrating what people CAN do. Any support really means the world.
https://t.co/mQNxhSjuwC

[The National Archives @UkNatArchives]

🔍 Can you crack the code?

The National Archives holds thousands of examples of codes and ciphers in our early modern records.

Much of this correspondence was decrypted at the time, but this letter remains a mystery...

https://t.co/G5jNBxYLr3

[Richmond upon Thames Libraries @RichmondLibs]

The guilty party!

[Ruth Selman @Historyscape]

@pablodiablo74 @LNER Is that next March or last March?

[Ruth Selman @Historyscape]

@mistyblue_2004 I'll wave at you from 7!

[Ruth Selman @Historyscape]

@OrdnanceSurvey Just down the road from the village Great Wilbraham (or Great Willy as one inhabitant insisted on calling it....)

[Zubaida Akbar @ZubaidaAKBR]

"We are the darkest page of history" Afghan women sing in protest. This #IWD is another day of erasure for us Afghan women. Under 126 Taliban edicts, our faces are banned, our voices silenced, our dignity stolen. This is gender apartheid. Do not look away.

[Lauren Johnson @History_Lauren]

25 January 2025: Southwark Cathedral, London.
Join me and a stellar lineup of historians to explore the fascinating lives of women in the Wars of the Roses. I'll be talking about Queen Marguerite of Anjou.

https://t.co/j36HoAB1ii

#HistoryTalks #History #BookTalks #WomensHistory

[Leitmotif @LeitmotifGllry]

Best wishes for 2025

[Paul Dryburgh @pablodiablo74]

One of our greatest treasures @UkNatArchives (document reference SC 13/N3). Designed by Nicholas Hillyard, engraved by Dederick Anthonye.

[Helena Rutkowska @helenaheritage]

I feel like people who don't see the point of Latin often forget that we aren't just talking about a 2000 y.o language, but that it was officially used right until the 18th century.

There are still 1000s of untranslated documents that could change our understanding of history.

[The National Archives @UkNatArchives]

📺 #WolfHall: The Mirror and the Light in six documents

Ahead of the series' penultimate episode this Sunday, read our latest blog – delving into our records to find the facts behind the fiction…

⚠️ Spoiler alert... https://t.co/7FFt5WXn1O

[Ruth Selman @Historyscape]

@colingorrie Thanks for this. I've found it written 'dafter' in some 17th century documents in Essex and had wondered if the pronunciation was less fixed at that date than I expected.

[Ruth Selman @Historyscape]

Six historic documents from The National Archives which reflect the Wolf Hall: Mirror and the Light production on the BBC: https://t.co/bbJWSPbikJ

[The National Archives @UkNatArchives]

Notice: On Weds 11 Dec our document reading rooms will be closed to the public whilst we undertake essential staff training. Our café, shop, library and other public areas will remain open. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

[RoadPeace @RoadPeace]

It's not just a huge number.

It represents thousands of lives shattered by life-changing injuries, death and bereavement.

We are working to make the UK's roads safer. Find out more via our website.

[Jahanzib Wesa @jahanzebwesa]

Afghan women are deprived of all their basic rights. The world must act now against the Taliban’s atrocities to end these violations of women’s rights in Afghanistan. For three years, the Taliban have trampled on human values with impunity.

#Video_AWCSWO #Freedom #Women #UN