Stephen Spinks

Author: Edward II (2017) Robert the Bruce (2019) | Columnist | Red Wine Guzzler | Arts & Cultural Reviewer | Heritage Manager | Blogger | Curious | INTJ | LGBTQ

[Stephen Spinks @SpinksStephen]

Let’s talk blossom in #brum peeps. Whose up for planting blossom trees with @nationaltrust across this amazing city of Birmingham #BlossomWatch

[Gloucester Cathedral @GlosCathedral]

It wasn’t long before I got the chance to prove myself as a worthy future king. In July 1300, when I was a mere 17 years of age, I took part in my first siege at the magnificent Caerlaverock Castle, Dumfries and Galloway. #KingEdwardIITweets (Thread) 🤴

[Gloucester Cathedral @GlosCathedral]

For the first time in history, we're offering you the chance to bid for a piece of your Cathedral...

Today we're excited to be launching our inaugural stone auction, ahead of bidding opening on Monday.

Read more and view the auction catalogue here 👉 https://t.co/Ge00I1p2HC

[Filippo Lorenzin @fi_lor]

A Roman mosaic discovered in Turkey that was so well made it preserved the wave of an earthquake without breaking the pattern

[Stephen Spinks @SpinksStephen]

For the first time in 700 years @GlosCathedral brings the voice of #EdwardII to life with the king's own musings at #KingEdwardIITweets Go check it out #medievaltwitter @VisitEngland @HGeek_history @HistoryHit

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[Celia Richardson @CeliaRichards0n]

Last chance to vote for National Trust Council. Deadline tomorrow midnight. Please use your vote. It matters greatly who is involved in the governance of the Trust, which has served the nation for 126 years. All you need is your membership number https://t.co/7FQYApr4lj Pls RT

[Celia Richardson @CeliaRichards0n]

From today’s Museums and Heritage Advisor. If you are a National Trust member, you decide who is on our Council. Please use your vote. You don’t need papers, just your membership number. This is important. Vote here https://t.co/7FQYApr4lj

[Celia Richardson @CeliaRichards0n]

National Trust members: people are asking how to vote. All the info is here. https://t.co/7FQYApr4lj You can vote online. You don’t need papers. You just need your membership number which is on your card or you can call our supporter helpline to get it. https://t.co/omniqqm2uR

[Corinne Fowler @corinne_fowler]

Vote @nationaltrust: "we are for everyone. Whether you’re black or white, straight or gay, right or left wing.” https://t.co/1AgmYUhfSn

[Tom Knight @TJ_Knight]

Thinking of Matthew Shepard and his family today. It’s been 23 years since he was cruelly beaten, tied to a fence and left to die, just because he was gay. He died 6 days later. His murder ignited a global fight against homophobia, one we’re sadly still fighting #RememberHim

[Gloucester Cathedral @GlosCathedral]

Visitor Welcome Assistant Vacancies 🔔 Do you love meeting people from all backgrounds and of all ages? Can you provide service with a smile to thousands of visitors each day? If so, then we want to hear from you! Find out more here 👉 https://t.co/mqJrMClZuj

[Agnes Crawford @understandrome]

First floor cat flap.

[Gloucester Cathedral @GlosCathedral]

#OnThisDay in 1327, King Edward II is alleged to have died at @berkeleycastle . A formal announcement was made at the time to say that his death could be explained by natural causes, but in the years that followed, it was increasingly believed that he was murdered. 👑 (Thread)

[Gloucester Cathedral @GlosCathedral]

...and back to us in the present day! We now know Abbot Thoky's prophesy to be true, because Edward II is of course buried in elaborate tomb in the North Ambulatory.

[Gloucester Cathedral @GlosCathedral]

To whom John Thoky, the abbot, replied, prophesying rather than merely talking, that he hoped he would have him in a more honourable place than there. #KyneburgaTweets

[Gloucester Cathedral @GlosCathedral]

@cfranklinlamble @shorbex @GlosHistFest @SpinksStephen @VisitGloucester @FourGatesGlos It is said that, sitting at the table in the abbot’s hall and seeing their paintings of the king’s predecessors, he was jokingly asking the abbot whether he had him painted among them or not. #KyneburgaTweets

[Gloucester Cathedral @GlosCathedral]

My successors have often been pleased to welcome and entertain passing monarchs. I remember that around 1322 and in 1326 King Edward II, also known as Edward Carnarvon, came to Gloucester. #KyneburgaTweets (thread 1/3)

[My Favourite Bench @MyFaveBench]

Friday #Fun 💕