The fabulous skeleton of St. Pancratius in Wil, Switzerland. He was one of the catacomb saints - skeletons exhumed in Rome and sent across the Alps to replace those destroyed during the Reformation. They typically ended up elaborately dressed and bejewelled
Happy birthday Joan Aiken! I’m over the moon, and deeply honoured, to be publishing a brand new collection of Joan’s short stories, all set in a mysterious version of London. It will be out next year to mark the author’s centenary. Roll on 2024! #talesoflondontown
Tunnock’s teacake dress and shoes… #frockingFabulous and #shoetiful indeed! I don’t know who deserves the credit for the photos, but the dress was made by Amber McDowell and the shoes by Liz Valenti.
Save the date - somehow our little brewery is ten years old next month and we're having a party! Join us on Friday 22nd September at the Green Goddess pub @GreenGoddessPub in Blackheath SE3 7AA for a tap takeover of our beers, plus music and food.
today a guy came in to look around and on his way out he said "I have quite a few of these books, maybe I should turn seller rather than buyer" and I replied "everyone does in the end, my friend" but it came off much more threatening and ominous then I intended it to
In Budapest, there is a fountain that looks like an open book. At regular intervals, a sheet of water curves to one side to give the illusion of a page being turned
📹 Da Min
describing women who clean and run a house, look after multiple children and source and prepare food for a spouse as “not working” is surely one of the most successful conspiracies of the 20th century
Said to my girlfriend that she had changed my life more that she will ever know. She became overwhelmed with emotion. I didn't have the heart to tell her it was because she showed me a shortcut on Microsoft Excel which I now use daily
STOP PRESS! I promise that as MP for Uxbridge & South Ruislip I WILL move the hand dryer in the gents’ urinals at the Crown & Treaty to a more sensible position. TO PROVE IT, I have just signed a treaty with the Crown & Treaty, that if I win they will move it. I keep my promises!
When my husband annoys me I wait for him to go away for work and then go and buy really nice expensive food/ wine from Waitrose, He's packing at the moment whilst I'm writing a shopping list in my head.
YOU ASKED FOR IT. And now it's here: An entire range of ingenious Count Binface merch! Brought to you by Uxbridge legends @balconyshirts. And during the by-election campaign, I will donate 50% of all my proceeds to @Shelter. JOIN ME! #MakeYourClothesCount https://t.co/2HheXhvGfP