The Rags of Time

Blogs about history, writes about love and tweets randomly about history, books and life Far North. She/her.

[The Rags of Time @dead_dukes]

People I instinctively distrust: those who don't read, those who don't drink coffee & those who prefer cats to dogs.

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Just wanted to tell you, before thay shut everything down, that I love you all and hope we’ll meet again, somewhere else.

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And then, it becomes a lot easier to say ”I don’t know” and ”I was wrong”. And that, in turn, is a pre-requisite for learning and changing and improving (no matter what skill we’re talking about). I’m not great at it, but it’s definitely #goals.

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Been thinking a lot about what someone told me recently: that I am one of the best at what I do that they know, not just for my expertise, but for my willingness to admit to not knowing things I don’t actually know.

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Like a very talented guitarist once told me about worrying about failing in front of an audience of several thousand: ”I’m not afraid to look stupid, I look stupid every day.” Because it’s true. The more you do it, the less power the fear of failure has over you.

[Mirador Management @MiradorMgmt]

⛏️ HUGE News - @Raksha_Digs Field Archaeologist, Public Archaeologist and Broadcaster has been appointed President of the Council for British Archeology. We couldn't be prouder! Raksha is the first woman of colour to take on this position. 🥳⛏

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This thread is gold.

[Yell in a War @jelenawoehr]

🧵 A THREAD IN WHICH I REVIEW BEING BITTEN BY VARIOUS ANIMALS

1. GOAT 🐐

Overall a soft and gummy bite, often with a faint bouquet of fermented grain. Near-prehensile lips make the whole experience rather cute. Only downside is the painful accompanying headbutt. 4/5 stars.

[The Rags of Time @dead_dukes]

Felt like my brain was made of gray mush (okay, so it *is* made of gray mush, because everybody’s brain is, but it doesn’t always *feel* like it is), but now I’ve had coffee and stared aimlessly at my outline for ten minutes and it’s like it’s slowly coming alive.

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@IsobelCarr I thought of starting a sourdough after that but somehow I never got round to it. Might be a project for 2021.

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So, on Holocaust Rememberance day, I’m just going to retweet this thread about an artist who was a family friend and a Holocaust survivor.

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My grandfather was an art dealer (as was my father) and one of the artists he befriended when my father grew up was a Polish artist called Jerzy Potrzebowski.

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@IsobelCarr I used to be terrified of it too! Got over it, and made all my own bread up until the pandemic hit and yeast became impossible to get for a while. Afterwards, I just never got back into the habit.

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@IsobelCarr Oh, I want to bake! Been ages for some reason.

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I have finally sorted out the plot of my novel. I think it’s rather clever right now, but let’s see what I say tomorrow when I’ve slept on it.

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I’m thinking nun or sex worker are the only medieval jobs I have any skills for (though, admittedly, my Latin is a bit rusty).

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@IsobelCarr I swear constantly. Shared an office with a girl who told me her husband had complained she’d started swearing so much since we started sharing. I felt like I’d given her a gift.

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@AveryFlynn If I can remove the “spaghetti”, I think Puttanesca works fine. 😁

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New episode on the History Extra podcast should interest some people on here: “Ian Mortimer discusses the chasm between rich and poor that marked society in the early 19th century & explores why many popular depictions of the era fail to show the realities of Regency inequality.”

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Almost done with preliminary plotting/rough outline, but today my brain is fried and I’m doing research instead. It’s just me, Special Branch and coffee. Also, Dr Watson.