Diane Holmes

Mainly tweeting history, local history, #WW1, ancient history, Egyptology, genealogy. Loves summer, sunshine, Belgium, holidays...

[Andrew Holmes @agh57]

Unknown Soldier at Post Office Rifles Cemetery this afternoon.

[Andrew Holmes @agh57]

Impressive architecture at the Loos Memorial, Dud Corner Cemetery, earlier.

[Andrew Holmes @agh57]

Stretch of the Berlin War at night.

[Andrew Holmes @agh57]

Soviet War Memorial in Tiergarten, Berlin, in the snow earlier this morning.

[Diane Holmes @diamhere60]

My preference is for a blue summer sky, but this’ll do for a November morning

[Diane Holmes @diamhere60]

This morning the Ionian is pink
#Greece #Kefalonia

[Gareth Harney @OptimoPrincipi]

Roman ribbon-glass cup: this dazzling style of mosaic glass became fashionable in the 1st century, made with numerous glass canes fused together. The glass was then heated, softened and slumped over a mold, forming spectacular vessels such as this cup. 25 BC-50 AD, Corning Museum

[Diane Holmes @diamhere60]

Blaming this👇🏼earlier
For this now👇🏼

[Diane Holmes @diamhere60]

Interesting 🧵 👇🏼 on the British Museum artefact story

[Chasing Aphrodite @ChasingAphrodit]

Wow: Insider theft of artifacts at the British Museum

The BM sacked an employee after it found items missing from its collection, including gold jewelry and gems dating from 15th century BC to 19th century AD

https://t.co/SqDOEtVKew

[Alexandra Churchill ✌🏼⭐️⭐️ @churchill_alex]

A massive CONGRATULATIONS to @awbh60 on getting into York! @agh57 @diamhere60

[Diane Holmes @diamhere60]

@FrontlineLH This is going to be fascinating story to follow

[Diane Holmes @diamhere60]

@churchill_alex @IstoriaTravel @Giesabrek @DanielMcandrew2 @hilarye65314139 Verona looks beautiful!

[Living London History | Jack Chesher @livinglondonhis]

In South London you will find some ordinary looking fences with an extraordinary story!👇

[Diane Holmes @diamhere60]

If you ❤️#history and you want a book rec then #TheRomantic by #WilliamBoyd is superb.
A masterpiece of a biography spanning the world & the 1800s #Waterloo #Byron #Shelley #Italy #Beer #NewEngland #AfricanExploration #AncientArtefacts and a very nice cover, it’s got the lot!

[Diane Holmes @diamhere60]

#BluePlaque on the post-war attic room address of T E Lawrence #LawrenceOfArabia 14 Barton Street, Westminster, tucked away near the Abbey, on the quieter side. Nice house, very nice street: “The quiet of so little a place in the middle of a great mess …”
#London #history #WW1

[Diane Holmes @diamhere60]

Well preserved little bit of #WW2 #Blitz history in this #ghostsign on Lord North Street, Westminster #London “Public shelter in vaults under pavement in this street”

[Diane Holmes @diamhere60]

I’m normally a bit of a grump about work, commuting, the general busyness of it all but this morning central #london is shining! #summer (at last!) 😀

[Diane Holmes @diamhere60]

Spotted today, a manuscript #FWW #WW1 roll of honour at the v pretty church St James the Less, Westminster with 🇬🇧 marking those lost. Also a cabinet memorial with yet more names including dates of death

[Diane Holmes @diamhere60]

@churchill_alex Maybe he’ll embrace his inner royal!