Did you know that giant waterlilies are grown every year at @kewgardens? Their lily pads can reach 2 metres+ in just four months🌿 [📸 @historiasenverde] #LetsDoLondon#VisitLondon
A delicate Minoan gold ornament, in the form of a bee, to celebrate #WorldBeeDay The bee is finely decorated with filigree-work and granulation.
1700-1600 B.C., Crete
"The Spaniards Inn" by Matt Phillips⠀
Here is one of Matt's beautiful #Hampstead Pub paintings to remind you of what you can look forward to when this is all over. In the meantime, please stay safe! ❤️
@TheSpaniardsInn
‘I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky; and all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by.’
John Masefield
#Mudlark#mudlarking#Larking
Check out the conference programme for 'Monumental Medievalism, Public Monuments & the (Mis)Use of the Medieval Past' which takes place online from 5-6 October 2022.
#medievaltwitter@sjohnhist@SwanseaUni@euanmccartney https://t.co/OQhTFBCtPW
'Monumental Medievalism' conference, online, free to attend - taking place next week (5th/6th Oct)
Should be of interest to medievalists, modernists, and many more besides.
All info in QT
#medievaltwitter#twitterstorians
Giant news from a giant planet!
@NASAWebb captured a new view of Jupiter in infrared light, uncovering clues to the planet’s inner life. Two moons, rings, and distant galaxies are visible. Get the details: https://t.co/6WKbAQY78z
I once ran into a mannequin and I immediately apologized. I then looked up at it an explained how I thought it was a real person. Then I realized I was still talking to the mannequin.