ghackler

Anglophile, bookworm, and basset hound mom. Frequent visitor to the UK. PhD in early modern English literature.

[ghackler @ghackler]

I'm with Eco on buying and reading books, which are companionably shelved and stacked all around me right now.

[Dr Peter Caddick-Adams #StandwithUkraine @militaryhistori]

Umberto Eco, who owned 50,000 books, had this to say about home libraries: "It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read. It would be like saying that you should use all the cutlery or glasses or screwdrivers or drill bits you bought before buying new ones.
There are things in life that we need to always have plenty of supplies, even if we will only use a small portion. If, for example, we consider books as medicine, we understand that it is good to have many at home rather than a few: when you want to feel better, then you go to the 'medicine closet' and choose a book. Not a random one, but the right book for that moment. That's why you should always have a nutrition choice!
Those who buy only one book, read only that one and then get rid of it. They simply apply the consumer mentality to books, that is, they consider them a consumer product, a good. Those who love books know that a book is anything but a commodity."
@Pergament_F @normaegraham1 @fugitiveink @AliceB01973554 @robert_lyman @prof_warfield @GilesMacDonogh @GilesMilton1 @guywalters @ABRGLL @April_1970s @LL_running_girl

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@saniyafatma1278 Pearl

[Birth of England Project @birthofengland]

Happy 1100th Birthday England!
From Athelstan's resting place at Malmesbury Abbey

[Medieval Diesel @TimothyEveland]

I'll never get tired of these 😆

[ghackler @ghackler]

@SaveukChurches We were there! Astonishing church.

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@TheHistoryMouse It has a powerful stillness and peace about it.

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@DeborahWil2 Fields of Gold

[SaveOurChurchesUK @SaveukChurches]

Nothing beats the sound of church bells ringing across modern Britain 🙏🏼 Do you agree?

[ghackler @ghackler]

@zarahandley Well, that is pretty much what he did.

[Sophia Proneikos @Pergament_F]

"I was happy not because of any particular book, but because I was surrounded by books."
Marcel Proust

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@MaxandCarrie Vengeance is mine on that nasty newspaper, says Ruby.

[Buitengebieden @buitengebieden]

This reunion.. 😊

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@katephillips29 We were there!

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@MemoryLaneTime It is a difficult habit to break.

[The Mercian @TheMercianNews]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Happy 1099th Birthday England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

On 12th July, 927AD, King Æthelstan secured control over the last Viking kingdom of Northumbria and united the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms under one ruler, becoming the first King of a united England.

Terrible day for Norway.

[ghackler @ghackler]

@CarlosMerritte Just amazing!

[Sophia Proneikos @Pergament_F]

"Of all the instruments invented by man, the most amazing is, without doubt, the book. The others are extensions of his body [...] But the book is something else: it is an extension of memory and imagination."
Jorge Luis Borges

Calm evening

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@Medievalhtybuff 1485

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@TheHistoryMouse I love this town!

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This is one well-traveled rabbit! https://t.co/65aVqF9KpI