The Bayeux Tapestry, a 70 meter long medieval masterpiece created by artisan women, is actually an embroidery in crewel (wool yarn) on a linen ground. Depicting the Norman conquest of England, it was made in the 11th century & will be displayed at the British Museum this year. #WomensArt #EmbroideryWeek
💥#Peckham won on the Public Inquiry when the Planning Inspector rejected Berkeley's greedy plans.
💥Now Berkeley have taken this case to the High Court to overturn the decision
💥We will be fundraising for £5K to continue this fight
💥More to follow
I’d love it if you’d sign this. It might not prevent me and my colleagues losing our jobs, but it will draw attention to the ideological vandalism being perpetrated by the wealthy execs running our university. Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter https://t.co/2ELRb3Tz9G
'In June, when the jewel climbs up
highest in the year into the heavens,
brightest of stars...
At that time the fairest of lights
likes to gaze longer upon the earth,
to move more slowly across the meadows.'
Anglo-Saxon writers on the summer solstice: https://t.co/koxgcemjp7
We are deeply saddened to hear of the death of artist David Hockney.
In 2018, David Hockney designed The Queen’s Window, a vibrant stained-glass window in the Abbey’s north transept.
Hockney's only work in stained glass, the window was commissioned to celebrate the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. It was designed on an iPad and uses Hockney's distinct colour palette of yellow, red, blue, pink, orange and green. The rural scene, featuring hawthorn blossom, was chosen to reflect the Queen's deep love of the countryside. On summer evenings, the light from the window floods the transept, bathing it in a beautiful kaleidoscope of colour.
The Dean of Westminster, The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle MBE said:
“David Hockney's restless eye and eager enthusiasm for pastures new has left us with an extraordinary legacy that is rich and various and yet also unmistakably his. The window he created for the north transept lets in light that arrives with attitude and even humour, painting the statue of Gladstone in shifting shades throughout the summer months. Hockney has left his mark here and we will long remember a great and very personal genius.”
DAVID HOCKNEY (1937-2026
Sadly deceased yesterday at the age of 88
Bradford lad who went to the Art College there a year in front of my X husband.
Always in my head. What a warrior
From Pop Art to Landscapes etc
Proud Yorkshire man
I’m happy / sad
Berkeley underestimated how much local people care about the place were they live, grew up, work. #Peckham#Heritage
Read about it here. People , buildings, oral histories. Available at:
- Review Bookshop
- Chener Books
- Rye Books
- Khan's Bargains
Check out these charming crocheted post box toppers, created by the yarn wizards at Hobbycraft to mark Sir David Attenborough's 100th birthday 🧶
They've been installed on post boxes across the UK, including in Regent's Park, Richmond and South Kensington 😍
I am looking forward to giving my Pyramid of Logical Levels Advanced Applications online program this weekend. We will be combining the Levels with the SCORE model and exploring how they can be used for Problem Solving, Planning and Modeling.
https://t.co/fH5rr95mW0
Tonight is the eve of May Day, an especially magical time of year. It's said that on May Eve in Herefordshire, early in the last century, 'folk used to put trays of moss outside their doors for the fairies to dance upon'.
It is both the birthday and deathday of William Shakespeare today, so give yourself a real treat and watch the magnificent Judi Dench recite his Sonnet 29 🤌🏼✨️
Big thanks to the City of London Corporation's @TheLdnArchives, which looks after a property deed signed by #WilliamShakespeare 🎭, which helped Shakespeare expert from @KingsCollegeLon, Professor Lucy Munro, identify the exact location and size of his only property 🏠 in London – in a street in Blackfriars - which he purchased in 1613. Read more here: https://t.co/iEsSyWHm21
Joyed-up to the max to be selected for the Women's Non Fiction shortlist. It's an honour and a thrill to be in the company of such extraordinary and talented writers, even more so because all the women on the longlist were, and are, fabulous.
Applications are now open for our 2026–2028 OxLAT programme, which offers free tuition in Latin language and literature from scratch through to GCSE examination.
If you are in Year 8 or 9 at a nearby state school which does not teach Latin, but you are interested in learning the language of the Romans, apply to study it here with us!
Full details and applications forms are available at https://t.co/1XiBxozhbM
***APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday 15th May 2026***