Margit Brack

UK #TourGuide and #History Nerd / #London #SouthEngland + #Cornwall

[The Tower of London @TowerOfLondon]

To all NHS, social care and frontline staff: THANK YOU, for your heroic work during this unprecedented time. As a demonstration of our immense gratitude, tonight the White Tower is blue for you 🏰💙 #LightItBlue #ClapForOurCarers #ClapForTheNHS

[Bletchley Park @bletchleypark]

Introducing #TheBletchleyParkChallenge ⚙️

Starting from tomorrow, we'll be sharing three educational challenges every week for you to complete at home! 🏡

Tune in on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 9am for your briefing. See you tomorrow 🕵🏼‍♀️

[Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @MayorofLondon]

Once again, at 8pm tonight, we’ll demonstrate our solidarity and support for our front line workers from our doorsteps. Let's clap for our NHS heroes, supermarket workers, teachers, cleaners, carers and everyone keeping our city safe and connected 👏 #ClapForOurCarers

[kg @GoughKarl]

UK Parliament: COVID support for those who went self-employed in last year - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/bWQ6QwCiqh via @UKChange

[The Georgian Lords @GeorgianLords]

Died #OnThisDay 1806 Georgiana, duchess of Devonshire: incomparable icon of #18thcentury culture, fashion & politics
#HistParl #twitterstorians

[The Crown Chronicles @crownchronicles]

#OTD in 2002, The Queen Mother died at Royal Lodge, Windsor, 7 weeks after Princess Margaret's death. Elizabeth was the 9th of 10 children, and the first truly British Queen Consort since Henry VIII's reign.

[Pic: The Sun]

[Simon Temple - Freelance TV All Rounder @SiTemps]

Please, please help the #SelfEmployed

@RishiSunak @BorisJohnson @Ben_Everitt

#SelfEmployedMatterToo

[The Crown Chronicles @crownchronicles]

#OTD in 1603, Elizabeth I died at Richmond Palace, aged 69. Having reigned for 45 years, her tenure saw a return to moderate Protestantism, a defeat of the great Spanish power, and the beginning of great literary talent in Shakespeare and Marlowe.

[Pic: Compton Verney]

[Shmoo Report. @ShmooReport]

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[Margit Brack @margitbrack]

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[Margit Brack @margitbrack]

Lambeth Council: Save Nour Cash & Carry (Brixton) - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/VTPqTtFoPk via @UKChange PLEASE sign the petition

[The Tower of London @TowerOfLondon]

At 2pm #OTD in 1559, on the eve of her coronation, Elizabeth I left the Tower and paraded through London in a lavish procession to @wabbey 👑 New monarchs traditionally stayed at the Tower before being crowned, demonstrating their control of England's most significant fortress 🏰

[London Museum @LDN_Museum]

Paul Simonon’s infamous broken bass smashed onto the stage floor at New York’s Palladium in 1979, and so became an iconic cover image. Now part of our free @TheClash #LondonCalling display opening this Friday.

#MuseumofLondonCalling

[London Museum @LDN_Museum]

@TheClash © The Clash archive

[The Georgian Lords @GeorgianLords]

#OnThisDay 1660 Charles II staged his formal entry into #London marking his restoration to the throne.
The event was carefully timed to coincide with his 30th #birthday #OTD1630
#HistParl
#twitterstorians

[The Tower of London @TowerOfLondon]

#OTD in 1671, Colonel Blood attempted to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London, in a failed heist that is still the closest anyone has come to successfully stealing the Jewels from the Tower. (1/9)

[Femi @Femi_sorry]

The UK is f****d if you don't tell everyone you know to register to vote in the European Elections by the end of TODAY.
#TuesdayThoughts

[The Royal Family @RoyalFamily]

Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Sussex was safely delivered of a son at 0526hrs.
The baby weighs 7lbs 3oz and The Duke of Sussex was present for the birth.
Read the full announcement here: https://t.co/RCUFjQG8pe

[History Of Parliament @HistParl]

179 years ago this week the foundation stone for the Palace of Westminster was laid by the wife of its architect, Charles Barry. It’s seen world wars, suffrage protests & Theresa May saying ‘simples’ Read about the rebuilding after the 1834 fire: https://t.co/NlWBr33Uk2

[The Tower of London @TowerOfLondon]

#OTD in 1534, Sir Thomas More was imprisoned in the Tower, accused of treason against Henry VIII. Lord Chancellor of England from 1529 as well as a prominent lawyer and an esteemed humanist scholar, More had been one of Henry’s most trusted civil servants. (1/6)