Rosalind Morris

Lover of books and craft beer. Also enjoy visiting museums and art galleries. Often found in Amsterdam :)

[John Elworthy @johnelworthy]

Cambridge City Foodbank has launched its Summer Appeal, urging residents and businesses to help ensure no child goes without food during the school holidays.
The charity provided more than 41,000 meals to households with children last summer and expects high demand again this year.
#Cambridge #Foodbank #SummerAppeal via
https://t.co/FE8F1viYvJ

[J.G. MacLeod @jgmacleodauthor]

Ferghus just got yeeted from 1452 straight into 2019 dating…and he is NOT backing down!

Courtship has changed in 600 years, but this Highland warrior is determined to woo Brigid, & modern suitors don’t stand a chance.

Light, funny, swoony - this is time-travel, romcom gold!

[A Cambridge Diary @acambridgediary]

6th June 2016
For several years the Chinese community of Cambridge celebrated their culture and heritage along with Dragon Boat racing on the river by Jesus Green. Activities included the traditional lancing of old ladies in wheelchairs

[A Cambridge Diary @acambridgediary]

6th June 2017
Even the cows appreciate the Perpendicular Gothic English architecture of King’s College Chapel. Picture from my book 'Cambridge - Town & Gown'. Available at https://t.co/VnLHdg6Knh and all bookshops.

[The English Oak Project @TheKentAcorn]

Busy commute this morning in the Kingdom of Kent

[The English Oak Project @TheKentAcorn]

A massive London Plane chilling in St Martin’s Le-Grand

A familiar tree in Central London as used extensively in the expansion of London in the 18th century for its ability to thrive in urban soils

Also a leading cause of spring hay fever triggering the ‘Chelsea Cough’

[A Cambridge Diary @acambridgediary]

2nd June 2021
#5yearsagotoday

[Pink Floyd @pinkfloyd]

Please join us in wishing Gerald Scarfe a wonderful 90th birthday! Gerald has enjoyed a long and successful career, and part of that saw him responsible for a number of Pink Floyd related artworks, most notably, The Wall project. Hope you have a great birthday, Gerald!

[Dr. M.F. Khan @Dr_TheHistories]

Captain Cook loaded 7,860 pounds of sauerkraut onto the HMS Endeavour in 1768. His crew refused to eat it, so he served it exclusively to the officers and made sure they ate it visibly in front of the crew every single day until the sailors decided they wanted some too. Not one man died of scurvy on the entire three-year voyage.

Cook circumnavigated the world on his first voyage without losing a single man to scurvy and the Royal Society of London awarded him the Copley Medal on his return, one of the most prestigious scientific honours in Britain, specifically for his methods of preserving the health of his crew. The achievement was genuinely extraordinary. Scurvy had been killing sailors on long voyages for centuries, with some estimates suggesting it killed more sailors than enemy action, storms and all other causes of death combined. Cook solved it with fermented cabbage and a very specific understanding of human psychology.

A typical daily menu aboard the Endeavour consisted of breakfast with boiled wheat and sugar, a midday dinner of salted beef stew and vegetables, and an evening meal of soup with ship's biscuits so hard they had to be broken up with a marlin spike. The ship carried approximately 5,500 litres of beer, 7,300 litres of spirits, 16 tonnes of bread, 2 tonnes of salted beef and over 3 tonnes of sauerkraut.

The sailors ate approximately 5,000 calories a day to sustain the physical demands of running an 18th century sailing ship. Cook also carried portable broth made from cattle offal, forty bushels of malt, vinegar, mustard and concentrated citrus juice as additional anti-scurvy measures. He was running what was effectively the first controlled nutritional experiment in naval history across three years and 40,000 miles of ocean.

The sauerkraut psychology is the detail that stay with me in this story. Cook noticed that Dutch sailors suffered far less from scurvy than their British counterparts and observed that they carried barrels of sauerkraut. He ordered his ships to do the same but his British sailors refused the unfamiliar foreign food entirely. His solution was to serve it only to the officers while making sure they ate it visibly in front of the crew. Within weeks the sailors were demanding their share, and Cook understood that sailors suspicious of an unfamiliar food would eat it the moment they believed someone of higher status was being given something they were not.

© Eats History

#drthehistories

[A Cambridge Diary @acambridgediary]

22nd May 2016
Ten years ago today I took a picture of a dog looking at a feather tied to a guitar neck held by an arm belonging to man who is playing the guitar from inside a bin. If you're not from Cambridge then I can assure you this is normal.

[A Cambridge Diary @acambridgediary]

21st May 2022
Sometimes it's impossible to resist the tourist's gaze .
Picture from my book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'. Available at https://t.co/ZLrnBEuESF and all bookshops.

[NS @Victorian__Dad]

@AndyBurnhamGM A Blairite, a Brownite & a Corbynite walk into a pub.

And the barman says, "what can I get you Andy?"

[Sheron Wilkie @SheronWilkie]

Please dont do this,

12 years of tory psycho drama and labour doing the same within 2 years is self indulgent, sickeningly hypocritical and shockingly selfish.

All parties need to show what reform cllrs do so the electorate reject them in a GE , not give them cover by being stupid.

[A Cambridge Diary @acambridgediary]

13th May 2015
Both the early morning sun and a stroke-side crew member of Newnham College Women’s Boat Club catch a spray of water.
Picture from my book 'Cambridge - Town & Gown'. Available at https://t.co/VnLHdg6Knh and all bookshops.

[Jessica Marston @CatLitter18]

@KayBurley Unfair. The media haven’t given Starmer a fair hearing since day one. It’s never about covering policy it’s the constant negativity. Meanwhile, Farage gets treated like a permanently indulged commentator. The imbalance in our media is glaring. The public are poorly served.

[Matthew Stadlen @MatthewStadlen]

The media feeding frenzy today - in particular - has been a disgrace. Egging on Labour MPs in some sort of bid for chaos/excitement/column inches/podcast stats. This isn’t a game or a spectator sport. It’s the running of our country. Shameful.

[Little Green Space 🦋 @LGSpace]

Over-mowing by many councils has started already. Dandelions, daisies, cuckooflower, clover - lifelines for pollinators - mown down to lifeless, 'tidy' grass deserts. Is your council taking positive action to restore at least 30% of nature, or is it lagging behind?

[The English Oak Project @TheKentAcorn]

So, if I post an English Bluebell a day it will take me one thousand three hundred & sixty nine years to show you every one in our woodland

Better get started then 🫠