Stephanie Brooke

Is there anyway to just skip menopause and go straight to wearing a straw boater hat while solving murder mysteries around quaint English villages?

Rare medieval wall paintings found at Cambridge University by builders The artwork, which celebrated the royal patron of Christ’s College during the early 16th century, was discovered during restoration work.

An exciting discovery at Christ's College Cambridge - early Tudor paintings uncovered in roof! Comments from yours truly included... www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/camb...

Join me on the light side of the archway? Taken this morning just after sunrise on Glastonbury Tor.

Not to mention Romeo & Juliet 😅

A view along a paved road in Pompeii with sets of stepping stones. In the distance a water tower stands proud and mist rises up at the foot of the hills beyond.

Good to be back!
Pompeii 🏺

Just One Per Cent of Voters Say Rishi Sunak's Government is 'Very Honest' – Byline Times The real 'one per cent' are those voters who still trust the Prime Minister, reports Adam Bienkov

Rishi Sunak claims to have restored 'honesty' to Downing Street

However, new @wethinkpolling finds:

- Just 1% describe his Government as 'very honest'
- 57% describe it as 'corrupt'
- 77% believe he lied to the Covid inquiry about his WhatsApps

bylinetimes.com/2024/01/05/j...

long stretch of worked roman stone on Hadrian's Wall.

If you ask someone today to name the builder of Hadrian's Wall, they would give you a funny look. But historical memory is odd, and right up to the 1800s we forgot who built it.

Until in 1840 John Hodgson, an obscure Northumbrian clergyman, published the LONGEST footnote in history... 1/22

Lizards, Insects, & Plants, Including Clover & Forget-Me-Nots, C17th, by #JohannaHelenaHerolt (German, 1668-c.1723), who was born #otd, Jan 5. Held at The Morgan Library & Museum, www.themorgan.org/drawings/ite... #artherstory #womenbotanicalartists #hernaturalhistory #womenartists #JohannaHerolt

The historic St Leonard's Linley is a wonderful church for so many reasons. However, my favourite feature is this tympanum, carved with a mysterious Green Man, spewing foliage from his mouth. What a powerful link to our past 🌿

An expansive view, looking down into the valley and up again, along the hillside under light snow and a blue sky

Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 23.
‘Mam Tor’
Artist: SR Badmin

Hunters in the Snow (Winter) by Pieter Brueghel the Elder 1565
Oil on Wood
(Kunsthistorisches Museum)

Beautiful Scenery for the New Year, 1735, by #ChenShu (陳書; Chinese, 1660-1736). Held by the National Palace Museum, Taiwan; source, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Be... #artherstory #womenartists

A study of a branch of fruiting persimmon, n.d., by #MargaretStones (Australian, 1920-2018), who died #otd, Dec 26. Private collection? Source, Mallams Auctioneers, www.mallams.co.uk/auction/lot/... #hernaturalhistory #artherstory #womenartists #ElsieMargaretStones

Happy new year! Followers seemed to appreciate the #ArtHerstory listing of 2023 exhibitions about historic #womenartists, so we'll do it again of 2024:

Museum Exhibitions about Historic Women Artists: 2024,
artherstory.net/museum-exhib...

'Shock Doctor Who regeneration pulls in biggest number of viewers complaints since the corporation began'.

Seems befitting to spend the last day of the year in a Norman Castle built around 1140. In 1544 Henry VIII granted #Castle Rising to Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk. The castle has remained the property of different branches of the family ever since.

✨Posting out my top 10 most popular photographs on social media this year.
In at no. 8: The Crooked House, Lavenham, Suffolk.

Wishing you all a successful 2024. Happy New Year!

Court of Appeal ruling will prevent UK museums from charging reproduction fees—at last Those © symbols on UK museum websites and catalogues are now redundant if the original work of art is out of copyright

🥂 Great news! Court of Appeal ruling will prevent UK museums from charging reproduction fees.

If the aim of a museum photograph is to accurately reproduce a painting (which it must be), then it cannot acquire copyright. bit.ly/41G7yfI

🏺🗃️ history of art #history #EduSky 🏛️

👍😊 Not been on terrestrial over here this year 😕

British Library to restore access to main catalogue on 15th Jan after cyberattack outage A reference-only version of the British Library’s (BL) main catalogue will be online again from 15th January 2024, when the library will begin a "phased return" of some services after October’s cy...

The British Library will begin opening up access to its catalogue from 15 Jan next year:

Home - Virtual Treasury Welcome to the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland — an all-island and international legacy for the Decade of Centenaries.

Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland virtualtreasury.ie #skystorians 🗃

Pre dawn colours in Glastonbury this morning about 40 minutes before sunrise. The wind was picking up and by sunrise it was almost 100% cloud cover.

Passamezzo: As I out rode this enderes night 16th Century English carol from the Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors, one of the Coventry Mystery Plays.As I out rode this enderes nightOf thre ioli shepp...

Another Tudor Christmas carol.

As I outrode this ensures night.
From the Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors, one of the Coventry Mystery Plays.

Youtube.com/watch?v=39AA6kFmpWY&ab_channel=passamezzo

Hello again Mark ! 😊 (I looked for you when I first got here, but you weren't here then)

Does anybody know what National Records of Scotland did with the paper copies after digitising the Scottish wills/testaments 1514-1925?
(The consultation doc doesn't say, but is presumbly about England & Wales wills, not UK wills. Scottish ones are already digitised and it's fantastic.)

GREAT news!

We live in an age where knowledge is under attack: to help understand the long history of this phenomenon at Harvard University Press have made my 'Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge' available at a 30% discount. hup.harvard.edu/books/97806742…

Good Day!
Short Days, Long Shadows by William Hays
Linocut Print on Stonehenge Rag Paper

Medieval manuscript illustration. A musician tuning the harp.

Christmas concert preparations.

British Library, Add 28162 f. 6v