I never watch Question Time or the BBC if i can help it, but im so sorry i missed this episode!!
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06.03.2026 13:09
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I never watch Question Time or the BBC if i can help it, but im so sorry i missed this episode!!
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The bastard is making life end in Iran
City in Wales named Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
My wife accused me of having an affair with someone from Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
I said 'How could you say such a thing?'
And killing people
That really is sick
Room full of a travelerβs prizes β maps, globes, books, textiles, & A+ suspended armadillo. By Jan van der Heyden, who had many strings to his bow, and whose day is today.
Luxemburg and Eleanor Marxβ¦two great women
The beautifully carved south transept doorway of St. Maryβs Church at Beverley in Yorkshire. πΈ My own. #AdoorableThursday #Beverley #Yorkshire
Dam in Amsterdam with focus on the glorious new Town Hall, practically glowing in the sunlight. Painted in 1668 by Jan van der Heyden, born OTD 1637.
Incompetence killing thousands.
The poor will be paying for it. And dying for it
The first page of the translated saga, with floral motifs as decoration in the margins.
For #WorldBookDay we're highlighting one of William Morrisβs calligraphic manuscripts on Icelandic sagas. Pictured here, unfinished, is his translation of Egilβs Saga. Egil's Saga is an Icelandic saga on the lives of the clan of Egil SkallagrΓmsson, an Icelandic farmer, viking and skald (poet).
The Herengracht in 1670 by Jan van der Heyden. He was v. into urban improvement (invented street lighting!) & often inserts extra trees into paintings to beautify the scene. Today is his day.
The 'good' USA is now killing more Iranian citizens every day than the 'evil' Iranian Government did in an entire year.
Can you work it out?
Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has tabled a bill that would require parliamentary approval for the use of UK military bases and equipment by other nations for armed conflict
Photo of Annie Maunder
For #WomensHistoryMonth: Let us celebrate the life and accomplishments of Annie Scott Dill Maunder, nΓ©e Russell (1868-1947), pioneering astronomer, astrophotographer, and science communicator. She did important work with using photography to better understand solar activity. π’βοΈπ§ͺπβοΈπͺ1/n
Carmel Myers in a portrait taken by her cousin Ruth Harriet Louise, 1925. Thanks to Carmel, Ruthβs photo talents became known to Louis B. Mayer and months later she was hired as MGMβs head of studio portraiture. She was just 22.
Wonderful
Inside the hall at wonderful Stokesay Castleβ¦what a place β€οΈ
Now, that a tower! Fabulous
Spain is leading the way declaring.
NO to violations of international law.
NO to the illusion that we can solve the worldβs problems with bombs.
NO to repeating the mistakes of the past.
NO TO WAR.
Be more Spanish.
Striking portrait of Miriam Makeba (1932β2008), the legendary South African singer, civil rights activist, and Grammy-winning "Mama Africa," captured in a warm, dramatic low-key lighting style. She is shown in close-up, three-quarter view facing slightly left, with a calm, confident, and knowing expressionβher dark eyes gazing directly at the viewer with a subtle, warm smile. Her skin glows richly against the deep brown background.Makeba wears a striking traditional African-inspired headwrap of intricate metallic beaded mesh in silver and gold tones. Around her neck is a multi-layered choker of thick gold neck rings, complemented by large, dangling gold earrings and multiple thin gold bangles stacked on her left arm. Her arms are crossed gently over her chest, emphasizing poise and strength. The rich earth-tone backdrop and soft shadowing highlight her dignified presence, elegance, and cultural pride, evoking her powerful legacy in anti-apartheid activism and global music.
Miriam Makeba, "Mama Africa," was a South African singer whose voice stirred hopes of freedom among millions in her country with music that was banned by the apartheid authorities she struggled against.
She was born #OTD in 1932. #WHM #WomensHistoryMonth
Frank Zappa said the most common substance in the universe was stupidity. What he didnβt know was all that stupidity was concentrated in Trump and his followers
Fabulous! A tired womanβ¦
In spring 2027, the first ever exhibition in the UK solely dedicated to Catharina van Hemessen will open at the National Gallery.
'Catharina van Hemessen' (4 Marchβ30 May 2027) will bring together most of her signed paintings for the first time.
www.nationalgallery.org.uk/about-us/pre...
A half-length 16th-century portrait of a white-skinned woman in a dark colored gown with red velvet sleeves trimmed in white lace, and a white cap on her head. Her hands are in front of her; the left hand holds a pair of gloves - the text on the museum's object page says "presumably leather, decorated with black and golden embroidery" - and the right plays with the end of a chain that encircles her waist. Tucked between her right arm and her body is a small, mostly white lapdog with long ears and a belled collar. In the top right corner in white caps is the text "CATHARINA DE / HEMESSEN PINGEBAT / 1551."
Catharina van Hemessen's 'Portrait of a Woman'
Picture of the month March 2026 from London's National Gallery
www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/pi...
#womenartists #artherstory
1908: the Lancet, one of the most respected scientific journals, calls for 18 age limit on reading in bed amidst a moral panic surrounding children becoming "addicted" to novels, which were "designed to keep kids hooked" and destroy their attention/mental health
Celebrating Jane Goodall on this #WorldWildlifeDay.
She was a British primatologist, ethnologist, anthropologist & founder of the Jane Goodall Institute. #WomenInSTEM
Film for #WomensHistoryMonth: ππ’π―π¦, a 2017 biographical documentary (streaming).
#TombTuesday
Gwernvale #Neolithic Chambered Long Barrow - Crichhowell
This is a chambered barrowΒ that stands immediately next to the A40 which was formerly the Roman road of 'Via Julia' and before that an important #prehistoric route through the hills.
#Archaeology
