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Saint George tackles the dragon in this vibrant illustration from a 17th century Armenian prayer scroll 🐉
📑 Or 14028
🔗 https://t.co/O4SJN1UyiD
#StGeorgesDay
Today we celebrate revolutionary designer #WilliamMorris, born #OnThisDay in 1834. As well as being a talented textile designer, Morris was equally famous for his writing and his pioneering socialism, pushing against an age of mass-produced, badly designed factory products. (1/4)
This International Women's Day we're celebrating women's achievements, whether big or small. Meet some of the ground-breaking women featured in our #UnfinishedBusiness exhibition⬇️ and tell us something big or small that you're proud of (yes, scrolling twitter counts) #IWD2021
Celebrate St Piran's Day with us #OTD in memory of the Cornish patron saint. Legend has it that Piran was thrown off a cliff but was brought safely back to shore on calm waters. He later discovered tin and brought prosperity to Cornwall. 🔗https://t.co/1DXJHqUd1r
"Do you think I could have tea with you?"
Animals like Judith Kerr’s Tiger have been part of stories for centuries. Invent your own animal with this #DiscoveringChildrensBooks activity #NationalStorytellingWeek2021
🔗https://t.co/unJzu7oIup
🎨© Kerr-Kneale Productions Ltd 1968
In celebration of the 150th year anniversary of Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, @MacmillanKidsUK have a brand new gorgeous edition by former children's laureate and award-winning illustrator @chrisriddell50.
This #WildlifeWednesday, hear a call made by a roe deer recorded at Bagshot, Surrey. Their lightly spotted coats help them to keep well camouflaged, out of the gaze of predators such as foxes and eagles.
🔊(W1CDR0001528 BD6) Recorded by John Aubrey Williams
🦌Shelfmark: Or. 5896
What would a world look, sound and be like without bees? 🐝
This #WildlifeWednesday three virgin Queens can be heard piping, tooting and quacking at each other in a hive found in the back garden of a house in the village of Waterbeach.
🔊 @rjyouell (WA 2014/020)
🎨 (C.109.c.4)
It’s a spine-chilling #WildlifeWednesday this week – awooooo!
This adult Grey Wolf was recorded howling in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada.
🔊 Tom Cosburn, Shelf mark: W1CDR0000681
🎨©️ @vivyouell