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Excalibur (2019)
Betsy Braddock, the new Captain Britain, and the team head to the seat of Excalibur’s power. Writer Tini Howard doing a good job at establishing the many facets of this group’s past/present, but my main interest is in Marcus To-Erick Arciniega’s fine art. 3/5

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2020-05-27

Life in the park: why do people kill animals? This is Britain, 2020....... Residents 'appalled' after vandals smash up swan's nest with bricks on Bolton canal.......https://t.co/i9t7AEoAKx (Images: BHL)

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2020-05-26

THIS SACRED ISLE

Set in Dark Age Britain, This Sacred Isle brings the brutal world of warriors, kings and magic to vivid life.

https://t.co/KPei3yiRID US
https://t.co/OScnG5PzTM UK

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2020-05-12

In general, this is the last battle of America and Great Britain, after which America gained independence. And yes, he's got a pendant with a photo of his mother.


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2020-05-06

🖋️H.M. Bateman: The Late Arrivals, The Tatler, 3 December 1922. In a Royal Society of Arts lecture in 1949, Bateman first promoted the idea of a museum of cartoon art in Britain, a dream his daughter Diana (a founder of the Cartoon Art Trust) did much to realise.

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2020-04-30

The coat of arms of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, matriculated for use in Scotland in 1987, one year before becoming the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. Pharmacists too are playing a vital part in the current crisis.

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2020-04-10

Made a lil size diagram for the 4 dinos (All specimens here used for scaling were found in Britain, and the largest specimens of each respective genus)

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2020-04-05

Cock-a-doodle-doo!

This print was commissioned by the Artists International Association to celebrate the Festival of Britain 1951. Inspired by the prevalence of poultry in post-war Britain, Rothenstein comments on the friction between the rural and the urban.

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2020-04-03

Badger setts have a number of chambers; some are for sleeping, others are maternity areas where cubs are born. The largest badger sett recorded in Britain, was 35 metres x 15 metres and had 12 entrances! Maybe it should have been called Brockingham Palace!

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2020-04-01

The Landscape Alphabet: Letter Shapes as Attractive Vignettes, Hurtwood Press Limited, Great Britain, 1987. Facsimile of an 1830 edition.

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2020-03-17

This we're loving 😍 the beautiful illustrations of Liassic fossils from Stanford's Geological Atlas of Great Britain, 1904.

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2020-02-21

Even though I'm in America, it's tea-time in Britain, so I've got to share this stunning artwork by ! Keep up with all my US adventures here over the next few days...

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2020-02-11

There are ~150k historic images of nature available from the Biodiversity Heritage Library covering the centuries. A look through their Flickr page is well worth it (https://t.co/967dBvRe6w). These odd Auks are from The Birds of Great Britain, v7, 1795-1801.

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2020-02-01

George III's 59 year reign is the longest ever by a British, English or Scottish monarch. Unlike his two predecessors in the House of Hanover, King George was born in Britain, spoke English as his first language and never visited the German territory of which he was also head.

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2020-01-30

. There's still time to experience William Blake’s visionary work in his largest show in a generation. Tate Britain, under 2 February 2020. https://t.co/msLVizJniZ

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2020-01-30

Botanical illustration and the park: Pomologia Britannica : or, Figures and descriptions of the most important varieties of fruit cultivated in Great Britain, by John Lindley....... 3 vols,
1841, from BHL/Uni California libraries......https://t.co/ZeKQbiXdrm

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2020-01-15

The Christmas rose, although not a native of Britain, has been for centuries in our gardens. Spenser refers to it in the Faerie Queen https://t.co/EvrgTzoRiE

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2019-12-28

Halloween isn't the only time for...ghost stories. In Victorian Britain, spooky winter's tales were part of the Christmas season... (Michael Dirda) WOW ~ Word of the Week ~ Talesman https://t.co/VR3LNM5yPc

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2019-12-17

💡 Join us for tonight's Britain, inspired by Anne Hardy's wintry work that's transformed the gallery into a sensory temple. 💡 Head inside for free workshops, music, talks music and film, 6-9.30pm. 💡 https://t.co/kxBPzlzeXZ

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2019-12-06

This Dutch cartoon in the Volkskrant newspaper depicts Brexit as a gang rape of Britain, led by Boris Johnson. Strong stuff in the 3rd best selling daily in the Netherlands.

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2019-12-03