GM. It’s a scorcher here in London (actually Essex) today. Stay hydrated. 🍺

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Essays of Sir William Cornwallis MP (the younger) 1632.
I love that he's shown studying on one side and then writing on the other.

Cornwallis was on Essex's Irish campaign of 1599. A friend of John Donne, he died in 1614.

(British Museum)

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Still Life with Acanthus Leaves, Eric Ravilious, 1938/39. The original artwork is on long term loan to . An unfinished work, made as he was about to leave to join the Castle Hedingham Royal Observer Corps at the start of

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OTD 1599 Essex leaves Askeaton but was engaged at Finniterstown. The Irish attacked the column, trying to force in the English wings of shot, but in 8 hours the crown army pushed through to Croom Castle. Capt Jennings killed and Sir Henry Norreys shot in the leg

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UFO Abduction Art, 1974.

At Aveley, Essex, UK, John and Susan Day were abducted, with their child and their car. While aboard the UFO they claims to have undergone a physical examination by these aliens.

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An amazing diorama illustrating an environment from the Wessex Formation in the United Kingdom. It features the iconic British theropod Baryonyx!

Design by

https://t.co/FzRQiYNvPR

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7 June, feast of St Willibald of who died c.787 as bishop of Eichstätt in Bavaria after many travels (Rensi/BM)

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Calm Before the Danes: Guest Post by Annie Whitehead : My novel, To Be a Queen, tells the story of Aethelflaed, daughter of Alfred the Great. She effectively became ruler of what was by then little more than a satellite kingdom of Wessex. https://t.co/lpyDhWUbj8

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Two Women in A Garden, Eric Ravilious, 1932. Painted at Brick House, Great Bardfield in it depicts Tirzah Garwood, Eric’s wife, and Charlotte Bawden, who was married to artist Edward Bawden. The original artwork is in the collection of .

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“Blush Towers”, 2017.
“Crucifix Itero”, 2017.
“Duchess and Disciple”, 2017.
“Essex House, View from Central Park”, 2017.
By A. K. Nicholas.

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One very pretty lad!
My OC Roger Essex <3

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With pride just around the corner, I finally found a label that fits me!
I used to identify with demisexuality. But I found a label that’s gray ace, called requiessexual and has a meaning related to trauma—which HAPPENED TO ME

I’m so stoked, so I drew Mocha with the new egg!

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Countdown to Introducing our 'star' object for . Oil painting 'A Village Choir' by Thomas Webster, 1847. Snapshot of rural life, similar to community Thomas Hardy grew up in. On loan from thanks to and . See it from 28 May.

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Tom Hiddleston in "The Essex Serpent" .

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Essex and Norreys had tasted bitter defeat before Ireland. OTD 1589 they broke their siege of Corunna after two weeks around the town. Several assaults were bloodily repulsed by Spanish garrison, they re-embarked on their ill-fated English Armada, leaving 1,300 dead behind them

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