Today is the feast of Thomas of Canterbury, or Thomas Becket, who was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170, the year he returned from exile in France.

In this new blogpost, I reflect on an image of him from Skive Church in Jutland: https://t.co/21hIhHxa5h.

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1. Jelling in Jutland is the home of a age monument central to Denmark’s national identity. The site comprises two mounds either side a church and two rune stones. These structures sit within a 354m long ship-setting of stones which in turn is enclosed by 4km of palisade.

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Alignments of barrows in prehistoric Jutland were used to guide transhumant herds making their way between settlements & far-distant & as statements of rights to specific areas of grazing. See https://t.co/9Mx083TOqD

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H.M.S. Tiger, named crew and casualties at the Battle of Doggerland. Went on to take part in the Battle of Jutland. Original. https://t.co/zkvDTkZ8z9

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Read the story of Marcus Bailey who served on HMS Chester at the Battle of Jutland: https://t.co/AHQuby5sfs

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Today, we remember the Battle of Jutland, the greatest sea battle of World War I, involving 279 ships between the British Grand Fleet and the German High Seas Fleet. Over 8500 lives were lost in the action.

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完成。ジュットランド海戦の日ということで
Battle of Jutland https://t.co/oeUlZvaVo9

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Selling at this week : (1895-1957) "Cliffs at Bovbjerg, oil on canvas, 96×106 cm.

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Traveling to Jutland to do a talk at op later this week and it gave me a chance to play with my and abbot more. Drawing on a bus is a bit hard so it took the whole trip to get this done.

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Pick your fleet, roll the dice, and test your tactics during the Battle of Jutland War Game, May 31. Dets: https://t.co/Fu9jfwHkaE

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5/1から6/1は、ユトランド沖海戦の100周年記念日です。私は昨年描いた作品「THE STERN OF H.M.S.QUEEN MARY 」(クイーン・メリーの船底)をもってこの日を祝したいと思います! 

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Unnamed British sailor and family.

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