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Destroyer HMS Glowworm was sunk after battling German Cruiser Admiral Hipper 1940. Admiral Hipper's commander wrote to Britain, recommending Glowworm's captain, who had died in battle, receive the Victoria Cross for courage. It was awarded posthumously.

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2020-04-08

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

“Cut marks and dents reveal that this skull was thoroughly cleaned of any soft tissues shortly after death. After removing the bones of the face and the base of the skull, it was painstakingly shaped into a cup.” at Gough’s Cave, SW Britain, 14,700 years ago 😮

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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

Painting of the Day Elevation, Liz Dawson,

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2020-03-28

Chester County is announcing new positive cases for COVID-19 today bringing our total to 54.

The new cases are in: Downingtown Borough, East Goshen, East Pikeland, East Whiteland, London Britain, Pennsbury, Tredyffrin, Uwchlan, West Pikeland, and West Whiteland.

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2020-03-25

Happy House (Passer domesticus) aggressively defend their nest holes. by John Gould & H. C. Richter for Gould's Birds of Great Britain, V3 (1873). View more in with thanks to for digitizing: https://t.co/603SkTwoXv

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2020-03-21

Painting of the Day East (a turning), Michele Fletcher, , part of 'Waving in the Distance', online only at Terrace Gallery

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2020-03-19

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

Painting of the Day Unsleeping Woman 1, Corinna Spencer,

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2020-03-16

"Privatised healthcare, guns for police
Increased uni fees, is this what they’re selling us?
Well let me remind you just in case you’ve forgotten
That we live in Great Britain, not in Donald Trump’s America"
Dave

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2020-02-21

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

Painting of the Day, Archway, Alexandra Baraitser,

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2020-02-17

Painting of the Day, Musa Velutina, Josie Clouting,

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2020-02-11

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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2020-02-10

"My husband is a gentleman named Albert. Who are the precious jewels of your heart, Queen Anna? Would your companions see my curiosity about you as a threat? Or might they be intrigued by me too?"

-🇬🇧👑 Victoria of Britain, to Anna of Arendelle 🌾🍁

https://t.co/bhIorHRKDN

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2020-02-08

Painting of the Day, Fun Games, Gavin Maughfling,

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2020-02-06

Very proud that ‘British Baroque: Power and Illusion’ has opened at Tate Britain, and is looking rather glorious. Wonderful to work with fellow co-curators Tabitha Barber and Tom Batchelor, and with and everyone else who was involved.

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2020-02-05