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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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2020-02-11

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

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

Painting of the Day Four Two, Ollie Le Brocq,

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2020-01-17

Teachers, take a look at this learning resource on David Lloyd George. The first Welshman to be Prime Minister of Britain, David Lloyd George was a Liberal who is credited as being the father of the 'Welfare State' thanks to his People's Budget of 1910⬇️
https://t.co/mXVd0C1TBK

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2020-01-16

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

'Beer for Breakfast'🍺 Prior to the arrival of tea in Britain, people drank ale at breakfast, lunch & dinner. Boiling water (as part of the brewing process) killed bacteria and made drinking safe. It was said that more grain was used for brewing, then for making bread in England

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2020-01-13

Painting of the Day, Image Icon, Michala Gyetvai,

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2020-01-11

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

This map shows the German road and city network in 1948 when the country was occupied by Britain, France, Russia and the US. The map is beautiful and one of my favourite views of my birth country.

Zoomable version here: https://t.co/4m8pYZkekZ

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2019-12-16

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

Yeah, I was in the midst of editing my 1879 (the number, not the date) London photos [I went mad in Tate Britain, at Westminster Palace, and at the Wallace Collection.]!

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2019-11-30

Excalibur, Arthur’s legendary sword.
It’s part of the 13 treasures of Britain, and it is said that anyone holding it becomes invincible 🗡💫✨

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2019-11-13

Painting of the Day, German House, Yellow I, Twinkle Troughton,

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2019-11-12