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The @JerichoPrize is returning - the Arts Council-funded prize for unpublished Black-British children's writers 'relaunches this summer with bigger prizes and broader ambitions'
https://t.co/Ii1PIus6Hy (£)
12 Aug 1642: Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland, sent to the Tower #otd by the House of Lords on suspicion of complicity in a plot to deliver Portsmouth into the King's hands (British Museum)
A plaque has been unveiled in West London to Vera Atkins - the woman who sent SOE agents into France in WW2. She was already working for British intelligence - as had her father & grandfather since 1900s for #ThomasKendrick
New research in my book on her past!
August 12, 1857, Victorian palaeontologists William Daniel Conybeare died #OTD. He made important contributions on the anatomy of the Ichthyosauri and worked on the geology of the British Islands ⚒️ In 1821, he described the marine reptile Plesiosaurus 🐉
https://t.co/CDQXAl3kMB
Feasts of the Month of August
c. 1640 - 1660
Nicolas Picart
(British Museum)
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The @JerichoPrize is returning - the Arts Council-funded prize for unpublished Black-British children's writers 'relaunches this summer with bigger prizes and broader ambitions'
https://t.co/Ii1PIuJI68 (£)
Stella dressed up as @GeorgieLeahy in the
#normalbritishseries #HelluvaBossStella #helluvaboss #HelluvaBossFanart
THE CITY OF THE DEAD (Horror Hotel) (60) Finally a good witchcraft thriller feat. British cast using American accents (& quite well). Nubile student of occult drives alone to "cursed" town of Whitewood, MA. Rich b&w cinematog & atmosphere, smooth pace, a bit of camp. Hidden gem.
@Th3RedstoneGun Dang alright then lol
I’ll give you the British dog
12 August 1942. Operation Pedestal, a British operation to carry supplies to the island of Malta. Art by Mark Postlethwaite.
🌄 Harmonia ruralis, or, An essay towards a natural history of British song birds: .
London: Printed and sold by the author . . ;1794-1796.
https://t.co/vUijhpXwss
🦌 Fauna boreali-americana, or, The zoology of the northern parts of British America: .
London: John Murray, 1829-1837.
https://t.co/FdKz8ulqSg
Collecting bales, Hilltop Farm #backbritishfarming #lincolnshire #harvest22
help the cat is british
(blame doody @/Kitsuneisi for this dumb idea=
#grianfanart #mumbojumbofanart
@CherryTypeGroov im so bad at the accent that he accidentally sounds british but yes
Japan - Oil on Canvas (Virgin Records, 1983). The painting on the album cover is by the German-British artist, Frank Auerbach.