Environmental DNA illustration for a presentation I did on Friday for ’s EEB group.

This is all wildlife you might find around the Thames if you’re lucky... or who’s DNA could be left behind in a scoop of Thames water.

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For this week's we present a new addition to our collection, 'Takenobu Igarashi A-Z,' which highlights the typographic work of Japanese sculptor & graphic designer Takenobu Igarachi, published in London by Thames & Hudson in 2020. More: https://t.co/rBDWJLCo83

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Who knew there was a huge Great Northern goods depot underneath the Smithfield Market building, with Thameslink running through, plus spectacular spaces above ground too? Brilliant talk on ideas behind the new from for first DAS 2021 lecture

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The Thames river at Limehouse, looking towards Limekiln Dock by Carington Bowles (1777)

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He took the French approach & applied it to the the English scene. Boating on the Thames (c1890s), The Croquet Party (1890), El Espada (1892) & the White City (1893)

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Put up your dukes, it’s The Gent! The most proper fighter this side of the Thames! If his massive fists don’t get you, his top hat rocket will!

Designed as part of T.M. Wilson’s character competition on Instagram

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A Bridge to Modern Times
A lovely view of the Thames looking south across new Bridge towards the Collegiate Church of St Saviour and St Mary Overie (Southwark Catherdral), at the advent of steamship technology, by Gideon Yates (1837)

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Looking for some inspiration to liven up your riverside walks? Why not download one of our Riverside Trails for outdoor adventures for the whole family: Wind in the Willows Meadow Trail and River History Trail.
https://t.co/29Dzs9dgXc

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Lockdowns and restrictions have resulted in fabulous news paintings by , don’t you think? Celebrating all that is good and uplifting right on our doorstep! Here until 23rd.

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The Flower Pot Hotel, a pub at Aston near Henley on Thames. Oil painting on canvas.
https://t.co/rqXqomTSIP

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These are 18th century clay wig curlers, some broken, all found on the Thames foreshore. Did you know they set the curls in hair by wrapping it around these curlers then baking it in a pastry crust. Ingenious!
(See comments for quote)

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014/365 "Catching the Light" from my 365 Project collection.

The Millennium Dome reflected on the still waters of the River Thames.

More info: https://t.co/bbsPTZNxsG

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During 'Little Ice Age' 1300-1870 Thames froze over. frost fairs held from 1608 (#1), and (#2 1684, 1715) featured rides, games, printing presses, ox/mutton roasts, taverns, music, poets and gingerbread (#4 from last fair 1814). From

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Franz Rottensteiner, The Fantasy Book: The Ghostly, the Gothic, the Magical, the Unreal, Thames and Hudson, 1978. Cover: Peter Tybus (after S.H. Syme).

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Cremorne Gardens: Its History Between 1845 and 1877 -
were popular pleasure gardens by the side of the River Thames in Chelsea, London, located between Chelsea Harbor and the end of the ... https://t.co/vxzdKh2aL9

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