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RPGs of 2012 #ttrpgs2012
43AD
In this you play occupier military in Roman Britain. It focuses on playing out day-to-day military life and missions. It’s not a particularly crunchy system, though it does have a big skill list. There’s a good deal of historical detail to it.
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Happy #PlatinumJubilee
Fancy a puzzle? Find seven hearts on the crowns. 👑💖💜💙💚💛🧡❤️ Easy peasy! 😉👍💖
©2022 Sarah M Britain.
(HM's portrait is based on her recent appearance at the opening ceremony of TFL Elizabeth Line.)
#HM70
#ElizabethLine
For #FindsFriday - in 2014 we uncovered the post-hole remains of an aisled building, but what was more exciting is that one post had been padded with (what turned out to be) some of the only examples of moulded architectural timber known from #RomanBritain. 1/2
#Archaeology
17 May 1900. The British garrison, led by Robert Baden-Powell, the later founder of the Boy Scouts, ended the 217 day Boer siege of Mafeking in the 2nd Boer War. There were unprecedented scenes of celebration on the streets of Britain.
People of Great Britain. Good News! 'Our Planet. There's No Place Like Earth' written by @stacymcanulty and illustrated by ME is now officially available on these fair shores. In all good U.K. bookshops from TODAY 🇬🇧🌎
Wild Cherry Blossom is native to Britain. Its white blossom flowers briefly before fading & so like its Japanese pink blossom cousin (sakura) it is a symbol of the transience of life. So to encounter a wild cherry tree is regarded as both auspicious & fateful. #FairyTaleTuesday
The Fairy Lovers, by English painter Theodore von Hoist (1840). Tate Britain.
Henry Fuseli - Johann Heinrich Füssli [7 February 1741 – 17 April 1825), a Swiss painter, draughtsman and writer on art who spent much of his life in Britain.
He painted works for John Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery, and created his own "Milton Gallery".
@y2_kazoo My wife created a Dragon Eeveelution since up to that point Gen 2, 4, and 6 had all added Eevee evolutions and it seemed like dragon type would make sense for Pokémon region based on Britain.
At the age of 24, Mary Moser, a founding member of the Royal Academy, was considered one of the leading flower painters in 18th century Britain. Her near-sightedness required her to paint very close up to the canvas ~ see George Romney’s portrait of her at work (at far R)
Lewis Morley's photograph of Christine Keeler #botd, shot in his studio above The Establishment in Soho's Greek Street, is one of the iconic images of 1960s Britain.
#FolkloreThursday Said Merlin, 'Uther, you are the star, and the fiery dragon. The ray over Gaul, portends a potent son who will rule all kingdoms the ray reaches. The other ray signifies a daughter, whose progeny shall enjoy the kingdom of Britain.' https://t.co/Gfl4cHYbOg
Happy Valentine's Day. 💕💕 💕
This has a 'Find **' quiz.
Find 7 Smileys, 7 smiling hearts, 1 Diamond, 1 Spade, 1 Club. Easy peasy! 😉👍💖
©2022 Sarah M Britain.
Drawn & coloured with @STAEMars Pigment Liners, @derwentart Artists colour pencils, + one @FaberCastell colour pencil.
I don’t think she’ll ever fully be the Captain Britain who operates solely out of the UK but will forever be seen as Krakoa’s Captain Britain. Otherworld/Avalon, Krakoa, and Braddock Isle will be her domains. Her new costume and colors amplify that.
Hull as you've never seen it before! Stunning artwork by Christopher Knox will soon be on show at @studio11hull.
His chiaroscuro graphite drawings capture the atmospheric beauty of Britain.
The 'Monochrome' exhibition opens on Thursday Jan 27.
#FruitMarketHull #Hull
Annie Hudson 'Falls, Isle of Harris' Pastel, Graphite
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'My work is the outcome of many visits to raw outlying areas of Britain. I look for places which reveal the dynamic forces and processes which have formed them'
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https://t.co/rPtAnx1XyS
In 1908, Festus Kelly travelled to Mandalay in Burma, and spent a year being thrilled by its colour and lifestyle. Reproductions of Kelly's paintings made in the country became at one time amongst the most popular prints in Britain.