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New (almost) Truss's birthday (26 July) is the anniversary of the first (recorded) women's match, played near Guildford in 1745.

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2022-09-06

Was Louis XIV (died 1715) the worst best friend the Stuarts could have hoped for?
The (secret) Treaty of Dover committed Charles II to converting to catholicism & relying on a French pension, while James II was left an obvious target for William of Orange.

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2022-09-01

19th-century sketch of someone in a Louis XIV featuring some fairly nifty boots, which would at least keep the rain off the toes
1715

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2022-09-01

A posture of an elegant woman.

Drawing by Carlos Saenz de Tejada, fashion magazine 'Elegance', c. the late 1930s/early 1940s.

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2022-08-31

Died 1688 John Bunyan, teenage soldier in the New Model Army, preacher & writer best known for the Pilgrim's Progress

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2022-08-31

Who will win the duel? Two knights aiming at each other's weakest spots.

by Eugene Delacroix, 1824.

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2022-08-30

🚨The Parliamentary History Essay Prize 2022 is open!
The winner will receive £500 and have their essay published in
The submission deadline is 3 October

For details read:
https://t.co/k7kdyp4oJc

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2022-08-30

At work, blacksmith and milk seller, 17th century.

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2022-08-26

James Gillray, pre-eminent caricaturist of the was born 1756.
During his last few years he struggled with his mental health & was cared for by long-term landlady & likely partner, who owned the shop where his prints were displayed.

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2022-08-13

As we turn the corner into the week of August 12, I want to focus this 🧵 on a final area of risk connected to the workplace: job insecurity.

Bear with me though--I turn this one on its head.



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2022-08-08

The has so many gems. And some of these gems are now digitized, a long enterprise led by dear . Below "Resurrexit, Resurgam," a poem by Anna Julia Cooper. Her papers are housed at Moorland. Come visit and consult!

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2022-08-05

George II surprisingly critical of fox-hunting as a pursuit - criticizing the duke of Grafton for 'tormenting a poor fox, that was generally a much better beast than any of those that pursued him...'

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2022-07-20