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Enjoy today's on the connections between the Victorians and roller derby? Visit "The Development of Sports in Victorian England — Participation and Spectatorship" page by to learn about 19th century sports!
https://t.co/6XzJpEdQt7

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2022-04-14

Summer Morning 
Here's my entry to dtiys! I really enjoyed this piece. I'm very ready for it to be warm outside again! 💙😄 Thank you so much for hosting this dtiys!
 

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2022-03-31

'Victorians in the Garden', a new shortlist https://t.co/0kZ5lbxnew

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2022-03-24

The Victorians clearly felt that all insitutions should have an air of despondency.

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2022-02-26

I love the way the Victorians conceived of witch & bat-woman attire —the 19thc had such rich histories surrounding occult hobbyists 🖤🦇#FaustianFriday

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2022-02-26

Commissions are ooopen for February !🎉

And I start today with the first Christmas commission that I can show you now!
A sweet portrait in a very cool Victorian cosplay.

Commissioned as a gift for his sister, by The_king_asante :)

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2022-01-26

The Victorians felt strongly about the happiness of orphans...

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2022-01-21

fabulous day or recording today! Thanks to Kristen McQuinn, Jane Hayter Hames and the wonderful - That’s Victorians and Housing, King’s John’s wives, Learning timo Love the French in the 19thC and the Fall of Charles I 🤗 coming soon on

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2022-01-19

My new online course for is starting on Monday morning - you can still book tix for 'Music, Art & the Victorians' here: https://t.co/uzlMj8J3C4
1st talk looks at music in Pre-Raphaelite paintings - esp images of St Cecilia

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2022-01-15

The Victorians, bless their weirdness

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2021-12-21

I think these types of cards stemmed from the Victorians seeing Christmas as a time for fun and thrills, which ranged from telling scary stories to exchanging cards that would be silly and bizarre. All about making a friend chuckle in amused confusion

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2021-12-17

The Victorians seemed to also have a whole sub-genre of holiday & Xmas cards that just pertain to the world of cats. Fascinating! 😂 Who knew? 😼❤️❄️

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2021-12-16

Victorians gave us the ritual of Xmas cards. Cheaper mass printing & stamps started the craze in the mid 19thc. Many assume their odd cards were based on morbidity, but scholars feel their idea of Xmas was also more secular, ironic & funny. The joke’s on us 😂

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2021-12-16

Murdoch & News Corp are evil forces against democracy in Australia.

The implication that Victorians are facing tyranny comparable to the Tiananmen Square massacre is bloody offensive and depicting Daniel Andrews in this way equally so.

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2021-11-17

The Victorians were besotted with Norse myths. With ascendent nationalism, the search for mythic origins fascinated them. Here are two Victorian images of Valkyrie, Odin’s female spirit helpers with strong powers, & one by Leeke of Brunhild & Odin.

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2021-10-14