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Soph @moonponysophia.bsky.social · 3d

I think it's a great cover.

Soph @moonponysophia.bsky.social · 3d

It was in some ways a lucky escape. It was a proper shootout, with guns on both sides. The house still has musketball marks from that time in the walls.

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Soph @moonponysophia.bsky.social · 3d

A great shame. It needs to be taken in hand and preserved.

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Soph @moonponysophia.bsky.social · 3d

Sad news, the Chartreuse du Mont-Dieu in the Ardennes, France, suffered a disastrous fire on Sunday. The Carthusian priory was founded in 1132, largely rebuilt during the 17th century, and dissolved during the French Revolution. It is a protected historic monument. #RuinedPrioryFriday

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Soph @moonponysophia.bsky.social · 4d

He did. He was shot outside the front door, but managed to crawl back inside, where he died.

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Soph @moonponysophia.bsky.social · 4d

Holbeche House, near Dudley, where the leaders of the Gunpowder Plot met their end in a shoot out with the Sheriff of Worcester's troops on 8th November 1605. This photo was taken around 1900.

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Melanie Jackson @mjjaxn.bsky.social · 7d

In memory of all the beloved pets who are no longer with us. We will also meet them again someday...

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Soph @moonponysophia.bsky.social · 7d

I wouldn't touch the real ones, but I'd be very tempted to line them all up with Photoshop later...

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Soph @moonponysophia.bsky.social · 9d

That's stunningly ugly.

Soph @moonponysophia.bsky.social · 14d

Limburg (Limbourg) is in Belgium, so it's unlikely.

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 14d

November isn't a good time for pigs in the medieval calendar.
#medievalcalendar
BL Lansdowne 383; the 'Shaftesbury Psalter'; 12th century; England; f.8r

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Soph @moonponysophia.bsky.social · 14d

We will do it again at the London Lovecraft Festival in February, so there's another chance then.

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Soph @moonponysophia.bsky.social · 14d

Brilliant resource, thanks so much for doing this!

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Soph @moonponysophia.bsky.social · 14d

These are lovely!

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Soph @moonponysophia.bsky.social · 14d

The lantern itself, it's an amazing mad science device. This one is more that a century old. #magiclantern

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Soph @moonponysophia.bsky.social · 14d

Tomorrow is the first night of our new show, Magic Lantern Call of Cthulhu, which will be on at the Old Red Lion in Islington, London, as part of the Grimfest Horror Festival. Deets are here: www.oldredliontheatre.co.uk/call-of-cthu... #cthulhu #horror #theatre #lovecraft

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Soph @moonponysophia.bsky.social · 17d

Really interesting article about the lost English Civil War defences of London. www.vauban.co.uk/the-ecw-defe...

The ECW defences of London

www.vauban.co.uk

Soph @moonponysophia.bsky.social · Oct 10

Thanks for the link, will go have a listen.

Soph @moonponysophia.bsky.social · Oct 8

Cookie Monster, or the Count.

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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · Sep 25

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of the former University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, UMIST, which was hied off from the University of Manchester @manchester.ac.uk and then rejoined it

If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm

An old colour picture postcard showing four views of Manchester, one of which is a tall red-brick building labelled Technical School

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Natee (they/them) @himmapaan.bsky.social · Sep 17

A bit of silliness from 2021.

Kong's first line is taken directly from the 2007 BBC adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford.

Single-panel comic drawn in brown pencil. Godzilla and King Kong sit facing each other on mounds of rocks, taking tea, with an elegant tea set on the ground between them.
Kong: 'What is all this agitation? Are the summer gloves come in?'
Godzilla, waving an unfolded letter with a ribbon and sealing wax: 'Why, an invitation, to be sure! To Mothra's garden party!'
Kong: *Gasp!*

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madeline odent @oldenoughtosay.com · Sep 15

dunno who needs to see this but

medieval necromancy journal

Bodleian Libraries @bodleian.ox.ac.uk · Sep 15

Our medieval curator Alison Ray introduces Rawlinson Bodleian Library MS. Rawl. D. 252...a 15th Century necromancer's journal.

This manuscript contains spells written in Latin and Middle English, and would have served as a reference for a professional sorcerer.

#MedievalMonday

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Dr Kate Farrant Shaw @katefarrantshaw.bsky.social · Sep 15

A magnificient medieval treasure for a medieval Monday- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: (Cotton MS Nero A X/2, ff. 94v–95r)

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Soph @moonponysophia.bsky.social · Sep 13

Maga having their night of the long knives.

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Soph @moonponysophia.bsky.social · Sep 12

The ruins are massive as you can see in this aerial shot. The abbey is EH, but as I said they are currently closed for maintenance. The music college is in the 18th century house built in the nave.

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