Dr Sarah Flew
@c19thphilanthropy.bsky.social
C19th historian fascinated by philanthropy & charity. Latest book examines Lord Overstone's philanthropy in period 1843-83. Oh and I’m a fundraiser as well! https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/charitable-giving-in-victorian-britain-9781350424593/
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Lynn Chadwick, Moon in Alabama (colour variant), 1963
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1118707
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1118707
December 9, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Lynn Chadwick, Moon in Alabama (colour variant), 1963
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1118707
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1118707
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York Castle: In accordance with a bequest made many years ago by some charitably disposed person, the debtors - in the Castle on Christmas Day were regaled with roast beef and plum pudding. The prison chapel bad been very tastefully decorated for the season, and there were 1/5
December 9, 2025 at 5:50 AM
York Castle: In accordance with a bequest made many years ago by some charitably disposed person, the debtors - in the Castle on Christmas Day were regaled with roast beef and plum pudding. The prison chapel bad been very tastefully decorated for the season, and there were 1/5
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December 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This is the Christmas card I sent this year - available from @royalacademy.bsky.social
Winter Tunnel With Snow. One of a series of paintings by David Hockney of the same subject at differing times and days of the year. The 'tunnel’, is a farm track near Kilham in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
December 8, 2025 at 6:56 AM
This is the Christmas card I sent this year - available from @royalacademy.bsky.social
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THIS WEEK! Join us!!
December 8, 2025 at 6:27 AM
THIS WEEK! Join us!!
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Produced by the Gas Council in the 1950s the leaflet "Christmas in the Happy Home" was, as you would imagine for the date, aimed at what is frequently termed the "housewife" Not one mention of anyone else, sharing in the work. No wonder it refers to a lot of extra work.
December 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Produced by the Gas Council in the 1950s the leaflet "Christmas in the Happy Home" was, as you would imagine for the date, aimed at what is frequently termed the "housewife" Not one mention of anyone else, sharing in the work. No wonder it refers to a lot of extra work.
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This is such a sad story! An important collection that had been sent for digitisation (though why from Kent to Scotland, I'm not sure) 📜 www.bbc.com/news/article...
Museum staff 'devastated' after drawings worth £500,000 destroyed
About 1,700 military drawings from the Royal Engineers Museum were destroyed in the theft last month.
www.bbc.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This is such a sad story! An important collection that had been sent for digitisation (though why from Kent to Scotland, I'm not sure) 📜 www.bbc.com/news/article...
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We're sharing a festive artwork each day until Christmas for our art advent 🎄
Here's day two 🌵🌟
'Christmas Cacti' by Winifred Nicholson (1893–1981) © Trustees of Winifred Nicholson. 📷 Peter Scott Gallery
Here's day two 🌵🌟
'Christmas Cacti' by Winifred Nicholson (1893–1981) © Trustees of Winifred Nicholson. 📷 Peter Scott Gallery
December 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
We're sharing a festive artwork each day until Christmas for our art advent 🎄
Here's day two 🌵🌟
'Christmas Cacti' by Winifred Nicholson (1893–1981) © Trustees of Winifred Nicholson. 📷 Peter Scott Gallery
Here's day two 🌵🌟
'Christmas Cacti' by Winifred Nicholson (1893–1981) © Trustees of Winifred Nicholson. 📷 Peter Scott Gallery
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December 1, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Irish artist Mildred Anne Butler, Shades of Evening, 1904 #womensart #November
November 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Irish artist Mildred Anne Butler, Shades of Evening, 1904 #womensart #November
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The Internet Archive just released tens of thousands of seed catalogs, spanning over two centuries!
They are both lovely and interesting. Check them out!
archive.org/details/usda...
🗃️ #c18th #c19th #c20th #illustration
They are both lovely and interesting. Check them out!
archive.org/details/usda...
🗃️ #c18th #c19th #c20th #illustration
November 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The Internet Archive just released tens of thousands of seed catalogs, spanning over two centuries!
They are both lovely and interesting. Check them out!
archive.org/details/usda...
🗃️ #c18th #c19th #c20th #illustration
They are both lovely and interesting. Check them out!
archive.org/details/usda...
🗃️ #c18th #c19th #c20th #illustration
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The now Grade II listed headstone of railway fireman Edward Booth is a reminder of the tragic Ulleskelf accident which occurred OTD 24 November in 1906 when in fog, the train on which he was working missed a red signal and crashed into a coal train killing himself and the driver.
November 24, 2025 at 6:44 AM
The now Grade II listed headstone of railway fireman Edward Booth is a reminder of the tragic Ulleskelf accident which occurred OTD 24 November in 1906 when in fog, the train on which he was working missed a red signal and crashed into a coal train killing himself and the driver.
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Window in London Street. (Fitzroy Street) | Sir William Orpen
November 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Window in London Street. (Fitzroy Street) | Sir William Orpen
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1/3 After attending Lambeth School of Art, Hannah Barlow was the first woman employed by Doulton & Co, #Lambeth in 1871 to paint their ceramics. She was joined a few years later by sister Florence - Hannah’s designs featured animals while Florence painted birds and flowers.
November 22, 2025 at 8:13 AM
1/3 After attending Lambeth School of Art, Hannah Barlow was the first woman employed by Doulton & Co, #Lambeth in 1871 to paint their ceramics. She was joined a few years later by sister Florence - Hannah’s designs featured animals while Florence painted birds and flowers.
Not convinced by these Love Hearts with emojis
November 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Not convinced by these Love Hearts with emojis
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October 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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"I think I shall have a rest from thinking as I have been told I do too much..."
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Postmark: 21 July 1906
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Postmark: 21 July 1906
October 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
"I think I shall have a rest from thinking as I have been told I do too much..."
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Postmark: 21 July 1906
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Postmark: 21 July 1906
Radio 4 presents Queen Victoria’s Nightmares, featuring details from the diaries of Queen Victoria’s obstetrician, Robert Ferguson, who attended the birth of all of Victoria’s children. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... These diaries can be viewed by appointment @rcpmuseum.bsky.social
BBC Radio 4 - Artworks, Queen Victoria's Nightmares
Presented by Matthew Sweet. A new discovery about the unconscious mind of Queen Victoria.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Radio 4 presents Queen Victoria’s Nightmares, featuring details from the diaries of Queen Victoria’s obstetrician, Robert Ferguson, who attended the birth of all of Victoria’s children. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... These diaries can be viewed by appointment @rcpmuseum.bsky.social
Really enjoyed Gilbert & George at Hayward Gallery - works beautifully in the space @southbankcentre.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Really enjoyed Gilbert & George at Hayward Gallery - works beautifully in the space @southbankcentre.bsky.social
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Tickets still available! Vanessa is an amazing storyteller and I can't wait to hear what's she created based on the amazing RCP library.
Join storyteller Vanessa Woolf @londondreamtime.bsky.social for an exciting family storytime 27 October @rcphysicians.bsky.social!
There will be music, props, smells & a secret revealed!
Pick from a selection of times through the day.
Book now👉 history.rcp.ac.uk/event/tales-...
#BodyOfKnowledge
There will be music, props, smells & a secret revealed!
Pick from a selection of times through the day.
Book now👉 history.rcp.ac.uk/event/tales-...
#BodyOfKnowledge
October 22, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Tickets still available! Vanessa is an amazing storyteller and I can't wait to hear what's she created based on the amazing RCP library.
Hello from (the oracle of) Delphi. Never thought I’d get to go to Greece (given my husband’s bias for Roman ruins) and it’s marvellous
October 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Hello from (the oracle of) Delphi. Never thought I’d get to go to Greece (given my husband’s bias for Roman ruins) and it’s marvellous
Came across a nice account of what it was like to be a student at University of Bristol in 1947 in the Godalming County School magazine. The typical day starts with 1st gong for breakfast at 7.45! @bristolunilib.bsky.social
www.theoga.org/wp-content/u...
www.theoga.org/wp-content/u...
www.theoga.org
October 4, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Came across a nice account of what it was like to be a student at University of Bristol in 1947 in the Godalming County School magazine. The typical day starts with 1st gong for breakfast at 7.45! @bristolunilib.bsky.social
www.theoga.org/wp-content/u...
www.theoga.org/wp-content/u...
Love this! My Nana had a fuchsia nursery in Cornwall and I have fond memories of taking fuchsia cuttings with her in the greenhouses
'Greenhouse Interior,' (c1935) shows Stanley Spencer's common practice at the time of this painting; a closely observed and highly detailed flower painting, in this case fuchsias, against a receding background.
October 1, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Love this! My Nana had a fuchsia nursery in Cornwall and I have fond memories of taking fuchsia cuttings with her in the greenhouses
For anyone interested in Jack Phillips wireless operator of #Titanic I've just come across a nice little bio of him in Godalming County Grammar School mag of 1933 because his sister established a prize at the school in his name. The magazine is scanned
www.theoga.org/wp-content/u...
www.theoga.org/wp-content/u...
September 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM
For anyone interested in Jack Phillips wireless operator of #Titanic I've just come across a nice little bio of him in Godalming County Grammar School mag of 1933 because his sister established a prize at the school in his name. The magazine is scanned
www.theoga.org/wp-content/u...
www.theoga.org/wp-content/u...