Little Owl of the day.

Colour photograph by Skoflek István (1960s-1970s), from the collections of the Museum of Kuny Domokos (Tata, Hungary)

Little Owl of the day: ‘I think you will consider this proof enough of the mischief it does’.

The Field, 1919

Little Owl of the day, 1938

Photograph by G. A. L. Bisseling & F. Kooymans, published in the Illustrated London News

Doing some of my favourite kind of research: surveying periodicals. The ones I'm looking at are usually bound up with other random titles, leading to some wonderful chance encounters!

Not quite what you’re looking for but I wonder whether Elaine Leong might touch on this?

Mignot started breeding narcoleptic dogs at Stanford in the 1990s, leading to a major discovery in the way that narcolepsy occurs in humans. Here he is with one his narcoleptic dogs, which he keeps as a pet

These and similar accounts from the past resonate strongly with the experiences of many people living with narcolepsy today. Despite numerous medical advancements, the everyday life of narcoleptics today is not too dissimilar from that of a century ago.

I first became interested in this when I came across a medical article from 1928 by S. A. Kinnier Wilson. I found these accounts of narcolepsy patients really moving. This is an image of a railway carpenter who had his first sleep attack while "on the top of a signal post executing a repair."

As a historian, I have also recently been developing a research project which looks at how individuals have lived with the condition in the past

Happy World Narcolepsy Day! I was first diagnosed with the condition almost a decade ago, and it's been great to see the work done by Narcolepsy UK to raise awareness in the past few years. I'd love to hear from fellow narcoleptics on here!

Here's a picture of Mignot with one of his narcoleptic dogs. Mignot began breeding narcoleptic dogs in the 1990s, eventually leading to a major discovery in the way that narcolepsy occurs in humans. He now keeps some of the dogs as pets.

I first became interested in this project while reading a medical article from 1928 by S. Kinnier Wilson. I found the descriptions and images of his patients really moving. This picture is of a railway carpenter, who had his first attack "on the top of a signal post executing a repair."

As a historian, I have also recently been developing a research project which looks at the history of the condition, particularly from the perspective of people who have lived with the disease in the past.

I stumbled upon lovely lonely pyramidal orchid yesterday on @magdalenoxford.bsky.social’s Addison’s Walk!

Of course, the vandals are out in strength too

There’s a debate emerging about whether they should adopt US dating formats

In moments like these, Wikipedia talk pages never fail to disappoint

“A Protest” - a drawing by a Southport schoolgirl in 1929, raising awareness about the effect of ships’ oil on sea birds. Published in the RSPCA’s magazine “The Animal World”

This didn’t age well