Melita Thomas
@melitat.bsky.social
I'm an author and historian, a PhD candidate at UCL and editor of Tudor Times. I love history, books, gardens, walking in the countryside, the sea, and interacting with interesting people on social media.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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She’s back in one piece. Damage was worse than the vet could see at first, so a more involved process and longer recovery. But she’s here. She slept on my chest all night. She’s eating, drinking & sleeping. She is already able to get that feckin cone off…
November 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
She’s back in one piece. Damage was worse than the vet could see at first, so a more involved process and longer recovery. But she’s here. She slept on my chest all night. She’s eating, drinking & sleeping. She is already able to get that feckin cone off…
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Picking up subtle hints it might be lunchtime.
November 21, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Picking up subtle hints it might be lunchtime.
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Very good to see Nathan Gill of Reform has been given a 10 1/2 years custodial sentence for taking Russian bribes. Take our country back from these crooks. In mitigation, his statement claimed he was a man of "deep faith". Deep faith in his own greed and mendaciousness. Absolute trash.
November 21, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Very good to see Nathan Gill of Reform has been given a 10 1/2 years custodial sentence for taking Russian bribes. Take our country back from these crooks. In mitigation, his statement claimed he was a man of "deep faith". Deep faith in his own greed and mendaciousness. Absolute trash.
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Back to writing and editing at last after a few busy days away from my desk.
A new book on the horizon for 2026 with a little polishing after my agent has read it.
Then on to my publishers.
This of course is Christine de Pisan with her little dog for company.
A new book on the horizon for 2026 with a little polishing after my agent has read it.
Then on to my publishers.
This of course is Christine de Pisan with her little dog for company.
November 21, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Back to writing and editing at last after a few busy days away from my desk.
A new book on the horizon for 2026 with a little polishing after my agent has read it.
Then on to my publishers.
This of course is Christine de Pisan with her little dog for company.
A new book on the horizon for 2026 with a little polishing after my agent has read it.
Then on to my publishers.
This of course is Christine de Pisan with her little dog for company.
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A #FridayFeeling that I wish I could replicate.
November 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
A #FridayFeeling that I wish I could replicate.
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Watercolour painting of Freddie's sister, Rosie. Photo taken by my son. Rosie and Freddie are my daughter's cats and are grown up now. Isn't this so cute?
#kittens #cats #petportraits #art #painting #watercolour
#kittens #cats #petportraits #art #painting #watercolour
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Watercolour painting of Freddie's sister, Rosie. Photo taken by my son. Rosie and Freddie are my daughter's cats and are grown up now. Isn't this so cute?
#kittens #cats #petportraits #art #painting #watercolour
#kittens #cats #petportraits #art #painting #watercolour
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November 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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21 Nov 1657: Luke Wadding of #Waterford, #Franciscan, Scotist, historian is buried in St. Isidore's #Irish College #Rome #otd His bones still rest in the crypt there while his death mask may be seen at Waterford Treasures Museum
November 21, 2025 at 12:04 PM
21 Nov 1657: Luke Wadding of #Waterford, #Franciscan, Scotist, historian is buried in St. Isidore's #Irish College #Rome #otd His bones still rest in the crypt there while his death mask may be seen at Waterford Treasures Museum
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#OTD 1559 d. Frances Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk, 2nd child of Mary, the French Queen, & Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. Like the marriage of her parents, Frances’s 2nd marriage created scandal at the Tudor court. bit.ly/1LTEPbv
November 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
#OTD 1559 d. Frances Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk, 2nd child of Mary, the French Queen, & Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. Like the marriage of her parents, Frances’s 2nd marriage created scandal at the Tudor court. bit.ly/1LTEPbv
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a bit of brightness and joy, for you
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artistsonbluesky #blueskyartshow #photography #womensartbluesky #photographersonbluesky #dahlia #flowers #oregonphotographer
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artistsonbluesky #blueskyartshow #photography #womensartbluesky #photographersonbluesky #dahlia #flowers #oregonphotographer
November 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
a bit of brightness and joy, for you
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artistsonbluesky #blueskyartshow #photography #womensartbluesky #photographersonbluesky #dahlia #flowers #oregonphotographer
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artistsonbluesky #blueskyartshow #photography #womensartbluesky #photographersonbluesky #dahlia #flowers #oregonphotographer
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Another example of the attractive workers' cottages at Port Sunlight, built by Lever for the workers at the Sunlight soap factory.
November 21, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Another example of the attractive workers' cottages at Port Sunlight, built by Lever for the workers at the Sunlight soap factory.
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Looks like it’s going to be a #quince marmalade production kind of a weekend! #EatingWithTheTudors
November 20, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Looks like it’s going to be a #quince marmalade production kind of a weekend! #EatingWithTheTudors
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🏙️ ⚖️ Today Andrew Simpson of @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social will join us to discuss one of Scotland’s oldest surviving legal texts, some elements of which are still echoed in modern Scots law.
November 20, 2025 at 10:02 AM
🏙️ ⚖️ Today Andrew Simpson of @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social will join us to discuss one of Scotland’s oldest surviving legal texts, some elements of which are still echoed in modern Scots law.
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I tried my mom’s india ink the other day and now I’m ordering my own because india ink is magical to work with. also birb
November 20, 2025 at 5:17 AM
I tried my mom’s india ink the other day and now I’m ordering my own because india ink is magical to work with. also birb
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On the feast of St. Edmund #otd: a painted screen showing St Edmund, St. Thomas Beckett, St Edward the Confessor and a Mitred Bishop, c.1300-1310
(National Trust, Kingston Lacy)
(National Trust, Kingston Lacy)
November 20, 2025 at 10:25 AM
On the feast of St. Edmund #otd: a painted screen showing St Edmund, St. Thomas Beckett, St Edward the Confessor and a Mitred Bishop, c.1300-1310
(National Trust, Kingston Lacy)
(National Trust, Kingston Lacy)
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A walk through the stone defences of Mither Tap, Bennachie in Aberdeenshire for #HillfortsWednesday
I believe occupied in the early Middle Ages, don’t know how far it goes back? Whenever it was, I hope it was less windy than now.
I believe occupied in the early Middle Ages, don’t know how far it goes back? Whenever it was, I hope it was less windy than now.
November 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM
A walk through the stone defences of Mither Tap, Bennachie in Aberdeenshire for #HillfortsWednesday
I believe occupied in the early Middle Ages, don’t know how far it goes back? Whenever it was, I hope it was less windy than now.
I believe occupied in the early Middle Ages, don’t know how far it goes back? Whenever it was, I hope it was less windy than now.
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Write like no one will read it.
Edit like everyone will quote it.
You'll be unstoppable! 🚀
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #AmEditing #BookSky #WriteSky
Edit like everyone will quote it.
You'll be unstoppable! 🚀
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #AmEditing #BookSky #WriteSky
November 19, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Write like no one will read it.
Edit like everyone will quote it.
You'll be unstoppable! 🚀
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #AmEditing #BookSky #WriteSky
Edit like everyone will quote it.
You'll be unstoppable! 🚀
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #AmEditing #BookSky #WriteSky
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This St Edmund's Day, let's talk about the *St Edmund Extended Universe*, the various invented relatives and associates that Edmund picked up along the way. First up, there's the obscure St Fremund (who?), allegedly a cousin of St Edmund... (thread)
November 20, 2025 at 10:12 AM
This St Edmund's Day, let's talk about the *St Edmund Extended Universe*, the various invented relatives and associates that Edmund picked up along the way. First up, there's the obscure St Fremund (who?), allegedly a cousin of St Edmund... (thread)
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Good morning from the Welsh Marches. Frost!
November 20, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Good morning from the Welsh Marches. Frost!
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Another snowy morning at the Merchant Adventurers’ Hall.
Proof if it was needed that we look gorgeous in all weathers. 😘
Proof if it was needed that we look gorgeous in all weathers. 😘
November 20, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Another snowy morning at the Merchant Adventurers’ Hall.
Proof if it was needed that we look gorgeous in all weathers. 😘
Proof if it was needed that we look gorgeous in all weathers. 😘
#1000TudorPeole S is for Thomas Starkey, While secretary to Cardinal Pole he wrote a 'Dialogue between Pole and Lupset',
setting out his humanist vision of how church and state
should be reformed to promote the good of all members
of society. amzn.to/3X5KVBp
setting out his humanist vision of how church and state
should be reformed to promote the good of all members
of society. amzn.to/3X5KVBp
November 20, 2025 at 11:09 AM
#1000TudorPeole S is for Thomas Starkey, While secretary to Cardinal Pole he wrote a 'Dialogue between Pole and Lupset',
setting out his humanist vision of how church and state
should be reformed to promote the good of all members
of society. amzn.to/3X5KVBp
setting out his humanist vision of how church and state
should be reformed to promote the good of all members
of society. amzn.to/3X5KVBp
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#HenryVIII’s break with Rome was a watershed moment for England and for Christendom. Did the papacy have itself to blame?
🔒 Paulina Kewes and Frederick Smith’s cover story is now in the archive
www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...
🔒 Paulina Kewes and Frederick Smith’s cover story is now in the archive
www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...
The Excommunication of Henry VIII
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November 20, 2025 at 9:40 AM
#HenryVIII’s break with Rome was a watershed moment for England and for Christendom. Did the papacy have itself to blame?
🔒 Paulina Kewes and Frederick Smith’s cover story is now in the archive
www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...
🔒 Paulina Kewes and Frederick Smith’s cover story is now in the archive
www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...