Tim of York
@timofyork.bsky.social
Girl dad. Building surveyor. Fan of quirky architectural details. Medieval History MA. Visited Yorkshire and never left.
Currently reading a lot about the Roman Empire and sharing interest snippets.
Currently reading a lot about the Roman Empire and sharing interest snippets.
This is cool.
Street art spotted in York.
Street art spotted in York.
December 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This is cool.
Street art spotted in York.
Street art spotted in York.
Today’s ‘huh, that was a thing’ charity shop find, can we all agree that this level of Corbyn-mania was a bit weird?
November 22, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Today’s ‘huh, that was a thing’ charity shop find, can we all agree that this level of Corbyn-mania was a bit weird?
Autumn is the loveliest season.
October 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Autumn is the loveliest season.
Can’t beat Opeth!
September 7, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Can’t beat Opeth!
The absolute bloody cheek, after months of throwing trans people under the bus and a week of outright pandering to racist rhetoric on immigrants, for Labour to ask me to come back to help combat Nigel Farage.
September 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The absolute bloody cheek, after months of throwing trans people under the bus and a week of outright pandering to racist rhetoric on immigrants, for Labour to ask me to come back to help combat Nigel Farage.
This is a brilliant line!
September 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This is a brilliant line!
11 days ago, I turned 40 without much fuss and a quiet belief that nothing much would change about me.
This evening I went to take out the bin, looked down and saw what was on my feet…
This evening I went to take out the bin, looked down and saw what was on my feet…
June 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
11 days ago, I turned 40 without much fuss and a quiet belief that nothing much would change about me.
This evening I went to take out the bin, looked down and saw what was on my feet…
This evening I went to take out the bin, looked down and saw what was on my feet…
Whoever is putting ads for Prada before Teletubbies on YouTube, can we talk?
My 18 month old is broke as.
My 18 month old is broke as.
May 21, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Whoever is putting ads for Prada before Teletubbies on YouTube, can we talk?
My 18 month old is broke as.
My 18 month old is broke as.
POV: you’re a dad in England and the Celsius is over 20
May 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
POV: you’re a dad in England and the Celsius is over 20
Finally, Caroline Elkins Legacy of Violence tracks the British colonial infrastructure of repression throughout the 20th century, showing how techniques honed in Ireland and Palestine were exported around the world. An unflinching expose of imperial brutality.
March 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Finally, Caroline Elkins Legacy of Violence tracks the British colonial infrastructure of repression throughout the 20th century, showing how techniques honed in Ireland and Palestine were exported around the world. An unflinching expose of imperial brutality.
Seventh, and left field, Camille De Angelis’ Bones and All was an incredibly creepy story of cannibals in love. I devoured it (pardon the pun).
March 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Seventh, and left field, Camille De Angelis’ Bones and All was an incredibly creepy story of cannibals in love. I devoured it (pardon the pun).
Sixth, Hannah Kent’s Burial Rites tells the story of the last woman executed in Iceland. Richly textured and heartbreaking. This one stuck in my mind for days after.
March 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Sixth, Hannah Kent’s Burial Rites tells the story of the last woman executed in Iceland. Richly textured and heartbreaking. This one stuck in my mind for days after.
Fifth, Clare Jackson’s Devil-Land tracks the history of England from Elizabeth to James II, with a focus on the wider European context and how foreigners understood the incredible events of the 17th century.
March 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Fifth, Clare Jackson’s Devil-Land tracks the history of England from Elizabeth to James II, with a focus on the wider European context and how foreigners understood the incredible events of the 17th century.
Fourth, @alexvont.bsky.social investigates why statues are erected and why they are torn down in Fallen Idols. A fascinating and impassioned addition to an often facile conversation about public memory and heritage.
March 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Fourth, @alexvont.bsky.social investigates why statues are erected and why they are torn down in Fallen Idols. A fascinating and impassioned addition to an often facile conversation about public memory and heritage.
Third, the English Civil War is told in microcosm through the story of the siege of Basing House in the The Siege of Loyalty House by @jessiechilds.bsky.social. Superbly told and full of fascinating detail.
March 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Third, the English Civil War is told in microcosm through the story of the siege of Basing House in the The Siege of Loyalty House by @jessiechilds.bsky.social. Superbly told and full of fascinating detail.
Second, The Five by @hallierubenhold.bsky.social. A superb piece of social history told through the stories of Jack the Ripper’s victims. Rubenhold reclaims the stories of these women with dignity and honesty from the prurient pages of true crime obsessive.
March 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Second, The Five by @hallierubenhold.bsky.social. A superb piece of social history told through the stories of Jack the Ripper’s victims. Rubenhold reclaims the stories of these women with dignity and honesty from the prurient pages of true crime obsessive.
Late in the day for International Women’s Day, a shout out for some of the best books by female authors I’ve read in the last year.
First up, The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin. How have I never read this book before? A brilliant piece of anarchist sci-fi.
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First up, The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin. How have I never read this book before? A brilliant piece of anarchist sci-fi.
📚🩸 💙
March 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Late in the day for International Women’s Day, a shout out for some of the best books by female authors I’ve read in the last year.
First up, The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin. How have I never read this book before? A brilliant piece of anarchist sci-fi.
📚🩸 💙
First up, The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin. How have I never read this book before? A brilliant piece of anarchist sci-fi.
📚🩸 💙
Fantastic list, thanks for putting it together.
Couple more suggestions: The Later Roman Empire and The Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity by @averilcam.bsky.social and Ravenna by @judithherrin.bsky.social.
Couple more suggestions: The Later Roman Empire and The Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity by @averilcam.bsky.social and Ravenna by @judithherrin.bsky.social.
March 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Fantastic list, thanks for putting it together.
Couple more suggestions: The Later Roman Empire and The Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity by @averilcam.bsky.social and Ravenna by @judithherrin.bsky.social.
Couple more suggestions: The Later Roman Empire and The Mediterranean World in Late Antiquity by @averilcam.bsky.social and Ravenna by @judithherrin.bsky.social.
You come for the king, you’d better not miss.
March 4, 2025 at 6:32 AM
You come for the king, you’d better not miss.
A really quite cute 17th century carving of a devil watches over shoppers on York’s Stonegate.
The building, now a shop, was originally a printer’s and the carving seems to be reference to the titling of printer’s apprentices as ‘devils’.
The building, now a shop, was originally a printer’s and the carving seems to be reference to the titling of printer’s apprentices as ‘devils’.
March 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
A really quite cute 17th century carving of a devil watches over shoppers on York’s Stonegate.
The building, now a shop, was originally a printer’s and the carving seems to be reference to the titling of printer’s apprentices as ‘devils’.
The building, now a shop, was originally a printer’s and the carving seems to be reference to the titling of printer’s apprentices as ‘devils’.
The 15th century hammerbeam roof in Eltham Palace’s great hall is just wow.
February 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The 15th century hammerbeam roof in Eltham Palace’s great hall is just wow.
Just finished Barrowbeck by Andrew Michael Hurley. Genuinely creepy folk horror, brilliantly written as a series of snapshots from the Iron Age to the near future from a West Yorkshire valley where and old and sinister power lingers in the minds of the inhabitants.
#booksky
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#booksky
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February 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Just finished Barrowbeck by Andrew Michael Hurley. Genuinely creepy folk horror, brilliantly written as a series of snapshots from the Iron Age to the near future from a West Yorkshire valley where and old and sinister power lingers in the minds of the inhabitants.
#booksky
📚🩸 💙
#booksky
📚🩸 💙