Fiona Flint @FionaFlintBooks
Writer of historical fiction Essex Joined November 2020-
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🧵Here is a collection of late 19th-century glass jars which contained pharmacists' #ToolsOfTheTrade! The labels reveal eucalyptus gum from Australia, Szechuan pepper seeds from China, strawberry guava fruit from Trinidad, nutmeg seeds from Africa, and fig tree gum from Indonesia
The main door into the church of the Holy Sepulchre showing the patina of ages #Jerusalem
Bronze Age swords and shields, dating 9th-8th BC. Swords are a sign of the increasing importance of warriors, who became a social class in the Bronze Age. They were found in Bothenheilingen and Kehmsted. The shields were found folded in a bog near...1/2 📷mine #archaeology
#FindsFriday 2 weeks ago I sought out the unique willow-bark Enderby Iron Age shield from Leicestershire in the @britishmuseum. This incredible survivor has a woven boss & no metal parts 🥰 Brilliantly researched & explained by @TactileArchaeol here: youtu.be/wMK0mAATSnU?si…
Late Roman helmet from Burgh Castle, Norfolk, 4th century AD, now in the wonderful @timetidemuseum Great Yarmouth. #FindsFriday
A threshing machine was destroyed in East Kent #OTD 1830 marking the beginning of the Swing Riots, an uprising of rural workers in protest at mechanisation, working conditions, tithes and low wages. By November, over 100 threshing machines had been destroyed in East Kent. [1/2]
#OnThisDay 82 years ago, 🇵🇱 303 Squadron was formed at @RAFNortholt. By shooting down 126 German planes, it became the top-scoring Fighter Command unit of the #BattleofBritain. Its pilots Witold Urbanowicz and Josef Frantisek were in top 10 scorers of the battle. #BoBPoles
No. 303 Squadron, one of two Polish squadrons to serve in the RAF during WW2, became active #OnThisDay 1940. Equipped with Hawker Hurricanes, the squadron claimed the largest number of aircraft shot down of all Allied fighter squadrons engaged in the Battle of Britain.
Plough and gulls from yesterday's walk
#WinterRavilious - Downs in Winter, Eric Ravilious, 1935. For the countdown to Christmas we start with Eric’s classic winter view of the Southdowns in East #Sussex (now @sdnpa). The original artwork is in the collection of @TownerGallery.
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245 Followers 756 Following SFW/NSFW llustrations for books, novels, and games!! || Digital Art || Illustration || Cover art || Graphics Email: [email protected]
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Book Vibe 📖 @book_vibe
4K Followers 5K Following At Book Vibe, 📚 our mission is simple yet powerful - to make book discovery a seamless, delightful experience. ✨ #BookVibe #Bookstagram #BookReview
Samantha Wilcoxson @carpe_librum
4K Followers 2K Following Author & history enthusiast. Sharing emotive stories of the past and celebrating unsung heroes. #WIP James Alexander Hamilton: Son of the American Revolution 📖
Poyningsfamily @newman_bev
1K Followers 2K Following Writing for Pen and Sword. Five Families and The Hundred Years War. Themes inc wardship, family and justice. Bardolf, Berkeley, Fitzalan, Percy, Poynings.
First Novel Prize @firstnovelprize
1K Followers 878 Following Open to unpublished & independently published novelists. Judged by @ansa_khan and @kiyarosevans. Organised by @literarystudio.
The Spell That Binds @LPOBryan
125K Followers 113K Following Books you might enjoy. Spells made of words that will twist your heart.
Viking Strathclyde @VikingClyde
3K Followers 3K Following Also @EarlyScotland. Books: Strathclyde and the Anglo-Saxons in the Viking Age (2014); Æthelflæd (2018). New book on the Isle of Man, AD 400-1265 (April 2023).
Bex Hogan @bexhogan
3K Followers 2K Following Dreamer. Writer. NETTLE coming 10.10.24 @_ZephyrBooks. BRONTE TEMPESTRA @piccadillypress. BLACK HEAT, VIPER, VENOM & VULTURE @hachettekids.
P J Richards @P_J_Richards
14K Followers 8K Following 🪶Artist & Author🦄occasional Unicorn 🌿🏹folkloric novel DEEPER OLDER DARKER🌿by @snowbooks 🌗On a mission to bring magic into the mundane world 💚Loves Yews🌿
1.Neu-Kelte 🌻💙�.. @NeuKelte
4K Followers 4K Following Nua-Celtic Manifesto (lead author), fantasy novelist (unpublished), patchwork family person, environmentalist & conservationist, lightworker, psychic, Dr. Sha
Kevin Wilbraham @KPW1453
18K Followers 8K Following Archivist by trade; historian by inclination; and information governance manager by necessity. History, archives and archaeology from ancient to late medieval.
Emma Cowing @emmacowing
643 Followers 998 Following Author & journalist. Debut novel THE SHOW WOMAN 🎪 coming Spring 2025 @Hodderbooks. Ochberg Fellow @columbiajourn. @prize_novel '23 SL. Rep'd by @amandaharrisme
Sally @Sally3914824933
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Molly Walters @MollyWalters
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NW Carriage Museum @NWCMuseum
401 Followers 711 Following Over 60 horse-drawn carriages (c. 1840-1930) and artifacts that keep history alive! Come get carried away!
Barn Owl Centre🦉 @BarnOwlCentre
17K Followers 17K Following Est 1997 - UK Charity + Owl Sanctuary. We also produce ♻️ ECO Owl Boxes for wild Owls. https://t.co/msFvorSHP8 or https://t.co/rMWDLBE1xy…
Andy Marshall 📸 @fotofacade
25K Followers 5K Following Architectural Photographer in time-travelling camper van. 📸🚐🏛️ Architecture, Travel, History, Place, Material Culture, Genius Loci Digest, camper-van-camino
Dorothy Johnson . @SSianyd64
1K Followers 2K Following Just me, photographing fungi,lichen,trees,clouds. (Pictures are all phone pics )🍄
david adams photos 20.. @chesterton2015
6K Followers 5K Following Chesterton Archaeology Research Team in partnership with Warwickshire Archaeology Research Team. Church history heritage and wildlife photography.
robert zupanec @ZupanecRobert
299 Followers 1K Following #artist, #painter #paintings #gallery #artforsale #originalart #design #interiordesign #life
woodlandfloor @woodlandfloor
434 Followers 625 Following a year in life of Lake District woodlands #flowers #mushrooms #plants #lakedistrict #woodland #forest #nature #goodforthesoul some images available on @picfair
India Gardening @india_gardening
707 Followers 1K Following India Gardening is dedicated solely to gardening. Our purpose is to share the best of gardening stuff with you.
Cottage garden dreame.. @cottagebank
3K Followers 3K Following Love of Nature ...gardening .. changing seasons .. empathy..💕
Amanda @HandcraftTamsin
3K Followers 1K Following Macrame Artist with a passion for plants, words and journeys near and far. See website for items handcrafted with love. #UKGiftHour co-host
CraftBizParty @CraftBizParty
7K Followers 5K Following Sunday night 9-10pm. A place for craft businesses to chat, network, share products & news. Hosted by @DownlandCrafts & @Tanithandicraft #CraftBizParty #elves
Louise Hobson @LouiseHobsonArt
2K Followers 792 Following Artist, mother, walker, library assistant, teacher. County Durham. Art available in my Etsy Store.
SeedLoft @seed_loft
1K Followers 2K Following Seedloft was created for those who are passionate about growing plants from seed.
andy kimpton @andy_kimpton
4K Followers 5K Following Wedding & Portrait Photographer, now trying to make the grade with Wildlife. Steam enthusiast, Cricket & Music lover, Warm Weather Biker.
Anna Vaught @BookwormVaught
8K Followers 9K Following Author, teacher, hustler, momma, Curae. PGR @yorkstjohn Next books: To Melt the Stars.Essays on Love @brokensleep 31/07. The Elixir @renardpress 25/10/25
Sharon Bennett Connol.. @Thehistorybits
8K Followers 4K Following Historian of Medieval & Women's History. FRHistS. Mum. Yorkshire lass. Author. New book Jan 2024: Women of the Anarchy Podcast: A Slice of Medieval
The English Oak Proje.. @TheKentAcorn
32K Followers 323 Following Our Oak Trees & their Sweet Chestnut chums in our ancient bluebell woodland in the Weald of Kent. Also pictures and facts about trees
Susan Stokes-Chapman .. @SStokesChapman
5K Followers 1K Following Bestselling author of PANDORA & THE SHADOW KEY ❖ Pub’d by @harvillsecker & @harperperennial ❖ Rep’d by @MushensEnt
The Old Operating The.. @OldOpTheatre
10K Followers 1K Following A medical museum housing the oldest operating theatre in Europe (1822) in the heart of London Bridge. Likes and retweets are not endorsements. #OldOpTheatre
The Spell That Binds @LPOBryan
125K Followers 113K Following Books you might enjoy. Spells made of words that will twist your heart.
Samantha Wilcoxson @carpe_librum
4K Followers 2K Following Author & history enthusiast. Sharing emotive stories of the past and celebrating unsung heroes. #WIP James Alexander Hamilton: Son of the American Revolution 📖
Gareth Brown @GarethJohnBrown
1K Followers 263 Following International bestselling author of The Book of Doors from @transworldbooks (UK) and @WmMorrowBooks (USA). Human servant to two Skye terriers.
Rebecca Griffiths @YORYM_FLO
2K Followers 760 Following Archaeologist, Finds Liaison Officer (FLO) at York Museums Trust (YORYM). All thoughts & opinions are my own.
First Novel Prize @firstnovelprize
1K Followers 878 Following Open to unpublished & independently published novelists. Judged by @ansa_khan and @kiyarosevans. Organised by @literarystudio.
New Writers @NewWriters_UK
1K Followers 886 Following Writing competitions, news and resources to help new and aspiring authors. #newwriters #writingcommunity #writersoftwitter
Toni Mount @tonihistorian
1K Followers 549 Following Best selling author, history teacher and speaker, specialising in the ordinary lives of medieval people
Anne O'Brien @anne_obrien
6K Followers 3K Following Writer of historical novels celebrating medieval women Sunday Times Best Seller A Court of Betrayal. Joan de Geneville weds marcher lord Roger Mortimer.
Thor Ewing @ThorEwing
3K Followers 809 Following Myths and rites, legends and literature, gods and goddesses. And the ὑποκείμενον which underpins it all.
Poyningsfamily @newman_bev
1K Followers 2K Following Writing for Pen and Sword. Five Families and The Hundred Years War. Themes inc wardship, family and justice. Bardolf, Berkeley, Fitzalan, Percy, Poynings.
Bex Hogan @bexhogan
3K Followers 2K Following Dreamer. Writer. NETTLE coming 10.10.24 @_ZephyrBooks. BRONTE TEMPESTRA @piccadillypress. BLACK HEAT, VIPER, VENOM & VULTURE @hachettekids.
P J Richards @P_J_Richards
14K Followers 8K Following 🪶Artist & Author🦄occasional Unicorn 🌿🏹folkloric novel DEEPER OLDER DARKER🌿by @snowbooks 🌗On a mission to bring magic into the mundane world 💚Loves Yews🌿
Nina Willburger @DrNWillburger
54K Followers 6K Following Archaeologist | Permanent Representative of the Director @ALM_BaWue | Adjunct lecturer State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart | Private account, views are mine 🖖
Viking Strathclyde @VikingClyde
3K Followers 3K Following Also @EarlyScotland. Books: Strathclyde and the Anglo-Saxons in the Viking Age (2014); Æthelflæd (2018). New book on the Isle of Man, AD 400-1265 (April 2023).
Oxford Centre for Ear.. @EarlyOxford
1K Followers 152 Following Convenors: Helen Gittos, Helena Hamerow, Conor O'Brien, Meredith Cutrer, Annika Ester Maresia, Bobby Klapper | Tweets: Meredith
Portable Antiquities @findsorguk
19K Followers 166 Following The Portable Antiquities Scheme is a DCMS funded project to encourage the voluntary recording of archaeological objects found by members of the public.
Medieval Graffiti @MedievalG
18K Followers 478 Following Multi-award winning community archaeology project. Real people doing real archaeology. 'Russian warship Йди на хуй'. Also tweets as @mjc_associates
Dr Cat Jarman FSA💀 @CatJarman
28K Followers 4K Following Editor: British Archaeology Magazine | 🎙️ Host: #RabbitHoleDetectives | 📕 The Bone Chests & River Kings | Vikings, bioarchaeology, Rapa Nui 🇳🇴
Early Scotland @EarlyScotland
9K Followers 6K Following Early Scottish history & archaeology. Picts, Romans, Vikings, carved stones & Pictish symbols. See my books at https://t.co/ftIwoX1Ck3
North Ages @NorthAges
19K Followers 2K Following Early medieval northern Britain, taking in Picts, Gaels, Britons, Angles and Norse. Feast days, #OnThisDay, archaeology news and book releases.
1.Neu-Kelte 🌻💙�.. @NeuKelte
4K Followers 4K Following Nua-Celtic Manifesto (lead author), fantasy novelist (unpublished), patchwork family person, environmentalist & conservationist, lightworker, psychic, Dr. Sha
Justin Hill - Author @JHillAuthor
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Elodie Harper @ElodieITV
7K Followers 4K Following Reporter @itvanglia. Sunday Times bestselling author of THE WOLF DEN trilogy, reimagining the lives of women in ancient Pompeii. Agent @Mushenska
Tales of Britain and .. @BritIrelandTale
5K Followers 1K Following A podcast telling myths, legends and folklore of Britain and Ireland in no particular order, made by Graeme. Find it on all good (and evil) podcast aggregators
@MythologyMonday @MythologyMonday
12K Followers 286 Following World mythology, every Monday. Founded by @[email protected], @AimeeMaroux & @ClassicalMyths. Join us on Mastodon: @[email protected]
Matthew Harffy @MatthewHarffy
12K Followers 11K Following Author of the Bernicia Chronicles, A Time for Swords and Wolf of Wessex, published by @AriesFiction. Co-host of @rock_swords podcast. https://t.co/bC388RcBcQ
Head of Zeus @HoZ_Books
21K Followers 5K Following Award-winning independent publisher. Sprung fully formed. Including @AriaFiction 🌸 @AriesFiction 💥, @_ZephyrBooks 🌍 and @AdAstraFiction 🚀
Raven Books @BloomsburyRaven
11K Followers 914 Following Raven Books, an imprint of @BloomsburyBooks, is the home of the best & the brightest in new writing for all who love their books with a touch of the dark side.
Aria Fiction @AriaFiction
12K Followers 3K Following Commercial fiction imprint from award-winning @HoZ_Books 📚 | Including romance, saga, bookclub and historical fiction 💕
Bloodhound Books @Bloodhoundbook
10K Followers 5K Following 📚 Indie book publisher of page-turning reads 📢 Submissions opening again soon 💌 Sign up to our newsletter for a FREE murder mystery
Hera Books @HeraBooks
6K Followers 3K Following Unashamedly commercial, always inclusive. Submit to us here: [email protected]
Kevin Wilbraham @KPW1453
18K Followers 8K Following Archivist by trade; historian by inclination; and information governance manager by necessity. History, archives and archaeology from ancient to late medieval.
Prehistoric Society @PrehistSociety
8K Followers 197 Following Worldwide society for prehistoric archaeology, established 1935. https://t.co/apPYqDcjHv (Tweets by Membership Secretary)
Butser Ancient Farm @butserfarm
14K Followers 776 Following Learning about the past by recreating it! Experimental archaeology, living history, ancient skills, & more: https://t.co/Q9wKKmQKFK
Alison Fisk @AlisonFisk
61K Followers 2K Following MA in Archaeological Practice @BirkbeckUoL Volunteer @PCAarchaeology and @HamHouseNT Here to share my ❤️ of archaeology
Ancient Warfare @ancientwarfare
5K Followers 168 Following Ancient Warfare is the print magazine on the military history of the ancient world, ca. 3000 BC to AD 500. Edited by Jasper Oorthuys.
ONYI @DarlingtonAble
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Benjamin Woolley @WoolleyWriter
127 Followers 213 Following History writer, trying not to live in the past. Lives of George Villiers, Elizabethan magus John Dee, rebel herbalist Nicholas Culpeper... Full cast on website.
National Trust Archae.. @NatTrustArch
11K Followers 827 Following News from the archaeologists at the National Trust in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Tweets by the team!
Natural History Museu.. @NHM_Science
10K Followers 2K Following Curiosity, knowledge, solutions from and for nature @NHM_London: global collections, research, laboratories, libraries & collaboration from 350+ colleagues
Emma Cowing @emmacowing
643 Followers 998 Following Author & journalist. Debut novel THE SHOW WOMAN 🎪 coming Spring 2025 @Hodderbooks. Ochberg Fellow @columbiajourn. @prize_novel '23 SL. Rep'd by @amandaharrisme
Durotriges Project @Durotrigesdig
24K Followers 8K Following Investigating the Iron Age - post Roman period in southern England. Video diary @DuroDigDiaries #HillfortsWednesday Tweets by Miles Russell
Weird Walk @weirdwalk
13K Followers 516 Following Keep walking weird #folklore #rambling #standingstones #hauntology #psychogeography
Ancient Stone Botheri.. @Stone_Bothering
1K Followers 68 Following The ancient art of ancient stone bothering. Prehistoric sites I have visited and keep on visiting.
Dr! Adelle Bricking @archae_delle
11K Followers 4K Following Archaeology🏺| Museums | FLO @findsorguk Cymru 🏴 | Iron Age mortuary practices 🛖 | Histotaphonomy🔬| ADHD: expect typos 🥲 | my views!
How amazing is this. An original, surviving Roman shield!!!
Happy May Day ☀️ People have been celebrating the beginning of summer at this time of year since at least Roman times. Take some time today to greet the sun and look ahead to summer!
The Winfarthing Pendant - a gold composite Anglo-Saxon pendant which was discovered within a 7th century grave by a metal detectorist in December 2015 at Winfarthing, near Diss in Norfolk. Now part of the collections @NorwichCastle #FindsFriday 📸 My own
A view of the ditch system dug cAD250 to surround the great arch which was converted into a watchtower at #Richborough the gateway to Britannia. The ditch cut through earlier 2nd century shops as the town became a military base. The great arch was broken up and burned to make…
One of my favourite churches is St Nicholas at Barfreston in Kent built in the late 12th century of expensive Caenstone. The intricate carving may have been used as a training ground for the stonemasons who built Canterbury Cathedral. Sadly the medieval wall paintings were…
All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. J.R.R. Tolkien
I've mentioned the many different names recorded in Kent for the cowslip, including Cove-keys, Culver-keys, Horsebuckle, Lady keys and Pegle. This correspondent to Notes and Queries (1898) found a reference to another name - FAIRY CUPS.
#TombTuesday Evening sunlight last week on the spectacular #Neolithic tomb of Maen Ceti or Arthur's Stone on Cefn Bryn, Gower. Twin chambers were formed by hollowing out the ground beneath a massive glacial erratic, which subsequently split sometime in the past. 📷 My own
A Pictish carved stone was discovered by archaeologists from the University of Aberdeen in a field at Aberlemno, Angus, #OTD in 2021. It is believed to date from the 5/6thC, and joins six other stones found in the area.
Detail from the Winchester Hanging Bowl. Dating from the late C7th or C8th, the bowl was found as part of an Anglo-Saxon burial at Oliver's Battery, near Winchester in Hampshire. Now part of the collections at Winchester City Museum. #FindsFriday #AngloSaxon #Wessex 📸 My own.
🧵Here is a collection of late 19th-century glass jars which contained pharmacists' #ToolsOfTheTrade! The labels reveal eucalyptus gum from Australia, Szechuan pepper seeds from China, strawberry guava fruit from Trinidad, nutmeg seeds from Africa, and fig tree gum from Indonesia
The late Anglo-Saxon west doorway at Holy Trinity Church in Colchester. Dating to the mid-11th century, the doorway incorporates re-used Roman bricks. #AdoorableThursday 📸 My own.
The Deskford Carnyx - the head of an Iron Age war trumpet shaped to represent a wild boar. The carnyx was found in 1816 at Deskford in Banffshire when digging for peat, and was possibly a votive offering. Now part of the collections @NtlMuseumsScot #FindsFriday 📸 My own.
The main door into the church of the Holy Sepulchre showing the patina of ages #Jerusalem
#Celtic #FolkyFriday: „There is nothing more fragile, more vulnerable than a seed. Dropped or expelled from its mother-plant, blown hither-thither by the wind, finally coming to rest in the earth, where it may lay dormant for years, or begin to sprout. It will only thrive if 1/3
This is Boxley Abbey barn it's visible from the M20 in Kent. Originally, this wasn’t a barn but the hospitium, where visitors were given hospitality, more like a hotel. And Boxley Abbey had a famous 'animated' rood screen, read my guest blog today at englishhistoryauthors.blogspot.com
After the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381, Richard II, aged 14 arrived at Gravesend (Kent) by boat. ‘Not liking the shabby appearance of the inhabitants’, he was afraid to land and was rowed back to the Tower of London. The image is of RII greeting peasants at The Tower
The remains of six helmets from the Viking Age are known to exist: •the Tjele helmet fragment; •two fragments from Gotland; •one fragment from Kyiv; •the Gjermundbu helmet; •the Yarm helmet, in the North Riding of Yorkshire, England.
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#Celtic #BookologyThursday: Melusine orchestrated a raid on her father’s castle, confining him and all his attendants inside a magical mountain. Her mother Pressina wasn`t happy at this vengeful action. Instead, the descendant of serpents cursed Melusine to become a snake for 1/2
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