#Victorian

Adam Sharp

AdamCSharp

Sorely missed Victorian slang:8. Gigglemug (always smiling)7. Bitch the pot (pour the tea)6. Got the morbs (temporary sadness)5. Tight as a boiled owl (drunk)4. Poked up (embarrassed)3. Sauce-box (the mouth)2.

Lindsey Fitzharris

DrLindseyFitz

(1/11) Thread on PREMATURE BURIALThis is an "Escapable Burial Chamber" built by Thomas Pursell for himself & his family. The ventilated vault can be opened from the inside by a

Philip Anderson

P_G_Anderson

.@_F_B_G_ writes very persuasively on the Church and Welfare State of a nation in crisis, and its politics.And I'm prompted to wheel out my favourite hobby horse: there was an

Nick Richards

nickrichardsart

Painting the Old Grammar School in Dulwich village yesterday. I cycled there over the hill from Sydenham, but had to get off & push on the way back! The artcitect

carlee is writing

bellharts

Me trying to convince you all to read the Timekeeper trilogy by Tara Sim, a thread: What Is It: Timekeeper is a YA mlm trilogy set in a steampunk, alternate

Benjamin Millar

BenjaminMillar

Those who went in boots and all to defend the immediate hard lockdown of the Flemington and North Melbourne towers should, at barest minimum, read the Victorian Ombudsman's 6-page summary

jay 🌿

jaymc82

Had to shelve the longer walk to the Tarn bird sanctuary that I’d planned because I’m not feeling up to it today, but I did get to Hither Green cemetery

Greg Jenner

greg_jenner

This has been digitally remastered with new audio, the film grain removed, the speed standardised, the colour added. The @BFI has a brilliant collection of films from 1896-1901, recently remastered,

Charlotte Somers

CB_Somers

I found most of this article interesting - it talks a lot about how governments tend to be more trusted in times of recession and crisis. Time will tell if

Scarlet Ferret Bookshop

scarlet_ferret

What's special about A Bagful of Dragon by @Soulsubsistence is the approach it takes to magic.Magic is real... Protect yourself!Yorkshire has a strong historical magic culture. From Whitby across to

Khal Drongo

hpstorian

Looking at the Victorian government's punitive deployment of police to the #freethe9blocks do people not realise that they've essentially given people in public housing a logical incentive to spread covid-19

Hannah Rose Woods

hannahrosewoods

2020 as Victorian Christmas cards “Wishing you a jolly Christmas”

Victorian Humour

VictorianHumour

I'm currently reading a Victorian reissue of an 18th-century jestbook. 49 jokes from the original text were omitted on account of the "greater delicacy observed in modern society & conversation."

Darrell Owens

IDoTheThinking

It's weird to me that people make fun of McMansions, which yes look goofy, but old Victorians in San Francisco are literally boxes with mass-produced ornaments nailed in front like

Clayton Cubitt

claytoncubitt

YOU PROBABLY DIDN’T KNOW YOU NEEDED TO SEE PIX OF FLEXING VICTORIAN BABES BUT YOU DID SNAP ME LIKE A SWAN-HANDLED WALKING STICK AND THROW ME UNDER THE FAINTING COUCH

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Dr_Tad

For a report by scientists, the Covid modelling report released by the Victorian government is disturbingly full of hyperbole, misinformation & unevidenced assertions. It reads like political spin, not science.https://www.abc.net.au/new

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