For #AncientSiteSunday Let’s go inside Bryn Celli Ddu, a remarkable Neolithic passage tomb with a solar alignment on the island of Anglesey, Wales! The people who built this tomb to bury their dead some 5,000 years ago, aligned the entrance passage with the rising sun on the

Black square (“and so on to infinity…” inscribed in Latin around its edges) representing the nothingness that was prior to the universe, as pictured by the great occult philosopher Robert Fludd, who himself passed into infinity #onthisday in 1637. buff.ly/3bGU5um #OTD

The wildflower meadow of Forde Abbey, a 900 years old former Cistercian monastery on the banks of river Axe. This meadow is left uncut for longer to encourage lifecycles of insects and plants.💛 #Dorset #SundayYellow

That's what happens when you invest in paralympic sport and take it seriously.

Before we took “cider” from French, the Old English word was æppelwīn, or ‘apple-wine’.

The Major Oak, Sherwood Forest in the 1950’s 🌳 1,000 years old, and one of England’s greatest trees. Still going strong

Set in Purbeck marble this brass is unique – the only memorial brass effigy of an English king in the country. Engraved in 1440 it is dedicated to King Æthelred I of Wessex (d. 871), brother of King Alfred the Great. Buried in Wimborne Minster #Dorset #MedievalMonday

Canford Cliffs #Poole #Dorset Wishing everyone a great week 💚

Bring back vintage book covers

The Princess of Wales and her daughter Charlotte. Beautiful moments from the Princess’s video message announcing an end to her chemotherapy treatment 🤍

Rest in Peace Lord Vader

Tall pines lining one of the most iconic streets, The Avenue. Poole #Dorset #pinesandchines Happy #thicktrunktuesday everyone 💚

Some thoughts on the late James Earl Jones: theguardian.com/culture/articl…

Colin Firth CBE b. #OTD 10 September 1960 in Grayshott, Hampshire, England Who can forget Mr Darcy emerging from that lake? 🙂

10 September 1624. Thomas Sydenham was born in Wynford Eagle, Dorset. He wrote, Observationes Medicae, the standard medical textbook. He became known as ‘The English Hippocrates’. One of his key achievements was to discover Sydenham’s Chorea, also known as St Vitus’ Dance.

Decorated ceramic tile with an impressed design of a griffin infilled with white slip and covered with a clear lead glaze. From Abbotsbury Abbey in #Dorset English, second half 13th c Now in V&A Museum. #TilesOnTuesday

Just a gentle rural reset after weeks in boiling heat. Still recovering. #Dorset 💚

The library at Kingston Lacy, Dorset - knowledge to be found in the books & on the globes 🙂 #AlphabetChallenge #WeekKForKnowledge

“I can never decide whether my dreams are the result of my thoughts, or my thoughts the result of my dreams...” D. H. Lawrence #botd

Tokyo yesterday ❤️🇯🇵