Ooh regarde ça. Mon tout premier livre en français.

Whoo-hoo, just 14 days until THE LAST DANCE is out in paperback. Say hello to DS Declan Miller. #TheLastDance

Beautiful architectural details of Taj Mahal - Agra, Uttar Pradesh - India. Commissioned by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, built between 1632-1653 CE.

The pietra dura art-technique used to build the Taj Mahal, consists of Floral or Calligraphic inlays. The artwork of Taj Mahal is…

The book that Crime Time stalwart Russell James has been working on for the last four years (and half a lifetime before!) is now published: A POPULAR ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF VICTORIAN WOMEN WRITERS...
crimetime.co.uk/crime-time-sta…

Château du Sailhant; a thousand year old château-fort located in the mountainous Auvergne region of central France. It stands on a dramatic triangular volcanic spur with one hundred-foot perpendicular cliffs on three sides overlooking a mystical sixty-foot waterfall that drops…

It's our first #WowWednesday of 2024! 🎉

This year, we are focusing on doing more in 2024! As part of your New Year's resolution why not discover a new view?

📍Cat Bells
📸Will S

Share your favourite view in the comments!

Beautiful

Marvel at the Giant Groundsels of Mt Kilimanjaro :

Giant Groundsels (Dendrosenecio kilimanjari) are prehistoric plants found on top of Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. They evolved about a million years ago in altitudes above 14,000ft, where they learned to harness the ability to…

Thames Water apologises after sewage overflows onto a public footpath in Surrey – locals wonder how James Cleverly might now describe the area

'London In The Rain' by Ronald Ossory Dunlop (1894-1973)

(Private collection)

On the writing front, prepping #BlackJack / #BloodyMary book 9, then I have to finish the Misses King , edit Sniper & #LastTemplarMysteries # 33. Oh, and then write #ArtOfMurder # 3 before joining #SmithsonianJourneys on their #MysteryLoversEngland tour. & this is available NOW:

Delighted you enjoyed it, Victoria Dowd - author 😀 A hugely enjoyable challenge, to find a new ending to one of my favourite whodunits, but very grateful to British Library Publishing for giving me the chance!

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The call for projects for the latest round of Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) funding is now open!

The window for submission of Expressions of Interest will be open until 12th April 2024.

Full information on how to apply >> buff.ly/3dNaYsN

#SouthDowns #2024

'Chepstow Place, Notting Hill, after a shower' (1924) by Algernon Cecil Newton

(Private collection)

Artist’s sketch of a sparrow. From Deir el-Bahri, Thebes, Egypt, c. 1479–1458 BC.

Artists have always loved to sketch. In ancient Egypt, some 3,500 years ago, they used flakes of limestone as sketch pads rather than paper.

Photo: The Met metmuseum.org/art/collection…

#Archaeology

'Leiden.' (1954) John Aldridge is the kind of once obscure painter it's a delight to discover. He received no formal art training; after graduating from Oxford University in 1928, he settled in London - his first show was the Seven and Five Society Exhibition in 1931. 

This…

In a peaceful Shropshire valley near the Welsh border, stands the picturesque Stokesay Castle 🏰🌳

#DYK that restoration of Stokesay was carried out in 1869 by John Derby Allcroft, a successful London glove manufacturer? 🧤

📍 Stokesay Castle, Shropshire

'Southbank Puddles' (2018) by Alexandra Buckle
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Really looking forward to this - do come along if you can!

Triona M Adams OxfordLitFest