VictorianTurkishBath @VicTurkBath
"Victorian Turkish Baths" is: 'a something in it for everyone book'—'scholarly'—'…a major act of historical recovery'. victorianturkishbath.org Joined October 2014-
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Twitter is no longer what it was. I have not posted for some time, this will be my last post, & I won't read it after 14 Jan. THANK YOU to all who have followed me over the years, & to those I've followed from whom I have often gained much—I can still be contacted via my website.
Am I the only Twitter user who still keeps pressing the X at the top to close a screen down?
Embrace Erasmus+ today!: Our withdrawal from Erasmus+ is having devastating consequences on the UK. That's why I just signed the petition calling on the government to rejoin the programme now. Will you sign the petition too? europeanmovement.co.uk/erasmus-petiti…
Campaigners seek listed status for Finnish sauna from 1948 London Olympics theguardian.com/sport/2023/nov… For heaven's sake, don't publicise it or someone from @cityoflondon will want to hang an office block over it. Let us hope @HistoricEngland lists it quickly.
With thanks to the libraries and archives of @RoyalAgUni and @theRCVS
With thanks to the libraries and archives of @RoyalAgUni and @theRCVS
There are now some some new pages on my website. They are about Turkish baths for animals in Victorian London & Middlesex & are a slightly enlarged version (more images & extended captions) of my recent paper for the 2023 @LonMidArchSoc Conference. It's at victorianturkishbath.org/_2HISTORY/AtoZ…
If you've been celebrating #Shakespeare these last few days—BBC Radio3 &c—why not end the week on a lighter note with an 19th century parody of 4 scenes from a Shakespearean comedy (author unknown) set in the San Francisco Hammam in the mid 1870s. victorianturkishbath.org/_3TOPICS/AtoZT…
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Smoke Sauna Sisterhood is now in cinemas. Watch the trailer and find screenings: conic.film/smokesauna
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94 Followers 67 Following Is a grass roots, emerging, charitable organisation that promotes sauna culture in the UK.If you've not yet discovered the fabulous @VicTurkBath website you are missing a treat. And even more excitingly, it's recently been updated ➡️x.com/VicTurkBath/st…
There are now some some new pages on my website. They are about Turkish baths for animals in Victorian London & Middlesex & are a slightly enlarged version (more images & extended captions) of my recent paper for the 2023 @LonMidArchSoc Conference. It's at victorianturkishbath.org/_2HISTORY/AtoZ…
Euston Arch here and the whole of Penn Station in New York in the USA - let’s stop Liverpool Street Station going the same way. Pls object today victoriansociety.org.uk/news/How+to+ob…
The Euston Arch was built as the entrance to Euston train station in 1838. 🚂 This image dates from the late 19th century, and shows horse-drawn vehicles taking people to the station. Following an unsuccessful public campaign to preserve it, the arch was demolished in 1962.
@VicTurkBath No, I think he remained fond of it.
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I’ll remember you with this one… 😢
Still my favourite journalistic line ever.
so we can expect anti-Assad war crimes demonstrations and marches in London, European cities any minute now, right?
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My statement today calling out the hostility directed towards our Jewish community. Odious people ripping down posters of missing children and mobs carrying placards of hate, do not reflect British values. They breach the social contract of civility we owe to all our neighbours.
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Sketch of the Day: Childwall Synagogue, #Liverpool, 2012
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Wonderful! 👇👇👇👇How to improve the school results: not extra maths but music, loads of it theguardian.com/education/2017…
Morning sunshine streaming through the glass dome of the spectacular former Turkish bathhouse at Bishopsgate today. Grotesque plans to build a cantilevered tower over the top are being vigorously contested by @thevicsoc.
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Ah, Parkgate, where I had my first date with the man who became, and still is, my husband.
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