Lovely bit of social history, here.
View from the Royal Festival Hall, 1950.
This beautiful image was produced by SR Badmin
for a set of contemporary postcards celebrating the Festival of Britain. And best of all … (1/2)
"France passed a single law and instantly unlocked 11 gigawatts of #solarenergy — without using new land. In 2023, France's government mandated solar canopies over all car parks larger than 80 spaces. The scale was enormous: There are 400,000 parking areas across France #ActOnClimate #Renewables
I'm supposed to be motorcycling to the field school but it is raining stair rods. (I'm guessing that phrase dates me!)
I find myself re-reading bits of my old papers because someone else said I said... and I don't remember ever saying that. Turns out, mostly I didn't say what they said I said and they've either completely misunderstood or are deliberately obfuscating.
This silver coin is from Knossos and depicts the labyrinth of Greek myth. If you trace your finger from the entrance, like the puzzle books you used to do as a kid, you’ll find a path to the centre where you’ll meet…..a mini-Minotaur!
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🏛️📷 Ashmolean Museum
Good question. The divide between senior managers and staff (esp. academic staff) is bigger than it's been in the past 30+ years. Agree that senior managers teaching and/or taking modules would help. So would binning most external consultancies and restoring/creating university senates with power.
Helen Day
To Hereford Cathedral for #MonumentsMonday, and three Bishops of Hereford. Firstly, Bishop Robert Bennet, who died in 1617. Someone didn't approve of his praying hands. 1/3
#MemorialsMonday
#ResistanceRoots
Ruth Benedict was born on this day in 1887 in New York City. She was a cultural anthropologist and folklorist who proved that culture shapes personality. She also refuted fascist master-race theories and explicitly coined the term “racism” to attack racial discrimination. /1
