marybeard

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22 February 2025 16:34

This is weird, they've left the woman out of the picture again?

marybeard

wmarybeard.bsky.social

22 February 2025 16:34

I'm looking forward to coming to the Lowry in Salford on 19 Sept, to talk about The Secret Histories of Rome. A few tickets are still left, but hurry! Booking details here tinyurl.com/t654nzw9

marybeard

wmarybeard.bsky.social

22 February 2025 16:34

This is the sarcophagus in which Andrew Jackson refused to be buried

marybeard

wmarybeard.bsky.social

22 February 2025 16:34

Pres AndrewJackson (!) was offered a coffin thought to have held a Roman emperor.His reply "I cannot consent my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an Emp. or a King; my republican feelings & principles forbid it,the simplicity of our system of government forbids it". A message?

marybeard

wmarybeard.bsky.social

22 February 2025 16:34

What do you write when you're asleep? www.the-tls.co.uk/regular-feat...