Lucy Bamford

This is the Government Press Release on #NutrientNeutrality. It's wrong in so many ways. Here's a thread of three: ❌ environmental laws don't stop housing ❌ the #HabitatsRegulations are effective ❌ the new money won't stop the pollution

Roman portable sundial in the shape of a cured ham. The whimsical yet precision-crafted bronze timepiece was unearthed in Herculaneum in 1760 and quickly identified as a rare pocket sundial by its grid markings. The exact workings of the 'pork clock' have, however, only recently come to light thanks to new research. Historians at Wesleyan University created an exact 3D-printed replica of the sundial, complete with its lost gnomon (the part of a sundial that casts a shadow) which was described by an 18th-century museum curator as having been in the shape of a pig’s tail. Outdoor experimentation with the sundial confirmed that the device would be hung from a chain with the sun on its left side, allowing the pig tail to cast its shadow across the grid. Vertical lines on the grid represent the months of the year, while the horizontal lines indicate the number of hours past sunrise or before sunset. The Roman user aligned the tip of the tail's shadow to fall on the vertical column of the current month. They then counted the number of horizontal lines from the top of the grid to the tip of the shadow, to reveal the hour of the day. While fixed sundials were common in towns across the Roman world, this prosciutto clock is one of only around 25 portable sundials to survive from antiquity and one of the earliest known to exist.

@kejamieson_ Wellies and not much else would be my go-to. Unless it's going to be chilly, in which case a cardi, too. 😂

V difficult planning festival fashion for pishing rain 🤣

BOOKING NOW: On Thursday Sept 7, join C20 for a free evening walking tour exploring the remarkable architecture of Twentieth Century Croydon, as part of @openhouselondon 🎟️ Tickets: programme.openhouse.org.uk/listings/12232

@qbcentre @theUL Where is it off too next, please?

We have three ‘chats’ in the county – the stonechat, the whinchat and the (northern) wheatear. As they leave their upland breeding grounds, these chats can turn up in any rural site, such as a recently ploughed or weedy field, especially if there’s a wall or fence to perch on.

@DerbysWildlife Just over the border, in East Staffs, but we've heard two stone chats in last couple of weeks out in fields near the River Dove. Love them!

Proposed development next to Cathedral Green a hundred metres from @museumofmaking and @DerbyCathedral Public consultation on nine-storey apartment block in Derby's Full Street derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-new…

Revealed today ⁦@derbymuseums⁩ “Renowned British artist’s paintings on display for only fifth time in 250 years”. ⁦@Independent⁩ independent.co.uk/news/uk/derby-…

‘Fancy’ paintings ⁦@derbymuseums⁩ Joseph Wright works on display in painter's home city - BBC News bbc.com/news/uk-englan…

Thanks for coming @NadinePeatfield & @BaggyShanker We’re really delighted there’s even more work by Wright for the public to enjoy. And for free @derbymuseums

@tonybutler1 @derbymuseums @radiotwiggy @BBCDerby @BBCRadio4 Good old Twiggy! 😁

Brilliant ‘big-up’ of @derbymuseums new acquisitions of Joseph Wright of Derby paintings by @radiotwiggy of @BBCDerby on the @BBCRadio4 #r4today programme at 07.45 this morning. 🙏 Can be seen in Derby Museum and Art Gallery. Admission FREE

@anja_coin_geek @derbymuseums These things that would be far too heavy and cumbersome for one person to hold like *this* 😂

@FlintlockFemme @derbymuseums Those are fab! Are they new acquisitions, or just on loan? Also, lovely to see you and Matt! (Classic publicity pose "put your hands here and pretend you're mounting these paintings which are clearly already mounted!"😆)

It's been a busy couple of days! Delighted to unveil these two new beauts - amid audible gasps and ooos - this morning @derbymuseums. Free for everyone to enjoy. Don't miss 'em!

Lavinia Fontana, Portrait of a Noblewoman, ca. 1580. (National Museum of Women in the Arts; Photo by Lee Stalsworth) Lavinia was given her first name #otd 24 Aug 1552 on her baptism in Bologna.

24 Aug 1198: b. Alexander II, King of #Scots at Haddington, East Lothian #otd

@Sharonheal @BBCPM Brilliant interview, Sharon. The patience with which you responded to the suggestion (twice over) that museums have 'piles and piles of uncatalogued stuff' ripe for stealing was amazing. I, on the other hand, was shouting at the car radio 🤨

Just said all of this & more on @BBCPM about 15 mins in.

Don’t smear our museums – they are not all institutionally corrupt | Letters theguardian.com/culture/2023/a…

Astronomer Maria Mitchell (1818 - 1889), standing second from left, next to a telescope, is shown with her astronomy class outside the observatory at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, circa 1870. gettyimages.com/detail/news-ph… #histSTM #WomenInSTEM #WomenInAstronomy