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@Keir_Starmer @AngelaRayner It’s not a natural disaster is it. These people were killed, together with at least 43,000 other Palestinians, by Israel, who you ‘stand with’. You’re not ‘humbled’, you’re complicit, you absolute moral disgrace.

Today @AngelaRayner and I met members of the Palestinian community in the UK who have lost loved ones in Gaza, alongside Dr Husam Zomlot, Head of the Palestinian mission to the UK. I am humbled by their immeasurable grief. This horrific suffering must end, there must be an immediate ceasefire, and Israel must let unrestricted aid into Gaza now.

If I must die, let it be a tale. #FreePalestine #Gaza

A powerful & important article on life for young people in Gaza after a year of horrifying military violence Proud to have been involved in editing & placing it. 'In Gaza, we have one question for the rest of the world: aren’t we human, just like you?' theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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Yup - features a Walrus but not the Beatles. Tom can explain. mainlymuseums.com/post/1283/merm… @ScribblerTom #museum #museumfromhome #heritage

Mermaids, ‘scare devils’, and an overstuffed Walrus at London’s eccentric @HornimanMuseum | my article for the wonderful @mainlymuseums 📸 19th century 'ningyo' or 'Human Fish' from Japan (photo my own) #Horniman mainlymuseums.com/post/1283/merm…

@Culture_Crit For some reason you only get to it much further down, but it was first converted in the 15th century, which is also around the time the minarets depicted in your second post were added. Of course, a few years ago it was a museum, but the conversion isn’t exactly new is it.

Exactly 4 years ago, the Hagia Sophia was converted to a mosque. But 1,500 years ago, it was built to be the greatest church the world had ever seen. Today it looks quite different — here's how it looked at its peak... (thread) 🧵

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A join Iraqi-French archaeological mission have uncovered a Lamassu at the Dur-Sharrukin archaeological site, Khorsabad, in Nineveh, Iraq.

Cornfield by Moonlight, with the Evening Star (cropped) Samuel Palmer, c.1830 #WyrdWednesday

@RaggedTP Please read more before you post stuff like this. He wasn’t a benevolent dictator toppled by western interests. It was a revolution against a monster. The west has failed Libya no doubt, but at least get your basic facts straight.

In 2011, France, UK and US (FUKUS) destroyed the once prosperous Libya and its infrastructure... with the BBC acting as cheerleaders, leaving behind a civil war and a country unable to cope with any disaster. A fact the BBC have glanced over in all its coverage of the flooding.

‘The Tomb of Böcklin’, by Ferdinand Keller (1901-02) Painted as a tribute to Swiss painter, Arnold Böcklin #ofdarkandmacabre

"Never regret thy fall, O Icarus of the fearless flight, For the greatest tragedy of them all, Is never to feel the burning light." Attributed to Oscar Wilde The Lament for Icarus, by Herbert Draper (1898) #MythologyMonday

The 'blood bucket' is marked with a bull (L) - a major motif for the ancient Minoans. Given the victim's age, some have wondered if this practice could have given rise to the minotaur myth & the sacrifice of Athenian youths R: 300 CE (likely Roman) Via @AshmoleanMuseum

In 1979 in Crete, archaeologists made a grisly find. Preserved mid-ceremony by an earthquake, a boy of about 18 had just been sacrificed. The knife was likely used to cut his throat & the vessel to collect his blood c1700-1600BC (1/2) #Findsfriday #OfDarkAndMacabre 📸my own

A very moody looking Christ Church in Spitalfields, London (built in 1729)

Anubis was a canine headed god of Ancient Egypt, associated with funerary rites, mummification, and cemeteries. This wooden likeness was possibly used as a mask by the priests of Anubis (Late period: 664 - 332 BCE) 📸 My own via @EgyptianMuseumC #WyrdWednesday

@ofdarknmacabre I'll look out for it. Such a shame what that goblin has done to this platform!

@ScribblerTom Thank you! But it is what it is... Had one laughing bitterly though, when the Bride of the Muskrat invoked the Twitter community's unique spirit while her lord & master fumbles on & destroying it 🐘 is still one of the options, yes - we all know more by the end of the year!

Darklings! Half a year after the muskrat invasion here, community building, creating content, host events and curate # became neigh impossible with rate limits & paywalls and whatnot. Time to explore new options! 1st leg: Find #ofdarkandmacabre as @darkartslore on Insta!

Capela dos Ossos (Chapel of Bones), Faro, Portugal. Built in 1816, this tiny bone chapel incorporates the remains of 1245 monks. 📸 my own #ofdarkandmacabre #TombTuesday