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@emma_lingan What is a Duke supposed to do?

Apparently British Airways requires you to select a title when booking a flight... who dares me to be the Viscountess Lingan

@AcademicAgent_X So Macmillan was right when he said you’ve never had it so good.

Real-terms GDP per capita growth per Prime Minister: Winston Churchill: +0.8% Clement Attlee: +3.2% Winston Churchill: +9.8% Anthony Eden: +4.5% Harold Macmillan: +14.3% Alec Douglas-Home: +2.3% Harold Wilson: +13.6% Edward Heath: +8.1% Harold Wilson: +3.8% James Callaghan: +5.5% Margaret Thatcher: +2.7% John Major: +7.2% Tony Blair: +7.8% Gordon Brown: +1.9% David Cameron: -12.9% Theresa May: -7.4% Boris Johnson: -3.7% Liz Truss: 0.0% Rishi Sunak: -1.0% Keir Starmer: -1.0%

@historyinmemes @DavidDeutschOxf The entries on Futurism and Pragmatism are superbly unenlightening.

Newly added words featured in the 1900 edition of the English dictionary.

@friendschurches if you have any restoration projects coming up in the next year or two that need funding, do let us know - the application form is on our website vinehilltrust.uk

@Lost___London Miraculous that so little bomb damage was sustained by English cathedrals, in spite of the Baedeker raids and in spite of their surroundings being laid waste. As England’s cathedrals are among the greatest buildings in the world, if not the greatest, that’s a mercy for Mankind.

1948

@theRBMIV @RuxandraTeslo Lord Crewe had a much longer stint - 47 years.

@RuxandraTeslo Thomas of Hatfield is #1 by far

Bishops of Durham Cathedral. Going back to 995. Love that you can see transition from Anglo-Saxon to Norman names.

Pleased to meet the @payestonework project team @leedscastleuk today to review the excellent progress made on stonework restoration on the New Castle, to which we made a funding contribution. The Kentish ragstone appears grey when quarried but weathers to a sandy brown.

@fesshole One of the main reasons pubs are so important. You can be alone but not lonely, and take a share of the general warmth and conviviality.

Sometimes, if I feel lonely I go to the pub, where I used to meet my friends. More often than not I sit and drink my pint alone, reading a book, occasional nods from the regulars or staff, that's all we need sometimes.

@LancsCCMG The plaque is obviously about cricket but you’d think it might at least mention his heroic death.

I found this by chance in Leeds yesterday, less than a mile from YCCC ground. Captain Hedley Verity died in Caserta hospital in Italy after being wounded in the battle to secure Sicily.

@richardwillq There used to be a superb run of KEVII pillar boxes outside the HQ. Astonishingly that they all just went when the GPO left.

taken outside the old GPO Headquarters on St Martin’s Le Grand, within the City of London. This post box was unveiled a decade ago by the now King and Queen. #postboxsaturday

@friendschurches We have a dedicated funding stream offering grants for the restoration of pipe organs in Britain. The application form is at vinehilltrust.uk/music/

Pipe organs are a quintessential church furnishing, providing the music for some of life’s most significant moments. However, sadly, Britain’s pipe organs are under threat. 1/8 📷 St Giles’s, Tadlow, Cambridgeshire

@LiverpoolVista We might be able to help fund restoration work if the owners (Our Lady and Nicholas?) were interested.

The Simpson Fountain. What a difference over a century makes. Located on the outer wall of Our Lady and St Nicholas Church, this fountain was built in 1885 to honour William Simpson - a dockside hero who used his "Simpson Bowl" to raise money for the city's poor. It’s sad to see the wear and tear today.

@JoeBrownLondon @ltmuseum In a way it made more sense the way it was. They would have done better renaming the Central Line station.

#OnThisDay 118 years ago only 9 months after opening, Tottenham Court Road was renamed Goodge Street, and Oxford Street was renamed Tottenham Court Road, matching the adjacent Central Line station: presumably very confusing beforehand! Images: @ltmuseum / TheFrog001 wikimedia

Closing date tomorrow for this carpentry and joinery apprenticeship opportunity ow.ly/jlPP50Yp29M Part of our heritage skills training partnership with @nationaltrust and based at their Specialist Craft Centre in Cheshire.

Carpentry and joinery apprenticeship now open for applications ow.ly/jlPP50Yp29M Part of our heritage skills training partnership with @nationaltrust and based at their Specialist Craft Centre in Cheshire. Apply by 9 March.

Carpentry and Joinery Apprentice based at National Trust's traditional Specialist Craft Centre near #DunhamMassey Funded by @vinehilltrust, a great opportunity to learn how to maintain and repair our history! See: ow.ly/jlPP50Yp29M Closing date is 9 March #TraffordJobs

Find out how we're supporting health, heritage and music projects in the UK via our new interactive online map #grants-awarded" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">vinehilltrust.uk/#grants-awarded

Looking for funds to help restore an historic building in the United Kingdom? We may be able to help. We support projects that provide employment/training in traditional building crafts. More info/apply at vinehilltrust.uk #heritage #conservation #skills

See all our grants for health, heritage and music projects on our new interactive map at #grants-awarded" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">vinehilltrust.uk/#grants-awarded

Carpentry and joinery apprenticeship now open for applications ow.ly/jlPP50Yp29M Part of our heritage skills training partnership with @nationaltrust and based at their Specialist Craft Centre in Cheshire. Apply by 9 March.