Michael Pearce

'Bannockburn tells me that he has a bond of my Uncle Archibald’s to make forthcoming the small neckless of pearl': A Scottish family lawyer in the 17th century vanishedcomforts.org/2025/01/17/hug…

@SimonPulleyn Seems quite a nice piece, though the iconography of Baphomet remains a mystery to me

@todbooklady @StroudStory @scarabcat @churchartnature @CathyRLowe @CarolineIrwin3 @PosyHill1 @barry_wizard @chartres_Fiona @McindoeSue @letterappsoc I think that must be quite new, like the all the chain restaurants opposite, which was not the axis of entertainment such as I remember it

#PostboxSaturday in Worcester. A Penfold (1980s replica, I think) post box poses in the sunshine with Worcester Cathedral and the city's dramatic Boer War memorial.

Here are the full details for the "Hungry for Data" workshop, including "Travel and accommodation costs of accepted speakers will be reimbursed according to COST rules. Early career researchers may also apply for Short-Term Scientific Missions". cost-senses.eu/activities/wor…

Triumph of Time: Procession marks British Summer Time; #Spring2026 #seasons #time #classical #Triumphs #Petrarch #chariot #Heemskerck #artwork #clocks #summertime #months #WeekendMode #daylightsavingstime #figures #winged #procession; grosvenorprints.com/stock.php?keyw…

@lariburr You might like this on my blog, on a similar angle: vanishedcomforts.org/2026/02/18/joh…

Well worth reading Stephan Edward's comprehensive article if you are interested in the portraits and whether Jane's sober pious image is in fact correct.

@SimonPulleyn @victoriamoul @SjoerdvanHoorn Arthur Johnston wrote a Frendraught poem

For the Latinists out there, is there a single post-medieval / neo-Latin poem that you think would HAVE to be included in any anthology of later Latin?

Call for papers for a special issue of the 'Journal of Early Modern Studies' edited by Brendan Dooley and Stefano Villani: Diplomacy and the Circulation of Political Information in Early Modern Europe. Deadline: 31 January 2026. 🔗 go.umd.edu/24lh

@17thCenturyLady The fabulous "F.R" monogram jewel: sothebys.com/en/buy/auction…

Hear ye! 'Tis time for #StuartSaturday! Today, please share something: 👑 Stuart & Sparkly ✨ Here, we have a sparkling gold diamond-set locket containing the portrait of King James VI of Scotland and I of England (b. 1566 - d. 1625) by Nicholas Hilliard, English, 1610. © The Trustees of the British Museum, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) licence.

'now we have ended this Feastivall time', A Christmas masque at Apethorpe vanishedcomforts.org/2026/01/18/a-c…

It's pretty wild how the Iranian regime just hit the kill switch on the Internet, started butchering its population, and it's completely fallen off of the discourse radar because there's no information getting out and the attention economy can't focus on a blank spot on the map.

No one is above the law...except for the guy we all saw on video murdering some lady. We're not even going to investigate him.

To show solidarity with Greenland, I have followed the Danish women's volleyball team on Instagram.

Even the Nazis didn’t occupy it this long.

Delighted to have an article published in The British Journal for the History of Science: Capturing colour on HMS Beagle: Charles Darwin and Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours (1821) bit.ly/3YOPwHA With enormous thanks to @sgsah, @SHNHSocNatHist

My book 'Elizabeth I's Ladies, Gentlewomen and Maids: The Women Who Served The Tudor Queen' is finally out on kindle today. amzn.to/4mROQvz #elizabethi #elizabeth1 #womenshistory #tudorhistory #elizabethanhistory #kindle #queenelizabethi #queenelizabeth1 #tudors #newbooks

What secrets lurk inside Fife’s ‘forgotten fortress’ of Ballinbreich Castle? #comments" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thecourier.co.uk/fp/lifestyle/5…

14 Days of Elizabethan Christmas New Blog Post blog.heathershanette.com/index.php/2025… In the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558-1603) Christmas celebrations lasted two whole weeks. They began on Christmas Eve (24 December) and ended on Twelfth Night (6 January). #tudors #tudorchristmas #twelfthnight #elizabethan #queenelizabethi #tudorhistory #elizabeth1 #christmas #tudorsatchristmas

@SimonPulleyn Uncommonly tasteless

Edward VI's Nurses: Mistress Penn and Mother Jak New Blog Post Historically there has been much confusion over the roles and identities of Edward VI's nurses. Who was Sybil Penn? Why is she said to haunt Hampton Court Palace? Was she Prince Edward's dry nurse or wet nurse? Was 'Mother Jak' a real person? My article answers these questions and the mystery surrounding 'Mother Jak': blog.heathershanette.com/index.php/2025… #tudors #tudorwomen #edwardvi #nurses #royalhistory #tudorhistory #sybilpenn #motherjak