Sam Perrin
Cemetery historian & guide to London's dead. I offer historical walks & talks via @tempusfugithistory.bsky.social ⌛🪽 🏳️🌈
- Hey friends, this looks to be a fabulous talk, you can grab tickets in the link 👇🏻 Feel free to share! arnosvale.org.uk/faithful-unt...
- The petition for extending #HampsteadCemetery's opening hours has 222 signatures and Jill Henry, organiser, is hoping for 300 by the end of the weekend. Friends, could you share this petition pls? Hampstead Cem is peaceful and has some very interesting permanent residents. tinyurl.com/22vf9bvr
- Hi all, Fancy helping keep beautiful #hampsteadcemetery open for longer hours? Course you do! 👇🏻 chng.it/bgJTDzq8FT
- Hi friends, a small favour: If you haven't already, please show my @tempusfugithistory.bsky.social profile a little love. Once my website is up and running, I'll be posting mostly there. If you already follow, thank you! I appreciate the support ❤️💀
- I really must make it down to Eastbourne to visit, #OcklyngeCemetery looks wonderful.
- There will be a guided walk at the cemetery on Saturday 13-Sep-2025 at 2.00pm for #HeritageOpenDays2025 Walks are free of charge. The walk lasts about 90 minutes & start at the Willingdon Road entrance outside the Chapel. maps.app.goo.gl/qmkRoTACGfJE...
- Future note for your diaries, fellow history nerds: #heritageopendays2025 runs from 12-21 September. Keep an eye on the link below for some wonderfully enriching places to visit! Oh, and did I mention it's all FREE? www.heritageopendays.org.uk
- "... one rationale behind getting gay people out of government employment was that they could be subject to blackmail. But a deeper one was the idea that being gay reflected a failure of “character.” daily.jstor.org/lesbians-and...
- Reposted by Sam PerrinStunning photos from my friend Paul Koudounaris of 19th-century wax moulages from Museo de Medicina Mexicana in Mexico City. These objects enabled doctors to study contagious conditions such as syphilis, leprosy, and smallpox without the risk of infection.
- All, A dear friend of mine is raising funds for The Trauma Centre for Survivors of Violence and Torture Trust in Cape Town, South Africa. I appreciate times are getting tougher for all of us but anything you can spare is greatly appreciated. Thank you so much 🫶🏻 #philanthropy tinyurl.com/36hvk39a
- This looks wonderful, I've never been to Ramshorn Graveyard. www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/2507394...
- Great day, yesterday. I have to return because my guy is in an unmarked public grave (along with 13 other people unknown to him in life), hence not being able to find the precise spot immediately. We also visited the pet cemetery, which was very poignant. The place is in full bloom. Good times.
- Going on a very exciting research trip to the wonderful #IslingtonStPancrasCemetery tomorrow. It's been an age since I visited and I can't wait. Here are some photos from the last time I visited.
- He's insane
- “The whole burial chamber seems to be set up to recreate a funerary rite known from later times called ‘the Awakening of Osiris." www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/c...
- 🚨 Taphophiles, historians and nature lovers, take note: National Cemeteries Week 2025 will be taking place from 7th to 15th June. www.cemeteryfriends.com/ncw
- Excellent news. uk.news.yahoo.com/17th-century...
- “You know, on a summer’s night, maybe more like a spring night, you could drive to certain places and if you smell that night-blooming jasmine, you can almost see Clark Gable or Gloria Swanson." www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
- In case you were wondering... #WombatWednesday www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/s...
- Reposted by Sam PerrinOn Tuesdays when I commute into London, my train goes past the grave of Alec Munroe - Francis Lovehall's character in #AThousandBlows. Give him a nod. A Jamaican Mariner turned boxer & coachman for Blue Anchor boxing pub manager Bill Richardson. Poor Alec... grapplingwithhistory.com/2021/02/16/a...
- These pictures are fabulous, what a find! #HistoryBluesky ancientist.com/2025/03/16/r...
- Allosaurus. #art #dinosaurs
- "This preservation was likely due to steps Curie took later in life to limit her exposure..." timesofindia.indiatimes.com/etimes/trend... timesofindia.indiatimes.com/etimes/trend...
- What a beautiful cemetery with such an intriguing history... I'm most curious about the tunnels that run beneath it. Have any of my Bluesky friends visited? Which cemeteries would *you* love to visit? #cemeterybluesky www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...
- I'm curious about whether UK legislators will look at adopting a similar strategy for new burials. The Law Commisson here proposed reusing existing graves to combat lack of space but (to the best of my knowledge anyway) nothing like this. Thoughts, #cemeteryBluesky? www.smh.com.au/politics/vic...
- What are your thoughts, #cemeterybluesky: Should cemeteries be used as dog walking parks? metro.co.uk/2025/03/13/d...
- Reposted by Sam PerrinMany folks on this list are also now included in the @peculiarbookclub.bsky.social bookshop! #authors #books #nonfiction 🧪📚🗃️ bookshop.org/shop/peculia... go.bsky.app/PSeZJPmat://did:plc:l5lyjtzvlwmnyhi2bn4cxiyk/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3l22ypla54y2m
- Is it International Ar$ehole Day today or what? www.skynews.com.au/australia-ne...
- I need to rant. The tangerine ar$ehole dodged the draft himself five times. FIVE! I've never hated anyone before but will happily make an exception in his case.
- This is just revolting. *HE* is just revolting. (Thanks @thejanine.bsky.social for sharing this) taskandpurpose.com/news/arlingt...
- This is just revolting. *HE* is just revolting. (Thanks @thejanine.bsky.social for sharing this) taskandpurpose.com/news/arlingt...
- "...the APPG-AR proposes that the sale of human remains should be outlawed on the grounds that they are not commercial objects but human beings." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
- A belated thank you to the delightful group who joined me and the Friends of #HampsteadCemetery for Her Own Wild Self, my walking tour celebrating the amazing women there. And also to Hampstead School of Art's Isabel Langtry for showing us the Chapel, now used a sculpting studio. What a treat!
- Wishing everyone a very happy International Women's Day! So very very excited to lead this tour tomorrow... #HampsteadCemetery is the resting place of some seriously remarkable women 💅🏻
- Evening gang, Fancy a cemetery tour to celebrate Internatiomal Women's Day 2025? Course you do! I'll be showcasing the spectacular women of #HampsteadCemetery on Sat 08/03/2025. Please share this post with anyone who may be interested, thank you. Tickets 👇🏻 buytickets.at/tempusfugitt...
- Evening all, I have a couple of tickets left for my Her Wild Self tour, celebrating the women of Hampstead Cemetery for #internationalwomensday2025. Sign up if this is your jam - this tour covers the controversial, artistic, creative and tenacious women from the Victorian fin de siècle and beyond!
- Evening gang, Fancy a cemetery tour to celebrate Internatiomal Women's Day 2025? Course you do! I'll be showcasing the spectacular women of #HampsteadCemetery on Sat 08/03/2025. Please share this post with anyone who may be interested, thank you. Tickets 👇🏻 buytickets.at/tempusfugitt...
- Congrats @oispooky.bsky.social! Can't wait to watch this 🥊💥 www.historyextra.com/period/victo...
