Dr John Davies
FRHistS. Independent scholar.Eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Currently researching the life of Charles Francis Greville (1749-1809).
- Reposted by Dr John DaviesSir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue
- Reposted by Dr John DaviesThe Drinker, 1891 botfrens.com/collections/43/cont…
- Reposted by Dr John DaviesTwo mice, Joris Hoefnagel, 1594 Hoefnagel made this drawing especially for his friend Johannes Muisenhol from Frankfurt. The image refers to his surname. The extinguished candle & eaten walnut represent the transience of life.
- Reposted by Dr John DaviesAn exhibition at Uni of Nottingham Museum at Lakeside Arts brings together 40 excavated discoveries from the early medieval cemetery at Broughton Lodge in Willoughby-on-the-Wolds for the first time in over 50 years. 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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- Reposted by Dr John Davies#OnThisDay, 1 Feb 1587, Queen Elizabeth I of England signs the death warrant of her first cousin once-removed Mary, Queen of Scots. #WomenInHistory #TudorWomen #BritishHistory 🗃️
- Reposted by Dr John DaviesThe UK government has agreed a deal with Donald Trump to hike NHS drugs prices. The government is refusing to say how much this will cost or how it will be paid for. Tell Wes Streeting to come clean: act.globaljustice.org.uk/tell-wes-str...
- Reposted by Dr John DaviesHeddiw ydy'r daucanmlwyddiant agor Pont y Borth, neu'r Bont Grog y Fenai, rhwng Ynys Môn ac Arfon. Cynllwynwyd ac adeiladwyd gan y peiriannydd Albanaidd Thomas Telford.
- Reposted by Dr John DaviesThe remains of the tower at the SE corner of the Roman legionary fort at #Chester / Deva, with a section of the mediaeval wall behind it. Built in the late first century, it originally had a ditch in front, filled in long ago. #RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain 📷 my own, from 2024
- Reposted by Dr John DaviesThe UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions. It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
- What a jumbled bit of Carmarthen!
- Reposted by Dr John DaviesNo, BBC News. Alex Pretti was not simply "shot dead". That implies an accident, or a least a morally neutral action. This man was deliberately murdered, by agents of his own government. It was a conscious act of pure, cowardly evil. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj...
- Reposted by Dr John Davies2/2 Studied at the Antwerp fish market, I suspect. And painted there, in his studio, by Pieter Boel.
- Reposted by Dr John DaviesFor #HandwritingDay, step into an 1813 classroom. This book belonged to a student who attended Dr Haighton’s midwifery lectures at Guy’s. The writing is in a flowing cursive. Look for the flourish on the letter D. It’s interleaved: a printed syllabus bound together with blank pages for notes.
- Reposted by Dr John DaviesI learned about this dark side of syphilis when I took a history of medicine course. It is a remarkably resistant disease that brought armies to their knees and wrought tremendous societal damage. Ancient DNA Reveals Twisted Roots of Syphilis Go Back 5,500 share.google/V15zBbvnvlbf...
- Reposted by Dr John DaviesFACT OF THE DAY. 23 January 2020. Chinese authorities locked down the entire city of Wuhan (which had 11 million inhabitants) by not allowing planes and trains to arrive and stopping city buses and underground trains. The action was taken due to the death of 17 people from the new Covid-19 virus.
- Reposted by Dr John DaviesAn opportunity to listen to a talk by the wonderful Dr Marian Gwyn Textiles as Exploitation: Clothing, Commerce & Control on the Penrhyn Jamaica Plantations 6pm, 10/2/2026 Lecture Room 3, Main Arts Building Bangor University, or join online For more information: www.bangor.ac.uk/iswe/events/...
- Reposted by Dr John DaviesEconomist & sociologist Beatrice Webb was born #OTD in 1858 + One of the founders, London School of Economics + Co-authored 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰-𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 & 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 where she coined the term "collective bargaining" + First female fellow, British Academy, 1931 #WomenInSTEM
- Reposted by Dr John DaviesYou could miss this, it's a bit buried, almost as though it were shameful... and 'rebuilt from scratch' is an interesting phrase... This makes me ashamed to be human. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- Reposted by Dr John Davies“They need that money to invest in businesses!” And to suppress the media.
- Reposted by Dr John DaviesA quick peek inside our stores 👀💫
- Reposted by Dr John DaviesToday I learned that this 1837 photo by Louis Daguerre is actually a photo of a busy street. But because the exposure time is so long, everything that is moving disappears and only what is still can be seen. This is unspeakably beautiful. #photography
- Reposted by Dr John DaviesThe Garth Gold Mine in Cilcain was thought to be the richest goldfield in Wales upon its discovery in 1889! This map held at North East Wales Archives shows the area that brough wealth and fortune to the Welsh economy, and where many thought X marked the spot! @newalesarchives.bsky.social
- Reposted by Dr John DaviesFrom The Richard Burton Archives, Swansea University, are personalised belongings of the man himself! His collection includes his book bag and large varied library. Any thoughts on what his favourite book might have been?
- Reposted by Dr John DaviesCage cup from Cologne, dated to the mid-4th century. Collection Staatliche Antikensammlung, Munich #Roman #Glass #artwork #art #History #Archaeology
- Reposted by Dr John DaviesKarl Hubbuch ( 1891-1979), German painter- Twice Hilde II - 1929
- Reposted by Dr John DaviesDr. Sophia Jex-Blake was born #OTD in 1840 + Led the campaign to secure women access to a university education in the UK + First practicing woman doctor in Scotland + Founder, Edinburgh School of Medicine for Women, 1886 + Helped establish the London School of Medicine for Women, 1874 #WomenInSTEM
- Reposted by Dr John DaviesFor #ReliefWednesday, the Saturnia Tellus relief from the Ara Pacis, #Rome. It depicts Mother Earth, or, according to a different interpretation, Venus, divine mother of Aeneas and progenitor of the Gens Iulia, to which Augustus himself belongs. 📸 Chris Nas #archaeology #history
- Reposted by Dr John DaviesI had the song: "They're coming to take me away HaHa" by Napoleon XIV/ 1966, running through my head as I watched it all. An absolutely dangerous and deranged man www.thepoke.com/2026/01/21/t...
- Reposted by Dr John Davies"Reserve Head" - Old Kingdom, 4th dynasty, reign of Khufu, approx. 2500-2584 BCE at #KunsthistorischesMuseumVienna #KHM #Leica #LeicaQ343 #MyLeicaPhoto
- Reposted by Dr John Davies#HillfortsWednesday Great Hetha Hillfort. Sitting at 343m high, it has magnificent views over the surrounding hills . There is also evidence of at least nine circular hut platforms and some animal pens.
- Reposted by Dr John DaviesPHOTO OF THE DAY. Trinity College, Dublin (2012) 📷 Candida Höfer
- Reposted by Dr John DaviesPERSON OF THE DAY. 21 January 1950. George Orwell (Eric Blair) died of TB (aged 46), His best known works were Animal Farm, Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Road to Wigan Pier and Homage to Catalonia. In 2008, The Times ranked him 2nd in “The 50 Greatest British Writers Since 1945” (behind Larkin).
- Reposted by Dr John DaviesThis type of relief - frequently depicting Dionysian themes - stood on pillars and decorated the courtyards of Roman villas or their gardens. Here, two disembodied heads wear theatrical masks, perhaps Jupiter (with scepter) and Apollo (with lyre). Traces of pigments remain. 🏺 1/ 1st c. CE. 📸 me
- Reposted by Dr John DaviesShame WM politicians don’t have the backbone for this.
- Reposted by Dr John DaviesThe Florentine Vitruvius: Leon Battista Alberti, Renaissance humanist architect, mathematician, cryptographer, ‘universal man’ (1404-1472); author of landmark study De Re Aedificatoria, written between 1443-1452 and published in 1485 (first printed book on architecture). Santa Maria Novella Florence
- Reposted by Dr John DaviesIn @nytopinion.nytimes.com One year ago, President Trump took an oath to serve the American people. Instead, he used the presidency to enrich himself, the @nytimes editorial board writes. This is how Trump has pocketed at least $1.4 billion.
- Reposted by Dr John DaviesMaybe Greenland could invade us instead?
- Reposted by Dr John DaviesThe last surviving section of tram lines in Richmond, North Yorkshire - installed in the late 19th century by a local business, who used them to transport heavy goods between their warehouses and their shop in the marketplace! 😀
- Reposted by Dr John DaviesEdinburgh Castle and the Nor’ Loch, 1824, painting by Alexander Nasmyth (National Galleries of Scotland).
- Reposted by Dr John DaviesPeter Marlow's photograph of Wells Cathedral, from his 2012 book The English Cathedral, in which he photographed the naves of all 42 Anglican cathedrals at dawn using only natural light. Today we're celebrating the great Magnum photographer's birthday 🎂
- Reposted by Dr John Davies“Trump is the problem.” No. #Capitalism is the problem. Trump is a symptom of capitalism and there will be other Trumps if this goes on.
- Reposted by Dr John DaviesThe Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:
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- Reposted by Dr John DaviesThe BBC has had a sudden burst of #History and #Archaeology reporting: Plans to excavate 'world's oldest train platform' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Digitization of Hannah More's letters: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... The London Archaeological 'Lasagne': www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- Reposted by Dr John DaviesEverybody knows Franz Kafka, but almost no one knows his sister Ottla. She was gassed on arrival at Auschwitz on Oct 7, 1943 after volunteering to escort a group of orphans from the Terezin ghetto so they wouldn’t be afraid.
- Reposted by Dr John DaviesAh we see your Blue Monday and raise you a Moo Blunday
- Reposted by Dr John DaviesLetters patent, being an Exemplification of an Act for exemplifying the will of Nicholas Bagenall Esq. and for making the same evidence in all courts of law and equity Dyddiad/Date: 1734 PLAS NEWYDD/VI/503
- Reposted by Dr John DaviesJames Watt, Scottish engineer & inventor, whose improved steam engine powered the Industrial Revolution, born in January 1736. Portrait by James Eckford Lauder, 1855, National Galleries of Scotland
- Reposted by Dr John DaviesA rare rock crystal tool made by Neanderthals between 200,000 - 40,000 years ago. From Merveilles rockshelter, Sergeac, Dordogne, France. Measurements: 6 x 3.3 x 1.5 cm. Musée d’Archéologie Nationale, Saint-Germain-en-Laye. 📷 @AlisonFisk #Archaeology #globalmuseum #Neanderthal #museums
- Reposted by Dr John DaviesSifting through the Roman rubbish of 'the London lasagne.' cc @profaliceroberts.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
