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History, London, and Beyond

[All pictures my own unless cited]
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Record Room, College of Arms, London

#library #libraries #heraldry
Rather crisp McDowall Steven And Co GR postbox for
#PostboxSaturday
September 26, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Extraordinary building, towering over its neighbours. Here’s the inside.
September 26, 2026 at 6:51 AM
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Today’s new post: Bury St Edmunds – 1952 and 2026, including this wonderful 1930s direction sign at alondoninheritance.com
September 20, 2026 at 7:50 AM
The old Dean keeping an eye on the place

#JohnDonne #StPaulsCathedral #London
September 16, 2026 at 11:21 AM
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St Benedict Biscop makes six journeys to Rome. Glass by Tom Denny, 2005 in the Bede Chapel of Sunderland Minster. #StainedGlassSunday #SundayStainedGlass
September 13, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Glass by Henry Haig in Clifton Cathedral of SS Peter and Paul

#StainedGlassSunday
September 13, 2026 at 8:57 AM
September 13, 2026 at 8:43 AM
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Long Street Methodist church in Middleton. #Manchester Open for Heritage Open Days. Designed by Edgar Wood who pioneered art nouveau in the 1880s, Arts and Crafts in the 1890s and art deco in the early 1900s. In the care of Greater Manchester Building Preservation Trust #Architecture
September 10, 2026 at 8:08 AM
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Tympanum, St Cecilia, Cologne. Late C12, in limestone reused from an antique Roman building. Now inside the church; a cast is in its place above the north door. #TympanumTuesday

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September 8, 2026 at 8:42 AM
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I am the very model of a modern day typographer

A font take on the tune “Modern Major General” by Gilbert & Sullivan

#typography #fonts #graphicdesign
September 8, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Tympanum, St Cecilia, Cologne. Late C12, in limestone reused from an antique Roman building. Now inside the church; a cast is in its place above the north door. #TympanumTuesday

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September 8, 2026 at 8:42 AM
Brixton for #SteepleSunday
August 29, 2026 at 11:22 AM
August 27, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Up
August 23, 2026 at 2:32 PM
‘Thus passes worldly glory’

Two boys blowing bubbles. Cologne c1530.

#StainedGlassSunday #MuseumSchnütgen

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August 23, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Font in the Long Gallery at Parham House, Sussex

#FontsOnFriday
August 21, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Namur blue limestone font (c. 1200) from the Meuse region
#FontsOnFriday

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August 21, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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So slow worm babies are rather cute
August 9, 2026 at 11:07 AM
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No more will HSBC denizens be able to mock Barclays next door as ‘the bungalow’
August 19, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Chelsea : In Bloom

#AdoorableThursday
August 20, 2026 at 10:10 AM
August 20, 2026 at 10:08 AM
No more will HSBC denizens be able to mock Barclays next door as ‘the bungalow’
August 19, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Load not to exceed 10 cwts

#bicycle
August 19, 2026 at 5:41 PM
A Wild Man for #WoodensDay

See that his leg is gripped by a fierce claw. The rest of his attacker was lost when he was removed from a choir stall, as were his hands. No wonder he’s wild.

Late C14.
August 19, 2026 at 9:49 AM
So slow worm babies are rather cute
August 9, 2026 at 11:07 AM