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IMPORTANT NEWS! Following their site problems, Lambeth will continue to take comments on the change of use application, but they should be made before Friday 30th May. The information on our Campaign Page is still valid - streathamhilltheatre.org/campaign

This week in Dickens Letters: we will begin sharing letters from Web Supplement 18 (#WS18) as we also share regular #OnThisDay letters, events, and happenings from the life of Dickens. See some of the addressees and dates below. Stay tuned!

Set of glazed ceramic tiles, dating from the 17th century, originating from the Netherlands. Collection: Museum Rotterdam.

Sign the petition to SAVE THE GENESIS CINEMA in Whitechapel! change.org/p/save-genesis…

'London Bridge' (from 'London: A Pilgrimage', 1872) by Gustav Doré

Happy National Cellophane Tape Day. Don't get stuck, book now for our 10 June author event with Adam Mars-Jones. 6.30 for tea & cake, presentation at 7pm. See you there. eventbrite.com/e/1314871860129

I have been trying to think of a reason why, when writing a dinner menu, your first thought would be "dueling cats!" and I've got nothin'.

Still time to register for next week's online talk ... 'The Gibson's of Scilly Shipwreck Collection' Royal Museums Greenwich on Tuesday 3rd June 2025 (1800-1900). Details and booking below or via link in bio. events.rps.org/en/g/z9tTjH8xv…

A wonderfully bizarre ‘elephant done by a medieval artist that had never seen one’ - 14th century, Lyon. Bibliothèque municipale, Ms 742, f. 79v

A mere shilling to ‘ Consult Madame Lie’ at Salt’s Fairground at Tewksbury Museum!

Happiness is: a morning drawing caricatures and signing books at The Bookery in Crediton in Devon. And selling… drum roll … twenty books. Not bad for a couple of hours in the sun. And we packed up just before the rains came. Perfick.

The good news: Kickstarter for the new edition of Findlay Macbeth just launched The even better news: before I had time to tweet, it had reached its target! Bag pages of original artwork or just nab a signed first edition. 29 days (& 23.5) left to go. kickstarter.com/projects/kevfc…

Ancient Roman mosaic depicting a rabbit driving a chariot pulled by geese. Date: Roman Period. Currently housed in the Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities at the Louvre Museum, Paris.

Design for the costume of Sole (Apollo) for the prologue of Francesco Cavalli's opera Hipermestra performed at the Teatro della Pergola, Florence #otd 18 June 1658. Stefano della Bella (British Museum)

New plans need new objections!🚂 The current planning application for Liverpool St Station is a new one, so any objections submitted in 2023 will not now be taken into consideration. We've created a Guide to Writing an Objection here bit.ly/3ZQRkk8📷Bishopsgate Institute

The Society of Authors Southwark Cathedral Hodge listened backstage and was inspired to leap to his little cat typewriter to begin his opus cattus 😻📚📚📚

LAST CHANGE TO SAVE LIVERPOOL ST STATION FROM THE MONSTER BLOCK! Note the height of Grade II*-listed Great Eastern Hotel in front and observe that this pile is more than twice the height and it will block out all daylight from the concourse. shorturl.at/sByFe

“You okay? I hate it when they fight.” - 1st half of the 13th century, Rochester Bestiary, British Library, Royal MS 12 F XIII, f. 42v

Remembering #OTD d.1896 aged 44, Sir Augustus Harris, British actor & impresario, introduced music hall & panto to #DruryLane & first UK productions of Wagner's #DieMeistersinger & #Tristan. Memorial Drinking Fountain in #CoventGarden Theatres Trust Heather Tweed Dr Kathryn Ferry

Cat finger ring made of faience, dating to the New Kingdom of Egypt, 18th Dynasty, c. 1390 BC. Currently in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.