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Here's v1 of the dataset 'Hans Sloane’s collection of dried plants (the Sloanean Herbarium)'. Key metadata comprises people and places (not species!) and other high-level features. More will be added in the coming months. doi.org/10.5519/3arpif… NHM Botany Richard Coulton

🧵 If the Tories come third, it changes everything. Coming second would allow them to rebuild as the official Opposition. But third place should finish them. It may take time, but they'd be walking dead. It would also put Brexit back on the agenda, at last. Here's why: 1/14

So much outstanding content in this piece, it's like the Telegraph appointed Marie Antoinette as their Glastonbury correspondent

They'll tell you voting doesn't make a difference. But it was a Labour Government that changed my life. If you want change, vote for it on Thursday.

CFP: "Displaying the British Museum: Past, Present, Future" conference British Museum 20-21 Feb 2025 Abstract & bio to: [email protected] @Kew_LAA RHUL GeoHumanities MGHG

Important: this ‘2-minute National Trust survey’ is the work of private company RT2021Ltd or Restore Trust, trading here as Respect Britain’s Heritage. No personal data shared with them has any link to National Trust the charity. It’s appearing on people’s Meta accounts.

They partied , they bet on elections , they crashed the economy, they broke every public service, they destroyed integrity and honesty in public office , they paid their mates billions , they put their friends in the House of Lords, they gave their cronies knighthoods, they went

Using photos of dead pensioners is a new low.

This is Frank and he has had a coffee stand at the top of the steps at Bethnal Green tube for as long as I can remember. When the new restaurant/coffee shop next door opened along with another high street outlet opening across the street, Frank suddenly found that his license

Everyone knows Labour are going to win the election, but if you’re feeling like there’s no point in voting as the outcome is a foregone conclusion, I’d like to draw your attention to something really radical that is on offer tomorrow: 1/8

"Oh, I'm afraid the deflector shield will be quite operational when your friends arrive"

Change begins now.

Apparently Reform’s Richard Tice wants a referendum on FPTP/PR. We actually had a Referendum on this not too long ago, and the result was the will of the people. Do you mean… We can redo a Referendum when the public mood changes? Noted.

BREAKING: Following talks with water bosses, the Secretary of State Steve Reed MP sets out his first steps for cleaning up our rivers, lakes and seas.

Helga Müllneritsch and I are happy to announce that today is publication day for Culinary Texts in Context, 1500-1800: Manuscript Recipe Books in Early Modern Europe with Amsterdam Univ Press! Visit aup.nl/en/book/978946… for more info!

Well, it is official! 😆😁 The gallery I have been curating over the past few months with Wellcome Collection is open. The Kola Nut Cannot Be Contained is about the entangled global histories, vibrant traditions, and future innovations surrounding this small West African fruit.

“The Queen of Newsnight” Kirsty Wark presents her final #Newsnight show after 30 years. Journey back through three decades of her journalism at the heart of the biggest stories. Watch BBC Two | BBC News (UK) | BBC iPlayer - 10.30 Producer Ellie Jacobs Pic Editor Dominique Lutier

From 15-25 August 1714 apothecaries James Petiver and James Sherard went on a botanising trip in Sussex and Kent in the south east of England. I've been following a part of their route over the last few days. NHM Botany Richard Coulton 1/15

.Royal Historical Society is deeply concerned by the scale and speed of further #History redundancies Goldsmiths, University of London. These cuts will remove student choice, wreak havoc on careers, and end specialist teaching and research. Our statement: bit.ly/3zO2nAF #twitterstorians 1/5 🧵⬇️

Two months ago I walked part of the route that apothecaries James Petiver and James Sherard followed on a botanising tour in 1714. Today, Richard Coulton and I explored another section of their route. Leaving London 15 August, they followed this course from a 1753 map NHM Botany 1/17