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It’s #ShoesdayTuesday and this week’s top pick from our new #Shoephoria exhibition is a selection of silk satin slippers with ribbon ties from the 1820s-1840s. By the 19th century, ‘slippers’ was the term used for shoes worn indoors, whether formally - for dances - or at home 🩰

Operation Tulip by Deborah Swift (WW2 Secret Agent Series: 3) #TuesdayBookBlog lizannelloyd.wordpress.com/2024/10/29/ope… via Liz Lloyd

Pop over to my blog to read an excerpt from Last Train to Freedom by Deborah Swift adarngoodread.blogspot.com/2025/06/last-t… Deborah Swift Cathie Dunn – historical fiction & history #WW2 #TransSiberian #Russia #Japan #WomensFiction #Spies #BlogTour #TheCoffeePotBookClub

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Alan Cleaver They stopped in the US and are having to bring it back. printmag.com/typography/the… extension.ucr.edu/features/cursi…

Painted in Paris in 1883, 'The Breakfast Table,' exemplifies John Singer Sargent’s regard for the formal innovations of the French impressionists - it also evokes the paintings of Degas and Manet. The sitter peeling an orange whilst reading a book, is Sargent's sister Violet.

“An age is chiefly remembered, understood, not by the politicians that live in that age, but by the work of the poets, composers, writers and artists that lived in that time.” John Minton, 25 June 1952 #johnminton

Just a reminder that most bloggers review books for free alongside a trillion other commitments in busy lives. Please don't take that for granted. If a review isn't quick enough, good enough or you don't agree with it, keep in mind we are doing this solely for love of books.

Hello again Peter Barker English painter. His work makes my heart sing Such a fantastic palette. In fact I think he’s known for it

George-Daniel de Monfreid experimented with many artistic styles but consolidated his ideas around Impressionism. A close friend of Paul Gauguin, he was his only link to Europe during his Tahitian and the Marquesas years. This still-life is from around 1905

#KU A missing husband. A chilling discovery. Some secrets refuse to stay buried. geni.us/TheDeadHusband

"the writing is just magical and carries you away right into the period. Every single detail and word feels perfect." Review mybook.to/tkoc2 #HistoricalFiction Tudors AnneBoleynMonth KU BooksWorthReading WomensHistory

A medieval door with majestic red-painted ironwork at Durham Cathedral, 12th c. England.

Read an excerpt from Keeping the Countess by Lille Moore candlelightreadinguk.blogspot.com/2025/06/read-e… #HistoricalRomance #HistoricalFiction Xpresso Book Tours

❀༻ Book of the Day ༺❀ #BookReview - 5 STARS ✦ * . * The Spy and the Homemaker (Timeless Legacy Book 2) By Monica Granlove * . * ✦ Read the review in full here: thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2025/06/book-r… #BooksWorthReading #BookOfTheDay #HistoricalFiction

"Remember that the lows won’t be so low, and the highs won’t be so high." Excellent advice from author Maris Kreizman. lithub.com/pep-talks-that…

Yay, my 2nd novel about Joan of Kent has a title! THE UNCROWNED QUEEN: Coming April 2026. Available for pre-order. #histfic #history #JoanOfKent #reading geni.us/TheCrownlessQu…

What if it were possible for a state to ban ALL book bans? Rhode Island did just that. Read more: authorsguild.org/news/authors-g…

I'm doing an online fundraiser for The Folklore Centre, Todmorden next week, Wed 2 July. I'll look at the folklore of burn marks in ancient buildings inc experimental archaeology that shows these marks were done deliberately... potentially as protection from evil. More info: folkloremythmagic.com/event-details/…

The stunning grandeur of New York Penn Station. Captured on film in June 1945.