Rare show of sculptor Constantin Brâncuși’s work opens in Paris theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

This delightful array of books came out for a staff show & tell recently, to give college staff a chance to see the unique and fascinating things in the Queen's collection. Welsh mythology! William Morris! Napoleonic War POW diaries - we've got it all!

An early outing of of the Roman type that provided the inspiration for William Morris' Golden Type: Nicolaus Jenson's 1471 edition of Laurentius Valla's De elegantia Latinae linguae.

The Queen's College sel.a.335 #Incunable ISTC iv00051000

For#TolkienReadingDay I am looking at unread titles from his work, and maybe paying a visit with some flowers this weekend two streets down #Elevenses

Lady Ghika, wife of the Regimental Lieutenant Colonel, Major General Sir Christopher Ghika, presents shamrock to Officers and Warrant Officers during a St Patrick's Day parade at Mons Barracks, Aldershot today

The Princess of Wales is instead replaced by Lady Ghika.

📸Yui Mok

'The difference is the one which truly enriches the self and by trying to know the others, different from us, we get to better know ourselves' - Nicolae Manolescu, literary critic and president of the Writer's Union, may he rest in peace.

80 years of Moomin OxfordLitFest Bodleian Libraries

Photo by Vlad Eftenie @ Casin monastery

🌍 At 8.30pm tonight the lights at Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle will be switched off in support of #EarthHour . The initiative is being organised by WWF to raise awareness of environmental issues.

Join us for 60 minutes and give an hour for Earth.

#BiggestHourforEarth

Ali Smith receiving the Bodley Medal 2024 Sheldonian Theatre, with a wonderful panegyrical Companion Piece (sic!) on stories

In Romania, we celebrate Mucenici today: 40 martyrs who sacrificed their lives for their Christian faith and were later made saints. It is, in fact, a transition ritual from winter to spring, and the day marks the beginning of the agricultural season and a new life cycle. 1/1

For many a #acafan out there - How Cold is That Library? Global contributor spreadsheet. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

Finally, some math I can understand

Quasi-full train to Oxford. Ticket with randomly assigned #seatsixtyone The Man in Seat 61 #lowcarbontravel

Les frissons ❤️❤️

La soprano @NadineSierra et G I M S interprètent le titre “Je te pardonne” devant un public conquis !

Pour suivre le #GalaPiecesJaunes en direct : bit.ly/GalaPiecesJaun…

Today is 🇷🇴National Culture Day, evoking also the birthday of our national poet Mihai Eminescu.
As culture transcends boundaries, we find remarkable ties - Eminescu was inspired by Shakespeare and dedicated to him the poem Cărțile, describing him as ”gentle friend of my soul”.

Or how malapropisms translate across all Latin languages😅

Such a beautiful celebration, and on the Eve of St Nicholas no less!

Have a seat, kids, and let me tell you the story of when we were playing this game without any props, and the winner was the one who had heard the latest hit on the radio. Ah, the late 1900s...

2. Biertan, Transylvania, Romania 🇷🇴