#victorian

🆕🧱🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 New location feature: Porth Wen Brickworks, Wales An abandoned Victorian firebrick factory on the picturesque coastline of Anglesey, Wales. These ruins stand at the edge of a secluded cove, the brick and stone structures slowly falling into the Irish Sea. Sea spray and weather relentlessly erode the remaining stone buildings. Full write-up and gallery now live👇 https://www.obsidianurbexphotography.com/industrial/porth-wen-brickworks-angelsey-wales/ #Wales #Victorian #History #Ruins #Urbex

The first Irish Republican bomb detonated on English soil was not intended as an act of terrorism, but its impact – and death toll – sent shockwaves through #Victorian London. 🔒 Sarah Flew’s recent article is available in the archive https://buff.ly/XoEnEcf

🩷💙Pink and Blue! Two abandoned houses with Victorian/Gothic Revival vibes, both in northern Portugal. Which is your favourite? #Portugal #Abandoned #Gothic #Photography #Pink #Blue #Victorian

#Victorian premier #JacintaAllan to step down. “After speaking with my colleagues overnight, I’ve made the difficult decision to step aside. Should #BenCarroll emerge as our next #Labor leader & Labor #premier, he will have my congratulations and unqualified support. I am making this because it’s the right thing by the Labor party, and by the Victorian people.” #auspol #VicPol

I've written about Charles Darwin's surprisingly queer science of sex in the latest issue of History Today! 🏳️‍🌈🦚 🦋 https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/charles-darwins-sexual-revolution#Darwin #science #nature #history #Victorian #histsci #sex #histsex #queer #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia

🧵Dalton Mills, Keighley. Built in the 1860s it was once one of the largest textile mills in Yorkshire. Sadly, it was destroyed by fire in 2022. #Victorian #Yorkshire #Heritage #Photography #Textiles #Industry #History

A mid-Victorian 'stereoscope' card by one Martin Laroche. The card was used to create a 3D effect when looked at through a viewer. #PhantomsFriday #Victorian #ghost #photography

Caspar David Friederich, 'The Cemetery Gates'. #Gothic #art #Victorian #graveyard

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🦋📚 Designer Nicholas Rougeux has digitally restored over 1,300 color plates from the #19thcentury "Naturalist’s #Library," making them free to browse online. Originally published as affordable #Victorian-era volumes on global #flora and #fauna, the collection brought naturalist knowledge to a wide public. Rougeux used modern #restoration techniques and #AI tools to rebuild the archive for today’s audiences. 👉 https://www.openculture.com/2026/07/explore-1300-beautiful-wildlife-illustrations-from-the-19th-century.html #nature #vintage #illustration #wildlife #art #science #naturalhistory #history #arthistory #education #books #print #animals

Cinquevalli in sepia looks at me from an old postcard: bundle of enigmas. Half faun, half military man… —Edwin Morgan, “Cinquevalli” published in COLLECTED POEMS (Carcanet, 1990) Paul Cinquevalli (1859–1918) died #OTD, 14 July https://www.carcanet.co.uk/9781857541885/collected-poems/ #Scottish #literature #EdwinMorgan #poem #poetry #19thcentury #Victorian #Edwardian #circus #juggling #Cinquevalli

Unlike #federal #elections, #Victorian elections have #GroupVotingTickets in the upper house – a system that enables the business of #PreferenceWhispering’ – back-room deals where preferences are swapped to elect MPs with a tiny share of the votes. This was being used to game the system. Right wing agitator, #AviYemeni, has been working to #register #fake micro-parties called the ‘Free Palestine Party’ and ‘Muslim Votes Matter’ with the explicit purpose of ChannelingVotes to #OneNation. Another #FakeParty project, #SaveTheEnvironmentParty was announced in February for the same reason: to #trick #voters. This election, that's changing. Instead of backroom deals and dark money deciding where preferences go, voters will rank the parties they want to elect to Victoria's upper house, just as they already do in the lower house. #VicPol #auspol #TheGreens

The Apparition (1897), from Magic: Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions, including Trick Photography. Source: California Digital Library / Internet Archive https://pdimagearchive.org/images/d82b2533-723a-4f87-9b5c-a1abe7eb0fc2 #supernatural #illusion #victorian #hands #magicians #chess #ghostly #apparitions #skeletons #magic #art #publicdomain

Me, trying to find an amusingly dramatic old Victorian painting about a woman reading letters to post with "me trying to catch up with my correspondence (replies)" and wow... Bertha Wegmann?? I know nothing except that she was Danish and that I love her paintings now! (Here's the reading one I saw first, Læsende dame ved tebordet (Hanna Lucia Bauck)1899) #Art #TraditionalArt #OilPainting #Victorian

📌George Barnsley & Sons' Cornish Works, Sheffiled. This abandoned toolmakers' factory made tools for shoemakers and the leather industry. Cheaper imports and mass production forced its closure in 2003. Upper floors feature wooden storage racks that still display original chalk markings and stock notes. https://www.obsidianurbexphotography.com/industrial/george-barnsley-sons-cornish-works-sheffield-england/ #Sheffield #Industrial #Abandoned #Heritage #History #Victorian

#PennedPossibilities 950 — Can your MC swim? If not, why not? If so, how did they learn? (New thread for my friends~!) Alistair can swim. He learned the hard way during a particular war. And no, I won't say which one. I can't. No spoilers here. If I remember correctly, I think it comes up later in a random conversation. (For context, he's an immortal, a vampire. He's seen so many things come to pass during his lifetime.) #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #WingsOfQuietLonging #ParanormalRomance #Fantasy #Gothic #Victorian #Vampires #Werewolves

#PennedPossibilities 951 — MC POV: Write about something presently in your life that is “worth it.” Fenella: *He’s* worth it. Alistair is worth all of it and more. Why do you think I’ve ensured it all? And why do you think I eventually came home to Dorcha Castle to seek his protection? Because he will always protect me, I *trust* implicitly, and I will always care deeply for this man. I’ve been in love with him for so long. What an idiot I was to end things between us and leave the safety of our castle for a ridiculous trip to Paris. It’s been nine long years and my feelings have never changed. I thought he grew bored of me back then. As it turns out, I might not have been the only one who thought so. I’m also beginning to think I might not be alone in my affections, either. #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #WingsOfQuietLonging #ParanormalRomance #Fantasy #Gothic #Victorian #Vampires #Werewolves

#PennedPossibilities 954 — What is your SC’s skill level when it comes to cooking and baking? Hati is fabulous at both, and Sam appreciates it. She actually *enjoys* cooking and baking. #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #WingsOfQuietLonging #ParanormalRomance #Fantasy #Gothic #Victorian #Vampires #Werewolves

#PennedPossibilities 955 — Is your MC keeping any secrets? Can you reveal them to us? Two of them, actually, but I can’t elaborate on those secrets just yet, so I’ll just list them. • Alistair’s age... (Shhh.) • His love for Fenella. He has very good reasons for keeping both hidden. The very first one is even hidden from the readers for a while. #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #WingsOfQuietLonging #ParanormalRomance #Fantasy #Gothic #Victorian #Vampires #Werewolves

#PennedPossibilities 956 — With whom is your SC’s most important relationship? It’s Hati’s husband, of course. His name is Samuel. She and Sam have been together for years now, and they would be lost without each other. They’re both werewolves. #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #WingsOfQuietLonging #ParanormalRomance #Fantasy #Gothic #Victorian #Vampires #Werewolves

#PennedPossibilities 957 — Does your MC have or wear a signature color? Alistair does, but it’s never done on purpose. He tends to wear deep blues, darker shades, and occasional purples and plums. (Typical vampire lol. At least he doesn’t wear a lot of red, though!) #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #WingsOfQuietLonging #ParanormalRomance #Fantasy #Gothic #Victorian #Vampires #Werewolves