#Victorian

Martin Johnes

martinjohnes

The 1st Xmas card is usually credited to Henry Cole, director of the V&A and a civil servant involved in the postal service. His 1843 card was sold for a

Ketan Joshi

KetanJ0

Sooooo I guess it's time to talk about personal responsibility vs leadership and systemic issues, hey.......https://twitter.com/DanielAndrewsMP/status/1297061294000939008 In my view, two things that are widely assumed to *help* with adh

💧😷Queen Victoria

Vic_Rollison

Contact tracing is important to dealing with covid, but isn’t a silver bullet. If you don’t believe me, check out what’s happening in South Korea. Their contact tracing really is

Martin Foley

MartinFoleyMP

1/10 HEALTH ADVICE FOR NSW TRAVELLERS ARRIVING IN VICTORIA @VicGovDHHS is working closely with @NSWHealth to ensure any people who have visited the high risk locations in NSW immediately get

Yub Raj Sedhai

Sedhai007

The Princes in Junga Bahadur era 1877 had nothing to fill their leisure which was in plenty and it was largely given up to gossip, gambling, and debauchery. Attempts were

Whores of Yore

WhoresofYore

Before sexting there was Victorian flirting etiquette. From The Mystery of Love, Courtship and Marriage Explained by Henry J Wehman (1890). Grab your fan, gloves, handkerchief, hat, & parasol & go flirt!

📚Philliteracy📚

Philliteracy

Yesterday was the anniversary of the death of an intriguing figure: publisher & satirist Hugh Shimmin (1820-1879)- friend & scourge of philanthropy in Liverpool in the late C19.In case you’ve

Derek Milman

DerekMilman

Just for fun: a list of Rock Stars I’ve randomly run into. Who have you run into? —Björk, hanging out the window of an East Village café wearing a pink

Dana Larsen

DanaLarsen

THREAD: During the 1800s, many people believed that masturbating would drive you insane.There was a huge cultural fear of masturbation. This natural act was punished, criminalized and pathologized.Academics call this

zoelle/keegan

keegbovo

i mean this in the most platonic no homo way possible, i can't even imagine how keeg managed to bandage and dress larry cause it would have been the first

Nyadol Nyuon 🐯

NyadolNyuon

Perhaps it is cultural but the argument that we knowingly let or elect to have some people die, so we could enjoy material things and not temporarily lose certain freedoms,

Hayden O'Connor

HaydenJOConnor

An inflammatory headline for @paulsakkal's article. However, the article does not support the headline. The headline is a deliberate misrepresentation of the situation. A Thread! #auspol #springst #ThisisNotJournalism https://www.theage

Robyn

robynbryant33

@MikeCarlton01 I am a Victorian. We are exhausted. We are doing our best. Every day we tune into the pressers to watch our battle worn Premier and our CHO and

Kellie Lazzaro

kellazzaro

.@abcnews decision to axe the flagship 0745 radio bulletin has riled listeners in regional Australia. "We don't have good NBN , we don't necessarily have good mobile phone coverage so

David Kelly ⚑

davelkelly

The ‘single biggest investment in social housing in Victoria’?Whilst every peak body and Labor MP is gushing over this, there is little detail offered. But from what we do know,

Sankrant Sanu सानु संक्रान्त ਸੰਕ੍ਰਾਂਤ ਸਾਨੁ

sankrant

Women in Britain couldn't own property till the late 19th century, while British "civilized" us. In India they made property tradeable and by law only males could inherit it. (same

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