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Ruth Selman

@Historyscape

Early modern history, genealogy, reading, cats and nature 🏰🌳📚🐈🌻

 London, England
Joined June 2008
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Secret diplomatic message deciphered after 350 years nationalarchives.gov.uk/expl…
Secret diplomatic message deciphered after 350 years

Secret diplomatic message deciphered after 350 years

Ruth Selman shares an exciting update to her previous blog post about a 17th-century letter written in cipher.

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Woody did it! He completed the triathlon. In Woodys words he swammed! So proud of him and our whole amazing team. A day full of magic celebrating what people CAN do. Any support really means the world. justgiving.com/campaign/team…
A 12 year old boy with Down Syndrome on a tricycle with a red swim hat and red life vest, wet suit and superhero mask

ALT A 12 year old boy with Down Syndrome on a tricycle with a red swim hat and red life vest, wet suit and superhero mask

A 12 year old boy with Down Syndrome coming out of the water at Dorney Lake being supported by a smiley lady.

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🔍 Can you crack the code? The National Archives holds thousands of examples of codes and ciphers in our early modern records. Much of this correspondence was decrypted at the time, but this letter remains a mystery... nationalarchives.gov.uk/blog…
A page from a volume showing an equally spaced sequence of jumbled letters above normal correspondence.

ALT A page from a volume showing an equally spaced sequence of jumbled letters above normal correspondence.

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The guilty party!
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"We are the darkest page of history" Afghan women sing in protest. This #IWD is another day of erasure for us Afghan women. Under 126 Taliban edicts, our faces are banned, our voices silenced, our dignity stolen. This is gender apartheid. Do not look away.
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25 January 2025: Southwark Cathedral, London. Join me and a stellar lineup of historians to explore the fascinating lives of women in the Wars of the Roses. I'll be talking about Queen Marguerite of Anjou. cathedral.southwark.anglican… #HistoryTalks #History #BookTalks #WomensHistory
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Best wishes for 2025
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One of our greatest treasures @UkNatArchives (document reference SC 13/N3). Designed by Nicholas Hillyard, engraved by Dederick Anthonye.
Propylaeum (@PropylaeumAnt) profile picturePropylaeum@PropylaeumAnt24 Dec 2024
El gran sello de la reina Isabel I de Inglaterra (1586-1603). "Elizabetha dei gracia Anglie Francie et Hibernie Regina Fidei Defensor" @UkNatArchives nationalarchives.gov.uk/wp-c… #lesceaudumardi @sfhs1937 @BSigilla @DumoulinValrie2 @BrunelGhislain @albanperes
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I feel like people who don't see the point of Latin often forget that we aren't just talking about a 2000 y.o language, but that it was officially used right until the 18th century. There are still 1000s of untranslated documents that could change our understanding of history.
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📺 #WolfHall: The Mirror and the Light in six documents Ahead of the series' penultimate episode this Sunday, read our latest blog – delving into our records to find the facts behind the fiction… ⚠️ Spoiler alert... blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk…
Image from the BBC Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light series, showing Thomas Cromwell (played by Mark Rylance leaning in to listen to Henry VIII (played by Damien Lewis), who is seated on a throne. Image credit: BBC/Playground Entertainment/Nick Briggs

ALT Image from the BBC Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light series, showing Thomas Cromwell (played by Mark Rylance leaning in to listen to Henry VIII (played by Damien Lewis), who is seated on a throne. Image credit: BBC/Playground Entertainment/Nick Briggs

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Six historic documents from The National Archives which reflect the Wolf Hall: Mirror and the Light production on the BBC: blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk…
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Notice: On Weds 11 Dec our document reading rooms will be closed to the public whilst we undertake essential staff training. Our café, shop, library and other public areas will remain open. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Person sitting at a desk with laptop a looking at a document in The National Archives Reading Room.

ALT Person sitting at a desk with laptop a looking at a document in The National Archives Reading Room.

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RoadPeace@RoadPeace29 Nov 2024
It's not just a huge number. It represents thousands of lives shattered by life-changing injuries, death and bereavement. We are working to make the UK's roads safer. Find out more via our website.
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Afghan women are deprived of all their basic rights. The world must act now against the Taliban’s atrocities to end these violations of women’s rights in Afghanistan. For three years, the Taliban have trampled on human values with impunity. #Video_AWCSWO #Freedom #Women #UN
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Why, in 1835, was a British civil servant in Lisbon attempting to make a copy of Henry VIII's signature? In our latest 'Record Revealed', we take a look at this transcript and the multiple stories it tells: beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk…
A sizeable notebook opened towards the middle where there is handwritten text filling the pages.

ALT A sizeable notebook opened towards the middle where there is handwritten text filling the pages.

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More shots of the terrifying power of water in the collapsing Thames Path near Kew Gardens., London. A landslip or a breach in the embankment may be to blame. Runners were stopped as the bank was swept away. Credit for video: Ed Baker #thames #london #towpath #flood
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@LBRUT20 Oct 2024
UPDATE: A section of the Thames towpath between Richmond Lock and Kew Gardens car park has collapsed into the river. We are asking people to follow signage on the towpath and please do not try and walk through the flooded area as it is not safe.
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Thanks to the Bandwagon ppl in the comments tagging me up makin sure I get my damn credit for the 40 hours this took to make. Y’all are the real homies 👏💯🎺🎻🪈
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@interesting_aIl8 Oct 2024
111 instruments in 111 seconds…
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