International Fire & Safety Journal: Peers approve funding for Grenfell Tower archive and preservation works. “The House of Lords has passed the Grenfell Tower Memorial (Expenditure) Bill to provide statutory authority for the construction and long-term management of a permanent memorial at the tower site.”

Народження майбутньої королеви
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#ЄлизаветаII #Віндзори #історіяБританії #монархія #21квітня
#ElizabethII #BritishMonarchy #RoyalFamily #OnThisDay #UKHistory

Best description of Henry VIII I’ve read: “ When the English pulled the trigger on the Reformation, of course, they were ruled by a sociopathic malignant narcissist, who emptied his pram of toys when Rome didn’t sign up to his obsession of the hour. He was also extremely given to kleptocracy, and couldn’t really see a policy position without reconfiguring it as a material benefit to himself.”

In a column on JD Vance in the Guardian! Chef’s kiss 👌

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/17/pope-leo-jd-vance-donald-trump-catholicism

#theguardian #ukhistory #henryviii #tudors #marinahyde

#TIL that the Royal Navy started employing female nurses for land-based service in naval hospitals during the 1880s. They weren't commissioned, but were treated as equivalent to junior officers: they had private "cabins" (rooms), were addressed as "Madam", included beside officers in the published Navy List from 1885 onwards, and male Sick Bay Attendants had to follow their "requests" the same as orders from the surgeon.

They were not allowed to treat "afflictions of the middle third of the body" (sexually-transmitted diseases) in the male sailors, and didn't actually go to sea until 1898.

#history #womensHistory #militaryHistory #navalHistory #UKhistory

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._J._H._Nash

Posting about Paul Marshall and GB News made me think about the origins of his religious convictions.

I would imagine it might be possible to ascribe much of the rise of current C of E conservative evangelicalism to the influence of E. J. H. Nash.

I would like to read a good critical account of Nash and the "Bash campers". I do not hold out high hopes for the book suggested as further reading at the foot of the Wikipedia entry.

Need I add that I consider Nash's influence on British society and culture to have been pernicious?

#UKHistory #EJHNash #ConservativeEvangelicalism #ChurchOfEngland #Iwerne #PaulMarshall

Аварія на станції Moorgate у Лондоні
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British Library: The British Newspaper Archive reaches 100 million pages. “This week the British Newspaper Archive hits the milestone of 100 million digitised pages. We in the British Library news team are celebrating this achievement and our long partnership with Find My Past by picking a few highlights from the BNA.”