Virginia Woolf — who died #onthisday in 1941 – painted by fellow Bloomsbury Group member Roger Fry.

Read Emma Sutton on Woolf's story "A Simple Melody" + the influence which music had upon the writer who once wrote that music was "nearest to truth" https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/simple-songs-virginia-woolf-and-music #otd

Your daily dose of Dutch art by Rembrandt van Rijn.

Three heads of women; one lightly etched,

#art #dutchart #rembrandt #rijksmuseum #17thCentury

#NewSpecies!
New eeltail catfish from #australia just swam in:

Neosilurus manjandi

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/500E8787-FFD2-D67F-DE97-F97DFA9FFAB6
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5750.4.3
#Zootaxa #NeosilurusManjandi

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #fish #TeamFish #fishfriday #ichthyology #catfish #freshwater

#OnThisDay, 25 Mar 1941, the first WRNS arrive at Bletchley Park in the UK. They operate the Bombe machines used for decoding German Enigma machine messages. Their work helps shorten World War 2.

At its peak, 75% of the workforce at Bletchley were women.

#WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInHistory #WorldWar2 #History #BletchleyPark #Histodons

#OnThisDay, 21 Mar 1945, Hannie Schaft, an active member of the Dutch resistance known as "the girl with the red hair", was arrested at a German checkpoint in Haarlem.

She was later executed, allegedly saying "I shoot better" after the first attempt to shoot her missed.

#WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WW2 #DutchHistory #Histodons