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Old lady. Reads and gardens a lot.

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#OTD 11 February: feast of St Severinus, who cured King Clovis of France.
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#OTD 11 February 1862: death of Elizabeth Siddal, painter, poet and muse.
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#OTD 11 February 1776: birth of Ioannis Capodistrias, Greek politician.
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#OTD 11 February 1575: King Frederick of Denmark offers the island of Hveen to the astronomer Tycho Brahe.
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#WordOfTheDay: ‘tinde’, a horn.
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@EdwinRose3 @DonnaLFerguson @guardian Congratulations! Can't wait to read the book!
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#OTD 10 February: feast of St Scholastica, abbess and sister of St Benedict.
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#OTD 10 February 1868: death of David Brewster, physicist and friend of Sir Walter Scott, and inventor of the kaleidoscope.
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#OTD 10 February 1775: birth of Charles Lamb, essayist and poet.
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#OTD 10 February 1354: a town-and-gown riot about the quality of beer on St Scholastica’s day leaves over 80 dead in Oxford.
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#WordOfTheDay: ‘tilsent’, tinsel.
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RT @CUPBookshop: Join us on Thursday, 20th February, to hear from author, @sarahhark2 about the birth of @panmacmillan from the premises no…
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@CUPBookshop @sarahhark2 @panmacmillan This sounds wonderful, but alas I can't make it!
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#OTD 9 February: feast of St Apollonia, patron of sufferers from toothache.
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#OTD 9 February 1811: death of Nevil Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal.
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#OTD 9 February 1737: birth of Thomas Paine, radical politician.
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#OTD 9 February 1849: declaration of the new Roman Republic. It does not last.
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#WordOfTheDay: ‘tills’, lentils.
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RT @CarlBovisNature: The Chaffinch dance! 😁😍 A male and female Chaffince at RSPB Greylake recently. 😊 It's Friday... please share & comme…
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#OTD 8 February: feast of St Cuthman of Steyning, shepherd and holy man, who wheeled his mother to church in a barrow.
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