@MuseumOfBrexit

Charity building a museum+archives (1) The shaping of Britain/Europe to 1950 (2) Europeanism and Euroscepticism 1950-2015 (3) Brexit and aftermath 2016-2020

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museumofbrexit.org/
Joined April 2018
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Do you have items to donate? We are after artefacts, books and archives. Material that can set out this country's complex relationship with its continental neighbours. The story of the road to Brexit.
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An item with a message or a story to it? We'll happily take donated items big or small* * We'll probably cap it at bus size.
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Jannik 🐿️
@kineyDEOct 25
Replying to @theiaincameron
xitter.cf/kineyDE/status/1650139… there are very similiar stones near my home. Marking the border between the long defunct states of Duchy of Braunschweig and the Kingdom of Hannover. Those states ceased to exist long ago and are now both part of a united germany. The stones are still there
Jannik 🐿️
@kineyDE23 Apr 2023
Grenzstein zwischen dem Herzogtum Braunschweig (H. B.) und dem Königreich Hannover (auf der Rückseite steht K. H.). Gesetzt zwischen 1815 und 1866. Von den Dingern stehen immernoch reichlich im Wald.
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Iain Cameron
@theiaincameronOct 26
This town ended up in the wrong country because of one word. Llívia is a little piece of Spain entirely surrounded by France, high in the Pyrenees. It exists because 17th-century negotiators argued it was a town, not a village. 1/n
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RIP Emma Bonino, former Commissioner. To Eurosceptics, a scourge of UK (and Canadian) fishermen and an arch-federalist. Also a woman of profound convictions. Strikingly she declared mid-90s that the UK could unilaterally leave the CFP, but it would leave the EU in the process.
Comune Di Bra@BraComuneOct 22
Bra rende omaggio a Emma Bonino con una seduta straordinaria del Consiglio comunale comune.bra.cn.it/it/news/bra…
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Another anniversary today. Incidentally, the events of 1956 and 1968 (the Prague Spring) are fairly well known; less so the 1953 East German uprising.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
@RFERLOct 23
70 years ago, Hungarians rose up against communist rule. Here's a timeline of the events in an archival RFE/RL video.
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The history of Britain's continental ties includes competing associations and alliances.
Prof. Frank McDonough@FXMC1957Oct 23
23 October 1295. Scotland (John Balliol) and France (Philip IV) signed the Auld Alliance. It bound Scotland and France to defend each other against Edward I of England. The treaty stipulated that if either country were attacked by England, the other country would invade England.
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For when quoting your favourite author. (With clarifications in the comments.)
Steve🇸🇰🇮🇹
@StefanFrancisciOct 21
The new map of Central Europe just dropped (red+light red)
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German Embassy London
@GermanEmbassyOct 14
100 years ago, the beloved children's book Winnie-the-Pooh created by English author A A Milne was published. It was not until 1987 that a German translation appeared which truly did justice to Milne’s work: the version translated by Harry Rowohlt. Happy birthday, Pu der Bär!
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Richard Johnson@richardmarcjOct 14
Such a brilliant view of the Storting from our hotel. We're going to Question Time this morning! We'll see how it compares to watching PMQs in London earlier this year. – at Oslo, Norway
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The last Scandinavian - Viking - raid on England was as late as AD 1153. The first, 793. And with conquest, settlement, accommodation, bribery, baptism, and expulsion in between. The footprints - archaeology, language, place names - can still be seen.
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It was a two way street. The network of abbeys is a beautiful reminder of continental influence on Britain, but also the Celtic British role in first developing them and the Anglo-Saxon export of great missionaries and scholars.
HistoryandHeritageYorkshire@GenealogyBeechOct 12
🧵Rievaulx Abbey, nestled in a secluded valley within the North York Moors, stands as one of England’s most powerful symbols of monastic architectural grandeur. Founded in 1131 by Cistercian monks, it quickly grew into one of the wealthiest and most influential monasteries in
An aerial view of Rievaulx Abbey, a ruined Cistercian monastery located near Helmsley in the North York Moors National Park. The Abbey Church, the main cruciform structure dominating the upper section of the image is uniquely, oriented north-south rather than the traditional east-west, a modification forced by the steep and narrow valley landscape. The long arm extending to the right is the magnificent, light-stone Gothic presbytery built in the 1220s, while the shorter western end to the left consists of the simpler, 1140s Romanesque nave, The large, open green square surrounded by pathways directly adjacent to the church. This central courtyard served as the literal and social hub connecting all major living and working quarters of the abbey. Image: Adobe Images.

ALT An aerial view of Rievaulx Abbey, a ruined Cistercian monastery located near Helmsley in the North York Moors National Park. The Abbey Church, the main cruciform structure dominating the upper section of the image is uniquely, oriented north-south rather than the traditional east-west, a modification forced by the steep and narrow valley landscape. The long arm extending to the right is the magnificent, light-stone Gothic presbytery built in the 1220s, while the shorter western end to the left consists of the simpler, 1140s Romanesque nave, The large, open green square surrounded by pathways directly adjacent to the church. This central courtyard served as the literal and social hub connecting all major living and working quarters of the abbey. Image: Adobe Images.

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Josh Barzon
@JoshuaBarzonOct 9
The languages of Europe in AD 500.
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🧵Legacy: 6 Posts The events of 1066 are often presented as the moment when England’s Scandinavian past came to an end. In Yorkshire, however, that is far too simple. The defeat of Harald Hardrada at Stamford Bridge ended the last great Scandinavian invasion, but
Rare Anglo-Scandinavian Hogback Stones located inside the church of St. Thomas in Brompton, near Northallerton, North Yorkshire. Image: Hogback Stones, Brompton Church by Bob Embleton CC BY-SA 2,0

ALT Rare Anglo-Scandinavian Hogback Stones located inside the church of St. Thomas in Brompton, near Northallerton, North Yorkshire. Image: Hogback Stones, Brompton Church by Bob Embleton CC BY-SA 2,0

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The third section of the museum is going to cover 2016-2020. There were millions of these printed. You may even still have one of these in a cupboard. But it's amazing how quickly you forget what things looked like.
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Quite Interesting
@qikipediaSep 22
The medieval Venetian version of the phrase ‘I am your obedient servant’ was ‘sono vostro schiavo’, ‘I am your slave’, which with time was shortened to ‘schiavo’, then to ‘s-ciavo’, to ‘s-ciao’, and finally to ‘ciao’.
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Happy Anne of Cleves Day... One area we'll cover will be royal connections with foreign dynasties and the politics behind them. Some were tremendously important, others fascinating vignettes.
Prof. Frank McDonough@FXMC1957Sep 22
22 September 1515. Anne of Cleves, 4th wife of Henry VIII, was born in Düsseldorf (now in Germany). She married Henry VIII on 6 January 1540, but after 6 months the marriage was annulled. She received a large property settlement and honorary title of the "King's Beloved Sister".
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1066 could have turned out very differently - with immense long term consequences for national identity and continental ties and commitments.
HistoryandHeritageYorkshire@GenealogyBeechSep 18
🧵Around the 18 September 1066, Harald Hardrada, king of Norway, arrived in Yorkshire with an estimated invasion fleet of some 300 ships and 9,000 troops. Sailing up the Humber and into the Ouse, he was accompanied by Tostig Godwineson,
This image appears to show a stained glass window depicting King Harald Hardrada inside Kirkwall Cathedral in Orkney, Scotland. He ruled as the King of Norway from 1046 to 1066. Image: Colin Smith / Harald Hardrada / CC BY-SA 2.0

ALT This image appears to show a stained glass window depicting King Harald Hardrada inside Kirkwall Cathedral in Orkney, Scotland. He ruled as the King of Norway from 1046 to 1066. Image: Colin Smith / Harald Hardrada / CC BY-SA 2.0

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It may surprise you to learn that the European Movement published a catalogue of the campaign groups it was going up against. On its release, political opponents considered it an accolade to be name checked!
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UK Defence in France
@UKDefenceFranceSep 15
Sous l’Arc de Triomphe, l’ambassadeur et @RoyalAirForce le général de corps aérien ont participé avec la Comité de la Flamme à une cérémonie en mémoire de celles et ceux tombés lors de la Bataille d’Angleterre. Un hommage aux liens durable entre la France et le Royaume-Uni 🇬🇧🇫🇷
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Happy Battle of Britain Day. (Particularly if you are having an RAF mess dinner this evening - try not to wreck the place)
Hurricane Heritage@HurricaneR4118Sep 13
The view from the Hurricane section of the Big Wing at yesterday’s Duxford Battle of Britain display.
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