Geraldine Beare

This is an original teleprint message declaring the end of the war which was kept by mother, strictly against regulations. Appropriate for @veday80

As promised, yesterday ODNB posted the Life of G. Norman Knight, founder of the Society of Indexers @indexers in 1957. here is the link - I hope! oxforddnb.com/viewbydoi/10.1…

The #BattleofMons took place in August 1914. The following month, #ArthurMachen wrote The Bowmen story in which phantom bowmen from #Agincourt came to the aid of the British. So began the #AngelofMons myth. This waltz was published in 1916

Last night I went to a lecture on the impact of the Hampton Court Conference of 1604. The lecturer brought along several contemporary documents including the Basilikon Doron of 1603. The original owner provided a brief index which may interest @indexers

Just about to settle down for this at Sadlers Wells

Something for next year's diary @indexers - yes really! Oxford Dictionary of Biography (ODNB) provides a daily Life of the Day online which is sent free to subscribers. G Norman Knight, our founder, will be featured on 28 March 2025.

Happy @indexers National Indexing Day #IndexDay Anyone remember this t-shirt?

....Well, it is my #LeapYear birthday today!

Pink barricades thoughtfully erected by workman installing new pipes to match the blossom tree outside my front door...

Just in case you have a tank lying around... this may be useful should we experience another 'big freeze'. Seen at the beautiful #MinterneGardens

Another small indexing gem. Did you know @indexers that the nutritional physiologist, Isabella Leitch (1890-1980), worked on the UNESCO co-ordinating committee on abstracts and indexing of the medical and biological sciences after WWII?

I have just received this from a well-known retailer (no, not that online behemoth...). With it, came a sample of Global Protection Day Cream. I had no idea Alexa needed daily tlc...

In spite of torrential rain, wind and frost, this greeted me in the garden this morning - and there is another nearby. No comment on my pruning skills...I blame it on the weather...

This is in The National Archives. Has anyone seen it or know anything about it @indexers ?

Lest we forget: @PoppyLegion Outside a house near me.

It is 40yrs since my first index (860pp) was published & reviewed in TLS. I joined @indexers, became programme organiser, newsletter editor, vice chair & helped organise conferences. c3,000 indexes later, thank you @indexers for a fantastic indexing life!

Just visited the #MuseumofSomerset in Taunton to see the magical Axel Scheffler exhibition which is on until the end of the month. Love the @Gruffalo!

PS. Janet Hogarth Courtney's brother was David Hogarth, archaeologist and friend of T.E. Lawrence. He was also keeper of the @AshmoleanMuseum in succession to Arthur Evans. David also knew Gertrude Bell, a close friend of Janet's.

Next year it will be 70 years since one of the great, forgotten @indexers died. Her name? Janet Hogarth Courtney (1865-1954), chief indexer of the 11th edition of @Britannica cross-referencing 30,000pp in less than 6 months, a half a million separate entries.

This accompanies a display of drinking cups at the #LuxuryandPower exhibition at the #BritishMuseum. I particularly like the first few lines...