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Black and white portrait film photo of a backstreet in Oban, Scotland, with a turreted shop building.

Urban Fairytale

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Once upon a time in Oban . . .

#PhotoOfTheDay #Oban #Photography #Art #Print #BnW #BelieveInFilm #Architecture #Travel #FilmIsNotDead

Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

“When you consider the ecocide alongside the genocide, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians & their homeland”

Hugely powerful from @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

Just arrived from the printers.

The Book of Bogs began as a community response & has grown beyond the Walshaw Moor into a wider celebration & campaign for bogs & other peatland ecologies.

This was the most brilliant crowdfunded project, with over 40 contributions from artists & poets.

OUT NOW.

ITV News leading with “foreign criminals bring deported” and Farage’s views that paracetamol in pregnancy science isn’t settled. The news agenda in this country is an absolute constant trash fire

Van Hollen: "Those who cave in -- those like ABC who cave in -- what they do is give the bully an even bigger appetite. When they appease they bully, they put all of us at risk."

Inadequate man, with a vague moustache and a fascist uniform, walks past a crowd doing Nazi salutes. He is being followed by a man in a dirty raincoat clutching a bag fiercely. Nobody knows what horrors lay within.

Oswald Mosley at a British Union of Fascists rally in East London on 4 October 1936. People who ignore the errors of the past are destined to repeat them.

Bottom trawling to continue in English protected waters, government rules Defra says blanket ban on ‘destructive’ fishing practice disproportionate as MPs urge minister to reconsider

This is infuriating. What is the point of a Marine Protected Area if trawlers are allowed to keep ploughing it?
Yet again, the government has succumbed to commercial lobbying.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Common Whitebeam

Common Whitebeam with no name, or a name only known to other Whitebeam, Saint-Laurent-de-Trèves, France

Common Whitebeam (Sorbus aria) are named for the underside of the leaves being almost white transforming the appearance of the tree in strong winds

Photo: Han van Meegeren

Looking ahead on a man-made track within a forest. The path veers to the left and sun is breaking through the mist.

On The Last Bend

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Toward the end of a pleasant walk within the woods, on the last bend, the sun breaks through a light winter mist.

#PhotoOfTheDay #ArtPrint #Forest #Photography #Art #Nature #InteriorDesign #Tranquility

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A glowing full moon hangs low in the dark night sky, its surface tinted a rusty red as Earth’s shadow casts a total lunar eclipse. The moon’s edges glow softly against the blackness, creating the striking effect known as a Blood Moon.

Don't miss tonight's celestial show...🌕🪐

The Corn Moon, our last full moon of summer, will rise in total lunar eclipse...glowing deep red as a Blood Moon.

Catch it climbing the horizon from 19:30, with Saturn shining close by, shining brighter than usual.

Why didn't this trainee opportunity come up when I first finished my degree!! If you're a #lichen enthusiast then this is for you, it looks like a fantastic opportunity. www.countryside-jobs.com/job/oct25/tr...

So true 🤔

There’s an obvious way to challenge Nigel Farage. But Keir Starmer won’t do it | Rafael Behr Labour’s reluctance to name Brexit as the cause of so many problems hasn’t stopped Reform’s rise. It’s time to try the truth, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

Farage’s “probity and judgment were sold as the product called Brexit. It turned out to be a piece of shit.”
And, unbelievably, this Labour govt finds itself trapped because it has refused to call this out.
What a profound - and now dangerous - political failure.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Black and white photograph showing a quiet part of town. Car detailing shows near abandoned industrial buildings. The road is quiet and many cars are parked up near the roundabout.

Downtown Detailing

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Head downtown by Emery if you want your car looking 'real nice'.

#PhotoOfTheDay #BlackAndWhitePhotography #ArtPrint #Photography #Art #InteriorDesign #Detailing #Townscape

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No explanation needed. The Met police and Yvette Cooper MP should be ashamed.

White capped fungi with a slimy texture and a straight stem growing from a fallen beech trunk. You can see the underside of the fungi cap revealing delicate gills underneath. Credit Laura Corbe-WTML

Small group of 6 white capped fungi growing from a moss covered trunk. You can see the underside of the fungi caps revealing their delicate gills. Credit Laura Corbe-WTML

Thanks to photography #volunteer Lauren, who captured these beautiful images of porcelain fungi on a fallen beech tree near Oban. Did you know porcelain fungi fight off rival fungi with their own powerful fungicide? Amazing! More 👉 buff.ly/RoBnzXj
#FungiFriday #ScotlandsRainforest

Wrecked and rotting old sailing ships in this black and white photograph shown printed upon a block canvas.

Salen Shore - Canvas Print

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Old wrecked ships at Salen on the Isle of Mull.
The day was dreich and showery, perfect for capturing these old beauties.

#PhotoOfTheDay #Monochrome #35mm #Photography #Art #Travel #CanvasPrint #InteriorDesign #Dysphoria

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Black and white photograph showing a typical British kitchen from the 1950's. A kettle is on the stove waiting to be boiled.

Get The Kettle On Love

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You've been out in the garden all morning, trimming the hedge and pulling up weeds. What you need now is a nice cup of tea.

#PhotoOfTheDay #MonochromeMonday #Nostalgia #Photography #ArtPrint #Vintage #InteriorDesign #Kitchen

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I love the froggy eyes on this #liverwort, Marchantia polymorpha. I didn't have my hand lens so not sure what the one next to it was. Another quick photo stop while at work, I really need to take more time for the small things #nature

UK to recognise Palestinian state unless Israel ends Gaza crisis Israel must take ‘substantive steps’ to end ‘appalling’ situation in Gaza, says Keir Starmer

Disgusting to see major Israel arms supplier Keir Starmer treat Palestine’s basic right to exist as a bargaining chip in some macabre geopolitical game.

There’s a reckoning coming for all who abetted this Holocaust. Starmer is cynically dusting off his excuses.

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Two people sitting on a wall in handcuffs with the back of a police officer visible to the left

Two concerned citizens are arrested as terrorists, and put in handcuffs, for the heinous crime of holding up cardboard signs opposing the genocide in Gaza. Meanwhile the Israeli government starves the people of Gaza to death, and uses their children as target practice, with total impunity.

Portrait colour close up photograph of the front grill of a 1930's American pick up truck. The image is shown printed upon a block canvas.

Dodge - Canvas Print

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Front grill of a 1939 Dodge TC pick up truck, shot dark with a deep grain film.

#PhotoOfTheDay #35mm #CanvasPrint #Photography #Art #Vintage #InteriorDesign #GiftIdea #PickUpTruck #Dodge

Give this a boost, or not 🤕 - or cheese 🧀

We first visited Forsinard Flows in about 2003 when lived in Caithness. We didn't really know much about the flows and their significance then but we do now. It's good to see the restoration progressing well.

You’re actually not allowed to use pardons to obstruct justice, Donald. An independent DOJ would advise you not to.

Exactly this. I hate the term Christian values which is used so much in the UK. They're not Christian values, they're just values that we should all be following.

Now this is a nice bar of chocolate 🍫 My husband says to let everyone know he bought it for me 🤣

Bright golden patches of the moss Sphagnum auriculatum in a darker grey Anthelia julacea (liverwort) montane flush surrounded by snowbed grassland in the Cairngorms, Scotland, on 16th July 2025. National Vegetation Classification (NVC) communities: flush = M31; snowbed grassland = U7a.

Bright golden patches of the moss Sphagnum auriculatum in a darker grey Anthelia julacea (liverwort) montane flush surrounded by snowbed grassland in the Cairngorms, Scotland, a few days ago. National Vegetation Classification (NVC) communities: flush = M31; snowbed grassland = U7a.

The best book you will ever read.

an illustration of a tree on a mountain side

Deodar Cedar(Cedrus deodara) is a towering evergreen, with aromatic wood containing compounds like cedrin. They can survive altitudes up to 3200m(~10500ft). The name "deodar" is derived from the Sanskrit term "devadāru," meaning "wood of the gods". It is the national tree of Pakistan. #ai #nature