James Brown

I enjoyed mine over the weekend! They’re all gorgeous, but I think this little house is my fave (adorable and creepy in equal measure).

In the death registers of early modern Venice, marginalia often marks the cause of death: drawings of daggers for murders, for instance.

In 1696, Giovanni Battista Rinaldi was killed by a dog. This is the drawing by his entry.

Same.

The Cold War Bunker, the plague stones on Hob Moor, and the Tyburn execution site are lesser-known gems that I think will appeal to your sensibilities; also the Printer’s Devil effigy on Stonegate, while St Olave’s church and the adjacent ruins of St Mary’s Abbey are lovely.

🎤Welcome to the Cardiff Witch Memorial Map Project! Our aim is to locate memorials, museums, and significant sites related to #earlymodern witch hunts globally and share them with the public. Please follow us for updates on our research - we've found more than 100 so far! #history #witchtrials

I do! Other favourites were Frontierland (the stagecoach!), the crooked house (terrifying), and the little ensemble of elfin musicians in the tree stump.

Wonderful footage of this extraordinary place; it was a staple growing up (in Ryde) and profoundly influenced my tastes and interests also.

I thoroughly enjoyed this beautiful film; made me really miss East Anglia, and reminded me a reread of TROS is long overdue! Congrats to all involved.

W. G. Sebald's grave in Framingham Earl churchyard Norfolk.

Our Rings of Saturn film has been in production for about a year but has now finally arrived. Beautifully narrated by @simoninsuffolk.bsky.social and scored by @dukether.bsky.social 👇
youtu.be/hELnfok0BzI?...

I was there on Tuesday (and really enjoyed reading the excellent article on your website in preparation)! No strange occurrences to report, but the atmosphere inside the barrow is indeed uniquely unpleasant.

No worries (they look so convincing!). It pollutes the feeds, and I genuinely don’t know what they’re trying to achieve. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Hey Breezie, can’t reply directly, but that picture of a mountain you just shared from Brad something or other is 100% AI. Love that you’re so generous, but keep some holes on the sieve perhaps.

It really is!

Leon! I’m extremely glad to see you on here (I missed you from the other place).

Same here (there’s only ever one bad choice I’ve ever made, and it’s a biggie, but I sure as hell won’t be talking about it on here).

It’s genuinely the truth Anni; I think men are kind of awful, and I always have done, from a very young age. I kind of wish I wasn’t one, but I am, so I do everything I can to support women wherever I can. I probably go wrong in some cases and places, but that’s always my default.

I absolutely agree (women are 1000% better than men, this was informed by my upbringing, and have been the words I’ve tried to live by!).

As a certified early modernist that is kind of the very best kind of woman tbh.

I bloody always forget the alt text #2; it’s four shots of an overgrown graveyard at sunset, with the headstones reaching up through the foliage.

I bloody always forget the alt text #1; it’s a tombstone caught in the evening light, with some snowdrops.

Wardsend Cemetery, Sheffield (April 2025).

Sundown at St Andrew, Aldborough, North Yorkshire (February 2021).

Very solid work!

I need to get back to this (have been on a layoff since Feb!). And that is an extremely impressive lift. 💪

Photograph of two little green leaves on a small branch, with the setting sunlight in the background. The left leaf has some cracks in it, and in the background is the sun creating little rays.

- where the light breaks -

I stand corrected (I’m so sorry!). And very much so.

Definitely a good thing Mr Breezie! Love all of your reposts, you bring so many wonderful photographs into my feed.

He’s nicely on the third line, and the image feels very nicely balanced in terms of light, dark, and texture. I also don’t think the additional details in the other shots add anything in the way of interest. But I *always* frame/crop too tight, so take this with an advisory!

This has just popped up on my feed (via @breeze420.bsky.social) but definitely the first one for me.

I’ve finally gotten around to ordering this (sorry for the delay, I am a procrastinator by nature).