Mark Forrest

The chimney silhouettes along the canal at sunset #Saltaire #Bradford #landscapephotography #photography

Sunlight shines through railings and circular building panels onto a concrete staircase

New Irish Studies blogpost about a Pictish stone published today www.liverpool.ac.uk/irish-studie... #scotland #picts #medievalsky #archaeology

belle angevine pears, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1900

belle angevine pears, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1900

Limited palette (olive green, indigo, warm white) landscape. High ridge line ascending left to right below pale, clouded but not dark sky. Hillside cloaked with shadows of trees, blurred and faded. Unfinished painting.

#workinprogress #oilpainting Ghosts

Come hell or high water

📷 Oliver Duncan
#monochrome #bnwphoto #bwlovers #noiretblanc #blancoynegro #blackandwhite #bnwphotography #bnw #monochromephotography #blackandwhitephoto #BWPhotography #bnw_captures #blackandwhitephotography #fineartstreetphotography #streetphotography #conceptual

surveillance state: a grab bag of yeses and nos, 2026

#photography #concept #trafficam #streetphotography

photo credit: Department of Transportation (DOT)

Another week, another devastating fire in Glasgow, resulting in the sad loss of the B listed Forsyth House (1851) on Union Street. Architectural heritage is irreplaceable - whether 20th century or any other period. Attitudes towards the care and maintenance of our historic buildings must change.

INTERVIEW: Jay Maisel. I’ve worked with, met, written about and interviewed a lot of photographers over the years. But only one has made me run out and get the same camera he uses. Going through his work again for …

davedye.com/2018/06/18/i...

Coin used as Leeds bus fare was 2,000‑year‑old currency The coin was handed down to Peter Edwards from his grandfather in the 1950s.

This is the sort of thing a cashless society robs us of, the opportunity to try to get away with paying the bus fare in Carthaginian currency www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Lindsey’s diplomacy working wonders in UAE.

Sex and the sea snail: how a plucky marine lab brought a mollusk back from the brink Once abundant in California, the white abalone had all but vanished. Now, thanks to an innovative breeding program, it’s staged a remarkable comeback

This is good news. It's working because the temperature is lower than this abalone's natural range (Pt Conception, Channel Is, to lower middle Baja Pacific side) so withering syndrome is kept at bay. This could have been done 45 years ago when disease 1st appeared
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

my alone feels so good, i’ll only have you if you're sweeter than my solitude - warsan shire red-orange singular poppy against a black background

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD…

Can we STOP with this ‘special relationship’ BS

And also…can we wake up to the treachery of our right wing press?!

Super thrilled my artwork is now the cover of an album! 🔵

Thanks @noyj.bsky.social x

I didna speak
whan it bleetert doon.
Ma man wis gey taen up wi’ getting us
sortit, an’ it wis fell lang afore we had
the bastes in an’ the fowl settled…

—Eunice Buchanan, “Wife to Noah”
published in MARKINGS 30 (2010)
#poem #poetry
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/wife-no...

“with you, intimacy colours my voice. even ‘hello’ sounds like ‘come here'.” Warsan Shire glass vase with poppies shades of pinks & cream in various stages of unfurling

This is available here, along with many other snazzy things: www.chloecumming.com

Black-and-white photo of a person holding an umbrella on a city sidewalk at night, seen through blurred reflections and passing cars, with lights and motion streaking across the scene.

Winter rain. 1st Avenue. Seattle, WA.

Fuji X-T5 XF 70-300.

#photography #icm #icmphotography #bnwphotography #umbrella

Fox is an available fox! www.chloecumming.com/chloepencilh...

Various dwellings including tower blocks and townhouses fill a vast flat moody landscape. The blue/white light of mobile phones, tablets and computer screens glow from every window.

‘Screen Time’

Latest painting - acrylic on canvas (130 x 70cm)

Painting of The Crooked House pub. (Famous for being, "Britain's wonkiest pub," it was severely damaged by fire and illegally demolished in 2023.)

The Crooked House (oil and acrylic on canvas - 2024)

*prints available*

A small hill-top flat-roofed tower. Steps lead up to a turquoise door.

‘The Roost’

Latest (small) painting. Oil and acrylic on canvas.

Peter Oborne DESTROYS Media LIES about Iran War He doesn’t hold back 🔥

Peter Oborne DESTROYS Media LIES about Iran War

Attacks leave dead vs killed

Fog on the Hudson River this morning, taken from Inwood Hill Park, Manhattan #photography #NewYorkCity

Wood you believe it?!?

Union street fire: support Haus of Hair Last month, my wonderful hairdresser and friend Gemma left her job to fulfil her dream of starting her own salon with fellow stylist Aimee. 'Haus of Hair' opened last week. I visited on Friday and wa...

My hairdresser and friend opened her business last week. Tonight it burned to the ground. This is devastating.

I’ve set up a fundraiser. If you haven’t done anything for international women’s day yet, here’s a chance to support a women-run business in need: www.paypal.com/pools/c/9nhn...