William Morris - the poetry, the printing press, tapestries and also art. Not a novel, but an important revival - including re-fashioned suits of armour. The C20th wouldn't have happened without Morris and Co.
The zebra in this painting belonged to Shah Abbas of Persia who was born 27 Jan 1571.
It was presented to him by the Mughal emperor Jahangir in the early 1620s. (Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Bowl, made in #Persia, c. 1630
16cm x 39.4cm I would love one.
(Victoria and Albert Museum, London)
The world is a dark and dreary place these days, so here’s something to cheer you up: a miniature diorama by Japanese artist, Tanaka Tatsuya.
Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen: “President Trump's idea of sending an American hospital ship here to Greenland has been noted — But we have a public healthcare system where treatment is free for citizens. It is a deliberate choice"
‘Go, go, go, said the bird: human kind
Cannot bear very much reality.
Time past and time future
What might have been and what has been
Point to one end, which is always present.’ ~ Eliot, Burnt Norton, Four Quartets.
#BookWormSat 🖼️ Gould, 1873.
Safety is important, but in my experience, once I got used to places that are extremely safe despite having no streetlights (e.g. Sark and certain Danish "sommerhusbyer") I stopped equating safety with streetlights - and started enjoying natural darkness ✨ 1/3
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......from what - his relatives.
My first Song Thrush of the year singing this evening in the garden in Cheshire for #BirdsSeenIn2026
horrible pictures.
Especially for @number10cat.bsky.social
An Industrial Revolution - had some impact.
Sandford Street, Salford the wooden Memorial Shrine on the wall was placed there by residents after WW1 in honour if their dead.
#WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
Marie is our Regional Support Officer & is fantastic.
Trade union victimisation is indefensible & abhorrent. To see it done by a union employer undermines the work of all trade unionists.
We have written to the GS to call for a stop to the victimisation and to settle the dispute.
#HandsOffMarie
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Rahaf Haj Ali (Palestinian, b. 2002). Choking No. 2 (2024, clay and mixed media on wood).
Sheep in Ebbw Vale satirising Damien Hirst
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Artwork by the Japanese artist Takagi Shunzan (高木春山), who lived from 1803 to 1868. The artwork is from a 195-volume encyclopedia of flora and fauna titled Honzō zusetsu (本草図説), which can be translated as the "Illustrated Book of Herbal Medicine" or a natural history
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Effectively it is blackmail on our part.
Trump dislikes this treaty, because they loose their air-base if we pull out - any time future.
The Uncivilised Cat, 1930, painting by Agnes Miller Parker, Scottish artist.
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Traditional Spiritual, Ernest Irving, Paul Robeson & Ernest Irving Orchestra with Chorus
Deep River
You are a possession, and an inadequate one, a machine that does not work properly.
The reality of ruffs - you don't often see the side view - here are two from Wenceslaus Hollar in 1645 (BM)
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