Andrew Lear

Wondering if anyone else has been affected by any of the issues in Kafka's The Metamorphosis? At the moment I'm just putting out feelers.

Photo of Nutmeg standing on all fours on top of a small cylindrical stool

If you press the bottom of the cylinder, her legs collapse

A photo of a museum display with the Nebra sky disk. The green coloured bronze disk features a gold sun, moon and star decoration.

Happy #Solstice! The Nebra Sky Disc is considered to be the oldest known material representation of cosmic phenomena in the world, dating around 1600 BC.

On display at Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte in Halle.

Further information: www.landesmuseum-vorgeschichte.de/en/nebra-sky...

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In Iceland, on Christmas Eve, people give each other books so they can spend the evening drinking cocoa & reading. It’s called, Jolabokaflod, the Christmas book flood. I’ve never been more in love with Iceland than I am right now ♥️♥️

Index of Movie Reviews My complete alphabetized index of over 700 silent movie reviews. Reviews listed in order by title with no divisions for genre or length. I post new silent movie reviews every Sunday and sometimes i…

Looking for a silent film? I have reviewed over 700 of them! My index:

moviessilently.com/index-of-mov...

Red and black woodcut of a robin on a pine branch in front of an open book of Christmassy pictures

Christmas card created c.midC20th, by George Buday, at Netherne Hospital where he was compelled live.
One of many cards he designed for art therapist Edward Adamson, Buday was a professional artist & historian of Christmas cards, who had his own studio in an old summerhouse in the hospital grounds

A short poem on Peter and Helen Cushing

Please, if you're able, support Independent bookshops in the run up to Christmas.

Their curation and knowledge will help you choose books that no algorithm can.

And algorithms don't smile and chat to you either.

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Outside does take a bit of getting used to - but what doesn't?? So damp.

Thank you, I’m an idiot☺️ I’ll unfollow and report them

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Fun fact: If someone quotes a post of yours in a way that is unwelcome (as is commonplace on Twitter/X) there is a tool to combat the unwanted attention. Simply click the three dot menu on the quote post & click "Detach quote". This removes your post from their quote post. Useful to know, do share!

Book display featuring 8 titles from independent publishers - Headshot, The Empusium, Earlyfate, Ghost Mountain, Mammoth, Cold Fish Soup, Jackal and The Book of Manchester.

Independent publishers are releasing some of the best and most exciting books at the moment. Here are just a handful of our recent favourites including titles from @deadinkbooks.bsky.social, @saraband-books.bsky.social, @dauntbookspub.bsky.social, and @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social

Ditto what Kevin says. It gets harder and harder for small independent publishers to find bookshelf space. 🙏

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(In other UK news, there's no snow here. It's very sad.)