David Paul Nixon

I like a nice big book, but the problem is that about 90% of all my reading is done in bed. If I’m ever going to read this, I’m just going to have take the risk of being smacked in the head if I nod off early. #reading #book #hammer

A scam call got sent to voicemail. The transcription tool got it just about right. #scam

What!? But I’ve always found the standards at CEX to be absolutely impeccable

Much is made of the decline of the writing in later series of #GameofThrones. Little attention has been paid, however, to the impact it had on the producers of the DVDs, who appear to have been driven insane: “in the proposal of Tilly, she Pigeon Biography to the far north…”

People like me had been in before and they were prepared. #books #bookshop

#sexystaircases This one is famous. Commissioned for the luxury Hôtel de Châteaurenard in Provence, it was decorated by Flemish artist, Jean Daret. No one had made a stairway a home for fine artwork before, his love of illusional architecture made it a unique work that has long survived the hotel

Some of the most beautifully blue skies I’ve ever seen. It’s lovely there.

The Musée du Vieil Aix - the Museum of Old Aix - is dedicated to preserving Aix-en-Provence’s folk customs. It includes a very large puppet collection. #puppets #marionette #toys

#newbook Not every body gets to rest in peace, or even in 1 piece. Famous corpses have been stolen, pickled, frozen, stuffed, picked apart & even filed away. From Mozart to Einstein, Bess Lovejoy has charted some of the most notable afterlives of famous bodies and where they finally ended up #books

#sexystaircases The Pavillon Vendôme in Aix en Provence was the host to the first ever #Cezanne exhibition in his home town, taking place 50 years after his death. However, a robbery at a second exhibition would result in his works being absent for more than half a century. #art

Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne with an atrocious cover

I look forward to reading about the ship/elephant/steam train race #books #designfail

Some sculptural highlights from Musée Granet in Aix-en-Provence #art #sculpture

‘Diane de Poitiers as an allegory of Peace’, by an anonymous artist who was definitely still a virgin. #art

The Iron Age Oppidum d’Entremont site outside Provence was discovered & excavated in the 1940s. Found in the ruins were a variety of stone heads. Some had sat on statues, but others are meant to be severed heads. They were used on statues to demonstrate the figure’s strength & prowess #archeology

The Oppidum d’Entremont is a large ruin dating back to 180BC. It was founded by Ligures, an ancient people from North-West Italy. Romans invaders forced them out in 120BC. Deciding to build their town at the base of the hill, in what’s now Aix-en-Provence, it was abandoned by 90BC #archeology

Some more optical works from Foundation Vasarely in Aix-en-Provence.
#art #opticalillusion #vasarely

#sexystaircases It’s not tall, but this dual hexagonal stair at Fondation Vasarely is futuristically fabulous. #design #architecture #staircase

As well as being the home of Cezanne, Aix-en-Provence is also home to Fondation Vasarely. The museum was founded by Victor Vasarely, leader of the optical art movement. Rather than just a home for his works, it was created as home to site-specific new works, laid out in 7 hexagonal rooms. #art

Never realised unalive sex shows were a thing. #ghosts #spirits

Currently at the College of Psychic Studies in Kensington is The Medium is the Message. This exhibition explores the relationship between art and mediumship, with more than 100 works by 30 artists on display. #art #fortean #paranormal

The Science of Weird Shit by Chris French

#newbook Ghostly encounters, alien abductions, reincarnation… Are these legitimate phenomena? And if not, how should we understand them? Chris French investigates the paranormal, providing authoritative, evidence-based explanations for what lies behind a variety of ‘weird shit’. #books #ghosts

Serge Gainsbourg : Initiales BO on vinyl

Outrageous! I refuse to believe that Serge was anything but magnificently fragranced all the time. #music #gainsbourg

#BOTD Ramsey Campbell. Often cited as the greatest horror and weird fiction author of his generation, Campbell has authored over 37 books, literally hundreds of short stories, and has at some point won almost all the major awards available for fantasy and horror writing.
#books #horror

My 2025 in reading. 32 books read, plus 2 short art books and 2 graphic novels. #books #reading

#BOTD Charles Beaumont. A prolific horror, sci-fi & speculative fiction writer, Beaumont's best known for his Twilight Zone scripts, but also wrote for films, including 3 of Roger Corman’s Poe cycle. He also co-wrote Run from the Hunter, the basis for TV series The Fugitive.

Film posters of the Russian Avant-Garde

There’s still a couple of gifts to come in, but by a stretch this is the one to beat. #books #filmposters

Oh good.

The completed Lego Retro Radio

The Boxing Day build is complete. #lego #radio

Vital update on the New Ghost Stories Podcast right now - newghoststories.substack.com

#ghoststories #ghosts #horror

#BOTD Rod Serling. Among the most prolific writers in TV history, Serling wrote 250+ scripts for film & television, many for anthology series like The Twilight Zone & The Night Gallery. He also wrote classic films, like Planet of the Apes & holds the record for most Emmy wins for Outstanding Writing