Dave Shields

”America Last.”

Crusty Gnome rockin' the deer-in-the-headlights look.

OK... then what?

Morning young fella!
Living the dream in Whitley Bay, eh?

Morning all.

Photograph by Sirkka Liisa Konttinen, Whitley Bay, August 1985.

Harold Wilson became prime minister for a third time on this day 1974, after Edward Heath's talks with the Liberals failed. (Painting by Ruskin Spear, National Portrait Gallery).

Cracking movie.

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All those people calling London “unsafe” and calling for people to “move to Dubai” step forward.

This is your time to shine!

Cover of my collection, In the Shadow of Gods Rachel Deering

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I've always referred to her as Crusty Gnome.

It's a bit sad that there are so many people you dislike really.

'My First Studio.' (1928) Luigi Lucioni's painting style spared him from the contentiousness of Modernist circles; while he respected the artistic trends of the period he looked beyond what was in-vogue in favour of technical skill.

My German brother in law Dieter would like this.
Except being German he probably wouldn't get the joke.

Purple cloth banner with gold fringe and text 'Lifting as we climb'

"Lifting as we climb"
Banner showing the motto of the US National Association of Colored Women, started in 1896, the most prominent organization formed during the African-American Women's Suffrage Movement #womensart

Monochrome photograph featuring a white woman on a scooter in a street facing left dressed in a long black dress and hat

In 1916, Florence Norman, a suffragette in London, used a motorised scooter known as a Autoped #WomensArt
Every month on Womensart is #WomensHistoryMonth 💙

Cartoon by Tommy Siegel

Band on the Wall music venue, Manchester, 1943.

Only a paedophile would sue everybody that looked at him funny but not those who call him what he is.

This fuckin' guy

#SendBarronToWar

Our taxes

Our taxes are paying for this instead of healthcare.

The main thing I remember about the Raleigh Chopper is what a great job my dad did convincing me I didn't really want one!

In fairness I got a lot more out of my "racer" (road bike) over the years than I'd have got from a Chopper.

Also known as The Fruit Was Never an Apple The print features a black and white woodcut style depicting two nude figures in a dense forest.

Max Švabinský
In Paradise (also known as The Fruit Was Never an Apple), 1918

Corner Shop, painting by Glen Williams, Huddersfield-based artist raised in Rotherham.

Batley, west Yorkshire, 1974, photo by Jane Bown.

Morning all.

“Monday's child is fair of face”
Photographer Shirley Baker, Manchester, 1966.

Those bonny bridges 😍
#RiverTyne

a cluster of houses near the coast, the tide is out and it is night. lights burn in the windows of the buildings

Barmouth Evening
Christopher Williams, c.1913.