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Landscape of the Megaliths | Nash, Paul | V&A Explore The Collections Colour lithograph by Paul Nash entitled 'Landscape of the Megaliths',1937, published by Contemporary Lithographs Ltd.

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Dutch late night TV has its take

Entirely unplanned Norfolk photo of the day

Au revoir, le Tour - it's for the best Big sporting events, like so much we hold dear, are at odds with a liveable climate

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Paging @levparikian.bsky.social Surely those are swifts? Nice pic, though.

Choo-choo, Benny, Brain, Fancy ...

Twas ever thus

Elite clientele, (very) long stay a speciality.

Not my now, not my apocalypse.

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Mail on Sunday steps up the fight against cycle lanes The tabloid appears to be on a crusade against the installation of new cycle lanes across the UK, but its latest weapons in the bike-lane backlash have raised a few eyebrows, as well as hackles

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My memory of growing up in the 60s with Ladybird etc is the shiny future they promised - supermarkets! household appliances! woman police officers!

The False Gospel of Stuff and Status We have become disciples of a flawed creed. To chase passion and value people is a much wiser way to live; or Ikigai, Detectorists, and the real meaning of life.

I wrote about the dominant creed of American life — the Gospel of Stuff and Status — and argue that these false idols are making millions of people avoidably miserable. www.forkingpaths.co/p/the-false-...

So how was the Albergo Marin? It looks tempting.

Pre-match shenanigans!

Hear me out, what about a new Royal Yacht, but called HMS Azincourt, just to tick all the boxes of upsetting everyone?

Would you class Detectorists as a sitcom?

#FingerpostFriday
Normal for Norfolk

My parents' favourite, "a bit of a to-do", or in severe cases "a right to-do"

Detectorists by Mackenzie Crook

Incidentally, the scripts (along with many many others) are all available in the BBC Writers’ Room. www.bbc.co.uk/writers/scri...

In A Fine City!

The Magpie (1868-69)

Finding the Magic of the Season: Monet’s The Magpie

Before Impression, Sunrise Monet’s The Magpie whispered in the cold, winter air of the arrival of a movement that would forever change how we see the world. #artbots #monet 🧵👇

The Real Life Inspirations Behind the Film Blitz Steve McQueen’s 2024 film Blitz draws heavily from historical events and personal stories during the London Blitz of World War II, presenting a unique and inclusive perspective on the experience of ordinary citizens under relentless bombing. The film highlights previously overlooked stories, particularly those of people of colour and immigrant communities in wartime London. Below are some of the real life characters and events that inspired the movie.

The Real Life Inspirations Behind the Film Blitz

Steve McQueen’s 2024 film Blitz draws heavily from historical events and personal stories during the London Blitz of World War II, presenting a unique and inclusive perspective on the experience of ordinary citizens under relentless bombing. The…

Awkward 50s/60s photo of woman with her Christmas tree

Awkward 50s/60s photo of couple with their Christmas tree

Awkward 50s/60s photo of couple with their Christmas tree

Awkward 50s/60s photo of man with his Christmas tree. And lawnmower

Tree's up.

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The lush, murky Weald countryside seen from inside a Southeastern train.

Back on the Old Site, I was running a nearly-2 year long 🧵 on our attempts to visit National Trust properties by public transport (x.com/politic_anim...). Time to resurrect it here!
It’s the gloomiest of gloomy late November days and we are off on a diverted Southeastern train deep into the Weald.

Word of the day is ‘librocubicularist’: one who loves nothing better than reading in bed.

(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).