June Lewins

We prefer the word 'vegetarians.' Rude.

;-)

Just think, in a month's time the days will start getting longer again.

tweet from childish branzino @absflora: timothée chalamet is the new benedict cumberbatch in the sense that you can say ANYTHING and we know who you mean. tiffany chevrolet. timpanogos charlemagne. symphony cabernet. jiminy castaway.

Higgledy piggledy
Timothée Chalamet
Has a name meriting
Endless design

Much like his forerunner
Benedict Cumberbatch:
Hexasyllabically,
Easy to rhyme

Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

The Title is "Wombat Architecture Critics". The drawing is of a cube shaped building with 2 wombats looking at it. One says to the other "Well that looks like shit".

Down by the river, on a winters afternoon

Betty came by on her way
Said she had a word to say
About things today
And fallen leaves

Got burgled last night. They took all my 80s VHS movies & my entire collection of fondant fancies. On the plus side I am now Footloose & fancy free

Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.

48 years ago - November 1, 1977

Wire released their debut studio album, Pink Flag. It features the songs "Reuters," "Three Girl Rhumba," "Ex Lion Tamer," "Pink Flag," "Mr. Suit," "Strange," "Mannequin," and "12XU

#punk #punks #punkrock #wire #pinkflag #punkrockhistory

The original gatehouse to the old Tudor Palace of Richmond, just off Richmond Green. Little else of the palace remains.

A stone plaque on a wall reveals the history of Richmond Palace, thought to be Elizabeth I’s favourite home and where she died on March 24th 1603.

A sketch by Anton Wyngaerde showing Richmond Palace in all its glory. Pepperpot covered turrets, many outhouses and side buildings. Standing on the river Thames.

A misty day on the Thames at Richmond, a heron in the distance plus a few timbers visible. The last remaining features of the old Tudor/Stuart jetty that once served Richmond Palace.

A long lost Tudor Palace, very few traces of it remain. On the foreshore a few timbers of the old Tudor/Stuart jetty, also a gatehouse off Richmond Green. Thought to be Elizabeth I’s favourite palace & where she died on March 24 1603. We have only Wyngaerde’s sketches to show us what it looked like

He's a great raconteur too - he tells of several times he got into potentially life threatening situations, so he obviously loved life to the extreme. It's sad to think there will never be any more of his amazing novels.

YouTube video by LAY IT DOWN AND JAM TOTAL CONTROL - MOTELS ( studio version )

And imagine my delight on discovering that Iain Banks picked one of my favourite ever songs that I haven't heard in ages - Total Control by The Motels. Such a tune.

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Paperback Writers - Series 2 - Iain Banks - BBC Sounds The late Iain Banks talks about his life and favourite music.

Another sunny but freezing day, so took myself out for a walk along the cliff top and down to the sea.

Listened to the late great Iain Banks' Paperback Writers show - one of my favourite writers, and I enjoyed his music choices. Available on Sounds for a few days-

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Shouldn't it have two dd's? Otherwise I read it as She-dites. And that isn't the worst thing about this.

WILD BOARS!

@gidcoe.bsky.social

A painting shows a woman with black top and red skirt in a humble 19th century kitchen with a stone flag floor; she is standing at the kitchen window with her back to us and is largely silhouetted by yellow sunlight shining through a thin curtain

A panting of a small blonde girl - the artist’s daughter - sitting on the centre chair of three, between two tall windows through which bright sunlight shines. She is turned away from us, preoccupied in play or handicraft. Shadows from the windows are cast on the blue wall that faces us.

A painting of a woman in a 19th century parlour; she sits on a dark yellow chaise longue reading a book that rests on the polished wooden table in front of her, her head is resting on her right hand. Light enters from the left of the painting, illuminating a large vase of red poppies on the table, some petals from which have fallen on it.

On a day cold enough to be Scandinavian, a trip with Mrs H to @dulwichgallery.bsky.social to see the exhibition of Danish artist #AnnaAncher ‘Painting Light’ 🖼️

‘The Maid In The Kitchen’ (1883-6) | ‘Sunlight In The Blue Room’ (1891) | ‘Interior With Red Poppies’ (1905)

#LondonExhibitions

Isn't Sumac Batata that song from The Lion King?

Love the random book collections in the mobile library service.
Capitalist Surveillance Slugs will, of course, be in session next week on Riley and Coe on 6Music.

Ahem...

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"No, Flavor, I said pose with a massive *clock*."

It is amazing what some sunshine can do on a bitterly cold day - my south- facing living room went from 13°C to 18°C in a few hours this morning. Gonna be another cold one tonight, mind, with these clear skies. Roll on Saturday and the forecasted milder south-westerlies return.

A little red Canta, which is a small no-licence electric car designed for disabled people to be able to get around easily. This one has a large novelty key stuck to the roof so that it looks like a clockwork toy. It reminds me of Lowly Worm's apple car.

People think it must be weird to have a famous neighbour, but Lowly Worm is just a nice, regular guy.

This is a painting. Oh yes it is...

#November evening in a Welsh wood". James T. Watts. c.1890.

Paperback Writers - John Niven - BBC Sounds Author John Niven picks a selection of his favourite records

Went for a walk to make the most of the sun - the wind is so cold I couldn't feel my face once I got home. Listened to @nivenj1.bsky.social's Paperback Writers 6 Music show (only available tonight). Every song a gem, so recommended despite the lack of female artists.

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THINK ABOUT IT:
I've never seen a boy called a 13-year-old man. In fact, I've never heard the words "underage man." HAVE YOU???

I am asking all men on International Men's Day to smile more