Rhianwen

Here is my Bond idea: I'm imagining a Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead treatment, where the Bond movie is background to two hapless MI5 newbies.

This week's #TwentiesTuesday garment has been chosen to mark Rememberance Day. This green and gold evening dress of metal and cloth lace, with a silk charmeuse skirt, is decorated with pink and orange appliqué silk velvet poppies. Sold by Whitaker Auctions. #fashionhistory #poppy

The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.

The BBC isn't perfect, but it belongs to Britain not Trump.

Political leaders across the UK must unite in defending its independence from the White House.

River Thames. Trees and boats mirrored in the still surface. A faint glow of sun in the distance blanketed by clouds.

White birds (too far away to identify) perched on posts and ropes at the side of the river, seemingly curled up as if asleep.

Looks like the birds hadn’t quite woken up yet as I passed them on my morning run. Sensible, given how grey and drizzly it was.

A marvellous moment of light on a bend in the lane, in Shropshire, in November.

Monochrome photograph with a low level street view feating the leg of a walking or running woman in a high heeled shoe and skirt with an old fashioned car in the background

Running Legs, 5th Avenue
New York c. 1940-1941
By Lisette Model, Austrian-born US photographer #WomensArt #Monday

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

A photo of a field of red poppies

“At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them”

#RemembranceSunday2025
#LestWeForget

Selfie of a runner wearing hydration vest, headphones, and cap.

Rural road lined by hedgerow with trees in the distance, leaves all autumn colours, moody clouds overhead.

Looking down at my feet standing on lots of crunchy, colourful leaves.

Saturday, therefore running. Very autumn, although not very cold, which feels strange. 🏃🏼

Painting called 'Laura reading'. Seen from above, a woman lies on her back on a rug, absorbed by a book held up before her face. Shadows and refractive light give a magical feel. The rug is traditional reds, the workman dressed in monochrome, the light and book a sage green.

'But by reading their books, I saw the other side of them - their humanity. Somehow I was sure that if people were willing to read each other, and see the light of other cultures, there would be no war on earth.'

Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, The Mountains Sing

#BookWormSat
🎨 Jeannie Kinsler

A watercolor painting by J.R.R. Tolkien titled "The Front Gate". It depicts a fantasy landscape featuring a large, snow-capped mountain with a cavernous entrance at its base. A river flows out from the mountain's gate, winding through a desolate, rocky landscape. The foreground includes a gnarled, dead tree, while the background shows a cloudy blue sky.

‘The world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them.’ ~ J.R.R. Tolkien. #BookWormSat
🖼️ Tolkien

It's just amazing how hard Stormzy is fighting and how much support he has.

What a dog ❤️

Meanwhile the person responsible for this just scored a $1 TRILLION pay package. The world is broken.

Our bad, it should have said 20 million instead of billion.

Still, pretty obscene right?

🫠 Our planet is melting before our eyes. 2024 was the hottest year on record, the first to exceed 1.5°C of warming 🌡️

⏰ We face tipping points, but it’s not too late.

Across every sector, we have the tools to act for a cleaner, safer future. Leaders at #COP30: Time to act.

There are no words for how evil this is

'...police officers who had reviewed CCTV footage of the incident from within the train said it was clear Zitouni’s actions were “nothing short of heroic and undoubtedly saved many people’s lives”'.

Hoping Samir makes a full recovery. 🙏🏻

Let’s take a look at the whole “there are too many black people on TV” thing, shall we?

After Pochin claimed Black people in TV adverts “made her mad”, all her supporters tried to use 👇🏼 as their excuse for why she was somehow justified in her overt racism.

Spoiler - she isn’t! 🤨

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"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain." This James Baldwin quote is hitting harder than ever.

Let's just take a moment to reflect on the self-sacrifice and hope this person embodies - not the evil, hateful monsters thirsting for violence.

Art Nouveau illustration for the month of November by the artist Eugène Grasset. It is part of a series of twelve plates titled "Les Mois" (The Months), which was originally published as a calendar in 1896. The illustration depicts a woman in a long, yellow dress with a bird pattern, kneeling in a garden. She is reaching out to touch a cluster of orange flowers. The scene is set in autumn, with bare-branched trees and some red-leafed plants on the ground. In the top right corner, a diamond-shaped frame contains the text NOVEMBRE.

Happy November to everyone.
🖼️ Grasset

Lemur pumpkin fun for #WorldLemurDay! 🎃

Lemurs live in a matriarchal society, where females are the ones in charge. Lemurs are social primates and tend to live in groups where communication is key.

It’s a drawing of a cheerful looking ghost riding a horse.

What a great story. Here's to Stella's dad and also Evan and his coworkers.

Wow - those are quite phenomenal headlines given the details of the story.

Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.

You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!

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YouTube video by CBS Sunday Morning Guillermo del Toro on "Frankenstein" and remaking a monster

I recently re-read Frankenstein in anticipation of the Guillermo del Toro version and cannot wait to see it.

youtu.be/j0K8LSaYakk?...

Noah Bergren @ @NbergWX•1h HORRIBLE: WORST CASE scenario is unfolding. Really, I am near a loss of words. "Last chance to protect your life at all costs" is the words from the NHC. Melissa is about to make landfall at its strongest intensity. A humanitarian disaster is about to unfold. The hurricane hunters detected 252 MPH gusts 300 feet off the ocean surface. 185 MPH max sustained winds and 220+ MPH gusts in the eyewall about to obliterate Black River area.

This is horrific

The best thing about Halloween approaching is being able to pass off the cobwebs in my house as spooky decorations.