Mr. David Bishop 🇬🇧🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

Morning.

No. Morning.

Life is complicated shocker.

A blue squirrel with red inkness, interesting Markmaking

An oil painting with cones and street furniture, arranged in a pleasing composition, yellowness, very textured

A big bold silly spontaneous oil pastel drawing of Henry VIII rendered benign, bright sweetie colours

A life drawing of a curved woman facing downwards, red and black pastel pencils

A periodic reminder of some of the work that’s still for sale on my website. It’s hard out here. I try to put nice things into to world and express whatever might be valuable within me. Thanks

www.chloecumming.com

Solidarity with the people getting involved. A man being abducted on the street - by someone in a mask with no identification or uniform - should never been normal.

Don't worry if you haven't yet figured out where you're going. You will. Don't worry about other people, don't worry about making mistakes. Live for you.

@diedrichbader.bsky.social @manmademoon.bsky.social @jimpiddock.bsky.social I wasn't ready for this entire video - please check it out to the end. Dr Goodall's message to the world

Good to hear.

a man standing in front of a pile of tires with the words this week in yellow letters Alt: a man standing in front of a pile of tires with the words this week in yellow letters

This fella?

I can't imagine what being in the US is like right now. But I want you to know that many people overseas both see and commend your stand. Good luck, and stay strong.

Such a great photo. The mutual respect just shines.

Such a great photo. Put it in the dictionary under mutual respect.

Teacher from my secondary school was on that. I was a bit star struck when he started teaching me.

Powerpoint?

Weapon can't even spell Christianity.

‘Nine-jobs Nigel’ Farage denies not declaring extra earni... Roles outside Parliament make Reform leader the highest-earning MP, but register of interests has not been updated since end of May

Exclusive: Nigel Farage has not updated his register since May, despite continuing to present his GB News show, record Cameo videos and being a verified X user

Qus are now being asked about the non-registration of his shareholding in GB parent co All Perspectives

observer.co.uk/news/politic...

Happy birthday.

I read McKean's 'Arkham Asylum' when it first came out, and it broke my 15-year old brain. Comic books weren't supposed to look like that.

A page from 'Black Dog: The Dreams of Paul Nash'. It shows a chessboard pattern, filled equally with mostly black and mostly white squares. Some of these squares group together to form larger illustrations.

Another double page spread from 'Black Dog'. Paul Nash, seen from behind in WW1 soldiers uniform and a large black dog look towards a hellish battlefield, which is largely on fire.

A double page from 'Black Dog'. A newly married couple still in their wedding clothes, stand on the roof of a building and look across night-time London. Three searchlights pick out a German WW1 zeppelin, but one with the head of a fish.

For example. I could've picked so many others.

The cover of Dave McKean's marvellous graphic novel 'Black Dog: The Dreams of Paul Nash'.

Book 43 of 2025

I've wanted to read this for some time, and it was worth the wait. I love Nash's WW1 paintings ('The Menin Road' especially), and McKean (who I also love) is on great form. Some of the pages are just eye-popping, and repay close attention. #Booksky

Taking my mum for hers tomorrow, got mine on Monday. Hope you don't feel too rough.

This does look terrific.

Truth. See also 'next half term will be calmer'.

'Mmmmm... sacrilicious.'

I loved that book.

He can't be trusted.

I liked what I saw on the news, and I hope he continues in this vein, taking the fight to Farage.

Cheers, you too.