Thank you! I was inspired by Mycelial Parish News through @peakrillpress.bsky.social

I decided to ask a bunch of #Berlin friends to recommend the art that has moved them 2025 and I'm compiling it into a zine for them. Exhibitions, music, podcasts, books, TV, films, experiences - whatever has made our years a joy. A guidebook for the #Berlin #Mycelial.

Cheers! Not been on here in quite a while, only just remembered to check in. Thanks for remembering me! How are you doing?

Cezanne’s Greetings cards, exclusively designed by artist Chris Barker One pack of six cards each based on a famous work of art. Contains: The Treachery of Images and The Son of Snowman by Magritte, The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo, Can of Cranberry Sauce by Andy War...

Looking for a pack of quirky, fine art-based Christmas cards? My Christmas cards bloke has just reminded me we've still got these on sale and I haven't mentioned them at all this year…
peakrill.com/products/cez...

NEW VIDEO:
To celebrate reaching 90% funded on my kickstarter here's another countdown for Easter eggs fans:
Sgt Pepper Favourite Random Objects…
There's still time to get your book at chrisbarkerprints.co.uk

A poster for the Gilbert & George exhibition at the Hayward Gallery

"We are the Barley Brothers.
Ousted out of Birmingham & Wolverhampton,
Lords of the Left Hand Brain,
The shadows of odd doings follows us through the night." - M John Harrison, In Viriconium

GOV.UK website UX designers are having a fucking laugh

"The testicles or didymi…their coats are three: the cremaster or elevator muscle of the testicle… The two epididymides…are oblong, almost cylindrical parts, lying on the upper border of the testicle, and each having somewhat the appearance of a caterpillar or silkworm"

Learn something new every day

These were done for @peakrillpress.bsky.social King Arthur vs Devil Kitty.
#kingarthur #arthurian #illustration

You're an odd fish

Philomena Cunk against a collection of classical statues. "Antigone's death is even more tragic than it actually is, which makes her a tragic hero"

Philomena Cunk looking thoughtful. "Goya continued to paint tapestries until 1792 when serious illness left him dead for life"

Philomena Cunk looking thoughtfully into the distance. "Society is slowly becoming more contemporary now"

Philomena Cunk looking into camera on a beach. "Diderot's Tahiti represents a typical male fantasy in which attractive young women are eager to engage in sexual activity with the French"

@gralefrit.bsky.social You have to see these! A friend of mine has been collating a series of images entitled "Things my students have written turned into Philomena Cunk quotes" and they're just glorious.

Is it maybe time to promote @christhebarker.bsky.social's starter pack of WHIMSY again? I THINK IT IS

Woke up to an astounding number of new followers – hello everyone! How did you arrive here?

If you could check out our latest Kickstarter, below, that would be very much appreciated – it's not doing as well as we'd hoped ☹️

Cover of The Night by Alison J Carr

Drawing of The Goddess, as included in The Night by Alison J Carr

Drawing of The Night, A Dream of A Choir of Talking Snails, as included in The Night by Alison J Carr

Drawing of The Girl, as included in The Night by Alison J Carr

Proud to be crowdfunding for a new edition of The Night, by Alison J Carr. This uplifting illustrated novella explores a woman's journey from sexual visibility but lack of agency, through to self-possession and refusal to fear the night. Read more: www.kickstarter.com/projects/dan...

Cover of The Night by Alison J Carr

Drawing of The Goddess, as included in The Night by Alison J Carr

Drawing of The Night, A Dream of A Choir of Talking Snails, as included in The Night by Alison J Carr

Drawing of The Girl, as included in The Night by Alison J Carr

Proud to be crowdfunding for a new edition of The Night, by Alison J Carr. This uplifting illustrated novella explores a woman's journey from sexual visibility but lack of agency, through to self-possession and refusal to fear the night. Read more: www.kickstarter.com/projects/dan...

A moon which genuinely is made of cheese.

Happy birthday Mike!

It's International Owl Awareness Day!

Lots of bog owls (AKA short-eared owls) live around us. Last year a group of 7 or 8 of them flew up from the road ahead of us. And then this happened...

Innit! One of the things that made us fall in love with this place.

Can almost see Slit from our bedroom window, it's down... there!

Back left-hand corner. Did you have a stall too? Didn't spot your zine, but I was half asleep 😁

Changing Landscapes Zine Changing Landscapes – Ruins of the North Pennines is my second zine, following on from Transporter. For those who don’t know, a zine is a mini magazine, usually focused on one subject, and it…

Forgive me pushing my zines again, we are into the final hurdle and they're almost all gone :). They're £10 (including postage - UK only I'm afraid) and feature lots of beautifully romantic ruins crumbling away in the North Pennines.

#Photography #Zine

www.mariegardiner.co.uk/zines-and-pr...

Ordered! I spy several places (Groverake, Slit Mine, Sikehead, ...) within walking distance of our house.

This still makes more sense than ever other "American makes cup of tea" video I've ever seen.

Last time I was there (25+ years ago), we were in a box, throwing rolls at the people below. I'm not proud. Mind you, the only alternative was to watch the cricket 😉

BENNY HILL – ‘A cherub sent by the Devil’. Michael Caine What happened to Benny Hill wasn’t funny. His life ended like many of his sketches, in tragedy. In 1990 his show was being shown in 97 countries, although no longer in the UK. It could be argued th…

My uncle wrote a lovely piece about working with Benny:
ourlifewithprops.wordpress.com/2015/08/12/b...

(I keep urging him to write a book of his reminiscences, he has so many good stories from the golden age of British TV, and he's a great writer)

logging onto Bluesky

well actually since a saber is traditionally curved and the “blade” is of a finite length the more accurate name would be a plasma tulwar so based on my mastery of Lore everyone else is a drooling fool

I have a book stall today at Weardale Wordfest at St Thomas Church Hall in Stanhope, 10:30 to 3:30. Come visit!