Purse, early 17th century, British Catalogue notes: 'Small decorative purses and bags such as this one rarely appear in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century portraits, but they have survived in relatively large numbers'. (Met Museum)
This is one with much gold & silver thread
People were arguing with me one time saying I was pro-Elon Musk since I like the idea of space exploration. They said I was naive to imagine that one day there might be a "People's Collective Space Agency" despite the fact NASA and the ESA literally exist.
Honestly whether someone is opposed to space exploration or colonisation is a good litmus test for whether someone is sincere in their beliefs or taking positions on things purely to signal they're part of the in group
I probably won't take it anyway. I'd cut my hair for an acting role but not something like this. I only really did Firebrand because the 16th century excited me and it was down the road.
I've been offered the gig as an extra in a film set in the "Victorian era" filming across Yorkshire this year, but I can't figure out what this could possibly be?
Instagram is a crazy place. There are girls who make an aesthetic called "feral girl" aesthetic out of living in the most untidy conditions possible and hanging out smoking in their apartment bathroom. There's a woman who flashes trams
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I should post more on Bluesky but I've been bogged down by trying to understand 12th century land tenure for work
He's finally using it as an attack line against them now, which I guess means he's given up trying to not offend Trump on this
Every year I award the BAAFTA to the best sheep film from the last year and unless I can think of any others, the nominees are:
Frankenstein
Hamnet
The Testatment of Ann Lee
Hastings: Have you ever heard of wasting police time?
Poirot: Have you ever heard of LOVE?
Read The Moving Finger, now The Mysterious Affair at Styles. I cannot get enough of these 🥲
I should probably get back into knitting this year. I sort of got distracted by the guitar as the Hobby I Do With My Hands
ABC Murders tonight. Agatha you've done it again
ANOTHER ONE!
A job will have you 24 with a 60 year old best friend like "damn where are Michael and his homunculi at today?"
Finished Small Prophets! Mackenzie Crook has surpassed himself again with the set designs.
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On her feast day #otd - the 3rd century martyr Agatha. c. 1500, Vergós workshop, #Spain
(Art Institute Chicago)
Susannah and the Elders, embroidered c. 1660 in England. A small menagerie of animals here, including a turkey
(Victoria & Albert Museum)
What if I read every book on Gromit's reading list
Bloody hell, even if you know the twist is coming in The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, nothing can prepare you for it
I'm reading The Murder of Roger Ackroyd as well. I'm on a murder mystery kick
Guys you've got to watch Cadfael
At your art institution, there will be someone who says we should rethink the museum label and perhaps get rid of them. It is important that you call this person an idiot.
I forgot that Ghosts series 5 actually started borrowing ideas from CBS Ghosts
if not making poppets I don't know what
The weird thing is, I have extreme religious OCD (i.e. I'm constantly looking for signs from God in everything, worrying how I will be punished for my sins through divine providence etc) but I was not given a religious upbringing AT ALL, quite the opposite in fact
I agree with Michael Rosen. AI generated text isn't language, it's just signs.
