Singing of such heart, passion, and skill. It was a pleasure to experience this concert tonight at
@wigmore-hall.org.uk
👏👏👏

Happy 80th birthday to Al Green

Reddit 'advice' ... 😆

1 [Nurse talking to camera] This is usually our busiest time of year at the centre 2 [Show a sign outside a medical institution reading:] Centre for Adults Who Still Can’t Get Their Heads Round Daylight Savings 3 NURSE: We have a spike in admissions when BST starts 4 CONFUSED PATIENT BEING LAID DOWN BY NURSES: Is it forward or back? NURSE: Lie down love 5 We often see the same patients ever year PATIENT: So it’s like… time travel? DOCTOR: No 6 Every year we try to explain BST to them in a fun and memorable way [The patients are sat around a fun show, with people dressed in bunny suits jumping around a giant clock] BUNNY: And now I *spring forward*... 7 [Bunny springs forward one hour on clock] 8 PATIENT WATCHING SHOW: I don’t get it 9 The hardest patients are the Summer Time refusers 10 PATIENT [sat strapped to a chair as a doctor talks to him through a screen, through a tannoy] PATIENT: But why is it better? DOCTOR [talking through microphone]: Because it complicates things. 11 PATIENT: How is that good? DOCTOR: It makes you more tired. 12 DOCTOR [to assistant]: Fetch the cattle prod [Ends]

I think the clocks in UK go back tonight. Or forward. Not sure. Is it forward

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS STATLER

Managed to get back in to the end of the session. Great fun! Thanks #RASketchClub

Collage of torn up fragments from earlier drawings. An exercise in the Royal Academy #SketchClub, 7 March 2026

Interrupted during this morning's Royal Academy #SketchClub so only one image created. An interesting session from Joshua Beauty, though, and disappointed to miss most of it! Look forward to seeing the recording.

screenshot of a comment on bbc good food david harris, 10th may 2019, five stars: This was really yummy and simple. Instead of pork I used lamb, and in place of the onions I used a few leeks. My kids don't like paprika so I used oven chips instead, and as I'm watching my weight I substituted the crème fraîche with low fat sausages.

found the person in charge of food delivery substitutions

Black ink drawing of a boxy old television set, buttons and sliders for controls to the right of the screen from the movie Mr. Vampire II (1986)

Black ink drawing of a 35mm film camera with a flash on top of a tripod looking directly at you from the film Mr. Vampire II (1986)

Black ink drawing of an old-timey payphone on a wall from the movie Shockproof (1949)

Black ink drawing of a clock radio with flippy tiles for the numbers that reads 6:11 am from the movie The Quiet Earth (1985)

Occasional reminder that some of the original drawings from my Objects from Films series are for sale at my store:

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Today is the 83rd anniversary of the Bethnal Green Tube Disaster so here's "Bethnal Green Tube Station" by Albert Turpin from the mid to late 1950s. Albert was Mayor of Bethnal Green in 1946 & I believe that this was his tribute to 173 poor souls who lost their lives that night. #LestWeForget

Another beautiful evening of music at @wigmore-hall.org.uk from Théotime Langlois de Swarte and Justin Taylor.

4K views · 73 reactions | Composed during his transformative years in Rome, at a point in time when opera was banned by the Pope, Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno (the Triumph of Time and Disillu... Composed during his transformative years in Rome, at a point in time when opera was banned by the Pope, Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno (the Triumph of Time and Disillusionment) is Handel’s...

A full recording of Saturday's concert, Handel's Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno at the Wigmore Hall, is now available 👏

Watch here 👇

A stunning performance this evening by @lanuovamusica.bsky.social at @wigmore-hall.org.uk ... and I can even watch it all again!
Bravo! 👏👏👏

#RASketchClub lovely Valentine's session of Drawing Lovers with Robin-Lee Hall.

#RASketchClub lovely Valentine's session of Drawing Lovers with Robin-Lee Hall.

Melania is going to sweep the board at the FIFA Academy Awards.

Screenshot of Meta's new Subscribe or submit to Personalised Ads option in the UK.

Screenshot of Meta's "We will use your content and data to train our AI unless you object" notice.

What new 'enshittification' is this!
Pay 4 quid per month or lose your privacy and have your every move on the internet tracked by Meta.
I'm not sure Instagram or Facebook are worth either of these options to me, to be honest.
You also have to 'opt-out' of them using your content to train their AI.

As the world finally punches back, was this the week Donald Trump went too far? | Jonathan Freedland The US president took his bullying doctrine to Davos and hit a wall of opposition. If this creates a new western alliance against him, all to the good, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

“The goal now has to be nothing less than a new alliance of western democracies no longer dependent on the US for their defence”. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Sabine Devieilhe and Mathieu Porday, taking applause at the end of a wonderful concert at Wigmore Hall, 14 January 2026.

A stunning performance with a wonderful programme of music from Sabine Devieilhe and Mathieu Pordoy at @wigmore-hall.org.uk tonight. Thank you!

Lovely morning here!

A really enjoyable #RASketchClub today, with artist Mary Stephenson.

Saturday Sketch Club: drawing the figure | Royal Academy of Arts share.google/DZWPjyUg4AkF...

Screenshot of the Brilliant app, saying "Happy Steak Day! Your streak is 1 year old."

I'm rather ridiculously pleased with myself, having completed 365 consecutive days of practice and learning on the brilliant.org app.

Martin Parr: the photographer’s career in pictures A look back at the career of Martin Parr who has died at the age of 73

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Landmark British photographer Martin Parr dies aged 73 Parr said his brightly coloured, closely observed pictures of British life were ‘disguised as entertainment’ but they became hugely popular Martin Parr, the British documentary photographer who captured the peculiarities of the nation with clarity and hilarity, has died aged 73. He had been diagnosed with cancer in May 2021. Known for his acute observations of the English class system, Parr’s images covered sunbathers and Conservative clubs, village fetes and coffee mornings, often in vivid colour and with more than a dash of humour. His iconic 1986 photobook The Last Resort: Photographs of New Brighton captured working-class holidaymakers in the Wirral, Liverpool and helped mark a sea change in British documentary photography, from the gritty, black and white style of the past towards a cheekier and more colourful style. Continue reading...

Landmark British photographer Martin Parr dies aged 73

The Guardian view on the inequality emergency: why a Nobel prize winner’s warning must be heeded | Editorial Editorial: Rising economic division is destabilising nations and eroding accountability. Joseph Stiglitz’s G20 blueprint offers a way toward global economic renewal

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Really enjoyed this Marian Consort / Manchester Collective concert today. A striking programme of music.

Labyrinth: British Jazz on Record 1960 - 1975 A lavish, visual celebration of British jazz albums in the 1960s and early 1970s

I just backed Labyrinth: British Jazz on Record 1960 - 1975 on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/lab...

Wonderful performance by Cantoria tonight at @wigmore-hall.org.uk
👏👏👏

Photo of Darla, the dog. She's a good girl.

Photo of Pepe, the dog. He's a good boy.

I've got these two beauties looking after me this week... Darla and Pepe.

Picture of the front of the Concertgebouw building, in Amsterdam.

Image of work by Lily van der Stokker at the Stedelijk, Amsterdam.

Painting by Thérèse Schwatrze, "Young Italian Woman with'Puck' the dog", at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Vincent van Gogh's painting, "Almond Blossom", at the van Gogh museum, Amsterdam.

A fine weekend in Amsterdam with visits to the Van Gogh museum, Rijksmuseum and Stedelijk and two concerts at the Concertgebouw.