Prog Rock: A Fanfare for the Common Man The Proms celebrates prog rock with BBC Radio 6 Music host Stuart Maconie, presenting brand-new orchestral arrangements of songs by Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Genesis, Jethro Tull, Mike Oldfield, Renaiss...

Always do a Prom concert each year. Absolute no brainer to put this on my Proms Plan www.bbc.co.uk/events/ed5fbp @stuartmaconie.bsky.social @royalalberthall.bsky.social

Three upright tyres on top of each other. Held together by a vertical pole going through them.

The logo for 60s/70s series Vision On, created by Tony Hart. The words Vision On are twice written vertically and placed against each other to create an interesting animal with large eyes.

Discovered some kind of tyre 'installation' in a derelict barn during morning dog walk. Finally realised what it reminded me of.

Hungary has chosen Europe.

Europe has always chosen Hungary.

A country reclaims its European path.

The Union grows stronger.

Lunch menu for The Spring Lane Farm cafe, with the curious offering of spontaneous soup of the day

'Spontaneous' soup of the day ???

Programme cover for Hamilton, depicting the title character representing the top part of an American 5 pointed star.

View of the ornate Frank Matcham designed ceiling of the Victoria Palace Theatre in London, featuring glass dome at the top and the curved lines of the boxes and upper circles.

Worked in commercial regional theatre for 25 yrs and never really liked musicals. Saw Hamilton last night at the beautiful Victoria Palace. Stunning. I reckon it could do quite well.

A donation point at the National Gallery in London, showing cash given, as well as a card machine.

This is what happens when you manage a museum. In my case @frameworkknitters.bsky.social You visit the National Gallery, and despite being surrounded by exquisite works of art, you end up being more interested in one of their donation points.

Siouxsie & Budgie | The Wide Awake Club (1986) Before they get down to business, Siouxsie and Budgie help the co-television host fix a fine recipe. Which doesn't really go exactly as planned, but they try. Btw, I believe this video was uploaded before but I don't know what happened so here's a little-remastered version by me.

40 YEARS AGO TODAY: "Siouxsie Sioux and Budgie on Wide Awake Club" is a statement full of promise enough before you see the pair joining in with the marzipan cooking make, admiring an otter and backing the world hackysack champion with a bowed cage.

Daniel Blumberg & Cast - Worship | The Testament of Ann Lee (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) YouTube video by Milan Records USA

Saw The Testament of Ann Lee at the start of the week. Great film & certainly my movie of the year so far, but have now become slightly obsessed with Shaker tunes. Daniel Blumberg's score is superb. youtu.be/BiFhLI39KsI?...

Messiah of Evil (1973) - Movie Theater Scene YouTube video by tiredtangerine

Again @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social comes up trumps. Finished watching Messiah of Evil, a clearly under-rated 1970s horror. Worth watching just for the slow-burning & very creepy cinema scene. youtu.be/rfLFCgBzmS4?...

Items purchased from Oxfam store in Mapperley, Nottingham ... 2 books, The Kenneth Tynan Diaries, Einstein and the Art of Mindful Cycling and a Jacques Brel CD collection.

Rather pleased with these Mapperley #Oxfam purchases today. Clearly, I'm drawn to smokers.

Just back from seeing Wuthering Heights. Sorry, I mean "Wuthering Heights". Bored to tears, even though Clem Fandango plays Linton.

Small Prophets review – Mackenzie Crook’s magical new comedy is pure, pure pleasure Wonder lies below the surface of this truly fantastic sitcom from the creator of Detectorists. It’s an impossible marvel of TV making

Binge watched Small Prophets last night and it is so funny and beautiful. Best TV in a long time. Guardian review nailed it with having "wonder below the surface" www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

A tin of Lily's Kitchen dog food (chicken and turkey casserole) with the words 'This is where the MAGIC HAPPENS' written on the lid.

If you are thinking, what is this wondrous container with such enchanted contents? It's a tin of dog food.

RIP actor Bud Cort. Final image from film Harold and Maude, with Cort walking along a cliff top, back to camera, playing a banjo.

Pic of BBC ice skating coverage with graphic in bottom left hand corner of a wiggly line charting the skater's progress around the rink.

Someone in the TV graphics dept, clearly got an Etch-a-Sketch for Christmas #WinterOlympics

Juan García Esquivel Juan García Esquivel (January 20, 1918 – January 3, 2002) was a Mexican band leader, pianist and composer. His song "Guanacoa" is featured in The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Juan García Esquivel on W...

Worth it for Esquivel joining the MCU marvelcinematicuniverse.fandom.com/wiki/Juan_Ga...

Actor Catherine O'Hara in Beetlejuice.

A large white giraffe model amidst ornate and unnecessary hotel decoration

A model giraffe's head mounted on hotel wall, as if it has been recently shot.

Yet another model giraffe's head, mounted on hotel lounge wall, holding a chandelier in its mouth. They often do this in the wild.

More giraffes! This time a family of them in front of a piano.

Hotel lounge & bar. Saltburn-by-the Sea. I can only imagine the decor was inspired by the vast herds of giraffes that once roamed the North-East.

Attack of the Crab Monsters Official Trailer YouTube video by MethMonkeys

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Two figures in a glass box created out of crab claws, with clothes and painted features. Undated, but likely 19th century.

A display in the utterly charming Staithes Museum, North Yorkshire. Roger Corman would be proud.

MPs shouldn't be able to switch parties without asking us first! I just signed a petition calling for mandatory by-elections when an MP changes their political party. We vote for a specific manifesto and set of values—if that changes, we should get to vote again. I...

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Hotel bedroom art. Saltburn-by-the-Sea.

Looks like Creswell Crags to me. Fabulous Witch Marks.

The Traitors finale review – unbelievably stressful and bloodthirsty … till the last second Though the cracks are starting to show, the endgame was undeniably nail-biting. And honestly, thank God for Rachel – the terrifyingly ruthless saviour of this series

"James seemed to treat the show as an audition for a bizarre unmade CBeebies show about a vomiting gardener" Such a funny & accurate #TheTraitors review by @heritage.bsky.social @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Recruitment poster, featuring image of Ned Ludd, for community actors to take part in rehearsed reading of Riot Act, a new play by Andy Barrett in March 2026.

We have launched RIOT ACT. A new play by Andy Barrett about the Notts framework knitters & the rise of the Luddites. A bold piece that will receive its premiere as a rehearsed reading at the Museum in March. Community actors now wanted. Details here frameworkknittersmuseum.org.uk/get-involved...

#Hamnet is such a beautiful, beautiful film. No tears, but then came the final scene. Destroyed me. The play is indeed the thing.

“We’re gonna need a bigger bus”

Biscuit, a golden coloured Finnish Spitz dog, standing on a grassy path, with a bright blue winter sky behind him.

The annual Christmas morning dog walk pic.