July 21 1935: The Führer orders a new reception hall and ballroom to "entertain foreign diplomats" at the Chancellery. Underneath the dance floor is an air raid shelter. A 2nd deeper bunker is built next to this in 1944, where he would spend his last days as the Reich collapsed.
if Orban loses, do we think he flees to the US?
A history of the top marginal tax rates on the wealthiest Americans:
1940: 81%
1950: 84%
1960: 91%
1970: 72%
1980: 70%
1990: 28%
2000: 40%
2010: 35%
For 50 years, corporate backed politicians in Congress have slashed taxes to line the pockets of their wealthy donors.
Might be the greatest opening paragraph of anything ever.
Just bought a copy of ‘Northerners’ at Rochdale Town Hall - what a building!
Looking forward to reading it.
Wow.
Snow Across The Valley, Rossendale, Lancashire, painting by Caroline Johnson.
Beautiful painting!
That’s nice. Just a touch of David Jones about it.
The Spirit of Taxidermy at The Whitaker Cabinet of Curiosities, Rawtenstall, UK. By Nicola Hebson, Cabinet by Bob Frith.
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
First proof of poster image for dance work ‘Pendle Witch’.
My first print of the central image for a poster for a dance piece ‘Pendle Witch’ by Aimee Williamson.
#printmaking #reliefprinting
First proof of the woodcut image for the poster for Pendle Witch, a dance piece in development.
#woodcut #printmaking
Don't Buy Starbucks! At any location, today and beyond, while workers are on ULP strike!
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
How about cancel Spotify & never take them back if they change? These people need to stop seeing what they can get away with. Capitulate once = dead to us forever.
A second released flotilla activist has confirmed that Israel beat and ritually humiliated 22-year-old climate and human rights activist Greta Thunberg, one of almost five hundred activists kidnapped in international waters by the rogue genocidal regime
www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
I feel like this needs to be bigger news???
I fully understand how difficult it is to remain focused on any one particular atrocity but this really ought to be a serious scandal and people need to pay heavy prices for this
A Chartist Meeting at Basin Stones, Todmorden, 1842, painting by Alfred Walter Bayes, 1832-1909 (Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council). #NorthernArt
I tried out AI for the first time yesterday and found out that I died 4 years ago.
Woodcut: View from my window, Haslingden. Bob Frith, 2025
We’ve just heard that Lancashire Arts & Community Fund have awarded nearly £10,000 toward this, so we’re now over halfway towards reaching our target!
www.spacehive.com/bringbackthe...
Loop
Thank you!
Visited Leicester’s Art Gallery a few days ago, and was astonished with their huge and impressive collection of German Expressionist art. Worth a visit if you’re nearby, or even if not!
From Angus: Weaver of Grass, Horse & Bamboo Theatre, 2015.
Bob Frith, performers Mark Whitaker, Jonny Quick.
#theatremasks
