Colour illustration featuring two girls painting a giant eagg in blue and a hippo like creature up a step ladder also painting the egg in red
Tove Jansson (Finnish, 1914–2001), Moomin and sisters Mymble and Little My paint an #Easter egg #womensart #Moomins
I’m spending the day sitting in front of a laptop with your ex-husband, where we’re taking turns to refresh the live national grid energy stats until it shows 0% fossil fuels for the first time in history. When it happens we’ll nod and smile at each other then celebrate with a can of 0% Guinness.
Posters from Poland and Czech Republic from election campaigns in 1989
Loved this free exhibition of political posters from central and eastern Europe at Europe House in London london.europarl.europa.eu/en/news/afte...
The Broad Walk with fallen leaves and trees
Golden leaves on the ground
Gorgeous autumn colours in Regent's Park today.
Pile of four books: Narcissus and Goldmund by Hermann Hesse; Engagement by Gun-Britt Sundström; Chasing the Dark by Ben Machell; and Electric Spark by Frances Wilson
Today's library haul!
Three comics: Einstein in Kafkaland by Ken Krimstein; AT Pratt's I love NY; Glorious Wrestling Alliance by Josh Hicks
Very fun afternoon at first ever Gosh!Fest @goshcomics.bsky.social today and a good haul too
#OnThisDay in London transport history: women tube workers return to work after equal pay strike, 1918
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35mm film in small black boxes from Analogue Revival
We got film! Very appealing packaging from Analogue Revival here
Poster for St Pancras Old Church in London, with a manicule illustration
Love a manicule
It's excellent: detailed, variety of registers, not sensationalised.
Library books: the Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong; the CIA book club by Charlie English; Lost in the Garden by Adam S Leslie; Loves of Franz K by Burhan Sönmez; and Light Eaters by Zoe Schlanger
Good library haul today
☀️ Happy Summer Solstice! ☀️
Across centuries, artists have imagined the sun not just as a blazing sphere, but as a living presence: expressive, watchful, sometimes a little melancholy.
Image from the Warburg's Iconographic Database.
#SummerSolstice #SolsticeSun #Iconography
View of Rodin's sculpture, The Thinker, framed by hedges and roses
The garden of the Museum Rodin is one of my happy places 😊
Photo of Spent graphic novel by Alison Bechdel with badges
Very excited to pick up the new Alison Bechdel graphic novel and also badges at @goshcomics.bsky.social this morning.
Bare tree with around thirty crows sitting in its branches, against a clear blue sky.
The crows are gathering in Lincoln's Inn Fields
1980s Polish poster for Alien. Artwork shows eyes in ribcage of a human skeleton.
Polish poster for Hitchcock's Vertigo. Artwork shows a human skull and colour swirl.
1980s Polish poster for Return of the Jedi. Artwork of Darth Vader head partially erased.
Loved seeing these Polish cold war-era posters for Hollywood films (King's Cross, part of Kinoteka Polish Film Festival).
Highly recommended
This makes me very happy, thank you
Temporary high barrier at Waterloo Bridge in London
New year's eve wall gone up at Waterloo Bridge. Hope I can get home again tonight !
Remember it, and the theme song, very fondly
THE PROOF OF MY INNOCENCE by Jonathan Coe
SPIES by Calder Walton
GLORIOUS PEOPLE by Sasha Salzmann
OLDLADYVOICE by Elisa Victoria
AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER AND CLAY by Michael Chabon
Four books: The Empusium, Karla's Choice, The Proof of my Innocence and Korean Beauty Secrets
Nice haul from my local public library today
Hi, can you say which edition please? I loved this book
Booked for Sunday!
Thanks for this recommendation, it made me laugh and wince most of yesterday
Yes I was sad to see that. Barn of a place, occasional gems shown, nice staff.
Years ago, woke up to find staff had put real chocolates over photos of chocs on cover of my book, Chocolat. Chapeau!
