Uh oh - re-checks piggy bank after yesterdays outlay 🫣

I’ve just checked my ‘physical’ book download shelf in the library (no audible for me thank you very much) I have 5 beautiful hardbacks queued and waiting to be read, so I’ve ordered another 3 - you can never be too safe.

#booksky

Portrait of Cole Stacey.

Do check out Cole’s music, he’s amazing, and if you are a fan of Midge Ure & Ultravox you’ll see them on tour together very soon.

#ultravox #midgeure #colestacey #music

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Always.

Sounds like the best solicitors firm ever 🤣

First live gig of the year tomorrow. Must have a look for my camera gear when I wake up, sure I left it somewhere 🤔

First ‘content creator’ of the Middle Ages, our Geoffrey. Bless him.

The @dodgebrothers.bsky.social recording their new album at River Studios with Will Davies

Jan/Feb 2026

Photos by @marktphotography.bsky.social

@kermodemovie.bsky.social @alydodge.bsky.social

At last, a gig in my home town. Think I might need to be there 📷

Great to have you back in Devon Neil !

Been busy this month. A little sneak peek of something from the future… 📷

@kermodemovie.bsky.social

..new music ?!

#Hamnet soundtrack by @maxrichtermusic.bsky.social

Essential Sunday listening ❤️

Sundays. A long lie in to finish a great novel, then listen to some music, eat, drink, finish with an early night to start a new great novel.
Sundays.

#booksky

Photograph from 1911 taken by Herbert Ponting whilst with Scott's Antarctic Expedition The monochrome photo is taken from within a cave. The walls of the cave are made of ice. The cave entrance is in the mid distance with two figures standing looking out towards a distant ship. Between them and the ship there is first a 'beach' of ice before the sea itself. The ship could be up to 800 metres away What makes the photo so special is that where the figures are at the cave entrance there is a band of very white snow and ice (contrasting with the comparatively dark inside of the cave) that creates a stark framework in which the men and the ship are captured. It is made even more dramatic by the fact that the cave entrance is at least 30 metres high and is in the shape of a distorted elipse with the tail sloping off to the right at the top of the elipse The photo being in monochrome in a largely white environment makes the photographers skill all the more laudable

This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition,

The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance

Iconic imo

We’re all mad here.

Scientists say that buying a book and reading a book will improve your day 100% of the time.

Trust the scientists. - Michael

Thoughts on #hamnet ?

Is it worth paying a small mortgage to see it on the big screen whilst people eat and talk through it.

I’m wondering if all murder mysteries come with a red ribbon 🤔

Thank you @bertsbooks.bsky.social

#booksky

You are the Delorean of literature.

Greatest live album cover ever ? I think so. It’s what we live for.

#Queen #musicphotography

📷 Koh Hasabe 1979

I’m wondering if your researchers knew that Ottery St Mary had another connection with the Thames Torso murderer. You may think it tenuous but the town was the home of the Coleridge family, who were close friends with the Shelley family, and of course that leads back to a limb location in London…

Just me, or anyone else hoping this excellent novel inspires/heralds the return to our screens of Douglas Henshall. We can call it ‘PEREZ’ or ‘ORKNEY’ for starters. Please have a word @anncleeves.bsky.social 😉

#booksky #shetland

Looking forward to this again Neil. Hope you are well btw.

Finishing the year with some prints from my Abbey Road Studio sessions. Looking forward to returning in 2026.

#abbeyroadstudios
#filmmusicphotographer
#filmscores
#photographer
#leicacameras
#sigmalenses

Perfect for this time of the year.

Iconic historical poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the memorial in my local village where he was was born and grew up. His works and infamous relationships with Wordsworth and Shelley make him our most famous literary giant. A nice Boxing Day homage for us to visit.

#booksky #literary #writers

The Bertvent books

Giveaway!

I’m giving one lucky person the chance to pick one shelf of books from our Bertvent bookcase.

Follow and repost by midday on Saturday 27th and I’ll pick someone at random! Which shelf will you choose?

(UK only)

Travelling through Japan with my daughter, a highlight of this year.

#japan #travelling

Thank you for the music Chris. Gone but never forgotten ❤️

#chrisrea