God I love Bristol Old Vic 😁🥰

A small square painting showing a grinning nude couple dancing in a green living room with a record player in the background

Arlene and Craig had worked their way through Mambos no. 1-5, next they needed to work on their Argentine Tango 👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums

"Nude Tango", 1980, Beryl Cook, from @theboxplymouth.bsky.social, part of the current "Pride and Joy: Beryl Cook" exhibition 😁

More things to add to my Nottsledge. Perhaps the musical clock will feature in a future episode... 🤔

I'm looking forward to ep2 of NottsPod open.spotify.com/episode/5I04...

Before NottsPod all I knew about Nottingham was it had an arena big enough for Kylie, and also the whole Robin Hood thing...

A figurine of a figure daintily ascending stairs, holding their skirts up, while looking back over their shoulder and pursing their lips in a big pouty kiss

Ruby Venezuela!! The drag queen persona of Bryan, Beryl Cook's next door neighbour 🥰👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums

This prototype figurine, 1989, forms part of "Pride and Joy", the Beryl Cook exhibition currently at @theboxplymouth.bsky.social 😁 go see it if you can!

A photo of two train cars connected at their noses, with a sunrise in the background

Off on a jolly with @jackshoulder.bsky.social 🥰

(They're kissing! 🤣😘)

"I personally went to visit schools and spoke to actual young people". 🙃

The article's interesting but the headline reads very "How dare young people question what we're offering them! How dare they be forthright in telling us what they want!!"

A birthday party invitation for Sunday 26th April, 12:00, picnic in Russell Square, Trip to Gay's The Word bookshop, followed by a bum-filled experience at The British Museum

It's our party, we'll look at #MuseumBums if we want to! 👍🏛️🍑🥳

We're celebrating 10 years since we posted our very first Museum Bum (on Instagram)

Are you coming along? 😁

Priscilla a silver bus in the Australian outback

#TodayInQueerHistory
12 April 2024
Preserving our past is important. It proves our existence and shares our stories through the years. Today, the History Trust of South Australia launched Destination Fabulous:Save The Queen, a project to restore the ICONIC Priscilla: Queen of the Desert bus.

You can pre-order Hotties in Art, find Museum Bums: The Book and see all our fun upcoming events here linktr.ee/jackshoulder

Both of the wolves inside me

a flag that is a brown bar top and bottom, then a red bar in the middle and a yellow squiggle

just in time for pride month, happy to announce I designed the Hot Dog flag

It gives me goosebumps how important and world-changing these photos were in the 1980s ❤️

We are big fans of Duncan's work, and he features in both Museum Bums: the Book AND Hotties in Art.

You can order both AND find out what exciting things we have coming up here: linktr.ee/jackshoulder

A painting showing a nude figure with their back to the viewer. A murky dark green background and dark shadows make this painting exciting and shadowy

Here's a stunning Duncan Grant painting. We love it and we think you will too 😁👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums

"Male Nude (Pat Nelson)", 1930, at St Peter's College, Oxford, UK

#TodayInQueerHistory
April 6 (1955)
Director, producer and documentary maker Robert Epstein was born #OTD

Rob has won awards for his documentary films, including Oscars. He won his second in 1990 for Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt, which told the story of the US AIDS Memorial quilt.

The Hotties in Art book cover showing the author, Jack Shoulder's name, and a hotty in art painting

You've all pre-ordered @jackshoulder.bsky.social's new book "Hotties in Art" already, haven't you?

www.amazon.co.uk/Hotties-Art-...

Pre-orders really help get new books visible so please pre-order as many as you like 😁🥰

#TodayInQueerHistory
April 5 (1997)
Poet Allen Ginsberg expressed his desires openly in his writing died #OTD. He challenged accusations of obscenity and had laws changed.

In his Who's Who entry, he listed his partner Peter Orlovsky as his spouse.

Allen is best known for his poem Howl.

#TodayInQueerHistory
April 4 (1981)
Liberté! Egalité! Fraternité!
Over 10k people took to Paros' streets in a march organised by the Comité d'urgence anti-répression homosexuelle.
This pioneering protest was a real turning point for LGBTQIA+ rights and activism in France and led to Paris Pride.

A screenshot showing a list of events

Lots of events coming up, including @museumbums.bsky.social 10th birthday party, an evening with us at Queer Bath, a chat with the wonderful Juno Dawson and LGBTQIA+ History tours.

And, you know, some links for some lovely books.

Link in bio for the curious 😘

A statue of Christ, standing next to his cross, looking a bit sad

"Risen Christ", by Michelangelo, 1521, is in the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome 👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums

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Vessel with rodents! Vessel with rodents! Vessel with rodents!

Oh no! Foot must be even worse, I hope she's recovering quickly 🥰

🥰 thanks lovely

One handed origami?? 🤨

Thanks Vic 🥰 they are recent jigsaw converts so this is a very good shout 😁

I think she's mostly ok. Friday evening in A&E is never fun, so I think for her that may have been the most harrowing part! 🤣

Thank you, that's good advice! 🥰

My mum has broken her wrist 😭 she's old enough now to have "had a fall" 🫣

And she's not very good at sitting still, so recovery will be a *challenge*

She loves a craft, but a practical craft. Can anyone recommend any one-handed craft things I can get her?

A watercolour painting showing two nude youths slumbering on a riverbank

When someone asks what your plans are for the long Easter bank holiday weekend 👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums

John Singer Sargent's "Tommies Bathing", 1918, from @metmuseum.org 😁

Happy Easter! 🐣