A concrete roofed parabolic church against a blue sky
The remarkable 1937 church of Our Lady Star of the Sea & St Winefride in Amlwch, Ynys Môn/Anglesey last week...🤩
It always blows me away - like something dropped from a 1950s sci-fi movie
📷 My own
Read more here: coflein.gov.uk/en/sites/43588 #C20th #architecture
After 35 years, Grade II listed at last! #SouthbankCentre #London #C20th #Brutalism #Architecture
CFP: “Our three-voiced country”: 20th-century cross-currents in Gaelic & other Scottish writing
26–28 Jun 2026 @sabhalmorostaig.bsky.social, Skye
Proposals invited exploring #C20th literary interactions between #Gaelic, Scots & English. Deadline 2 Feb
#litstudies
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Edwin Muir FOR ANN SCOTT-MONCRIEFF (1914–1943) Dear Ann, wherever you are Since you lately learnt to die, You are this unsetting star That shines unchanged in my eye; So near, inaccessible, Absent and present so much Since out of the world you fell, Fell from hearing and touch— So near. But your mortal tongue Used for immortal use, The grace of a woman young, The air of an early muse, The wealth of the chambered brow And soaring flight of your eyes: These are no longer now. Death has a princely prize. You who were Ann much more Than others are that or this, Extravagant over the score To be what only is, Would you not still say now What you once used to say Of the great Why and How, On that or the other day? For though of your heritage The minority here began, Now you have come of age And are entirely Ann. Under the years’ assaults, In the storm of good and bad, You too had the faults That Emily Brontë had, Ills of body and soul, Of sinner and saint and all Who strive to make themselves whole, Smashed to bits by the Fall. Yet ‘the world is a pleasant place’ I can hear your voice repeat, While the sun shone in your face Last summer in Princes Street.
Dear Ann, wherever you are
Since you lately learnt to die,
You are this unsetting star
That shines unchanged in my eye…
Born in Kirkwall, Ann Scott-Moncrieff was a friend of the Orkney poet & translator Edwin Muir, who wrote this poem for her when she died.
#womenwriters #C20th
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Abstract This article offers the first sustained critical consideration of four short stories by Ann Scott-Moncrieff which were published posthumously in Chapman magazine (Spring 1987). In presenting synopses and close readings of ‘The Longest Day’, ‘Strong Girl’, ‘Threesome’ and ‘Nothatus’, I make a claim for Scott-Moncrieff’s (now largely overlooked) place within the ‘Renaissance’ project of cultural renewal during the inter-war era. I contend that an active politics and religious belief are two clear strands of Scott-Moncrieff’s writing and argue that her exploration of girlhood, nationhood and sexual politics are especially fresh and welcome interventions within the literary landscape of revival. Ultimately, this article makes the case for renewed critical attention to Scott-Moncrieff’s writing for an adult market.
‘The air of an early muse’: The Visionary Fictions of Ann Scott-Moncrieff
Linden Bicket, SCOTTISH LITERARY REVIEW 16/2, 2024
Available online via @projectmuse.bsky.social (institutional subscription required)
#womenwriters #C20th
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“We shall never know how much Scottish literature lost by that early death”
Born with an oar in her fists: Ann Scott-Moncrieff
A talk by Jean Findlay – the George Mackay Brown Memorial Lecture 2020
#womenwriters #C20th
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ad parodying Washingtons crossing of the Delaware. but instead of ice in the river, it is Giant slices of pie.
Pie ad, 1947.
President's day is coming up in a few weeks, so why not remember that time that George Washington braved the pie slices in the Delaware...
Delightfully goofy.
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#c20th #advertising
CFP: “Our three-voiced country”: 20th-century cross-currents in Gaelic & other Scottish writing
26–28 Jun 2026 @sabhalmorostaig.bsky.social, Skye
Proposals invited exploring #C20th literary interactions between #Gaelic, Scots & English. Deadline 2 Feb
#litstudies
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In the second part of our series on places in labour history, Jane Donaldson recalls the great #co-operative movement pageant held at Wembley Stadium in London in 1938.
#C20th #BritishHistory
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Seed catalogue from 1896. Color illustration of watermellons, corn, onions, radishes, and lettuce.
Seed catalogue cover, 1909. Color illustrations of onions.
The Internet Archive just released tens of thousands of seed catalogs, spanning over two centuries!
They are both lovely and interesting. Check them out!
archive.org/details/usda...
🗃️ #c18th #c19th #c20th #illustration
Deadly Enemy to Bacteria Found in Common Mold A common mold, of the same group that spoil oranges and other fruits, has been found to secrete a substance that is deadlier to bacteria than even the almost miraculous new sulfa drugs. Discovery of this property was made by an English bacteriologist, Prof. A. Fleming of St. Mary’s Hospi- tal, London. Reports of Prof. Flem- ing’s work have just reached this country. The mold belongs to the genus Peni- cillium, and the germ-killing sub- stance it secrets is called penicillin.
If you're 42 years old, we're as far away from your birth as your birth is from the invention of antibiotics!
History is weird.
What we consider modernity is way closer than we think...
1941
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#c20th #histmed 🗃️
portrait of an early 20th century actor in an illustrated, ornate frame. Male, looking broody.
portrait of an early 20th century actor in an illustrated, ornate frame. Female, smiling at the camera.
Portraits from Photoplay Magazine, Jan 1915.
This is a great source for actors of the period, and I suspect some in the #geneology community will love it as well.
archive.org/details/Phot...
UPenn also has a list of available issues.
onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/seria...
🗃️ 📷 #c20th
A sepia-tinted monochrome photo of Naomi Mitchison, c. 1925. A young woman looks directly at the camera, leaning forward slightly. Her long dark hair is parted down the middle, and tied behind her head. Her gaze is steady and appraising.
Naomi Mitchison (née Haldane, 1897–1999) was born #OTD, 1 Nov, & saw almost every day of the #C20th. A hugely influential writer, with 80+ books – poetry, politics, #HistoricalFiction, #ScienceFiction, #Fantasy, #ChildrensFiction & more – to her credit, she deserves more attention
A 🎂🧵
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Sydney Goodsir Smith In Gránada, in Gránada (Llanto por Federico Garcia Lorca) In Gránada, in Gránada, They dumbed the mou o a makar, In Gránada, in Gránada, They strak doun Garcia Lorca. Ye bard o the tinks, o gipsy Spain, Frae Gránada, frae Gránada, Aa the gangrel folk that scorn chains— O wae for Garcia Lorca! At dawin fornent a sunwhite waa In Gránada, in Gránada, The rifles reik, O see him faa, Daith rins at the tyrant’s order. But they sall pey for that fell deed, In Gránada, in Gránada, Franco and his men o bluid, Their fingers reid wi murder. Mair nor juist ane enemie Was kill yon morn in Gránada, For daith is neer a bundarie Til the voice o a folk was Lorca. Ay, he was Spain, anither Burns, In Gránada, in Gránada, O wae for thae when the tide turns That strak doun Garcia Lorca! And wae for thae in ilka land, Or Galloway or Gránada, That thirl the libertie o man For bards nor daith are stranger. And aye their leid is Freedom, In Galloway or Gránada, Ay, greit for the tinkler’s martyrdom And the white dumb mou o a makar. Ay, greit for Lorca, bard o the waifs, Saw birth and daith in Gránada, Wae for the sang was stanched yon day While the sand ran reid wi clangor. But sing o the victorie was gained, In Gránada, in Gránada ———! For aye your bluid sall dirl throu Spain, Federico Garcia Lorca!
In Gránada, in Gránada,
They dumbed the mou o a makar,
In Gránada, in Gránada,
They strak doun Garcia Lorca…
—“In Gránada, in Gránada”, by Syndey Goodsir Smith (1915–1975) – a major figure in the #C20th Scottish renaissance, born #OTD, 26 Oct
#poem #poetry
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stop smoking ad, 1929. picture of smoking man with large "quit tobacco headline"
Stop Smoking ad, 1929.
I suppose i shouldn't be surprised that there were people in the 20s looking to stop smoking, but I am.
This is in an old copy of Triple-X magazine, which is a pulp magazine that's far tamer than it sounds.
Internet Archive.
archive.org/details/trip...
#c20th 🗃️
a 19th century line illustration of a typewriter thre are lots of exposed mechanisms on what looks like a ceramic body.
I'm designing some new business cards for myself and I thought, instead of using some lame clip art, I would find something cool in an old newspaper.
Voila! A really cool typewriter illustration from 1911.
Is that a tiny pencil on the top?
#c20th 🗃️
www.loc.gov/resource/sn8...
TAKE your Washington's Birthday guests to JENE'’S . , . this is one of the most popular restaurants in town, famous for its American and Italian dishes, with such specialties as chicken cacciatora, scaloppine of veal a la Marsala and veal cutlets a la Parmegiana. For his spaghetti Jene has 10 different sauces, and his American steaks are supreme! Din- ners $1 and $1.50. You'll be interested in Jene’s rare imported wines and famous cocktails. 1707 DeSales-st nw. Just around the corner from the Mayflower Hotel.
The Smorgishord ID YOU know that you can help yourself to Hl you can Hai at the SMORGASBORD .... this is Washington's original Swedish din- ing spot with a smorgasbord laden with intriguing dishes. Don’t let your holiday go by without dropping in at 1625 K-st nw. Today and to- morrow very special dinners will be on the menu for 85¢c, $1 and $1.25, so join the crowds and make 1625 K-st nw one of your stops.
HAVE you tried the big Louisiana frog legs served day in and day | out at PARCHEY’S? Their flavor is more delicate than chicken and this mid-town restaurant serves them to suit every size budget. Frog leg plates with one, two or three pairs are 50c, T5c and $1... complete din- ners with frog legs, French fries, cream cole slaw and sliced tomatoes, 75 cents. Hurry in! 19th and K streets now,
food you'll never forget is served at THE CHINESE LANTERN in its true na- tive style. Here's where Hl official and diplomatic Washington feasts on breaded shrimps, fried chopped chicken and Chinese mushrooms or almonds, fresh lotus nut soup and fried fresh lobster. Holiday dinners, T5e to $2. 6 Massachusetts-av nw.
Chinese, Italian, Swedish, frog's legs and a "succulent roast duckling" for good measure. Here's a President's Day restaurant guide from 1941.
some cool stuff in here, particularly the international style places.
#c20th 🗃️ 🍜
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Turn of the century baseball player holding a large, old camera with both hands. One of his hands is in a baseball mitt.
Baseball player "Germany" Schaefer using a handheld camera. 1911
I love this photo. The juxtaposition of the baseball player and this oversized camera is really cool and kinda funny to my modern eyes.
A smart phone has a 1 inch square camera...
🗃️ #c20th #baseball
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Book cover Virgo Modern Classics Jane & Mary Findlater Crossriggs Below the title is a painting by Daniel Macnee (1806–1882), titled A Lady in Grey (The Artist's Daughter, Later Mrs Wiseman). It shows a young woman sitting outside. She has dark hair and pale skin, and is looking up directly at the viewer. She is swathed in a voluminous grey-green dress, with wide sleeves and a high white collar tied with a black bow. She is sewing, and holding a piece of white fabric on her lap.
“Their novels interest me because of what I’m calling their domestic naturalism—an unrelenting, entirely matter-of-fact focus on the events of everyday life”
—Prof Juliet Shields on the late #C19th / early #C20th novels of Jane & Mary Findlater
#BookwormSat
www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2015/04/the-...
Stained glass display
Église Saint-Gohard, Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantique, France
#photography #architecture #modernism #modernist #modernisme #moderniste #church #catholic #catholique #vatican2 #colour #light #nikon #windows #lines #contrast #midcentury #C20 #C20th #twentiethcentury #20thcentury
Ice cream topping advert from a trade magazine, 1913
Coca cola advert, 1913. Man pouring soda from a tap.
Cooler, advert showing the machines with glass jars and taps, 1913
Cocoa adverts with a tiny cherub stirring a cup of cocoa. 1913
Because I've been thinking about soda for the last six months, here's a copy of the National Soda Fountain Guide from 1913.
Loads of adverts from the period and some good industry info!
I cant tell if Malo-Creme is good or a horror show.
#c20th 🗃️ 🍜
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SANGSCHAW: A Centenary Celebration
9 Sept, Montrose – £7
The publication of Hugh MacDiarmid’s SANGSCHAW in 1925 was a breakthrough event in #C20th Scottish culture. This complete reading of the poems, with an introductory talk & Q&A, will mark the centenary
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A little village hall with lovely 1929 detailing to roof, eaves and doorway, with spring trees close by
I passed by the delightful Llangasty Village Hall 🤩 this week in the Bannau Brycheiniog/Brecon Beacons - built in 1929 - which preserves some really fab #C20th details.
Sadly not listed but still in active use 👌
📷 Last Thursday
A modern building with clean vertical concrete fins in white
Rather an elegant #C20th building housing BBC Radio Stoke on the junction of Cheapside, Pall Mall and Albion Square - Stoke on Trent 👌
@c20society.bsky.social #Potteries
📷 Yesterday
Blog post from our archivist, Chris, about the work that he's been doing on the Hindmarsh photographic collection.
northumberlandarchives.com/2025/03/26/p...
#archives #history #photography #C20th
Color photo of fireworks over the Brooklyn Bridge
Fireworks over the Brooklyn Bridge, 1983
#c20th
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Black and white photo of two men leaning over a lathe.
Machine shop instruction, 1920s
I just think this photo is rad as hell, and will hopefully inspire some artist or #illustrator
I'm just worried about their ties!
#c20th 📸
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