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Did I just get back from a viewing at Bonhams auction house in NYC of cat-themed art? Why yes- yes I did. Did I take pictures, including of these Chinese ceramic cats from the Qing Dynasty? Also yes! Will I make a thread of some of them? Indeed I will, which will include...
September 29, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Did I just get back from a viewing at Bonhams auction house in NYC of cat-themed art? Why yes- yes I did. Did I take pictures, including of these Chinese ceramic cats from the Qing Dynasty? Also yes! Will I make a thread of some of them? Indeed I will, which will include...
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The first episode of Here Come the Double Deckers! was broadcast in the US on this day in 1970 (it began airing in the UK from January 1971).
September 12, 2026 at 3:02 PM
The first episode of Here Come the Double Deckers! was broadcast in the US on this day in 1970 (it began airing in the UK from January 1971).
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"To accountants, some courses or departments may be viewed as cost centres. But to lecturers and students, and the places in which they are based, they are cultural resources – repositories of knowledge built up over decades." bit.ly/4gOTZo2 #Skystorians
The Guardian view on humanities cuts in universities: academic departments are more than cost centres | Editorial
Editorial: Literature, the arts and social sciences must not be sacrificed as higher education funding is squeezed
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July 21, 2026 at 6:00 AM
"To accountants, some courses or departments may be viewed as cost centres. But to lecturers and students, and the places in which they are based, they are cultural resources – repositories of knowledge built up over decades." bit.ly/4gOTZo2 #Skystorians
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Unsettling adaption of John Wyndhams The Midwich Cuckoos. Sanders and the fabulous Shelley add the requisite class but the creepy kids are killer. 1960.
#horrorcommunity #horrorfamily #film #horrormovie #horrorfilm #horrorfan #classichorror #horroraddict #filmsky #horrorsky #mutantfam #horrorfam
#horrorcommunity #horrorfamily #film #horrormovie #horrorfilm #horrorfan #classichorror #horroraddict #filmsky #horrorsky #mutantfam #horrorfam
June 21, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Unsettling adaption of John Wyndhams The Midwich Cuckoos. Sanders and the fabulous Shelley add the requisite class but the creepy kids are killer. 1960.
#horrorcommunity #horrorfamily #film #horrormovie #horrorfilm #horrorfan #classichorror #horroraddict #filmsky #horrorsky #mutantfam #horrorfam
#horrorcommunity #horrorfamily #film #horrormovie #horrorfilm #horrorfan #classichorror #horroraddict #filmsky #horrorsky #mutantfam #horrorfam
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'Gallery of the Old Bedford', Camden Town (c.1895) by Walter Sickert
(Walker Art Gallery)
(Walker Art Gallery)
June 8, 2026 at 5:37 PM
'Gallery of the Old Bedford', Camden Town (c.1895) by Walter Sickert
(Walker Art Gallery)
(Walker Art Gallery)
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Photographer Chantal Pinzi's photogragraphic series of women skateboarders around the world, including in India #WomensArt
April 25, 2026 at 4:50 AM
Photographer Chantal Pinzi's photogragraphic series of women skateboarders around the world, including in India #WomensArt
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Good afternoon! This week's theme is London Worship.
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'St Nicholas, Deptford' by Louise Hayward
societyofwoodengravers.co.uk/shop/p/louise-hayward-st-nicholas-deptford
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'St Nicholas, Deptford' by Louise Hayward
societyofwoodengravers.co.uk/shop/p/louise-hayward-st-nicholas-deptford
April 13, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Good afternoon! This week's theme is London Worship.
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'St Nicholas, Deptford' by Louise Hayward
societyofwoodengravers.co.uk/shop/p/louise-hayward-st-nicholas-deptford
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'St Nicholas, Deptford' by Louise Hayward
societyofwoodengravers.co.uk/shop/p/louise-hayward-st-nicholas-deptford
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March 25, 2026 at 7:28 PM
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1959: A Night in a Soho Jazz Club | Panorama | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
youtu.be
March 24, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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Portrait of Maximilian I in 1519 by his favorite artist, Albrecht_Dürer. Good taste! Tomorrow is Maximilian's bithday.
March 21, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Portrait of Maximilian I in 1519 by his favorite artist, Albrecht_Dürer. Good taste! Tomorrow is Maximilian's bithday.
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1979 Hungarian movie poster by Tibor Helenyi for 1977’s “Star Wars”.
March 21, 2026 at 10:25 PM
1979 Hungarian movie poster by Tibor Helenyi for 1977’s “Star Wars”.
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Jacoba van Heemskerck (1876-1923)
Dutch painter who specialized in semi abstract landscapes
#WomensArt
Dutch painter who specialized in semi abstract landscapes
#WomensArt
March 18, 2026 at 5:55 AM
Jacoba van Heemskerck (1876-1923)
Dutch painter who specialized in semi abstract landscapes
#WomensArt
Dutch painter who specialized in semi abstract landscapes
#WomensArt
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Len Deighton has, sadly, died but this is another excuse to listen to the title sequence of Richard Rodney Bennett’s mad Billion Dollar Brain score for 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, tons of percussion incl. xylophone and marimba, Ondes Martenot and 3 grand pianos. youtu.be/efvhQ8kWIEY
The Billion Dollar Brain (1967) Opening Titles
YouTube video by opentitle
youtu.be
March 17, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Len Deighton has, sadly, died but this is another excuse to listen to the title sequence of Richard Rodney Bennett’s mad Billion Dollar Brain score for 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, tons of percussion incl. xylophone and marimba, Ondes Martenot and 3 grand pianos. youtu.be/efvhQ8kWIEY
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March 13, 2026 at 5:48 AM
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This isn’t a hallucination, Michael Gove. You’ve never explained the millions you disbursed to buddies with your crony Covid Contracts.
Cashing in on the worst public health crisis in a century should disbar people from public life permanently.
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/we-need-to...
Cashing in on the worst public health crisis in a century should disbar people from public life permanently.
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/we-need-to...
March 7, 2026 at 10:01 AM
This isn’t a hallucination, Michael Gove. You’ve never explained the millions you disbursed to buddies with your crony Covid Contracts.
Cashing in on the worst public health crisis in a century should disbar people from public life permanently.
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/we-need-to...
Cashing in on the worst public health crisis in a century should disbar people from public life permanently.
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/we-need-to...
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When people talk about Beefheart's influence on post punk they are usually talking in general terms about angularity and fragmentation but I think 90% of the influence comes from this one track. There's no other architecture like it. It taught everyone a new language
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gL5e...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gL5e...
Captain Beefheart - Dali's Car
YouTube video by Revanlation
www.youtube.com
February 26, 2026 at 8:05 PM
When people talk about Beefheart's influence on post punk they are usually talking in general terms about angularity and fragmentation but I think 90% of the influence comes from this one track. There's no other architecture like it. It taught everyone a new language
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gL5e...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gL5e...
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Raleigh designer Alan Oakley and the sketch he made on a flight back to the UK after a US visit in 1967. The design became the iconic Raleigh Chopper.
February 20, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Raleigh designer Alan Oakley and the sketch he made on a flight back to the UK after a US visit in 1967. The design became the iconic Raleigh Chopper.
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1604: Scene of a murder? Or perspective demonstration? These things are sometimes hard to tell with Hans Vredeman de Vries, whose day is today.
February 20, 2026 at 6:15 PM
1604: Scene of a murder? Or perspective demonstration? These things are sometimes hard to tell with Hans Vredeman de Vries, whose day is today.
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A truly special film and a truly filthy white suit, bested only by Warren Oates in Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia (L) and Lee Brilleaux in Dr. Feelgood (R). More (good) examples appreciated. Clean white suits in movies not acceptable.
January 25, 2026 at 6:56 PM
A truly special film and a truly filthy white suit, bested only by Warren Oates in Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia (L) and Lee Brilleaux in Dr. Feelgood (R). More (good) examples appreciated. Clean white suits in movies not acceptable.
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For Jim Moir/Vic Reeves' birthday, a reminder it's thirty years this year since this advert.
January 24, 2026 at 10:01 AM
For Jim Moir/Vic Reeves' birthday, a reminder it's thirty years this year since this advert.
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Tom Durie, court fool to Anne of Denmark, 1614. Fascinating, marvelous portrait by Marcus Gheeraerts, whose day is today.
January 19, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Tom Durie, court fool to Anne of Denmark, 1614. Fascinating, marvelous portrait by Marcus Gheeraerts, whose day is today.
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Scene (18th January 1973). Morecambe & Wise in rehearsal.
January 18, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Scene (18th January 1973). Morecambe & Wise in rehearsal.