Architect and Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius was born OTD in 1883. In 1934 he fled Germany for Britain, where he designed a handful of buildings with Maxwell Fry, before leaving for Harvard in 1937. Read more on his time in Britain here buff.ly/jHnwHUY

Happy St George’s Day. A man of Cappadocian Greek descent, now venerated as a saint.

City Central Library, Stoke on Trent

Tile detail, Stevenage Clock Tower

Given that just 4.25% of the world's population lives in the United States of America this might be the moment for the 95.75% of the rest of us to leave them to it. Many overseas markets that the UK could be focusing on for example - you know like the fucking enormous one on our doorstep.

Beach huts, Southwold

chatgpt has fully broken-through to every facet of the corporate environment. I'm spending a not-insignificant amount of my time every week now explaining to people that just because chatgpt told you that something was possible doesn't mean that it a) is or b) even exists

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The station announcer at MK station sounds like she’s introducing a band to the stage, not a train to a platform. So enthusiastic.

Hotel la Tour, Milton Keynes

Victoria Baths, Manchester

Tiles, Manchester Victoria Baths

Pedway. Sale, Manchester.

Afternoon sun, Avenue Methodist Church, Sale.

Empty apartment block. Sale, Manchester.

House. Sale, Manchester.

Alexa: define irony

One of six empty apartment blocks in Sale. Due to be redeveloped.

Derby Assembly Rooms

Tourist Information, Derby Assembly Rooms

Derby Assembly Rooms. Empty and unused since a fire broke out in 2014. Likely to be demolished.

Sheffield Arts Tower, viewed from the lobby of the Western Bank Library. From a trip to Sheffield in sunnier times.

Watford Telephone Exchange Extension 1968 Hubbard and Ford https://buff.ly/32reEdR

Stand with Ukrainians as Trump prepares to sell them out (Location: Russian embassy, London, Feb ‘23)

Don’t forget, the softcover of my graphic novel Why Don’t You Love Me? is out now! pbrainey.bigcartel.com

“I’m going to have to cancel” YES!!!!!!!! <composes self> “Oh no, that’s a shame”

On the fifth anniversary of Brexit becoming official, here are a few moments from that flag-festival of political upheaval.

Beer sold in Denmark

Maid Marian Car Park, Nottingham.

My feed at the moment: Horrifically overprocessed Beachscape photos Badly written erotica Pictures of fungi Crazy algorithms 🙂

Here are but four examples of my comics you can buy directly from me, the artist, via my website. pbrainey.bigcartel.com

Every Hasselblad owner has taken a picture like this

Sleaford Mods have obviously fallen on hard times if it’s come to this. Such a shame.

This is the nearest thing I’ve got to a David Lynch tribute. It will have to do.

Wellingborough Telephone Exchange. According to the Northamptonshire Chronicle it is in number one spot in the “top nine buildings locals want to see levelled to the ground”.

‘Now Donald, I hear you’ve got an interesting anecdote about a day when you threatened to invade Denmark, Canada and Panama, and initiated hostilities with Mexico.’

No pressure or anything but @bsky.app if you screw this up now, I may delete the internet. I have the keys and everything.

Perfect!

If Carlsberg did brutalism. The Carlsberg brewery, Northampton, UK.

Not a top nine as such, just a collection of my pictures from 2024 that I like. From the top left: Milton Keynes, Preston, Sheffield, London, Sheffield, Leicester, London, Huddersfield, Manchester

Kitten’s first Christmas. A laser pen seemed an appropriate present.

Fire escape at MK Gallery

Good morning Boo!

My Bluesky feed today: Wolves Foxes Notre Dame Cathedral Classic goals from the 70s I have nothing against any of these but I’m not interested in them either. How do I make it stop?

David Gedge acoustic set. Craufurd Arms, Wolverton 14/12/24.

Happy #caturday from Boo and Truly

“I love you will u marry me”. Park Hill, Sheffield.

‘Finger licking good’ is a really positive way of saying ‘we don’t provide cutlery’

My feed consists of: Cross stitch Manga NFL Landscape photography I never asked for any of this

Roger Stevens Building, University of Leeds