You provide the sand, the sea and the sun — Rob will provide the summer fun & laughter! Probably the funniest comedian you’ve never heard of! Although you’ve already been laughing at his jokes on some of the top comedy shows in Britain and the USA. IMDb: bit.ly/4eE9yxz Books: bit.ly/4hA0B7W

I saw a Trump version of the Zoltar fortune-telling machine on Paignton Pier. I asked it for some motivation, hope, and what the future holds for mankind over the next 2 ½ years. — It shut itself off!

"Will no-one rid me of this cromulent priest?

‘𝘉𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 is a timely reminder, nearly sixty years after it was written and more than eighty after it’s set, that bombing a hospital is an atrocity whoever does it, and for whatever reason, deliberate or not.’ @moonjets.bsky.social on Len Deighton’s novels. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

It’s astounding that Zelensky survived a full-scale war without ever having a ballroom.

‘What interests me in de Kooning’s view of landscape is the degree to which it knows itself to be generic, and underneath its carapace of wildness to be as decent and limited as they come.’ T.J. Clark on WIllem de Kooning in Cuba. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Eugène Atget’s “pictures of the deserted streets and shabby interiors of old Paris still breathe mystery a century after his death.” —Max Norman

A delightful tour of one of the Queens of the sea. Thanks Richard - I’m fascinated with these historic ships. @wreckmasterjay #museums #museumfromhome #maritime #historicships mainlymuseums.com/post/1089/qu...

“Heaney translated his experience of the world into the transcendent, and revealed the transcendental through language.” —Nick Laird

‘It’s true that poems like Prynne’s are difficult, in the way that a great deal of poetry is difficult if by that you mean it’s hard to approach at first reading. Poetry is an art that requires and rewards patient study.’ Ian Patterson on J.H. Prynne, from the blog. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ap...

Pollution levels in Paris after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.

Jo Livingstone (@jolivingstone.bsky.social) on the humble poetry of errata

Because doing 20-minute paintings of muppets is saving my soul right now. Here's Animal!

What a great friend 💕

Morning walk. . .

Slow, easy, quiet, calm: morning doesn't shout. Awakening canvas print -- stevehendersonart.com/featured/awa... #morning #art #artsky #blueskyartshow #artoftheday #dawn #nature #river #clouds #color #peace #calm

LET'S DO SOME TROUT FISHING. 💙📚 #brautigan #richard WHERE, MAN? IN AMERICA.

“The Hardy Boys novels never quite lend themselves to a rigidly reactionary interpretation.… In the Hardy Boys series the past is not a place of glory or prelapsarian innocence—it’s a source of danger and something to overcome.” —Daniel Lefferts

Our Art Issue is now online, with Jed Perl on the Whitney Biennial, @fotoole.bsky.social on Trump’s precarious sanity, Elaine Blair on the Guerrilla Girls, Mark O’Connell on a death in London, Nick Laird on Seamus Heaney, Susan Tallman on Manet & Morisot, and more. https://go.nybooks.com/4eDS04E

‘For the first time in my life, I am not covering a war. Like every other civilian in Lebanon, I am just living it.’ Charles Glass reports from Beirut, in the 1970s and now. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

78th Birthday and still a stage goddess Happy Birthday to the amazing Kate Pierson, one of the lead singers and founding members of the B-52s, born today in 1948. #punk #punkrock #newwave #katepierson #theb52s #history #otd

‘Being underestimated​ was Indira Gandhi’s chief political asset. The Congress elders who helped her become India’s third prime minister imagined that they were installing a pliable cipher. Within a few years she had defenestrated the lot of them.’ Pratinav Anil: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

“We always seem to have money for war. But not to feed the poor.”

"A terrific read, I can't recommend it highly enough to lovers of horror [and] dark fantasy."  5* review. WE Hide in the Shadows by J. T. Atkinson. Free on #KindleUnlimited Read the first 4 chapters for free here: t.co/o1pwO3myDm #read #mustread #tbr #horror

Coming soon, from bestselling thriller writer J. T. Atkinson ... The 3rd book in The Covenant series ... In It's Wake ALL NOVELS IN THE SERIES CAN BE READ AS A STANDALONE BOOK OR PART OF THE WHOLE ! #Kindleunlimited #read #mustread #reader #horrorfans

A cold case. A hidden past. One discovery that rewrites everything. Some secrets were never meant to be found… 📖 Read more: maryanneyarde.blogspot.com/2026/04/hitl... #HistoricalFiction #Mystery #WW2 💙📚

Alana faces her demons to forge a future for herself and her young daughter, but she has no idea she is running headlong into danger. mybook.to/SilenceoftheStones #mystery #Wales #psychological 'Beautifully choreographed tale of deceit, murder, and redemption'

#OnThisDay in 879, Louis the Stammerer, King of West Francia, died. While not the most inspiring of French kings, he did at least play a heroic role in the story of his sister, Judith of Flanders - Three Times the Lady mybook.to/ThreeTimesth... #OTD #eBook #paperback #KindleUnlimited 📚⚔️

💙📚💙 #booksky Years of resentment and long-hidden secrets are revealed; can the Fellwood family survive such a scandal? A gripping Victorian family saga. mybook.to/AnniesSecret #historicalromance #Victorian

'Written with the sensitivity and narrative elegance one might expect from a storyteller of Arnopp’s calibre, this novel offers a portrait of Marguerite of Anjou that is both vivid and compelling, steeped in atmosphere yet driven by character.' #Review http://mybook.to/mhhnf

MEET ME IN MAINE Your trip to Maine will be memorable, full of adventure, and maybe a spot of murder and intrigue. amzn.to/3z0EcsQ #readingcommunity #CozyMystery #weekendvibes #mysterybooks #bookstoread 📚💙⚡

BELIEF FREE with Kindle Unlimited BEST SELLER Winner of the Golden wizard prize 2024 ages 15 - 18 years. #gothic #thriller #death #teenreads #Belief #reaper #fantasy #author Belief's life is about to change dramatically. UK: amzn.eu/d/9DyVcPx USA: a.co/d/ipqJj6U Australia: amzn.asia/d/8WfWlAs

A prison system An idealistic prison Commissioner An enigmatic prisoner A conspiracy ... #dystopian #romance #fantasy www.amazon.com/dp/B0F5SQPTZ...

The first collection for Sudan has landed birdbrainer.app 🙌 Find under its flag, or in the Afrotropical Ecozone 🌐 Learn birds. Love nature #birdbrainerapp #birdbrainer | #birdsoftheworld #birds 🇸🇩 #sudan #africa

To me, beds are just envelopes that mail you to your dreams.

‘Women were more often engaged in agricultural work – especially milking cows but also other forms of animal husbandry, along with weeding, sowing and harvesting crops – than they were in care work.’ @tomlukejohnson.bsky.social on early modern working patterns. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

GEORGE AND IRA WORKING ON A TUNE 💙🎵 #gershwin

Honestly one of the greatest books ever written.

So far this year I've read 3 extremely funny & uplifting books. All About Me! by Mel Brooks and the Life & Mind of Andy Kaufman. And one by the British comedian Rob Gotobed, whose humour I only discovered thanks to my dentist introducing me to his work. Best trip to the dentist ever! Thanks Stephen

Very good book by @johndowie.bsky.social. Moving and funny!

Early European colonists “benefited from all the forms of interaction they had with indigenous and enslaved women.... While the men presumably felt some sort of affection, did the women share it?” —@davidavrombell.bsky.social

Go away, snow. I'm rather done with you for the season. Emergence canvas print -- stevehendersonart.com/featured/eme... #art #artwork #blueskyartshow #winter #snow #weather #nature #landscape #abstract #painting

May you find peace and calmness, tranquility and beauty today. Twilight Surf canvas print -- stevehendersonart.com/featured/twi... #nature #ocean #art #artsky #blueskyartshow #peace #beauty #travel #oregon #sunset #water #blue

Big news in the Netherlands: the remains of d'Artagnan may have been found in Maastricht. A good reason to highlight a book that describes the Franco-Dutch War (1672-78) in which he was killed, Lambert van den Bosch's classic biography of William III, in a beautiful binding.

Our #bookoftheday is the first Strasbourg edition (1489) of Johannes Galensis' "Co[m]muniloquium sive su[m]ma collationu[m]." the earliest printed work to mention #chess, originally published in 1473, several years before William Caxton's famous work. Binding made of old manuscript antiphonary leaf.

Sailor, merchant, writer and abolitionist Olaudah Equiano died #onthisday in 1797. Best known for his classic autobiography - which played a major role in the passage of the Slave Trade Act of 1807 - he was also part of Phipps's expedition to the Arctic, of which this is the official account (1773).

A highlight among highlight in our new catalogue on #Science & #Technology is this beautifully illustrated #firstedition (1598) of the encyclopaedia of astronomical and surveying instruments available from classical times to the time of publication, by the Italian astronomer Giovanni Paolo Gallucci.

Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net

‘“There are no ethics to these people,” Perring said to me of Steele and senior figures at Audere. “They did what they did, they knew it was wrong, and their motivation was the almighty dollar.”’ Vadim Nikitin on Russiagate, Christopher Steele and private spying. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

The ABAA-fair has been postponed until April, but at Vialibri Showcase we are now open for business! Here's 1 our booth highlights: rare #firstedition of English translation of celebrated practical manual on #mining and metals by Lazarus Ercker, 1 of the foremost metallurgists of the 17th century.