Everything's terrible, except for it's the 8th of January, and in just a couple of hours Peter Bleksley kicks off his absolutely bonkers tour of the UK and Ireland. I needed to map it to see if there was a rhyme or reason to his route, but no, it's just as maniacal as it seemed.

'The Fanatic.' (1937) Throughout his life, Maximilian Klewer painted numerous self-portraits, which nicely reflect his stylistic and thematic range. They sometimes show bizarre-comic to surrealistic features but also increasingly lean towards New Objectivity and modern realism.

Still great youtu.be/qO52SMQB7tE?...

Chris Thornley

Ah 2016. The good old days.

🌲Should be a Christmas record but isn't 🌲 youtu.be/FU7t8oo4ctY?...

What I'd like in my Christmas stocking is a Rightmove Annual of the best/weirdest homes.

First shown on Christmas Day 1999. And here's a slightly longer alternate take that was never aired. www.youtube.com/watch?v=e01E...

Who knew Chris Rea’s Driving Home For Christmas was so punk!

🧵 Some photos of London in lockdown, April 2020 — Sloane Square

30 YEARS AGO TODAY: The Beatles Anthology, the documentary supposed last word on the Fab Four, begins. During the first break, Carlsberg spot their opportunity.

The problem with reunion shows.

Forever charmed by Monkey Island II's iMUSE implementation, Lucasfilm/Arts' sound engine for smoothly and naturally transitioning from the musical beats and moods of one screen to another. It's something you lose out on in the CD audio based re-releases of this, Dark Forces, and X-Wing/Tie Fighter.

'Inside 17B', Finsbury Park (2021) by Liam Devereux liamdevereux.co.uk/shop

🧵Thread. I collect photos that people took of their TV screens (in the days before video) because they wanted to capture a historical moment, or at least something that meant something to them.

Just found an old variant I'd forgotten about when I was doing my portraits. Think I was going for Haphash and Coloured Coat vibes. Happy Birthday #JohnLennon

I made an intelligent piece of paper

The North.

'The Landing in Summer.' Mary Dawson Elwell emerged on the British art scene as a painter of interiors, or more strictly, 'portrait interiors,' of her Yorkshire home in the 1930s. Her watchwords are stillness, silence, containment, privacy, meditation, illumination.

Fast forward three months: "We're raising prices because of the DMs you don't use and didn't ask for."

My Grandad's entry in his war diary for 8th May. Burma, 1945: 'Jap still shelling position, not much hope. Hell on Earth. V.E. Day' #VJDay

The footage of the aftermath of the assassination of these brave journalists is too graphic to share here. But the intention of Israel is clear - kill the few, last surviving reporters and secure a blackout for what comes next. The completion of the genocide.

From BAFTA winning series Death of Yugoslavia, available on iPlayer. All a bit familiar.

Difficult times for McCartney in this week's episode of "Facebook"

Not just green shutters, but specifically this shade of green shutters in Savona, Italy.

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Can't wait for us to finally encounter aliens and discover they are totally obsessed with something completely stupid. Like, they are searching the whole galaxy for red things, or they worship sausages. No matter how advanced and wise, there will be something dumb they can't stop doing

1/ Been lolling at Phil Collins Autobiography. Some highlights. Here he is on George Harrison

The jawdropping stunts of Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible, enhanced by AI!

How I imagine coming home after a holiday only to find junkies have moved in, shat everywhere and won't let me past the front gate.

Just noticed my Songs In The Key Of Life has Sides 1 and 2 on different records 🤔

Sunny Sunday and a visit to a nice exhibition of works by British illustrator Peter Till, Hornsey Library

Book recommendation. Both similar, in a way.

I'm working away in my uncle's office where he has two of John Berry's original Ladybird illustrations above the desk i'm sat at. They look to be done in gouache? (which i imagine @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social would know)

Mordor. Tough place to go

Fair.

'New York from The Shelton.' (1926) Like Christopher Nevinson before him Garnet Wolseley believed New York, specifically Manhattan epitomised the enthusiasm for a modern world defined by speed and mechanisation. Georgia O'Keeffe lived at The Shelton from 1925 to 1929.

Radio 3 vs Classic FM.

Chiswick Park Underground station, one of a set of inter-war stations designed by Charles Holden. The idea with the towers was that people could see from a distance where the station was. Probably all a bit to built up for that now @transportforlondon.bsky.social @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social

Magical!

I'll be shipping the last orders of the year on Wednesday 18th December . Place your orders in time so I can get them ready to send . . . #lastorders #giftideas #limitededitionprints

In at No.10 in our #ChippyTeaFriday Top Ten for 2024 🏆 is Cousin Jacks by Cornish artist, Laurie McCall 👏

Massive Boost

Winter sun on Goodge St #LondonSun @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social

Works in the UK too. Reduces from £56.98 to £30.34 a month

'Snowy Landscape,' (1904) by Cuno Amiet is four metres square and astonishing for the huge area given to a range of subtle, delicate whites, which set off the dark spot of a tiny lone skier. Amiet, a pupil of Fernand Hodler, is undeservedly little known outside his native Switzerland

Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 9 Artist: Ronald Lampitt

Some illustration I did recently with Native Strangers for @matchroom.bsky.social

Fire Escape (By Hyde Park to be precise) . . . liamdevereux.co.uk/shop/fire-es...

Okay revised the starter pack description to make it clearer. If u r a designer or illustrator please boost this to help me find other hiring directors. If u r an art, design, or creative director who hires designers and/or illustrators, raise your hand—I’ll add u. go.bsky.app/Hxoz9KX