Witnessing the odium spewing from the orange one on the other side of the Atlantic like....

Kids loved playing with toys in #Roman times too! Some 1,800 years ago, a child in Cologne was buried with a terracotta horse with a rider on for wheels. It was definitely a beloved toy that the kid was also meant to play with in the afterlife. 📷 Römisch-Germanisches Museum Köln 🏺 #archaeology

Loved the interview with the eminent @elizabethalker.bsky.social on BBC 6music just now, though winced at the mis-pronounciation of Kankyō Ongaku. Otherwise, brilliant listen - catch up on BBC Sounds if you missed it :)

When are the BBC, UK government and other major media organisations going to quit Musk's mire and come over to Bluesky I wonder? 38d.gs/ban_x_df

I understand the pressures on the BBC, but Radio 4's coverage of the Minneapolis shooting is an example of "bad balance". It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder". The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.

One picture, describes it all.

あけましておめでとうございます！2026年があなたに力強さ、エネルギー、そして勢いをもたらしますように！A very Happy New Year to all my friends. Hoping this Year of the Horse will bring you strength, energy, and momentum! #謹賀新年 #NewYear2026 #謹賀新年2026

Bloody hell I made it! Another year! Whoeoeow!

I created the cover and lead feature illustration for the latest issue of 'The Author', the Journal of the @societyofauthors.bsky.social , A lovely early Christmas present! #societyofauthors #kidlitUK #kidlitART

Wishing all my friends a magical, angelic Christmas! 皆さんに素晴らしい天使の気持ちのクリスマスを祈ります！ #christmas #christmas2025 #クリスマス

BookTrust have launched their Christmas appeal #MagicOfBooks www.booktrust.org.uk/xmas to help raise money to send surprise festive parcels to children who are vulnerable or in care. www.booktrust.org.uk/support-us/b... @booktrust.org.uk #kidlit #kidlitUK

Quote with your starry art ✨ From 'Yozora o Miage Yo' 「夜空をみあげよう」#picturebook (Fukuinkan Shoten Publishers, Tokyo) #福音館書店 #kidlitart #kidlitUK #illustration

One flag removed by the council. Hundreds left to residents. And now a man in his sixties has been beaten for taking one down. This is what inaction looks like. eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/loc...

Masaka! This is not the Japan I remember.

Moon Town, an old exhibition piece from Japan days. #illustration #townscape #kidlitUK #kidlitART

Nov 17-23 is Bereaved Children's Awareness Week. The Loss and Grief reading list is a curated selection of 24 titles that focus on the topic of bereavement. It is a guide to stories that empathise, comfort and hopefully connect with young readers. childrensbooksireland.ie/our-recommen... 1/2 🧵

Hi Bluesky friends! What's the best alternative to Google as a web browser? I'm really getting fed up of seeing 2 or 3 pages of sponsored ads appearing before proper results, plus all the unwarranted AI guesswork.

I'm Jewish. I'm also Mancunian. Every other national party leader was interviewed by Laura Kunesberg during their conference. Maybe the BBC thought as someone who also supports Palestine - I had nothing to say? Let's keep growing: join.greenparty.org.uk

These blue and white delft tiles are more than decoration: they’re snapshots of 17th- and 18th-century taste, trade, and storytelling. Imported from the Netherlands, delftware tiles were popular for their gleaming tin-glazed surfaces and crisp cobalt designs.

If you want to see Michelle Mone kicked out of the House of Lords and arrested until she pays the £232,000,000 she owes give this a RT. If you want Rishi Sunak's involvement in the £14,900,000,000 PPE Fraud he covered up investigated, LIKE.

every good scholar needs: a desk; some ink; a demon monkey hovering menacingly above, clutching his own book; and a quill

Quote with your yellow art! 💛 The mermaid's dance, from the #HansAndersen story 'The Little Mermaid' 'Ningyohime' 人形姫 (Hyoronsha Publishing, Tokyo) #kidlitart #kidlitUK #illustration

What a great interview with Jeff Mills on #BBC6music with @cerysmatthews.bsky.social I met him in Tokyo back in the day in Maniac Love, such a humble genius.

It is a truth too often unacknowledged, that a populist in possession of the public's rage must be in perpetual want of an enemy.

Some more recent scribbles on the train to London - clouds, pylons, people. #sketchbook #trainsketching

Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing. These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.

How do we fix this mess?

I’ve signed this. Authors, illustrators & educators can still sign: statement-on-palestine.org We call on the Government to recognise the genocide, meet legal obligations to act accordingly, end complicity in war crimes & arms sales, respect the human right to protest, de-proscribe Palestine Action.

Well Done @georgemonbiot.bsky.social - great to hear him defending the corner on BBCRadio4 The Moral Maze this evening. #bbc #radio4

You'll probably have to blow it up or look at this on a big screen, but here is how anyone can make a little 8 page zine that they can use to write a story, write about their favorite things, a personal experience or make a mini comic. Fold some paper and get your thoughts out there!!

'Female Ghost with Sword' from 'The Complete Works of Chikamatsu' - Uemura Shoen, 1923. #GhostMonth #ukiyoe #JapaneseArt

この夏、韮崎にあるシャトレーゼホテルで、フィールドバレエによる野外公演『シンデレラ』が開催されました。この公演のシーゾンに合わせて、僕の絵本（1996年初版）から選ばれたイラストが、ホテル内の客室や会場を彩りました。 古い作品が新たな観客に出会うのは素晴らしいことです。前の作品に新たな観客がみつけた！#シンデレラ #絵本 #バレエ #イラスト #韮崎

This summer, Châteraisé Hotel in Nirasaki #Japan hosted a Field Ballet open-air production of #Cinderella. To accompany the season, illustrations from my PB retelling (published in 1996) were chosen to adorn the rooms and locations in the hotel. A new audience for older work! #kidlitART #KidkitUK

Artists have always loved to sketch! Sketch of a sparrow from Egypt dated c. 1479–1458 BC. Some 3,500 years ago in Egypt, artists used small flakes of limestone as sketchpads! MMA excavations 1922-23, Deir el-Bahri. 📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti... #FindsFriday #Archaeology

Simon Tisdall highlights the dangers posed by the proliferation of lower-yield, tactical warheads which supposedly allows “limited” nuclear war. Crossing that red line could lead to an unstoppable chain reaction, with horrific consequences. The campaign against nuclear weapons must get much louder👇

The #TimeForChange is now! Please join me in pledging to take part in the government consultation to #EndHunting @LeagueACS takeaction.league.org.uk/page/172854/...

'No More Hiroshimas' event taking place in Norwich tomorrow. cnduk.org/events/no-mo... #Norwich #hiroshima #CND

Sketch through a train window - near Attleborough, sunset. #sketchbook #norfolk #attleborough #kidlitART

The hidden magnetic chaos within the Whirlpool Galaxy! (Credit: NASA, the SOFIA science team, A. Borlaff; NASA, ESA, S. Beckwith (STScI) and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA))

So sad to learn of the passing of Allan Ahlberg, a giant of UK picture books, so many titles to love, especially his collaborations with late wife Janet on Each Pear Plum and others. Beloved indeed. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j... #KidlitUK #Kidlit

I've not posted doodles for a while, here's some recent train journey sketches. #kidlitART #sketchbook #kidlitUK #drawing

Dear friends, Sending sunny songs and melody for a refreshing summer! 暑中御見舞い申し上げます。 爽やかな夏に、晴れやかな歌とメロディーをお届けします！ #summer #summer2025 #暑中お見舞い #夏 #summergreetings

I've just been reminded of this broad interview I did for @kathymt.bsky.social 's newsletter 'Writing and Illustrating' some years ago. It's a while ago now, but if you missed it first time around do give it a read! kathytemean.wordpress.com/2015/10/17/i... #kidlit #kidlitUK #kidlitART

Please excuse the proud-parent moment. Just back from London, where daughter graduated from the #LCF (London College of Fashion) #UCL with a First Class BA. Well done there Seren!

Reeling this morning on hearing the sad news that another of my old Tokyo-days friends @djshinkawa.bsky.social has passed away. An immensely talented house/trance DJ at the core of the Tokyo club scene, he will be missed by clubbers and friends alike.

I think what I need most right now is peer support and community. So are there any #kidlitUK people in Shropshire? I've not been living here long and I'd love some familiar faces about to meet for a coffee and a chat! #kidlit #middlegrade

The ECHR is vital - and we're campaigning to save it. Please do sign this petition to get on board with our activities (at European Movement UK). 👉 www.europeanmovement.co.uk/echr-petition

🌳 Dame Judi Dench is calling for the return of ancient woodlands. Will you sign the petition to help restore the Ghost Woods and protect our green spaces for future generations? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...

#scbwi HQ has decided to break up Britsh Isles SCBWI @scbwi-bi.bsky.social‬ into smaller groups, prompting a walk-out by all local volunteers in protest. I'm quite out of the loop regards volunteering, but I hope this can be negotiated and resolved quickly.

Just finished #DeptQ on Netflix. I loved the Danish version, but this was a whole other level. - Top stuff. My one criticism? As a #Taichi student I found the laughable supposed "Taichi" flayling about in the kitchen in Ep.8 total and utter guff. Why is it always the case in film & drama?