Hello again, and thanks for reading. If, by some miracle, this is appearing in your timeline for the first time, give me a try, give me feedback. This is THE daily Ukraine thread for Thursday, the last day of April, the 50th whole month of war inflicted by Russia.

It is evening, as a woman with young children shops in the brightly-lit vegetable market at Koyasuchō in Kanagawa Prefecture, in this woodblock print by Ishiwata Kōitsu (1931)

If you see this, post something pink! ..... some old exhibition fun! #illustration #kidlitart

Fictitious imprints deserve their moment. I’ll go first: 'Printed in the printing office of orthodox doctrine, by the heirs of Pope Juth, residing in Bricked‑Up Street in Rome, right next to the place where the excess good works of the Roman saints are sold for money, in the pissed‑out Purgatory'

For #ThrowbackThursday here's a spread from my first trade picture book, 'The Secret in the Matchbox' (words by Val Willis, Andre Deutsch / Farrar Straus & Giroux 1988). #picturebook #kidlitart #kidlitUK

I'm here because my Jewish grandparents escaped the Holocaust. Many of our family were not so fortunate. NEVER AGAIN is supposed to include Iranians. And Palestinians. And Ukrainians. And on and on. There are no exceptions based on religion or country of origin.

Love and peace to all. #Notohate #peace

#Financialisation "The opposite of democracy. It concentrates power among a small group of exceptionally wealthy dealmakers who reap the benefits of society’s failure to hold them accountable" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I’ve just written to my MP asking them to support the Together Alliance motion against hate and the rise of the far right. It only takes a minute — will you write to your MP too? actionnetwork.org/letters/invi...

More info ➡️ togetheralliance.org.uk/march

A new gem in our collection: a remarkable 1571 copy of Plantin’s Humanae salutis monumenta. Because text, borders and plates were printed separately, no two copies are alike. This one is beautifully bound in an exceptional French fanfare binding. #earlymodern #bookhistory #rarebooks 💙📚📜

Frontispiece https://www.wikiart.org/en/aubrey-beardsley/frontispiece

Norwich has just been named the best place to live in the UK and we couldn't be more proud. We love you, Norwich! 🫶 Norwich was crowned winner in The Sunday Times Best Places to Live guide, the only location to have featured in all 14 editions of the guide. Find out more: https://bit.ly/4lCFCTU

Good morning to the best place to live #Norwich 🥰😎 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

👋Hello Bluesky! We’re excited to join and open up to engaging with you here! Follow us for updates on data protection, privacy, AI and our work at the European Data Protection Supervisor. 🔗 www.edps.europa.eu

Sad to hear of the passing of #LenDeighton, the author of The Ipcress File and so many other classic novels. What I didn't know until today though, was that he was originally an illustrator! Here's a poster he designed for London Transport in 1957. What a multiply talented man he was!

We're proud to have asked our members to add their names to this empty book, protesting the use of their works without permission. In our house, copyright still matters! #DontStealThisBook www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Artists, drop something red. (From the #picturebook Halloween Forest, words by Marion Dane Bauer, Holiday House Publishers, USA) #kidlitART #kidlitUK

I've not posted train passenger #sketches for a while, here are some recent from my last excursion down to London. #sketchbook #pendrawing #illustration #kidlitart #kidlitUK

20+ book pages in watercolor. No AI. Plenty of aches, tears, freak outs, and doubts. Countless hours. Occasional panic. The effort is what makes it worth it. #kidlit #kidlitart

Stop the facebook scams NOW action.eko.org/a/stop-meta-...

Spring is in the air!

This is the sort of message we want from every political leader. Thank you @zackpolanski.bsky.social

Scribble through a train window. #sketchbook

Bookplate for Sydney Gimson. Des: Ernest Gimson. 1898. Image: LCC.

Back from London late last night, a rail replacement bus from Ipswich to Norwich due to a fallen tree on power lines. It was a long haul. :( #railproblems #transport #sketchbook

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