American Violence Is Pushing Families to Think About Leaving www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/o...

Supreme Court Increasingly Favors the Rich, Economists Say www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...

10th December 2025 07.49 & 08.25

4th December 2025 08.45

Can Farage survive racism allegations? | The Latest

This is "Punch & Judy, Margate Sands" by Cecil Osborne from 1936. Along with all our range of greeting cards & prints, it is available with a 40% discount on all orders until 23.59 on 08/12/25 here:- eastlondongroup.co.uk so if you fancy a Christmas bargain, now's time to buy!! #CecilOsborne

Rape victims in England and Wales to be protected from ‘serial liar’ trope in legal shake-up

Let’s not repeat the folly of PFIs for NHS buildings | Letter

Court backlogs continue to have devastating and traumatising effects on survivors' experiences with the justice system. Listen to Bella, who was supported by Solace, talk to Ashna Hurynag at Sky News about the effect of a 10-year delay between reporting and court date www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQHU...

Every detail and nuance of colour in Gustav Wintzel's picture 'The Chess Players,' (1886) adds to a sense of obsessive purpose. Nothing is accidental in this work. Wintzel (facing us) wants us to see his world, his wide interests: it's his intellect made visible.

28th November 2025 08.03

Gwilym Prichard (Welsh, 1931 -2015). Above Rhostryfan (1982, oil on canvas).

Lovely people of Bluesky: Please support my prize draw! I'm giving away recent oil painting, "Water Washed By Wind", to raise money for Care Leavers this Christmas & will ship it (free) anywhere in the world. Entry is free, but any donations would be fantastic. www.givewheel.com/fundraising/...

Do you feel lucky? open.substack.com/pub/faircomm...

The cover of Vanity Fair’s 32nd Hollywood issue is all about men, featuring stars like Jeremy Allen White, ASAP Rocky and Glen Powell. It is the first edition of the magazine that is entirely under the direction of its new editor Mark Guiducci. Why men, now?

This is "Quayside, Appledore" by Brynhild Parker from 1932. Bryn painted extensively in the town around that time so this is one of several pieces by her of Appledore. The painting is in the collection at Ulster Museum. #BrynhildParker #Appledore #Devon #EastLondonGroup

Painted in 1886 after his honeymoon, Anders Zorn’s 'Summer Delight,' depicts his wife Emma waiting for her husband who is rowing the boat; this is a study of the finished work and shows an influence from the French Impressionists but with a distinctively Scandinavian palette.

Walkers in the City—and Everywhere daily.jstor.org/walkers-in-t...

Uplifting the Masses with Public Parks daily.jstor.org/uplifting-th...

'Travellers.' (1929) Eduard Ole's painting has captured passengers on a long train journey, much as a candid photographer might do. Ole, an Estonian artist, was influenced by the work of the New Objectivity, formed during the 1920s as a reaction against expressionism.

11th November 2025 07.19

Cursed by inequality open.substack.com/pub/faircomm...

The UK bond markets have become a political trap that strangles public spending. But there’s a way out | Sahil Dutta

29th October 2025 07.06

This is "Appledore" by John Cooper from 1935. The tower on the horizon was Chanter's Folly which was, very sadly, demolished in October 1952. It had fallen in to disrepair & it had been deemed to be unsafe. #JohnCooper #Appledore #EastLondonGroup

'Eel boats, Dinan,' (1928) is from the period when Christopher Nevinson was turning towards a realistic, traditionalist style of painting, departing from the abstract modernist works of his early career and WW1 period.

28th October 2025 07.04

A wealth of evidence open.substack.com/pub/faircomm...

Pastel promise, Dunstanburgh Acrylic on a textured base, on canvas www.mickoxley.com/product/orig...

23rd October 2025 07.42

Listening to White Working-Class Women in Coal Country daily.jstor.org/listening-to...

15th October 2025 18.00

In Herbert Badham's 'The Night Bus,' (1943) the interior lights highlight the different figures and their gestures, all still, fixed in the moment. A woman reads a magazine, a man smokes, the conductor chats to a passenger.

Millions read my post about adopting three children — here’s the full story www.thetimes.com/article/8d00...

Two years after 7 October and the kidnap of my parents, hate is in fashion. For all our sakes, we need compassion | Sharone Lifschitz

With named storm Amy #StormAmy in the news this morning, maybe this one of "Windy Day on Marine Parade, Southend" by Brynhild Parker from 1930 might be appropriate. It is in the collection at the Beecroft Gallery in Southend. Originally exhibited as just "Southend", the modified title is perfect.

Autumn in the zinnia garden #DailyFlowers #photographersofbluesky #photographersunited #EastCoastKin #photography #flowers #BloomScrolling #BloomOnPurpose #flower #gardening #FlowerReport #zennia

Study links greater inequality to structural changes in children’s brains

Can you spot the difference? 🧐 Labour MUST keep their promise for a fully publicly funded NHS

Looking Through Broken Windows: The Impact of Neighborhood Disorder on Aggression and Fear of Crime Is an Artifact of Research Design | Annual Reviews - www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

From 8 October to 10 May 2026, Tate Modern is holding an exhibition of Nigerian Modernism and the achievements of Nigerian artists working before and after the decade of national independence from Britain in 1960. This picture 'Horsemen,' (1962) is by Jimo Akolo Fulani.

Private finance has been a disaster for our public services. ❌ Say no to new #PFI in our #NHS. 🏥 Join us at #Labour conference to urge the government to change course ahead of their final decision in their autumn budget on 26 November. Or you can email your MP today 👇

'Mevagissey, Cornwall.' (c1914) Like many female artists working at the beginning of the 20thC, Doris Zinkeisen’s work traversed the boundaries between fine and decorative art; she was one of the first artists to enter the Belsen camp in April 1945.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... excellent column

The president is offering wealthy foreigners a fast-track to residency through the new Trump Gold Card—suggesting that "this administration thinks personal riches are a superpower of their own," @lil_smush argues in The Atlantic Daily.

Trump’s ‘royal’ visit how low can the uk go?

Charlie Kirk couldn’t have risen to prominence without robust free speech. Now MAGA leaders are seeking to use his death to silence debate, @GrahamDavidA writes in The Atlantic Daily: