Morning, B'Skers! Despite rattling her lucky red dragon for the whole match, it all went a bit downhill at the end... ⚽️ But it's Friday. Have a good one!

Morning all! For anyone who's been waiting for an update ( form an orderly queue there), here's our little sweetheart, gnawing on her bathrobe. 💕 Happy Wednesday!

The 2026 edition of Colouring In is published. After all the effort that feels amazing. Some giveaways soon, so stay tuned: and also a 🧵 about the book for good measure. If you feel like sharing, perhaps because you’ve read previous editions, please don’t be shy. #books #writing #noteworthybooks

Thanks for all the lovely messages in the last few weeks. My granddaughter is a very special little poppet. 🥰😍

I am reliably informed that this is happening at last! If you haven't discovered Nigel's lovely stories yet, here's the chance to start. Brand new editions of previous work are now here, and new titles will follow in 2026. 😊👏🏻

Morning! #MosaicMonday

Mother and baby ‘elephants done by a medieval artist that had never seen one’ - 14th century, BSB Clm 6908, f. 79v

#MosaicMonday with this labyrinth mosaic, discovered in the churchyard at Caerleon, from the legate's residence ~c1-3 AD We recently had a discussion on the Roman invasion of wales with @drtobydriver.bsky.social along with all things Wales & Hillforts 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 its here >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvyY...

Off to see this little bundle of gorgeousness today. 🥰

'Nope' by cartoonist Gemma Correll #WomensArt #Monday

Hare, Edge Of The Silver Dawn, Catherine Hyde.

Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them. Shakespeare

If you're looking for an original card for a special someone (perhaps on the 14th February? 💕) then you might like to take a look in my shop. You'll also be supporting a small business and a real person for whom every sale makes a big difference! #shopindie #shopsmall www.etsy.com/shop/SarahRo...

I have FINISHED painting the kitchen!! 🎉 (Cricks neck back and staggers to a sofa.)

🦇 Everything you need to know about the Bat Conservation Trust's Nocturnal Garden at #RHSChelsea Flower Show is here: www.bats.org.uk/our-work/noc... . Learn about the concept of the garden, our plants, the bat sculpture and more! Designed by Melanie Hick and sponsored by #ProjectGivingBack

1 million people: this thing happened 1 right wing nutter: no it didn't BBC journalist paid £350k a year: with varying reports, it is impossible to tell what's happened

One to make you smile this rainy Sunday !

🖼️ The Silver Hawthorn, Catherine Hyde.

Linocut by William H. Hays ‘Crowful Quiescence.’ Colour linocut reduction on paper. Dimensions 12 x 9 inches.

😂 Stephen, here, doing all the Dad joke stuff. Important.

Contemporary printmaker Alexandra Buckle #WomensArt

Winter Woodland #trees #woodland #treeclub

"Winter Wonderland" Hand embroidery thread painting artwork #SmallBirdSaturday #BlueSkyArtShow theme #cold #WildlifeArt #embroidery

They know what they say is untrue, they do not care it is untrue. The media know that what they repeat is untrue, they do not care it is untrue. Their supporters know what they are told is untrue, they do not care it is untrue. Telling the truth is not enough, unless people care about the truth.

Saint Dwynwen (Welsh pronunciation: [ˈdʊɨnwɛn]; 5th century), sometimes known as Dwyn or Donwen, is the Welsh patron saint of lovers. She is celebrated throughout Wales on 25th January. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwynwen...

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Saturday mornings moment of calm. The barn owl , night watcher, graceful hunter, silent traveller. I could learn a few lessons from you about how to interact with the world today.

Still life with candle 🕯️

Rabbits gambol as symbols of fertility in this altarpiece by Giovanni de Paolo, depicting not only the carnal sinners Adam and Eve’s expulsion from Paradise but also the Annunciation, where the Virgin hears the news of her impending motherhood (1435, NGA, Washington)

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Saturday plans: 🖼️ Franco Matticchio #Caturday

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A Late Iron Age iron linch-pin with crescent-shape decorated copper alloy head inlaid with blue, red and green enamel 😍 Just under 11cm high, the pin would originally secured a spoked wheel onto a chariot axle 📷 Jan 2026 Verulamium Museum @stalbansmuseums.bsky.social #FindsFriday #ChariotsofFire

#FindsFriday 🥰 Steadily being drawn back into the votive lakes of Wales... 📷 The extraordinary early Iron Age cauldron from Llyn Fawr, Rhigos, south Wales - on display in St Fagans Museum, Cardiff 😮🧙

Un bar aux Folies-Bergère: a young barmaid serves a customer at the brightly lit balcony bar, and is reflected in the mirrored space; last major work (1882), by Édouard Manet, born #OTD 1832; first modernist painter, who revolutionised art in technique and subject matter. Courtauld Gallery London

Rukiye Garip. Born (1964) Turkish Watercolor, 76 cm x 56 cm (30 in x 22 in) #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Deer in the forest, 1956 by Ivan Generalic ( Croatia, 1914 - 1992). Oil on glass | 60 × 80 cm. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

Fixed the typo on Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" #BoredOfPeace

Share a photo of mountains that you have taken. Delphi 😍

WOW, this is the earliest known group of chess pieces in the world! 🤩 It includes two foot-soldiers, two mounted riders, an elephant with rider, a figure driving two horses, and a figure driving a three-horse chariot. Ivory, AD 700s. Samarkand State Museum-Reserve, Uzbekistan. 📷 me #Archaeology

Done for today. A brand new, shiny batch of coffee ganache chocolates is ready. One more day before the weekend! 🍫

Inlay of the Horus falcon on the hieroglyph for “gold”. Late Period, Dynasty 30 (360-343 BCE). At the “Divine Egypt” exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art #birdart #themet

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“She walks in beauty, like the night, Of cloudless climes and starry skies, And all that’s best of dark and bright, Meet in her aspect and her eyes.” Lord Byron, English Romantic poet, born #OTD 1788. Portrait by Richard Westall 1813, National Portrait Gallery London