Fun fact: Reform UK has lost at least 22 Councillors and 2 MPs in 6 months.

Native American Acoma pottery, vase, by ceramics artist Paula Estevan #WomensArt

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This poem by R. S. Thomas originally appeared in the December 1963 edition of The London Magazine, alongside poetry by Derek Walcott, Lawrence Durrell and C. Day Lewis.

This beautiful glass bowl looks modern, yet it’s about 2,250 years old! 🤩 Made using an innovative technique in which thin threads of twisted glass were spiralled over a convex mould. Wonderful example of the skill of ancient artisans! Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart 📷 me #Archaeology

I realise the audience for this would just be "me, and also maybe other foreigners" but I would love to read something on why Brits, who are happy to live in a country where their every movement outside is filmed by CCTV, hate the idea of having ID cards, something plenty of countries happily have

'Bears On Star Mountain', handwoven rug created by Navajo Master weaver and artist Ella Yazzie #WomensArt

Boys playing marbles, Leeds, 1962, photo by Paul Berriff.

Off to walk 40 miles from Leeds to Goole. Back this evening. Buy some books, kids: longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...

@mrjamesob.bsky.social James, I'm afraid I won't be able to listen to today's show. I'm off down the park to paint a St George's cross on a Swan.

I've known @SadiqKhan for over 30 yrs. He's a feminist, a socialist & an LGBTQ+ ally. I'm so proud he's our London mayor. For the record, he's as interested in introducing Sharia Law to London as I am - and that's 0%. Those who suggest otherwise are deluded, or have a v sinister agenda.

Yesterday we went to Edinburgh for the day. We went up and down the escalators in the British Home Stores.

Linking architecture and macrame, Anges Hansellla is a self-taught Indonesian knotter and emerging artist who creates large scale textile art installations #WomensArt

Salts Mill, Saltaire, 1981, photo by Homer Sykes.

De Niro: "I gotta go. A couple cases of Tylenol fell off a truck and now I gotta figure out how to put autism in them."

Ireland just released a report showing the huge success of the unconditional basic income it provided to artists. Each $1 spent led to society gaining $1.39. Artists' earned incomes went up more than their side job incomes fell. And they were happier and used less welfare www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

"Tylenol tempteth demons into thy soul to curseth thee with the Goblin Autism Pox. Verily, a forest spirit hath told me so in dreams" #ASD #Autism #paracetamol

We have bought some pain killers.

My favourite picture from last night. The earth rotates eastward into night bringing the sun towards the horizon on the day of the autumn equinox marking the end of summer 2025. #IronMenCrosby #SeftonCoast #autumnequinox

Watch this youtu.be/84HdHkIcYSo

'Listen to the ocean, echoes of a million sea shells, forever it's in motion...' quoted lines from a song from a 1960s EP my mum owned of two people called Nina and Frederick.

If the Rapture does happen tomorrow, I doubt it will knock Reform off the top of the news agenda…

I’m so sick of seeing Farage and co on TV all the bloody time. They now know that if thy hold a press conference on any day ending in a ‘y’, they will be given endless coverage and broadcasting hours. All this for a party that could fit all of its MPs into a hatchback car.

Watching Joan Baez with Nicolle Wallace on The Best People Podcast, so worth watching (on YouTube).

Goodness. I caved in and looked up rapture. I'm restraining myself but 🤣 Can't wait for the videos.

Newborn Loses Faith In Humanity After Record 6 Days https://theonion.com/newborn-loses-faith-in-humanity-after-record-6-days-1819573929/

I have defended the BBC again and again. No more.

UK artist Helen Musselwhite combines hand cutting, folding and scoring paper and card to create her artworks, which are often inspired by nature #WomensArt #Autumn

How can I begin anything new with all of yesterday in me? - #LeonardCohen

Yesterday evening, the MSC Preziosa sailed past Crosby beach into a glorious end of summer sunset. #IronMenCrosby #SeftonCoast

For many years this would have included my American-born husband working as a university lecturer. What a shower these folk at Reform are.

Watching The Candidate.

I really like journalists who make explanatory statements like this.

I've been having conversations with the late Leonard Cohen. Well, with his self portrait actually. I've written them down and wrapped them around poems. Just waiting for the right publisher to appear 🙄

Reninds me of something. But what? HT Jukka Lehtinen

'Southbank Puddles' linocut by contemporary UK printmaker and artist Alexandra Buckle #womensart

SMITE!!!

Uitstekend!

I’ve seen other people express this far better than me. But if, like me, you’re finding the ‘free speech’ hypocrisy of the right unbearable, you have to remember they know what they are doing. It’s not that they haven’t realised how illogical and hypocritical they are. They know,they just don’t care

Penny Hardy, You Blew Me Away, 2014 #womensart #FridayFeeling

Found art in nature. This common otter shell found on Crosby beach replicates the colours of a sunset.

This evening in Liverpool

Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:

This evening in Liverpool

A sky full of drama this afternoon at Crosby beach. #IronMenCrosby #SeftonCoast

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Because my husband was born in America we watch some of the better talk shows on YouTube. Last night we watched Jimmy Kimmel. I can't believe I've woken up this morning to find the craven ABC has caved to government pressure and cancelled his show after he dared to talk about C. Kirk. 1st Amendment?

Georgia O'Keeffe carrying her canvas in the desert, c.1920 (via FB) #WomensArt

Almost 900 fewer people have been injured on Welsh roads since the default speed limit was lowered from 30 to 20mph two years ago Casualties on 20 to 30mph roads between July and September 2024 were the lowest for the three month-period since records began in 1979 👏 Evidence-led policy