Crow’s Eye Productions latest dress history film, directed by Nicole Loven @nrloven.bsky.social and starring Andreane Rellou. youtu.be/4QR9BnrcNbc?...

Yesterday we finished filming a video about the clothing of Anne Boleyn based on the National Portrait Gallery painting by an unknown English artist in the late 16th century, but based on a work of circa 1533-1536. Anne was played by Andreanne Rellou, the photograph was taken by @nrloven.bsky.social

I've been in the UK 3 weeks, and I am shocked at how much Farage, Yousaf, Tice et al are on UK TV screens. Britain has a serious far-right problem. The ideology of these fascists has been magnified and platformed to the extreme, it has now gotten dangerously out of control. This is totally insane.

Why do the rich keep getting richer? Because we tax work more heavily than wealth. This explainer lays out how the UK tax system quietly helps the wealthy stay wealthy – and why that needs to change. Prof Richard Murphy reports

Yorkshire’s inglorious moors and the lies of the land Yorkshire’s uplands are ecological deserts, drained and burned by big landowners – it’s time to demand restoration over destruction By David Robson @yorkshirebylines.co.uk

Apart from making films for museums and our YouTube channel (Crow’s Eye Productions), we (@nicoleloven) also do book cover photography for Arcangel Images. This example, Princess Elizabeth, the future Elizabeth I, is holding her mother Anne Boleyn’s necklace. #Tudors #Elizabeth1

Our latest video, on the scandalous trouser-wearing women of Victorian Wigan! youtu.be/gocnzYZ_99c #history #costume #youtube

Here is something we did earlier ( @nrloven.bsky.social) : costumesociety.org.uk/blog/post/bl...

Sign the petition to Keir Starmer: Oppose Trump's war on Iran stoptrump.org.uk/petition-tru...

“The dumps are in an internationally recognised wetland that is home to three species of sea turtle. Local people complain that their fishing nets, waterways and beaches are clogged with synthetic fast-fashion garments exported to Ghana from the UK and Europe”. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

I had no idea this was an issue - had never heard of it before: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Mistakes happen! If you forget to insert that one sentence in a paragraph the solution is easy. Just draw a dude in a hood and he will pull the missing text to the right place with a piece of rope! Walters Ms. W.102 Book of Hours, late 13th/early 14th C. www.thedigitalwalters.org/Data/Walters...

“A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I know I keep banging on about my designs but it’s not easy being a small business at the moment. Have a look at my wares and please repost. gailmyerscough.co.uk Thanks!

Thames Water bosses are cashing in on a £3bn emergency bailout - while pipes leak and bills rise. Stop bonuses for failure. Sign the petition now to get the Government to step in: 👇

What immigrants from all over the world have done for this country is tremendous. “Incalculable”, even. 🇬🇧♥️🌎

Huxley (1936): “The propagandist's purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human."

Me and some of my larger ammonites finds from Lincolnshire's Kimmeridge clay. #fossilfriday #ammonites

Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉 Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace. You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.

I strongly recommend adding your opinion of the @bbc to their survey. Mine will mostly be calling for them to stop giving fascists a platform. 🤷‍♀️ www.bbc.co.uk/send/u193491...

An unexpected, but timely, encounter while we were filming in Lincoln @nrloven.bsky.social #toxictextiletrade www.hellolincoln.co.uk/index.php/ca...

Hey British media, It’s no surprise that if you give Farage the run of the place, he’ll start winning. Time to do your actual jobs and start interrogating him on his Brexit shitshow, his funding, his Trumpiness, his idiotic manifesto, his real plans for the NHS… instead of drumrolling him into No.10

Labour risks losing 123 seats if 'Reform-curious' voters defect. But if Green & LibDem-curious voters leave? They lose 250 and the election. A new study shows that the threat isn’t quite what Labour thinks it is. @stephenmcnair.bsky.social reports.

Currently enough clothing on the Earth for the next SIX generations. Clothing industry is a HUGE polluter. Tons of places to buy quality used clothing & more would come if people started buying used. )Also everyone on the Blue Origin flight is a narcissist who doesn’t give a crap about our planet.)

Reading up for the next Crow’s Eye Productions project surrounded by beautiful tulips. @nrloven.bsky.social

Labour's new policy - of humiliating trans people by requiring them constantly to self-identify - we believe puts the UK (again) in breach of its obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights and will seek a declaration of incompatability. goodlaw.social/0r6l

1. Because this issue is critical, but has received remarkably little coverage, here's a thread pulling out the key themes from my article yesterday, on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, which puts decades of environmental protections to the torch. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

In view of Starmer’s bigoted and inhuman response to the rights of transgender women, it was heartwarming to see this very positive statement from LUSH UK while shopping this morning. Well done LUSH 👏🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

Did you miss that Starmer lied his way to the Labour leadership? Did you miss the evidence of the Labour Files? Did you miss the Forde Report? The evidence was there all the time www.youtube.com/watch?v=elp1...

I just told Speaker Hoyle to keep Trump out of Parliament - will you do the same? actionstorm.org/petitions/du... #DumpTrump

15/16 Starmer can no longer navigate a tightrope between Europe and the USA, something he's managed to do quite well so far, but that will become increasingly difficult as Trump becomes more deranged, more authoritarian, and draws ever closer to russia. www.theguardian.com/commentisfr...

Tulip Fever. A still life in the form of a Dutch genre painting. Flowers from the garden. Photo by @nrloven.bsky.social

Spoke about this same thing with Zita Short on a Costume Flicks episode of The Women InSession Podcast! It's true period pieces look terrible now! 🤣 #costuming #fashionhistory

"Caricatures of Evolution" 700-page catalogue of over 1,400 caricatures and satirical illustrations regarding Darwin and evolution transforms our knowledge of the surprisingly vast extent of Darwin's impact on visual culture from 1860-1939 #HistSTM #HistSci darwin-online.org.uk/EditorialInt...

“The stupidity stands fully revealed. There's no hiding what's happened here. The sheer scale of Donald Trump's witlessness is now evident to everyone, with no option for someone to credibly suggest otherwise. The man's mind is like a bag of mice” Ian Dunt open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...

Wisconsin supreme court race: liberal Susan Crawford beats Musk-backed candidate

Ugh. Tax breaks for US big tech, lowering our own standards and selling out our farmers in a desperate bid to maybe, temporarily avoid the orange despot’s tariffs…until he changes his mind and gets cross about something else… What a godawful brexity mess. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘The “constructive journalism” movement, which began in Denmark and encourages more stories on progress and problem solving, is gaining ground’. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...

🔥OUCH! Farage’s "biggest rally in history" flopped. - empty seats, protests, and ejections marked the weird night in Birmingham.

Trump's obversifications were tracked during his first term by the Washington Post. They documented 30,573 lies or misleading claims, an average of 21 per day. He’s now on course to break his own record.

“One of the biggest and most important iron age hoards ever found in the UK has been revealed, potentially altering our understanding of life in Britain 2,000 years ago” www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

UK TV industry in crisis, says Wolf Hall director www.bbc.com/news/article...

We will not be using AI. Everything we create at Crow’s Eye Productions is done from scratch. Research can go on for months before we start a project, and textile sourcing almost as long. Everything is made by me in my costume studio (except leatherwork) and I generally create the patterns too. 1/