I would never have believed we would see a headline like this under a Labour government

One of the most shameful incidents of WW2 was when the government and press scapegoated refugees, then decided to pack them off an a cramped ship, The HMT DUNERA and ship them to Australia. As they boarded the boat they were stripped of the valuables and robbed by the guards. Now government policy

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The Backs of Houses, Harley Street, London, 1925, by Algernon Cecil Newton.

📷 Tony Ray-Jones, Weymouth, England, 1968

📷 William Eggleston

[Enter two other Senators with a Messenger.] THIRD SENATOR Thou hast painfully discover’d; are his files As full as thy report?

Linocut by Lisa Benson ‘Long Shadows’ Size 30.5 x 40.5cm lisabensonart.co.uk

1975 was BEFORE Margaret Thatcher (1979). The reason Britain is worse is because of her.

AI-generated nazi and racist songs are "flooding" Spotify. There are many alternatives to Spotify, which offer just as much choice (in better audio quality) and reward musicians more fairly. Buying physical albums and CDs? Even better. Staying on Spotify is no different to staying on X.

This is Richard Smith of the South Durham Hunt and he thinks it’s ok to hit a horse over the head. Make this ‘man’ famous. Filmed by North East Hunt Monitors on 08/11/25

Russ Tamblyn & rock icon Neil Young (yes, really!) ride in Human Highway (1982), an improvised nuclear-nightmare comedy that was a collaboration of Young, the band Devo, & a handful of others. Happy #BicycleBirthday, Neil Young! Born November 12, 1945

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner. Directed by Tony Richardson, it changed my whole life to this day. The impact it had on British cinema was immeasurable, and one that led me to La nouvelle vague and a whole new world of cinema. youtu.be/Kq0uxZGWr7E

Czechoslovakian matchbox label: "Vaccination protects you against tetanus." 1961 Artist: Jiří Šperk

“And Then We Saw the Daughter of the Minotaur”, by Leonora Carrington, 1953.

#NowPlaying György Ligeti Here are some appropriately bleak photos I took.

You can always tell what an artist 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 enjoys drawing based on the emphasis of certain traits. #FurryFunFacts

Born 9 Nov 1934, cosmologist Carl Sagan. He co-wrote the award-winning 1980 television series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage. The most widely watched series in the history of American public television, Cosmos has been seen by at least 500 million people in 60 countries. #CarlSagan

The Clash’s Paul Simonon, running into some young street musicians, will make your day. 💕 🎸 @theclash.com @faroutmagazine.co.uk

Swan marker Herbert Turk and friend, Chiswick 1939. From a collection of images from London's River & Rowing Museum looking at the long standing tradition of counting and protecting the the Royal Swans on the Thames.

Evening sky.

Seated Figure with Cycle Helmet 2010 Artist: Michael Taylor

#VOH stands for Voices of Hookland, because you can’t tell the truths of anywhere and exclude voices that aren’t the middle class academics, authors and professionals the weird fiction genre relies too heavily upon. Dairy men, shelf stackers, factory workers all sing the strange truths of place.

Cyclist 1913 Artist: Natalia Goncharova

Wow! 😮🤩 There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓 itiner-e.org We might have to have a lie-down.

This will impact EVERYONE. Combined with other anti-protest measures proposed like bans on face coverings, the Crime & Policing Bill will see the right to protest in the UK stripped to the bone. Protest is fundamental to democracy. We must protect it. www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/govern...

Good evening Photograph by Sami Uçan, Istanbul 2018.

The art of defending oneself with a bicycle 1904 guide

Football Fans Yogyakarta, Indonesia 1973 📷Michelangelo Durazzo

🧵I've posted them before, but here's my thread of horror/kids' TV double-bill cinema posters. Happy Halloween... #halloween #cinema #graphicdesign #poster

And thou no more art prince than she is queen.

Vive Le Tour! is a 1962 short film about the Tour de France, directed by Louis Malle. At 4:54 you can see the famous scene in which Tour riders burst into restaurants and pillage all they can get their hands on. Here's the film in its entirety. #BicycleBirthday Louis Malle October 30 (1932-1995)

Yep www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

A great book and part of a great trilogy of books by Paul Graham. Recommended.

Rail bikes Pellston, Michigan, 1910

I don't know who to credit this image to, but anyway, they got the price wrong. That 2/9d should read £122 million

Morning all. Photographer David Bagnall. Woman living opposite Ironbridge Power Station eating by candlelight during 1972‘s power cuts.

The fuss over who appears in TV adverts misses the point...

Monday

Postman's Picnic, Hampshire, UK 1966 📷Jane Bown

The Man In the High Castle, but real.

From our bookstore today: Trans-Siberian World Cup by Peter Dench - published by After Nyne/Olympus, 2019 ⚽️ Signed copy available here: www.photobookjunkies.com/product/pete...

“There is a reason repair shops have disappeared from the high street, it’s not an economically viable activity any more.” “But we’re not Amazon or Boohoo. We want the volunteers to have an enjoyable time.” The Tribune spends a day with Reyt Repair, Sheffield’s only full-time social repair shop.

Businessman riding a bicycle Toronto, 1945

Boy on bike, Lithuania 1950s 📷 Antanas Sutkus

I like Wales...

Plaid Cymru defeats Reform in Caerphilly by-election www.bbc.com/news/article...

The Caerphilly result is what we need to see everywhere at the next election: people coordinating to vote tactically for parties which seek a fairer, kinder, greener country. Pushing out both those who have betrayed our trust AND those who seek to exploit that betrayal.

Before pneumatic tires, inventors were really thinking hard about how to get a softer ride. I can't decide which 1880's wheels are cooler. See Alt-text for details.