View and plan of Toledo https://www.wikiart.org/en/el-greco/view-and-plan-of-toledo

A wee group of angry balaclava and mask-wearing anti-immigration guys tried to stop the good people of Glasgow showing solidarity with migrants and standing up to racism and fascism. Well, the far right are far outnumbered... #RefugeesWelcome #MigrantsWelcome #NeighboursNotStrangers #Glasgow

Yearly Murmuration of Starlings in Rome are incredibly adaptable songbirds known for their mesmerizing, synchronized aerial acrobatics, exceptional vocal mimicry, and shifting, shimmering plumage

‘Birds and their nests’ Artist: CF Tunnicliffe From: ‘Nature through the Seasons’ Odhams

We went into the Little Chef for lunch and there was two good looking waiters in the shop and auntie Hazel was trying to pair Jenny up with one of them and her with the other one but they left me out of it. Cheek.

One of the last of the pantheon of true giants has left us. A great originator. You do not learn jazz without learning Sonny Rollins. We’re lucky that we had him for so long, but the loss feels tremendous.

"...man". Particularly groovy roadworks on the M6 (Southbound) yesterday.

I feel like the photographer could have gotten a little closer tbh

Lifting my mood with the repeat of the Stanley Baxter special. Rhett Butler “I’m going to tear off that fancy dress and smother you all over with custard, sponge cake and sherry.” Scarlett “No, I won’t be trifled with.”

An exercise in re-creating, as vector graphics, Columbia Records brand #graphics from the 1950s and 1960s. #midcentury #vinyl #graphicdesign

A Festival of 40 Years, quite an achievement 🎶🎶

Found this 94-year-old copy of The Architectural Review at last weekend’s garage safari in Kingsdown. It’s focused on the BBC’s Broadcasting House in London and contains some great photos and adverts. Will share some in this thread and more over the days ahead 🧵

I’d seen this picture of John & Alice Coltrane in Nagasaki on a 1966 tour of Japan in black & white before but never in colour. I don’t know why but it’s kind of taken my breath away. The sign in the background translates to Atomic Bomb Hypocenter. Can’t find name of the photographer to credit 📷

“Another great collection...” “...a whole treatise on now...” “Each story is a kind of experiment, ideas pushed to execution that other writers wouldn’t dare...” www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...

That cake design is inspired! She's wonderful...

Quartier populaire 🏗️ cité moderne HLM 🏙️ la ZUP de Surville, à Montereau Fault Yonne 1980, la statue représente la Seine et l'Yonne. entre la rue des Chesnois et Fleurs beigne avec le square en dessous Statue aujourd'hui recouverte par une bâche. Humiliant.

"What happens if you wake up tomorrow, and it’s 30 years ago?" Read our exclusive interview with Mark Jenkins, just as Rose of Nevada shows in cinemas: dmovies.org/2026/04/22/m...

The oldest known image of Keith Richards, published around 1140 AD ...

Alice Coltrane. Music beyond music. Our Cosmic Music Special Edition tee with @andybeta.bsky.social is now available.

Rétro cars voiture la Citroen DS sur la petite place goudronnée vers l’école de la marandinière a st Etienne, avec vue sur la Grande Marandiniere les ex barres Sisley et Féguide avec l'ecole et piscine quartier HLM vers 1972 jouer l'IA pour se souvenir

Seen on the side door at the campus hosting the Edinburgh International Harp Festival.

75 020 PANAME C'était Paris en 1970 📷 Concours FNAC Hôtel Rustica, Rue des Orteaux, Charonne, avec une Panhard PL 17 joli bleu, une Diane, un combi Fiat 850T et 4L blanche

Postcards From Scotland has it's paperback release today so I'm sharing the film it was based on, Teenage Superstars for the day and night. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCn2...

50 Years of the Pool of Life #5: A Trip to Zurich A very, very strange story of the links between alchemical stones, Swiss psychoanalysts and Liverpool post-punk grantmcphee.substack.com/p/50-years-o...

Erm, they're called palaeontologists, actually.

Good morning, AURORAE is here... I'm thinking about how it feels to release music, taking the leap from inner world to outer world, to set it free and for it to live in someone else's airspace. brawlrecords.bandcamp.com/album/aurorae Thanks for listening, , it means the world to me, Laura xxx

Released Tomorrow. 750 individually numbered copies. In record shops, and available online here, and elsewhere. x www.musiconvinyl.com/products/the...

‘Thin Places in Hard Concrete‘ is due very shortly. If you want to review it, or want me talk about it for your blog, publication or podcast, let me know. In the meantime, my two previous collections of short stories are here: 👉 www.amazon.co.uk/Municipal-Go... 👉 www.amazon.co.uk/Intervals-Da...

Remembering Astrud Gilberto on her birthday with this playlist. Perfect Sunday morning music 🇧🇷▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/2JL...

To whoever did this at the #NoKings in Boston: Thank you.❤️ It made me tear up. And we must to be reminded of needless damage to humanity that results directly from the careless, bellicose bluster coming from the Pentagon and White House.

Monorail Music present Creeping Bent: A Leap Into The Void next Friday 3rd April in the Glad Cafe. Douglas MacIntyre in convo with Stephen Pastel about 30 years of Creeping Bent,followed by The Port Sulphur Group. Bubbles headline the event making their live debut. Tickets: wegottickets.com/f/17167

housing is more expensive now, but also a lot safer. this kind of home was considered cream of the crop in the 1980s

A particularly good edition of the London Festival of Railway Modelling today, favourites included a layout full of dour late industrial Huddersfield atmospherics, gorgeous detailed narrow gauge, the Forth Bridge done in Lego (it was v hard prizing the boy away from that one), and nuns.

Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Oil sketch of seven chicks, c. 1665-c. 1668, oil on canvas, 32 cm × 38 cm (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam)

The great Len Deighton RIP #lendeighton #berlintrilogy #Harrypalmer #ipcressfile

Nightjars are a 4:3 bird accidentally displayed in 16:9

Care Love Crowns & Crucifies Available with 2 alternative covers. CD, LP & Bundles inc. Flaming Sword / My Boyish Days 7" Pre-orders shipped, now in stock https://burningshed.com/store/needlemythology #IndieMusic #LostAlbum #NewMusicAlert #Music #MusicSky #VinylSky

13.03.2026 - from Love Crowns & Crucifies the complete recordings by Care (Ian Broudie & Paul Simpson). burningshed.com/store/needle...

March 13th 2026. x @needlemythology.bsky.social

STOP PRESS The Wild Swans - Bringing Home The Ashes (1988) Release Date: 3rd April 2026. 750-numbered copies on 180g 'Crystal Clear' vinyl. Music On Vinyl records. x

Quite possibly THE best theme tune ever! youtu.be/RQFuzWSIjjc?...

“Buy these books. I command you.”

Jonathan Richman, mid-70s.

The railway station in Ladybird Land - captured in Treasure magazine, 1963 (Artist: Don Harley)

Rétro cars voiture 🚘 la Citroen DS 21 Pallas, DSpécial de 1972

Café Royal Books. 'This week’s Book of the Week, is a focus on Hull in the 1970s and 80s. Seven titles by five photographers. 20% off, use BOTWCRB20 at checkout.' www.caferoyalbooks.com/shop/book-of...

A colleague of mine has created a Parliamentary petition to end the use of Palantir for NHS and MoD contracts. She needs more people to sign it before it's accepted. Any volunteers? petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...