The monumental staircase of the Grand Palais in Paris — a perfect example of early 20th‑century French Art Nouveau, Iron and glass were transformed into fluid, decorative architecture. #streetphotography #Classicmono #ArtNouveau #BeauxArts #Architecture #UrbanExploration #EastCostKin #monochrome

Footprints in Snow and Birch Trees, 1920 Svend Rasmussen Svendsen (Norwegian/American, 1864–1945) #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

One thing I have learnt over the past few years is it‘s not right against left, Tory/Reform against Labour, Democrats against Republicans, it‘s the super rich elite against everyone else…..the everyday politics we see simply maintain that reality.

The USA Hockey team visited Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada & he showed WAY more respect for these champion Olympians than Trump did. That says everything.

4 boathouses - Crummock Water, Derwent Water, Rydal Water and Wast Water #lakedistrict

William Morris, 1876.

Jeez. This is awful. Well done Victoria Derbyshire for not letting it go #StudentLoansScandal

Fantastic ‘Old Hollywood’ bloopers.

Something calming & beautiful for your mind's eye - Frank Lloyd Wright's stunning FALLINGWATER (1935)

London nights

Striking #Photos by Peter Li Capture the Soaring Majesty of #Sacred Spaces: #cathedrals, #basilicas, & #historic spaces are “living vessels of light, symmetry & time.” #photography #panoramas #architecture Link for more information & incredible photos: www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/02/pete...

Okay, this is quite outstanding from Bedford Council.

Derwent Water from Falcon Crag this time last year

This local Wolfdog joined an Olympic ski event and triggered the finish-line camera. This is Nazgul. He snuck into a cross-country skiing sprint this morning and raced the homestretch with some competitors before being escorted home. 14/10 someone get him a medal

"Wiltshire Landscape". Eric Ravilious. 1937. Make it yours: duille.com/wiltshire

Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy 🇮🇹 They didnt think the avalanche will hit so big but it did.

🔥 Caroline Lucas: "Your position is utterly incoherent." 🔵 "We've got a party that pretends to be an insurgent party, an anti establishment, anti-elite party, and yet it's stuffed full of old Tory retreads." 🤔 "I mean, it just doesn't add up."

Have a look at this from the Chinese Spring Festival Gala, celebrating the start of the Chinese New Year Compare the 2025 robots which were very much robot like, to the 2026 robots which are much more humanoid Superb innovation

Marco Barberio (Italian Artist, born 1971) "A Kiss from a Rose in Paris", 2023. Acrylic on Canvas, 98 × 69 cm. Private Collection. #Art

I like the government pivot to reminding voters that Farage is an avowed enemy of NATO & Europe & an ardent admirer of Vladimir Putin, who routinely orders the murders of critics & opponents. It is politically effective & morally essential.

Bohemian Overlay Cut Glass Vases, late 1800s 🔵🔴⚪️ Moser Glassworks, layered blue & white glass over a cranberry ground with wheel-cut geometric patterns. #art #glass #vases

Keir Starmer says “we are not the Britain of the Brexit years any more” calling for closer UK-EU relations on defence and trade

Eyvind Earle painting of London Bridge for Disney's The Truth About Mother Goose (1957). #wardsmorguefile

#RomanSiteSaturday & the unforgettable Hardknott Roman fort destroyer of car gearboxes 🤪 see more from the lake district in the new episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R_4...

Not sure if Man United owner Jim Ratcliffe will see this being as he literally migrated to Monaco to avoid paying tax in the UK, but we wanted to put this up outside the stadium anyway…. 📍 Old Trafford, Matt Busby Way

“We will back you. We will defend you. We will fight with you in this new era of threat and hard power” Defence Secretary John Healey has a clear message for #NATO Allies as he arrives in Brussels

Huge change to political donation rules to close loopholes on foreign cash Labour’s Steve Reed today unveils legislation to stop foreign donors interfering with UK politics - while also letting 16 and 17 year olds vote in elections for the first time 👏 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Stones from the ocean of Madagascar. Original post

“Are you firmly in favour of rejoining the European Union?" - Robert Peston “Firmly very much in favour. Brexit has been a disaster under any criteria, under any measure" - Zack Polanski

For someone who wants to end working from home, Cameo Nigel can be strangely productive if there’s an easy payday in it for him 😬

Hard to believe that none of the Reform MPs turned up for the debate on Russian interference in our politics. Maybe they were visiting their former Kremlin talking points Welsh leader Nathan Gill in prison? Or en route to their next BBC interview to act as commentators on why Starmer should go?

Richard Savoie (Canadian, b. 1959). Rue St-Denis (oil on canvas).

Economists estimate that the UK has 1.8m fewer jobs now than it would have had without Brexit. You did that. Now fuck off, we know what your brand of reform looks like already.

Posters from the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games #art #artist #italy

Jeffrey Epstein survivors speak out #SuperBowl #SuperBowl2026 #SuperBowlXL "I was 14" "I was 16" "I was 16" "17" "14" "There are about a thousand of us" "It's time to bring the secrets out of the shadows" "It's time to shine a light into the darkness" "Release all of the Epstein files"

Russia is at war with all of Europe already. BBC News - Italy says railways hit by 'serious sabotage' as Winter Olympics begin www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

These things always blow my mind. I can’t see anything but pink and white but @onekdog.bsky.social sees grey and green

A lot of racists in UK media & politics are currently limbering up to hold Donald Trump to an infinitely lower moral standard than they did Gary Lineker. Starting with Farage, inevitably…

“The combined tuition fees of the entire Question Time panel would not cover my cost for 1 year of uni. Is that fair?” Oli Dugmore It’s absolutely NOT fair. This outrageous scandal must end

Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.

And perhaps, behind it all, this sea of dark money and kompromat

I really can’t keep up with this. It’s like every vague suspicion of oligarch, finance and tech power come together - with Russian influence. Yes, you’re not imagining. Only Mandelson, Lebedev, Milner and Epstein and L’Affaire Russe

#acrylics #alcoholink #acrylicart #abstractexpressionism #artist #art #abstractart #acryliconcanvas #blueskyartshow #artonbluesky

Rachel Reeves, "It is not right that people who don't go to uni are having to bear all the costs for others to do so" Oli Dugmore, "If Reeves wants to make the argument that you shouldn't be paying for things that you don't use, there will be a lot of pensioners who don't get a pension"

NEW ANALYSIS: UK household electricity bills have risen over the last 5 years. BUT: Despite frequent claims that net zero is to blame: 2/3 of the increase is because of high gas prices shows new @ukerc.bsky.social report. Arguably without renewable energy the UK would see even higher bills today.

Bravo 👏 Bloody time this was said frequently and with this level of clarity and honesty. By our politicians. Very sick of being trapped by the relentless dishonesty, failure, costs and risks that make Brexit such an immense fuck-up.

Same in the UK, probably getting worse with the disappearance of ‘intellectual’ Tories & Reform’s glorification of pig ignorance. I never know how to articulate this without making the problem worse! (As demonstrated above.)