The delightful north door of Bibury church. And inside, through the remains of a Saxon chancel arch, a confection of early Tudor bedposts and random other stuff made into a settle.

Goodwin? Bad loss

Gorton Blimey

It was only a matter of time

Delighted to announce that following the consultation, I'm giving the green light to make Oxford Street traffic-free.

Step 1: (See picture) Step 2: Wait for the inevitable consequences www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Burford, St John the Baptist.

One lousy missed space and AI goes wild

Looking forward to it! #Tudor #Kitchengarden

I do wish U and I weren't adjacent on a keyboard. Writing about shutters is a minefield.

An assortment of south-west sunsets

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Blimey www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Welcome to another day of puddle/ pothole Russian roulette

Andrew Mountbatten not the only one ending up with a custody suite today

"This is a new and disillusioning world. Peace with a world of crooks who have no honor, no integrity and no shame is not what anyone fought for.” Lee Miller

Well.

Few things are as appealing as a fresh set of colours

The C14 apocalypse tapestries in Angers are surely among the least famous world-class cultural wonders

The Winter Olympics, otherwise known as 'People Sliding'

This couldn’t be clearer. Bannon’s texts to Epstein in mid July 2018 - “overthrowing May right now” and in “London with Boris” as well as his appearance on LBC with Nigel Farage are prettying damning evidence of a cross party plot with foreign backing

Corsham is hilarious. They broke out of the stately home and went feral…

Frank Lloyd Wright's Johnson Wax HQ in Racine WI is the building I'd most like to see at the moment. Chaos during construction, some kRaZY ideas like glass-tube skylights, but what a concept. Reputedly cost the company half its worth.

Frank Lloyd Wright never qualified as an architect and The Beatles couldn’t read music. Makes you ponder on conformity to qualifications.

A terrifying short story

Very pleased to share details of a new permanent academic job opportunity in Creative & Cultural Industries at University College Dublin. We are seeking candidates with a PhD whose work engages with the commercial creative industries. Deadline: 6 March 2026 universityvacancies.com/university-c....

🇫🇷 v X , splendid

Snowdrops are native to Eastern Europe and had been associated with Candlemas (2nd February) as their flowering period coincides with the feast of the purification of the Virgin after childbirth. In 1596, London based botanist Gerard is the first one to mention them growing on English soil.

It’s your city, from the sidewalk to the skyline. The David Dinkins Municipal Building’s rooftop is open & free to everyone, starting this June.

Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.

Met Mandelson once at a lunch. Asked what I did- “Director of a heritage chari-“ switched away, forget it, nothing in it for him. Memorably charmless.

Sharron Davies lives in Bradford on Avon, which is more of 5-10 minute walk from anything you need. www.bigissue.com/news/environ...

Crazy colour this evening

This excellent thing is free online from 29th January 2026 - 12th February 2026. @rogueclassicist.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/element...

The Ironic order

Happens all the time

The word that’s been doing the heaviest lifting in recent weeks is ‘detained’.

@jonathanfoyle.bsky.social In case you'd not seen this recent central Shrewsbury tragedy. The Grade II* building was restored, & her home for 40 years, by the lady who sadly died in the fire. Immediate all weather protection is required to prevent total loss of the property.

About 14 weeks’ time- can’t wait

Should this be of interest… m.youtube.com/watch?v=AgOR...

Somerset: it’s old and damp and I love it.

Relic from the C15 in a rubble wall, Somerset

St Austell: C15 sculptures 10/10; pointing 1/10

Scared dog

Introduction to 'The Dual State' by Ernst Fraenkel (1941)

The triumphal arch at Orange built during the life of Christ: look the heck at that side elevation though, and the subtle arch in the pediment over a recessed central section of entablature Just 👌

Historic listed buildings seeking development consent can become so flammable

Wonderful case study in NE Somerset on the generations of limewash that once routinely protected rubble walls. See the layers- and the decay effect of exposing the ‘honest, romantic’ stone.