The Bard, from Gray http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/blake-the-bard-from-gray-n03551

Blake’s baby brother Bob is born. Brotherly love in latest instalment of LOS, my work-in-progress graphic novel about William Blake loshighway.substack.com/p/los-part-5 #williamblake #graphicnovel #comic

A video of Christopher Bucklow's fascinating talk is now up at blakesociety.org/product/usin...

they're auctioning Blake's Tyger next week seems impossible, like selling a comet or a shooting star www.christies.com/en/stories/t...

Happy birthday, William Blake 🌠 "For every thing that lives is Holy" (The Marriage of Heaven and Hell)

Zoom turned out to be good for us once we found our feet. We've never quite had an event like this since though. Time for Blakety Blake to return? 😬 #WilliamBlake #BlakeOff #BlakeFriday

More artwork inspired by #WilliamBlake. Collaborations with my then 2-year old daughter from 2020. #BlakeOff #BlakeFriday

More Blake stuff for #WilliamBlake 's birthday. From 2007-2009 I did a weekly cartoon for Time Out London called William Blake, Taxi Driver, in which Blake was reincarnated as a visionary London cabbie. The full-page one was to celebrate his 250th birthday in 2007! #Blakeoff #Blakefriday

"Beneath us, at an immense distance, was the sun, black but shining; round it were fiery tracks on which revolv'd vast spiders, crawling after their prey, which flew, or rather swum, in the infinite deep." Happy birthday William Blake, poet, visionary...science fiction writer.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO WILLIAM BLAKE 🌟Share with us your favourite images, poems - and your own work too!🌟 November 28th 1757 Here’s The Ghost of a Flea c.1819–20, kept by Tate Britain. #WilliamBlake #BlakeOff #Blakefriday

For #WilliamBlake on his natal day @blakesociety.bsky.social youtu.be/IKfBp9G4bmU?...

A couple of favourite images for Blake’s birthday! ‘The Sun at His Eastern Gate’ and ‘When the Morning Stars Sang Together’, discussed in my, ‘The Book of Angels: Seen and Unseen’ (Camb. Scholars Pub., 2019, reissued in paperback 2024). @blakesociety.bsky.social #BlakeFriday #BlakeSociety

I was there at the unveiling of Lida Cardoza’s gravestone for Blake at Bunhill Fields in 2018 & took this shot: I GIVE you the end of a golden string; Only wind it into a ball, It will lead you in at Heaven’s gate, Built in Jerusalem’s wall… @blakesociety.bsky.social #BlakeFriday #BlakeSociety

#OTD1757 #WilliamBlake 💖 #LestWeForget @tomshakespeare.bsky.social @poetrysociety.org.uk @lindseyhilsum.bsky.social @blakesociety.bsky.social 🌟To see the world in a grain of sand/And a heaven in a wild flower/Hold infinity in the palm of your hand/And eternity in an hour🌟 #AuguriesOfInnocence

Practicing the fantastic idea of Mark Vernon @askwilliamblake.bsky.social , and preparing for #blakefriday !

Don't forget #BlakeFriday this week!

In an anti-consumerist spirit, I like to think of today as #BlakeFriday ... a chance to share art and symbolism rather than marketing. The only rule is to post #WilliamBlake images today. Feel free to join ... #art #blake Here's "The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with Sun", c. 1805.

Born on this day, 28th November 1757, #BlakeFriday, #blackfriday

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WILLIAM BLAKE! Early scenes from LOS, my WIP graphic novel about Blake. ⚡️subscribe to read and support at loshighway.substack.com ⚡️ #williamblake #blakeoff #blakesociety #blakefriday #comic #graphicnovel #nationalillustrationday

happy birthday, William Blake

✨ Born today in 1757, William Blake shaped Alasdair Gray’s vision. From Lanark to his art, Gray echoed Blake’s fusion of word and image — even reimagining Infant Joy as his Brain Baby, a symbol of life’s cycle. ✨

Happy Birthday to William Blake, who knows where the wild things are...

RIP Jack Shepherd, who wrote the great play ‘In Lambeth’, an imagined conversation between Thomas Paine, Catherine and William Blake, played in the TV version by our President, Mark Rylance www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Bitten by the Blake bug! Me and The Ghost of a Flea… open.substack.com/pub/loshighw...

New Blake bollocks up on my substack, in which I consider Blake’s weirdest and gnarliest creation, The Ghost of a Flea open.substack.com/pub/loshighw...

There's still (just) time to register for our talk with Christopher Bucklow tonight. More info and FREE registration below👇

Using Blake - Next Wednesday 19 November, 7:30 PM on Zoom. Looking forward immensely to welcoming artist and writer Christopher Bucklow, who will talk to us about Blake’s exploration of the human psyche. All welcome, more info and free registration at blakesociety.org/product/usin...

Nice piece on our patron, Mike Westbrook, in today's Guardian 😊 www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...

A bit late for Halloween, but here’s young William Blake’s brother fulfilling the age old duty of big siblings everywhere by freaking him out More in the latest part of my work-in-progress graphic novel about Blake loshighway.substack.com/p/los-part-4 #williamblake #graphicnovel #comic #ghoststory

Young William Blake meets God! (or does he?) New pages from my work-in-progress graphic novel up at loshighway.substack.com/p/los-part-4 #WilliamBlake #graphicnovel #comic

New old comic strip about Catherine Blake, along with latest developments on LOS, my work in progress graphic novel about William Blake open.substack.com/pub/loshighw...

This evening we'll be talking Blake and Bataille with Stuart Kendall. There's still time to reserve a free place using the link below 👇

In case I haven’t already mentioned it, I’m serialising LOS, my graphic novel about William Blake, on substack. First 12 pages are free, then each month I’ll add more pages for paid subscribers, fresh from the drawing board. open.substack.com/pub/loshighw...

Hear the voice of the Bard! on #NationalPoetryDay

Latest pages from LOS, my work-in-progress graphic novel about William Blake, now up at loshighway.substack.com/p/los-part-3 Thanks to everyone who's subscribed to support this project so far!

Infinite Liberty: Georges Bataille reading Blake in Postwar France - join us on zoom next Wednesday 8 October, 7:30 PM for Stuart Kendall's talk on the influence of Blake on French philosopher, Georges Bataille. More info and FREE registration at blakesociety.org/product/infi...

Here's my latest substack malarkey, in which I catch up on some recent 'Blake Bollocks' and then describe how I printed the chapter titles of my WIP Blake graphic novel on a replica 18th century printing press in Houston. Read and subscribe! etc. open.substack.com/pub/loshighw...

Thanks to @philiphoare.bsky.social for such a fascinating conversation last night on his book, William Blake and the Sea Monsters of Love. If you missed the event you can submerge yourself in a video here blakesociety.org/product/phil...

Of course Bowie was working on a musical set in the 18th century! And there was going to be something about the ‘Gorden’ Riots - surely Blake would have got a look in? www.bbc.com/news/article... @philiphoare.bsky.social @andyw23.bsky.social

I’m 3/4 of the way through this brilliant, sprawling behemoth of a book, all about Blake and the artists, writers and weirdos who followed in his wake. I’ll be talking to @philiphoare.bsky.social next Wednesday 10 Sept on zoom with @blakesociety.bsky.social Join us! blakesociety.org/product/phil...

Blakefest 2025 celebrates visionary poet William Blake on 27–28 September in Felpham and Bognor Regis. Events include theatrical performances, guided walks, and live music, starting near Blake’s restored cottage. Visit the website for further details: blakefest.co.uk

As it’s dawned on me just how long it's going to take to draw my ludicrously ambitious graphic novel about William Blake, I've decided to serialise it on Substack (and try to at least part-finance its creation) You can read the first 12 pages and subscribe for more open.substack.com/pub/loshighway

We're delighted to announce that on Wednesday 10 September at 19:00 (UK time) we'll be talking to @philiphoare.bsky.social on zoom about his extraordinary new book, William Blake and the Sea Monsters of Love. Join us by registering (for free) at blakesociety.org/product/phil...

We're delighted to announce that on Wednesday 10 September at 19:00 (UK time) we'll be talking to @philiphoare.bsky.social on zoom about his extraordinary new book, William Blake and the Sea Monsters of Love. Join us by registering (for free) at blakesociety.org/product/phil...

William Blake died on this day in 1827. Before his death, he said: 'I am going to that country which I have all my life wished to see' Graveside Gathering - Sat 16 August, 12 noon at Bunhill Fields - our celebration of Blake's life and work All are welcome! More at blakesociety.org/product/blak...

We'll be talking to Philip about his remarkable book in September. Watch this space for more details!

You can now watch Dr Rebecca Marks' fascinating talk on Blake's lost painting of The Last Judgment at blakesociety.org/product/last...

Did this fun interview with art blogger extraordinaire Rebecca Marks about my Blake mania and book-in-progress. Includes bonus portrait of me with big hair before I got too hot and shaved it all off open.substack.com/pub/cultured...

We've added a few extra places to the afternoon and evening session for Blake Society Members to try printing in the infernal manner. This is your LAST CHANCE to nab a place with Blake scholar and master printer, Michael Phillips. See below for more details and booking link...