Cabinets of Curiosities. Stories in film, fiction and art
When you see an original work you can appreciate his eye for composition and the resonance of his ideas - but he's also a dab hand with the scalpel and very precise
Tate CollectionJohn Stezaker, Third Person, 1988 https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1133622
The House of Theseus
Theodore GrunewaldI'm certain that next year, Trump will claim he needs to #RazeAndRebuild the historic #WhiteHouse #WestWing and #WestColonnade —so that they will be symmetrical with his new, grotesquely-overscaled #EastWing Colonnade and ballroom. I also feel certain he's soon replacing the #NorthPortico capitals.
Depressing and frightening how many Germans are prepared to vote for such a Far Right, racist, and antisemitic party -- within the lifetime of Holocaust survivors
Europe ElectsGermany, Verian poll: AfD-ESN: 27% CDU/CSU-EPP: 21% (-1) GRÜNE-G/EFA: 15% SPD-S&D: 13% LINKE-LEFT: 12% (+1) FDP-RE: 4% BSW-NI: 3% +/- vs. 24-30 June 2026 Fieldwork: 22-28 July 2026 Sample size: 1456 ➤ europeelects.eu/germany
Alan Marshfield. I didn't know at the time that he'd been part of a Modernist Beat poetry scene (he pops up in @jonathancoe.bsky.social biography of B S Johnson) unknown in suburban 1970s Edgware. He let me read Animal Farm at 11 rather than the set text, & hugely encouraged my own creative writing
Louie StowellWho was YOUR great english teacher (if you had one)? For me it was Hugh Epstein at Richmond college (RUTC). I hope he's well, wherever he is!
Thirsty Weasels was the name of my first folk band, but after a tragic accident with an exploding hurdy-gurdy, the remaining members formed Weedy Pond. *Do follow @iand777.bsky.social for lovely encounters with the wildlife filmed coming to splash around in his garden pond*
Ian DentonThirsty Weasels stop by for a quick sip, paw wash & face splash... There are 2 weasels coming to drink at the moment - a smaller younger animal & a more adult mustelid. I've never seen them drink before... but the environment is so dry. Still loads of voles & mice around the #weedypond. #mustelids
Or, as I like to think of it, Pope Leo XIV had an audience this morning with iconic grandmother of punk Patti Smith
Christopher HaleThe godmother of punk Patti Smith met Pope Leo XIV this morning.