Writer, Reader, Historian of sorts. And books, always books.
South West, England
Joined August 2018
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If you’re seeking sanctuary from the madness of this world, is there anywhere better than a place like this? I feel that I could stare at this image for hours. Simple yet sublime. Lacock Abbey yesterday, warmed by the afternoon sun.
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"If a thing loves, it is infinite."
~ William Blake
Cenotaph in the Woods (1836)
🎨 John Constable
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President Putin is a murderer.
His soldiers use rape as a weapon.
He has launched wars costing thousands of lives.
His agents have stolen children and destroyed families.
Russia today is what President Reagan correctly called it: the evil empire.
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For those keen on medieval history, there's a new anthology being written, and it's one of those very different types! Take a look here: buff.ly/V3uVwT4 @RawPowerPublishing #ACoS #ACenturyofSwords
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OPEN LETTER: Sally Rooney is a writer, not a terrorist. Her books must be available to the public. Their withdrawal from sale, on the basis of ill-conceived and draconian anti terror legislation, is an affront to basic principles of free speech and expression so long taken for granted in this country. We categorically reject censorship - whether direct or indirect - and urge the government to change course, amending the legislation which has led us to this point of repressive absurdity.
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King Death calling two of his victims to Judgement in St Machar's Cathedral, Aberdeen, on the memorial to Patrick Scougal, c1690. Scougal was the last-but-one Church of Scotland Bishop of Aberdeen before the episcopacy was abolished, a notorious anti-Catholic and witch-hunter. 1/3
#MemorialsMonday
Hardman glass inside the enormous private chapel within Arundel Castle. Like everything else at Arundel, it is rather striking - literally in the case of Holofernes, who is about to have his head struck off by Judith.
#StainedGlassSunday
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'Tell me, is it the crack of the pool balls
Neon buzzing
Telephone's ringing, it's your second cousin
And is it the barmaid that's smiling
In the corner of her eye
Magic of the melancholy tear in your eye'
Released OTD 1974, 'The Heart of Saturday Night', by Tom Waits.
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The biggest foreign policy achievement of Russia since the Russian Revolution was the election of Donald Trump.
The Gold Room at Polesden Lacey in Surrey today. Rich golden decor or a lone wooden chair in the corridor outside? I know which I preferred 🪑
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George Orwell worked for the BBC for 2 years and didn’t particularly enjoy it. But at the end he told his boss that no one had ever asked him to broadcast anything he didn’t believe. I’ve now worked for it for 60 years, and can honestly say exactly the same thing.
Avebury, Silbury Hill, or the West Kennet Long Barrow. A veritable cornucopia of walking options 😍
#FingerpostFriday
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I reviewed the exhibition on fairy painter Richard Dadd at the @royalacademy: drfrancisyoung.com/2026/10/0… 🧚♀️
“If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro’ narrow chinks of his cavern.”
William Blake, 1790.
A back door at William Burges’ Knighthayes Court, Devon
#AdoorableThursday
Just wonderful, all the more to hear the words whilst reading them. Thanks for sharing @arealmofwonder
