Andrew McCabe
@andrewahala.bsky.social
Antiquarian books, Numismatics History. Modernism. Classical & African Art Literature & Culture #sicklecell, 🏳️🌈 dad, he/him. Woke af.
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Nigerian Modernism at the Tate mesmerised and saddened me that tho I knew some artists' names and styles. I had no concept of their breadth of work nor the size of their portfolios - masterpieces and their craftsmen overlooked or downplayed due their origin. Go Look See
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Hereke Turkish silk carpet, of the very finest quality with 12 knots per cm, or 1,440,000 knots per square metre, exquisite light blue and pink natural dies with uncommon geometric designs. Bought by me in Istanbul in 1989
December 8, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Hereke Turkish silk carpet, of the very finest quality with 12 knots per cm, or 1,440,000 knots per square metre, exquisite light blue and pink natural dies with uncommon geometric designs. Bought by me in Istanbul in 1989
Huggable Lorraine Corrigan polar bear, temporarily living in our Christmas tree
December 8, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Huggable Lorraine Corrigan polar bear, temporarily living in our Christmas tree
handmade by Vintage Paper co. Stromness, Orkney, each a unique work of art
- yapp-bound art-print vellum
- leather, gilt & blind tooled, in solander box, art print on ancient paper
- soft cover notebooks, art prints on ancient paper
- quarter leather with gilded tooling and artwork print paper
- yapp-bound art-print vellum
- leather, gilt & blind tooled, in solander box, art print on ancient paper
- soft cover notebooks, art prints on ancient paper
- quarter leather with gilded tooling and artwork print paper
December 7, 2025 at 7:39 PM
handmade by Vintage Paper co. Stromness, Orkney, each a unique work of art
- yapp-bound art-print vellum
- leather, gilt & blind tooled, in solander box, art print on ancient paper
- soft cover notebooks, art prints on ancient paper
- quarter leather with gilded tooling and artwork print paper
- yapp-bound art-print vellum
- leather, gilt & blind tooled, in solander box, art print on ancient paper
- soft cover notebooks, art prints on ancient paper
- quarter leather with gilded tooling and artwork print paper
Christmas Cowboy in the Old Kent Road African bars
Green shirt is #9 Taribo West
Green shirt is #9 Taribo West
December 6, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Christmas Cowboy in the Old Kent Road African bars
Green shirt is #9 Taribo West
Green shirt is #9 Taribo West
Handmade Christmas gifts and cards wrapped in 18th century paper.
The rellys who may be reading this thread might not get one tho cos they are in New Zealand and I don't know the customs reg. But everyone else will get a variant paper based gift 🎁
The rellys who may be reading this thread might not get one tho cos they are in New Zealand and I don't know the customs reg. But everyone else will get a variant paper based gift 🎁
December 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Handmade Christmas gifts and cards wrapped in 18th century paper.
The rellys who may be reading this thread might not get one tho cos they are in New Zealand and I don't know the customs reg. But everyone else will get a variant paper based gift 🎁
The rellys who may be reading this thread might not get one tho cos they are in New Zealand and I don't know the customs reg. But everyone else will get a variant paper based gift 🎁
The UK has world's highest reporting rate and best access to items determined to be treasure (acquireable by museums) due portable antiquities scheme & treasure scheme
Some stuff will get damaged 🤷♂️
In contrast, near zero reported discoveries in southern Italy
Choose your poison. UK scheme is best
Some stuff will get damaged 🤷♂️
In contrast, near zero reported discoveries in southern Italy
Choose your poison. UK scheme is best
We HAVE to start calling these things out.
I get it, we're scared if we say anything then detectorists will stop reporting, more will be lost. But honestly, we can't carry on like this...
I've read so many 'we're so grateful to have' media reports recently. It's stomach churning.
#Archaeology 🏺
I get it, we're scared if we say anything then detectorists will stop reporting, more will be lost. But honestly, we can't carry on like this...
I've read so many 'we're so grateful to have' media reports recently. It's stomach churning.
#Archaeology 🏺
More things we paid for, even though they'd been damaged by finder...
"It was rolled up when it was found and the finder unrolled it to see what it was. During the unrolling, one end became detached leaving the object in two pieces"
#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting
finds.org.uk/database/art...
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"It was rolled up when it was found and the finder unrolled it to see what it was. During the unrolling, one end became detached leaving the object in two pieces"
#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting
finds.org.uk/database/art...
1/2
December 6, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The UK has world's highest reporting rate and best access to items determined to be treasure (acquireable by museums) due portable antiquities scheme & treasure scheme
Some stuff will get damaged 🤷♂️
In contrast, near zero reported discoveries in southern Italy
Choose your poison. UK scheme is best
Some stuff will get damaged 🤷♂️
In contrast, near zero reported discoveries in southern Italy
Choose your poison. UK scheme is best
FT travel. The bad: overtouristed famous places, & super-luxe resorts with ambience of a mall. Easily avoide.
The good:
1. Rome - Palermo sleeper train
2. Tangiers villa rentals
3. Mass MoCA and The Clark modern art MA, USA
4. Scots & Welsh castles and estates
www.ft.com/content/3899... via @FT
The good:
1. Rome - Palermo sleeper train
2. Tangiers villa rentals
3. Mass MoCA and The Clark modern art MA, USA
4. Scots & Welsh castles and estates
www.ft.com/content/3899... via @FT
December 6, 2025 at 11:10 AM
FT travel. The bad: overtouristed famous places, & super-luxe resorts with ambience of a mall. Easily avoide.
The good:
1. Rome - Palermo sleeper train
2. Tangiers villa rentals
3. Mass MoCA and The Clark modern art MA, USA
4. Scots & Welsh castles and estates
www.ft.com/content/3899... via @FT
The good:
1. Rome - Palermo sleeper train
2. Tangiers villa rentals
3. Mass MoCA and The Clark modern art MA, USA
4. Scots & Welsh castles and estates
www.ft.com/content/3899... via @FT
The self crowning of Napoleon
December 5, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The self crowning of Napoleon
Frank Gehry 1929-2025
I felt comfortable in his buildings.
I felt comfortable in his buildings.
December 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Frank Gehry 1929-2025
I felt comfortable in his buildings.
I felt comfortable in his buildings.
"Double platinum" refers to an award by the Recording Industry Association of America for selling 2 million copies of a single or album and is often celebrated with special trophies.
December 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
"Double platinum" refers to an award by the Recording Industry Association of America for selling 2 million copies of a single or album and is often celebrated with special trophies.
Austin bravely defending me against one of the most wild fearsome creatures in the known universe. A creature he is definitely scared of btw. Rather lucky for Austin he was on a leash so couldn't engage in combat. 🦁
#dogs
#dogs
December 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Austin bravely defending me against one of the most wild fearsome creatures in the known universe. A creature he is definitely scared of btw. Rather lucky for Austin he was on a leash so couldn't engage in combat. 🦁
#dogs
#dogs
Venice 1985: 59 kilos
(2025: 95 🤫)
(2025: 95 🤫)
December 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Venice 1985: 59 kilos
(2025: 95 🤫)
(2025: 95 🤫)
Reposted by Andrew McCabe
#Crustmas! 🦀 On this denarius created by those who assassinated Caesar, the Crab represents the island of Cos as triumphant in navel combat (aplustre in claws) over the threat of kingship (diadem) and the forces of Rhodes (rose). numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-...
December 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
#Crustmas! 🦀 On this denarius created by those who assassinated Caesar, the Crab represents the island of Cos as triumphant in navel combat (aplustre in claws) over the threat of kingship (diadem) and the forces of Rhodes (rose). numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-...
How time became money: clocks, capitalism and wealth - www.ft.com/content/696d...
The stat that most amazes me: "A study, of paupers in rural Essex, found one in five possessed a clock or watch in the 18th century"
The stat that most amazes me: "A study, of paupers in rural Essex, found one in five possessed a clock or watch in the 18th century"
How time became money: clocks, capitalism and wealth
We invented clocks to measure our days — but they ended up measuring us
www.ft.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:51 AM
How time became money: clocks, capitalism and wealth - www.ft.com/content/696d...
The stat that most amazes me: "A study, of paupers in rural Essex, found one in five possessed a clock or watch in the 18th century"
The stat that most amazes me: "A study, of paupers in rural Essex, found one in five possessed a clock or watch in the 18th century"
Nigerian Modernism at the Tate mesmerised and saddened me that tho I knew some artists' names and styles. I had no concept of their breadth of work nor the size of their portfolios - masterpieces and their craftsmen overlooked or downplayed due their origin. Go Look See
📸 me
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📸 me
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November 29, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Nigerian Modernism at the Tate mesmerised and saddened me that tho I knew some artists' names and styles. I had no concept of their breadth of work nor the size of their portfolios - masterpieces and their craftsmen overlooked or downplayed due their origin. Go Look See
📸 me
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📸 me
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Vatican, Tivoli and Palestrina, a few recent photos that I like
- Palestrina Nile mosaic
- Apollo Belvedere in the Vatican
- Tivoli, Hadrian's villa
- Palestrina Nile mosaic
- Apollo Belvedere in the Vatican
- Tivoli, Hadrian's villa
November 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Vatican, Tivoli and Palestrina, a few recent photos that I like
- Palestrina Nile mosaic
- Apollo Belvedere in the Vatican
- Tivoli, Hadrian's villa
- Palestrina Nile mosaic
- Apollo Belvedere in the Vatican
- Tivoli, Hadrian's villa
Just been overtaken at speed, by a guy on a penny farthing. In Peckham. London, stay weird.
November 28, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Just been overtaken at speed, by a guy on a penny farthing. In Peckham. London, stay weird.
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Rat (NYC)
Oryx (Oman)
Hippopotamus (Gabon)
Capuchins (Brazil)
Hedgehog (Dublin)
Rat (NYC)
Oryx (Oman)
Hippopotamus (Gabon)
Capuchins (Brazil)
Hedgehog (Dublin)
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
squirrel
rat
mouse (different from rat)
pigeon
weird cat
squirrel
rat
mouse (different from rat)
pigeon
weird cat
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Caribou
Ravens
Seals
Kea
Turkeys
Caribou
Ravens
Seals
Kea
Turkeys
November 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Rat (NYC)
Oryx (Oman)
Hippopotamus (Gabon)
Capuchins (Brazil)
Hedgehog (Dublin)
Rat (NYC)
Oryx (Oman)
Hippopotamus (Gabon)
Capuchins (Brazil)
Hedgehog (Dublin)
Building a watch at home using a kit by the Watch Supply Co.
www.watch-supply.co.uk?syclid=08ea4...
This is a video as you can see from the moving screen. Tré is just moving very very slowly 😀
www.watch-supply.co.uk?syclid=08ea4...
This is a video as you can see from the moving screen. Tré is just moving very very slowly 😀
November 28, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Building a watch at home using a kit by the Watch Supply Co.
www.watch-supply.co.uk?syclid=08ea4...
This is a video as you can see from the moving screen. Tré is just moving very very slowly 😀
www.watch-supply.co.uk?syclid=08ea4...
This is a video as you can see from the moving screen. Tré is just moving very very slowly 😀
BA lounge at Schiphol is my fave. Quite small, elegant food & service, various seating, rest and privacy configs, lovely decor. It's right by Lounge 41 which always says "too busy to accept Priority Pass or Amex Platinum". Same in Dublin. Lounge pass that doesn't ever work isn't worth its £419 cost.
November 24, 2025 at 11:45 AM
BA lounge at Schiphol is my fave. Quite small, elegant food & service, various seating, rest and privacy configs, lovely decor. It's right by Lounge 41 which always says "too busy to accept Priority Pass or Amex Platinum". Same in Dublin. Lounge pass that doesn't ever work isn't worth its £419 cost.
Home cooked dinner, by Nora. Persian lamb biryani with aubergines. Raspberry fondant cake with pistachios and dark chocolate.
November 24, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Home cooked dinner, by Nora. Persian lamb biryani with aubergines. Raspberry fondant cake with pistachios and dark chocolate.
Terrific article on the American Numismatic Society move to Toledo Ohio, made the front page of the New York Times! Great pics too.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/a...
November 24, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Terrific article on the American Numismatic Society move to Toledo Ohio, made the front page of the New York Times! Great pics too.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/a...
Bach, Magnificat in D, BMV243, sung by the Plantagekoor with chamber orchestra, in the English Church, Amsterdam Begijnhof, a perfect venue for chamber music
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Bach, Magnificat in D, BMV243, sung by the Plantagekoor with chamber orchestra, in the English Church, Amsterdam Begijnhof, a perfect venue for chamber music