#MosaicMonday - detail from early 12th C La Martorana church in Palermo built as an act of worship by George of Antioch, Admiral of Sicily.
December 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
#MosaicMonday - detail from early 12th C La Martorana church in Palermo built as an act of worship by George of Antioch, Admiral of Sicily.
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This week’s Adventures in Art podcast is up. Waldemar and I explore our favourite gothic cathedrals, ask why museum staff are on strike, and celebrate the Indian artist Amrita Sher-Gil.
On all the usual platforms.
On all the usual platforms.
December 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This week’s Adventures in Art podcast is up. Waldemar and I explore our favourite gothic cathedrals, ask why museum staff are on strike, and celebrate the Indian artist Amrita Sher-Gil.
On all the usual platforms.
On all the usual platforms.
In 1811, the same year novelist Jane Austen published Sense and Sensibility, #Sussex farmer George Tupper discovered this late #Roman floor @bignorvilla.bsky.social
It depicts Ganymede abducted by Jupiter in the guise of an eagle
📷 Sept 2014
#MosaicMonday
It depicts Ganymede abducted by Jupiter in the guise of an eagle
📷 Sept 2014
#MosaicMonday
December 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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New episode of the podcast just out. Waldemar solves the mystery of Bosch’s masterpiece, I wonder why a gold toilet is worth $12m, and we explore what made Hans Holbein so brilliant with Elizabeth Goldring.
November 27, 2025 at 6:10 PM
New episode of the podcast just out. Waldemar solves the mystery of Bosch’s masterpiece, I wonder why a gold toilet is worth $12m, and we explore what made Hans Holbein so brilliant with Elizabeth Goldring.
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When I hear Farage talking about rounding up and deporting hundreds of thousands of human beings, and threatening those with leave to remain or settled status, I cannot help but think of the schoolboy sidling up to me and telling me that “Hitler was right”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Don’t believe Nigel Farage’s denials. He targeted me for being Jewish – and it hurt | Peter Ettedgui
Now that my former classmate has finally spoken about the allegations of his behaviour at school, I feel compelled to address his points directly, says Peter Ettedgui, a film director and producer
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:34 PM
When I hear Farage talking about rounding up and deporting hundreds of thousands of human beings, and threatening those with leave to remain or settled status, I cannot help but think of the schoolboy sidling up to me and telling me that “Hitler was right”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I really do think that a very strident investigation of Fartage (I do not mean that in a hurtful way) by the intelligence services is long overdue!
My attendance record in the European Parliament was the 4th worst out of 751 MEPs, yet I managed to turn up to vote AGAINST plans to tackle Russian misinformation.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
November 24, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I really do think that a very strident investigation of Fartage (I do not mean that in a hurtful way) by the intelligence services is long overdue!
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
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This week on the podcast, we interview Andrew Graham-Dixon about Vermeer, lay into the BBC's arts coverage, and ask why royal portraits are so bad.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_wU...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_wU...
Waldy & Bendy | Season 5 | Episode 09: Why are royal portraits so ugly?
YouTube video by ZCZ Films
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November 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This week on the podcast, we interview Andrew Graham-Dixon about Vermeer, lay into the BBC's arts coverage, and ask why royal portraits are so bad.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_wU...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_wU...
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If you love great art, this podcast is an absolute must-listen. Incredibly insightful commentary with a delightfully fun spin by two of the best in the business. I just got stuck in with Season 1 and I am obsessed!
This week’s podcast is a Halloween special; we discuss plague, terror and fire in art. Also, is the King Catholic? open.spotify.com/episode/796F...
Season 5, Episode 7: Doom, death and fires
open.spotify.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:40 PM
If you love great art, this podcast is an absolute must-listen. Incredibly insightful commentary with a delightfully fun spin by two of the best in the business. I just got stuck in with Season 1 and I am obsessed!
so interesting to hear about the 13th C Westminster Retable, painted by a Spaniard and its rel’shp to Cosmati pavement. I’m just back from Palermo & its Arab-Norman fusion wondering if the octagonal motif is moorish. Also pictured the original floor at Mon Réale 12th C @bendorgrosvenor.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 3:58 PM
so interesting to hear about the 13th C Westminster Retable, painted by a Spaniard and its rel’shp to Cosmati pavement. I’m just back from Palermo & its Arab-Norman fusion wondering if the octagonal motif is moorish. Also pictured the original floor at Mon Réale 12th C @bendorgrosvenor.bsky.social
@rory-stewart.bsky.social felt for you tonight, I felt the presenter was particularly inept. Watched ‘accidentally’ was shocked at how poor NN was, it was like daytime tv.
October 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
@rory-stewart.bsky.social felt for you tonight, I felt the presenter was particularly inept. Watched ‘accidentally’ was shocked at how poor NN was, it was like daytime tv.
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Weather good, we are gradually working our way north in search of the Loch Ness Monster.
August 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Weather good, we are gradually working our way north in search of the Loch Ness Monster.
#MosaicMonday (Norman) King Roger 11 of Sicily’s bedroom or dining room in the Norman Palace in Palermo. 12th C. One of many Arab/Norman UNESCO sites in Palermo. My pics 😎
October 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
#MosaicMonday (Norman) King Roger 11 of Sicily’s bedroom or dining room in the Norman Palace in Palermo. 12th C. One of many Arab/Norman UNESCO sites in Palermo. My pics 😎
@bendorgrosvenor.bsky.social yay for the return of Waldy and Bendy re the Isabella Wolff painting:I don’t see a swan arising from the book but a suggestion of a swan’s body in the sweep of fabric over Isabella’s lap, the neck arising through her right arm and the head being the feather in her hair.
October 6, 2025 at 11:54 AM
@bendorgrosvenor.bsky.social yay for the return of Waldy and Bendy re the Isabella Wolff painting:I don’t see a swan arising from the book but a suggestion of a swan’s body in the sweep of fabric over Isabella’s lap, the neck arising through her right arm and the head being the feather in her hair.
#FunghiFriday Bignor/Sutton border, West Sussex
October 4, 2025 at 10:49 PM
#FunghiFriday Bignor/Sutton border, West Sussex
#MosaicMonday detail from Galla Placidia Mausoleum ceiling 5th C Ravenna but copied from earlier 5thC church in Rome.
August 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
#MosaicMonday detail from Galla Placidia Mausoleum ceiling 5th C Ravenna but copied from earlier 5thC church in Rome.
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I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts.
The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.
Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.
The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.
Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.
August 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts.
The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.
Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.
The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.
Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.
@romanpalace.bsky.social thank you !
#MosiacMonday ‘House of the Stone Carpets’ in Ravenna discovered under a church in 1993/4: mosaic floors 1-6th C. Very early daisy shape floor found under later but still early floors. Highly recommended to visit.
August 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
@romanpalace.bsky.social thank you !
#MosiacMonday ‘House of the Stone Carpets’ in Ravenna discovered under a church in 1993/4: mosaic floors 1-6th C. Very early daisy shape floor found under later but still early floors. Highly recommended to visit.
August 4, 2025 at 12:10 PM
#MosiacMonday ‘House of the Stone Carpets’ in Ravenna discovered under a church in 1993/4: mosaic floors 1-6th C. Very early daisy shape floor found under later but still early floors. Highly recommended to visit.
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#TombTuesday the tomb of Theodoric, King of the Goths in Ravenna, Italy - 6th Century. Aurisina marble from Trieste with 270 ton monolithic dome which “has no equals in ancient or modern architecture” (UNESCO) bridges Roman and goth architectural styles.
July 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
#TombTuesday the tomb of Theodoric, King of the Goths in Ravenna, Italy - 6th Century. Aurisina marble from Trieste with 270 ton monolithic dome which “has no equals in ancient or modern architecture” (UNESCO) bridges Roman and goth architectural styles.
@nedboulting.bsky.social HAPPY BIRTHDAY Ned ! Tried to find ITV at Saint Malo today but no luck ! Fantastic morning at the Tour though, supporting Geraint in his last Tour
July 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
@nedboulting.bsky.social HAPPY BIRTHDAY Ned ! Tried to find ITV at Saint Malo today but no luck ! Fantastic morning at the Tour though, supporting Geraint in his last Tour
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This is an extraordinary piece of investigative journalism - and an absolutely extraordinary story
Penniless and homeless, Raynor and Moth Winn found fame with their story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. The Salt Path became a global bestseller and was adapted into a major film.
But we can reveal it wasn’t the whole truth.
@chloehadj.bsky.social
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But we can reveal it wasn’t the whole truth.
@chloehadj.bsky.social
Read more:
The real Salt Path: how the couple behind a bestseller le...
Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. We can reveal it was far from the truth
observer.co.uk
July 6, 2025 at 7:12 AM
This is an extraordinary piece of investigative journalism - and an absolutely extraordinary story
#MosiacMonday St Apollinaire Nuovo (Ravenna) 6th C King Theodoric & his Court were bricked over in gold mosiac (later Arian belief backlash) but a courtier’s hand got left behind on the column ! @drrjwarren.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
#MosiacMonday St Apollinaire Nuovo (Ravenna) 6th C King Theodoric & his Court were bricked over in gold mosiac (later Arian belief backlash) but a courtier’s hand got left behind on the column ! @drrjwarren.bsky.social
#MosaicMonday @drrjwarren.bsky.social back to 6th C Ravenna or Classe to be exact at San Apollinaire di Classe
June 16, 2025 at 8:42 AM
#MosaicMonday @drrjwarren.bsky.social back to 6th C Ravenna or Classe to be exact at San Apollinaire di Classe