Bob Hawkins
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Happy Christmas from Stephen Collins at the Guardian.
November 29, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Happy Christmas from Stephen Collins at the Guardian.
Born on this day in 1757 in Soho London William Blake Poet,visionary & Romantic. #WilliamBlake
November 28, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Born on this day in 1757 in Soho London William Blake Poet,visionary & Romantic. #WilliamBlake
Ben Jennings.. in the Guardian.
November 28, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Ben Jennings.. in the Guardian.
Coming next year.. all nine,yes ALL NINE of Jan van Eyck’s surviving portraits on show together for the first & possibly last time at London’s National Gallery.
November 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Coming next year.. all nine,yes ALL NINE of Jan van Eyck’s surviving portraits on show together for the first & possibly last time at London’s National Gallery.
Oh what a cock-up …the budget’s published on-line 35mins before the Chancellor rises to deliver.. you really couldn’t make it up. #politicslive #thebudget
November 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Oh what a cock-up …the budget’s published on-line 35mins before the Chancellor rises to deliver.. you really couldn’t make it up. #politicslive #thebudget
What’s the point of inviting someone to give the Reith lectures & then censor what he says. #r4today #reithlectures
November 26, 2025 at 7:34 AM
What’s the point of inviting someone to give the Reith lectures & then censor what he says. #r4today #reithlectures
A beaver release you say. #thearchers
November 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
A beaver release you say. #thearchers
If this recently discovered Michelangelo drawing for the Sistine chapel’s sold for $2million (it’ll be more) what’s this drawing worth in the British museum?
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
If this recently discovered Michelangelo drawing for the Sistine chapel’s sold for $2million (it’ll be more) what’s this drawing worth in the British museum?
From the Guardian.. an easy enough mistake to make.
November 25, 2025 at 10:46 AM
From the Guardian.. an easy enough mistake to make.
Today’s the feast day of St Catherine of Alexandria,patron saint of amongst other things,unmarried women,librarians & knife sharpeners…. here painted as a self portrait by Artemisia Gentileschi National gallery London
November 25, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Today’s the feast day of St Catherine of Alexandria,patron saint of amongst other things,unmarried women,librarians & knife sharpeners…. here painted as a self portrait by Artemisia Gentileschi National gallery London
Still Life with Pie, Pewter Jug and Berkemeyer by Pieter Claesz 53x87cm c1628 oil on panel. on loan at the National gallery London Room 23
November 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Still Life with Pie, Pewter Jug and Berkemeyer by Pieter Claesz 53x87cm c1628 oil on panel. on loan at the National gallery London Room 23
True.. but You’d need a far more extensive knowledge of propaganda with Tokyo Rose than Joseph Goebbels.
November 23, 2025 at 10:58 AM
True.. but You’d need a far more extensive knowledge of propaganda with Tokyo Rose than Joseph Goebbels.
Every order the Führer gives is lawful.
November 23, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Every order the Führer gives is lawful.
Savoldo had such great success with his Mary Magdalene..that he painted three more,the presumed original in the NG London,the Gemäldegalerie Berlin,the Getty museum & Florence Contini Bonacossi collection. #WaldyandBendy
November 23, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Savoldo had such great success with his Mary Magdalene..that he painted three more,the presumed original in the NG London,the Gemäldegalerie Berlin,the Getty museum & Florence Contini Bonacossi collection. #WaldyandBendy
As a retired bookseller I endorse this cartoon.
November 22, 2025 at 11:56 AM
As a retired bookseller I endorse this cartoon.