LiberalDespot
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Je voudrais, et ce sera le dernier et le plus ardent de mes souhaits, je voudrais que le dernier des rois fût étranglé avec les boyaux du dernier prêtre.
Glasgow, Yr Hen Ogledd
Je voudrais, et ce sera le dernier et le plus ardent de mes souhaits, je voudrais que le dernier des rois fût étranglé avec les boyaux du dernier prêtre.
Glasgow, Yr Hen Ogledd
November 21, 2025 at 9:21 AM
November 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
November 18, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Time we had a Friday pic from my archive.
The 112 metre Domtoren in the centre of #Utrecht. Built between 1321-82 as the west tower of the Cathedral. The nave was destroyed by a tornado in 1674 and since then it has been freestanding. So huge it looks almost fake!
#Photography #Architecture
The 112 metre Domtoren in the centre of #Utrecht. Built between 1321-82 as the west tower of the Cathedral. The nave was destroyed by a tornado in 1674 and since then it has been freestanding. So huge it looks almost fake!
#Photography #Architecture
November 14, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Time we had a Friday pic from my archive.
The 112 metre Domtoren in the centre of #Utrecht. Built between 1321-82 as the west tower of the Cathedral. The nave was destroyed by a tornado in 1674 and since then it has been freestanding. So huge it looks almost fake!
#Photography #Architecture
The 112 metre Domtoren in the centre of #Utrecht. Built between 1321-82 as the west tower of the Cathedral. The nave was destroyed by a tornado in 1674 and since then it has been freestanding. So huge it looks almost fake!
#Photography #Architecture
As usual, not only excellent journalism from @glasgowbell.bsky.social but well-written
November 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
As usual, not only excellent journalism from @glasgowbell.bsky.social but well-written
The Joy of Tenements : part 94
November 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The Joy of Tenements : part 94
November 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
In the local auction house this week...
The Poebrick!
The Poebrick!
November 8, 2025 at 11:24 AM
In the local auction house this week...
The Poebrick!
The Poebrick!
Friends of the Necropolis should get over themselves... literal gatekeeping from a bunch that can't cope with the current gates. This is a great idea and should be welcomed.
"Council plans for a new £210,000 feature at #Glasgow Necropolis "could be the end" for the historic graveyard, says charity"
"Council plans for a new £210,000 feature at #Glasgow Necropolis "could be the end" for the historic graveyard, says charity"
November 6, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Friends of the Necropolis should get over themselves... literal gatekeeping from a bunch that can't cope with the current gates. This is a great idea and should be welcomed.
"Council plans for a new £210,000 feature at #Glasgow Necropolis "could be the end" for the historic graveyard, says charity"
"Council plans for a new £210,000 feature at #Glasgow Necropolis "could be the end" for the historic graveyard, says charity"
November 6, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Gratitude offerings in the Chapel of St Casimir.
Looks like he saved a lot of legs.
#Vilnius #Catholicism
Looks like he saved a lot of legs.
#Vilnius #Catholicism
November 2, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Gratitude offerings in the Chapel of St Casimir.
Looks like he saved a lot of legs.
#Vilnius #Catholicism
Looks like he saved a lot of legs.
#Vilnius #Catholicism
November 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
A Flaxman monument in St Mary, Petworth.
Erected by Philadelphia Smyth to her parents.
#churchcrawling #Sussex
Erected by Philadelphia Smyth to her parents.
#churchcrawling #Sussex
November 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A Flaxman monument in St Mary, Petworth.
Erected by Philadelphia Smyth to her parents.
#churchcrawling #Sussex
Erected by Philadelphia Smyth to her parents.
#churchcrawling #Sussex
November 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Detail of the Flamboyant brick Gothic of St Ann. Vilnius.
#Architecture #Photography #Lithuania #Gothic
#Architecture #Photography #Lithuania #Gothic
November 1, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Detail of the Flamboyant brick Gothic of St Ann. Vilnius.
#Architecture #Photography #Lithuania #Gothic
#Architecture #Photography #Lithuania #Gothic
The Cicero quote above the door of the rebuilt Grand Ducal Palace in #Vilnius.
RESPUBLICA EST SOCIETAS HOMINUM UNO DEO-IURE-REGE AD COMMUNE ET PRIVATUM BONUM-IUNCTORUM
A REPUBLIC IS A SOCIETY OF MEN UNITED UNDER ONE [LAW] FOR THE COMMON AND PRIVATE GOOD
RESPUBLICA EST SOCIETAS HOMINUM UNO DEO-IURE-REGE AD COMMUNE ET PRIVATUM BONUM-IUNCTORUM
A REPUBLIC IS A SOCIETY OF MEN UNITED UNDER ONE [LAW] FOR THE COMMON AND PRIVATE GOOD
November 1, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The Cicero quote above the door of the rebuilt Grand Ducal Palace in #Vilnius.
RESPUBLICA EST SOCIETAS HOMINUM UNO DEO-IURE-REGE AD COMMUNE ET PRIVATUM BONUM-IUNCTORUM
A REPUBLIC IS A SOCIETY OF MEN UNITED UNDER ONE [LAW] FOR THE COMMON AND PRIVATE GOOD
RESPUBLICA EST SOCIETAS HOMINUM UNO DEO-IURE-REGE AD COMMUNE ET PRIVATUM BONUM-IUNCTORUM
A REPUBLIC IS A SOCIETY OF MEN UNITED UNDER ONE [LAW] FOR THE COMMON AND PRIVATE GOOD
A reference in the stucco decorations of the Chapel of St Casimir to the Order of the Ermine. Created in 1464 by Ferdinand I of Naples, the motto was Malo mori quam foedari - I would rather die than be dishonoured.
It seems correct Latin was not a skill of the Lithuanian designer...
#Vilnius
It seems correct Latin was not a skill of the Lithuanian designer...
#Vilnius
November 1, 2025 at 12:38 PM
A reference in the stucco decorations of the Chapel of St Casimir to the Order of the Ermine. Created in 1464 by Ferdinand I of Naples, the motto was Malo mori quam foedari - I would rather die than be dishonoured.
It seems correct Latin was not a skill of the Lithuanian designer...
#Vilnius
It seems correct Latin was not a skill of the Lithuanian designer...
#Vilnius
As a vague gesture to the day I went to this.
It was very studenty. With some infuriatingky theatrical audience reactions from their friends. Exaggerated laughter (at frankly wierd points) instant screaming standing ovation etc etc.
www.rcs.ac.uk/whats-on/let...
It was very studenty. With some infuriatingky theatrical audience reactions from their friends. Exaggerated laughter (at frankly wierd points) instant screaming standing ovation etc etc.
www.rcs.ac.uk/whats-on/let...
October 31, 2025 at 9:26 PM
As a vague gesture to the day I went to this.
It was very studenty. With some infuriatingky theatrical audience reactions from their friends. Exaggerated laughter (at frankly wierd points) instant screaming standing ovation etc etc.
www.rcs.ac.uk/whats-on/let...
It was very studenty. With some infuriatingky theatrical audience reactions from their friends. Exaggerated laughter (at frankly wierd points) instant screaming standing ovation etc etc.
www.rcs.ac.uk/whats-on/let...
Well, Haleon Great Britain and Ireland can fuck right off. Wonder how many managers that anodyne shite had to be signed off by?
#Shrinkflation
#Shrinkflation
October 28, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Well, Haleon Great Britain and Ireland can fuck right off. Wonder how many managers that anodyne shite had to be signed off by?
#Shrinkflation
#Shrinkflation
The 1903 statue of Electra by Juozas Zikaras. She symbolises the arrival of electricity and enlightenment through technological progress and stands on top of the first ever Lithuanian power plant building (now the Energy and Technology Museum) in Vilnius.
#Vilnius #Lithuania #Statue #Photography
#Vilnius #Lithuania #Statue #Photography
October 28, 2025 at 11:46 AM
The 1903 statue of Electra by Juozas Zikaras. She symbolises the arrival of electricity and enlightenment through technological progress and stands on top of the first ever Lithuanian power plant building (now the Energy and Technology Museum) in Vilnius.
#Vilnius #Lithuania #Statue #Photography
#Vilnius #Lithuania #Statue #Photography
... and then there's this one, distraught that his sceptre has failed...
October 27, 2025 at 12:57 AM
... and then there's this one, distraught that his sceptre has failed...