Greville Tombs
@grevilletombs.bsky.social
Law book cataloguer. Graveyard Poet. Queer.
"That's curiously self-destructive, even for you, Grev".
There is no band Greville and the Tombstones.
https://grevilleandthetombstones.blogspot.com/
"That's curiously self-destructive, even for you, Grev".
There is no band Greville and the Tombstones.
https://grevilleandthetombstones.blogspot.com/
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Greville Tombs
@grevilletombs.bsky.social
· Nov 20
Under gothic weather, here lies graveyard poetry.
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Not to be controversial, but videos of Ravens/Corvids speaking are somewhere between 100 and infinitely times cooler and more impressive than the best Generative AI can (and will ever) manage.
November 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Not to be controversial, but videos of Ravens/Corvids speaking are somewhere between 100 and infinitely times cooler and more impressive than the best Generative AI can (and will ever) manage.
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A few people have asked, so here’s a link to the playlist I created for Hellebore’s Cave of Mysteries at Tate Britain.
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
November 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
A few people have asked, so here’s a link to the playlist I created for Hellebore’s Cave of Mysteries at Tate Britain.
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Cyber Baroque chamber orchestra RONDO VENIZIANO's incredible animated video, 'La Serenissima', would often pop up unannounced on afternoon telly in the early 80s. Here they are performing live on Kafka-esque gameshow 3-2-1, and it's an amazing sight to see (and hear)!
November 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Cyber Baroque chamber orchestra RONDO VENIZIANO's incredible animated video, 'La Serenissima', would often pop up unannounced on afternoon telly in the early 80s. Here they are performing live on Kafka-esque gameshow 3-2-1, and it's an amazing sight to see (and hear)!
Listened to the new Florence and the Machine album. Read a letter written by Mary Shelly to Lord Byron. Watched the new Frankenstein film.
a woman in a black dress is holding an umbrella and a purse .
ALT: a woman in a black dress is holding an umbrella and a purse .
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November 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Listened to the new Florence and the Machine album. Read a letter written by Mary Shelly to Lord Byron. Watched the new Frankenstein film.
It’s new Frankenstein movie day! @natlibscot.bsky.social have brought out their very special treasures for the occasion 🫀
November 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
It’s new Frankenstein movie day! @natlibscot.bsky.social have brought out their very special treasures for the occasion 🫀
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I always find it odd that for all the cacophony of fireworks popping off through the weeks around 5th November, I never EVER hear the sound of anyone enjoying themselves.
No cheers, no happy screams.
As I calm my unsettled dogs I am picturing people watching silently, unsmiling, wondering WHY.
No cheers, no happy screams.
As I calm my unsettled dogs I am picturing people watching silently, unsmiling, wondering WHY.
November 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I always find it odd that for all the cacophony of fireworks popping off through the weeks around 5th November, I never EVER hear the sound of anyone enjoying themselves.
No cheers, no happy screams.
As I calm my unsettled dogs I am picturing people watching silently, unsmiling, wondering WHY.
No cheers, no happy screams.
As I calm my unsettled dogs I am picturing people watching silently, unsmiling, wondering WHY.
The film in tertiary palettes: all browns, rusts, blacks and golds. Layered in orchestral emotions and baroque drama. Textiles of lipstick oil, nylon smoke, and cotton shirts. Heightened concepts to exert pressure with sweat stuck obsessions. - (notes on) an early 90s erotic thriller.
November 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The film in tertiary palettes: all browns, rusts, blacks and golds. Layered in orchestral emotions and baroque drama. Textiles of lipstick oil, nylon smoke, and cotton shirts. Heightened concepts to exert pressure with sweat stuck obsessions. - (notes on) an early 90s erotic thriller.
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Did you know Mary Shelley once had to correct Sir Walter Scott for crediting her novel, Frankenstein, to her husband? 🔍
For one day only, see this story on paper at the National Library:
➡️ Mary Shelley's letter to Sir Walter Scott
➡️ Rare early editions & items from our archives
➡️ and more!
For one day only, see this story on paper at the National Library:
➡️ Mary Shelley's letter to Sir Walter Scott
➡️ Rare early editions & items from our archives
➡️ and more!
November 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Did you know Mary Shelley once had to correct Sir Walter Scott for crediting her novel, Frankenstein, to her husband? 🔍
For one day only, see this story on paper at the National Library:
➡️ Mary Shelley's letter to Sir Walter Scott
➡️ Rare early editions & items from our archives
➡️ and more!
For one day only, see this story on paper at the National Library:
➡️ Mary Shelley's letter to Sir Walter Scott
➡️ Rare early editions & items from our archives
➡️ and more!
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Prints are available at @gallerynucleus.bsky.social 🦇
gallerynucleus.com/artists/abigail_larson?category=prints
gallerynucleus.com/artists/abigail_larson?category=prints
November 2, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Prints are available at @gallerynucleus.bsky.social 🦇
gallerynucleus.com/artists/abigail_larson?category=prints
gallerynucleus.com/artists/abigail_larson?category=prints
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A bisected skeleton in the University of Siena. This is very useful to help understand some anatomical features - here you can see clearly see the arterial grooves for the middle meningeal artery insid the skull. These grooves come from pulsation of the blood putting pressure on the bone
November 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
A bisected skeleton in the University of Siena. This is very useful to help understand some anatomical features - here you can see clearly see the arterial grooves for the middle meningeal artery insid the skull. These grooves come from pulsation of the blood putting pressure on the bone
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November 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM
It’s still Halloween, right? Right.
November 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
It’s still Halloween, right? Right.
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When I say I don't want to have kids but I still want to be involved in their lives, this is what I mean
November 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM
When I say I don't want to have kids but I still want to be involved in their lives, this is what I mean
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An unidentified model by Charles Gates Sheldon for Fox Shoes, c 1920.
November 1, 2025 at 12:39 AM
An unidentified model by Charles Gates Sheldon for Fox Shoes, c 1920.
Happy Hallowe’en my friends.
October 31, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Happy Hallowe’en my friends.
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The pack’s ready for a howling good Halloween! 🎃🐺
October 31, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The pack’s ready for a howling good Halloween! 🎃🐺
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“She was feeling supernatural tonight. She wanted to EAT diamonds.”
Nights at the Circus, Angela Carter
Nights at the Circus, Angela Carter
October 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
“She was feeling supernatural tonight. She wanted to EAT diamonds.”
Nights at the Circus, Angela Carter
Nights at the Circus, Angela Carter
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Boop incoming in 3...2...1
#MexicanGrayWolf
#MexicanGrayWolf
October 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Boop incoming in 3...2...1
#MexicanGrayWolf
#MexicanGrayWolf
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Baron Nathan, the celebrity dance teacher of the 1850s who danced the hornpipe blindfolded, surrounded by eggs. There's something SO malevolent about this image. It's powerfully frightening.
October 27, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Baron Nathan, the celebrity dance teacher of the 1850s who danced the hornpipe blindfolded, surrounded by eggs. There's something SO malevolent about this image. It's powerfully frightening.
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I am literally begging you to read the very short book. that's what the book is about. that's literally what the book is about. Mary Shelley's Frabkenstein is the first book about not building the torment nexus. you're as bad as the fucking Sun. it's a short book you're supposed to be fucking journ–
October 26, 2025 at 6:05 AM
I am literally begging you to read the very short book. that's what the book is about. that's literally what the book is about. Mary Shelley's Frabkenstein is the first book about not building the torment nexus. you're as bad as the fucking Sun. it's a short book you're supposed to be fucking journ–
Off to the local bookstore.
October 25, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Off to the local bookstore.
Gutted to learn of problematic behaviour of my favourite alternative burlesque club nights. Confidence in safe spaces for performers, organisers, and guests are why these nights are a joy.
October 25, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Gutted to learn of problematic behaviour of my favourite alternative burlesque club nights. Confidence in safe spaces for performers, organisers, and guests are why these nights are a joy.
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Imagine this reviewer waking in a cold sweat after having a dream vision of the annual Wuthering Heights dance event 👻
October 24, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Imagine this reviewer waking in a cold sweat after having a dream vision of the annual Wuthering Heights dance event 👻
What’s it like inside your head?
October 23, 2025 at 11:03 PM
What’s it like inside your head?