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🇬🇧 Gentleman of a certain age (316 ppm).💚💙💜

Art, buildings, books, poetry, photography, printmaking, life-drawing, textiles, naturism, sex/body positivity, wellness, ageing are my lightly-held bags.

Pics and art except reposts all mine and ©.

Bella ciao!
From @hcrichardson.bsky.social newsletter today.
December 10, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Unaccustomed as I am to public speaking...
December 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM
I believe they were discussing the cultural impact of Blue Oyster Cult's cover art at that moment.
December 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
And a mere 45 minutes later....

Soda bread.

#baking
November 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
For some reason #BBC political journalists came to mind when I saw this.
November 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Imagine there's no heaven...
It's easy if you try.
November 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
There's part of me thinks the release of this picture is some 4d-chess way of undermining #Mamdani with his supporters. Another wonders if New Yorkers have been stitched up.

Another reckons it will get shown endlessly in about 30 years time at his inauguration.

First draft of #history etc
November 22, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I was bored so...

Freshly made lemon curd and mascapone swiss roll.
November 20, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I can safely say that whatever it is, it's unlikely to be delivered by the UK government.
July 23, 2025 at 10:41 PM
First a drip, then a drop, then a trickle, then a flow, then the dam bursts and it will all be over
July 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Found it!

Bobs along entertainingly but ten pages in and finding myself at odds with its take on the history of ideas. Pretty sure Aristotle refutes the claim that the ancients thought all knowledge was God given. Minor point in the scheme of things.
July 21, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Has your right-wing family realised they are arseholes yet?
July 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Was digging some Degas earlier today.

And Monet, van Gough, Manet, Cezanne, Renoir...and...and...

I had no idea the Courtauld had such an impressive collection of, er, Impressionists.

Went for the Abstract Erotic, stayed for those geezers.
June 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Came across these on Limeburner Lane.

#killthemwithfire
June 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
How many churches can list their vicars back to the 12th century I wonder?

Church of the Holy Sepulchre at Holborn Viaduct.
June 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
You're not the first historian to notice.
June 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
A proud 19 here. (Id've been more likely to take a hammer to a boombox).

So many people posting zero in response to this. Explains *sooooo* much, if only I knew what.
June 20, 2025 at 12:11 PM
And?
June 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
If you spout enough shit, sooner or later you'll be right about something.
June 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Was going to paint a cornflower for #blueskymonday but the light here is so dull today.

Instead here is a #blue mystery object.

#phonephotography #photography
May 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Started on this yesterday.

Have an odd relationship with McEwan's work.

I expect not to like it, having categorised it to be arch and smug in that very British Amis/Rushdie/80's way, but then it disappoints me by not being like that at all.

Clever sod.

#amreading #reading #books
May 25, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Too many majors working at the Foreign Office apparently. Other ranks safe for time being.
May 25, 2025 at 9:45 AM
May 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Posted this the other day but that was before I knew the theme for today's #BlueSkyArtShow would be #light and #shadow.

#lightandshadow #phonephotography
May 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
First attempt.

Think I'll be doing a few of these before the blossom fades.

#watercolour #painting #sketch

#nature #hedge #elder
May 24, 2025 at 12:07 PM