Jack Kirby
@jdk653.bsky.social
Associate Director of Collections Services at Science Museum Group, walker, fan: maps, culture, heritage, local distinctiveness. Gay, use hearing aids. Views own
You might say cuff-deep. Cuffs sit immediately above the wrist, but there aren't any common terms for between there and the elbow. Gauntlets can cover at least part of the forearm (depending on length), but nobody says gauntlet-deep.
November 19, 2025 at 8:38 PM
You might say cuff-deep. Cuffs sit immediately above the wrist, but there aren't any common terms for between there and the elbow. Gauntlets can cover at least part of the forearm (depending on length), but nobody says gauntlet-deep.
Surely you can get a haiku out of it.
November 12, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Surely you can get a haiku out of it.
The Japan House London exhibition?
November 10, 2025 at 11:47 PM
The Japan House London exhibition?
During the pandemic I started noticing drain covers, the best of which tell a history of local governance. The earliest I have found is this one bearing the name Withington Local Board, which dates it to between 1876 and 1894.
November 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
During the pandemic I started noticing drain covers, the best of which tell a history of local governance. The earliest I have found is this one bearing the name Withington Local Board, which dates it to between 1876 and 1894.
Left is better, pictograms are easier to scan than text and use of colour is (slightly) better. However neither is great, partly because the pictograms are overly stylised, the white on grey stairs don't stand out, plus some people find axonometric projections hard to interpret.
November 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Left is better, pictograms are easier to scan than text and use of colour is (slightly) better. However neither is great, partly because the pictograms are overly stylised, the white on grey stairs don't stand out, plus some people find axonometric projections hard to interpret.
I highly recommend reading No Place To Go by @lezlielowe.bsky.social.
Review: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Review: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
November 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I highly recommend reading No Place To Go by @lezlielowe.bsky.social.
Review: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Review: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
I expect you know that @c20society.bsky.social has a campaign to list cooling towers. c20society.org.uk/cooling-towers. However to my mind the best, the pink-tinted cooling towers of Ironbridge B (seen here in 2012), have already gone.
October 29, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I expect you know that @c20society.bsky.social has a campaign to list cooling towers. c20society.org.uk/cooling-towers. However to my mind the best, the pink-tinted cooling towers of Ironbridge B (seen here in 2012), have already gone.
I considered pointing this out, but investigation showed that "a full rough draft of Swift's masterpiece had been completed and was being transcribed by 14 August 1725" (DNB) so I didn't consider you to be entirely wrong, even if publication wasn't until 1726.
October 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I considered pointing this out, but investigation showed that "a full rough draft of Swift's masterpiece had been completed and was being transcribed by 14 August 1725" (DNB) so I didn't consider you to be entirely wrong, even if publication wasn't until 1726.
Let me know where you want it posted.
October 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Let me know where you want it posted.
Happy to post it to you if you want it, no charge.
October 24, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Happy to post it to you if you want it, no charge.
How was Box Hill? I thought it might be too depressing so haven't read it.
A Room Above a Shop by Anthony Shapland is short and very good, and my copy is finished with, if you'd like it.
A Room Above a Shop by Anthony Shapland is short and very good, and my copy is finished with, if you'd like it.
October 24, 2025 at 10:19 AM
How was Box Hill? I thought it might be too depressing so haven't read it.
A Room Above a Shop by Anthony Shapland is short and very good, and my copy is finished with, if you'd like it.
A Room Above a Shop by Anthony Shapland is short and very good, and my copy is finished with, if you'd like it.
Same thing, but fret is the Northumberland dialect term, so appropriate to Lindisfarne. weather.metoffice.gov.uk/learn-about/...
Coastal fog
Coastal fog refers to the occurrence of fog over coastal regions, usually occurring in spring and summer. It is also known in parts of the UK as Haar and Fret.
weather.metoffice.gov.uk
October 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Same thing, but fret is the Northumberland dialect term, so appropriate to Lindisfarne. weather.metoffice.gov.uk/learn-about/...
Admittedly unlikely at this time of year. I went in May one year.
October 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Admittedly unlikely at this time of year. I went in May one year.
+1 for the castle. Pilgrims Coffee is freshly roasted. Avoiding drowning on the causeway by knowing the tide times is wise. Hope there isn't a sea fret (or that it lifts).
October 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
+1 for the castle. Pilgrims Coffee is freshly roasted. Avoiding drowning on the causeway by knowing the tide times is wise. Hope there isn't a sea fret (or that it lifts).
Birmingham Museums used to do Aston Hall By Candlelight for Christmas, with real candles in the Jacobean mansion. These days they use LED candles.
October 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Birmingham Museums used to do Aston Hall By Candlelight for Christmas, with real candles in the Jacobean mansion. These days they use LED candles.
Actually two canals. In your first photo is Bar Lock Footbridge, in front of Gas Street Basin. This is Worcester Bar, where the Birmingham Canal Navigations Main Line meets the Worcester and Birmingham Canal. Once physically separated by a lock to prevent water abstraction from one to the other.
October 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Actually two canals. In your first photo is Bar Lock Footbridge, in front of Gas Street Basin. This is Worcester Bar, where the Birmingham Canal Navigations Main Line meets the Worcester and Birmingham Canal. Once physically separated by a lock to prevent water abstraction from one to the other.
When an object collection contains actual double decker buses, it has the added bonus of making an archive collection seem quite straightforward to accommodate.
October 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
When an object collection contains actual double decker buses, it has the added bonus of making an archive collection seem quite straightforward to accommodate.