Nathan Francis
@nathanfrancis79.bsky.social
Passionate about #Art and #Culture.
UK
Interested in #Arts #Comedy #Film #History #Literature #Philosophy #Tech
UK
Interested in #Arts #Comedy #Film #History #Literature #Philosophy #Tech
Informative, beautiful and deeply human: it’s time to cheer the underrated #art of #illustration
We do judge books by their covers. Illustrations spark young imaginations, solve problems, present information - and shape our world.
#NationalIllustrationDay
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
We do judge books by their covers. Illustrations spark young imaginations, solve problems, present information - and shape our world.
#NationalIllustrationDay
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Informative, beautiful and deeply human: it’s time to cheer the underrated art of illustration | Oliver Jeffers
We do judge books by their covers. Illustrations spark young imaginations, solve problems, present information - and shape our world, says the children’s author on National Illustration Day
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Informative, beautiful and deeply human: it’s time to cheer the underrated #art of #illustration
We do judge books by their covers. Illustrations spark young imaginations, solve problems, present information - and shape our world.
#NationalIllustrationDay
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
We do judge books by their covers. Illustrations spark young imaginations, solve problems, present information - and shape our world.
#NationalIllustrationDay
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Look to the stars, it's #RedPlanetDay!
The day commemorates the first time we got up close and personal with #Mars, when #SpacecraftMariner4 blasted off on 28 November 1964, reaching the surface of the #RedPlanet on 14 July 1965.
Will we ever walk upon it?
The day commemorates the first time we got up close and personal with #Mars, when #SpacecraftMariner4 blasted off on 28 November 1964, reaching the surface of the #RedPlanet on 14 July 1965.
Will we ever walk upon it?
November 28, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Look to the stars, it's #RedPlanetDay!
The day commemorates the first time we got up close and personal with #Mars, when #SpacecraftMariner4 blasted off on 28 November 1964, reaching the surface of the #RedPlanet on 14 July 1965.
Will we ever walk upon it?
The day commemorates the first time we got up close and personal with #Mars, when #SpacecraftMariner4 blasted off on 28 November 1964, reaching the surface of the #RedPlanet on 14 July 1965.
Will we ever walk upon it?
🎶 #OTD in #Music #History 28 November 1811, #Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, known as the "Emperor Concerto," premiered at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig.
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November 28, 2025 at 2:48 AM
🎶 #OTD in #Music #History 28 November 1811, #Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, known as the "Emperor Concerto," premiered at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig.
▶️ youtu.be/V4pJxad_aI8
▶️ youtu.be/V4pJxad_aI8
"Sometimes, it is the people who no one imagines anything of... who do the things that no one can imagine."
🎞️ #OTD in #Film 28 Nov 2014, #MortenTyldum's superb biopic of cryptanalyst #AlanTuring, THE IMITATION GAME, starring #BenedictCumberbatch and #KeiraKnightley, hit the 🇺🇸
🎞️ #OTD in #Film 28 Nov 2014, #MortenTyldum's superb biopic of cryptanalyst #AlanTuring, THE IMITATION GAME, starring #BenedictCumberbatch and #KeiraKnightley, hit the 🇺🇸
November 28, 2025 at 2:47 AM
"Sometimes, it is the people who no one imagines anything of... who do the things that no one can imagine."
🎞️ #OTD in #Film 28 Nov 2014, #MortenTyldum's superb biopic of cryptanalyst #AlanTuring, THE IMITATION GAME, starring #BenedictCumberbatch and #KeiraKnightley, hit the 🇺🇸
🎞️ #OTD in #Film 28 Nov 2014, #MortenTyldum's superb biopic of cryptanalyst #AlanTuring, THE IMITATION GAME, starring #BenedictCumberbatch and #KeiraKnightley, hit the 🇺🇸
"If it's in a word, or it's in a look, you can't get rid of... The Babadook."
📓 #OTD in #Film #History 28 Nov 2014, #JenniferKent's dark debut THE BABADOOK, an excellent psychological #horror, starring #EssieDavis and #NoahWiseman, opened in 🇺🇸
📓 #OTD in #Film #History 28 Nov 2014, #JenniferKent's dark debut THE BABADOOK, an excellent psychological #horror, starring #EssieDavis and #NoahWiseman, opened in 🇺🇸
November 28, 2025 at 2:47 AM
"If it's in a word, or it's in a look, you can't get rid of... The Babadook."
📓 #OTD in #Film #History 28 Nov 2014, #JenniferKent's dark debut THE BABADOOK, an excellent psychological #horror, starring #EssieDavis and #NoahWiseman, opened in 🇺🇸
📓 #OTD in #Film #History 28 Nov 2014, #JenniferKent's dark debut THE BABADOOK, an excellent psychological #horror, starring #EssieDavis and #NoahWiseman, opened in 🇺🇸
🌎 #OTD in #History 28 November 1943, #WinstonChurchill, #FranklinDRoosevelt, and #JosephStalin began the Tehran Conference in Iran (codenamed Eureka) to discuss Allied wartime strategy. The talks continued until 1 December.
November 28, 2025 at 2:46 AM
🌎 #OTD in #History 28 November 1943, #WinstonChurchill, #FranklinDRoosevelt, and #JosephStalin began the Tehran Conference in Iran (codenamed Eureka) to discuss Allied wartime strategy. The talks continued until 1 December.
"Only love, and not reason, yields kind thoughts."
📚 #OTD in #Literature 28 November 1924, #ThomasMann's masterpiece "The Magic Mountain" was first published by S. Fischer Verlag in Berlin.
Read more: www.dw.com/en/german-no...
📚 #OTD in #Literature 28 November 1924, #ThomasMann's masterpiece "The Magic Mountain" was first published by S. Fischer Verlag in Berlin.
Read more: www.dw.com/en/german-no...
November 28, 2025 at 2:46 AM
"Only love, and not reason, yields kind thoughts."
📚 #OTD in #Literature 28 November 1924, #ThomasMann's masterpiece "The Magic Mountain" was first published by S. Fischer Verlag in Berlin.
Read more: www.dw.com/en/german-no...
📚 #OTD in #Literature 28 November 1924, #ThomasMann's masterpiece "The Magic Mountain" was first published by S. Fischer Verlag in Berlin.
Read more: www.dw.com/en/german-no...
🎞️ #OTD in #Film #History 28 November 1907, scrap-metal dealer #LouisBMayer branched out by opening his first cinema, The Orpheum, in Haverhill, Massachusetts.
November 28, 2025 at 2:45 AM
🎞️ #OTD in #Film #History 28 November 1907, scrap-metal dealer #LouisBMayer branched out by opening his first cinema, The Orpheum, in Haverhill, Massachusetts.
🗞 #OTD in #Media #History 28 November 1814, steam-powered automatic presses were first used to print #TheTimes of London, making newspapers available to a mass audience. #Technology
November 28, 2025 at 2:44 AM
🗞 #OTD in #Media #History 28 November 1814, steam-powered automatic presses were first used to print #TheTimes of London, making newspapers available to a mass audience. #Technology
Happy 365th birthday, #RoyalSociety!
🔬#OTD in #History 28 November 1660, following a lecture by Sir #ChristopherWren, the Royal Society was founded at Gresham College, London.
🔬#OTD in #History 28 November 1660, following a lecture by Sir #ChristopherWren, the Royal Society was founded at Gresham College, London.
November 28, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Happy 365th birthday, #RoyalSociety!
🔬#OTD in #History 28 November 1660, following a lecture by Sir #ChristopherWren, the Royal Society was founded at Gresham College, London.
🔬#OTD in #History 28 November 1660, following a lecture by Sir #ChristopherWren, the Royal Society was founded at Gresham College, London.
💍🎭 #OTD in #History 28 November 1582, #WilliamShakespeare (18) and #AnneHathaway (26) paid a £40 bond for a marriage license in Stratford-upon-Avon. Six months later, their daughter Susanna was born.
November 28, 2025 at 2:43 AM
💍🎭 #OTD in #History 28 November 1582, #WilliamShakespeare (18) and #AnneHathaway (26) paid a £40 bond for a marriage license in Stratford-upon-Avon. Six months later, their daughter Susanna was born.
👑 #OTD in #Art #History 28 Nov 1290, Eleanor of Castile, beloved wife of King Edward I of England, died in Harby, Nottinghamshire.
The King ordered that giant ornate crosses be erected where her body rested on the way to her tomb in Westminster Abbey.
www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places...
The King ordered that giant ornate crosses be erected where her body rested on the way to her tomb in Westminster Abbey.
www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places...
November 28, 2025 at 2:42 AM
👑 #OTD in #Art #History 28 Nov 1290, Eleanor of Castile, beloved wife of King Edward I of England, died in Harby, Nottinghamshire.
The King ordered that giant ornate crosses be erected where her body rested on the way to her tomb in Westminster Abbey.
www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places...
The King ordered that giant ornate crosses be erected where her body rested on the way to her tomb in Westminster Abbey.
www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places...
⚒️ #RobertMorris, American sculptor, conceptual artist, and writer, #DOTD 28 November 2018. #Art #Sculpture
November 28, 2025 at 2:40 AM
⚒️ #RobertMorris, American sculptor, conceptual artist, and writer, #DOTD 28 November 2018. #Art #Sculpture
"Doing nothing is very hard to do... you never know when you're finished."
🎭 Remembering #comedy legend #LeslieNielsen, who #DOTD 28 November 2010. #Film #Filmmaking
🎭 Remembering #comedy legend #LeslieNielsen, who #DOTD 28 November 2010. #Film #Filmmaking
an older man in a suit and tie is looking at a woman in a restaurant .
ALT: an older man in a suit and tie is looking at a woman in a restaurant .
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November 28, 2025 at 2:40 AM
"Doing nothing is very hard to do... you never know when you're finished."
🎭 Remembering #comedy legend #LeslieNielsen, who #DOTD 28 November 2010. #Film #Filmmaking
🎭 Remembering #comedy legend #LeslieNielsen, who #DOTD 28 November 2010. #Film #Filmmaking
🎨 Sir #SidneyNolan, Australian painter and illustrator (Ned Kelly paintings), #DOTD 28 November 1992. #Art #Painting
November 28, 2025 at 2:39 AM
🎨 Sir #SidneyNolan, Australian painter and illustrator (Ned Kelly paintings), #DOTD 28 November 1992. #Art #Painting
"The impulse to dream was slowly beaten out of me by experience. Now it surged up again and I hungered for books, new ways of looking and seeing."
✒ #RichardWright, African American author (Native Son; Uncle Tom's Children), #DOTD 28 November 1960. #Literature
✒ #RichardWright, African American author (Native Son; Uncle Tom's Children), #DOTD 28 November 1960. #Literature
November 28, 2025 at 2:38 AM
"The impulse to dream was slowly beaten out of me by experience. Now it surged up again and I hungered for books, new ways of looking and seeing."
✒ #RichardWright, African American author (Native Son; Uncle Tom's Children), #DOTD 28 November 1960. #Literature
✒ #RichardWright, African American author (Native Son; Uncle Tom's Children), #DOTD 28 November 1960. #Literature
November 28, 2025 at 2:38 AM
"A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles."
✒ #WashingtonIrving, American author (The Sketch Book), #DOTD 28 November 1859. #Literature
✒ #WashingtonIrving, American author (The Sketch Book), #DOTD 28 November 1859. #Literature
November 28, 2025 at 2:37 AM
"A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles."
✒ #WashingtonIrving, American author (The Sketch Book), #DOTD 28 November 1859. #Literature
✒ #WashingtonIrving, American author (The Sketch Book), #DOTD 28 November 1859. #Literature
"Three things are needed for success in #painting and #sculpture: to see beauty when young and accustom oneself to it, to work hard, and to obtain good advice."
🎨 Gian Lorenzo #Bernini passed away #OTD 28 November 1680. #Art
🎨 Gian Lorenzo #Bernini passed away #OTD 28 November 1680. #Art
November 28, 2025 at 2:37 AM
"Three things are needed for success in #painting and #sculpture: to see beauty when young and accustom oneself to it, to work hard, and to obtain good advice."
🎨 Gian Lorenzo #Bernini passed away #OTD 28 November 1680. #Art
🎨 Gian Lorenzo #Bernini passed away #OTD 28 November 1680. #Art
"When I'm making something, I've always felt in charge and therefore able to call the shots. But what you've got to do is stop that turning into arrogance or despotism!"
🎭 #Comedy legend #ArmandoIanucci is 62 today. #TV #Film #Filmmaking #Satire
🎭 #Comedy legend #ArmandoIanucci is 62 today. #TV #Film #Filmmaking #Satire
November 28, 2025 at 2:36 AM
"When I'm making something, I've always felt in charge and therefore able to call the shots. But what you've got to do is stop that turning into arrogance or despotism!"
🎭 #Comedy legend #ArmandoIanucci is 62 today. #TV #Film #Filmmaking #Satire
🎭 #Comedy legend #ArmandoIanucci is 62 today. #TV #Film #Filmmaking #Satire
“One of the first things I learned about #acting was, the only person you compete against is yourself.”
🎭 Great actor and filmmaker #EdHarris is 75 today. #Film #Filmmaking
🎭 Great actor and filmmaker #EdHarris is 75 today. #Film #Filmmaking
November 28, 2025 at 2:35 AM
“One of the first things I learned about #acting was, the only person you compete against is yourself.”
🎭 Great actor and filmmaker #EdHarris is 75 today. #Film #Filmmaking
🎭 Great actor and filmmaker #EdHarris is 75 today. #Film #Filmmaking
"I'm interested in new worlds, new universes, new challenges. I always said the only reason to make a film is not for the result but for what you learn for the next one."
🎬 Filmmaker #AlfonsoCuaron is 64 today. #Film #Filmmaking
🎬 Filmmaker #AlfonsoCuaron is 64 today. #Film #Filmmaking
November 28, 2025 at 2:35 AM
"I'm interested in new worlds, new universes, new challenges. I always said the only reason to make a film is not for the result but for what you learn for the next one."
🎬 Filmmaker #AlfonsoCuaron is 64 today. #Film #Filmmaking
🎬 Filmmaker #AlfonsoCuaron is 64 today. #Film #Filmmaking
" #Editing is where movies are made or broken. Many a #film has been saved and many a film has been ruined in the editing room."
🎬 Filmmaker #JoeDante is 79 today. #Filmmaking
🎬 Filmmaker #JoeDante is 79 today. #Filmmaking
November 28, 2025 at 2:34 AM
" #Editing is where movies are made or broken. Many a #film has been saved and many a film has been ruined in the editing room."
🎬 Filmmaker #JoeDante is 79 today. #Filmmaking
🎬 Filmmaker #JoeDante is 79 today. #Filmmaking
"I think the reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself."
✒ #RitaMaeBrown, American feminist poet, novelist (Rubyfruit Jungle), screenwriter (Long Hot Summer), and mystery writer (Mrs. Murphy), is 81 today. #Literature #Poetry
✒ #RitaMaeBrown, American feminist poet, novelist (Rubyfruit Jungle), screenwriter (Long Hot Summer), and mystery writer (Mrs. Murphy), is 81 today. #Literature #Poetry
November 28, 2025 at 2:33 AM
"I think the reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself."
✒ #RitaMaeBrown, American feminist poet, novelist (Rubyfruit Jungle), screenwriter (Long Hot Summer), and mystery writer (Mrs. Murphy), is 81 today. #Literature #Poetry
✒ #RitaMaeBrown, American feminist poet, novelist (Rubyfruit Jungle), screenwriter (Long Hot Summer), and mystery writer (Mrs. Murphy), is 81 today. #Literature #Poetry
“I was in charge, but I made logic the boss.”
📀 #BerryGordy, Jr, African American songwriter, producer and record company founder (#Motown), is 96 today. #Music
📀 #BerryGordy, Jr, African American songwriter, producer and record company founder (#Motown), is 96 today. #Music
November 28, 2025 at 2:33 AM
“I was in charge, but I made logic the boss.”
📀 #BerryGordy, Jr, African American songwriter, producer and record company founder (#Motown), is 96 today. #Music
📀 #BerryGordy, Jr, African American songwriter, producer and record company founder (#Motown), is 96 today. #Music