Excoriating piece on the corrupt and grotesque Yorks / Mountbatten Windsors
09.03.2026 17:57
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Excoriating piece on the corrupt and grotesque Yorks / Mountbatten Windsors
‘As a couple, Andrew and Sarah Ferguson have always been too stupid to understand the vulnerability of the institution that supports them, and they began wrecking it from the inside as soon as they met.’
Andrew O’Hagan on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, in the next issue.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Last month, I wrote to the Prime Minister, asking for him to consider my communities for the next round of Pride in Place funding.
I haven't heard back yet, but I'll keep on banging the drum for more support to be directed towards my rural communities across T&M
#Somerset #Devon #Parliament
Rabbit, the Silent One, the Star Gatherer, chose daisies as their gift for the New One.
The Gift Gatherers collection and book are coming soon
I was interviewed by @mdeblassie.bsky.social for her Historical Romance class! It's here, next to an interview with the terrific Lydia San Andres.
A digital illustration of a small, fluffy baby dinosaur sitting in a person’s cupped hands.
It’s dangerous to go alone.
Take this.
This is the sort of thing a cashless society robs us of, the opportunity to try to get away with paying the bus fare in Carthaginian currency www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Please consider these questions when you see "snuggle a baby goat/lamb" type events in the spring. 💔
Cover of The Caretakers: War Graves Gardeners and the Secret Battle to Rescue Allied Airmen in World War II by Caitlin Galante DeAngelis sepia cover with black and white images of gardeners' mugshots and a cemetery decorated with flowers
Happy birthday to my book, which is out today in the US!
rowman.com/ISBN/9781633...
Joss Whedon: greetings whedonistas and whedonistos!
Clive Barker: who're you?
Whedon: i'm
Whedon: i'm joss whedon!
Whedon: c'mon, you remember me!
Whedon: i was everyone's woke 90s bae!
Barker: hm doesn't ring a bell
readers often ask 'whats the best way to support an author?' and while there are MANY ways to do this, the most powerful is clear: PREORDER THE AUTHORS BOOK. i will go into why, but first please consider taking the briefest moment to preorder FABULOUS BODIES: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Really excited about the new Cosmetic History and Makeup Studies Network Forums celebrating the best in new scholarship. We start next Friday with @makeupmuseum.org interviewing Eileen G'Sell, author of Lipstick. Join us 13th March,12 PM ET/4 PM GMT, online
Register: chmsn.wufoo.com/forms/chmsn-...
a photo of 3 coaster with bunnies surrounded by flowers on a green surface with pink tulips in the background. Theres a glass standing on the fourth coaster
Four round coasters depicting bunnies surrounded by spring flowers on a green background
Do you think you need some bunnies for your spring table? I reprinted the bunbushka coasters! 🐰🌷 Available at hellocloudyart.etsy.com
I've used Travelodge in the past as a simple, cost-effective way to stay somewhere overnight, but I won't be using them ever again - their security policies and duty of care (or lack of) are ridiculous
Picture of a drawing of a vase of flowers. The vase is red and decorated with a picture of two mice facing each other. The flowers are bright pink and neon pansies and white bellflowers
A picture of a drawing, featuring a red vase decorated with a moth, and full of white and pink flowers.
2 personal favorites from this months Patreon mail collection :)
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#drawing #art #illustration
photo of piles of bookwraps filled with books ready to go to the post office!
My four Strangehollow books - Strangehollow, Secrets Of Strangehollow, Seas Of Strangehollow & Savage Strangehollow
Interior mockup of Savage Strangehollow showing various creatures that will be in the book.
Hundreds of magical books off to their new homes! 72 backers bought all four of my Strangehollow books, which means you folks probably found me on Kickstarter. Thank you for going for all of them! They're on their way! Get yours here: emilyhare.com/book-shop
#fantasyart #artbook #folklore #fairytale
Cor, sure would feel great right now if we were self-sufficient in renewable energy, and laughing at all the rubes reliant on global oil supplies. We'd have a bit of a swagger in our step today.
Happy Birthday, Patate! 🎂 Our feisty queen with a big personality is celebrating her 7th birthday!
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#Calico #RescueCat #CatsOfBluesky #CatShelter #CatLover
I know, I know. Everyone is in desperate need right now, but our rescue needs some help paying vet bills.
The benefit is, if you're in the US, our bills are in AUD and the exchange rate is very much in your favour! Please throw us $5?
rescue-cats-safe-haven.mygiveeasy.com/this-is-our-...
“Recent studies have shown that when satellites reach the end of their lives and burn up upon reentry, they leave behind metals like aluminum and lithium.
The consequences of this are not yet known. But that's [only one thing that] concerns scientists…”
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
My hand holding up a sticker featuring a mallard duck with a policeman cap blowing into a whistle in a cartoonishly exaggerated way.
Picture of 3 stickers set on a black and wooden surface framed with decorative plants and stones. The three stickers each represent a different dinosaur. The top one is a triceratops that seems to be made of stone carved with Celtic designs. Its horns, beak, and tail tips are bone-coloured. On its legs, moss is slowly growing. The middle one is a Terra-cota coloured diplodocus munching on a leaf. Geometric white patterns, similar to those painted on terra cota vases, decorate its four legs, and two stripes decorate its neck. The rounded spikes on its head and back are white. The last dinosaur is a dark brown Parasaurolophus with folk-like floral patterns painted on its tail, back and legs.
Picture of 3 die-cut stickers photographed on a background that’s half black, and half a green cutting mat. The picture is framed with decorative plants. The sticker on the left is of a cute and round lutino cockatiel holding a purple console controller. The sticker on the right is of a conure sat in front of a laptop, wearing a headset, and playing intensely. The bottom sticker is of a green and yellow budgie wrapped in a comfortable orange blanket, holding what looks like a blue DS.
I avoided making stickers for a while, but I decided to give it another try and I have to say, I’m having a lot of fun with them! They give me so much freedom to design the silliest little guys 😌
✨ evanskyarts.com/en/collectio...
#art #illustration #birds #Artist #SmallBusiness #stickers #Gaming
Do I know anyone in the York, England, area (admittedly large) who might help me get in touch with the descendant of a pioneering printing technologist? The person in question has a very thin online presence, but I believe would welcome the contact about his family.
Just think how much more of our oceans could be full of such amazing diversity and wonder, if only we stopped treating them as a limitless larder and rubbish dump.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Expansive moorland covered in blooming purple heather under a dramatic cloudy sky.
🚜 FREE Farmer Event!
Hosted by our Farming in Protected Landscapes Team and Barningham Estate, this event is perfect for upland farmers, land managers, and growers looking for greener, more effective ways to manage heather growth. Book here 👇
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A chalk white horse figure on a hillside.
This is Uffington White Horse in Oxfordshire.
Best estimates suggest it was created some time between 1380 BC and 550 BC, making it by far Britain's oldest white horse figure.
It's inspired 16 'copies' across the country - is there a white horse near you?
Are you looking for a special pick-me-up gift —or something to brighten your home?
Handmade using fleece gently sheared from our rescue sheep — if you’d like to watch the process, it’s on YouTube: youtu.be/TVSHeVbCY78?...
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Happy International Women's Day.
photograph of a metal coffin plate labeled "The Sad Hour" with a clock face with Roman numerals and moveable hands. The clock face is surrounded by a wreath of ferns (or laurels) and lilies.
A black and white drawing showing a coffin surrounded by flowers, with a cross on the cover, as well as a sad hour coffin plate with a skeleton hand turning the hands.
#DaylightSavingsTime #SpringForward #TheVictorianBookoftheDead
This Sad Hour coffin plate, with moveable hands for the time of death, was the inspiration for this fantastic illustration by @landisblair.bsky.social for the entry "Death Token" in my book A is for Arsenic: An ABC of Victorian Death.
