@blakesociety
The Blake Society celebrates the life and work of William Blake (1757-1827) poet, artist & visionary. We hold regular meetings (online and in real locations), organise Blakean events and publish our journal, VALA. https://blakesociety.org
More William Blake, Taxi Driver from the archives over on my substack loshighway.substack.com/p/william-bl...
This one features Phyllis Pearsall, legendary creator of the (formerly essential) London A-Z
#williamblake #phyllispearsall #londonA-Z #london #timeoutlondon
New Emanation up on our website from our trustee, Lucy Valentine, about Blake’s woodblock prints in the recent ‘Miniature Worlds’ exhibition at the Laing Art Gallery🔎
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This and more William Blake, Taxi Driver strips from (gulp) almost 20 years ago!
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@blakesociety.bsky.social - AH!MERICA - Ginsberg and Blake - a brand new Allen Ginsberg volume - out now! - allenginsberg.org/2026/02/m-f-...
New Emanation on our website from @jodielmarley.bsky.social about her new book, William Blake’s Mysticism: The Legacy of Prophetic Women blakesociety.org/william-blak...
Join us for our 2026 AGM at 7:30 tomorrow (4 Feb) on zoom, followed by a fascinating talk on the first centenary of Blake's death (in 1927) by our trustee, Dr Camila Oliveira. More info and free registration at blakesociety.org/product/2026...
'I see London blind & age-bent begging thro the Streets Of Babylon, led by a child'
New pages from LOS, my serialised graphic novel about William Blake, up at
loshighway.substack.com/p/los-part-7
A recording of BLAKETY BLAKE is now up at blakesociety.org/product/the-..., for those who would like to play along at home 😀
RIP Jami Cassady
There’s still (JUST!) time to register for BLAKETY BLAKE, our free William Blake zoom quiz, tonight (21 Jan) at 19:30 (UK time). More info and free registration below👇
Still time to register for BLAKETY BLAKE, our irreverent online William Blake quiz tomorrow evening. More info and FREE registration 👇
Still time to register for BLAKETY BLAKE, our irreverent online William Blake quiz tomorrow evening. More info and FREE registration 👇
‘Where to, mate?’
William Blake, Taxi Driver returns from the archives. He’s got The Knowledge, but he probably won’t go south of the river at this time of night…
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#WilliamBlake #comicstrip #TimeOut #London
From the archives! William Blake, Taxi Driver rides again…
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#williamblake #comicstrip #timeout #londonhistory
That sound of rustling pages you can hear is all the Blake heads frantically revising for BLAKETY BLAKE, the ultimate William Blake quiz, on zoom next Wednesday. Join us for irreverent fun and Blakean arcana! And a killer theme tune, obviously…
BLAKETY BLAKE! Wed 21 Jan, 19:30 (UK) on zoom. A new heaven is begun: the Eternal Hell revives! It must be the return of the world’s greatest (and only?) William Blake online quiz! This free event will emphasise fun and enthusiasm over academic prowess. Join us!
blakesociety.org/product/the-...
BLAKETY BLAKE! Wed 21 Jan, 19:30 (UK) on zoom. A new heaven is begun: the Eternal Hell revives! It must be the return of the world’s greatest (and only?) William Blake online quiz! This free event will emphasise fun and enthusiasm over academic prowess. Join us!
blakesociety.org/product/the-...
RIP Derek Martin, who, as Eastenders' cabbie Charlie Slater, was one of the inspirations for my William Blake, Taxi Driver cartoon back in the day johnriordan.co.uk/William-Blak...
Blake, birthday (mine, not his), brothers, and Tate Britain.
New pages of LOS, my graphic novel about William Blake…
loshighway.substack.com/p/los-part-6
Wm Blake's strange Nativity, with humanoid animals, a diving arc angel and a snowy nature spirit bearing witness as if washed up on the shore...
thanks to @blakesociety.bsky.social lakesociety.bsky.social
from Blake’s Illustrations to Milton’s On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity, 1809.
You should see my new house…
Been meaning to write this for a week, but I’ve been busy moving boxes. Blake, houses, grapes, gripes, Madness and The Fall. Merry almost Xmas!
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Looking forward to discussing printmakers' book forms with printmaker and book artist Marina Bindella in Rome tomorrow. This is the first outing of my monograph The Book Unbound, coming out universitypress.cambridge.org on 8 January. @blakesociety.bsky.social @blakequarterly.bsky.social
date inscribed Purchased 1920
The Bard, from Gray http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/blake-the-bard-from-gray-n03551
Blake’s baby brother Bob is born. Brotherly love in latest instalment of LOS, my work-in-progress graphic novel about William Blake loshighway.substack.com/p/los-part-5
#williamblake #graphicnovel #comic
A video of Christopher Bucklow's fascinating talk is now up at blakesociety.org/product/usin...
they're auctioning Blake's Tyger next week
seems impossible, like selling a comet or a shooting star
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The 1807 portrait of William Blake by Thomas Phillips.
My own photo of William Blake's grave from the Blake Society unveiling event in August 2018. Blake's grave, a long pale stone in the ground, is surrounded by cut flowers. There are tea light candles in the background for later in the ceremony.
Happy birthday, William Blake 🌠
"For every thing that lives is Holy"
(The Marriage of Heaven and Hell)
Zoom turned out to be good for us once we found our feet. We've never quite had an event like this since though. Time for Blakety Blake to return? 😬
#WilliamBlake #BlakeOff #BlakeFriday
One of his very best!
