Christopher Todd
@cjtoddy.bsky.social
I’m in Norwich and I draw little people and they’re usually morris dancers. Someone said I was affable.
It’s almost ten years since the “looks like a renaissance painting” photo from New Year’s Eve 2015 in Manchester. www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-t...
Any image search for “accidental renaissance” is a feast.
Any image search for “accidental renaissance” is a feast.
November 4, 2025 at 8:47 AM
It’s almost ten years since the “looks like a renaissance painting” photo from New Year’s Eve 2015 in Manchester. www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-t...
Any image search for “accidental renaissance” is a feast.
Any image search for “accidental renaissance” is a feast.
The standard Autumn Leaves / Feuilles Mortes is following me like never before, in one way and another. Someone I overheard in a pub was talking about transcribing it at jazz school in Berkeley.
October 28, 2025 at 7:15 AM
The standard Autumn Leaves / Feuilles Mortes is following me like never before, in one way and another. Someone I overheard in a pub was talking about transcribing it at jazz school in Berkeley.
Feeling brainy and erudite because today I used an actual dictionary to look a word up.
October 27, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Feeling brainy and erudite because today I used an actual dictionary to look a word up.
When the whiteboard in the community hall has the previous group’s instructions (in this case fencing; in another case Portuguese conversation) but it still works for
morris dancing.
morris dancing.
October 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
When the whiteboard in the community hall has the previous group’s instructions (in this case fencing; in another case Portuguese conversation) but it still works for
morris dancing.
morris dancing.
Stuck for a Halloween costume? I recommend the eye from this 1.7-second shot in Gone To Earth (1950).
October 27, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Stuck for a Halloween costume? I recommend the eye from this 1.7-second shot in Gone To Earth (1950).
A smoke on a ha-ha, in Mrs Dalloway (1997). Underrated location.
October 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A smoke on a ha-ha, in Mrs Dalloway (1997). Underrated location.
Dealing with solicitors is a handy source of big paperclips.
October 23, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Dealing with solicitors is a handy source of big paperclips.
I’ve spent far too long thinking that someone I follow must have limitless holidays or some important job… and realised eventually that they’re cabin crew.
October 22, 2025 at 9:22 AM
I’ve spent far too long thinking that someone I follow must have limitless holidays or some important job… and realised eventually that they’re cabin crew.
Made In England: The Films Of Powell & Pressburger - on iplayer. No extra talking heads, just spending time with Martin Scorsese, going through fascinating films in order. Plenty of tightly wound actresses, dishy 40s leading men and two charmingly amiable and positive filmmakers.
October 21, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Made In England: The Films Of Powell & Pressburger - on iplayer. No extra talking heads, just spending time with Martin Scorsese, going through fascinating films in order. Plenty of tightly wound actresses, dishy 40s leading men and two charmingly amiable and positive filmmakers.
This Ben Webster album was released in 1966 in Germany as “Blue Light”, in France as “Autumn Leaves” and in the UK as “Days Of Wine And Roses” - all titles from the track list.
The Dutch, in 1971, went for “Atmosphere For Lovers And Thieves”.
The Dutch, in 1971, went for “Atmosphere For Lovers And Thieves”.
October 17, 2025 at 11:07 AM
This Ben Webster album was released in 1966 in Germany as “Blue Light”, in France as “Autumn Leaves” and in the UK as “Days Of Wine And Roses” - all titles from the track list.
The Dutch, in 1971, went for “Atmosphere For Lovers And Thieves”.
The Dutch, in 1971, went for “Atmosphere For Lovers And Thieves”.
One of my grandfather’s mixtapes from the 70s or 80s of older records and radio programmes - mostly light music. Is there anything more exciting than “Ending with Ski Sunday signature tune”?
October 14, 2025 at 8:22 PM
One of my grandfather’s mixtapes from the 70s or 80s of older records and radio programmes - mostly light music. Is there anything more exciting than “Ending with Ski Sunday signature tune”?
Dancing at the world conker championships, today in Northamptonshire. Misty morris action.
October 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Dancing at the world conker championships, today in Northamptonshire. Misty morris action.
Have I just found a piece of shot in… an onion?
October 11, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Have I just found a piece of shot in… an onion?
Peak personal history find in one of my old folders: an A5 lined and punched sheet on which, in 1997, I practiced some Tolkien Elvish in italic felt-tip and fountain pen but also (not in Elvish) wrote the credits of the second Skunk Anansie album.
October 8, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Peak personal history find in one of my old folders: an A5 lined and punched sheet on which, in 1997, I practiced some Tolkien Elvish in italic felt-tip and fountain pen but also (not in Elvish) wrote the credits of the second Skunk Anansie album.
Picking a hop and sniffing it is one of my new favourite things. This one is a little peppery.
October 5, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Picking a hop and sniffing it is one of my new favourite things. This one is a little peppery.
It’s true of many trailers but the one for Wicked 2 really is “here is the film but out of order”.
October 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
It’s true of many trailers but the one for Wicked 2 really is “here is the film but out of order”.
Two albums ago, late 2022.
October 3, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Two albums ago, late 2022.
The Plasterer’s,
The Leopard,
The Artichoke,
The Stanley,
The Brewery Tap.
It’s not a bunch of wild new dances, it’s my evening pub tour in Norwich.
The Leopard,
The Artichoke,
The Stanley,
The Brewery Tap.
It’s not a bunch of wild new dances, it’s my evening pub tour in Norwich.
October 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The Plasterer’s,
The Leopard,
The Artichoke,
The Stanley,
The Brewery Tap.
It’s not a bunch of wild new dances, it’s my evening pub tour in Norwich.
The Leopard,
The Artichoke,
The Stanley,
The Brewery Tap.
It’s not a bunch of wild new dances, it’s my evening pub tour in Norwich.
I found my collection of pipe stem pieces from various gardens and allotments. No doubt there are people on the internet doing wildly creative things with clay pipes and finding much better ones but I’ll be happier if I don’t see. These are mine.
September 30, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I found my collection of pipe stem pieces from various gardens and allotments. No doubt there are people on the internet doing wildly creative things with clay pipes and finding much better ones but I’ll be happier if I don’t see. These are mine.
Surprise change of plans: instead of dancing in Stowmarket, I’m dancing in Peterborough. Off across the misty fens, wondering which matches the other passengers are going to.
September 27, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Surprise change of plans: instead of dancing in Stowmarket, I’m dancing in Peterborough. Off across the misty fens, wondering which matches the other passengers are going to.
A walk round the Roman walls at Caistor St Edmund and down to the Tas.
September 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
A walk round the Roman walls at Caistor St Edmund and down to the Tas.
I’m really Norfolk now. I just found this about my person. I’m in London.
September 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I’m really Norfolk now. I just found this about my person. I’m in London.
Graphic for a town crier competition, in The Folk Almanack for 1967.
September 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Graphic for a town crier competition, in The Folk Almanack for 1967.
One of Cecil Sharp’s own bookplates, in his 1914 book of English Folk-Chanteys.
September 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
One of Cecil Sharp’s own bookplates, in his 1914 book of English Folk-Chanteys.
I felt the urge to tap my recipe book so it wouldn’t time out and go black.
You know when you find yourself pinching to zoom on a piece of paper… I just felt the instinct to screenshot a page of my book as a reminder for later.
September 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I felt the urge to tap my recipe book so it wouldn’t time out and go black.