Lucy Oliver
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Remembering Tim Buckley on his birthday. Here he is playing Song to the Siren on the final episode of The Monkees TV show in 1968, two years before he released a very different version on his Starsailor LP
February 14, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Remembering Tim Buckley on his birthday. Here he is playing Song to the Siren on the final episode of The Monkees TV show in 1968, two years before he released a very different version on his Starsailor LP
A quiet, beautiful listen for troubled times
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Craftland - Episode 1 - BBC Sounds
Academic and broadcaster James Fox explores Britain's lost arts and vanishing trades.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 7:10 AM
A quiet, beautiful listen for troubled times
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Mongolia Winter Olympics uniform, it’s over, no contest
February 6, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Mongolia Winter Olympics uniform, it’s over, no contest
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Also preparing something very yellow, for @roundtable92ny.bsky.social
##colorhistory #colourhistory #sunflowers
##colorhistory #colourhistory #sunflowers
January 18, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Also preparing something very yellow, for @roundtable92ny.bsky.social
##colorhistory #colourhistory #sunflowers
##colorhistory #colourhistory #sunflowers
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This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition,
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
January 17, 2026 at 7:12 AM
This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition,
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance
Iconic imo
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English artist and sculptor Dame Barbara Hepworth was born #OnThisDay in 1903. Paul Laib photographed a chic Hepworth in the Mall Studio, London, in 1933, wearing a breton top, calf-length skirt and beret. © The De Laszlo Collection of Paul Laib Negatives, The Courtauld. #womensart
January 10, 2026 at 2:02 PM
English artist and sculptor Dame Barbara Hepworth was born #OnThisDay in 1903. Paul Laib photographed a chic Hepworth in the Mall Studio, London, in 1933, wearing a breton top, calf-length skirt and beret. © The De Laszlo Collection of Paul Laib Negatives, The Courtauld. #womensart
My love of Paul Hogarth illustrations has become a bit of a collecting obsession. My teenage copies of Shakespeare and Graham Greene, and a few William Golding, have found their way back to me, many with my name still written inside. The big books are particularly lovely.
#BookSky #PaulHogarth
#BookSky #PaulHogarth
January 4, 2026 at 9:53 AM
My love of Paul Hogarth illustrations has become a bit of a collecting obsession. My teenage copies of Shakespeare and Graham Greene, and a few William Golding, have found their way back to me, many with my name still written inside. The big books are particularly lovely.
#BookSky #PaulHogarth
#BookSky #PaulHogarth
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Edward Hopper, Christmas card, 1928 whitney.org/collection/w...
December 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Edward Hopper, Christmas card, 1928 whitney.org/collection/w...
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The Solstice Sunrise from Sussex.
December 21, 2025 at 8:35 AM
The Solstice Sunrise from Sussex.
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Every winter the Dutch hope for freezing temps so we can skate again!
On this painting by Hendrick Avercamp people are playing 'kolf' – basically 17th-century ice hockey. On the left some have fallen through the ice and in the middle a woman takes a tumble, flashing more than she planned. 😅
On this painting by Hendrick Avercamp people are playing 'kolf' – basically 17th-century ice hockey. On the left some have fallen through the ice and in the middle a woman takes a tumble, flashing more than she planned. 😅
December 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Every winter the Dutch hope for freezing temps so we can skate again!
On this painting by Hendrick Avercamp people are playing 'kolf' – basically 17th-century ice hockey. On the left some have fallen through the ice and in the middle a woman takes a tumble, flashing more than she planned. 😅
On this painting by Hendrick Avercamp people are playing 'kolf' – basically 17th-century ice hockey. On the left some have fallen through the ice and in the middle a woman takes a tumble, flashing more than she planned. 😅
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‘‘Tis the year's midnight …’
St Lucy’s Day, Aldeburgh.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekXforXmas 📷 #photography
St Lucy’s Day, Aldeburgh.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekXforXmas 📷 #photography
December 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
‘‘Tis the year's midnight …’
St Lucy’s Day, Aldeburgh.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekXforXmas 📷 #photography
St Lucy’s Day, Aldeburgh.
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekXforXmas 📷 #photography
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Word of the day, should you be feeling a little huffish, is ‘apanthropy’ (18th century): a love of solitude and the desire to be away from other people.
December 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Word of the day, should you be feeling a little huffish, is ‘apanthropy’ (18th century): a love of solitude and the desire to be away from other people.
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Two scenes by Richard Scarry to
gladden the hearts of all introverts 🙂
gladden the hearts of all introverts 🙂
December 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Two scenes by Richard Scarry to
gladden the hearts of all introverts 🙂
gladden the hearts of all introverts 🙂
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The opening page of 'Bleak House' by Charles Dickens is always a treat.
November 27, 2025 at 8:25 AM
The opening page of 'Bleak House' by Charles Dickens is always a treat.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Lower Norwood, 1871 #pissarro #camillepissarro
November 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Lower Norwood, 1871 #pissarro #camillepissarro
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And so it shall be
November 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
And so it shall be
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ARRIVAL was released 9 years ago today. Acclaimed as one of the great science fiction movies of the 21st century, and among the most popular of director Denis Villeneuve, the story of how it was made may change the way you perceive time…
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November 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
ARRIVAL was released 9 years ago today. Acclaimed as one of the great science fiction movies of the 21st century, and among the most popular of director Denis Villeneuve, the story of how it was made may change the way you perceive time…
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I love the old Face The Music episodes on @bbciplayer.bsky.social particularly the ones with a very young, very clever, very handsome David Attenborough.
November 9, 2025 at 7:29 AM
I love the old Face The Music episodes on @bbciplayer.bsky.social particularly the ones with a very young, very clever, very handsome David Attenborough.
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Cup of water and a rose: mundane, yet almost visionary. Useful too if you just need something calming, from Francisco de Zurbarán.
November 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Cup of water and a rose: mundane, yet almost visionary. Useful too if you just need something calming, from Francisco de Zurbarán.
Perfectly imperfect. Just what I needed. #janeaustenwreckedmylife
October 19, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Perfectly imperfect. Just what I needed. #janeaustenwreckedmylife
October 13, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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A Louise Glück miniature that appeared in The Threepenny Review in 2023. To my knowledge, it remains uncollected.
October 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
A Louise Glück miniature that appeared in The Threepenny Review in 2023. To my knowledge, it remains uncollected.