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
🚀 #Nasa is targeting March 6 (March 7 in the UK) to launch a crew around the #Moon for the first time in more than 50 years, in what would be humankind's furthest ever trip into space.
#ArtemisII
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#ArtemisII
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Nasa targets March 6 date to send humans back around the Moon
Nasa sets the launch date following a successful
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February 20, 2026 at 4:23 PM
🚀 #Nasa is targeting March 6 (March 7 in the UK) to launch a crew around the #Moon for the first time in more than 50 years, in what would be humankind's furthest ever trip into space.
#ArtemisII
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#ArtemisII
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"Oh, there's just one more thing..."
🔍 #OTD in #TV #History 20 February 1968, the pilot episode of the classic whodunit series COLUMBO, titled "Prescription: Murder", created by William Link and Richard Levinson, starring #PeterFalk in an iconic role, premiered on NBC.
🔍 #OTD in #TV #History 20 February 1968, the pilot episode of the classic whodunit series COLUMBO, titled "Prescription: Murder", created by William Link and Richard Levinson, starring #PeterFalk in an iconic role, premiered on NBC.
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February 20, 2026 at 3:50 AM
"Oh, there's just one more thing..."
🔍 #OTD in #TV #History 20 February 1968, the pilot episode of the classic whodunit series COLUMBO, titled "Prescription: Murder", created by William Link and Richard Levinson, starring #PeterFalk in an iconic role, premiered on NBC.
🔍 #OTD in #TV #History 20 February 1968, the pilot episode of the classic whodunit series COLUMBO, titled "Prescription: Murder", created by William Link and Richard Levinson, starring #PeterFalk in an iconic role, premiered on NBC.
"Scuse me while I kiss the sky."
🎸 #OTD in #Music #History 20 February 1959, guitarist #JimiHendrix (16) played his first gig in the Temple De Hirsch Sinai synagogue basement, Seattle. His playing was deemed too wild, and he was fired from the band after the first set.
🎸 #OTD in #Music #History 20 February 1959, guitarist #JimiHendrix (16) played his first gig in the Temple De Hirsch Sinai synagogue basement, Seattle. His playing was deemed too wild, and he was fired from the band after the first set.
February 20, 2026 at 3:49 AM
"Scuse me while I kiss the sky."
🎸 #OTD in #Music #History 20 February 1959, guitarist #JimiHendrix (16) played his first gig in the Temple De Hirsch Sinai synagogue basement, Seattle. His playing was deemed too wild, and he was fired from the band after the first set.
🎸 #OTD in #Music #History 20 February 1959, guitarist #JimiHendrix (16) played his first gig in the Temple De Hirsch Sinai synagogue basement, Seattle. His playing was deemed too wild, and he was fired from the band after the first set.
"Oh, I'm not worried, Miss. Gave myself up for dead back where we started."
🛥 #OTD in #Film #History 20 February 1952, #JohnHuston's beloved classic THE AFRICAN QUEEN, starring #HumphreyBogart and #KatharineHepburn, was released at the Capitol Theatre, New York.
🛥 #OTD in #Film #History 20 February 1952, #JohnHuston's beloved classic THE AFRICAN QUEEN, starring #HumphreyBogart and #KatharineHepburn, was released at the Capitol Theatre, New York.
February 20, 2026 at 3:49 AM
"Oh, I'm not worried, Miss. Gave myself up for dead back where we started."
🛥 #OTD in #Film #History 20 February 1952, #JohnHuston's beloved classic THE AFRICAN QUEEN, starring #HumphreyBogart and #KatharineHepburn, was released at the Capitol Theatre, New York.
🛥 #OTD in #Film #History 20 February 1952, #JohnHuston's beloved classic THE AFRICAN QUEEN, starring #HumphreyBogart and #KatharineHepburn, was released at the Capitol Theatre, New York.
"...a roaring motor car which seems to run on machine-gun fire, is more beautiful than the Victory of Samothrace.”
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📃 #OTD in the #History of #Art and #Literature 20 Feb 1909, #FTMarinetti's #Futurist Manifesto
was published in "Le Figaro".
Text:
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📃 #OTD in the #History of #Art and #Literature 20 Feb 1909, #FTMarinetti's #Futurist Manifesto
was published in "Le Figaro".
February 20, 2026 at 3:48 AM
"...a roaring motor car which seems to run on machine-gun fire, is more beautiful than the Victory of Samothrace.”
Text:
www.booksontrial.com/the-full-tex...
📃 #OTD in the #History of #Art and #Literature 20 Feb 1909, #FTMarinetti's #Futurist Manifesto
was published in "Le Figaro".
Text:
www.booksontrial.com/the-full-tex...
📃 #OTD in the #History of #Art and #Literature 20 Feb 1909, #FTMarinetti's #Futurist Manifesto
was published in "Le Figaro".
CECIL GRAHAM: What is a cynic?
LORD DARLINGTON: A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
🎭 #OTD in #Theatre #History 20 February 1892, #OscarWilde's first hit play LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN opened at the St James's Theatre, London.
LORD DARLINGTON: A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
🎭 #OTD in #Theatre #History 20 February 1892, #OscarWilde's first hit play LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN opened at the St James's Theatre, London.
February 20, 2026 at 3:47 AM
CECIL GRAHAM: What is a cynic?
LORD DARLINGTON: A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
🎭 #OTD in #Theatre #History 20 February 1892, #OscarWilde's first hit play LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN opened at the St James's Theatre, London.
LORD DARLINGTON: A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
🎭 #OTD in #Theatre #History 20 February 1892, #OscarWilde's first hit play LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN opened at the St James's Theatre, London.
"Oh, you alone, my love,
can console my heart."
🎶 #OTD in #Music #History 20 February 1816, Gioachino #Rossini's two-act #opera buffa THE BARBER OF SEVILLE had its premiere at the Teatro Argentina, Rome. The Italian libretto was by Cesare Sterbini.
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can console my heart."
🎶 #OTD in #Music #History 20 February 1816, Gioachino #Rossini's two-act #opera buffa THE BARBER OF SEVILLE had its premiere at the Teatro Argentina, Rome. The Italian libretto was by Cesare Sterbini.
▶️ youtu.be/gDbBhzIcYj4
February 20, 2026 at 3:46 AM
"Oh, you alone, my love,
can console my heart."
🎶 #OTD in #Music #History 20 February 1816, Gioachino #Rossini's two-act #opera buffa THE BARBER OF SEVILLE had its premiere at the Teatro Argentina, Rome. The Italian libretto was by Cesare Sterbini.
▶️ youtu.be/gDbBhzIcYj4
can console my heart."
🎶 #OTD in #Music #History 20 February 1816, Gioachino #Rossini's two-act #opera buffa THE BARBER OF SEVILLE had its premiere at the Teatro Argentina, Rome. The Italian libretto was by Cesare Sterbini.
▶️ youtu.be/gDbBhzIcYj4
"There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
🦇✒️ Remembering #HunterSThompson, American #Gonzo journalist and author, who #DOTD 20 February 2005. #Literature
🦇✒️ Remembering #HunterSThompson, American #Gonzo journalist and author, who #DOTD 20 February 2005. #Literature
February 20, 2026 at 3:45 AM
"There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die."
🦇✒️ Remembering #HunterSThompson, American #Gonzo journalist and author, who #DOTD 20 February 2005. #Literature
🦇✒️ Remembering #HunterSThompson, American #Gonzo journalist and author, who #DOTD 20 February 2005. #Literature
"A writer who writes, ''I am alone''... can be considered rather comical. It is comical for a man to recognize his solitude by addressing a reader and by using methods that prevent the individual from being alone."
✒️ #MauriceBlanchot, French philosopher, #DOTD 20 Feb 2003.
✒️ #MauriceBlanchot, French philosopher, #DOTD 20 Feb 2003.
February 20, 2026 at 3:45 AM
"A writer who writes, ''I am alone''... can be considered rather comical. It is comical for a man to recognize his solitude by addressing a reader and by using methods that prevent the individual from being alone."
✒️ #MauriceBlanchot, French philosopher, #DOTD 20 Feb 2003.
✒️ #MauriceBlanchot, French philosopher, #DOTD 20 Feb 2003.
"Your wife has a lovely neck."
🎭 German actor #MaxSchreck, unforgettable as Count Orlok in #FWMurnau's "Nosferatu," passed away #OTD 20 February 1936. #Film #Filmmaking #Horror
🎭 German actor #MaxSchreck, unforgettable as Count Orlok in #FWMurnau's "Nosferatu," passed away #OTD 20 February 1936. #Film #Filmmaking #Horror
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February 20, 2026 at 3:43 AM
"Your wife has a lovely neck."
🎭 German actor #MaxSchreck, unforgettable as Count Orlok in #FWMurnau's "Nosferatu," passed away #OTD 20 February 1936. #Film #Filmmaking #Horror
🎭 German actor #MaxSchreck, unforgettable as Count Orlok in #FWMurnau's "Nosferatu," passed away #OTD 20 February 1936. #Film #Filmmaking #Horror
"To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker."
✒ #FrederickDouglass, African-American escaped slave, abolitionist, lecturer, and editor, #DOTD 20 February 1895. #Literature #Politics
✒ #FrederickDouglass, African-American escaped slave, abolitionist, lecturer, and editor, #DOTD 20 February 1895. #Literature #Politics
February 20, 2026 at 3:42 AM
"To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker."
✒ #FrederickDouglass, African-American escaped slave, abolitionist, lecturer, and editor, #DOTD 20 February 1895. #Literature #Politics
✒ #FrederickDouglass, African-American escaped slave, abolitionist, lecturer, and editor, #DOTD 20 February 1895. #Literature #Politics
February 20, 2026 at 3:42 AM
"If I recall and read again
those days in love’s long-faded script,
would there be not a mark or trace
but Celia’s, imprinted on my breast?"
✒ #FranciscoBalagtas, Filipino poet, #DOTD 20 February 1862. #Poetry #Literature
those days in love’s long-faded script,
would there be not a mark or trace
but Celia’s, imprinted on my breast?"
✒ #FranciscoBalagtas, Filipino poet, #DOTD 20 February 1862. #Poetry #Literature
February 20, 2026 at 3:41 AM
"If I recall and read again
those days in love’s long-faded script,
would there be not a mark or trace
but Celia’s, imprinted on my breast?"
✒ #FranciscoBalagtas, Filipino poet, #DOTD 20 February 1862. #Poetry #Literature
those days in love’s long-faded script,
would there be not a mark or trace
but Celia’s, imprinted on my breast?"
✒ #FranciscoBalagtas, Filipino poet, #DOTD 20 February 1862. #Poetry #Literature
"Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are."
🎤 Remembering #KurtCobain, American rock singer-songwriter with #Nirvana, who was #BOTD 20 February 1967.
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🎤 Remembering #KurtCobain, American rock singer-songwriter with #Nirvana, who was #BOTD 20 February 1967.
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February 20, 2026 at 3:35 AM
"Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are."
🎤 Remembering #KurtCobain, American rock singer-songwriter with #Nirvana, who was #BOTD 20 February 1967.
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🎤 Remembering #KurtCobain, American rock singer-songwriter with #Nirvana, who was #BOTD 20 February 1967.
▶️ youtu.be/1YhR5UfaAzM?si…
"My work requires acting at its most committed - it demands actors of enormous resilience, but also intelligence and wit. It doesn't work for narcissistic or selfish actors."
🎬 #MikeLeigh, great English director and screenwriter, is 83 today. #Film #Filmmaking
🎬 #MikeLeigh, great English director and screenwriter, is 83 today. #Film #Filmmaking
February 20, 2026 at 3:34 AM
"My work requires acting at its most committed - it demands actors of enormous resilience, but also intelligence and wit. It doesn't work for narcissistic or selfish actors."
🎬 #MikeLeigh, great English director and screenwriter, is 83 today. #Film #Filmmaking
🎬 #MikeLeigh, great English director and screenwriter, is 83 today. #Film #Filmmaking
"According to William Blake, 'The road of excess leads to the Palace of Wisdom.' I was on my way there... in a Jag."
📀 Remembering #FactoryRecords co-founder, The Haçienda manager, and all-round #Manchester legend #TonyWilson, #BOTD 20 February 1950.
📀 Remembering #FactoryRecords co-founder, The Haçienda manager, and all-round #Manchester legend #TonyWilson, #BOTD 20 February 1950.
February 20, 2026 at 3:33 AM
"According to William Blake, 'The road of excess leads to the Palace of Wisdom.' I was on my way there... in a Jag."
📀 Remembering #FactoryRecords co-founder, The Haçienda manager, and all-round #Manchester legend #TonyWilson, #BOTD 20 February 1950.
📀 Remembering #FactoryRecords co-founder, The Haçienda manager, and all-round #Manchester legend #TonyWilson, #BOTD 20 February 1950.
"If I'm remembered for having done a few good things, and if my presence here has sparked some good energies, that's plenty."
🎭 Remembering #SidneyPoitier, Bahamian-American actor, director, #civilrights activist, and diplomat, #BOTD 20 February 1927. #Film
🎭 Remembering #SidneyPoitier, Bahamian-American actor, director, #civilrights activist, and diplomat, #BOTD 20 February 1927. #Film
February 20, 2026 at 3:32 AM
"If I'm remembered for having done a few good things, and if my presence here has sparked some good energies, that's plenty."
🎭 Remembering #SidneyPoitier, Bahamian-American actor, director, #civilrights activist, and diplomat, #BOTD 20 February 1927. #Film
🎭 Remembering #SidneyPoitier, Bahamian-American actor, director, #civilrights activist, and diplomat, #BOTD 20 February 1927. #Film
"Full circle. A new terror born in death, a new superstition entering the unassailable fortress of forever. I am legend." (I Am Legend)
100th Anniversary ✒️ Remembering #RichardMatheson, American author and screenwriter, was #BOTD 20 February 1926. #Film #Literature
100th Anniversary ✒️ Remembering #RichardMatheson, American author and screenwriter, was #BOTD 20 February 1926. #Film #Literature
February 20, 2026 at 3:32 AM
"Full circle. A new terror born in death, a new superstition entering the unassailable fortress of forever. I am legend." (I Am Legend)
100th Anniversary ✒️ Remembering #RichardMatheson, American author and screenwriter, was #BOTD 20 February 1926. #Film #Literature
100th Anniversary ✒️ Remembering #RichardMatheson, American author and screenwriter, was #BOTD 20 February 1926. #Film #Literature
"Filmmaking is a chance to live many lifetimes."
🎬 #RobertAltman, American screenwriter, producer, and director, was #BOTD 20 February 1925. #Film #Filmmaking
🎬 #RobertAltman, American screenwriter, producer, and director, was #BOTD 20 February 1925. #Film #Filmmaking
February 20, 2026 at 3:31 AM
"Filmmaking is a chance to live many lifetimes."
🎬 #RobertAltman, American screenwriter, producer, and director, was #BOTD 20 February 1925. #Film #Filmmaking
🎬 #RobertAltman, American screenwriter, producer, and director, was #BOTD 20 February 1925. #Film #Filmmaking
"In the field of technology, simplification is always an enormous advance..."
✒ #PierreBoulle, French author ("The Bridge over the River Kwai"; "Planet of the Apes"), was #BOTD 20 February 1912. #Literature
✒ #PierreBoulle, French author ("The Bridge over the River Kwai"; "Planet of the Apes"), was #BOTD 20 February 1912. #Literature
February 20, 2026 at 3:30 AM
"In the field of technology, simplification is always an enormous advance..."
✒ #PierreBoulle, French author ("The Bridge over the River Kwai"; "Planet of the Apes"), was #BOTD 20 February 1912. #Literature
✒ #PierreBoulle, French author ("The Bridge over the River Kwai"; "Planet of the Apes"), was #BOTD 20 February 1912. #Literature
"If I am lucky, the picture will paint itself."
🎨 English surrealist painter and poet #JulianTrevelyan was #BOTD 20 February 1910. #Art #Poetry #Painting #Surrealism
🎨 English surrealist painter and poet #JulianTrevelyan was #BOTD 20 February 1910. #Art #Poetry #Painting #Surrealism
February 20, 2026 at 3:30 AM
"If I am lucky, the picture will paint itself."
🎨 English surrealist painter and poet #JulianTrevelyan was #BOTD 20 February 1910. #Art #Poetry #Painting #Surrealism
🎨 English surrealist painter and poet #JulianTrevelyan was #BOTD 20 February 1910. #Art #Poetry #Painting #Surrealism
"Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter."
📸 American photographer #AnselAdams, famous for stunning #photography of the American West, was #BOTD 20 February 1902.
📸 American photographer #AnselAdams, famous for stunning #photography of the American West, was #BOTD 20 February 1902.
February 20, 2026 at 3:29 AM
"Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter."
📸 American photographer #AnselAdams, famous for stunning #photography of the American West, was #BOTD 20 February 1902.
📸 American photographer #AnselAdams, famous for stunning #photography of the American West, was #BOTD 20 February 1902.
"It's a fine thing to rise above pride, but you must have pride in order to do so."
✒ French novelist #GeorgesBernanos was #BOTD 20 February 1888. #Literature
✒ French novelist #GeorgesBernanos was #BOTD 20 February 1888. #Literature
February 20, 2026 at 3:28 AM
"It's a fine thing to rise above pride, but you must have pride in order to do so."
✒ French novelist #GeorgesBernanos was #BOTD 20 February 1888. #Literature
✒ French novelist #GeorgesBernanos was #BOTD 20 February 1888. #Literature