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
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January 6, 2026 at 2:05 PM
"You have to be yourself, you have to tell everything from your side and you do have to have your own language..."
🕊🎬 RIP #BelaTarr.
The great Hungarian filmmaker has passed away, aged 70.
#Film #Filmmaking
🕊🎬 RIP #BelaTarr.
The great Hungarian filmmaker has passed away, aged 70.
#Film #Filmmaking
January 6, 2026 at 1:32 PM
"You have to be yourself, you have to tell everything from your side and you do have to have your own language..."
🕊🎬 RIP #BelaTarr.
The great Hungarian filmmaker has passed away, aged 70.
#Film #Filmmaking
🕊🎬 RIP #BelaTarr.
The great Hungarian filmmaker has passed away, aged 70.
#Film #Filmmaking
❄️ #OTD in the #History of #Literature 6 January 1904, the #FeastOfTheEpiphany, the character Gabriel Conroy experiences an epiphany of his own in #JamesJoyce's masterpiece of a short story "The Dead" in the collection "Dubliners" (1914).
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January 6, 2026 at 5:46 AM
❄️ #OTD in the #History of #Literature 6 January 1904, the #FeastOfTheEpiphany, the character Gabriel Conroy experiences an epiphany of his own in #JamesJoyce's masterpiece of a short story "The Dead" in the collection "Dubliners" (1914).
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▶️#OTD in #Music #History 6 January 1724, Johann Sebastian #Bach's "Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen" (They will all come forth out of Sheba), BWV 65, was first performed in Leipzig for Epiphany as part of the first cycle of Bach Cantatas.
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January 6, 2026 at 5:45 AM
▶️#OTD in #Music #History 6 January 1724, Johann Sebastian #Bach's "Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen" (They will all come forth out of Sheba), BWV 65, was first performed in Leipzig for Epiphany as part of the first cycle of Bach Cantatas.
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🎥 Remembering great cinematographer #OwenRoizman, who #DOTD 6 January 2023.
He shot such classics as "The French Connection," "The Exorcist," "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three," and "Network." #Film #Cinematography #Filmmaking
He shot such classics as "The French Connection," "The Exorcist," "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three," and "Network." #Film #Cinematography #Filmmaking
January 6, 2026 at 5:45 AM
🎥 Remembering great cinematographer #OwenRoizman, who #DOTD 6 January 2023.
He shot such classics as "The French Connection," "The Exorcist," "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three," and "Network." #Film #Cinematography #Filmmaking
He shot such classics as "The French Connection," "The Exorcist," "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three," and "Network." #Film #Cinematography #Filmmaking
"Drama is easy. Comedy's hard."
🎬 Remembering #PeterBogdanovich, American film director, author, and producer (The Last Picture Show; Paper Moon), who passed away 6 January 2022. #Film #Filmmaking
🎬 Remembering #PeterBogdanovich, American film director, author, and producer (The Last Picture Show; Paper Moon), who passed away 6 January 2022. #Film #Filmmaking
January 6, 2026 at 5:44 AM
"Drama is easy. Comedy's hard."
🎬 Remembering #PeterBogdanovich, American film director, author, and producer (The Last Picture Show; Paper Moon), who passed away 6 January 2022. #Film #Filmmaking
🎬 Remembering #PeterBogdanovich, American film director, author, and producer (The Last Picture Show; Paper Moon), who passed away 6 January 2022. #Film #Filmmaking
"I always wanted to be someone better the next day than I was the day before."
🎭 #SidneyPoitier, Bahamian-American actor, first black actor to win Oscar for Best Actor ('Lillies in the Field' - 1963), director, #civilrights advocate, and diplomat, #DOTD 6 Jan 2022. #Film
🎭 #SidneyPoitier, Bahamian-American actor, first black actor to win Oscar for Best Actor ('Lillies in the Field' - 1963), director, #civilrights advocate, and diplomat, #DOTD 6 Jan 2022. #Film
January 6, 2026 at 5:43 AM
"I always wanted to be someone better the next day than I was the day before."
🎭 #SidneyPoitier, Bahamian-American actor, first black actor to win Oscar for Best Actor ('Lillies in the Field' - 1963), director, #civilrights advocate, and diplomat, #DOTD 6 Jan 2022. #Film
🎭 #SidneyPoitier, Bahamian-American actor, first black actor to win Oscar for Best Actor ('Lillies in the Field' - 1963), director, #civilrights advocate, and diplomat, #DOTD 6 Jan 2022. #Film
"One's going east, the other's going west. So what?" (Goodfellas)
🎭 Remembering Catherine #Scorsese, Marty's mom, who passed away #OTD 6 January 1997. #Film #Filmmaking
🎭 Remembering Catherine #Scorsese, Marty's mom, who passed away #OTD 6 January 1997. #Film #Filmmaking
January 6, 2026 at 5:43 AM
"One's going east, the other's going west. So what?" (Goodfellas)
🎭 Remembering Catherine #Scorsese, Marty's mom, who passed away #OTD 6 January 1997. #Film #Filmmaking
🎭 Remembering Catherine #Scorsese, Marty's mom, who passed away #OTD 6 January 1997. #Film #Filmmaking
"It's taken me all my life to learn what not to play."
🎶 #Jazz legend #DizzyGillespie passed away #OTD 6 January 1993
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🎶 #Jazz legend #DizzyGillespie passed away #OTD 6 January 1993
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January 6, 2026 at 5:43 AM
"It's taken me all my life to learn what not to play."
🎶 #Jazz legend #DizzyGillespie passed away #OTD 6 January 1993
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🎶 #Jazz legend #DizzyGillespie passed away #OTD 6 January 1993
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“Obstacles make a better picture.”
🎬 American filmmaker #VictorFleming #DOTD 6 January 1949. He made "The Wizard of Oz" and "Gone With The Wind" in the same year. #Film #Filmmaking
🎬 American filmmaker #VictorFleming #DOTD 6 January 1949. He made "The Wizard of Oz" and "Gone With The Wind" in the same year. #Film #Filmmaking
January 6, 2026 at 5:42 AM
“Obstacles make a better picture.”
🎬 American filmmaker #VictorFleming #DOTD 6 January 1949. He made "The Wizard of Oz" and "Gone With The Wind" in the same year. #Film #Filmmaking
🎬 American filmmaker #VictorFleming #DOTD 6 January 1949. He made "The Wizard of Oz" and "Gone With The Wind" in the same year. #Film #Filmmaking
"The worst of all fears is the fear of living."
🦅🇺🇸 #TheodoreRoosevelt 26th US President (R: 1901-09; Nobel Peace Prize 1906), #DOTD 6 January 1919.
🦅🇺🇸 #TheodoreRoosevelt 26th US President (R: 1901-09; Nobel Peace Prize 1906), #DOTD 6 January 1919.
January 6, 2026 at 5:41 AM
"The worst of all fears is the fear of living."
🦅🇺🇸 #TheodoreRoosevelt 26th US President (R: 1901-09; Nobel Peace Prize 1906), #DOTD 6 January 1919.
🦅🇺🇸 #TheodoreRoosevelt 26th US President (R: 1901-09; Nobel Peace Prize 1906), #DOTD 6 January 1919.
"To despise riches, may, indeed, be philosophic, but to dispense them worthily, must surely be more beneficial to mankind."
✒ English novelist, diarist, and playwright #FannyBurney passed away #OTD 6 January 1840. #Theatre #Literature
✒ English novelist, diarist, and playwright #FannyBurney passed away #OTD 6 January 1840. #Theatre #Literature
January 6, 2026 at 5:41 AM
"To despise riches, may, indeed, be philosophic, but to dispense them worthily, must surely be more beneficial to mankind."
✒ English novelist, diarist, and playwright #FannyBurney passed away #OTD 6 January 1840. #Theatre #Literature
✒ English novelist, diarist, and playwright #FannyBurney passed away #OTD 6 January 1840. #Theatre #Literature
"A man who could make so vile a pun would not scruple to pick a pocket."
✒ #JohnDennis, English critic and dramatist, #DOTD 6 January 1734. #Stage #Theatre
✒ #JohnDennis, English critic and dramatist, #DOTD 6 January 1734. #Stage #Theatre
January 6, 2026 at 5:40 AM
"A man who could make so vile a pun would not scruple to pick a pocket."
✒ #JohnDennis, English critic and dramatist, #DOTD 6 January 1734. #Stage #Theatre
✒ #JohnDennis, English critic and dramatist, #DOTD 6 January 1734. #Stage #Theatre
"You're about as useful as a one-legged man at an arse kicking contest."
🎭 #Comedy legend #RowanAtkinson is 71 today. #Acting #Film #TV #Filmmaking
🎭 #Comedy legend #RowanAtkinson is 71 today. #Acting #Film #TV #Filmmaking
January 6, 2026 at 5:40 AM
"You're about as useful as a one-legged man at an arse kicking contest."
🎭 #Comedy legend #RowanAtkinson is 71 today. #Acting #Film #TV #Filmmaking
🎭 #Comedy legend #RowanAtkinson is 71 today. #Acting #Film #TV #Filmmaking
"I like to be an idea person. I like to pull different people together and find new talent."
🎬 Remembering #JohnSingleton, African American director and screenwriter ("Boyz in the Hood"), who was #BOTD 6 January 1968. #Film #Filmmaking
🎬 Remembering #JohnSingleton, African American director and screenwriter ("Boyz in the Hood"), who was #BOTD 6 January 1968. #Film #Filmmaking
January 6, 2026 at 5:39 AM
"I like to be an idea person. I like to pull different people together and find new talent."
🎬 Remembering #JohnSingleton, African American director and screenwriter ("Boyz in the Hood"), who was #BOTD 6 January 1968. #Film #Filmmaking
🎬 Remembering #JohnSingleton, African American director and screenwriter ("Boyz in the Hood"), who was #BOTD 6 January 1968. #Film #Filmmaking
"The feeling of not belonging, of not being entirely worthy, of being sometimes hostage to your own sensibilities. Those things speak to me very personally."
🎬 Remembering #AnthonyMinghella, English director and screenwriter, #BOTD 6 January 1954. #Film #Filmmaking
🎬 Remembering #AnthonyMinghella, English director and screenwriter, #BOTD 6 January 1954. #Film #Filmmaking
January 6, 2026 at 5:39 AM
"The feeling of not belonging, of not being entirely worthy, of being sometimes hostage to your own sensibilities. Those things speak to me very personally."
🎬 Remembering #AnthonyMinghella, English director and screenwriter, #BOTD 6 January 1954. #Film #Filmmaking
🎬 Remembering #AnthonyMinghella, English director and screenwriter, #BOTD 6 January 1954. #Film #Filmmaking
"You reached for the secret too soon, you cried for the moon
Shine on you crazy diamond."
🎤🎸 #SydBarrett, English songwriter, guitarist, and early vocalist of the band #PinkFloyd, was #BOTD 6 January 1946.
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Shine on you crazy diamond."
🎤🎸 #SydBarrett, English songwriter, guitarist, and early vocalist of the band #PinkFloyd, was #BOTD 6 January 1946.
▶️ youtu.be/54W8kktFE_o?si…
January 6, 2026 at 5:38 AM
"You reached for the secret too soon, you cried for the moon
Shine on you crazy diamond."
🎤🎸 #SydBarrett, English songwriter, guitarist, and early vocalist of the band #PinkFloyd, was #BOTD 6 January 1946.
▶️ youtu.be/54W8kktFE_o?si…
Shine on you crazy diamond."
🎤🎸 #SydBarrett, English songwriter, guitarist, and early vocalist of the band #PinkFloyd, was #BOTD 6 January 1946.
▶️ youtu.be/54W8kktFE_o?si…
"Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way."
✒️ #ELDoctorow, American author (Ragtime; Billy Bathgate), was #BOTD 6 January 1931. #Literature
✒️ #ELDoctorow, American author (Ragtime; Billy Bathgate), was #BOTD 6 January 1931. #Literature
January 6, 2026 at 5:38 AM
"Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way."
✒️ #ELDoctorow, American author (Ragtime; Billy Bathgate), was #BOTD 6 January 1931. #Literature
✒️ #ELDoctorow, American author (Ragtime; Billy Bathgate), was #BOTD 6 January 1931. #Literature
"Among your earthiest words, the angels stray..."
Poems: poetryarchive.org/poet/pj-kava...
✒️ #PJKavanagh, English poet, actor, and journalist, was #BOTD 6 January 1931. #Poetry #Literature
Poems: poetryarchive.org/poet/pj-kava...
✒️ #PJKavanagh, English poet, actor, and journalist, was #BOTD 6 January 1931. #Poetry #Literature
January 6, 2026 at 5:37 AM
"Among your earthiest words, the angels stray..."
Poems: poetryarchive.org/poet/pj-kava...
✒️ #PJKavanagh, English poet, actor, and journalist, was #BOTD 6 January 1931. #Poetry #Literature
Poems: poetryarchive.org/poet/pj-kava...
✒️ #PJKavanagh, English poet, actor, and journalist, was #BOTD 6 January 1931. #Poetry #Literature
"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars."
Poems: allpoetry.com/Khalil-Gibran]
✒ Lebanese-American mystic, poet, and artist #KhalilGibran, author of "The Prophet," was #BOTD 6 January 1883. #Art #Poetry #Philosophy
Poems: allpoetry.com/Khalil-Gibran]
✒ Lebanese-American mystic, poet, and artist #KhalilGibran, author of "The Prophet," was #BOTD 6 January 1883. #Art #Poetry #Philosophy
January 6, 2026 at 5:36 AM
"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars."
Poems: allpoetry.com/Khalil-Gibran]
✒ Lebanese-American mystic, poet, and artist #KhalilGibran, author of "The Prophet," was #BOTD 6 January 1883. #Art #Poetry #Philosophy
Poems: allpoetry.com/Khalil-Gibran]
✒ Lebanese-American mystic, poet, and artist #KhalilGibran, author of "The Prophet," was #BOTD 6 January 1883. #Art #Poetry #Philosophy
"Time is the coin of your life. You spend it. Do not allow others to spend it for you."
Poems: mypoeticside.com/poets/carl-s...
✒ #CarlSandburg, American poet and biographer of Lincoln ("The People, Yes"), was #BOTD 6 January 1878. #Poetry #Literature
Poems: mypoeticside.com/poets/carl-s...
✒ #CarlSandburg, American poet and biographer of Lincoln ("The People, Yes"), was #BOTD 6 January 1878. #Poetry #Literature
January 6, 2026 at 5:35 AM
"Time is the coin of your life. You spend it. Do not allow others to spend it for you."
Poems: mypoeticside.com/poets/carl-s...
✒ #CarlSandburg, American poet and biographer of Lincoln ("The People, Yes"), was #BOTD 6 January 1878. #Poetry #Literature
Poems: mypoeticside.com/poets/carl-s...
✒ #CarlSandburg, American poet and biographer of Lincoln ("The People, Yes"), was #BOTD 6 January 1878. #Poetry #Literature
January 6, 2026 at 5:34 AM
January 6, 2026 at 5:34 AM
"We could imagine nothing pleasanter than to spend all of our lives digging for relics of the past."
⛏️ #HeinrichSchliemann, German archaeologist who rediscovered Troy, was #BOTD 6 January 1822. #Archaeology
⛏️ #HeinrichSchliemann, German archaeologist who rediscovered Troy, was #BOTD 6 January 1822. #Archaeology
January 6, 2026 at 5:33 AM
"We could imagine nothing pleasanter than to spend all of our lives digging for relics of the past."
⛏️ #HeinrichSchliemann, German archaeologist who rediscovered Troy, was #BOTD 6 January 1822. #Archaeology
⛏️ #HeinrichSchliemann, German archaeologist who rediscovered Troy, was #BOTD 6 January 1822. #Archaeology