Oldpuddle
@oldpuddle.bsky.social
Art, science and the modern antiquarian. Ronald Hutton once said that I seemed like an "interesting sort of fellow". A manifestation of Stu Pond.
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RIP Drew Struzan - a man whose talent and imagination etched onto so many minds throughout the last 40+ years.
His art & posters are some of the first visuals I think of when I think about cinema - an invitation to watch these stories and worlds.
A massive loss 💔
His art & posters are some of the first visuals I think of when I think about cinema - an invitation to watch these stories and worlds.
A massive loss 💔
October 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
RIP Drew Struzan - a man whose talent and imagination etched onto so many minds throughout the last 40+ years.
His art & posters are some of the first visuals I think of when I think about cinema - an invitation to watch these stories and worlds.
A massive loss 💔
His art & posters are some of the first visuals I think of when I think about cinema - an invitation to watch these stories and worlds.
A massive loss 💔
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Bullstones. Watercolour and graphite.
October 8, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Bullstones. Watercolour and graphite.
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On National Poetry Day, the greatest poem I have ever read
October 2, 2025 at 8:41 AM
On National Poetry Day, the greatest poem I have ever read
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Elite was released (circa) 41 years ago today!
This space trading open world game is considered to be the forerunner of many modern games, as well as being an important milestone in the history of space sci-fi.
This space trading open world game is considered to be the forerunner of many modern games, as well as being an important milestone in the history of space sci-fi.
September 20, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Elite was released (circa) 41 years ago today!
This space trading open world game is considered to be the forerunner of many modern games, as well as being an important milestone in the history of space sci-fi.
This space trading open world game is considered to be the forerunner of many modern games, as well as being an important milestone in the history of space sci-fi.
Arbor Low, Last Sunday 24.08.25
August 31, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Arbor Low, Last Sunday 24.08.25
Beer brick. Put a can of @redwillowbrewery.bsky.social's rather fine Keller Bier in the freezer to chill last night then promptly forgot about it until this morning. It's thawing now. Oops!
August 13, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Beer brick. Put a can of @redwillowbrewery.bsky.social's rather fine Keller Bier in the freezer to chill last night then promptly forgot about it until this morning. It's thawing now. Oops!
The Roaches and Hen Cloud. Graphite and watercolour. A5.
August 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The Roaches and Hen Cloud. Graphite and watercolour. A5.
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
The Bullstrang. Watercolour and graphite.
July 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The Bullstrang. Watercolour and graphite.
Great to have Moviedrome back on the TV tonight.
July 10, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Great to have Moviedrome back on the TV tonight.
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FYI A lovely top notch cleaned up version of The Wicker Man complete with establishing mainland scenes is on iPlayer now for the next month. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
The Wicker Man
A puritan police sergeant arrives on a Scottish island in search of a missing girl, who the Pagan locals claim never existed.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 9, 2025 at 10:51 AM
FYI A lovely top notch cleaned up version of The Wicker Man complete with establishing mainland scenes is on iPlayer now for the next month. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Great piece on Moviedrome, with interviews with Alex Cox and Nick Freand Jones. Such a brilliant series, much missed. Wish the BBC had shows like this on now.
www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/a...
www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/a...
Alex Cox on the legacy of Moviedrome, the BBC’s essential cult film slot
Broadcasting a weekly diet of transgressive, iconoclastic cinema into British living rooms, the BBC’s Moviedrome series turned a generation of viewers into adventurous cinephiles. How did it come abou...
www.bfi.org.uk
June 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Great piece on Moviedrome, with interviews with Alex Cox and Nick Freand Jones. Such a brilliant series, much missed. Wish the BBC had shows like this on now.
www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/a...
www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/a...
Listening to @maryannehobbs.bsky.social as I work. For a synesthete such as I, that means a head filled with colours and movement as synapses are fired in unique combinations. Her show is a gift. @coseyfannitutti.bsky.social talking so beautifully about White Rabbit brought a tear to my eye.
June 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Listening to @maryannehobbs.bsky.social as I work. For a synesthete such as I, that means a head filled with colours and movement as synapses are fired in unique combinations. Her show is a gift. @coseyfannitutti.bsky.social talking so beautifully about White Rabbit brought a tear to my eye.
@cerysmatthews.bsky.social *I think* Cuillin is pronounced 'coolin', and when seen they are not forgotten. From Elgol they are breathtaking. @duncanchisholm.bsky.social wrote this piece about the Cuillin and it is the most profoundly beautiful tune.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyUq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyUq...
The Blue Cuillin of the Island
YouTube video by Duncan Chisholm - Topic
www.youtube.com
May 25, 2025 at 10:57 AM
@cerysmatthews.bsky.social *I think* Cuillin is pronounced 'coolin', and when seen they are not forgotten. From Elgol they are breathtaking. @duncanchisholm.bsky.social wrote this piece about the Cuillin and it is the most profoundly beautiful tune.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyUq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyUq...
All they care about is money. Profit. Accruing wealth. Nothing else has any intrinsic value. They eschew morality and lack a philosophical framework to guide them. Their inner selves are empty and shallow, bereft of compassion or humility. They are pitiless and lost, attracted to the dark.
April 26, 2025 at 11:58 AM
All they care about is money. Profit. Accruing wealth. Nothing else has any intrinsic value. They eschew morality and lack a philosophical framework to guide them. Their inner selves are empty and shallow, bereft of compassion or humility. They are pitiless and lost, attracted to the dark.
Stone the crows. How much does @cheshire-east.bsky.social hate Macclesfield? Evening parking charges are not going to help the town in any way.
April 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Stone the crows. How much does @cheshire-east.bsky.social hate Macclesfield? Evening parking charges are not going to help the town in any way.
What the heck is controversial about heat pumps? I guess "areas of public controversy" mean subjects like climate change perhaps? Sorry to say the @evanhd.bsky.social, the BBC is in the control of people not working in it's own or our own interests, or those of our democracy and free speech.
Sad news about the Happy Heat Pump Podcast.
Sorry to say, that after about 20 episodes, we’re drawing it to a close at the request of the BBC which worries it may be seen as steering into areas of public controversy.
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youtu.be/RJPKgngqoX0?...
Sorry to say, that after about 20 episodes, we’re drawing it to a close at the request of the BBC which worries it may be seen as steering into areas of public controversy.
1/2
youtu.be/RJPKgngqoX0?...
https://youtu.be/RJPKgngqoX0?si=92B9xN4zy6BiWXqK
t.co
April 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
What the heck is controversial about heat pumps? I guess "areas of public controversy" mean subjects like climate change perhaps? Sorry to say the @evanhd.bsky.social, the BBC is in the control of people not working in it's own or our own interests, or those of our democracy and free speech.
The Bullstrang, Near Macclesfield, Cheshire.
April 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The Bullstrang, Near Macclesfield, Cheshire.
Nine Stones Close near Bakewell, Derbyshire, last week.
April 6, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Nine Stones Close near Bakewell, Derbyshire, last week.
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Labour have chosen to make poor people poorer rather than
- Rejoin the European Union
- Stray from arbitrary fiscal rules
- Tax the inconceivably wealthy
- Borrow to invest in broken public services*
*National debt is at 95.5% of GDP. In 1947 when the NHS was established, it was 238%.
- Rejoin the European Union
- Stray from arbitrary fiscal rules
- Tax the inconceivably wealthy
- Borrow to invest in broken public services*
*National debt is at 95.5% of GDP. In 1947 when the NHS was established, it was 238%.
March 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Labour have chosen to make poor people poorer rather than
- Rejoin the European Union
- Stray from arbitrary fiscal rules
- Tax the inconceivably wealthy
- Borrow to invest in broken public services*
*National debt is at 95.5% of GDP. In 1947 when the NHS was established, it was 238%.
- Rejoin the European Union
- Stray from arbitrary fiscal rules
- Tax the inconceivably wealthy
- Borrow to invest in broken public services*
*National debt is at 95.5% of GDP. In 1947 when the NHS was established, it was 238%.
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Biggest regret? Creation.
March 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Biggest regret? Creation.
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The news has been more than a bit grim of late, so hooray for @carbonbrief.org providing some genuine and really meaningful **good** news: the UK's carbon emissions in 2024 were the lowest since 1872, because demand for fossil fuels just keeps decreasing.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
March 12, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The news has been more than a bit grim of late, so hooray for @carbonbrief.org providing some genuine and really meaningful **good** news: the UK's carbon emissions in 2024 were the lowest since 1872, because demand for fossil fuels just keeps decreasing.
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-...
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Word of the day is ‘lickspittle’ (17th century): a person who fawns upon someone in power for personal gain.
March 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Word of the day is ‘lickspittle’ (17th century): a person who fawns upon someone in power for personal gain.