Rose Ruane
@regretteruane.bsky.social
Artist, writer, sweetheart, battleaxe, she/her
Novels This Is Yesterday & Birding with Corsair Books
Rep: Becky Thomas at Lewinsohn Literary
Chair of The Adamson Collection Trust: work created in the art therapy studio at Netherne hospital during the C20th
Novels This Is Yesterday & Birding with Corsair Books
Rep: Becky Thomas at Lewinsohn Literary
Chair of The Adamson Collection Trust: work created in the art therapy studio at Netherne hospital during the C20th
An ancient atavistic evil stirs in the form of the “I love horses, better than other animals, I love horses, they’re my friends” jingle
Such an abrupt unbidden earworm out of the ether that I wonder if I’m a Manchurian Candidate style sleeper agent being awoken to do the bidding of 90s horse girls
Such an abrupt unbidden earworm out of the ether that I wonder if I’m a Manchurian Candidate style sleeper agent being awoken to do the bidding of 90s horse girls
November 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
An ancient atavistic evil stirs in the form of the “I love horses, better than other animals, I love horses, they’re my friends” jingle
Such an abrupt unbidden earworm out of the ether that I wonder if I’m a Manchurian Candidate style sleeper agent being awoken to do the bidding of 90s horse girls
Such an abrupt unbidden earworm out of the ether that I wonder if I’m a Manchurian Candidate style sleeper agent being awoken to do the bidding of 90s horse girls
Look at this absolute wonder, a poem in Puffin Post by @tambourine.bsky.social ‘s mum! Really could not be more delightful
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Look at this absolute wonder, a poem in Puffin Post by @tambourine.bsky.social ‘s mum! Really could not be more delightful
Was really struck by what a lovely inspiring exercise this is, like a primary school version of Mary Oliver’s Instructions for living a life
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it
November 10, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Was really struck by what a lovely inspiring exercise this is, like a primary school version of Mary Oliver’s Instructions for living a life
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it
Reposted by Rose Ruane
Ed Ruscha, OOF, 1962-63 www.moma.org/collection/w...
November 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Ed Ruscha, OOF, 1962-63 www.moma.org/collection/w...
If you’d like to learn more about Mary Bishop & her extraordinary work, I wrote this for The Wellcome Collection in 2023.
But more than that, I would recommend looking for yourself at some of her work which is available to view online through their catalogue
wellcomecollection.org/stories/mary...
But more than that, I would recommend looking for yourself at some of her work which is available to view online through their catalogue
wellcomecollection.org/stories/mary...
November 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
If you’d like to learn more about Mary Bishop & her extraordinary work, I wrote this for The Wellcome Collection in 2023.
But more than that, I would recommend looking for yourself at some of her work which is available to view online through their catalogue
wellcomecollection.org/stories/mary...
But more than that, I would recommend looking for yourself at some of her work which is available to view online through their catalogue
wellcomecollection.org/stories/mary...
30 million dead, The Somme, painting created by Mary Bishop 1976 in the art therapy studio at Netherne hospital where she was compelled to live.
Aged 4 when her father was killed in WWI, the reverberations of his death & her mother’s vast grief traumatised & distressed Mary for the rest of her life
Aged 4 when her father was killed in WWI, the reverberations of his death & her mother’s vast grief traumatised & distressed Mary for the rest of her life
November 9, 2025 at 10:48 AM
30 million dead, The Somme, painting created by Mary Bishop 1976 in the art therapy studio at Netherne hospital where she was compelled to live.
Aged 4 when her father was killed in WWI, the reverberations of his death & her mother’s vast grief traumatised & distressed Mary for the rest of her life
Aged 4 when her father was killed in WWI, the reverberations of his death & her mother’s vast grief traumatised & distressed Mary for the rest of her life
Nice charity shop find earlier, this atmospheric, elegant little charcoal and watercolour work, a shade of the uneasy & uncanny about it that I find quite compelling, a pall of gloom, something brooding
November 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Nice charity shop find earlier, this atmospheric, elegant little charcoal and watercolour work, a shade of the uneasy & uncanny about it that I find quite compelling, a pall of gloom, something brooding
Reposted by Rose Ruane
Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel.
One day at the Derby Book Festival with the @beardedbadgerbooks.bsky.social himself.
Sold some books, including Leonard and Hungry Paul @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @ronanhession.bsky.social and Birding @regretteruane.bsky.social - well Paul did from his pop up!
One day at the Derby Book Festival with the @beardedbadgerbooks.bsky.social himself.
Sold some books, including Leonard and Hungry Paul @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @ronanhession.bsky.social and Birding @regretteruane.bsky.social - well Paul did from his pop up!
November 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel.
One day at the Derby Book Festival with the @beardedbadgerbooks.bsky.social himself.
Sold some books, including Leonard and Hungry Paul @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @ronanhession.bsky.social and Birding @regretteruane.bsky.social - well Paul did from his pop up!
One day at the Derby Book Festival with the @beardedbadgerbooks.bsky.social himself.
Sold some books, including Leonard and Hungry Paul @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @ronanhession.bsky.social and Birding @regretteruane.bsky.social - well Paul did from his pop up!
Painting created by Brenda Marshall c.1957 in the art therapy studio at Netherne hospital, Surrey, where she was compelled to live.
A substantial number of her works survive, they explore painful & traumatic family relationships, details of which are sometimes noted on the backs of her paintings
A substantial number of her works survive, they explore painful & traumatic family relationships, details of which are sometimes noted on the backs of her paintings
November 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Painting created by Brenda Marshall c.1957 in the art therapy studio at Netherne hospital, Surrey, where she was compelled to live.
A substantial number of her works survive, they explore painful & traumatic family relationships, details of which are sometimes noted on the backs of her paintings
A substantial number of her works survive, they explore painful & traumatic family relationships, details of which are sometimes noted on the backs of her paintings
Beautiful Jill McDonald front and back covers for this 1960s primary school English textbook, filled with lovely, thoughtful invitations to imagine, play with poems and write short creative pieces
November 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Beautiful Jill McDonald front and back covers for this 1960s primary school English textbook, filled with lovely, thoughtful invitations to imagine, play with poems and write short creative pieces
Today dear ones, last call, all aboard, won’t you join us please?
Glasgow loves please join me & @benpester.bsky.social at Mount Florida Books on the 6th of November to talk about the marvel that is The Expansion Project.
Everyone* is saying it’s going to be the real fireworks night
*No one is saying that. But it will be good
mountfloridabooks.com/products/the...
Everyone* is saying it’s going to be the real fireworks night
*No one is saying that. But it will be good
mountfloridabooks.com/products/the...
November 6, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Today dear ones, last call, all aboard, won’t you join us please?
We don’t talk enough about the impact of the kind of 70s music about weird made up guys called, like, Big Shitty William or Field Marshall Albatross & maybe that was the band name or the song title, being performed by a load of Jethro Tull looking lads, Mrs Mills & someone in a massive duck costume
November 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
We don’t talk enough about the impact of the kind of 70s music about weird made up guys called, like, Big Shitty William or Field Marshall Albatross & maybe that was the band name or the song title, being performed by a load of Jethro Tull looking lads, Mrs Mills & someone in a massive duck costume
This is tomorrow, I know it is staying in, eating soup, watching telly weather but do please come along, we promise to do our utmost to delight you & tickets are free, although you can also order a book with one included
Glasgow loves please join me & @benpester.bsky.social at Mount Florida Books on the 6th of November to talk about the marvel that is The Expansion Project.
Everyone* is saying it’s going to be the real fireworks night
*No one is saying that. But it will be good
mountfloridabooks.com/products/the...
Everyone* is saying it’s going to be the real fireworks night
*No one is saying that. But it will be good
mountfloridabooks.com/products/the...
November 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This is tomorrow, I know it is staying in, eating soup, watching telly weather but do please come along, we promise to do our utmost to delight you & tickets are free, although you can also order a book with one included
Reposted by Rose Ruane
University of Birmingham is offering fully- and partially-funded scholarships for Arts & Humanities doctoral research students. Details in the link.
I am very interested to hear from prospective research students wishing to work in the fields of:
www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/schola...
I am very interested to hear from prospective research students wishing to work in the fields of:
www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/schola...
College of Arts and Law Doctoral Scholarships - University of Birmingham
Fully-funded and partially-funded scholarships for doctoral research students studying in the College of Arts of Law in the 2026/27 academic year onwards
www.birmingham.ac.uk
November 5, 2025 at 9:50 AM
University of Birmingham is offering fully- and partially-funded scholarships for Arts & Humanities doctoral research students. Details in the link.
I am very interested to hear from prospective research students wishing to work in the fields of:
www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/schola...
I am very interested to hear from prospective research students wishing to work in the fields of:
www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/schola...
Babe, come over, we can pirouette down into the deep dark velvet hush of a music box together like tiny plastic ballerinas after the lid is closed
November 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Babe, come over, we can pirouette down into the deep dark velvet hush of a music box together like tiny plastic ballerinas after the lid is closed
Reposted by Rose Ruane
There’s a post the oldest selfie from your phone thing going round & I find the oldest selfie on mine is this one from 2017, taken in Philip Larkin’s shaving mirror, from a never completed project I was working on at the time, photographing my reflection & shadow in/on famous men’s possessions
November 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
There’s a post the oldest selfie from your phone thing going round & I find the oldest selfie on mine is this one from 2017, taken in Philip Larkin’s shaving mirror, from a never completed project I was working on at the time, photographing my reflection & shadow in/on famous men’s possessions
Reposted by Rose Ruane
Long tails and important outcomes. Finally, it's live - the website for the report, "Conversion Therapy' and the University of Birmingham c.1966-1983'!
There's material about the history, the project, its organisation, and there are resources there too.
#HistPsych #HistSTEM #QueerHist #HistSex
There's material about the history, the project, its organisation, and there are resources there too.
#HistPsych #HistSTEM #QueerHist #HistSex
‘Conversion Therapy’ and the University of Birmingham c.1966-1983 - University of Birmingham
Between c.1966 and 1983, the University of Birmingham employed researchers who orchestrated so-called 'conversion therapy' for same-sex love
www.birmingham.ac.uk
November 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Long tails and important outcomes. Finally, it's live - the website for the report, "Conversion Therapy' and the University of Birmingham c.1966-1983'!
There's material about the history, the project, its organisation, and there are resources there too.
#HistPsych #HistSTEM #QueerHist #HistSex
There's material about the history, the project, its organisation, and there are resources there too.
#HistPsych #HistSTEM #QueerHist #HistSex
Britain’s Deadliest Surfeit of Lampreys with Alexander Armstrong
Finally, they’ve done it. The smuggest show ever made.
November 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Britain’s Deadliest Surfeit of Lampreys with Alexander Armstrong
Reposted by Rose Ruane
i visited the palestine museum in edinburgh for @tribunemagazine.bsky.social and spoke to founder faisal salah about showcasing the vibrancy + diversity of palestinian culture in the midst of genocide, witnessing via children's drawings, and the solidarity he has seen from the people of scotland
Scots have afforded a warm welcome to the newly opened Palestine Museum in Edinburgh, which showcases the joy, vibrancy, and unavoidable horror of Palestinian diaspora art.
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/11/scot...
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/11/scot...
Scotland Says No to Genocide
Scots have afforded a warm welcome to the newly opened Palestine Museum in Edinburgh, which showcases the joy, vibrancy, and unavoidable horror of Palestinian diaspora art.
tribunemag.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 12:10 PM
i visited the palestine museum in edinburgh for @tribunemagazine.bsky.social and spoke to founder faisal salah about showcasing the vibrancy + diversity of palestinian culture in the midst of genocide, witnessing via children's drawings, and the solidarity he has seen from the people of scotland
Reposted by Rose Ruane
People trying on clothes at the Way In boutique at Harrods, painted by Muriel Lewis c.1968, in the art therapy studio at Netherne hospital where she was compelled to live.
Her work often depicts scenes from a seemingly materially affluent life outside hospital.
Her work often depicts scenes from a seemingly materially affluent life outside hospital.
November 11, 2024 at 12:35 PM
People trying on clothes at the Way In boutique at Harrods, painted by Muriel Lewis c.1968, in the art therapy studio at Netherne hospital where she was compelled to live.
Her work often depicts scenes from a seemingly materially affluent life outside hospital.
Her work often depicts scenes from a seemingly materially affluent life outside hospital.
As someone currently sporting a haircut that got me read by two laughing teenage girls as “giving Aunt Gladys from Weapons” I fiercely believe this
I'm a big advocate of amateur haircuts, we can't let the professionals keep hogging all the glory
November 4, 2025 at 12:10 AM
As someone currently sporting a haircut that got me read by two laughing teenage girls as “giving Aunt Gladys from Weapons” I fiercely believe this
Reposted by Rose Ruane
I’ll be defying the national rail advice and travelling well North of Preston on Thursday. Cannot wait to see Rose and to talk about questionable reality, office nightmares, and more besides.
This Thursday, me & @benpester.bsky.social at Mount Florida books in Glasgow, won’t you join us please?
Glasgow loves please join me & @benpester.bsky.social at Mount Florida Books on the 6th of November to talk about the marvel that is The Expansion Project.
Everyone* is saying it’s going to be the real fireworks night
*No one is saying that. But it will be good
mountfloridabooks.com/products/the...
Everyone* is saying it’s going to be the real fireworks night
*No one is saying that. But it will be good
mountfloridabooks.com/products/the...
November 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I’ll be defying the national rail advice and travelling well North of Preston on Thursday. Cannot wait to see Rose and to talk about questionable reality, office nightmares, and more besides.