Barbara Carrara
@2barsand1a.bsky.social
EN&FR-2-IT freelance translator. Also, transcription, adaptation, proofreading and copy-editing (Italian only).
Art, heritage, history, architecture, fine&fashion jewellery, product and interior design.
Art, heritage, history, architecture, fine&fashion jewellery, product and interior design.
A more positive vibe than other art you've posted. I see three adults and two kids (+ dog & cat): a boy holding hands with his dad and a mother with her hand on her daughter's waist. Maybe Muriel had been recalling some affectionate gestures from her own past. Or a yearning for sth she'd never had.
December 9, 2025 at 10:38 AM
A more positive vibe than other art you've posted. I see three adults and two kids (+ dog & cat): a boy holding hands with his dad and a mother with her hand on her daughter's waist. Maybe Muriel had been recalling some affectionate gestures from her own past. Or a yearning for sth she'd never had.
In the Alt text these are described as 'Victorian trenchers'...
December 7, 2025 at 8:30 AM
In the Alt text these are described as 'Victorian trenchers'...
In the first Talking Heads series (1998), it was Eileen Atkins who played that role,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGl4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGl4...
Hand Of God, by Alan Bennett, with Eileen Atkins monologue
YouTube video by Westralia
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
In the first Talking Heads series (1998), it was Eileen Atkins who played that role,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGl4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGl4...
Or Neil Diamond - same.
November 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Or Neil Diamond - same.
An update on the notorious 'America' artwork (not a fan of Cattelan's).
Apparently another one was cast after the theft, and was sold at auction yesterday for 'a mere' 12.1M USD. And apparently, it did have a Trump connection. Not bothered to investigate this any further.
tinyurl.com/3w2d6bbe
Apparently another one was cast after the theft, and was sold at auction yesterday for 'a mere' 12.1M USD. And apparently, it did have a Trump connection. Not bothered to investigate this any further.
tinyurl.com/3w2d6bbe
Famed Golden Toilet—With A Trump Connection— Fetches $12.1 million
A golden toilet and several Gustav Klimt artworks fetched a combined $404.5 million at auctions Tuesday night.
tinyurl.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:42 AM
An update on the notorious 'America' artwork (not a fan of Cattelan's).
Apparently another one was cast after the theft, and was sold at auction yesterday for 'a mere' 12.1M USD. And apparently, it did have a Trump connection. Not bothered to investigate this any further.
tinyurl.com/3w2d6bbe
Apparently another one was cast after the theft, and was sold at auction yesterday for 'a mere' 12.1M USD. And apparently, it did have a Trump connection. Not bothered to investigate this any further.
tinyurl.com/3w2d6bbe
How can one not think of #GustavKlimt 's own Birch Forest from 1902?
www.gustav-klimt.com/Birch-Forest...
www.gustav-klimt.com/Birch-Forest...
Birch Forest I, 1902 by Gustav Klimt
Birch Forest I, 1902 by Gustav Klimt
www.gustav-klimt.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:35 AM
How can one not think of #GustavKlimt 's own Birch Forest from 1902?
www.gustav-klimt.com/Birch-Forest...
www.gustav-klimt.com/Birch-Forest...
Reposted by Barbara Carrara
Here’s the link: astarauction.com/getsmart25
astarauction.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Here’s the link: astarauction.com/getsmart25
Reposted by Barbara Carrara
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November 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
In addition to helping us to care for these historic buildings, the support of our members and donors directly helps us provide employment for these heritage craftspeople with all their conservation expertise.
friendsoffriendlesschurches.org.uk/support-the-...
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Charlie Hammond of 19, Cleveland St. (N of Oxford St.), was a 15-to-17-yr-old male brothel-keeper.
Other male brothels were located in Fitzroy St.
(info taken from Jerry White's 'London in the 19th Century', Vintage, 2008, p. 320)
Other male brothels were located in Fitzroy St.
(info taken from Jerry White's 'London in the 19th Century', Vintage, 2008, p. 320)
November 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Charlie Hammond of 19, Cleveland St. (N of Oxford St.), was a 15-to-17-yr-old male brothel-keeper.
Other male brothels were located in Fitzroy St.
(info taken from Jerry White's 'London in the 19th Century', Vintage, 2008, p. 320)
Other male brothels were located in Fitzroy St.
(info taken from Jerry White's 'London in the 19th Century', Vintage, 2008, p. 320)
V. interesting & good luck with it.
Comparing figures for 1857 and 1841, the total no. of brothels had gone down from 3,325 to 2,825, the total no. of prostitutes known to the police from 9,409 to 8,600.
(info taken from Liza Picard's 'Victorian London', 2005, p. 255)
Comparing figures for 1857 and 1841, the total no. of brothels had gone down from 3,325 to 2,825, the total no. of prostitutes known to the police from 9,409 to 8,600.
(info taken from Liza Picard's 'Victorian London', 2005, p. 255)
November 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
V. interesting & good luck with it.
Comparing figures for 1857 and 1841, the total no. of brothels had gone down from 3,325 to 2,825, the total no. of prostitutes known to the police from 9,409 to 8,600.
(info taken from Liza Picard's 'Victorian London', 2005, p. 255)
Comparing figures for 1857 and 1841, the total no. of brothels had gone down from 3,325 to 2,825, the total no. of prostitutes known to the police from 9,409 to 8,600.
(info taken from Liza Picard's 'Victorian London', 2005, p. 255)