Amy Thorpe
@acthorpe.bsky.social
PGR Northumbria ⭐ Leftist / histories of gender, visual and periodical culture, emotion, femininity and identity / museum and heritage enthusiast ⭐ BSL learner 👍
Views and grammatical errors my own.
Views and grammatical errors my own.
August 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
As someone who writes about visual culture, specifically political visual culture, I just can't get over this banner.
In an increasingly aesthetically clean, monochromatic, paired-back world, a banner so retro it could easily read 'ice cream & balloons' is such a bold choice. Love it.
In an increasingly aesthetically clean, monochromatic, paired-back world, a banner so retro it could easily read 'ice cream & balloons' is such a bold choice. Love it.
June 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
As someone who writes about visual culture, specifically political visual culture, I just can't get over this banner.
In an increasingly aesthetically clean, monochromatic, paired-back world, a banner so retro it could easily read 'ice cream & balloons' is such a bold choice. Love it.
In an increasingly aesthetically clean, monochromatic, paired-back world, a banner so retro it could easily read 'ice cream & balloons' is such a bold choice. Love it.
Single-handedly fitted my kitchen this weekend, in the heat. The hot, hot, heat. Me, the drill and the spirit level are going for a pint.
June 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Single-handedly fitted my kitchen this weekend, in the heat. The hot, hot, heat. Me, the drill and the spirit level are going for a pint.
I present: a momentary reprieve from the horrors.
Images courtesy of @behindherglasses_ on Instagram.
Images courtesy of @behindherglasses_ on Instagram.
June 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
I present: a momentary reprieve from the horrors.
Images courtesy of @behindherglasses_ on Instagram.
Images courtesy of @behindherglasses_ on Instagram.
I don't know whether to be bəger or nausaged at this point.
June 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I don't know whether to be bəger or nausaged at this point.
Et voila! It may be boring, but I'm very pleased!
June 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Et voila! It may be boring, but I'm very pleased!
Playlist on, screwdriver in hand, kitchen cabinet- let's go!
June 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Playlist on, screwdriver in hand, kitchen cabinet- let's go!
This is fun. I evidently need to visit more of Scotland and Northern Ireland!
smstone0.github.io#/uk-map
smstone0.github.io#/uk-map
May 31, 2025 at 9:07 AM
This is fun. I evidently need to visit more of Scotland and Northern Ireland!
smstone0.github.io#/uk-map
smstone0.github.io#/uk-map
Creeping into one of these feels like stepping into your almost certain and imminent death, crushed by shelves bulging with every known copy of Farmer's Monthly.
May 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Creeping into one of these feels like stepping into your almost certain and imminent death, crushed by shelves bulging with every known copy of Farmer's Monthly.
I really enjoyed seeing the Bold Big Band at Newcastle Arts Centre last night. Sadly no dancing, but tonnes of fantastic music!
May 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I really enjoyed seeing the Bold Big Band at Newcastle Arts Centre last night. Sadly no dancing, but tonnes of fantastic music!
The North Sea Riviera
May 26, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The North Sea Riviera
I'm almost painfully good at relaxing.
May 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I'm almost painfully good at relaxing.
It feels like we've had a long, hot summer already!
May 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
It feels like we've had a long, hot summer already!
Byland Abbey, Ryedale, North Yorkshire.
May 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Byland Abbey, Ryedale, North Yorkshire.
I'm privately naming this homoerotic masterpiece 'hammer and horn'.
Discovered at the National Railway Museum, York.
Discovered at the National Railway Museum, York.
May 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I'm privately naming this homoerotic masterpiece 'hammer and horn'.
Discovered at the National Railway Museum, York.
Discovered at the National Railway Museum, York.
Some things are beautiful, aren't they?
May 4, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Some things are beautiful, aren't they?
Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal, North Yorkshire.
May 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal, North Yorkshire.
The average American has three friends.
May 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The average American has three friends.
World Workers, whatever may bind ye,
This day let your work be undone:
Cast the clouds of the winter behind ye,
And come forth and be glad in the sun.
This day let your work be undone:
Cast the clouds of the winter behind ye,
And come forth and be glad in the sun.
May 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
World Workers, whatever may bind ye,
This day let your work be undone:
Cast the clouds of the winter behind ye,
And come forth and be glad in the sun.
This day let your work be undone:
Cast the clouds of the winter behind ye,
And come forth and be glad in the sun.
