Alun Ephraim
@alunephraim.bsky.social
History PhD student, bookseller, artist and problematic crank.
I understand that the Pope has met the victorious Napoli team and has publicly denied earlier reports that he is a Roma fan.
May 30, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I understand that the Pope has met the victorious Napoli team and has publicly denied earlier reports that he is a Roma fan.
Happy Easter. Here's some Blake:
April 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Happy Easter. Here's some Blake:
A little section of a recent drawing (done as a gift for someone) based loosely on an Atget photograph. Bistre (dip pen and wash) on tinted paper...
April 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
A little section of a recent drawing (done as a gift for someone) based loosely on an Atget photograph. Bistre (dip pen and wash) on tinted paper...
Some bread, baked the other day. Mixture of British 'granary' flour and Canadian white flour. A little bit of Barley Malt extract added. Baked in a tin with a lid and with a single incision made in the top of the loaf. Sponge preferment for a very long period this time: about twenty hours.
March 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Some bread, baked the other day. Mixture of British 'granary' flour and Canadian white flour. A little bit of Barley Malt extract added. Baked in a tin with a lid and with a single incision made in the top of the loaf. Sponge preferment for a very long period this time: about twenty hours.
More maps of the recent German federal elections, this time for the smallest party in the Bundestag and the two that didn't quite make it:
March 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
More maps of the recent German federal elections, this time for the smallest party in the Bundestag and the two that didn't quite make it:
There was a brief period in the late 80s and early 90s when my Grandma took to writing letters, mostly about the health service, to local newspapers. She had a certain forthrightness of style:
March 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
There was a brief period in the late 80s and early 90s when my Grandma took to writing letters, mostly about the health service, to local newspapers. She had a certain forthrightness of style:
I gather that there has been news from Romania that gives me another excuse to post one of my favourite photos:
March 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I gather that there has been news from Romania that gives me another excuse to post one of my favourite photos:
I made this last night. It tasted pretty good. At a certain point I really should invest in a wider tray though.
March 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I made this last night. It tasted pretty good. At a certain point I really should invest in a wider tray though.
A watercolour sketch in fading light is one of the more palpably mad things you can do as far as painting is concerned, as the colours shift quickly and you have to work at something like that pace. This is Wenlock Edge a few evenings ago. Pen and watercolour on cartridge paper; took a few minutes.
March 9, 2025 at 1:56 PM
A watercolour sketch in fading light is one of the more palpably mad things you can do as far as painting is concerned, as the colours shift quickly and you have to work at something like that pace. This is Wenlock Edge a few evenings ago. Pen and watercolour on cartridge paper; took a few minutes.
Dressing like a Christie villain because, you know, it's just a natural vibe, somehow.
March 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Dressing like a Christie villain because, you know, it's just a natural vibe, somehow.
Maps of the party list vote for the four largest parties at the recent German Federal Election. Feel free to distribute, reproduce, etc. in whatever way you wish *so long as you do not remove the signature*.
March 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Maps of the party list vote for the four largest parties at the recent German Federal Election. Feel free to distribute, reproduce, etc. in whatever way you wish *so long as you do not remove the signature*.
Your license fee at work:
February 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Your license fee at work:
Constituency results map of the recent German Federal Election. Feel free to copy, distribute, whatever (though do not remove signature).
February 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Constituency results map of the recent German Federal Election. Feel free to copy, distribute, whatever (though do not remove signature).
It's amazing the things that people will say without realizing quite how much they're telling on themselves sometimes, isn't it.
February 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
It's amazing the things that people will say without realizing quite how much they're telling on themselves sometimes, isn't it.
Some quick sketches done recently in North Wales. See Alt Text for where.
February 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Some quick sketches done recently in North Wales. See Alt Text for where.
View from Llanberis across Llyn Padarn: features Dolbadarn Castle, the Dinorwic Quarry (pt.), and Snowdon, as well as the lake itself.
February 18, 2025 at 11:18 PM
View from Llanberis across Llyn Padarn: features Dolbadarn Castle, the Dinorwic Quarry (pt.), and Snowdon, as well as the lake itself.
I posted this elsewhere: I wrote it because a lot of the people who will read it there are young and could do with learning this early. I'm re-posting it here because a lot of people are much older and still have not. But it's never too late:
February 16, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I posted this elsewhere: I wrote it because a lot of the people who will read it there are young and could do with learning this early. I'm re-posting it here because a lot of people are much older and still have not. But it's never too late:
I suppose this can be posted on a loop for a while.
February 10, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I suppose this can be posted on a loop for a while.