Bruce Boucher
@bruceboucher.bsky.social
Flâneur and former Director of Sir John Soane’s Museum
St Mary’s, Kersey, on a golden afternoon
November 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
St Mary’s, Kersey, on a golden afternoon
Kersey, the most perfect village in Suffolk
November 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Kersey, the most perfect village in Suffolk
The pecking order on Hampstead Heath
November 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The pecking order on Hampstead Heath
Someone call Wayne Thibaud!
November 4, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Someone call Wayne Thibaud!
Artistic production: Wayne Thiebaud @ Courtauld Gallery
November 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Artistic production: Wayne Thiebaud @ Courtauld Gallery
“Full many a flower is born to blush unseen and waste it’s sweetness on the desert air”
November 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
“Full many a flower is born to blush unseen and waste it’s sweetness on the desert air”
Limbering up for Halloween!
October 29, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Limbering up for Halloween!
Nota bene:
Back in the 1960s, the Smothers Brothers made fun of President Lyndon Johnson and his policies many times on their popular television show. The president wrote them a letter in response.
October 26, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Nota bene:
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Pretty good.
The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
10/10 response, no notes
10/10 response, no notes
October 24, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Pretty good.
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The absolute best piece of departmental mail: a delightful book by a brilliant friend. While nothing compares to Marden reciting Pliny on his villa while visiting the Getty, chapters like ‘so your architect blew through your budget: now what (Vitruvius)’ give you a sense of her insightful humor ❤️
October 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The absolute best piece of departmental mail: a delightful book by a brilliant friend. While nothing compares to Marden reciting Pliny on his villa while visiting the Getty, chapters like ‘so your architect blew through your budget: now what (Vitruvius)’ give you a sense of her insightful humor ❤️
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It’s been 21 days since Adelita Grijalva won her election, yet Mike Johnson still hasn’t sworn her in.
Why? Because she said she would be the 218th signature on the discharge petition to release the Epstein files.
Her constituents deserve a voice in Congress. Swear her in NOW.
Why? Because she said she would be the 218th signature on the discharge petition to release the Epstein files.
Her constituents deserve a voice in Congress. Swear her in NOW.
October 15, 2025 at 1:05 AM
It’s been 21 days since Adelita Grijalva won her election, yet Mike Johnson still hasn’t sworn her in.
Why? Because she said she would be the 218th signature on the discharge petition to release the Epstein files.
Her constituents deserve a voice in Congress. Swear her in NOW.
Why? Because she said she would be the 218th signature on the discharge petition to release the Epstein files.
Her constituents deserve a voice in Congress. Swear her in NOW.
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📌 Yes • More of this please ‼️
Brava George • You rock ‼️🐥
Brava George • You rock ‼️🐥
October 13, 2025 at 7:39 AM
📌 Yes • More of this please ‼️
Brava George • You rock ‼️🐥
Brava George • You rock ‼️🐥
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Who was president in 2020? There appears to be a concerted effort to get you to forget
www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/p...
‘Who was president in 2020?’ Trump and GOP want you to think it was Biden | CNN Politics
If you asked people what the worst one-year period in recent American history was, it’s a good bet that many would choose roughly between January 2020 and January 2021.
www.cnn.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Who was president in 2020? There appears to be a concerted effort to get you to forget
www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/p...
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The U.S. Army wants YOU to join the fight against America's cities (fatties can stay home)
October 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The U.S. Army wants YOU to join the fight against America's cities (fatties can stay home)
A sign of the times:
Tories set a low bar after misspelling Britain on conference chocolate
Tories set a low bar after misspelling Britain on conference chocolate
October 6, 2025 at 8:13 PM
A sign of the times:
Tories set a low bar after misspelling Britain on conference chocolate
Tories set a low bar after misspelling Britain on conference chocolate
Autumn colours at Clare Priory, Suffolk
October 5, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Autumn colours at Clare Priory, Suffolk
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Mākereti Papakura, believed to be the first indigenous woman to study at @ox.ac.uk, has been posthumously awarded an MPhil in Anthropology. @oxford-anthro.bsky.social
Her peer #RhodesScholar Thomas Penniman played a crucial role in ensuring her legacy endured. Learn more➡️ bit.ly/MakeretiPapakura
Her peer #RhodesScholar Thomas Penniman played a crucial role in ensuring her legacy endured. Learn more➡️ bit.ly/MakeretiPapakura
September 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Mākereti Papakura, believed to be the first indigenous woman to study at @ox.ac.uk, has been posthumously awarded an MPhil in Anthropology. @oxford-anthro.bsky.social
Her peer #RhodesScholar Thomas Penniman played a crucial role in ensuring her legacy endured. Learn more➡️ bit.ly/MakeretiPapakura
Her peer #RhodesScholar Thomas Penniman played a crucial role in ensuring her legacy endured. Learn more➡️ bit.ly/MakeretiPapakura
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Next week, on October 4th, please join the Haystack Book Festival in welcoming Sophia Rosenfeld alongside Dagmar Herzog to discuss her book, The Age of Choice, and the idea of worthy and unworthy lives from 1:00-2:30 pm EDT. Register for this free, virtual event here: buff.ly/lpRphZh.
September 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Next week, on October 4th, please join the Haystack Book Festival in welcoming Sophia Rosenfeld alongside Dagmar Herzog to discuss her book, The Age of Choice, and the idea of worthy and unworthy lives from 1:00-2:30 pm EDT. Register for this free, virtual event here: buff.ly/lpRphZh.
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This is, without any exaggeration, exactly how Putin and Orbán proceeded — using antisemitism to discredit the idea of civil society and political opposition, and as an excuse to undo the rule of law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...
Justice Dept. Official Pushes Prosecutors to Investigate George Soros’s Foundation
www.nytimes.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
This is, without any exaggeration, exactly how Putin and Orbán proceeded — using antisemitism to discredit the idea of civil society and political opposition, and as an excuse to undo the rule of law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...
The eyes have it!
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The eyes have it!
More is, well, more!
Sunday read: ‘If an alien did walk these rooms, it might wonder whether human beings build in a fever-dream of fragments.’ www.digest.andymarshall.co/andy-marshal...
September 21, 2025 at 7:14 AM
More is, well, more!
The magic hour at Verona today
September 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The magic hour at Verona today
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📣Call for Papers 📣
I am delighted to announce that 'Speech/less in the Early Modern World' will be held 23 April 2026 at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge.
Please share far and wide and do consider submitting a proposal! 🙊
Link to PDF version: bit.ly/4lZz80R
I am delighted to announce that 'Speech/less in the Early Modern World' will be held 23 April 2026 at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge.
Please share far and wide and do consider submitting a proposal! 🙊
Link to PDF version: bit.ly/4lZz80R
August 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
📣Call for Papers 📣
I am delighted to announce that 'Speech/less in the Early Modern World' will be held 23 April 2026 at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge.
Please share far and wide and do consider submitting a proposal! 🙊
Link to PDF version: bit.ly/4lZz80R
I am delighted to announce that 'Speech/less in the Early Modern World' will be held 23 April 2026 at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge.
Please share far and wide and do consider submitting a proposal! 🙊
Link to PDF version: bit.ly/4lZz80R
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Let's say it again:
1) Harvard said "No," and Trump has backed off.
2) Chicago (and Illinois) said "No," and Trump has backed off.
It's day by day. But those who said "OK, sure," have gained nothing at all. Except shame.
1) Harvard said "No," and Trump has backed off.
2) Chicago (and Illinois) said "No," and Trump has backed off.
It's day by day. But those who said "OK, sure," have gained nothing at all. Except shame.
(CNN) - President Donald Trump shelved his plans to target Chicago as the next city for his domestic crime push after advisers warned him that sending in troops .. could create legal headaches they want to avoid, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2025/09/12/p...
@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2025/09/12/p...
September 14, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Let's say it again:
1) Harvard said "No," and Trump has backed off.
2) Chicago (and Illinois) said "No," and Trump has backed off.
It's day by day. But those who said "OK, sure," have gained nothing at all. Except shame.
1) Harvard said "No," and Trump has backed off.
2) Chicago (and Illinois) said "No," and Trump has backed off.
It's day by day. But those who said "OK, sure," have gained nothing at all. Except shame.