Charles Beckett
@charlesbeckett.bsky.social
'These musings are as inadequately supported as they are gratuitous.'
(borrowed from: Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson, JJ.: Concurrence in Trump vs. Anderson, SCOTUS 23-719. March 4th, 2024.)
Londoner in Barcelona
(borrowed from: Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson, JJ.: Concurrence in Trump vs. Anderson, SCOTUS 23-719. March 4th, 2024.)
Londoner in Barcelona
Nothing very exciting about this. But perhaps Chx will be pleased the growth figures aren’t lower.
November 26, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Nothing very exciting about this. But perhaps Chx will be pleased the growth figures aren’t lower.
Like, it's all well and good to urge the EU to get serious about Russian energy imports, but, er, they already have, and *full* phase-out of gas imports is on course for end of 2027.
November 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Like, it's all well and good to urge the EU to get serious about Russian energy imports, but, er, they already have, and *full* phase-out of gas imports is on course for end of 2027.
Kawase Hasui - Matsue, Izumo (Crescent Moon at Matsue). From the series Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (1924).
Woodblock print with coloured ink.
Woodblock print with coloured ink.
November 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Kawase Hasui - Matsue, Izumo (Crescent Moon at Matsue). From the series Souvenirs of Travel, Third Series (1924).
Woodblock print with coloured ink.
Woodblock print with coloured ink.
The province of Lleida (Lerida - ESP) is famous for its ‘boira gebredora’ - a freezing fog that leaves a hard frost. One passed over us last night, and the results are spectacular -
November 18, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The province of Lleida (Lerida - ESP) is famous for its ‘boira gebredora’ - a freezing fog that leaves a hard frost. One passed over us last night, and the results are spectacular -
A view of (part of) the Serra del Cadí in heavy fog from the Prat del Cadí, near Estana, Catalonia.
Pencil on paper.
Not a great photograph but hopefully you get the idea.
Pencil on paper.
Not a great photograph but hopefully you get the idea.
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
A view of (part of) the Serra del Cadí in heavy fog from the Prat del Cadí, near Estana, Catalonia.
Pencil on paper.
Not a great photograph but hopefully you get the idea.
Pencil on paper.
Not a great photograph but hopefully you get the idea.
Autumn scene - river path from Martinet to Travesseres. Soft pastel on paper. WIP.
November 9, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Autumn scene - river path from Martinet to Travesseres. Soft pastel on paper. WIP.
Montellà (the town adjoining ours, and part of the same municipality, ‘Montellà i Martinet’) - with a grazing cow in the foreground.
November 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Montellà (the town adjoining ours, and part of the same municipality, ‘Montellà i Martinet’) - with a grazing cow in the foreground.
Vasily Kandinsky - Winter Landscape with Church (1910-11). Guggenheim NY.
October 31, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Vasily Kandinsky - Winter Landscape with Church (1910-11). Guggenheim NY.
Solo en Sevilla 🤣
October 31, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Solo en Sevilla 🤣
La Robina - Josep Foraster 2022. 100% Trepat (grape variety native to Catalonia). Very similar to a Gamay. Delicious.
October 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
La Robina - Josep Foraster 2022. 100% Trepat (grape variety native to Catalonia). Very similar to a Gamay. Delicious.
Who robbed the Louvre, right answers only -
October 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Who robbed the Louvre, right answers only -
From the photobook 'On Listening to Trees/Escuchando A Los Árboles' by Albarrán Cabrera (Anna Cabrera and Ángel Albarrán)
October 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
From the photobook 'On Listening to Trees/Escuchando A Los Árboles' by Albarrán Cabrera (Anna Cabrera and Ángel Albarrán)
On the other hand, I can spell ‘Britain’:
October 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
On the other hand, I can spell ‘Britain’:
(some of) the view from out front:
October 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
(some of) the view from out front:
- lines from 'Smoke', Jacob Polley (in 'The Brink', Picador, 2003)
September 27, 2025 at 7:35 AM
- lines from 'Smoke', Jacob Polley (in 'The Brink', Picador, 2003)
Had never come across this lovely tribute from Mahmoud Darwish to Saadi Youssef before, but it made me very happy indeed (via Sinan Antoon in the LARB).
September 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Had never come across this lovely tribute from Mahmoud Darwish to Saadi Youssef before, but it made me very happy indeed (via Sinan Antoon in the LARB).
Simone Weil (1940) dealing with Abundance, AI and Fully Automated Luxury Communism all at once:
September 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Simone Weil (1940) dealing with Abundance, AI and Fully Automated Luxury Communism all at once:
eternally relevant - from @darioperkins.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 11:27 AM
eternally relevant - from @darioperkins.bsky.social
Work in progress - a pathway in the ‘Bosc de les Roques Encantades’ (forest of the enchanted/spellbound rocks). Alta Garrotxa. Catalunya. Watercolour on paper.
September 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Work in progress - a pathway in the ‘Bosc de les Roques Encantades’ (forest of the enchanted/spellbound rocks). Alta Garrotxa. Catalunya. Watercolour on paper.
Sunset over the Lagoon, near Venice. JMW Turner. Gouache on paper. 1840. Tate Collection.
September 2, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Sunset over the Lagoon, near Venice. JMW Turner. Gouache on paper. 1840. Tate Collection.
The Scarlet Sunset. JMW Turner. Watercolour and gouache on paper. 1830-40. Tate Collection.
September 2, 2025 at 7:04 AM
The Scarlet Sunset. JMW Turner. Watercolour and gouache on paper. 1830-40. Tate Collection.