This week in 1797 a good chunk of the British fleet in eastern England was mutinying.
Admiral Duncan sailed to the Dutch coast with just two loyal ships, disguised them both to look like different ships each day which then signalled to a fictitious fleet out to sea.

Films I watched in 2024, what will hopefully be a very long thread. 1) One Night in Miami. God this is a terrific film. A flawless example of how to adapt a stageplay, in that it doesn’t feel remotely stagey. [Criterion Collection BluRay]

Robocop is a movie about a guy who gets killed on the job and they still made him go back to work

John Singer Sargent visited the Alhambra, Granada, Spain in 1879 and made a number of studies in watercolour and oils of its architectural design. This work depicts the Patio de los Arrayanes (Court of the Myrtles).

“If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got” - Albert Einstein.

One of my favourite quotes.

So rare to see a cover version better than the original. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

I regret to inform you that there's no going back after clicking play on this.

A quick thread. If you like stories of the early days of acid house and hellish logging, then buckle up my friends...

An old DJ pal (quite well known, we'll call him 'Steve') was playing a party BITD. Now these were the days, kids, when the nights went long and the pills were strong...