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Since I didn't make it to the planned exhibition again this weekend, here is one of the paintings I might get to see eventually: Toma's The Rope-Makers of Torre del Greco
November 17, 2025 at 1:11 AM
After a few more listens to the new Florence album, Music by Men is definitely my favourite song
November 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Sunday evening music
November 9, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Listened a couple of times last night. Great first impressions
November 6, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Mid week late night movie
November 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Post four female characters you love. First ones off the top of my head
October 30, 2025 at 12:15 AM
My brain won't let me read the paper this morning, so here's Henri Fantin-Latour's The Corner of the Table.

Top, left to right: Camille Pelletan, Jean Aicard, and Jean Baptiste Valade.

Bottom: Paul Verlaine, Arthur Rimbaud, Léon Valade, Ernest d’Hervilly, Émile Blémont, and Pierre Elzéar Bonnaffé.
October 27, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Sunday Handel. This one is lovely, with quieter, more restrained music than many of his more famous operas
October 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I'm not sure what the art version of touch grass is, but to that end, here is Vermeer's The Lacemaker
October 23, 2025 at 11:13 PM
The ducks are looking well today
October 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Good morning from Mum's Australian water dragon
October 22, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Late night music
October 22, 2025 at 12:09 PM
October 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Not a sentence I thought I'd be making today, but does anyone know what's hanging from Handel's penis?
October 19, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Harry Bicket and The English Concert, with Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, Mary Bevan, Paula Murrihy, Alexander Chance, Ashley Riches, Rachel Wilson, and Andy Shen Liu
October 18, 2025 at 8:44 AM
And the concert hall is incredible 😲
October 18, 2025 at 6:22 AM
The arts centre here is really nice
October 18, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Quick bite to eat. This is the first time I've tried horchata
October 18, 2025 at 5:52 AM
I've never been to this part of Incheon before. It's really nice
October 18, 2025 at 5:31 AM
I always enjoy visiting Incheon
October 18, 2025 at 5:13 AM
It's been a long time since I was in this part of Seoul
October 18, 2025 at 3:14 AM
And drinking snacks
October 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Friday night drinkies 🍸
October 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
There simply isn't enough James Tissot in my timeline
October 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Late night music. Revisiting one of my favourite albums of the year so far
October 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM