Christopher Locke
@ex-libris.bsky.social
An Englishman abroad. Bookish. Pale and interesting, as my mother used to say. Vienna, Austria. He/him 🏳️🌈
Big storm last evening has given way to clear skies this morning over Vienna.
May 27, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Big storm last evening has given way to clear skies this morning over Vienna.
I told you all it was bloody good! So pleased for her.
Carys Davies wins the Ondaatje prize for Clear, a ‘masterpiece of exquisite, craggy detail’
The Welsh novelist’s third novel, set on a Scottish island during the Highland Clearances, has won £10,000 for writing that ‘best evokes the spirit of a place’
www.theguardian.com
May 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I told you all it was bloody good! So pleased for her.
In a previous life I used to work for Southampton City Art Gallery. It was a lovely time and I worked with some of the most wonderful people. Superb neoclassical architecture and outstanding art collection.
Southampton Civic Centre was built in four stages during the 1930s. The foundation stone was laid by the Duke of York (later King George VI) in July 1930. The south wing, containing the council offices, were opened by the Duke of York in November 1932.
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May 9, 2025 at 4:41 AM
In a previous life I used to work for Southampton City Art Gallery. It was a lovely time and I worked with some of the most wonderful people. Superb neoclassical architecture and outstanding art collection.
I remember doing a few bonkers things at art college, but none quite as hare-brained as this. Hilarious.
Experience: ‘I was hospitalised after being trapped in a full-body plaster cast’
It was torture. It took six people to carry me to an ambulance
www.theguardian.com
May 2, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I remember doing a few bonkers things at art college, but none quite as hare-brained as this. Hilarious.
Oh! They’ve mown the meadow grasses, and in doing so the red clover is no more. They usually mow every other strip so they can still tend the vines, but leave the remainder for the wildlife.
April 30, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Oh! They’ve mown the meadow grasses, and in doing so the red clover is no more. They usually mow every other strip so they can still tend the vines, but leave the remainder for the wildlife.
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Hello, my name is Frank and I'm a lettering nerd. Type, print, letter carving, and anywhere that good letters can be found. I like good letters and good letter spacing.
I've said it before and sadly it still stands, not all Roman letter(space)ing is good letter(space)ing.
youtu.be/vpj7qoo8kBc
I've said it before and sadly it still stands, not all Roman letter(space)ing is good letter(space)ing.
youtu.be/vpj7qoo8kBc
Pope Francis and the apparently forgotten art of letter spacing
YouTube video by Frank Raw
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April 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Hello, my name is Frank and I'm a lettering nerd. Type, print, letter carving, and anywhere that good letters can be found. I like good letters and good letter spacing.
I've said it before and sadly it still stands, not all Roman letter(space)ing is good letter(space)ing.
youtu.be/vpj7qoo8kBc
I've said it before and sadly it still stands, not all Roman letter(space)ing is good letter(space)ing.
youtu.be/vpj7qoo8kBc
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Model with Unfinished Self-Portrait https://www.wikiart.org/en/david-hockney/model-with-unfinished-self-portrait-1977
April 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Model with Unfinished Self-Portrait https://www.wikiart.org/en/david-hockney/model-with-unfinished-self-portrait-1977
Red clover. My favourite has appeared. As the days progress great swathes will put on a glorious technicolour show.
April 29, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Red clover. My favourite has appeared. As the days progress great swathes will put on a glorious technicolour show.
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We've updated our YouTube channel with a new playlist of Forster-related content! Check it out here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
The YouTube channel of @emforstersociety.bsky.social has existed for almost a year but only now we created a playlist of E. M. Forster related materials. It is just the beginning so any suggestions are welcome, we are more than happy to add more clips! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
E. M. Forster - YouTube
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April 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
We've updated our YouTube channel with a new playlist of Forster-related content! Check it out here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
The difference a few weeks makes. Obersievering right now.
April 28, 2025 at 7:24 AM
The difference a few weeks makes. Obersievering right now.
One of those will be mine! Order already submitted.
Seán Hewitt signing copies of the Kennys Limited Edition of his debut novel, Open, Heaven at Kennys today. www.kennys.ie/shop/open-he...
April 10, 2025 at 4:41 AM
One of those will be mine! Order already submitted.
The finale of my State Opera season. Le Nozze di Figaro was a sheer delight, with stunning costumes and sets. And for once no one died!
📸 Wiener Staatsoper
📸 Wiener Staatsoper
April 5, 2025 at 12:43 PM
The finale of my State Opera season. Le Nozze di Figaro was a sheer delight, with stunning costumes and sets. And for once no one died!
📸 Wiener Staatsoper
📸 Wiener Staatsoper
A walk past the Austrian parliament building where a nonchalant Athena avoided my gaze.
April 5, 2025 at 11:50 AM
A walk past the Austrian parliament building where a nonchalant Athena avoided my gaze.
I found the soil has been turned at the foot of the vines this morning. Presumably to limit the competition from the meadow grasses.
April 5, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I found the soil has been turned at the foot of the vines this morning. Presumably to limit the competition from the meadow grasses.
My woodland trail has come alive in the last couple of weeks. So many beautiful flowers. The violets did especially well, but have now been lost to the taller plants.
April 5, 2025 at 11:42 AM
My woodland trail has come alive in the last couple of weeks. So many beautiful flowers. The violets did especially well, but have now been lost to the taller plants.
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Titanic at Southampton on 4 April 1912, six days before her maiden voyage. This photograph was taken on this day 113 years ago. She had arrived from Belfast in the early hours of the morning and is dressed with signal flags to celebrate the first visit to her home port.
April 4, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Titanic at Southampton on 4 April 1912, six days before her maiden voyage. This photograph was taken on this day 113 years ago. She had arrived from Belfast in the early hours of the morning and is dressed with signal flags to celebrate the first visit to her home port.
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I would like to learn Morris dancing, but it is so "heterosexual".
April 1, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I would like to learn Morris dancing, but it is so "heterosexual".
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In Men At War I wrote how techniques developed by Archibald McIndoe & Harold Gillies to reconstruct the bodies of seriously wounded servicemen were used in the first operations on trans men and women, such as Roberta Cowell, Spitfire & Typhoon pilot, who transitioned in 1951 (1/2)
March 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
In Men At War I wrote how techniques developed by Archibald McIndoe & Harold Gillies to reconstruct the bodies of seriously wounded servicemen were used in the first operations on trans men and women, such as Roberta Cowell, Spitfire & Typhoon pilot, who transitioned in 1951 (1/2)
They’ve trimmed the vines back to two stems, and won’t be long before the first shoots appear now that the weather’s turned.
March 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
They’ve trimmed the vines back to two stems, and won’t be long before the first shoots appear now that the weather’s turned.
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#OnThisDay 1795 The Times reported on the upcoming Duty of Hair Powder Act: anyone wearing powder without a license would be fined a hefty £20. The duty aimed to raise funds for the war against Revolutionary France. The decline of powdered wigs began soon after. #historysky #18thcentury
March 27, 2025 at 12:56 PM
#OnThisDay 1795 The Times reported on the upcoming Duty of Hair Powder Act: anyone wearing powder without a license would be fined a hefty £20. The duty aimed to raise funds for the war against Revolutionary France. The decline of powdered wigs began soon after. #historysky #18thcentury
Loved this.
Silent movies did some pretty crazy things with cars
March 27, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Loved this.
A entertaining evening programme of Prokofiev at the Musikverein provided by the Budapest Festival Orchestra, directed by Iván Fischer, and with guest solo pianist, Igor Levit.
March 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
A entertaining evening programme of Prokofiev at the Musikverein provided by the Budapest Festival Orchestra, directed by Iván Fischer, and with guest solo pianist, Igor Levit.
Great clarity over the city this afternoon.
March 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Great clarity over the city this afternoon.