Laurence G. Tilley
@lgtilley.bsky.social
Sculptor, photographer, writer, father, Keeper of Secrets, history stuff. Dog person, cat person. Instagram @laurence.tilley.photography & @laurence.g.tilley York
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Looking across the Presbytery crossing vaults at Salisbury Cathedral from the clerestory. The scissor arches are older than those at Wells Cathedral and may well have been the inspiration for them. On the roof can be seen the 'ghosts' of the original C13 murals and their C19 update.
December 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Looking across the Presbytery crossing vaults at Salisbury Cathedral from the clerestory. The scissor arches are older than those at Wells Cathedral and may well have been the inspiration for them. On the roof can be seen the 'ghosts' of the original C13 murals and their C19 update.
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What a beauty 🙂
November 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
What a beauty 🙂
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Art challenge part 2:
Choose 20 sculptures that have stayed with you or influenced you — one per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just sculptures.
#blueskyartchallenge #art #sculpture
12/20 Isaac Cordal, Politicians Discussing about Climate Change, 2011
Choose 20 sculptures that have stayed with you or influenced you — one per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just sculptures.
#blueskyartchallenge #art #sculpture
12/20 Isaac Cordal, Politicians Discussing about Climate Change, 2011
November 23, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Art challenge part 2:
Choose 20 sculptures that have stayed with you or influenced you — one per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just sculptures.
#blueskyartchallenge #art #sculpture
12/20 Isaac Cordal, Politicians Discussing about Climate Change, 2011
Choose 20 sculptures that have stayed with you or influenced you — one per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just sculptures.
#blueskyartchallenge #art #sculpture
12/20 Isaac Cordal, Politicians Discussing about Climate Change, 2011
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- But darling, they’re bound to find his head there.
- Alright, we’ll move it later. And put that saw away, Harald, for crying out loud.
(with apologies to Edvard Munch)
- Alright, we’ll move it later. And put that saw away, Harald, for crying out loud.
(with apologies to Edvard Munch)
November 25, 2025 at 10:07 AM
- But darling, they’re bound to find his head there.
- Alright, we’ll move it later. And put that saw away, Harald, for crying out loud.
(with apologies to Edvard Munch)
- Alright, we’ll move it later. And put that saw away, Harald, for crying out loud.
(with apologies to Edvard Munch)
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Toby relaxing in a casual knitted scarf
November 30, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Toby relaxing in a casual knitted scarf
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Bonus cat number 1: My mom’s cat, Cilantro. Someone abandoned him. She found him and now we love him. I’ll let his charm and beauty do the talking.
November 29, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Bonus cat number 1: My mom’s cat, Cilantro. Someone abandoned him. She found him and now we love him. I’ll let his charm and beauty do the talking.
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Norman font at St.Peter’s, Bromyard in the county of Hereford. Love the contrast between the fluid forms and the geometric shapes below. The church has many fine early features although the Victorians have been at it. #FontsOnFriday.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Norman font at St.Peter’s, Bromyard in the county of Hereford. Love the contrast between the fluid forms and the geometric shapes below. The church has many fine early features although the Victorians have been at it. #FontsOnFriday.
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There's a special place in Hell reserved for the bloke who designed the hand dryers that look exactly like paper towel dispensers.
November 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
There's a special place in Hell reserved for the bloke who designed the hand dryers that look exactly like paper towel dispensers.
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Cheek to cheek. A c1390 misericord in Chester Cathedral for #Woodensday.
November 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Cheek to cheek. A c1390 misericord in Chester Cathedral for #Woodensday.
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The barrel-vaulted choir ceiling at Carlisle Cathedral. The decoration dates to restoration work carried out in 1853, but the main ceiling timbers are 14th century in date. 📸 My own. #Woodensday #CarlisleCathedral
November 26, 2025 at 7:29 AM
The barrel-vaulted choir ceiling at Carlisle Cathedral. The decoration dates to restoration work carried out in 1853, but the main ceiling timbers are 14th century in date. 📸 My own. #Woodensday #CarlisleCathedral
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I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
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28mm Lucid Eye Amazons
First steps on the path to something new...
#wargaming
#miniaturepainting
#nerdlings
#trojanwar
#myth
#FantasticScuffles
#IliumAGameOfHeroes
First steps on the path to something new...
#wargaming
#miniaturepainting
#nerdlings
#trojanwar
#myth
#FantasticScuffles
#IliumAGameOfHeroes
November 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
28mm Lucid Eye Amazons
First steps on the path to something new...
#wargaming
#miniaturepainting
#nerdlings
#trojanwar
#myth
#FantasticScuffles
#IliumAGameOfHeroes
First steps on the path to something new...
#wargaming
#miniaturepainting
#nerdlings
#trojanwar
#myth
#FantasticScuffles
#IliumAGameOfHeroes
Lots of gloom, but what's the way forward? We cannot give up.
COP30 overpromised, underdelivered, empowered distractions, backtracked on issues and once again gave big oil and big ag a free pass.
Unfortunately, the suspicions of climate scientists (here in Brazil and abroad) were confirmed again.
Unfortunately, the suspicions of climate scientists (here in Brazil and abroad) were confirmed again.
November 24, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Lots of gloom, but what's the way forward? We cannot give up.
Last I'm going to post up from the shoot for Émilie. She is am Assyriologist & Digital Scholar (!) Compare the colour with the black and white version and let me know which you prefer.
#headshot #femaleportrait #portraitphotography #studiophtography #yorkphotographers #yorkphotography
#headshot #femaleportrait #portraitphotography #studiophtography #yorkphotographers #yorkphotography
November 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Last I'm going to post up from the shoot for Émilie. She is am Assyriologist & Digital Scholar (!) Compare the colour with the black and white version and let me know which you prefer.
#headshot #femaleportrait #portraitphotography #studiophtography #yorkphotographers #yorkphotography
#headshot #femaleportrait #portraitphotography #studiophtography #yorkphotographers #yorkphotography
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Detail from the ‘Monks Stone’. Possibly part of a shrine panel, the stone dates to C8th or C9th and was found by grave diggers in 1943 at St Laurence's Kirk at Papil in West Burra, Shetland. Now part of the collections at Shetland Museum & Archives. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday
November 21, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Detail from the ‘Monks Stone’. Possibly part of a shrine panel, the stone dates to C8th or C9th and was found by grave diggers in 1943 at St Laurence's Kirk at Papil in West Burra, Shetland. Now part of the collections at Shetland Museum & Archives. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday
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From Lori Marino, founder of the Whale Sanctuary Project; also of @safinacenter.bsky.social (gift link). www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/1760cd5...
The age of keeping whales and dolphins in captivity must finally come to an end
Research shows it is not possible for captive cetaceans to thrive in concrete pools
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
From Lori Marino, founder of the Whale Sanctuary Project; also of @safinacenter.bsky.social (gift link). www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/1760cd5...
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They should have an emoji of those giant tube worms that live by sulfurous hydrothermal vents at the bottom of the ocean
November 18, 2025 at 3:42 AM
They should have an emoji of those giant tube worms that live by sulfurous hydrothermal vents at the bottom of the ocean
Second from a headshot shoot for Émilie. When I'm happy that I've got a good image from a "headshot" client, I often say "Shall we do a few portrait style ones just for fun?" Colour & black and white version. Let me know which you prefer.
#femaleportrait #portraitphotography #yorkphotographers
#femaleportrait #portraitphotography #yorkphotographers
November 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Second from a headshot shoot for Émilie. When I'm happy that I've got a good image from a "headshot" client, I often say "Shall we do a few portrait style ones just for fun?" Colour & black and white version. Let me know which you prefer.
#femaleportrait #portraitphotography #yorkphotographers
#femaleportrait #portraitphotography #yorkphotographers
From a headshot shoot for Émilie. Clients often ask for a headshot and then ask for head and shoulders. That's not techincally a headshot then. Tee hee.
#headshot #femaleheadshot #headshotphotography #studiophtography #yorkphotographers #yorkphotography
#headshot #femaleheadshot #headshotphotography #studiophtography #yorkphotographers #yorkphotography
November 16, 2025 at 11:27 AM
From a headshot shoot for Émilie. Clients often ask for a headshot and then ask for head and shoulders. That's not techincally a headshot then. Tee hee.
#headshot #femaleheadshot #headshotphotography #studiophtography #yorkphotographers #yorkphotography
#headshot #femaleheadshot #headshotphotography #studiophtography #yorkphotographers #yorkphotography
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#StandingStoneSunday The mighty Devil's Chair entrance stone at Avebury henge, Wiltshire. One of a handful of original stones that was never toppled by villagers
Coming from west Wales, the enormous scale of this monument & its megaliths is always a shock to the system 🤯
📷 My own, Oct 2023
Coming from west Wales, the enormous scale of this monument & its megaliths is always a shock to the system 🤯
📷 My own, Oct 2023
November 16, 2025 at 6:25 AM
#StandingStoneSunday The mighty Devil's Chair entrance stone at Avebury henge, Wiltshire. One of a handful of original stones that was never toppled by villagers
Coming from west Wales, the enormous scale of this monument & its megaliths is always a shock to the system 🤯
📷 My own, Oct 2023
Coming from west Wales, the enormous scale of this monument & its megaliths is always a shock to the system 🤯
📷 My own, Oct 2023
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I'm just a little catto wishing you the bestest #CatsNoirFriday possible. Share your kindness today if you can. Seriously lacking in this world & needed by so many. Love you all. Family sends hugs 🍂🧡🍂
November 14, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I'm just a little catto wishing you the bestest #CatsNoirFriday possible. Share your kindness today if you can. Seriously lacking in this world & needed by so many. Love you all. Family sends hugs 🍂🧡🍂
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I thought I'd post something "Children in Needish!" Ok it's tenuous but I love this 1880s advertising for Emanuel Mortimer's grocery store at Lowtown, Pudsey (ok I said It was tenuous). It was the fact that you could buy so many different grades of currant and
November 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I thought I'd post something "Children in Needish!" Ok it's tenuous but I love this 1880s advertising for Emanuel Mortimer's grocery store at Lowtown, Pudsey (ok I said It was tenuous). It was the fact that you could buy so many different grades of currant and
4 volumes poetry written over 14 years now stuffed. In excess of 200 poems estd. Latest, a piece I have been planning for 2½ years, working on for a 2 months & of which I'm v. proud, necessitates starting of a 5th. Not short, so I'm not sure when, where or if I'll ever get a chance to perform it.
November 13, 2025 at 10:47 AM
4 volumes poetry written over 14 years now stuffed. In excess of 200 poems estd. Latest, a piece I have been planning for 2½ years, working on for a 2 months & of which I'm v. proud, necessitates starting of a 5th. Not short, so I'm not sure when, where or if I'll ever get a chance to perform it.