Catharine Arnold
@londondarkside.bsky.social
Writer. Cat lover. Psychopomp. Author of Necropolis, Bedlam, Globe and Pandemic 1918. Rep The Viney Agency.
It adds an extra dimension performing to the crew as well. And THEY get to see the bloopers 😹
The crew 🙏🏽
September 30, 2025 at 12:07 PM
It adds an extra dimension performing to the crew as well. And THEY get to see the bloopers 😹
And some new additions to the cast! Or is that the crew?
September 30, 2025 at 7:23 AM
And some new additions to the cast! Or is that the crew?
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07:00 this morning.
September 27, 2025 at 6:26 AM
07:00 this morning.
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Alas! It is the 427th anniversary of the demise of (admittedly quarrelsome) actor Gabriel Spenser at the hands of playwright Ben Jonson, armed “with a certain sword of iron and steel called a Rapiour of the price 3s.” in a duel. And Jonson got away with it because he knew some Latin
September 22, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Alas! It is the 427th anniversary of the demise of (admittedly quarrelsome) actor Gabriel Spenser at the hands of playwright Ben Jonson, armed “with a certain sword of iron and steel called a Rapiour of the price 3s.” in a duel. And Jonson got away with it because he knew some Latin
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“Your wife would not let me stay in the office because of a ‘meeting’, whatever that is, and here am I, clearly only moments from death, and you tell me teatime is in five minutes? I look upon the face of evil, sir. Pure evil”
September 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
“Your wife would not let me stay in the office because of a ‘meeting’, whatever that is, and here am I, clearly only moments from death, and you tell me teatime is in five minutes? I look upon the face of evil, sir. Pure evil”
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It’s 63 years to the day since a desperate Bette Davis put an advert in Variety’s situations wanted pages, resulting in her being cast in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane, and resuming her decades-long feud with Joan Crawford. Well, that’s the legend, anyway... 🧵
![Situation Wanted, Women. Artists. MOTHER OF THREE-10, 11 & 15-DIVORCÉE. AMERICAN. THIRTY YEARS EXPERIENCE AS AN ACTRESS IN MOTION PICTURES. MOBILE STILL AND MORE AFFABLE THAN RUMOR WOULD HAVE IT. WANTS STEADY EM-PLOYMENT IN HOLLYWOOD. (HAS HAD BROADWAY.) Bette Davis, c/o Martin Baum, G. A. C. REFERENCES UPON REQUEST. [accompanied by a headshot of a smiling Davis]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vckf3haopb3yncclmf7o2m3f/bafkreicpwtjvrto27s5imfxxep5lnah5glwmynsujrviotcy7oidwipjya@jpeg)
September 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
It’s 63 years to the day since a desperate Bette Davis put an advert in Variety’s situations wanted pages, resulting in her being cast in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane, and resuming her decades-long feud with Joan Crawford. Well, that’s the legend, anyway... 🧵
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However, the same source – Proper Actual Historian Catharine Arnold (@londondarkside.bsky.social) – says Jonson had two great advantages: youth, and he wasn’t shitfaced. “Spenser had been drinking all day”, and Jonson...
September 22, 2025 at 8:37 AM
However, the same source – Proper Actual Historian Catharine Arnold (@londondarkside.bsky.social) – says Jonson had two great advantages: youth, and he wasn’t shitfaced. “Spenser had been drinking all day”, and Jonson...
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BREAKING NEWS: Meerkat hugs a water sausage. Everybody has a great time.
June 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Meerkat hugs a water sausage. Everybody has a great time.
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Every frame of a hummingbird is unique because of their structural coloration. Even the slightest change in position creates a new palette. The Fiery-throated is probably one of the most splendid to photograph. At Paraiso Quetzal Lodge #CostaRica
#birds #hummingbirds #nature
#birds #hummingbirds #nature
May 26, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Every frame of a hummingbird is unique because of their structural coloration. Even the slightest change in position creates a new palette. The Fiery-throated is probably one of the most splendid to photograph. At Paraiso Quetzal Lodge #CostaRica
#birds #hummingbirds #nature
#birds #hummingbirds #nature
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From Earth to the edge of existence—this stunning illustration shows the entire observable universe in one frame. From our solar system out to the cosmic microwave background, it’s all here. A visual journey through 13.8 billion years of cosmic history.
Credit: Pablo Carlos Budassi / Wikipedia
Credit: Pablo Carlos Budassi / Wikipedia
May 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
From Earth to the edge of existence—this stunning illustration shows the entire observable universe in one frame. From our solar system out to the cosmic microwave background, it’s all here. A visual journey through 13.8 billion years of cosmic history.
Credit: Pablo Carlos Budassi / Wikipedia
Credit: Pablo Carlos Budassi / Wikipedia
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#OnThisDay - 26 May - in AD 735 the Venerable Bede died at Jarrow, Northumbria. Theologian, grammarian, historian - perhaps his most-admired work is his 'Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation'. #Bede 🏺
Image: Cotton MS Tiberius C II, f. 5v. Link - blogs.bl.uk/digitisedman...
Image: Cotton MS Tiberius C II, f. 5v. Link - blogs.bl.uk/digitisedman...
May 26, 2025 at 12:23 PM
#OnThisDay - 26 May - in AD 735 the Venerable Bede died at Jarrow, Northumbria. Theologian, grammarian, historian - perhaps his most-admired work is his 'Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation'. #Bede 🏺
Image: Cotton MS Tiberius C II, f. 5v. Link - blogs.bl.uk/digitisedman...
Image: Cotton MS Tiberius C II, f. 5v. Link - blogs.bl.uk/digitisedman...
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Editor of the Saturday Evening Post: You get that Ouija board cover?
Norman Rockwell, in 1920: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked.
Editor: what
Norman Rockwell, in 1920: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked.
Editor: what
May 27, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Editor of the Saturday Evening Post: You get that Ouija board cover?
Norman Rockwell, in 1920: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked.
Editor: what
Norman Rockwell, in 1920: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked.
Editor: what
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In the mid-flow were rows of mice from Watercress lane itself carrying their willow poles decked with flowers –
May 26, 2025 at 8:57 AM
In the mid-flow were rows of mice from Watercress lane itself carrying their willow poles decked with flowers –
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languid garden roses and delicate briar, wild mustard and oxeye daisies, milkwort as blue as the sky, red and yellow Tom Thumb's from high on the lark-haunted barrows, and the very last of the May blossom and the very first of the elder.
May 26, 2025 at 8:57 AM
languid garden roses and delicate briar, wild mustard and oxeye daisies, milkwort as blue as the sky, red and yellow Tom Thumb's from high on the lark-haunted barrows, and the very last of the May blossom and the very first of the elder.
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It was Rogation-tide, when the land was blessed and the ancient bounds of the parish were beaten, every gospel oak and half-forgotten brook and fielden edge remembered and passed down the generations.
May 26, 2025 at 8:57 AM
It was Rogation-tide, when the land was blessed and the ancient bounds of the parish were beaten, every gospel oak and half-forgotten brook and fielden edge remembered and passed down the generations.
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Series 16 of 'Ed Reardon's Week' is in the can. As always, verisimiltude is our watchword.
May 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Series 16 of 'Ed Reardon's Week' is in the can. As always, verisimiltude is our watchword.
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This is what a critically endangered Red Wolf looks like. If we work together, we can save them 🐺
nywolf.org
nywolf.org
April 10, 2025 at 1:34 AM
This is what a critically endangered Red Wolf looks like. If we work together, we can save them 🐺
nywolf.org
nywolf.org
Catharine Arnold shares the 5 best books on London and the dark side of British history. Have you read Harlots, Whores
April 10, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Catharine Arnold shares the 5 best books on London and the dark side of British history. Have you read Harlots, Whores
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I have never seen anything like this in NYC. 5th Ave covered from 42nd St well to the 20s. Nobody prepared for this volume. Volunteers are holding the traffic on all the side streets. No police in sight. #handsoff
April 5, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Under house arrest with bronchitis but enjoying the wonderful London world of original #IpcressFile and #FuneralInBerlin next. Getting over my FOMO.
March 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Under house arrest with bronchitis but enjoying the wonderful London world of original #IpcressFile and #FuneralInBerlin next. Getting over my FOMO.
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Old Fox was trying to persuade Wolf to come out of the wardrobe, where he'd been hiding since listening to the news early that morning. I'm never coming out, shouted Wolf. Old Fox sighed & sat down on the carpet. He really didn't blame Wolf, it was all so very exhausting.
February 5, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Old Fox was trying to persuade Wolf to come out of the wardrobe, where he'd been hiding since listening to the news early that morning. I'm never coming out, shouted Wolf. Old Fox sighed & sat down on the carpet. He really didn't blame Wolf, it was all so very exhausting.
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When your teenage Dalek needs to tell you something important about himself.
Double salt cellar / caster. Made in Spain, c. 1600-1625. This salt cellar can be detached into three parts, each standing on shell-shaped feet. The containers were used for salt or sugar and the top part was a sprinkler for spices. (Victoria & Albert Museum, London)
January 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
When your teenage Dalek needs to tell you something important about himself.