Matt Lyon
@mattlyon.bsky.social
⟢ illustrator/doodler ⟡ he/him ⟣
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Complete with ubiquitous Luncheon Voucher signs in the window
A Boiled Egg Sandwich Etc At East End Cafes and Shops, London 1975-78 - Flashbak
Photographer Chris Miles takes us around London's East End in the mid 1970s to see the cafes and shops we used to know.
flashbak.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Complete with ubiquitous Luncheon Voucher signs in the window
This is a whole new aesthetic with Second Life vibes
chud atlantis
Hello everyone, sorry to go so long without posting something. I caught covid in August and it's taken me months to start feeling relatively back to normal. I am still struggling with fatigue and some...
mcmansionhell.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:07 AM
This is a whole new aesthetic with Second Life vibes
Technicolor dreamboat ♡
How Rock Hudson became Hollywood’s square-jawed prince of 1950s melodrama
In celebration of Rock Hudson’s centenary, we remember his golden decade of 1950s melodramas, when his robust physicality and warmth as a performer made him an irresistible romantic lead – and the hub...
www.bfi.org.uk
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Technicolor dreamboat ♡
"Acid House music has been described as a sinister and evil cult"... Hell yeah, sign me up. Also, bonus points if you spot a young Paul Hartnoll in Sevenoaks donning some fetching knitwear
Inside Acid House Parties & Ecstasy! | A Trip Round Acid House | World In Action
YouTube video by ITV Retro
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November 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"Acid House music has been described as a sinister and evil cult"... Hell yeah, sign me up. Also, bonus points if you spot a young Paul Hartnoll in Sevenoaks donning some fetching knitwear
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Interesting bit of retro-futurism, BBC's Tomorrow's World programme in 1967 filming the light machines of Mike Leonard at his house in Highgate - with music by his tenants, Pink Floyd. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzY9...
Pink Floyd - Tomorrow’s World, Stanhope Gardens, Hampstead, London (12/12/1967)
YouTube video by Pink Floyd Videos
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November 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Interesting bit of retro-futurism, BBC's Tomorrow's World programme in 1967 filming the light machines of Mike Leonard at his house in Highgate - with music by his tenants, Pink Floyd. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzY9...
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ULYSSES 31 - THE KINGDOM OF HADES (1981): CBBC Broom Cupboard-era favourite, famous for its sing-a-long theme tune, had more than its share of dark moments. Here, the dead of Hades literally turn their back on the living, their touch decaying everything in their path...
November 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
ULYSSES 31 - THE KINGDOM OF HADES (1981): CBBC Broom Cupboard-era favourite, famous for its sing-a-long theme tune, had more than its share of dark moments. Here, the dead of Hades literally turn their back on the living, their touch decaying everything in their path...
"The Guy Fawkes burst into a thousand flaming particles"
Artwork by George Soper, 1894
Artwork by George Soper, 1894
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
"The Guy Fawkes burst into a thousand flaming particles"
Artwork by George Soper, 1894
Artwork by George Soper, 1894
RIP Peter Watkins
Peter Watkins, Oscar-winning director of The War Game, dies aged 90
Radical English director who clashed with the BBC over his ‘horrifying’ film about nuclear war, was forced to look abroad to continue working
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:15 AM
RIP Peter Watkins
Tonight's double bill 💀
October 31, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Tonight's double bill 💀
Atari Halloween costumes, 1983
October 31, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Atari Halloween costumes, 1983
This year's Halloween House 🎃
Enjoy all the treats and spookiness 💀
Enjoy all the treats and spookiness 💀
October 31, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This year's Halloween House 🎃
Enjoy all the treats and spookiness 💀
Enjoy all the treats and spookiness 💀
Ken Russell alert wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
The Lonely Shore
Welcome to Wyrd Britain, a place of stories of a stranger Britain.
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October 29, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Ken Russell alert wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...
Back to 1994 www.youtube.com/watch?v=om8m...
Squarepusher - Stereotype (Full Album)
YouTube video by Squarepusher
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October 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Back to 1994 www.youtube.com/watch?v=om8m...
"Let's have aggression with one another and get it out of our systems" 🖤
October 23, 2025 at 9:03 AM
"Let's have aggression with one another and get it out of our systems" 🖤
I'd add Gaspar Noé's terrifying Climax to this list. And the recent MadS too www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-gre...
10 great French horror films
From Eyes Without a Face to Raw, French horror trips the line between realism and the uncanny, and pushes into a realm of profound discomfort.
www.bfi.org.uk
October 19, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I'd add Gaspar Noé's terrifying Climax to this list. And the recent MadS too www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-gre...
Razorback | Russell Mulcahy | 1984
Good-looking find from this month's horror flicks
Good-looking find from this month's horror flicks
October 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Razorback | Russell Mulcahy | 1984
Good-looking find from this month's horror flicks
Good-looking find from this month's horror flicks
RIP Patricia Routledge – a Dame, a queen and a legend ♡
October 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM
RIP Patricia Routledge – a Dame, a queen and a legend ♡
Reposted by Matt Lyon
R.I.P. Patricia Routledge.
October 3, 2025 at 11:56 AM
R.I.P. Patricia Routledge.
La cinquième saison / The Fifth Season, 2012
All my favourite things: folklore, superstition and nature fighting back
All my favourite things: folklore, superstition and nature fighting back
September 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
La cinquième saison / The Fifth Season, 2012
All my favourite things: folklore, superstition and nature fighting back
All my favourite things: folklore, superstition and nature fighting back
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Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
Artists are losing work, wages, and hope as bosses and clients embrace AI
Visual artists, illustrators and graphic designers share their stories about how AI is being used to lower wages, degrade work and even replace it altogether, in this installment of AI Killed My Job.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
September 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
RIP Robert Redford
Gonna give The Old Man & the Gun OST a spin ♡
Gonna give The Old Man & the Gun OST a spin ♡
September 16, 2025 at 12:46 PM
RIP Robert Redford
Gonna give The Old Man & the Gun OST a spin ♡
Gonna give The Old Man & the Gun OST a spin ♡