The Arctophile
@phewtus.bsky.social
Wandering the footpaths of Kent and Sussex.
"Say little and say it gently."
Footpaths, trees, films, books, vegan.
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"Say little and say it gently."
Footpaths, trees, films, books, vegan.
#TreeOfTheDay #NowWatching #BOTD #NowPlaying etc...
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William S Marriott aka stage magician Dr Wilmar was a dedicated debunker of fake spiritualist mediums in the early 1900's who staged a series of photographs demonstrating spirit trickery. Ghost sleuth Harry Price (1881-1948) later used these images of Marriott when giving talks.
November 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
William S Marriott aka stage magician Dr Wilmar was a dedicated debunker of fake spiritualist mediums in the early 1900's who staged a series of photographs demonstrating spirit trickery. Ghost sleuth Harry Price (1881-1948) later used these images of Marriott when giving talks.
#NowWatching Demon City (D: Seiji Tanaka,2025)
"Have you ever watched a “John Wick” movie and thought to yourself, “I wonder if this would be even better if it were a little more lurid, a hell of a lot dumber, and its soundtrack had roughly 9,000 times as much flash-microwaved cheese rock?”
"Have you ever watched a “John Wick” movie and thought to yourself, “I wonder if this would be even better if it were a little more lurid, a hell of a lot dumber, and its soundtrack had roughly 9,000 times as much flash-microwaved cheese rock?”
November 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
#NowWatching Demon City (D: Seiji Tanaka,2025)
"Have you ever watched a “John Wick” movie and thought to yourself, “I wonder if this would be even better if it were a little more lurid, a hell of a lot dumber, and its soundtrack had roughly 9,000 times as much flash-microwaved cheese rock?”
"Have you ever watched a “John Wick” movie and thought to yourself, “I wonder if this would be even better if it were a little more lurid, a hell of a lot dumber, and its soundtrack had roughly 9,000 times as much flash-microwaved cheese rock?”
#BOTD 1918
Bernard Jerome Perlin: American painter. His style progressed from social realism in the New Deal era through pro-war art and illustration during World War II to magic realism paintings of urban American life, all in a representational style.
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Bernard Jerome Perlin: American painter. His style progressed from social realism in the New Deal era through pro-war art and illustration during World War II to magic realism paintings of urban American life, all in a representational style.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:19 AM
#BOTD 1918
Bernard Jerome Perlin: American painter. His style progressed from social realism in the New Deal era through pro-war art and illustration during World War II to magic realism paintings of urban American life, all in a representational style.
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Bernard Jerome Perlin: American painter. His style progressed from social realism in the New Deal era through pro-war art and illustration during World War II to magic realism paintings of urban American life, all in a representational style.
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Good morning everyone. #TreeOfTheDay no.1303
November 21, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Good morning everyone. #TreeOfTheDay no.1303
#NowPlaying The Style of Life-Various Artists (DL from @numerogroup.bsky.social )
"...zeroes in on the '80s most maligned genre, the kind of smoove, cheaply-dubbed jazz that ended up being played in cheap hotel lobbies and wine bars,or used as hold muzak on hotlines."
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"...zeroes in on the '80s most maligned genre, the kind of smoove, cheaply-dubbed jazz that ended up being played in cheap hotel lobbies and wine bars,or used as hold muzak on hotlines."
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The Style Of Life (Full Album) Downtempo, Synthwave, Future Splash, Proto-Vaporwave, Video Game OST
YouTube video by Paradise Is a Frequency
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November 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
#NowPlaying The Style of Life-Various Artists (DL from @numerogroup.bsky.social )
"...zeroes in on the '80s most maligned genre, the kind of smoove, cheaply-dubbed jazz that ended up being played in cheap hotel lobbies and wine bars,or used as hold muzak on hotlines."
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"...zeroes in on the '80s most maligned genre, the kind of smoove, cheaply-dubbed jazz that ended up being played in cheap hotel lobbies and wine bars,or used as hold muzak on hotlines."
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#NowPlaying JJJJJerome Ellis - Vesper Sparrow (CD on Shelter Press) Another contender for Album of the Year.
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Vesper Sparrow (feat. Haruna Lee, James Harrison Monaco, Ronald Peet, and S T A R R (busby))
YouTube video by JJJJJerome Ellis - Topic
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November 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
#NowPlaying JJJJJerome Ellis - Vesper Sparrow (CD on Shelter Press) Another contender for Album of the Year.
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#BOTD 1897
Germaine Luise Krull: photographer, political activist, and hotel owner. Her nationality has been categorized as German, French, and Dutch, but she spent years in Brazil, Republic of the Congo, Thailand, and India.
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Germaine Luise Krull: photographer, political activist, and hotel owner. Her nationality has been categorized as German, French, and Dutch, but she spent years in Brazil, Republic of the Congo, Thailand, and India.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:09 PM
#BOTD 1897
Germaine Luise Krull: photographer, political activist, and hotel owner. Her nationality has been categorized as German, French, and Dutch, but she spent years in Brazil, Republic of the Congo, Thailand, and India.
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Germaine Luise Krull: photographer, political activist, and hotel owner. Her nationality has been categorized as German, French, and Dutch, but she spent years in Brazil, Republic of the Congo, Thailand, and India.
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#BOTD 1915
Dulcie Winifred Catherine Savage Denison (known professionally as Dulcie Gray) British actress, mystery writer and lepidopterist.Gray had been interested in butterflies since her childhood and her book Butterflies on My Mind (1978), won a Times Educational Supplement award.
Dulcie Winifred Catherine Savage Denison (known professionally as Dulcie Gray) British actress, mystery writer and lepidopterist.Gray had been interested in butterflies since her childhood and her book Butterflies on My Mind (1978), won a Times Educational Supplement award.
November 20, 2025 at 10:34 AM
#BOTD 1915
Dulcie Winifred Catherine Savage Denison (known professionally as Dulcie Gray) British actress, mystery writer and lepidopterist.Gray had been interested in butterflies since her childhood and her book Butterflies on My Mind (1978), won a Times Educational Supplement award.
Dulcie Winifred Catherine Savage Denison (known professionally as Dulcie Gray) British actress, mystery writer and lepidopterist.Gray had been interested in butterflies since her childhood and her book Butterflies on My Mind (1978), won a Times Educational Supplement award.
Good morning everyone #TreeOfTheDay no.1302
November 20, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Good morning everyone #TreeOfTheDay no.1302
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Why are you not vegan?
Afraid to watch Dominion?
Please consider leaving meat behind
You can ease into it
At the very least, please include more plants in your diet
Thank you for listening ❤️
Afraid to watch Dominion?
Please consider leaving meat behind
You can ease into it
At the very least, please include more plants in your diet
Thank you for listening ❤️
November 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Why are you not vegan?
Afraid to watch Dominion?
Please consider leaving meat behind
You can ease into it
At the very least, please include more plants in your diet
Thank you for listening ❤️
Afraid to watch Dominion?
Please consider leaving meat behind
You can ease into it
At the very least, please include more plants in your diet
Thank you for listening ❤️
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' When to my eyes
(Whilst deep sleep others catches)
Thine host of spies
The stars shine in their watches,
I do survey
Each busy ray,
And how they work & wind
And wish each beam
My soul doth stream,
With the like ardour shined...' Henry Vaughn
(art Michael Abakumov 1948-2010)
(Whilst deep sleep others catches)
Thine host of spies
The stars shine in their watches,
I do survey
Each busy ray,
And how they work & wind
And wish each beam
My soul doth stream,
With the like ardour shined...' Henry Vaughn
(art Michael Abakumov 1948-2010)
November 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
' When to my eyes
(Whilst deep sleep others catches)
Thine host of spies
The stars shine in their watches,
I do survey
Each busy ray,
And how they work & wind
And wish each beam
My soul doth stream,
With the like ardour shined...' Henry Vaughn
(art Michael Abakumov 1948-2010)
(Whilst deep sleep others catches)
Thine host of spies
The stars shine in their watches,
I do survey
Each busy ray,
And how they work & wind
And wish each beam
My soul doth stream,
With the like ardour shined...' Henry Vaughn
(art Michael Abakumov 1948-2010)
#NP Doris Dana - Nostalgia
"Do the warped boleros on water-damaged tape sound the same in Saigon as they do in Havana? Is it the trait of memory or the Romance of dancing cheek to cheek that is the real undercurrent of boleros, or is it the sleeping warmth of memory..."
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"Do the warped boleros on water-damaged tape sound the same in Saigon as they do in Havana? Is it the trait of memory or the Romance of dancing cheek to cheek that is the real undercurrent of boleros, or is it the sleeping warmth of memory..."
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nostalgia, by doris dana
2 track album
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November 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
#NP Doris Dana - Nostalgia
"Do the warped boleros on water-damaged tape sound the same in Saigon as they do in Havana? Is it the trait of memory or the Romance of dancing cheek to cheek that is the real undercurrent of boleros, or is it the sleeping warmth of memory..."
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"Do the warped boleros on water-damaged tape sound the same in Saigon as they do in Havana? Is it the trait of memory or the Romance of dancing cheek to cheek that is the real undercurrent of boleros, or is it the sleeping warmth of memory..."
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#NowWatching The Long Night (D: Anatole Litvak, 1947)
"... an excellent remake of Carné's masterpiece of poetic realism Le Jour Se Lève. Anatole Litvak's direction is slick and kinetic...Barbara Bel Geddes - in her debut role, projecting an aura of innocence amidst the grime of an industrial town"
"... an excellent remake of Carné's masterpiece of poetic realism Le Jour Se Lève. Anatole Litvak's direction is slick and kinetic...Barbara Bel Geddes - in her debut role, projecting an aura of innocence amidst the grime of an industrial town"
November 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
#NowWatching The Long Night (D: Anatole Litvak, 1947)
"... an excellent remake of Carné's masterpiece of poetic realism Le Jour Se Lève. Anatole Litvak's direction is slick and kinetic...Barbara Bel Geddes - in her debut role, projecting an aura of innocence amidst the grime of an industrial town"
"... an excellent remake of Carné's masterpiece of poetic realism Le Jour Se Lève. Anatole Litvak's direction is slick and kinetic...Barbara Bel Geddes - in her debut role, projecting an aura of innocence amidst the grime of an industrial town"
Good morning everyone. #TreeOfTheDay no.1301
November 19, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Good morning everyone. #TreeOfTheDay no.1301
#BOTD 1878
Bessie Kate Johnson: English actress who appeared on stage from 1894 and on screen from the 1930s to the '50s. First appeared in a film at age 53, in 1932, but didn't receive critical acclaim until 1955, when she starred, aged 76, in The Ladykillers as Mrs Louisa Wilberforce."
Bessie Kate Johnson: English actress who appeared on stage from 1894 and on screen from the 1930s to the '50s. First appeared in a film at age 53, in 1932, but didn't receive critical acclaim until 1955, when she starred, aged 76, in The Ladykillers as Mrs Louisa Wilberforce."
November 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
#BOTD 1878
Bessie Kate Johnson: English actress who appeared on stage from 1894 and on screen from the 1930s to the '50s. First appeared in a film at age 53, in 1932, but didn't receive critical acclaim until 1955, when she starred, aged 76, in The Ladykillers as Mrs Louisa Wilberforce."
Bessie Kate Johnson: English actress who appeared on stage from 1894 and on screen from the 1930s to the '50s. First appeared in a film at age 53, in 1932, but didn't receive critical acclaim until 1955, when she starred, aged 76, in The Ladykillers as Mrs Louisa Wilberforce."
#NowWatching The Ghost of St. Michael's (D: Marcel Varnel, 1941)
"Hay’s deadpan timing and frustrated doubletakes are topnotch comedy business, bouncing off the smarmy students, one played brilliantly by a young Charles Hawtrey."
"Hay’s deadpan timing and frustrated doubletakes are topnotch comedy business, bouncing off the smarmy students, one played brilliantly by a young Charles Hawtrey."
November 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
#NowWatching The Ghost of St. Michael's (D: Marcel Varnel, 1941)
"Hay’s deadpan timing and frustrated doubletakes are topnotch comedy business, bouncing off the smarmy students, one played brilliantly by a young Charles Hawtrey."
"Hay’s deadpan timing and frustrated doubletakes are topnotch comedy business, bouncing off the smarmy students, one played brilliantly by a young Charles Hawtrey."
#BOTD 1919
Georgia Carroll: American singer, fashion model, and actress, best known for her work with Kay Kyser's big band orchestra in the mid-1940s. She and Kyser were married in 1944 until he died in 1985. Alfred Hitchcock's Mr&Mrs Smith (1941)
Georgia Carroll: American singer, fashion model, and actress, best known for her work with Kay Kyser's big band orchestra in the mid-1940s. She and Kyser were married in 1944 until he died in 1985. Alfred Hitchcock's Mr&Mrs Smith (1941)
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
#BOTD 1919
Georgia Carroll: American singer, fashion model, and actress, best known for her work with Kay Kyser's big band orchestra in the mid-1940s. She and Kyser were married in 1944 until he died in 1985. Alfred Hitchcock's Mr&Mrs Smith (1941)
Georgia Carroll: American singer, fashion model, and actress, best known for her work with Kay Kyser's big band orchestra in the mid-1940s. She and Kyser were married in 1944 until he died in 1985. Alfred Hitchcock's Mr&Mrs Smith (1941)
#BOTD 1882
Percy Wyndham Lewis: Canadian-born British writer, painter and critic. Co-founder of the Vorticist movement in art and edited Blast, the literary magazine of the Vorticists. His novels include Tarr and The Human Age trilogy, comprising The Childermass, Monstre Gai and Malign Fiesta.
Percy Wyndham Lewis: Canadian-born British writer, painter and critic. Co-founder of the Vorticist movement in art and edited Blast, the literary magazine of the Vorticists. His novels include Tarr and The Human Age trilogy, comprising The Childermass, Monstre Gai and Malign Fiesta.
November 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
#BOTD 1882
Percy Wyndham Lewis: Canadian-born British writer, painter and critic. Co-founder of the Vorticist movement in art and edited Blast, the literary magazine of the Vorticists. His novels include Tarr and The Human Age trilogy, comprising The Childermass, Monstre Gai and Malign Fiesta.
Percy Wyndham Lewis: Canadian-born British writer, painter and critic. Co-founder of the Vorticist movement in art and edited Blast, the literary magazine of the Vorticists. His novels include Tarr and The Human Age trilogy, comprising The Childermass, Monstre Gai and Malign Fiesta.
Good morning everyone. #TreeOfTheDay no.1300 and a very happy #thicktrunktuesday
November 18, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Good morning everyone. #TreeOfTheDay no.1300 and a very happy #thicktrunktuesday
Happy Birthday David Amram, 95 today!
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Theme From The Manchurian Candidate - David Amram's Classic American Film Scores 1956 - 2016
YouTube video by Moochin' About
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November 17, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Happy Birthday David Amram, 95 today!
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#BOTD 1876
August Sander: German portrait and documentary photographer. His first book Face of our Time was published in 1929. Sander has been described as "the most important German portrait photographer of the early twentieth century".
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August Sander: German portrait and documentary photographer. His first book Face of our Time was published in 1929. Sander has been described as "the most important German portrait photographer of the early twentieth century".
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Five things to know: August Sander | Tate
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November 17, 2025 at 12:38 PM
#BOTD 1876
August Sander: German portrait and documentary photographer. His first book Face of our Time was published in 1929. Sander has been described as "the most important German portrait photographer of the early twentieth century".
www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/...
August Sander: German portrait and documentary photographer. His first book Face of our Time was published in 1929. Sander has been described as "the most important German portrait photographer of the early twentieth century".
www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/...
Good morning everyone. #TreeOfTheDay no.1299 Fingers crossed for Monday.
November 17, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Good morning everyone. #TreeOfTheDay no.1299 Fingers crossed for Monday.
#NowWatching #SundayAfternoonWestern
3:10 to Yuma (D:Delmer Daves, 1957)
"Daves isn't interested in cynicism. Redemption is probably too big a stretch as well, but there's plenty of room in-between."
3:10 to Yuma (D:Delmer Daves, 1957)
"Daves isn't interested in cynicism. Redemption is probably too big a stretch as well, but there's plenty of room in-between."
November 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
#NowWatching #SundayAfternoonWestern
3:10 to Yuma (D:Delmer Daves, 1957)
"Daves isn't interested in cynicism. Redemption is probably too big a stretch as well, but there's plenty of room in-between."
3:10 to Yuma (D:Delmer Daves, 1957)
"Daves isn't interested in cynicism. Redemption is probably too big a stretch as well, but there's plenty of room in-between."