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VickyCoules
@vickycoules.bsky.social
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Artist.. www.victoriacoules.com
Occasionally moonlighting as a writer and copy editor.
Also researching for PhD at Bristol "Living Dinosaurs: dinosaurs in visual culture late 19th and early 20th C America"
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richardfallon.bsky.social
Located copies. However Doyle's Iguanodon footprints, and the casts of them, are still at large.
Photograph from the presentation edition of The Lost World: 'The First Footprints in Maple White Land'
November 29, 2025 at 8:42 AM
vickycoules.bsky.social
And on the subject of "act writing"... Calvin gets the hang of it 😳🤔😆😂😂
August 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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dragonsofwales.bsky.social
A new pin badge design. I’ll be selling these at @dinoconuk.bsky.social next month if anybody wants one…
A pin badge design: a black background with a black and white hand drawn illustration of a large sauropod dinosaur. The text on the badge reads “KEEP PALAEOART HUMAN, NO TO AI DINOSAURS” along with a “no AI” icon.
July 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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richardfallon.bsky.social
Like most English-language journalism about prehistoric animals in the mid-1890s, evidently written and illustrated by someone who had the books of H.N. Hutchinson to hand. In this case Creatures of Other Days (1894).
robear.bsky.social Robert Rose @robear.bsky.social · Jul 28
Another 1896 #paleoart newspaper illustration of extinct animals, for an article on de-extinction, ahead of its time!
They're glad these animals are dead. The purpose of the article is really to describe a bunch of cool animals and just completely shit on the dodo, just incredibly critical. (pic 4)
An illustration of a group of dinosaurs and other extinct animals standing at a fence next to an 1890s town, where residents and animals flee in terror, titled, "If the extinct mammoth animals of the past came to life." The image is a newspaper scan from The Journal (New York), Sunday, March 29, 1896. The artist's signature is not legible by me. Some of the creatures are based on older artwork by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, rather than being totally scientifically up to date. A scan of the article title: IF THE OLD MONSTERS SHOULD RETURN, What Would Happen If Dinosaurs and Dodos Came Back to Earth? A scan of the opening two paragraphs of the article, reading: "It is a good thing, on the whole, that the extinct animals are extinct, because a dinosaur, a dodo, or a megatherium returning to earth at the present time would create more trouble than he would be worth. Nobody would know what to do with such a monster, and science tells us that he might be dangerous. Even the pterodactyl, which was in many respects the most delicate of these products of a remote age, would not have made a decent soup. The size of these beasts was such that they could afford only a poor kind of sport. They were so big that the worst marksman could not help but hit them, and after they were killed they could not be removed." A further excerpt of the article: "The sportsman who shot a dinosaur would have no fine pair of antlers to take home with him for the edification of his friends, while the dodo was an ugly bird without any ornamental feathers that would have looked well in a woman's hat. This monster was an absurd creation, being able able neither to fly nor to swim, and was exterminated in the seventeenth century, much to the general relief. "The dodo displayed neither activity nor intelligence, and its name is a synonyme[sic] for stupidity to the present day. "Captain Van West-Zanen, of Batavia, has left it on some record how a dodo captured by some of his men could not be eaten by the whole crew, so great was its size. He also tells how the dodo made such a display of stupidity as to merit the contempt of his men. "A dodo walking along a country road at the present time would scae all the horses and block up the passage. Several men with clubs would be required to dispatch the creature, and the removal of its body would entail considerable labor."
July 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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richardfallon.bsky.social
I was fortunate enough to look through Richard Owen's sea-serpent-related clippings and notes yesterday in the @nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.social. Came face to face with this goofy king of the deep. Shades of the infant form in Shin Godzilla.
Clipping from the Illustrated Police News, 20 May 1876. An engraving of a Goggle-eyed terrorising the ship Hydaspes. Googly-eyed infant Godzilla.
July 23, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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@junecasagrande.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Reading the excellent "It Was the Best of Sentences.."
I've been a writer for over 30 years and FINALLY understand the nuts and bolts!
Thank you!
Got to the part about prepositional phrases.
I'm sure you'll have seen this.. On a well-known news website..
July 6, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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richardfallon.bsky.social
Impact!
July 5, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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markwitton.bsky.social
Spreading the word about @willconway.bsky.social's #dinosaur #comic Steak, now Kickstarting a 3rd issue! Steak mashes palaeo/dino-geekery with the spirit of 2000AD's "Flesh", serving up smart time-travel action illustrated by @marcolivent.bsky.social. Recommended! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ste...
July 2, 2025 at 9:02 AM
vickycoules.bsky.social
USA - if #Trump wants to be compared to a king, think our Henry VIII. Fat, bloated, self-opinionated, ruthless, arrogant, power-crazy. Touchy, hypersensitive, disloyal. Think six wives, Cardinal Wolsley, Thomas Cromwell. Loyal advisors, upset him, beheaded.
#ElonMusk
Just sayin'..
June 16, 2025 at 7:39 AM
vickycoules.bsky.social
Is the best way for Americans to deal with this nonsensical birthday military parade on Sunday is to just.. Not turn up. No one there. No one for troops to use the "big force" on. No one for him to rage about or threaten..
Just an indifferent silence.
That would so sting his vanity..
June 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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richardfallon.bsky.social
The new Earth Sciences History has everything you'd want to know about the 1824 Geological Society meeting in which the names Plesiosaurus and Megalosaurus were announced. Looks like the room the meeting took place in now has storage heaters, so don't go up in the evening unless you want frostbite.
June 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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richardfallon.bsky.social
You can find my article on the evergreen subject of 'Geology and Genesis' in June's @historytoday.com. Alongside lots of other fascinating topics from the looks of it, including @kateloveman.bsky.social on censorship and the diary of Samuel Pepys.
Title page of 'Geology and Genesis' article, featuring engraving of Hugh Miller and a stratigraphic column.
May 21, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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richardfallon.bsky.social
‪Palaeoart enthusiasts will know about Alice B. Woodward, but you hear much less about her sister Gertrude (1854–1939), a prolific illustrator of scientific papers on subjects like the Terra Nova Expedition and Piltdown Man. Lots of letters and originals are held by @nhmlibraryarchives.bsky.social
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Labelled illustration of the skull of Pliosaurus ferox, upper and palatal views. Drawn and lithographed by G. M. Woodward.
May 20, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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chrismanias.bsky.social
Schedule for this year's Lyme Regis Fossil Festival is now up (14-15 June) and it looks like it'll be a great weekend - fossilfestival.com

I'll be doing a panel on the Saturday afternoon around the Palaeontology in Public book, followed by a screening of Gertie the Dinosaur, hosted by Vicky Coules
a black and white drawing of a dinosaur standing in the desert .
ALT: a black and white drawing of a dinosaur standing in the desert .
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April 15, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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tetzoo.bsky.social
Your reminder that MESOZOIC ART II is seeing release in about 6 months, that it's an incredible, beautiful volume that you won't want to miss, and that it can be pre-ordered from @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social already ... www.bloomsbury.com/uk/mesozoic-... #dinosaurs #books #paleoart #palaeoart
Mesozoic Art II
Following on from the hugely popular Mesozoic Art, this magnificent new volume showcases 25 amazing artists whose work represents the very best of palaeoart.Our…
www.bloomsbury.com
March 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
vickycoules.bsky.social
"Steel River: Walking the Tees - A Journey Through Nature in a Human World"
Now available in hardback, audiobook (with superb voice of John Telfer) and Kindle, with illustrations by me!!
March 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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chrismanias.bsky.social
Happening in 5 days time - all welcome!

Will feature talks, a panel discussion, a mini-exhibit on the book put together by @markwitton.bsky.social, and a showing of some relevant short films on the public role of palaeontology
chrismanias.bsky.social Chris Manias @chrismanias.bsky.social · Feb 7
Full details are now up for the in-person launch event for the book Palaeontology in Public -

This will be at the KCL Strand campus in central London on Saturday 22 March, 14:30-19:30

More info and a sign-up form is here, if you would like to attend: forms.office.com/e/dsKYteTD1B
Poster advertising the launch event for Chris Manias (editor), Palaeontology in Public (UCL Press, 2025). It contains the following text: Book Launch & Discussion Event Saturday 22 March, 14:30-19:30, King’s College London Talks by: Richard Fallon, Susannah Lydon, Chris Manis, Ellinor Michel, Ilja Nieuwland, Mark Witton & Charlotte Wood And a panel discussion with: Mike Benton, Natalie Lawrence & Darren Naish Register at: https://forms.office.com/e/dsKYteTD1B There is also an image of the book cover. This features the text "Palaeontology in Public: Popular Science, Lost Creatures and Deep Time. Edited by Chris Manias." The cover image depicts a large long-necked Sauropod dinosaur, modelled after the famous animation "Gertie the Dinosaur" in a park, with a city skyline in the background. A range of humans are standing around Gertie, pointing at and admiring her. There is also a man in a ringmaster outfit standing on Gertie's shoulder.
March 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
vickycoules.bsky.social
Nice to see @davehone.bsky.social giving due credit to 'The Lost World'
😀🦕🦖
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March 14, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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restingdinoface.bsky.social
I was thrilled to be part of the launch for @chrismanias.bsky.social's Palaeontology in Public volume, with some thoughts on paleo history that could use a new look and some open questions that could use some dedicated attention. You can watch the whole of the launch here.
Palaeontology in Public - Online Launch, 18 February 2025
YouTube video by Popularizing Palaeontology
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February 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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restingdinoface.bsky.social
Out now! 🌱
restingdinoface.bsky.social Riley Black - When the Earth Was Green out now 🌱 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · Feb 17
“Essential”

“Brilliant”

“Vivid”

“Another triumph from Black”

When the Earth Was Green: Plants, Animals, and Evolution’s Greatest Romance, blooming on bookshelves February 25th. 🌱

us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
The cover for Riley Black’s book When the Earth Was Green, showing dinosaurs, prehistoric mammals, and insects among ancient plants
February 25, 2025 at 5:08 AM
vickycoules.bsky.social
And today is Twin Peaks Day.. ❤️
February 24, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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February 22, 2025 at 1:52 PM
vickycoules.bsky.social
New book coming soon by Steve Nicholls published by Head of Zeus Books with photographs by Steve and illustrations by me!
February 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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chrismanias.bsky.social
One week to go until the online launch for Palaeontology in Public, which will be on Tuesday 18 February, 18:00-19:30 (UK-time) on Zoom

All welcome! To attend, just sign-up here at least 24 hours before the event start: forms.office.com/e/gpWburvZPk
Poster advertising the launch event for Chris Manias (editor), Palaeontology in Public (UCL Press, 2025). It contains the following text: Online Book Launch Tuesday 18 February, 18:00-19:30 (UK Time) on Zoom Chaired by Adrian Currie Responses from Mike Benton, Riley Black, Natalia Jagielska and Alison Laurence And discussion with some of the chapter authors. Register at: https://forms.office.com/e/gpWburvZPk There is also an image of the book cover. This features the text "Palaeontology in Public: Popular Science, Lost Creatures and Deep Time. Edited by Chris Manias." The cover image depicts a large long-necked Sauropod dinosaur, modelled after the famous animation "Gertie the Dinosaur" in a park, with a city skyline in the background. A range of humans are standing around Gertie, pointing at and admiring her. There is also a man in a ringmaster outfit standing on Gertie's shoulder.
February 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM