From the archive for Paul Bowles, #BornOnThisDay in 1910, my thoughts on THE SHELTERING SKY.
Set in the evocative landscape of North Africa in the wake of WW2, this excellent novel is beautiful, potent and hallucinatory - an emotionally intense read. 💙📚
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Set in the evocative landscape of North Africa in the wake of WW2, this excellent novel is beautiful, potent and hallucinatory - an emotionally intense read. 💙📚
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The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles
First published in 1949, The Sheltering Sky is a powerful, visceral novel set in the squalid towns and desert landscapes of North Africa in the years following the end of the Second World War. The …
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December 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
From the archive for Paul Bowles, #BornOnThisDay in 1910, my thoughts on THE SHELTERING SKY.
Set in the evocative landscape of North Africa in the wake of WW2, this excellent novel is beautiful, potent and hallucinatory - an emotionally intense read. 💙📚
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2019/10/01/t...
Set in the evocative landscape of North Africa in the wake of WW2, this excellent novel is beautiful, potent and hallucinatory - an emotionally intense read. 💙📚
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2019/10/01/t...
American photographer W. Eugene Smith was born in Wichita, Kansas on this date (12/30) in 1918.
➡️ Learn more about him and view his work at: www.joeedelman.com/w-eugene-smith
#Photography #BornOnThisDay #photographertostudy
➡️ Learn more about him and view his work at: www.joeedelman.com/w-eugene-smith
#Photography #BornOnThisDay #photographertostudy
December 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
American photographer W. Eugene Smith was born in Wichita, Kansas on this date (12/30) in 1918.
➡️ Learn more about him and view his work at: www.joeedelman.com/w-eugene-smith
#Photography #BornOnThisDay #photographertostudy
➡️ Learn more about him and view his work at: www.joeedelman.com/w-eugene-smith
#Photography #BornOnThisDay #photographertostudy
Carol Reed, Director, Producer, #BornOnThisDay in 1906, in Putney, London
December 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Carol Reed, Director, Producer, #BornOnThisDay in 1906, in Putney, London
Rudyard Kipling, Writer, #BornOnThisDay in 1865 in Bombay (now Mumbai), India
“I have watched a thousand days
Push out and crawl into night
Slowly as tortoises.
Now I, too, follow these.
It is fever, and not the fight—
Time, not battle,—that slays.”
🎨 Sir Philip Burne-Jones (1899)
“I have watched a thousand days
Push out and crawl into night
Slowly as tortoises.
Now I, too, follow these.
It is fever, and not the fight—
Time, not battle,—that slays.”
🎨 Sir Philip Burne-Jones (1899)
December 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Rudyard Kipling, Writer, #BornOnThisDay in 1865 in Bombay (now Mumbai), India
“I have watched a thousand days
Push out and crawl into night
Slowly as tortoises.
Now I, too, follow these.
It is fever, and not the fight—
Time, not battle,—that slays.”
🎨 Sir Philip Burne-Jones (1899)
“I have watched a thousand days
Push out and crawl into night
Slowly as tortoises.
Now I, too, follow these.
It is fever, and not the fight—
Time, not battle,—that slays.”
🎨 Sir Philip Burne-Jones (1899)
Stan Tracey, Jazz Pianist, Composer, #BornOnThisDay in 1926, in Denmark Hill, London
‘Starless and Bible Black’: youtu.be/Frnd-wuhBic?...
‘Starless and Bible Black’: youtu.be/Frnd-wuhBic?...
December 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Stan Tracey, Jazz Pianist, Composer, #BornOnThisDay in 1926, in Denmark Hill, London
‘Starless and Bible Black’: youtu.be/Frnd-wuhBic?...
‘Starless and Bible Black’: youtu.be/Frnd-wuhBic?...
December 30, 2025 at 12:30 PM
From the archive for L. P. Hartley, #BornOnThisDay in 1895, thoughts on THE GO-BETWEEN.
A near-prefect novel in which a young boy is caught between the innocence and subservience of childhood and the complexities of the adult world. #BookSky 💙📚 #BOTD
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A near-prefect novel in which a young boy is caught between the innocence and subservience of childhood and the complexities of the adult world. #BookSky 💙📚 #BOTD
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The Go-Between by L. P. Hartley
The Go-Between by L. P. Hartley was made for the summer. First published in 1953, it’s a compelling story of secrets, betrayals and the power of persuasion, all set against the heady backdrop…
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December 30, 2025 at 9:47 AM
From the archive for L. P. Hartley, #BornOnThisDay in 1895, thoughts on THE GO-BETWEEN.
A near-prefect novel in which a young boy is caught between the innocence and subservience of childhood and the complexities of the adult world. #BookSky 💙📚 #BOTD
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A near-prefect novel in which a young boy is caught between the innocence and subservience of childhood and the complexities of the adult world. #BookSky 💙📚 #BOTD
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American writer, editor and activist Joseph Beam, best known as the editor of Black gay anthology “In the Life”, was BOTD in 1954, dying of an AIDS-related illness in 1988, aged 33. #josephbeam #supergays #bornonthisday #inthelife
Joseph Beam
American writer, editor and activist Joseph Beam was BOTD in 1954. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to a working-class family, he studied at Franklin College in Indiana, where he became active in…
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December 30, 2025 at 9:01 AM
American writer, editor and activist Joseph Beam, best known as the editor of Black gay anthology “In the Life”, was BOTD in 1954, dying of an AIDS-related illness in 1988, aged 33. #josephbeam #supergays #bornonthisday #inthelife
Canadian writer and artist Douglas Coupland, best known for his story collection “Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture”, was BOTD in 1961, turning 64 today. #douglascoupland #generationx #bornonthisday
Douglas Coupland
Canadian writer and artist Douglas Coupland was BOTD in 1961. Born in West Germany where his father was a medical officer for the Royal Canadian Air Force, he was raised in Vancouver. He studied ph…
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December 30, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Canadian writer and artist Douglas Coupland, best known for his story collection “Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture”, was BOTD in 1961, turning 64 today. #douglascoupland #generationx #bornonthisday
Bisexual American writer and composer Paul Bowles, best known for his novel “The Sheltering Sky”, was BOTD in 1910. #paulbowles #bornonthisday #supergays #theshelteringsky
Paul Bowles
American writer and composer Paul Bowles was BOTD in 1910. Born in New York City to wealthy middle-class parents, he composed poetry and music from an early age, publishing his first poem at 17. Wh…
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December 30, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Bisexual American writer and composer Paul Bowles, best known for his novel “The Sheltering Sky”, was BOTD in 1910. #paulbowles #bornonthisday #supergays #theshelteringsky
German performer and costume designer Timo Lewandovsky, better known as Tima die Göttliche (Tima the Divine) was BOTD in 1965, turning 60 today. #timadiegottliche #timathedivine #bornonthisday #supergays
Tima die Göttliche
German performer and costume designer Timo Lewandovsky, better known as Tima die Göttliche (Tima the Divine) was BOTD in 1965. Born in Munich, he moved to West Berlin in 1983, completing an interns…
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December 30, 2025 at 8:41 AM
German performer and costume designer Timo Lewandovsky, better known as Tima die Göttliche (Tima the Divine) was BOTD in 1965, turning 60 today. #timadiegottliche #timathedivine #bornonthisday #supergays
Closeted gay English writer Leslie Poles (L. P.) Hartley, best known for his beloved novel “The Go-Between”, was BOTD in 1895. #lphartley #thegobetween #bornonthisday
L. P. Hartley
English writer Leslie Poles (L. P.) Hartley was BOTD in 1895. Born in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire to a middle-class family, he studied at Harrow School and Oxford University, where he befriended gay…
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December 30, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Closeted gay English writer Leslie Poles (L. P.) Hartley, best known for his beloved novel “The Go-Between”, was BOTD in 1895. #lphartley #thegobetween #bornonthisday
Fruity bisexual English aristocrat Henry Rainald Gage, 6th Viscount Gage, was BOTD in 1895. #viscountgage #bornonthisday
Henry, Viscount Gage
English aristocrat Henry Rainald Gage, 6th Viscount Gage, was BOTD in 1895. Born in London, the son of Henry Charles Gage, the 5th Viscount Gage of Firle Place, he inherited the viscountcy in 1912,…
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December 30, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Fruity bisexual English aristocrat Henry Rainald Gage, 6th Viscount Gage, was BOTD in 1895. #viscountgage #bornonthisday
"The Dapper Yapper" Justin Roberts turns 46 today! Happy birthday!
#AEWDynamite #happybirthday #birthday #AEW #WWE #prowrestling #wrestling #wweuniverse #BornOnThisDay
#AEWDynamite #happybirthday #birthday #AEW #WWE #prowrestling #wrestling #wweuniverse #BornOnThisDay
December 29, 2025 at 11:27 PM
"The Dapper Yapper" Justin Roberts turns 46 today! Happy birthday!
#AEWDynamite #happybirthday #birthday #AEW #WWE #prowrestling #wrestling #wweuniverse #BornOnThisDay
#AEWDynamite #happybirthday #birthday #AEW #WWE #prowrestling #wrestling #wweuniverse #BornOnThisDay
#BornOnThisDay Freda Jackson (1907-1990) star of British crime films such as Lewis Gilbert's The Good Die Young (1954) (on the right in the pic below; that’s Joan Collins’ back to the camera by the way) and Women of Twilight (1952). #FilmNoir #BritNoir
December 29, 2025 at 10:29 AM
#BornOnThisDay Freda Jackson (1907-1990) star of British crime films such as Lewis Gilbert's The Good Die Young (1954) (on the right in the pic below; that’s Joan Collins’ back to the camera by the way) and Women of Twilight (1952). #FilmNoir #BritNoir
American playwright and screenwriter Paul Rudnick, best known for his play “Jeffrey” and screenplays for “The Addams Family”, “The First Wives Club and “Sister Act”, was BOTD in 1957, turning 68 today. #paulrudnick #supergays #bornonthisday
Paul Rudnick
American playwright and screenwriter Paul Rudnick was BOTD in 1957. Born in Piscataway, New Jersey, he studied at Yale University before moving to New York City, where he worked as a magazine colum…
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December 29, 2025 at 6:27 AM
American playwright and screenwriter Paul Rudnick, best known for his play “Jeffrey” and screenplays for “The Addams Family”, “The First Wives Club and “Sister Act”, was BOTD in 1957, turning 68 today. #paulrudnick #supergays #bornonthisday
Trans American jazz musician Billy Tipton was BOTD in 1914. #billytipton #trans #transicon #bornonthisday
Billy Tipton
American jazz musician Billy Tipton was BOTD in 1914. Born Dorothy Tipton in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was assigned female at birth. He grew up in Kansas City, showing an early talent for music and …
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December 29, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Trans American jazz musician Billy Tipton was BOTD in 1914. #billytipton #trans #transicon #bornonthisday
Scottish writer and journalist Gilbert Adair, best known for his screenplays for the films “The Dreamers” and “Love and Death on Long Island”, was BOTD in 1944. #gilbertadair #bornonthisday #supergays
Gilbert Adair
Scottish writer and journalist Gilbert Adair was BOTD in 1944. Born in Edinburgh, he studied French at the University of Glasgow. After graduating, he moved to Paris, where he witnessed the student…
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December 29, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Scottish writer and journalist Gilbert Adair, best known for his screenplays for the films “The Dreamers” and “Love and Death on Long Island”, was BOTD in 1944. #gilbertadair #bornonthisday #supergays
American filmmaker Lilly Wachowski, best known for “The Matrix” film series made with sister #LanaWachowski, was BOTD in 1967, turning 58 today. #lillywachowski #trans #transicon #thematrix #bornonthisday
Lilly Wachowski
American filmmaker Lilly Wachowski was BOTD in 1967. Born in Chicago, Illinois, she was assigned male at birth and named Andy. She studied at Emerson College in Boston, dropping out before graduati…
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December 29, 2025 at 6:17 AM
American filmmaker Lilly Wachowski, best known for “The Matrix” film series made with sister #LanaWachowski, was BOTD in 1967, turning 58 today. #lillywachowski #trans #transicon #thematrix #bornonthisday
Cute as a button American singer, actor and filmmaker Jason Gould was BOTD in 1966, turning 59 today. #jasongould #supergays #bornonthisday
Jason Gould
American singer, actor and filmmaker Jason Gould was BOTD in 1966. Born in New York City, the only child of singer-actress Barbra Streisand and actor Elliott Gould, his parents separated when he wa…
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December 29, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Cute as a button American singer, actor and filmmaker Jason Gould was BOTD in 1966, turning 59 today. #jasongould #supergays #bornonthisday
December 28, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Unknown Artist
Portrait of #NicholasBacon (1510-1579), who was #BornOnThisDay
after 1562
Hardwick Hall
#Bacon
Portrait of #NicholasBacon (1510-1579), who was #BornOnThisDay
after 1562
Hardwick Hall
#Bacon
December 28, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Unknown Artist
Portrait of #NicholasBacon (1510-1579), who was #BornOnThisDay
after 1562
Hardwick Hall
#Bacon
Portrait of #NicholasBacon (1510-1579), who was #BornOnThisDay
after 1562
Hardwick Hall
#Bacon
German-born filmmaker, model, artist and porn star Peter Berlin was BOTD in 1942, turning 83 today. #peterberlin #supergays #bornonthisday
Peter Berlin
German filmmaker, model, artist and porn star Peter Berlin was BOTD in 1942. Born in Łódź in Nazi-occupied Poland, he grew up in Berlin in a wealthy middle-class family. He became a commercial phot…
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December 28, 2025 at 8:48 AM
German-born filmmaker, model, artist and porn star Peter Berlin was BOTD in 1942, turning 83 today. #peterberlin #supergays #bornonthisday
German filmmaker Friedrich Wilhelm (F. W.) Murnau, best known for his films “Nosferatu” and “Sunrise”, was BOTD in 1888, dying in a car accident in 1931 aged 42. #fwmurnau #bornonthisday #supergays #nosferatu #sunrise
F. W. Murnau
German filmmaker Friedrich Wilhelm (F. W.) Murnau was BOTD in 1888. Born in the Rhineland, he showed an early interest in theatre, befriending director Max Reinhardt while he was at university. He …
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December 28, 2025 at 8:46 AM
German filmmaker Friedrich Wilhelm (F. W.) Murnau, best known for his films “Nosferatu” and “Sunrise”, was BOTD in 1888, dying in a car accident in 1931 aged 42. #fwmurnau #bornonthisday #supergays #nosferatu #sunrise
Argentinian writer Manuel Puig, best known for his queer-themed novel “Kiss of the Spiderwoman”, was BOTD in 1932, dying (probably of AIDS) in 1990 aged 57. #manuelpuig #kissofthespiderwoman #supergays #bornonthisday #aids
Manuel Puig
Argentinian writer Manuel Puig was BOTD in 1932. Born on a ranch in a small town in Buenos Aires Province, he had an unhappy childhood, bullied at at school for his effeminacy and love of wearing w…
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December 28, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Argentinian writer Manuel Puig, best known for his queer-themed novel “Kiss of the Spiderwoman”, was BOTD in 1932, dying (probably of AIDS) in 1990 aged 57. #manuelpuig #kissofthespiderwoman #supergays #bornonthisday #aids