Storm Austen, today at 16:00: gusts forecast at pedestrian level in central Brussels. Orange and red: 15 m/s (54 km/h) and more, on the boulevards and around the towers. Hour by hour in the free CLARA app. Android: www.clara.city/android iPhone: www.clara.city/apple
Today we remember Ursula Vaughan Williams, who died on October 23, 2007. Ursula was a writer, poet, editor and devoted custodian of her husband's legacy. The Vaughan Williams Charitable Trust was established under the terms of her will and was merged with RVW Trust in 2022 to create the VWF.
The facade of the 1899 avenue Louise mansion built by Victor Horta for the founder of Le Creuset is going on public display, laid flat. It's also going to be a training tool for future restoration specialists. From Nov 7, Berchem-Sainte-Agathe.
The modern world in old Ladybird books. The diesel. “It is sad to think that the last steam locomotive to be built in Britain left the workshops in March, 1960” Artist: Robert Ayton (1961)
The strange stone creatures that climb and cavort the churches of the country make a fabulous bestiary. They function less as lithic lookouts, more as a telling of the mediaeval mind. What filled it with such oddities? What did the stone carvers see? – Sir John Betjeman, 1969
Les deux mystères / The two mysteries - 1966 #artbots #magritte
'The train is rolling down the track It stopped off in eternity, and it's never coming back' - 'Blue Suede Blues' by Johnny Rivers (1998) - 📷 Tay Bridge, Scotland, 1980, taken by David Christie
Berlin Wall curving through the cityscape in May 1981, photographed by Harald Schmitt.
Who are the world's "middle powers"? Love this chart by @eljlees.bsky.social which shows where they sit on a number of measures www.economist.com/internationa...
The mastery of artist: Harry Wingfield ‘Moonlight’ (1970)
Potsdamer Platz, 1970. Photo: Maschke, Herbert / Stadtmuseum Berlin
Stansfield Tower is miles from anywhere, yet visible from miles around. #Blacko #Lancashire #FollyFellowship #Follies #Folly #follies.org.uk
Andy Goldsworthy Hojas de serbal dispuestas alrededor de un agujero (1987)
Post-war Belgian modernism put the fun into functional with quirky fixtures, unexpected tiles and monumental murals www.wallpaper.com/architecture...
Morning. Here is D7039 on a Parcels train, near Ham Mill Halt. It is 26 September 1964 and Herman is at no.1. 📷©️ David Christie. Click the link to see his Flickr pages; you'll be into something good. www.flickr.com/photos/david...
Hymek D7039 on a Parcels train, near Ham Mill Halt 1964.
Hymek D7039 (Canton) heads a Parcels train through the valley near Ham Mill Halt.
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La Maison Du Porte Plume A poster for fountain pens and inks by the artist Jean D'Ylen.
1/x Two of the best-known coats on any high street began as working kit for sailors on cold decks. Both carry names from my little corner of the North Sea: Duffel, a small town near Antwerp, and the Dutch word "pij". The story of the duffel coat and the peacoat. #maritimehistory
Channel in Brussels https://www.wikiart.org/en/eugene-boudin/channel-in-brussels-1871
2/2 At the mouth of Hell, Cerberus is in the doghouse and you know you don't want to go in.
I forgot to attach the pictures of the mascots mentioned in the post below on the 'funny' Onix Marfy. There was a choice of figures - one seemingly inspired by the iconic Manneken Pis statue in Brussels, the other a more modest praying cherub.
Andy@carbrochureaddict.bsky.social · 3w agoThe Onix Marfy was described on the cover of its Japanese brochure as 'funny', but whether that meant comical or peculiar is open to debate. A '90s retro kei car of a type popular in Japan, its main distinguishing feature was the Rolls Royce-like grille, with a choice of amusing mascots. #weirdcarbs
Gezicht vanaf een terras over Brussel, in avondschemering https://botfrens.com/collections/216/contents/1007813
2/2 Adoration of the kings, in anachronistic ruins of a cathedral, 1521. From the Annenaltar by Austrian painter Wolf Huber.
'I jump on a high speed train I'll never look back again' - 'High Speed Train' by REM on this, the 50th anniversary of British Rail launching its new HST high speed train 📷 David Christie
Agnolo Bronzino La virgen con el Niño con San Juan Bautista y con Santa Isabel (c.1540) Detalle
