Gardens on Montmartre and the Blute-Fin Windmill - 1887 https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14080
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Cypresses (Sketch on a Letter to Theo Van Gogh) - 1889 https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14727
Fuuuuuck this - #ToddlerSkincare: the ‘dark and exploitative’ world of children’s beauty videos on TikTok www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
#ToddlerSkincare: the ‘dark and exploitative’ world of children’s beauty videos on TikTok
Skincare videos are featuring children as young as two, Guardian analysis finds, prompting fears about the industry’s reach and lack of safeguards
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‘This feels fragile’: how a satellite-smashing chain reaction could spiral out of control
‘This feels fragile’: how a satellite-smashing chain reaction could spiral out of control
Today, the space around Earth can no longer be considered empty. More than 30,000 objects are in orbit, and that figure is rising exponentially
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A London plein air watercolour drawing of the Thames on a drizzly day (I was underneath a structure of some kind). St Paul's on the left and I think it's Blackfriars Bridge on the right. I expect that skyline has changed since 1993. It was cold. #London #Thames #watercolour
The 1980s saw me regularly cyclilng round Cambridge looking for views to paint, usually putting my bike on its stand and balancing my drawing board on the handlebars. This is a watercolour and gouache sketch of Christ's Pieces, a central park (see alt text). #Cambridge #watercolour
Had a holiday in #Scarborough, Yorkshire, a decade ago and managed to do some on the spot watercolours and drawings there and in nearby Whitby. Such an inspiring place! I've been recently making winter use of the 100s of photos I took by drawing from them. Here's one in sepia ink of Scarborough Bay.
Another vertical format small watercolour. This one shows All Saints' Passage in Cambridge (1999). On the right you can see the sign for Ray's Barber Shop. Cambridge has always had wonky old lamps (some of them used then to still be gas lit) #art #watercolour #Cambridge
This watercolour drawing of the Cambridge market hat stall from 1/4 century ago is on the wall of a friend and I had completely forgotten it so I took a quick snap when visiting to feed her cat. In these dull times the hats are less decorative than then. #watercolour #hats
Another of my watercolour drawings of Winchester from 1997 (still in my possession). I sat by some railings with my back to the cathedral and completed this on the spot even though light rain came on (I had an umbrella). #art #Winchester #enpleinair #watercolour
Busy Cambridge street scene during May Week, watercolour and Indian ink, original signed and dated 2007. #art #watercolour #Cambridge #streetscene
How climate breakdown is putting the world’s food in peril - in maps and charts
How climate breakdown is putting the world’s food in peril - in maps and charts
From floods to droughts, erratic weather patterns are affecting food security, with crop yields projected to fall if changes are not made
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Just a little sketch from a visit to Southampton in 1998. I wandered around looking for something to draw and settled for a quick seascape of the docks with gulls. A cold wind coming off the water. #art #watercolour #drawing #seagulls
'Torii at Itsukushima' from the series ' Views of the Famous Sights of Japan' - Kobayashi Kiyochika, 1896. #ToriiTuesday #ukiyoe #JapaneseArt
Money, muscles and anxiety: why the manosphere clicked with young men – a visual deep dive
Money, muscles and anxiety: why the manosphere clicked with young men – a visual deep dive
The manosphere is known for misogyny, but that’s not the only thing that influencers in this space offer. Young men explain the allure and the problems of the manosphere in their own words
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If you're into the 1920s/30s and art depicting common people's lives and night scenes of New York, you'll love the art Martin Lewis (1881 – 1962) made. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_... Here's a small selection of his work;
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Orphan Man with Top Hat and Umbrella Under his Arm - 1882 https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/12420
Naturally formed hexagonal basalt pillars from past volcanic activity in Fingal's Cave, Isle of Staffa, the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.
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We Here at Union Busting Toxic Death Factory Inc. Want to Make the World a Better Place
Once upon a time, success for a company like Union Busting Toxic Death Factory Inc. was merely turning a profit. But these days, people want compan...
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