It's been so interesting to watch this unfold. Barnes & Noble and other big book chains shut indies down in the the 1990s (and on) and then Amazon came along and ate up all the book market share. Now people tired of big corporations are creating demand for more indies

Ignacio Gallup-Diaz@igallupd.bsky.social · 5mo ago

"Independent bookstores make quiet comeback as big chains dominate retail" "About 422 indie bookshops opened in 2025, up 31%, defying predictions of retail consolidation"

Stained glass window of the Visitation by Stanislaw Wyspianski, c. 1902-1906.

Ohope Beach

Simon of Cyrene is compelled to carry Christ's Cross, painted by Willem Adolfs, 1938. Willem Adolfs, a Dutch Catholic artist, was arrested by the Nazis twice for his political activities. He died in a concentration camp in 1944 after his second arrest.

✨It rarely gets the centre of attention because of the lantern tower but the 12th Romanesque nave at Ely Cathedral is jaw-dropping - so I put my tilt-shift lens to use..📸