On #BankHolidayMonday I thought that a seaside image might be appropriate so I've chosen "Lyme Regis" by John Cooper that dates from 1934. As a child, Lyme was a daytrip destination for me & my family & this view, from Cobb Road down to the harbour, marked the end of our journey. #JohnCooper

Apparently, all the British government had to do to stop this pernicious and destructive dry spell, was to schedule a cricket test match at Headingley (Leeds). Here in London it's been raining for at least two minutes, with no signs of it ever abating. Oh, it's stopped. As you were.

A wonderful trip away to the source of this ancient sacred river.

Prof Reg Whelk@profregwhelk.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Currently in Gloucestershire at the source of the Thames. Here's Mrs Whelk pointing to the precise spot where water emerges during moister times.

"Mama always told me not to look into the eyes of the sun. But mama, that's where the fun is." For once dont be like Bruce Springsteen. Happy eclipse day all.

Alan now thinks it was June but it really doesnt matter. He has brought these works by a group of working class people in the East End back into the public view and we can celebrate them and their lives and enjoy these beautiful paintings.

@eastlondongroup.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It is #SundayMorning once again so here's our traditional start to the day which began on Twitter back in Ma7 2014! This is "Sunday Morning, Farringdon Road" by Cecil Osborne from 1929. It is in the collection at Brighton & Hove Museums where it is currently on display until 2027. #CecilOsborne

It is #SundayMorning once again so here's our traditional start to the day which began on Twitter back in Ma7 2014! This is "Sunday Morning, Farringdon Road" by Cecil Osborne from 1929. It is in the collection at Brighton & Hove Museums where it is currently on display until 2027. #CecilOsborne

Blew my mind. Love ray Bardbury but didnt know this story

Adam Rawnsley@arawnsley.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.

Our Sunday treat.

@eastlondongroup.bsky.social · 4mo ago

It is #SundayMorning once again so, in the time-honoured manner, here's our traditional start to the day! This is "Sunday Morning, Farringdon Road" by Cecil Osborne from 1929. it is in the collection at Brighton & Hove Museums, where it is currently on display until 2027. #CecilOsborne

A reminder that if any of you are reading ‘How to Lay an Egg with a Horse Inside’ and are thinking ‘I’d really like to see a show based on that book, in which the author reads some poems from it, while making acute observations of the human condition’, then there’s a show which does exactly that.

Another #SundayMorning has arrived so here's our traditional start to the day. This is "Sunday Morning, Farringdon Road" by Cecil Osborne from the first Group show at Alex. Reid & Lefevre in December 1929. It is in the collection at Brighton & Hove Museums. #CecilOsborne #EastLondonGroup

Under my leadership of the Labour Party, Peter Mandelson had no role, no influence and no part to play, because I do not trust the man and I do not believe the man.

It's a tad busy outside the apartment this morning. #thames

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Those of us on the Left need to up the ante. People need to known that the Right want to destroy the NHS, leaving the ECHR will leave THEM with no rights, and being effectively a pariah state will mean government sanctioned thugs on the streets.

The Democrats are in deep trouble in the US – and Labour is on the way to joining them | Nesrine Malik

When millions of once-loyal supporters become disillusioned with a party, there can only be one result: electoral disaster, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

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Israel bombed a hospital. Rescue workers and reporters rushed to recover the dead and the wounded. Israel bombed the hospital again. Live on TV. Read that again. Our government’s legacy will be its complicity in crimes against humanity. End all arms sales to Israel, now.

Love love love the fact that while I am rereading Gone With The Wind, for the first time in nearly 50 years my friend @sevenpitches.bsky.social is walking the streets of Atlanta and sending me pictures of places in the book. Her Hometown.

Tomorrow I get to hear if not see Cat Stevens again. Going to picnic oustide the park and enjoy him and Neil Young. Last time I saw Cat/Yusef was this gig in 1967

Just watching Cactus Flower on @TalkingPicsTV and there behind Goldie Hawn is Pet Sounds. Such an important album for our generation Sleep well #BrianWilson

Just watching Cactus Flower on @TalkingPicsTV and there behind Goldie Hawn is Pet Sounds. Such an important album for our generation Sleep well #BrianWilson

What a day and night, so great to see so many familiar faces and Rachel was in all our thoughts. Legendary indeed

The weeks seem to go by at such a rate & every time that #SundayMorning comes around again, I am always taken aback! Here's "Sunday Morning, Farringdon Road" by Cecil Osborne from 1929: it was in the first Group show at Alex. Reid & Lefevre galleries. #CecilOsborne #EastLondonGroup

The very low tide on the Thames returned her this morning near to us on the Isle of Dogs I knew about this early today but was reluctant to post until confirmed. I hope her family find the peace they need and know that the residents of the Isle of Dogs will hold her memory in our hearts

The Guardian@theguardian.com · last yr.

Body found in Thames amid search for missing 11-year-old Kaliyah Coa

Finally sorted out my Bruce life as I wasn't sure I could make any gigs this year to celebrate 50 years since seeing him at Hammersmith. But yes thanks to a Bruce bud, I am going to be FOS at Anfield 7th June. That will do for me. #Marysdresssways

Love this as I often travel up and down the Mile End Road. Also in the picture Sunday Morning Farringdon Road is the painting underneath. Both great paintings.

@eastlondongroup.bsky.social · 2y ago

This is "Mile End Road" by Elwin Hawthorne from 1930. We were extremely lucky to be able to borrow it for our recent exhibition @BowArts because, prior to that, it had not been seen in public since 1930! #ElwinHawthorne #MileEndRoad #EastLondonGroup #fridaymorning

I was lucky enough to see Clem Burke play twice. Firstly, in a small club in Bond St, when he was drumming for Michael Des Barres, and then a few years later for Blondie at Glasto. He was a huge presence on stage and never gave less than his all. Will be sadly missed.

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Lovely to see this on a glorious sunshine day on the Isle Of Dogs

@eastlondongroup.bsky.social · 2y ago

With the clocks going forward, I'm all "out of kilter" so, somewhat later than intended, here's "Sunday Morning, Farringdon Road" by Cecil Osborne from 1929. It is in the collection at Brighton & Hove Museums #CecilOsborne #EastLondonGroup #ClocksGoForward #SundayMorning

Thanks to the wonderful @barbaranadel.bsky.social for coming out to the Isle Of Dogs today at Cubitt Town Library to talk about her books. he is an incredibly entertaining speaker and a massive supporter of libraries and she helped in our campaign to save this really important Carnegie library.

Cubitt Town library getting prepared for Barbara Nadel's visit next week. @barbaranadel.bsky.social

Always remembered and this wonderful painting by Albert Turpin is a reminder of that awful day. #stairwaytoheaven

@eastlondongroup.bsky.social · 2y ago

Today is the 82nd anniversary of the Bethnal Green Tube Disaster on 03/03/43. Very sadly, 173 men, women & children lost their lives on that day. Here is "The Entrance to Bethnal Green Tube Station" by Albert Turpin who was elected Mayor of Bethnal Green in 1946. #LestWeForget