Tim Riley
@timriley.bsky.social
Reading. Writing. Sub-optimal parenting.
Ian Wright saying we shouldn’t forget the way the Iranian team and the Somali referee were treated. Correct.
Sam Neil and Jeff Goldblum September Song, composer Kurt Weill
Not saying that was a hot run, but I've got tarmac stuck to the soles of my shoes.
Allen Toussaint did a great version on his last album and this live version is also wonderful… youtu.be/u6Mv0X-1qLA?...
Allen Toussaint - American Tune (Live on Austin City Limits)
YouTube video by Nonesuch Records
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This an official Vatican photograph of Leo at Lampedusa, Italy - one of the world’s heaviest migrant sites - where he went this morning to pray for migrants who died at sea. This is after turning down the offer to come to the United States.
Frank Taylor Lockwood was better placed than many artists to turn WW2 restrictions to his advantage and began a series of interiors of his house in Dalston Road, Acocks Green in Birmingham. This work depicts the scullery and is from 1944.
12 years ago Janet Street-Porter curated an incredible collection of BBC Archive films for BBC Four on post-war architecture. They're all still available and it's difficult for me to think of a better illustration of the value of public service broadcasting. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a...
BBC - Janet Street-Porter introduces the Post-War Architecture Collection
Janet Street-Porter introduces the Post-War Architecture Collection
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Ich thynke but litel of a Mondaye bleake Tuesday grey and Wednesdaye eke Thursdaye Ich care not for thee Yet Fridaye Ich am yn love [dreamye lute riff] Mondaye thou kanst fall awaye Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte slaye No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye Yet Fridaye Ich am yn love
What turned out to be a final piece of advice from DH. Taken on my phone 🤦🏻
A friend of mine has a photograph in this year's Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. There's more of his beautiful work here: www.robertoliverphotography.com
It was more than I could afford at the time, but I went ahead and bid for it anyway - because it was two of my heroes in one piece of work. Billy Wilder photographed by David Hockney. RIP.
Pasticceria Dagnino, Rome, with 1955 exterior and interiors.
