Glyn Cannon
@glyncannon.bsky.social
Writin, paintin, drawin, codin, don’t pronounce my ng’s properly - more at www.glyncannon.com
Found my wife and daughter paying tribute to Tom Stoppard’s screenwriting work in particular by re-watching Revenge of the Sith
December 2, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Found my wife and daughter paying tribute to Tom Stoppard’s screenwriting work in particular by re-watching Revenge of the Sith
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Amazing letter in The Times (also an unbelievable play fwiw)
December 2, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Amazing letter in The Times (also an unbelievable play fwiw)
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Philip Larkin started writing ‘Aubade’ in 1974, & finished it in 1977 after his mother’s death. It was published in the TLS on 23rd December, apparently ruining a number of people’s Christmases. Larkin, terrified of death all his life, died on this day 1985.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48422/...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48422/...
Aubade
Not in remorse —The good not done, the love not given, time Torn off unused—nor wretchedly because An only life can take so long to climb Clear of its wrong beginnings, and may never; But at the total...
www.poetryfoundation.org
December 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Philip Larkin started writing ‘Aubade’ in 1974, & finished it in 1977 after his mother’s death. It was published in the TLS on 23rd December, apparently ruining a number of people’s Christmases. Larkin, terrified of death all his life, died on this day 1985.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48422/...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48422/...
I named my fists sound and fury because you’re about to be told by an idio- I mean you’re about to signify nothing. Yeah, that’s right. Nothing….
I named my fists Master and Commander, because together they’re gonna send you to the far side of the world.
I named my fists Pride and Prejudice, because it is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of two fists must be in want of whupping ass
December 1, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I named my fists sound and fury because you’re about to be told by an idio- I mean you’re about to signify nothing. Yeah, that’s right. Nothing….
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On National Poetry Day, the greatest poem I have ever read
October 2, 2025 at 8:41 AM
On National Poetry Day, the greatest poem I have ever read
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And this is Batman's Aff His Nut by Robert Florence, which, in my opinion, is easily the greatest Scottish poem ever written about Batman...
October 3, 2024 at 2:11 PM
And this is Batman's Aff His Nut by Robert Florence, which, in my opinion, is easily the greatest Scottish poem ever written about Batman...
I have to say, in terms of productivity I do feel like I’m hurling a lot more into the void these days.
September 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I have to say, in terms of productivity I do feel like I’m hurling a lot more into the void these days.
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I'm trying to think about how I would have reacted if shown this headline five years ago
July 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I'm trying to think about how I would have reacted if shown this headline five years ago
There is nothing like trying to look up an historical item of clothing to realise how absolutely screwed internet search is. It’s crazy, mankind build the most beautiful repository of knowledge and documents then buried it in the basement of the biggest shopping mall full of crap it could imagine.
June 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
There is nothing like trying to look up an historical item of clothing to realise how absolutely screwed internet search is. It’s crazy, mankind build the most beautiful repository of knowledge and documents then buried it in the basement of the biggest shopping mall full of crap it could imagine.
On the Adam Curtis grumbles: yeah, his style is easy to parody we got that ages ago. And yes his analysis is often infuriatingly bonkers, we got that too.
But he’s a miner, not a refiner. The discarded Iraq and Soviet Union footage he trawled through is alone worth the price of entry to the ride.
But he’s a miner, not a refiner. The discarded Iraq and Soviet Union footage he trawled through is alone worth the price of entry to the ride.
June 14, 2025 at 10:44 AM
On the Adam Curtis grumbles: yeah, his style is easy to parody we got that ages ago. And yes his analysis is often infuriatingly bonkers, we got that too.
But he’s a miner, not a refiner. The discarded Iraq and Soviet Union footage he trawled through is alone worth the price of entry to the ride.
But he’s a miner, not a refiner. The discarded Iraq and Soviet Union footage he trawled through is alone worth the price of entry to the ride.
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Yeah, I'm not interested in making pretty paintings. You may like this one- The Year She Became Invisible. Oils on canvas.
#painting #oilpainting
#painting #oilpainting
June 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Yeah, I'm not interested in making pretty paintings. You may like this one- The Year She Became Invisible. Oils on canvas.
#painting #oilpainting
#painting #oilpainting
Self-portrait after bike accident,
2025 - I did this one before but wanted to do something quick with only a couple of brushes and felt like indulgently re-visiting my injuries.... #acrylicpainting on #canvas 254x305mm #portraiture #painting
2025 - I did this one before but wanted to do something quick with only a couple of brushes and felt like indulgently re-visiting my injuries.... #acrylicpainting on #canvas 254x305mm #portraiture #painting
April 13, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Self-portrait after bike accident,
2025 - I did this one before but wanted to do something quick with only a couple of brushes and felt like indulgently re-visiting my injuries.... #acrylicpainting on #canvas 254x305mm #portraiture #painting
2025 - I did this one before but wanted to do something quick with only a couple of brushes and felt like indulgently re-visiting my injuries.... #acrylicpainting on #canvas 254x305mm #portraiture #painting
Model at #lifedrawing a few weeks ago did a nice one minute pose so we asked her to do it again for 20 minutes - and this is they: 1min / 20min #ink #pencils on paper
April 11, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Model at #lifedrawing a few weeks ago did a nice one minute pose so we asked her to do it again for 20 minutes - and this is they: 1min / 20min #ink #pencils on paper
March 18, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Historiography cartoons ftw
Full comic here: smbc-comics.com/comic/strong-3
February 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Historiography cartoons ftw
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Now that it has received a well-deserved Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Short, a reminder that @billmorrison.bsky.social's urgent, devastating film INCIDENT is available to stream at @newyorker.com.
Bill Morrison’s excellent INCIDENT is available at @newyorker.com. Uses the nitrate of the modern age (CCTV, phone video and damning police bodycam) to form ACAB 101. Would be great to see Morrison finally get an Oscar nod for this one. Infuriating and jaw-dropping. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
“Incident” Shows How Officers React When a Police Killing Is Caught on Tape
A collection of surveillance and body-camera footage offers a raw look at the 2018 shooting of Harith Augustus, and at the immediate attempts to shape the story.
www.newyorker.com
January 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Now that it has received a well-deserved Oscar nomination for Best Documentary Short, a reminder that @billmorrison.bsky.social's urgent, devastating film INCIDENT is available to stream at @newyorker.com.
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I think about this joke a lot these days.
January 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I think about this joke a lot these days.
It is funny what sticks in the mind and what’s completely gone….
We did Gatsby, obvs, loved it and still do.
The Comedians by Graham Greene, cracking novel.
Arms and the Man by GB Shaw, a v odd play
Some kind of weird memoir of a 50s diplomat in Polynesia….
Rest is very hazy
We did Gatsby, obvs, loved it and still do.
The Comedians by Graham Greene, cracking novel.
Arms and the Man by GB Shaw, a v odd play
Some kind of weird memoir of a 50s diplomat in Polynesia….
Rest is very hazy
US and UK friends, I'm curious: What books were part of your required reading for highschool literature class? Which of them do you remember loving, and which did you loathe?
January 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
It is funny what sticks in the mind and what’s completely gone….
We did Gatsby, obvs, loved it and still do.
The Comedians by Graham Greene, cracking novel.
Arms and the Man by GB Shaw, a v odd play
Some kind of weird memoir of a 50s diplomat in Polynesia….
Rest is very hazy
We did Gatsby, obvs, loved it and still do.
The Comedians by Graham Greene, cracking novel.
Arms and the Man by GB Shaw, a v odd play
Some kind of weird memoir of a 50s diplomat in Polynesia….
Rest is very hazy
“Is Die Hard a Christmas movie?” Pfff. Amateurs.
December 23, 2024 at 10:19 PM
“Is Die Hard a Christmas movie?” Pfff. Amateurs.