The 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐢c 🎬
@atticshow.com
Strange & Fantastic Conversations with Marty, Chris, and Paul.
We like games, history, books, stationery, retro photography & other things.
True Video Podcast. Live. Various Awards. Year 22.
We like games, history, books, stationery, retro photography & other things.
True Video Podcast. Live. Various Awards. Year 22.
Playing games for more than 4,000 years.
This terracotta die comes from the ancient city of Mohenjo-Daro, one of the first urban centres in human history 🎲⠀
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Gaming with dice has been a popular pastime in India for millennia, with this object dating back to 2500–1900 BCE.
🎲 Terracotta Die, 2500–1900 BCE. 2 x 2 x 2 cm. EAMd.25
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Gaming with dice has been a popular pastime in India for millennia, with this object dating back to 2500–1900 BCE.
🎲 Terracotta Die, 2500–1900 BCE. 2 x 2 x 2 cm. EAMd.25
November 27, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Playing games for more than 4,000 years.
For the first time in our 22 year podcasting history, from December 2025 we'll be doing a A/B Split* in The Attic.
Oohhh cryptic isn't it? 😉 [sorry] Anyway, can't say we don’t change things up even in our third decade of shows.
(*Not a Yoga pose.)
Oohhh cryptic isn't it? 😉 [sorry] Anyway, can't say we don’t change things up even in our third decade of shows.
(*Not a Yoga pose.)
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
For the first time in our 22 year podcasting history, from December 2025 we'll be doing a A/B Split* in The Attic.
Oohhh cryptic isn't it? 😉 [sorry] Anyway, can't say we don’t change things up even in our third decade of shows.
(*Not a Yoga pose.)
Oohhh cryptic isn't it? 😉 [sorry] Anyway, can't say we don’t change things up even in our third decade of shows.
(*Not a Yoga pose.)
November 14, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Something for Bookhounds everywhere. 🙂
Cursed shelves and ghoulish libraries... 👻
Dive into fourteen tales featuring bewitched books in The Haunted Library, for lovers of the weird and the written word.
Available now: shop.bl.uk/products/the-haunted-library-tales-of-cursed-books-and-forbidden-shelves
Dive into fourteen tales featuring bewitched books in The Haunted Library, for lovers of the weird and the written word.
Available now: shop.bl.uk/products/the-haunted-library-tales-of-cursed-books-and-forbidden-shelves
November 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Something for Bookhounds everywhere. 🙂
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November 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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November 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Dad’s Army. Funnily enough, period cameras go really well with period settings.
#leica #retrophoto #haworth #photography
#leica #retrophoto #haworth #photography
November 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Dad’s Army. Funnily enough, period cameras go really well with period settings.
#leica #retrophoto #haworth #photography
#leica #retrophoto #haworth #photography
“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” ― Jorge Luis Borges
#leica #vintage #photography
#leica #vintage #photography
November 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” ― Jorge Luis Borges
#leica #vintage #photography
#leica #vintage #photography
I sense a competition in the offing... 🤔
Bring me the head of Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
November 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I sense a competition in the offing... 🤔
Bring me the head of Sulis Minerva.
November 4, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Bring me the head of Sulis Minerva.
October 8, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Would have been churlish not to get something from the London Graphic Centre. Two notebooks, total: £3 #stationery
October 7, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Would have been churlish not to get something from the London Graphic Centre. Two notebooks, total: £3 #stationery
Caught up with old friends this evening at their London Club (a lovely place).
October 6, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Caught up with old friends this evening at their London Club (a lovely place).
Short trip to “The Smoke” to see some old friends I haven’t seen in three years, but first a stop at the Library.
October 6, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Short trip to “The Smoke” to see some old friends I haven’t seen in three years, but first a stop at the Library.
I spend a lot of time with digital but I love analogue, especially versatile and re-usable notebooks. #stationery
October 6, 2025 at 9:56 AM
I spend a lot of time with digital but I love analogue, especially versatile and re-usable notebooks. #stationery
Highgate Cemetery, Medium Format. Rolleiflex 3.5F (1959). #photography #vintagephotogeaphy #mediumformat #highgate #rolleiflex
October 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Highgate Cemetery, Medium Format. Rolleiflex 3.5F (1959). #photography #vintagephotogeaphy #mediumformat #highgate #rolleiflex
October 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
One of the train carriages made for the Kenneth Branagh 2017 Poirot film, Murder on the Orient Express. Extra-wide to allow for cinema cameras. #photography #vintagephotography #leica #poirot #agathachristie
Leica IIIa, 1936.
Leica IIIa, 1936.
October 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
One of the train carriages made for the Kenneth Branagh 2017 Poirot film, Murder on the Orient Express. Extra-wide to allow for cinema cameras. #photography #vintagephotography #leica #poirot #agathachristie
Leica IIIa, 1936.
Leica IIIa, 1936.
British Lunar Exploration Suit, 1940s.
September 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
British Lunar Exploration Suit, 1940s.
September 18, 2025 at 8:29 AM
@whathelen.bsky.social has a new name for us: “Pod Boy Three”. 🤔😉
September 15, 2025 at 12:58 PM
@whathelen.bsky.social has a new name for us: “Pod Boy Three”. 🤔😉
For the past few birthdays my family has generously helped with my #vintagephotography interests. My favourite, my 1936 Leica IIIa with a gorgeous 35mm lens. #filmphotography #leica
September 13, 2025 at 12:16 PM
For the past few birthdays my family has generously helped with my #vintagephotography interests. My favourite, my 1936 Leica IIIa with a gorgeous 35mm lens. #filmphotography #leica
Ink on tap. A serious stationery shop…
September 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Ink on tap. A serious stationery shop…