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National Trust

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When you're visiting family and have to stay in the spare bedroom.

Photo: Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire

A humble box room. It has framed paintings on the walls. The bed is against the wall with little space around. On top of the bedspread is a pile of papers and cardboard tubes, under the bed boxes which look like they may contain bottles. On the remaining floorspace are wooden crates with miscellaneous items in.

December 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM

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Guggenheim Collection

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Singer by Vasily Kandinsky, 1903
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137539

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

© 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris

December 27, 2025 at 7:26 AM

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Folk Horror Revival 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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"Whenever five or six English-speaking people meet round a fire on Christmas Eve they start telling each other ghost stories. Nothing satisfies us on Christmas Eve but to hear each other tell authentic anecdotes about spectres"

Jerome K. Jerome, 1891 #PhantomsFriday #BookChatWeekly #GothicAdvent

Line drawing of a room full of people in uproar, falling over each other, and running to escape through a door and up some stairs from a sheet-shrouded apparition on the right holding a candle. Behind the being a boy can be seen holding it up on a wooden pole.

December 19, 2025 at 8:57 AM

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Folk Horror Revival 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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#WyrdWednesday One of the earliest examples of people encountering surviving extinct creatures is Jules Verne's book 'Journey to the Center of the Earth' first pub. in 1864, in which the underground travellers meet an Ichthyosaurus & Plesiosaurus fighting each other, depicted here by Édouard Riou

Engraving of an ichthyosaur and plesiosaur fighting in the waves, the ichthyosaur's jaws clamped on the base of the plesiosaur's neck and the plesiosaur biting the back of the ichthyosaur's head. In the background the travellers pass by on a raft.

December 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM

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Architecture

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Leadenhall Market, London, one of the city’s oldest covered markets, dating back to the 14th century.

December 2, 2025 at 7:02 AM

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Always fascinating. Cornelia Parker BBC doc. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

In My Own Words - Series 2: Cornelia Parker

One of Britain's best-loved contemporary artists, Cornelia Parker, reveals herself as a painter for the first time as she works towards a new exhibition.

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November 25, 2025 at 8:35 AM

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www.channel4.com/news/artist-... Interesting conversation between David Shrigley and @krishgm.bsky.social

Artist David Shrigley: I stopped watching the news when Trump won

David Shrigley is one of Britain’s most original and celebrated contemporary artists. Known for his deadpan drawings, iconic sculptures and ambitious installations, David Shrigley’s work blends absurd...

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November 21, 2025 at 11:40 AM

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Scarred For Life

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HORROR TOP TRUMPS (1978): Colossally gruesome sets, featuring blood, gore, and dismemberment. A playground classic. And it's like two games in one: can you name all the film and TV images homaged by the cards?

November 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM

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Lindisfarne Priory drawing. 2025. One of three new pieces. Biro, Posca pen and acrylic. #HolyIsland #Northumberland

Ink drawing of a hole in a ruined wall of Lindisfarne Priory. The hole is jagged and shows a blue sky beyond.

October 23, 2025 at 7:02 AM

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I have a raft of architecture-inspired paintings and work on display at The Paxton Centre, Crystal Palace until the end of November. Pop by on the 7th for the launch with all the artists involved. #CrystalPalace #LondonArt

Social media image illustrating an exhibition of architecture-inspired artworks at The Paxton Centre, Crystal Palace, London.

November 3, 2025 at 7:50 AM

Matt Bannister

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I have a raft of architecture-inspired paintings and work on display at The Paxton Centre, Crystal Palace until the end of November. Pop by on the 7th for the launch with all the artists involved. #CrystalPalace #LondonArt

November 3, 2025 at 7:50 AM

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England's horror film settings that 'make the flesh creep' www.bbc.com/news/article...

England's horror film settings that 'make the flesh creep'

Historic England names its favourite frightening film locations in its first Horror Histories list.

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October 30, 2025 at 7:34 AM

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Jack Greenwood Art

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If you want to grab an original painting of mine, and you're in the UK, these are finishing on ebay today.
Just search Jack Greenwood painting.
I'm selling work to raise funds to carry on creating
#art #artist #painting #acrylicpainting #artwork #buyart #artsale #originalart #traditionalart

This photo shows Jack Greenwood's painting 'music meditation.
Jack lies in bed on his back with headphones on.
You can buy this painting over on ebay if you are in the UK as it finishes today.
Just search Jack Greenwood painting.

This photo by Jack Greenwood shows Jack's painting '80 Winks'
Jack is asleep on the sofa and Oma, his dog is asleep on the floor.

This photo by Jack Greenwood shows Jack's painting 'Something's Gotta Give'
It shows Jack looking at the Morgan Greer tarot cards.

This photo by Jack Greenwood shows Jack's painting 'Left to My Own Devices'
It shows Jack on a sofa with headphones on and loud patterned clothing.
He has a laptop on his lap, a phone in his hand and a tablet next to him.
A bookshelf and a plant are in the background.

October 26, 2025 at 9:48 AM

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Big fan of this new film “One Battle After Another”. Saw it on Friday and I keep thinking about it. That’s always a good sign. www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...