Charlie Holland
@charlieholland.bsky.social
19th century Circus and Music Hall history (esp. acro, aerial & juggling) & Contemporary Circus. Co-organiser of European Circus History Conference (circusconference.org), British Music Hall Society Conference.
Delighted to pick up The Hanlon Volta Waltzes, 1885 sheet music composed by Charles Seaton who had a stall at Crystal Palace where the five strong aerial troupe performed.
November 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Delighted to pick up The Hanlon Volta Waltzes, 1885 sheet music composed by Charles Seaton who had a stall at Crystal Palace where the five strong aerial troupe performed.
As I expected, the NCCA’s scratch cabaret at the Underbelly Boulevard by graduates since 2019 was a succession of solo female single-point aerialists (nine in total) moving competently to backing tracks, plus a female hula-hoopist.
November 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
As I expected, the NCCA’s scratch cabaret at the Underbelly Boulevard by graduates since 2019 was a succession of solo female single-point aerialists (nine in total) moving competently to backing tracks, plus a female hula-hoopist.
@hackneycyclist.bsky.social have you a council contact please to get the Hoxton Market cycle parking decluttered of dead bikes?
November 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
@hackneycyclist.bsky.social have you a council contact please to get the Hoxton Market cycle parking decluttered of dead bikes?
Oh look @jim.londoncentric.media, The Metro suddenly has an ‘original’ story on snail farming tax avoidance remarkably like the wonderful story that @londoncentric.media comprehensively researched and published a few days earlier.
October 27, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Oh look @jim.londoncentric.media, The Metro suddenly has an ‘original’ story on snail farming tax avoidance remarkably like the wonderful story that @londoncentric.media comprehensively researched and published a few days earlier.
The Hay Wain, rural Brixton, October 2025.
October 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The Hay Wain, rural Brixton, October 2025.
In this Instagram/TikTok age, I imagine that a full scale, working replica of Church’s Stagecoach (about 1830) with a modern engine etc. might pay its way. Model in Turin’s automobile museum.
September 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
In this Instagram/TikTok age, I imagine that a full scale, working replica of Church’s Stagecoach (about 1830) with a modern engine etc. might pay its way. Model in Turin’s automobile museum.
Shopping for a new car whilst in Turin. Has to be red, obviously, but I’m struggling to decide which to pick, the Cisitalia 202, Alfa Romeo Disco Volante or Maserati Osca?
September 30, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Shopping for a new car whilst in Turin. Has to be red, obviously, but I’m struggling to decide which to pick, the Cisitalia 202, Alfa Romeo Disco Volante or Maserati Osca?
And a couple of days in Venice tacked on 😁
September 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
And a couple of days in Venice tacked on 😁
Enjoying the Salieri Circus Festival in Legnago, near Verona. www.saliericircus.it
September 28, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Enjoying the Salieri Circus Festival in Legnago, near Verona. www.saliericircus.it
Venice, city of lovers.
September 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Venice, city of lovers.
Venice, full of, um, wonders!
September 26, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Venice, full of, um, wonders!
If you see this, post a bridge. (Ponte di Rialto, Venice, last night).
September 26, 2025 at 6:59 PM
If you see this, post a bridge. (Ponte di Rialto, Venice, last night).
@museumbums.bsky.social I expect you are familiar with the cheeky window display in the City & Guilds of London Arse School in Kennington, London. www.cityandguildsartschool.ac.uk
September 23, 2025 at 10:59 AM
@museumbums.bsky.social I expect you are familiar with the cheeky window display in the City & Guilds of London Arse School in Kennington, London. www.cityandguildsartschool.ac.uk
Certainly ‘alternative’ with the likes of the Covent Garden General Store, and the street performer scene was fresh with awesome acts like the Amazing Mendezies.
September 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Certainly ‘alternative’ with the likes of the Covent Garden General Store, and the street performer scene was fresh with awesome acts like the Amazing Mendezies.
Love London. Waterloo, SE1
September 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Love London. Waterloo, SE1
Mainly dry at the European Juggling Convention but there is the occasional shower, sometimes with fringe benefits.
August 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Mainly dry at the European Juggling Convention but there is the occasional shower, sometimes with fringe benefits.
You + me = WEJC! The European Juggling Convention is created by jugglers for jugglers and the organisation this year is incredible - down to the condoms! Photos for now of a few of the estimated 6000 arriving and receiving the convention passes super efficiently.
August 3, 2025 at 8:53 AM
You + me = WEJC! The European Juggling Convention is created by jugglers for jugglers and the organisation this year is incredible - down to the condoms! Photos for now of a few of the estimated 6000 arriving and receiving the convention passes super efficiently.
An exceptional Dutch cycle path.
July 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
An exceptional Dutch cycle path.
A wildfire beyond the city is smoking out Marseille
July 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
A wildfire beyond the city is smoking out Marseille
Looking forward to popping this stereo card of Lord George Sanger’s circus procession in the stereoscope. #stereoscopyday
June 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Looking forward to popping this stereo card of Lord George Sanger’s circus procession in the stereoscope. #stereoscopyday
Alternatively, it’s coffee and writing under the pool’s café awning. Tough life, eh?
June 19, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Alternatively, it’s coffee and writing under the pool’s café awning. Tough life, eh?
One of my review writing spots, between swims, at the Cirqu’ Aarau festival in Switzerland, often shaded by a large tree.
June 19, 2025 at 2:54 PM
One of my review writing spots, between swims, at the Cirqu’ Aarau festival in Switzerland, often shaded by a large tree.
Cirque Tsuïca, what a joy!
June 16, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Cirque Tsuïca, what a joy!