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Serena Cockayne Jones @cockaynejones.bsky.social · 8h

@bookcoverlove.bsky.social

Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 13h

The choice of books in Felix Vallotton’s 'The Bookcase,' (1915) play nicely into the picture's palette: the shelves are filled with the yellow spines of the Bibliothèque Charpentier collection, in a nod to the (then) supposed female preference for thrilling novels.

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Rohan Maitzen @rohanmaitzen.bsky.social · 9h

If the "AI" in "AI Assistant" means "Annoying Interference" then it turns out I have my very own. 😆

Grey tabby cat attacking my pencil when I'm trying to mark in-class exercises

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Serena Cockayne Jones @cockaynejones.bsky.social · 15h

Claudia McGehee Illustration
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 1d

Indigenous artist Emily Kam Kngwarray is the first Australian artist to have a solo exhibition at London's Tate Modern. Featuring over 80 of her batiks and large paintings, capturing her ancestral land, the exhibition runs until January 2026 #WomensArt

Photo of a gallery space with large suspended and wall mounted artworks, the walls are white and the floor brown, two women view the art

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Present & Correct @presentcorrect.bsky.social · 1d

Cakes and candy, hotdogs and cheese.

The paintings of Wayne Thiebaud are on show at The Courtauld from Friday.

courtauld.ac.uk

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Serena Cockayne Jones @cockaynejones.bsky.social · 21h

#writemoreletters #sendmorecards

Toby Miller @tobytram.bsky.social · 22h

oh, the thrill of an actual letter, from a friend from film school, with his animator's eye for a flourish - somebody I thought I'd lost contact with when I left Instagram.

(I have used Toby's mouse from Green Knowe to obscure my address, so none of you come round and make pizza or cinnamon rolls)

a letter with handwritten address, lots of ink stamps and postage stamps adorn the envelope. I miss this corner of the world.

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Darren Lakin @darrenlakin.bsky.social · 1d

Evening all.
Liked the look of these storage tins that came with a small scoop on the side (actually to store bird food) & thought they would be useful in the greenhouse for plant food etc & then i added a little vintage style print to each...seems to work.

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Book Covers @bookcoverlove.bsky.social · 1d

University of Iowa Conservation Lab Book Model Collection

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Collection: University of Iowa Conservation Lab Book Model Collection | ArchivesSpace at the University of Iowa

The Book Model Collection (BMC) at the University of Iowa Libraries is an extensive teaching collection of more than 400 items housed in the Conservation Lab that demonstrates bookbinding techniques from various eras of history and across a broad range of cultures.

aspace.lib.uiowa.edu

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 1d

Beautiful everyday Ladybird things.
The Trimphone
(How it Works: The Telephone, 1972)
Artist: BH Robinson

Photo realistic illustration of a green trimphone on a beige background.

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Serena Cockayne Jones @cockaynejones.bsky.social · 1d

www.shelf-awareness.com/theshelf/202...

WNBA's Great Group Reads

The Women's National Book Association has chosen 20 titles for its 2024-2025 Great Group Reads selections. The titles "reflect a wide range

www.shelf-awareness.com

Serena Cockayne Jones @cockaynejones.bsky.social · 1d

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America’s ‘laureate of lunch counters’ | The Observer

Wayne Thiebaud’s vibrant paintings capture the romance of a bygone age. The first solo exhibition in Britain of his art opens this week

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Roger_TL45Y @rogerhorton.bsky.social · 1d

In an otherwise barren verge around a supermarket carpark in Newmarket Rd #Cambridge surprised to find Apple of Peru, Nicandra physaloides, looking as though it has been carefully tended! 💜🖤🤗
#Solanaceae #Nightshades #Botany
@bsbibotany.bsky.social

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Serena Cockayne Jones @cockaynejones.bsky.social · 1d

The Women's Art Collection
Murray Edwards College Cambridge

Exhibition
The Sleepers

Explores how women artists have articulated complex and differing experiences of sleep and rest.
18 September 2025 – 22 February 2026

www.murrayedwards.cam.ac.uk/womens-art-c...

The Sleepers

This exhibition explores how women artists have articulated complex and differing experiences of sleep and rest.

www.murrayedwards.cam.ac.uk

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Nic Morton @nicmorton.bsky.social · 2d

One of my favourite quotes ...

"In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists."

Eric Hoffer

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Nicolas Robert @robertsnickc.bsky.social · 1d

Peace is not an absence of war.
It is a virtue,
a state of mind,
a disposition for benevolence,
trust, and justice.

~ Spinoza (1632-1677)

#Photography, Spinoza house, The Hague.

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Book Covers @bookcoverlove.bsky.social · 1d

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Book Covers @bookcoverlove.bsky.social · 1d

The Book Art of Margaret Armstrong
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Serena Cockayne Jones @cockaynejones.bsky.social · 1d

#endpapers

The Devon and Exeter Institution @dexinst.bsky.social · 2d

Just look at the vibrant colours of these marbled endpapers!

They can be found in our copy of ‘Cartas erudítas, y curiosas’ by Benito Jerónimo Feijoo (1777).

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Londonist @londonist.com · 2d

The new housing development round the back of Mount Pleasant sorting office, and next to the Post Office Museum... has ventilation pipes shaped like post boxes

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Angry Algonquin 😸 📚 🧊 🍸 @angryalgonquin.bsky.social · 1d

If your indie bookstore is on Instagram, what's your IG handle so I can follow you? My IG name is @angalgonquin

www.instagram.com/angalgonquin/

If you're an indie bookstore lover, follow my Starter Packs. With both, you'll connect to almost 200 independent bookstores! go.bsky.app/AHQhv2z