Ian Peacock 🇺🇦 🏳️🌈 🇪🇺🇵🇸🇬🇧🇩🇰
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Misanthropic idiot. Personal assistant to small dog. Manchester. You might have heard me on Radio 4.
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Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
November 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
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Reading letters from the Princess Liselotte of Palantine, the German sister-in-law of Louis XIV, and it's wild because she had this super informal writing style that almost sounds like modern texts
Like at one point she goes "wish to god my son didn't love holding chunks of bread like a peasant"
Like at one point she goes "wish to god my son didn't love holding chunks of bread like a peasant"
November 28, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Reading letters from the Princess Liselotte of Palantine, the German sister-in-law of Louis XIV, and it's wild because she had this super informal writing style that almost sounds like modern texts
Like at one point she goes "wish to god my son didn't love holding chunks of bread like a peasant"
Like at one point she goes "wish to god my son didn't love holding chunks of bread like a peasant"
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View across Derwentwater, Lake District, photo by Angi Wallace.
November 28, 2025 at 8:33 AM
View across Derwentwater, Lake District, photo by Angi Wallace.
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A woman who lives next door has set up a cat shelter in the alley between our buildings. She puts food out every morning, and the neighborhood cats gather round. This morning, I was sitting in my home office and heard her talking. She was explaining Thanksgiving to the cats.
November 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
A woman who lives next door has set up a cat shelter in the alley between our buildings. She puts food out every morning, and the neighborhood cats gather round. This morning, I was sitting in my home office and heard her talking. She was explaining Thanksgiving to the cats.
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This work painted in 1901 on Rügen in the Baltic sea, shows the growing influence of Monet's sense of light and Paul Signac's stylistic technique on Wassily Kandinsky, it also shows him anticipating the tensions and relationships between pure colours in a partly abstract seascape
November 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
This work painted in 1901 on Rügen in the Baltic sea, shows the growing influence of Monet's sense of light and Paul Signac's stylistic technique on Wassily Kandinsky, it also shows him anticipating the tensions and relationships between pure colours in a partly abstract seascape
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Noble Purrington Bumpus
Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001
Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001
a cat is laying on a blanket and looking to the left
ALT: a cat is laying on a blanket and looking to the left
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November 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Noble Purrington Bumpus
Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001
Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001
Eddie got a bit wet earlier
November 24, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Eddie got a bit wet earlier
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R.I.P. Udo Kier (1944—2025)
November 24, 2025 at 12:55 AM
R.I.P. Udo Kier (1944—2025)
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Happy Doctor Who day! To celebrate here is the greatest of Doctor Who images: Verity Lambert using a Mechanoid as a lighter.
November 23, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Happy Doctor Who day! To celebrate here is the greatest of Doctor Who images: Verity Lambert using a Mechanoid as a lighter.
Eddie went downstairs at 7:30 am to squeak next to the front door - his way of saying he wants a walk. I reluctantly got dressed and hurried downstairs to take him out. Found him asleep on the sofa.
November 23, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Eddie went downstairs at 7:30 am to squeak next to the front door - his way of saying he wants a walk. I reluctantly got dressed and hurried downstairs to take him out. Found him asleep on the sofa.
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The Sunflower (1906-1907) by Gustav Klimt.
Oil on canvas.
Oil on canvas.
November 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The Sunflower (1906-1907) by Gustav Klimt.
Oil on canvas.
Oil on canvas.
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After you help your boss convert a doc to PDF
November 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
After you help your boss convert a doc to PDF
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My favorite moon landing conspiracy is that it was faked but they hired Stanley Kubrick to direct it and he was so dedicated to make it look real he demanded that they shoot on location.
November 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
My favorite moon landing conspiracy is that it was faked but they hired Stanley Kubrick to direct it and he was so dedicated to make it look real he demanded that they shoot on location.
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Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
I HATE changing my bedclothes, especially my duvet cover, and I totally DO NOT experience the euphoria which people report upon doing so. I’m seriously considering employing someone to do it for me as it’s SHEER HELL.
November 19, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I HATE changing my bedclothes, especially my duvet cover, and I totally DO NOT experience the euphoria which people report upon doing so. I’m seriously considering employing someone to do it for me as it’s SHEER HELL.
Apologies for not being topical but I’m so depressed by the news (UK and USA in particular) that I’ve imposed a news blackout for a few days. Torture, as a news junky and former BBC reporter, but I need to do it to prevent madness.
November 19, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Apologies for not being topical but I’m so depressed by the news (UK and USA in particular) that I’ve imposed a news blackout for a few days. Torture, as a news junky and former BBC reporter, but I need to do it to prevent madness.
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The kind of vibes I bring to the function…
November 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The kind of vibes I bring to the function…
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If you go down to the woods today...
Padley Gorge wearing its autumn cloak...Derbyshire at its finest 🍂🍁🧡
Padley Gorge wearing its autumn cloak...Derbyshire at its finest 🍂🍁🧡
November 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
If you go down to the woods today...
Padley Gorge wearing its autumn cloak...Derbyshire at its finest 🍂🍁🧡
Padley Gorge wearing its autumn cloak...Derbyshire at its finest 🍂🍁🧡
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Today I learned that there are bike helmets for dogs.
November 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Today I learned that there are bike helmets for dogs.
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November 16, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Painting by John Singer Sargent, ‘Corner of a garden’ 1879.
Oil on canvas. Size 14 x 10 in.
Oil on canvas. Size 14 x 10 in.
November 16, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Painting by John Singer Sargent, ‘Corner of a garden’ 1879.
Oil on canvas. Size 14 x 10 in.
Oil on canvas. Size 14 x 10 in.
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Excellent ancient Greek owl.
November 16, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Excellent ancient Greek owl.
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The 🇺🇸 American comedy film "A NIGHT AT THE OPERA" starring the Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo and Chico) and featuring Kitty Carlisle, Allan Jones, Margaret Dumont, Sig Ruman and Walter Woolf King was released in the United States #OnThisDay in 1935
🎬 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
🎬 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
November 15, 2025 at 10:13 AM
The 🇺🇸 American comedy film "A NIGHT AT THE OPERA" starring the Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo and Chico) and featuring Kitty Carlisle, Allan Jones, Margaret Dumont, Sig Ruman and Walter Woolf King was released in the United States #OnThisDay in 1935
🎬 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
🎬 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer