Lucy Brouwer
@notrock.bsky.social
Small thoughts and big ideas. Tour guide, researcher, reader, procrastinator. Nottinghamshire & environs. WatsonFothergillWalk.com
Thanks for the re-ups yesterday. Had a spare seat next to me but enjoyed the refocused Cabaret, had time to drop in on some old friends at National Gallery too:
November 6, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Thanks for the re-ups yesterday. Had a spare seat next to me but enjoyed the refocused Cabaret, had time to drop in on some old friends at National Gallery too:
Just listened to your Monstrosities @grindrod.bsky.social as I passed this one
November 5, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Just listened to your Monstrosities @grindrod.bsky.social as I passed this one
Last night, it felt like a fitting tribute to go to Nottingham’s top AmDram spot The Lace Market Theatre, one of whose patrons was Prunella Scales, to see a production of (her daughter-out-law) Laura Wade’s Home, I’m Darling.
October 30, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Last night, it felt like a fitting tribute to go to Nottingham’s top AmDram spot The Lace Market Theatre, one of whose patrons was Prunella Scales, to see a production of (her daughter-out-law) Laura Wade’s Home, I’m Darling.
I hope I didn’t flash the postman in my excitement as this Elizabeth Taylor Green Virago arrived cc @andrewmale.bsky.social
September 27, 2025 at 8:36 AM
I hope I didn’t flash the postman in my excitement as this Elizabeth Taylor Green Virago arrived cc @andrewmale.bsky.social
Such fun at #internationalagathachristiefestival even though I missed Laura Thompson (her fault for being so eclectic!) @christietime.bsky.social @isokongallery.bsky.social @jcberthal.com here’s my best (tired) Ariadne Oliver complete with apple
September 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Such fun at #internationalagathachristiefestival even though I missed Laura Thompson (her fault for being so eclectic!) @christietime.bsky.social @isokongallery.bsky.social @jcberthal.com here’s my best (tired) Ariadne Oliver complete with apple
By coincidence, I am staying at a small hotel in Torquay. They have the book of Flay Otters scripts out in view at check-in. Up the road at the L_____ Hotel, the 70s lives on and the waiters look like a superannuated Manuel.
September 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
By coincidence, I am staying at a small hotel in Torquay. They have the book of Flay Otters scripts out in view at check-in. Up the road at the L_____ Hotel, the 70s lives on and the waiters look like a superannuated Manuel.
Appear to have found Fawlty Towers alive and thriving in Torquay @christietime.bsky.social #agathachristiefestival
September 19, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Appear to have found Fawlty Towers alive and thriving in Torquay @christietime.bsky.social #agathachristiefestival
I'm going to #Torquay soon with a pal who's keen to go to the Agatha Christie Festival... should be a good wheeze. We have lots of plans but if you have any top tips for reasonably priced food & drink, decent cafes, indie shops etc please share. Thank you
September 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I'm going to #Torquay soon with a pal who's keen to go to the Agatha Christie Festival... should be a good wheeze. We have lots of plans but if you have any top tips for reasonably priced food & drink, decent cafes, indie shops etc please share. Thank you
Making do for now! And some first editions still at Bromley House Library
August 30, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Making do for now! And some first editions still at Bromley House Library
Look what they made me do!
August 30, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Look what they made me do!
When I bewailed the lack of local bookshops, I forgot small-but-mighty Bookwise. Someone had donated a plethora of Anthony Powells, which I resisted, but I caved in at the “feminist literature” shelf. + borrowed Jolliffe Metcalfe’s rare opus Substitute (I’m currently researching her for her niece)
August 28, 2025 at 8:29 PM
When I bewailed the lack of local bookshops, I forgot small-but-mighty Bookwise. Someone had donated a plethora of Anthony Powells, which I resisted, but I caved in at the “feminist literature” shelf. + borrowed Jolliffe Metcalfe’s rare opus Substitute (I’m currently researching her for her niece)
It’s true! A mate of mine parked precariously at Big Tesco and got left this under her wiper blade (now pride of place on her fridge) (they bought kitchen roll- admire the commitment tbh)
August 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
It’s true! A mate of mine parked precariously at Big Tesco and got left this under her wiper blade (now pride of place on her fridge) (they bought kitchen roll- admire the commitment tbh)
A repost from a Mansfield correspondent - because we need the culture
August 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
A repost from a Mansfield correspondent - because we need the culture
Usually I’d be at the mercy of the charity shop gods (as there are no decent 2nd hand bookshops left around here) but I cracked and scored a job-lot on eBay @backlisted.bsky.social what have you started! Yes I am upset they changed the design #partoftheproblem #elizabethtaylor #notthatone #vmc
August 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Usually I’d be at the mercy of the charity shop gods (as there are no decent 2nd hand bookshops left around here) but I cracked and scored a job-lot on eBay @backlisted.bsky.social what have you started! Yes I am upset they changed the design #partoftheproblem #elizabethtaylor #notthatone #vmc
No, YOU just went on a Vinted binge to make a costume for an event you can’t attend but decided to dress up for anyway…
August 12, 2025 at 8:16 AM
No, YOU just went on a Vinted binge to make a costume for an event you can’t attend but decided to dress up for anyway…
If any publication would like a write-up of the Radiohead artwork show by someone who has been a fan since before Stanley started to work on the art, who isn’t the Guardian’s very bitter-seeming guest art critic, who might actually appreciate what’s going on … I’m available. *sigh*
August 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
If any publication would like a write-up of the Radiohead artwork show by someone who has been a fan since before Stanley started to work on the art, who isn’t the Guardian’s very bitter-seeming guest art critic, who might actually appreciate what’s going on … I’m available. *sigh*
Thanking my past self for preordering a catalogue and tickets for this now which shirt? #sportfailure #propertyoftheradioheadcorporation
July 30, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Thanking my past self for preordering a catalogue and tickets for this now which shirt? #sportfailure #propertyoftheradioheadcorporation
My local NT, looking good this week.
July 27, 2025 at 6:20 PM
My local NT, looking good this week.
Which one should I wear to @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social ? (If i can get rid of that musty smell…) @radiohead.wastehq.social #Thisiswhatyouget
July 25, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Which one should I wear to @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social ? (If i can get rid of that musty smell…) @radiohead.wastehq.social #Thisiswhatyouget
The local Coop charity shelf always throws up some random treasure. Apparently Kops was inspiration for Mannie Katz in Absolute Beginners cc @iammilliam.bsky.social #NoViragoModernClassicLeftBehind #AlwaysBuyTheGreenOnes
July 18, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The local Coop charity shelf always throws up some random treasure. Apparently Kops was inspiration for Mannie Katz in Absolute Beginners cc @iammilliam.bsky.social #NoViragoModernClassicLeftBehind #AlwaysBuyTheGreenOnes
Clearing out an old shed and found the basis of my “classical” education (Thanks to Tony Robinson, I had a bare minimum of Greek myths for later use in Art History classes)
June 25, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Clearing out an old shed and found the basis of my “classical” education (Thanks to Tony Robinson, I had a bare minimum of Greek myths for later use in Art History classes)
Making Nottingham look funky with filters!
June 15, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Making Nottingham look funky with filters!
Cheers to who ever donated their @dauntbookspub.bsky.social haul to Sherwood Oxfam! @backlisted.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Cheers to who ever donated their @dauntbookspub.bsky.social haul to Sherwood Oxfam! @backlisted.bsky.social
Some scenes from Duncan Grant’s 1950s mural in St Blaise (Patron of Wool Workers) Chapel at Lincoln Cathedral, that I visited today. Great contrast to the Gothic / Romanesque grandeur of the building. It was closed off until 1990 but now looks fabulous.
June 5, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Some scenes from Duncan Grant’s 1950s mural in St Blaise (Patron of Wool Workers) Chapel at Lincoln Cathedral, that I visited today. Great contrast to the Gothic / Romanesque grandeur of the building. It was closed off until 1990 but now looks fabulous.
Me and Bowie both…Barras ceiling star presented by the great Tom Joyes (who features in @peteralanross’s latest #SmallFinds ) after I’d stood on the stage & been a Doors Open Day tour guide at The Barrowland. The Glasgow place I miss the most.
May 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Me and Bowie both…Barras ceiling star presented by the great Tom Joyes (who features in @peteralanross’s latest #SmallFinds ) after I’d stood on the stage & been a Doors Open Day tour guide at The Barrowland. The Glasgow place I miss the most.