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Post a favourite work of art from the year exactly 50 years before you were born.
[Owl. Chauvet. Cave art. Hm. Closest we can get to 68 million years ago.]
December 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Hm. Today I am Contemplatio inclining towards Philosophia...
A section of the title-page to George Hartgill, 'Astronomical Tables' (London, 1656).
December 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Hm. Owls are, of course, famed for the invention of the 1868 steam tricycle - with optional pintle-mounted Gatling or Nordenfeldt gun in lieu of horn.
Plan view of the Avian Steam Tricycle of 1868, invented by a famous owl of my acquaintance. Fig. 4 shows the optional pintle mount and fig. 5 the Gatling gun for mounting on same. Ravens preferred the Nordenfelt gun, as it was slightly cheaper (3d) and lighter - leaving room for a larger hamper of snacks.
December 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Hm.
December 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Hm.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bagpuss, mice...
December 4, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Hm. Of course, 'the first computer-generated prime minister'. 'Tool-tool-tool-tool-tool....'
Kier Starmer in the 1980s running on an Atari ST, subsequently upgraded to the current Amiga version.
December 4, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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[Trumpio]
I, Claudius (BBC 1976): The aged Tiberius, resident at his palace at Capua - on the Mare Lago, possibly - and given to vile and squalid depravities, is about to have an appointment with a pillow guy. Thought dead at last, he woke, alas, and asked for his supper. Caligula's man assists him in another direction.
December 3, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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November 30, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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'serviceable and attractive', 'extremely cheap'...
November 30, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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November 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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November 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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An owl (dismayed).
November 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Hm.

www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Rendering from the feature showing how Birmingham City's planned 62,000-capacity stadium 'will look'. An ex-rocket scientist in a stadium, clothes torn and covered in ash (1979) - some aliens are just messy eaters.
November 22, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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It is raining.
A 1975 BBC weather graphic for rain. Rain was different then.
November 22, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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[The Wildwood in the fog.]
A photograph. Nothing can be seen. It is probably a wild, wet, wood full of crows.
November 20, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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'Evidence' people were happier 48 years ago - before Thatcher came to power, since for the neoliberals 'happy' was a Bad Thing:
November 14, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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[It is raining]
A printed BBC Weather symbol (1975) showing a jolly cloud disgorging great gouts of rain. It is titled 'Rain' and exudes all the heartening certainty of a dismal British winter.
November 10, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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[Windy]
A printed BBC TV Weather symbol (1975) showing a hurtling black circle marked '30' in white attached to a broad arrow, together closely resembling fiendish explosive artillery devices and engines of the 17th century as used at sea. It is titled 'Wind speed in mph and direction'.
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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The cry once oft heard at wOLmas-tide,'OH, FLIP IT'S FoR ce 10 From Navarone'
November 8, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Sign: For A Few Dollars More
November 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Sign: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.
November 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Sign: Crows for Snacks
November 8, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Sign: Owls for Tea and Buns.
November 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Rain symbol (BBC TV 1975): a three-lobed blob of cloud rows o'er the sky with oars of rain.
November 7, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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Hm.
An authentic scene of frontier life in the only authentic cowboy western ever made, the entirely accurate and deeply researched Blazing Saddles (1974). Men in big hats and chaps eat their beans around a campfire.
November 5, 2025 at 8:22 AM