Salvador Castío
@salvadorcastio.bsky.social
Desert Island Discs over coffee is a must on Sunday morning. Thanks for another great episode, @laurenlaverne.bsky.social ☕️
Desert Island Discs - Jojo Moyes, writer - BBC Sounds
Jojo Moyes, writer, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Desert Island Discs over coffee is a must on Sunday morning. Thanks for another great episode, @laurenlaverne.bsky.social ☕️
Merry Christmas, friends and followers.
A Merry Musical Rossetti Christmas.
We hope you liked our 2025 #ArtistAdventCalendar.
We are taking a break from social media till the new year. See you in 2026, when we will have more lectures, events, podcast episodes, journal articles and magazines, and more social media content, of course.
We hope you liked our 2025 #ArtistAdventCalendar.
We are taking a break from social media till the new year. See you in 2026, when we will have more lectures, events, podcast episodes, journal articles and magazines, and more social media content, of course.
December 25, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Merry Christmas, friends and followers.
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An early Christmas present just landed in our post box! The latest PRS Review, our magazine, full of poetry, essays, book reviews, news on upcoming events and exhibitions and so much more. This winter edition focusses on stories of work and the working class. …
December 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
An early Christmas present just landed in our post box! The latest PRS Review, our magazine, full of poetry, essays, book reviews, news on upcoming events and exhibitions and so much more. This winter edition focusses on stories of work and the working class. …
I look forward to reading this, especially Zynub Zaman’s always illuminating editorial. @zzaman.bsky.social @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social
Cosy in cashmere, the Winter Issue of the PRS Review/PRSUS Newsletter is out now! Full of amazing essays, poems, art and reviews looking at how Pre-Raphaelites transformed ideas about work: work for women, work as pleasure and workers as heroes of modern society!
December 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I look forward to reading this, especially Zynub Zaman’s always illuminating editorial. @zzaman.bsky.social @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social
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For day nine of our #ArtistAdventCalendar, Marie Spartali Stillman’s ‘The Enchanted Garden’, 1889. Inspired by Boccaccio’s Decameron, despite the distant, snowy scenes, within the walls of Ansaldo’s garden spring is conjured to woo his beloved Dianora.
December 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
For day nine of our #ArtistAdventCalendar, Marie Spartali Stillman’s ‘The Enchanted Garden’, 1889. Inspired by Boccaccio’s Decameron, despite the distant, snowy scenes, within the walls of Ansaldo’s garden spring is conjured to woo his beloved Dianora.
Overcast mornings call for coffee and Desert Island Discs. Excellent episode @laurenlaverne.bsky.social.
Desert Island Discs - Margaret Atwood, writer - BBC Sounds
Margaret Atwood, writer, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Overcast mornings call for coffee and Desert Island Discs. Excellent episode @laurenlaverne.bsky.social.
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For the fifth day of our #ArtistAdventCalendar, Edward Burne-Jones’ ‘The Summer Snow’, c.1863, @royalacademy.bsky.social.
This wood engraving appeared in the May, 1863 issue of the magazine ‘Good Words’ to illustrate a poem called ‘Summer Snow’:
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This wood engraving appeared in the May, 1863 issue of the magazine ‘Good Words’ to illustrate a poem called ‘Summer Snow’:
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December 5, 2025 at 8:25 AM
For the fifth day of our #ArtistAdventCalendar, Edward Burne-Jones’ ‘The Summer Snow’, c.1863, @royalacademy.bsky.social.
This wood engraving appeared in the May, 1863 issue of the magazine ‘Good Words’ to illustrate a poem called ‘Summer Snow’:
…
This wood engraving appeared in the May, 1863 issue of the magazine ‘Good Words’ to illustrate a poem called ‘Summer Snow’:
…
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Opening tomorrow, the new Pre-Raphaelite galleries at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery. After extensive renovations, these four galleries, with over sixty artworks on display, are reopening.
Are you excited to visit?
Are you excited to visit?
October 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Opening tomorrow, the new Pre-Raphaelite galleries at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery. After extensive renovations, these four galleries, with over sixty artworks on display, are reopening.
Are you excited to visit?
Are you excited to visit?
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Thanks so much to Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery for giving us a preview of the new Pre-Raphaelite galleries opening tomorrow! With four galleries there’s lots to see.
Which artworks are you excited to see?
Which artworks are you excited to see?
October 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Thanks so much to Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery for giving us a preview of the new Pre-Raphaelite galleries opening tomorrow! With four galleries there’s lots to see.
Which artworks are you excited to see?
Which artworks are you excited to see?
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For day three of our Artist Advent Calendar, poetry and a picture. William Morris & the beautiful ‘Meeting in Winter’ manuscript, from ‘Book of Verse’, made for Georgiana Burne-Jones, 1870. ❄️
For more content and to join our community, become a member of the society- www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/
For more content and to join our community, become a member of the society- www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/
December 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
For day three of our Artist Advent Calendar, poetry and a picture. William Morris & the beautiful ‘Meeting in Winter’ manuscript, from ‘Book of Verse’, made for Georgiana Burne-Jones, 1870. ❄️
For more content and to join our community, become a member of the society- www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/
For more content and to join our community, become a member of the society- www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org/
This summer, my drawings and a 1,200-word essay on my forty-year connection to the Pre-Raphaelites were featured in the Pre-Raphaelite Society’s eminent art journal, the PRS Review
For the first time, that essay is now available on my blog.
salvadorcastio.com/blog @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social
For the first time, that essay is now available on my blog.
salvadorcastio.com/blog @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 10:17 PM
This summer, my drawings and a 1,200-word essay on my forty-year connection to the Pre-Raphaelites were featured in the Pre-Raphaelite Society’s eminent art journal, the PRS Review
For the first time, that essay is now available on my blog.
salvadorcastio.com/blog @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social
For the first time, that essay is now available on my blog.
salvadorcastio.com/blog @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social
Sunday mornings must always start with coffee and Desert Island Discs. ☕️ Another excellent episode @laurenlaverne.bsky.social. Cheers.
BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Gordon Buchanan, cameraman and presenter
Gordon Buchanan, film-maker, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.
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November 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Sunday mornings must always start with coffee and Desert Island Discs. ☕️ Another excellent episode @laurenlaverne.bsky.social. Cheers.
Another excellent episode, @laurenlaverne.bsky.social. 👏🏼👏🏼
BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Sir Salman Rushdie, writer
Sir Salman Rushdie, writer, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Another excellent episode, @laurenlaverne.bsky.social. 👏🏼👏🏼
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Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
November 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
@laurenlaverne.bsky.social Desert Island Discs over a cup of coffee is a Sunday morning staple. Cheers for an excellent and engaging show. ☕️👏🏼
November 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
@laurenlaverne.bsky.social Desert Island Discs over a cup of coffee is a Sunday morning staple. Cheers for an excellent and engaging show. ☕️👏🏼
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Happy Guy Fawkes/Bonfire Night with Edward Burne-Jones and Evelyn De Morgan paintings of ‘Hero’ and her torch of light.
In the Greek myth of Hero and Leander, Hero, a priestess, uses a torch from her tower to guide her lover Leander as he swims across the Hellespont strait to meet her in secret.
In the Greek myth of Hero and Leander, Hero, a priestess, uses a torch from her tower to guide her lover Leander as he swims across the Hellespont strait to meet her in secret.
November 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Happy Guy Fawkes/Bonfire Night with Edward Burne-Jones and Evelyn De Morgan paintings of ‘Hero’ and her torch of light.
In the Greek myth of Hero and Leander, Hero, a priestess, uses a torch from her tower to guide her lover Leander as he swims across the Hellespont strait to meet her in secret.
In the Greek myth of Hero and Leander, Hero, a priestess, uses a torch from her tower to guide her lover Leander as he swims across the Hellespont strait to meet her in secret.
My picture Mystery is an amalgamation of sources of inspiration, including Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Kate Bush, and Jane Morris. My latest blog post details my process step by step. salvadorcastio.com/revolution-of-mystery @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social #scastio #traditionalartist #preraphaelite
October 27, 2025 at 3:29 AM
My picture Mystery is an amalgamation of sources of inspiration, including Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Kate Bush, and Jane Morris. My latest blog post details my process step by step. salvadorcastio.com/revolution-of-mystery @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social #scastio #traditionalartist #preraphaelite
A brilliant mind gone too soon.
If you like listening, there is still a curated collection of short and longer BBC radio pieces involving Benjamin Zephaniah here on BBC sounds, including his Desert Island Discs (h/t @snig.bsky.social): www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/curat...
BBC Sounds - Benjamin Zephaniah - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of Benjamin Zephaniah on BBC Sounds
www.bbc.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 2:35 AM
A brilliant mind gone too soon.
An overcast Sunday morning with a cup of coffee, my sketchbook, and Desert Island Discs. Life is good. Cheers, @laurenlaverne.bsky.social, you interview the most fascinating people. #sundayvibes #desertislanddiscs #coffee #sketchbook
October 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
An overcast Sunday morning with a cup of coffee, my sketchbook, and Desert Island Discs. Life is good. Cheers, @laurenlaverne.bsky.social, you interview the most fascinating people. #sundayvibes #desertislanddiscs #coffee #sketchbook
These new galleries look fabulous.
Opening tomorrow, the new Pre-Raphaelite galleries at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery. After extensive renovations, these four galleries, with over sixty artworks on display, are reopening.
Are you excited to visit?
Are you excited to visit?
October 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
These new galleries look fabulous.
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November Lecture Alert:
‘The Beauty of the Earth: the Art of May and William Morris’
Given by @suzannefagence.bsky.social
13:00, Saturday 22nd November
The Birmingham and Midland Institute.
Follow the link to our website in our bio, and click the events page to book.
‘The Beauty of the Earth: the Art of May and William Morris’
Given by @suzannefagence.bsky.social
13:00, Saturday 22nd November
The Birmingham and Midland Institute.
Follow the link to our website in our bio, and click the events page to book.
October 24, 2025 at 8:37 AM
November Lecture Alert:
‘The Beauty of the Earth: the Art of May and William Morris’
Given by @suzannefagence.bsky.social
13:00, Saturday 22nd November
The Birmingham and Midland Institute.
Follow the link to our website in our bio, and click the events page to book.
‘The Beauty of the Earth: the Art of May and William Morris’
Given by @suzannefagence.bsky.social
13:00, Saturday 22nd November
The Birmingham and Midland Institute.
Follow the link to our website in our bio, and click the events page to book.
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Happy Diwali! To celebrate the Hindu, Jain and Sikh festival of light; depictions of stars twinkling in the night sky.
1. 🖼️ ‘Night’, Edward Robert Hughes.
2. 🖼️ Study for “The Hours” mural, Edwin Austin Abbey, 1897.
3. 🖼️ ‘Dantis Amor’, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1860, @tate.bsky.social.
1. 🖼️ ‘Night’, Edward Robert Hughes.
2. 🖼️ Study for “The Hours” mural, Edwin Austin Abbey, 1897.
3. 🖼️ ‘Dantis Amor’, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1860, @tate.bsky.social.
October 20, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Happy Diwali! To celebrate the Hindu, Jain and Sikh festival of light; depictions of stars twinkling in the night sky.
1. 🖼️ ‘Night’, Edward Robert Hughes.
2. 🖼️ Study for “The Hours” mural, Edwin Austin Abbey, 1897.
3. 🖼️ ‘Dantis Amor’, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1860, @tate.bsky.social.
1. 🖼️ ‘Night’, Edward Robert Hughes.
2. 🖼️ Study for “The Hours” mural, Edwin Austin Abbey, 1897.
3. 🖼️ ‘Dantis Amor’, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1860, @tate.bsky.social.
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Thinking of Morris and his challenge to us in his lecture on 'Art & the Beauty of the Earth', delivered #otd 1881.
He declared 'I believe machines can do everything-except make works of art'.
Find out more at our exhibition, opening Winchester 15 Nov :
www.arcwinchester.org.uk/event/beauty...
He declared 'I believe machines can do everything-except make works of art'.
Find out more at our exhibition, opening Winchester 15 Nov :
www.arcwinchester.org.uk/event/beauty...
October 13, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Thinking of Morris and his challenge to us in his lecture on 'Art & the Beauty of the Earth', delivered #otd 1881.
He declared 'I believe machines can do everything-except make works of art'.
Find out more at our exhibition, opening Winchester 15 Nov :
www.arcwinchester.org.uk/event/beauty...
He declared 'I believe machines can do everything-except make works of art'.
Find out more at our exhibition, opening Winchester 15 Nov :
www.arcwinchester.org.uk/event/beauty...
There’s nothing better on a Sunday morning than listening to an episode of Desert Island Discs over a cup of coffee. Another great episode, @laurenlaverne.bsky.social #sundayvibe #desertislanddiscs #coffee #BBC
Desert Island Discs - Michael Sheen, actor - BBC Sounds
Michael sheen, actor, shares the soundtrack fo his life with Lauren Laverne.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 28, 2025 at 6:28 PM
There’s nothing better on a Sunday morning than listening to an episode of Desert Island Discs over a cup of coffee. Another great episode, @laurenlaverne.bsky.social #sundayvibe #desertislanddiscs #coffee #BBC
I hope someone writes a blog post, creates a Substack, or, even better, records a podcast episode about this event and the ideas that emerged from it.
Thanks to everyone that came and contributed to the Pre-Raphaelite study day yesterday.
Fascinating day and great to see so much energy, enthusiasm and expertise in the field of Pre-Raphaelite studies.
Fascinating day and great to see so much energy, enthusiasm and expertise in the field of Pre-Raphaelite studies.
September 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I hope someone writes a blog post, creates a Substack, or, even better, records a podcast episode about this event and the ideas that emerged from it.