Phil Sparkes
@starofstage.bsky.social
Theatre and the arts for pleasure...
...and for work (@stage-tiers.bsky.social)
Nature and fitness.
Language lover. 🇬🇧🇮🇹🇯🇵
A volte scrivo in italiano perché ho bisogno di fare pratica!
...and for work (@stage-tiers.bsky.social)
Nature and fitness.
Language lover. 🇬🇧🇮🇹🇯🇵
A volte scrivo in italiano perché ho bisogno di fare pratica!
There's something foreboding about The Sower. And Van Gogh's other sunflowers.
January 18, 2025 at 10:44 AM
There's something foreboding about The Sower. And Van Gogh's other sunflowers.
"Pure Hokusai"
That was how Van Gogh described the quayside scene that inspired this painting. Not perhaps what one first thinks of with VG but what an image!
That was how Van Gogh described the quayside scene that inspired this painting. Not perhaps what one first thinks of with VG but what an image!
January 14, 2025 at 11:22 PM
"Pure Hokusai"
That was how Van Gogh described the quayside scene that inspired this painting. Not perhaps what one first thinks of with VG but what an image!
That was how Van Gogh described the quayside scene that inspired this painting. Not perhaps what one first thinks of with VG but what an image!
Come ha detto così memorabilmente Melvyn Bragg, le arti non sono la ciliegina sulla torta.
Sono la torta.
Sono la torta.
January 12, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Come ha detto così memorabilmente Melvyn Bragg, le arti non sono la ciliegina sulla torta.
Sono la torta.
Sono la torta.
I love this.
The Arts, as Melvyn Bragg so memorably put it, are not the cherry on the top of the cake.
They ARE the cake.
The Arts, as Melvyn Bragg so memorably put it, are not the cherry on the top of the cake.
They ARE the cake.
January 12, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I love this.
The Arts, as Melvyn Bragg so memorably put it, are not the cherry on the top of the cake.
They ARE the cake.
The Arts, as Melvyn Bragg so memorably put it, are not the cherry on the top of the cake.
They ARE the cake.
January 10, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Sometimes the light at the end of the tunnel IS an oncoming train.
January 9, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Sometimes the light at the end of the tunnel IS an oncoming train.
Five years ago today - and today.
🤦🏻♂️
🤦🏻♂️
January 5, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Five years ago today - and today.
🤦🏻♂️
🤦🏻♂️
Super convivial new year - bell ringing included!
January 1, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Super convivial new year - bell ringing included!
December 31, 2024 at 3:03 PM
December 27, 2024 at 2:11 PM
I can't work out which of us is more a slave to tradition: my partner and our grown-up son for expecting this array. Or me for surreptitiously making it happen.
But it looks like it's continuing - inc the family tradition of plain wrap & bespoke labels.
#presentsbeneaththetree
But it looks like it's continuing - inc the family tradition of plain wrap & bespoke labels.
#presentsbeneaththetree
December 24, 2024 at 11:18 PM
I can't work out which of us is more a slave to tradition: my partner and our grown-up son for expecting this array. Or me for surreptitiously making it happen.
But it looks like it's continuing - inc the family tradition of plain wrap & bespoke labels.
#presentsbeneaththetree
But it looks like it's continuing - inc the family tradition of plain wrap & bespoke labels.
#presentsbeneaththetree
I haven't eaten meat for about 35 years but it's taken until today for me to make a nut roast.
I did it as a sort of nostalgic whim but actually it's tasty, proteinous and filling. Who knew? 🤷🏻♂️
I did it as a sort of nostalgic whim but actually it's tasty, proteinous and filling. Who knew? 🤷🏻♂️
December 23, 2024 at 5:42 PM
I haven't eaten meat for about 35 years but it's taken until today for me to make a nut roast.
I did it as a sort of nostalgic whim but actually it's tasty, proteinous and filling. Who knew? 🤷🏻♂️
I did it as a sort of nostalgic whim but actually it's tasty, proteinous and filling. Who knew? 🤷🏻♂️
Michelangelo clearly had a ready supply of extremely well-nourished young men to help him hone his skills.
Fair play. He was clearly watching carefully when he drew this.
#michelangelo
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Fair play. He was clearly watching carefully when he drew this.
#michelangelo
@royalacademy.bsky.social
December 21, 2024 at 11:03 PM
Michelangelo clearly had a ready supply of extremely well-nourished young men to help him hone his skills.
Fair play. He was clearly watching carefully when he drew this.
#michelangelo
@royalacademy.bsky.social
Fair play. He was clearly watching carefully when he drew this.
#michelangelo
@royalacademy.bsky.social
"And so tonight we’re going to make the lie true."
Well. Let's see.
Well. Let's see.
December 21, 2024 at 1:47 PM
"And so tonight we’re going to make the lie true."
Well. Let's see.
Well. Let's see.
A morning of retrospection.
500+ years ago - Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael.
300+ years ago - Gibbons
@royalacademy.bsky.social #stjamespiccadilly
500+ years ago - Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael.
300+ years ago - Gibbons
@royalacademy.bsky.social #stjamespiccadilly
December 21, 2024 at 11:35 AM
A morning of retrospection.
500+ years ago - Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael.
300+ years ago - Gibbons
@royalacademy.bsky.social #stjamespiccadilly
500+ years ago - Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael.
300+ years ago - Gibbons
@royalacademy.bsky.social #stjamespiccadilly
December 19, 2024 at 12:18 PM
Didn't know what to give my parents for their 65th wedding anniversary. So I got Anna Sherburn to make them one of her fab pictures out of stamps.
For my classicist, Mediterranean obsessed, favourite colour blue parents the stamps are chosen appropriately. Genuinely unique gift.
For my classicist, Mediterranean obsessed, favourite colour blue parents the stamps are chosen appropriately. Genuinely unique gift.
December 16, 2024 at 9:51 PM
Didn't know what to give my parents for their 65th wedding anniversary. So I got Anna Sherburn to make them one of her fab pictures out of stamps.
For my classicist, Mediterranean obsessed, favourite colour blue parents the stamps are chosen appropriately. Genuinely unique gift.
For my classicist, Mediterranean obsessed, favourite colour blue parents the stamps are chosen appropriately. Genuinely unique gift.
Sui Downs gli alberi e i cespugli sono scolpiti dal vento del mare.
December 14, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Sui Downs gli alberi e i cespugli sono scolpiti dal vento del mare.
Up on the Downs trees and bushes are sculpted by the wind off the sea.
December 14, 2024 at 2:34 PM
Up on the Downs trees and bushes are sculpted by the wind off the sea.
Non mi aspettavo il sole!
December 14, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Non mi aspettavo il sole!
It's never too late!
December 13, 2024 at 10:48 PM
It's never too late!
Chi è d'accordo con me che questo libro è un capolavoro?
Ha scritto molto dopo gli anni 50 (libri molto più famosi) ma la combinazione di umanità è di fantasia non è mai stata migliore.
Ha scritto molto dopo gli anni 50 (libri molto più famosi) ma la combinazione di umanità è di fantasia non è mai stata migliore.
December 13, 2024 at 10:22 PM
Chi è d'accordo con me che questo libro è un capolavoro?
Ha scritto molto dopo gli anni 50 (libri molto più famosi) ma la combinazione di umanità è di fantasia non è mai stata migliore.
Ha scritto molto dopo gli anni 50 (libri molto più famosi) ma la combinazione di umanità è di fantasia non è mai stata migliore.
