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Of course there is a lot of reference to John and Christine Nash in the Ronald Blythe biography. Here's one of John Nash's paintings, which I cannot see without also seeing Jem Southam's photograph at Upton Pyne, just over the river from where we live.
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January 9, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Of course there is a lot of reference to John and Christine Nash in the Ronald Blythe biography. Here's one of John Nash's paintings, which I cannot see without also seeing Jem Southam's photograph at Upton Pyne, just over the river from where we live.
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I've always liked Maggi Hambling's paintings. Here she is with the obligatory cigarette. She also pops up in the Ronald Blythe biography, making a great observation on his self-invention. unpopularuk.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/a...
January 9, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I've always liked Maggi Hambling's paintings. Here she is with the obligatory cigarette. She also pops up in the Ronald Blythe biography, making a great observation on his self-invention. unpopularuk.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/a...
Reading the Ronald Blythe biography, one of the most unexpected and unlikely connections unveiled was one between Blythe and Patricia Highsmith. Here they are looking young and beautiful. My piece about the biography is here: unpopularuk.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/a...
January 9, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Reading the Ronald Blythe biography, one of the most unexpected and unlikely connections unveiled was one between Blythe and Patricia Highsmith. Here they are looking young and beautiful. My piece about the biography is here: unpopularuk.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/a...
Last night I finished reading this terrific biography of Ronald Blythe which was a lovely Christmas present from my mum. This morning I have been marshalling some thoughts about it into a new Unpopular blog post: unpopularuk.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/a...
January 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Last night I finished reading this terrific biography of Ronald Blythe which was a lovely Christmas present from my mum. This morning I have been marshalling some thoughts about it into a new Unpopular blog post: unpopularuk.wordpress.com/2025/01/09/a...
New additions to the Unpopular shop on ETSY: a wren in a winter garden; a Dansette record player; Netherexe church in the snow; Netherexe church Spring sunrise. unpopshop.uk
November 25, 2024 at 11:27 AM
New additions to the Unpopular shop on ETSY: a wren in a winter garden; a Dansette record player; Netherexe church in the snow; Netherexe church Spring sunrise. unpopshop.uk
It's a rainy day in Devon so I've spent the morning updating my ETSY shop with prints from most of the Unpopular mixes in 2024. From Beer beach to Corrugated Iron barns, from Scottish castles to Cornish cliffs and from Sea Scouts huts to teasels, there is something for everyone. unpopshop.uk
November 23, 2024 at 11:19 AM
It's a rainy day in Devon so I've spent the morning updating my ETSY shop with prints from most of the Unpopular mixes in 2024. From Beer beach to Corrugated Iron barns, from Scottish castles to Cornish cliffs and from Sea Scouts huts to teasels, there is something for everyone. unpopshop.uk
It has been snowing a bit in Devon, which is as rare as a rare thing. Now turning a bit wetter, so the snow hat is sliding off the pizza oven chimney…
November 21, 2024 at 10:49 AM
It has been snowing a bit in Devon, which is as rare as a rare thing. Now turning a bit wetter, so the snow hat is sliding off the pizza oven chimney…
Lovely morning walk around Killerton
November 20, 2024 at 2:19 PM
Lovely morning walk around Killerton
More recent reading: Gibbons' is a strange magical nature tale with a setting that puts me in mind of the cottage that John Nash and Ronald Blythe lived in. Streatfeild's is a rumination on the End Of The English Country House in the early days of WW2 and is pretty much perfectly pitched.
November 19, 2024 at 12:48 PM
More recent reading: Gibbons' is a strange magical nature tale with a setting that puts me in mind of the cottage that John Nash and Ronald Blythe lived in. Streatfeild's is a rumination on the End Of The English Country House in the early days of WW2 and is pretty much perfectly pitched.
Catching up with some beverage/book photographs. I thoroughly enjoyed these two John Trench novels towards the end of the summer. To my knowledge none of Trench's books have been reissued, which is a shame because they have an intriguing archaeologist/amateur detective slant to them. #penguincrime
November 19, 2024 at 12:42 PM
Catching up with some beverage/book photographs. I thoroughly enjoyed these two John Trench novels towards the end of the summer. To my knowledge none of Trench's books have been reissued, which is a shame because they have an intriguing archaeologist/amateur detective slant to them. #penguincrime
And finally, for now, 2024's Unpopular mix/playlist Illustration for this month (November) is a lovely corrugated iron Dutch barn in the Mid-Devon countryside near Raddon and Thorverton.
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November 19, 2024 at 12:31 PM
And finally, for now, 2024's Unpopular mix/playlist Illustration for this month (November) is a lovely corrugated iron Dutch barn in the Mid-Devon countryside near Raddon and Thorverton.
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October 2024's Unpopular mix/playlist Illustration was of the Sea Scouts Hut in Aberteifi, Wales.
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November 19, 2024 at 12:30 PM
October 2024's Unpopular mix/playlist Illustration was of the Sea Scouts Hut in Aberteifi, Wales.
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September 2024's Unpopular mix/playlist Illustration was of a teasel, picked from beside the old railway station at Brampford Speke, Devon.
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November 19, 2024 at 12:29 PM
September 2024's Unpopular mix/playlist Illustration was of a teasel, picked from beside the old railway station at Brampford Speke, Devon.
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August 2024's Unpopular mix/playlist Illustration was of one of the arches of The Hall leading to Pound Pool Beach at Beer, East Devon.
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November 19, 2024 at 12:29 PM
August 2024's Unpopular mix/playlist Illustration was of one of the arches of The Hall leading to Pound Pool Beach at Beer, East Devon.
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July 2024's Unpopular mix/playlist Illustration was of a Devon barn, tucked away on Lower Comberoy Farm, near the Broadclyst Holy Well.
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November 19, 2024 at 12:28 PM
July 2024's Unpopular mix/playlist Illustration was of a Devon barn, tucked away on Lower Comberoy Farm, near the Broadclyst Holy Well.
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June 2024's Unpopular mix/playlist Illustration was Portencross castle looking across to the Cumbraes in Ayrshire, Scotland.
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November 19, 2024 at 12:27 PM
June 2024's Unpopular mix/playlist Illustration was Portencross castle looking across to the Cumbraes in Ayrshire, Scotland.
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May 2024's Unpopular mix/playlist Illustration was of Durdle Door in Dorset.
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November 19, 2024 at 12:26 PM
May 2024's Unpopular mix/playlist Illustration was of Durdle Door in Dorset.
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April 2024's Unpopular mix/playlist Illustration was of the boats pulled up on the beach at Beer in East Devon.
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November 19, 2024 at 12:26 PM
April 2024's Unpopular mix/playlist Illustration was of the boats pulled up on the beach at Beer in East Devon.
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March 2024's Unpopular mix/playlist Illustration was of Church Cove in Cornwall.
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November 19, 2024 at 12:24 PM
March 2024's Unpopular mix/playlist Illustration was of Church Cove in Cornwall.
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February 2024's Unpopular mix/playlist Illustration was of the sun breaking through clouds over Myndd Llangorse in Wales.
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November 19, 2024 at 12:23 PM
February 2024's Unpopular mix/playlist Illustration was of the sun breaking through clouds over Myndd Llangorse in Wales.
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Since we are more than half way through November, and the Unpopular mix for December is taking shape nicely, I thought I might recap 2024's mixes/playlists/prints. Here's January. Illustration is the Mennock Pass in Scotland. unpopularuk.wordpress.com/2024/01/01/u...
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November 19, 2024 at 12:05 PM
Since we are more than half way through November, and the Unpopular mix for December is taking shape nicely, I thought I might recap 2024's mixes/playlists/prints. Here's January. Illustration is the Mennock Pass in Scotland. unpopularuk.wordpress.com/2024/01/01/u...
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Lovely morning for a swim at Beer
November 17, 2024 at 11:11 AM
Lovely morning for a swim at Beer
Earlier this week I finished reading five Anthony Maitland mysteries by Sara Woods. Originally published in the early 1960s, they are being reissued in December by Dean Street Press. I wrote about them for my Unpopular blog #detectivefiction #crimefiction unpopularuk.wordpress.com/2024/11/12/n...
November 15, 2024 at 11:46 AM
Earlier this week I finished reading five Anthony Maitland mysteries by Sara Woods. Originally published in the early 1960s, they are being reissued in December by Dean Street Press. I wrote about them for my Unpopular blog #detectivefiction #crimefiction unpopularuk.wordpress.com/2024/11/12/n...
Just realised it is a year since I joined up and posted on Bluesky… so here I am again having spent a morning printing up the design of the Unpopular mix for December. Sneak preview of details in pics. And yes, I wore my old art teaching apron :)
November 15, 2024 at 11:26 AM
Just realised it is a year since I joined up and posted on Bluesky… so here I am again having spent a morning printing up the design of the Unpopular mix for December. Sneak preview of details in pics. And yes, I wore my old art teaching apron :)
The latest Unpopular mix also has useful links on the blog post to allow you to buy the things you like. Support the artists and labels by buying their music, not just streaming it...
November 2, 2023 at 7:50 AM
The latest Unpopular mix also has useful links on the blog post to allow you to buy the things you like. Support the artists and labels by buying their music, not just streaming it...