Six years ago, I did a #WhenWasThings for November 1975, this was only the sixth instalment but it was the first one where I thought, The design for this could be anything, could go anywhere...
November 14, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Six years ago, I did a #WhenWasThings for November 1975, this was only the sixth instalment but it was the first one where I thought, The design for this could be anything, could go anywhere...
November 1957. 'No AI was involved.' #WhenWasThings
November 8, 2025 at 10:27 PM
November 1957. 'No AI was involved.' #WhenWasThings
#WhenWasThings goes back to September 1967. Exactly 58 years ago tonight, #ThePrisoner was first shown in the UK on selected ITV regions.
September 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
#WhenWasThings goes back to September 1967. Exactly 58 years ago tonight, #ThePrisoner was first shown in the UK on selected ITV regions.
I do things like this as art card commissions, by the way. Perfect for birthdays, anniversaries etc. DM or email in bio! Christmas is coming... #WhenWasThings #WhenIsBirths
#WhenWasThings from the archives:
Number 51: September 1955: Suddenly - a choice of viewing, if you lived in London.
Plus! Eamonn Andrews and Arthur Miller, JB Priestley and Jacquetta Hawkes, Catherine Storr and Elvis Presley, Juan Antonio Bardem and Frank Sinatra, Bertolt Brecht and Spotty Dog.
Number 51: September 1955: Suddenly - a choice of viewing, if you lived in London.
Plus! Eamonn Andrews and Arthur Miller, JB Priestley and Jacquetta Hawkes, Catherine Storr and Elvis Presley, Juan Antonio Bardem and Frank Sinatra, Bertolt Brecht and Spotty Dog.
September 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I do things like this as art card commissions, by the way. Perfect for birthdays, anniversaries etc. DM or email in bio! Christmas is coming... #WhenWasThings #WhenIsBirths
#WhenWasThings from the archives:
Number 51: September 1955: Suddenly - a choice of viewing, if you lived in London.
Plus! Eamonn Andrews and Arthur Miller, JB Priestley and Jacquetta Hawkes, Catherine Storr and Elvis Presley, Juan Antonio Bardem and Frank Sinatra, Bertolt Brecht and Spotty Dog.
Number 51: September 1955: Suddenly - a choice of viewing, if you lived in London.
Plus! Eamonn Andrews and Arthur Miller, JB Priestley and Jacquetta Hawkes, Catherine Storr and Elvis Presley, Juan Antonio Bardem and Frank Sinatra, Bertolt Brecht and Spotty Dog.
September 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
#WhenWasThings from the archives:
Number 51: September 1955: Suddenly - a choice of viewing, if you lived in London.
Plus! Eamonn Andrews and Arthur Miller, JB Priestley and Jacquetta Hawkes, Catherine Storr and Elvis Presley, Juan Antonio Bardem and Frank Sinatra, Bertolt Brecht and Spotty Dog.
Number 51: September 1955: Suddenly - a choice of viewing, if you lived in London.
Plus! Eamonn Andrews and Arthur Miller, JB Priestley and Jacquetta Hawkes, Catherine Storr and Elvis Presley, Juan Antonio Bardem and Frank Sinatra, Bertolt Brecht and Spotty Dog.
It's been a long time since the last instalment, but finally, there will be a new one this weekend. #WhenWasThings
Hoping to do some more of these soon. #WhenWasThings
February 28, 2024 at 10:40 AM
It's been a long time since the last instalment, but finally, there will be a new one this weekend. #WhenWasThings
Two years ago: the 100th #WhenWasThings
November 22, 2023 at 9:08 AM
Two years ago: the 100th #WhenWasThings
NEW! #WhenWasThings: Number 126: March 1984:
Reich and Glass, McKenzie and Rodgers, Weller and Talbot, Saint James and Curtin, Dammers and Crowther, and of course McKean, Guest, Shearer and Reiner.
Reich and Glass, McKenzie and Rodgers, Weller and Talbot, Saint James and Curtin, Dammers and Crowther, and of course McKean, Guest, Shearer and Reiner.
March 2, 2024 at 8:23 AM
NEW! #WhenWasThings: Number 126: March 1984:
Reich and Glass, McKenzie and Rodgers, Weller and Talbot, Saint James and Curtin, Dammers and Crowther, and of course McKean, Guest, Shearer and Reiner.
Reich and Glass, McKenzie and Rodgers, Weller and Talbot, Saint James and Curtin, Dammers and Crowther, and of course McKean, Guest, Shearer and Reiner.
Search your camera roll for art. #WhenWasThings
October 14, 2023 at 12:54 PM
Search your camera roll for art. #WhenWasThings
#WhenWasThings archive: Number 128: April 1999:
Sofia Gubaidulina and Salman Rushdie, Tom Waits and S Club 7, Fountains of Wayne and Kevin McCloud, The Herbaliser and The Fall, Pedro Almodovar and Basement Jaxx.
Sofia Gubaidulina and Salman Rushdie, Tom Waits and S Club 7, Fountains of Wayne and Kevin McCloud, The Herbaliser and The Fall, Pedro Almodovar and Basement Jaxx.
April 19, 2025 at 1:40 PM
#WhenWasThings archive: Number 128: April 1999:
Sofia Gubaidulina and Salman Rushdie, Tom Waits and S Club 7, Fountains of Wayne and Kevin McCloud, The Herbaliser and The Fall, Pedro Almodovar and Basement Jaxx.
Sofia Gubaidulina and Salman Rushdie, Tom Waits and S Club 7, Fountains of Wayne and Kevin McCloud, The Herbaliser and The Fall, Pedro Almodovar and Basement Jaxx.
#WhenWasThings archive: Number 125: May 1973:
Suzi Quatro and Francois Truffaut, Jacob Bronowski and Lina Wertmuller, Albie Sacks and Paul Simon, Carpenters and Gong, Esther Rantzen and Mike Oldfield.
Suzi Quatro and Francois Truffaut, Jacob Bronowski and Lina Wertmuller, Albie Sacks and Paul Simon, Carpenters and Gong, Esther Rantzen and Mike Oldfield.
May 28, 2025 at 11:38 AM
#WhenWasThings archive: Number 125: May 1973:
Suzi Quatro and Francois Truffaut, Jacob Bronowski and Lina Wertmuller, Albie Sacks and Paul Simon, Carpenters and Gong, Esther Rantzen and Mike Oldfield.
Suzi Quatro and Francois Truffaut, Jacob Bronowski and Lina Wertmuller, Albie Sacks and Paul Simon, Carpenters and Gong, Esther Rantzen and Mike Oldfield.
Some Aprils from the #WhenWasThings archive.
April 2, 2024 at 12:35 PM
Some Aprils from the #WhenWasThings archive.
Of all the ones I've done so far, this took the longest to do. #WhenWasThings
#WhenWasThings archive: Number 79: July 1967:
The Incredible String Band and the Tremeloes, Bobbie Gentry and Edward Woodward, Jimmy Wang and The Supremes, Tom Jones and The Beau Brummels, Keith West and Jackie Wilson.
The Incredible String Band and the Tremeloes, Bobbie Gentry and Edward Woodward, Jimmy Wang and The Supremes, Tom Jones and The Beau Brummels, Keith West and Jackie Wilson.
July 1, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Of all the ones I've done so far, this took the longest to do. #WhenWasThings
Four occasions when #WhenWasThings ‘did’ The Beatles.
November 4, 2023 at 10:07 AM
Four occasions when #WhenWasThings ‘did’ The Beatles.
If you don’t already follow Justin, I recommend it. #WhenWasThings is some good stuff
A new #WhenWasThings instalment (the 126th) will appear tomorrow. For newcomers, it’s a month in history and its records, books, films, telly and events, all presented by me in a hopefully ingenious hand-drawn design image. All are archived at instagram (same name) but here are some past highlights:
March 1, 2024 at 1:12 PM
If you don’t already follow Justin, I recommend it. #WhenWasThings is some good stuff
...And in a packed #WhenWasThings...
#WhenWasThings archive: Number 21: April 1971:
Elton John, Carole King, Caravan, The Doors, Wendy Craig, The Temptations, John Denver and Adam Faith. So it’s good morning from me and it’s good morning from them. Good morning!
Elton John, Carole King, Caravan, The Doors, Wendy Craig, The Temptations, John Denver and Adam Faith. So it’s good morning from me and it’s good morning from them. Good morning!
April 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM
...And in a packed #WhenWasThings...
A new #WhenWasThings instalment (the 126th) will appear tomorrow. For newcomers, it’s a month in history and its records, books, films, telly and events, all presented by me in a hopefully ingenious hand-drawn design image. All are archived at instagram (same name) but here are some past highlights:
March 1, 2024 at 8:08 AM
A new #WhenWasThings instalment (the 126th) will appear tomorrow. For newcomers, it’s a month in history and its records, books, films, telly and events, all presented by me in a hopefully ingenious hand-drawn design image. All are archived at instagram (same name) but here are some past highlights:
March 1, 2024 at 8:19 AM
The continuing and expanding #WhenWasThings thread.
There will also be a sort of repeat run of #WhenWasThings with ALT text. Been intending to do this for some time. May drop in a new instalment of that from time to time.
April 10, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The continuing and expanding #WhenWasThings thread.
ITV is 70. #WhenWasThings
#WhenWasThings from the archives:
Number 51: September 1955: Suddenly - a choice of viewing, if you lived in London.
Plus! Eamonn Andrews and Arthur Miller, JB Priestley and Jacquetta Hawkes, Catherine Storr and Elvis Presley, Juan Antonio Bardem and Frank Sinatra, Bertolt Brecht and Spotty Dog.
Number 51: September 1955: Suddenly - a choice of viewing, if you lived in London.
Plus! Eamonn Andrews and Arthur Miller, JB Priestley and Jacquetta Hawkes, Catherine Storr and Elvis Presley, Juan Antonio Bardem and Frank Sinatra, Bertolt Brecht and Spotty Dog.
September 22, 2025 at 5:48 PM
ITV is 70. #WhenWasThings
Exactly 40 years ago, here’s what was going on. #WhenWasThings
November 18, 2024 at 9:43 AM
Exactly 40 years ago, here’s what was going on. #WhenWasThings
Forty years ago, at 11pm, on Sat 26 Oct 1985, Channel 4 premiered An Audience with Billy Connolly. (S4C showed it nine days later.) It was watched by 4.8m people and practically everyone who saw has been word-perfect ever since. #
Here's some of what else happened in Oct 85. #WhenWasThings
Here's some of what else happened in Oct 85. #WhenWasThings
October 26, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Forty years ago, at 11pm, on Sat 26 Oct 1985, Channel 4 premiered An Audience with Billy Connolly. (S4C showed it nine days later.) It was watched by 4.8m people and practically everyone who saw has been word-perfect ever since. #
Here's some of what else happened in Oct 85. #WhenWasThings
Here's some of what else happened in Oct 85. #WhenWasThings
#WhenWasThings Number 93: October 1981:
Luther Vandross and Ian McEwan, Haircut One Hundred and Fun Boy Three, Sam Raimi and Saxon, Junior Giscombe and The Jam, The Police and ABC, Maya Angelou and John Nettles.
Luther Vandross and Ian McEwan, Haircut One Hundred and Fun Boy Three, Sam Raimi and Saxon, Junior Giscombe and The Jam, The Police and ABC, Maya Angelou and John Nettles.
October 16, 2023 at 11:46 AM
#WhenWasThings Number 93: October 1981:
Luther Vandross and Ian McEwan, Haircut One Hundred and Fun Boy Three, Sam Raimi and Saxon, Junior Giscombe and The Jam, The Police and ABC, Maya Angelou and John Nettles.
Luther Vandross and Ian McEwan, Haircut One Hundred and Fun Boy Three, Sam Raimi and Saxon, Junior Giscombe and The Jam, The Police and ABC, Maya Angelou and John Nettles.
#WhenWasThings Number 50: September 1975: Margaret Drabble and David Essex, Cloris Leachman and Supertramp, Sidney Lumet and Jim Allen, John Fogerty and The Bee Gees, Maureen Duffy and Mike Mansfield, Connie Booth and John Cleese.
September 28, 2023 at 10:07 AM
#WhenWasThings Number 50: September 1975: Margaret Drabble and David Essex, Cloris Leachman and Supertramp, Sidney Lumet and Jim Allen, John Fogerty and The Bee Gees, Maureen Duffy and Mike Mansfield, Connie Booth and John Cleese.
#WhenWasThings archive: Number 114: March 1975:
Nina Bawden and Parliament, Janis Ian and Jack Rosenthal, Kevin Ayers and KC, John Rutter and The Sweet, Hatfield and the North and 10cc.
Nina Bawden and Parliament, Janis Ian and Jack Rosenthal, Kevin Ayers and KC, John Rutter and The Sweet, Hatfield and the North and 10cc.
March 1, 2025 at 11:46 AM
#WhenWasThings archive: Number 114: March 1975:
Nina Bawden and Parliament, Janis Ian and Jack Rosenthal, Kevin Ayers and KC, John Rutter and The Sweet, Hatfield and the North and 10cc.
Nina Bawden and Parliament, Janis Ian and Jack Rosenthal, Kevin Ayers and KC, John Rutter and The Sweet, Hatfield and the North and 10cc.