Reposted by ClaribellaBrian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Today’s poem is called ‘Morrissey’s Fridge’. 437672
Reposted by ClaribellaTom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Being from the UK and a member of the late part of Generation X means having to live with the fact that every photo from your childhood resembles a still from a cultishly acclaimed but commercially disappointing folk horror film. ESPECIALLY IF THEY ACTUALLY ARE: www.tom-cox.com/some-photos-...tom-cox.comSome Photos From My Family's Archive And The Cult Low Budget Horror Films They BecameI wrote this extremely silly episodic slice of what people much cooler and more digital than me now call "flash fiction", themed around some old photos I found in a trunk at my mum and dad's house, a ... 33574120
Reposted by Claribellacurious ordinary @curiousordinary.bsky.social · 22/06/2026'Abe no Yasunari reveals the true form of Tamamo-no-Mae, a nine-tailed fox' - Utagawa Kunisada, 1947. From the National Diet Library collection. Single panel of triptych. #JapaneseArt #ukiyoe 17817
Reposted by Claribellasamcannonart @samcannonart.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Virginia Woolf 'She blazed. She kindled. Out of the night she burnt like a white star.' From a few years ago now. And in honour of tomorrow's 2nd full moon of the month, the glorious Blue Moon. #womensart 04613
Reposted by ClaribellaThe Wildlife Trust SW Wales Swansea Group @wtswwswanseagroup.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Jaw-dropping and important research from Swansea University's Dr Richard Unsworth, who's Associate Professor in Marine Ecology and the UK's leading expert in seagrass ecosystems. There's a link to the full paper in the article.... #MarineEcology #Wales #Seagrass www.swansea.ac.uk/press-office...swansea.ac.uk300 years of industrialisation have left Wales with a blank ecological canvas in its coastal watersA new study has revealed the staggering extent of historical degradation in Welsh estuaries and coasts, challenging modern conservationists to rethink how they restore the nation’s marine environments... 072
Reposted by Claribellaalex guenther @guentheralex.bsky.social · 15/04/2026i like this photo where it looks like you've interrupted t.s. eliot and virginia woolf in the middle of planning your murder 14894222
Reposted by ClaribellaThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 19/03/2026There is no surer political principle than Hubris will tend to be visited by Nemesis. 1013217
Reposted by ClaribellaDanny Robins @dannyrobins.bsky.social · 13/03/2026THE #UNCANNYVERSE IS GETTING BIGGER‼️😱 Uncanny is getting a YOUTUBE CHANNEL and to kick it off, a NEW visualised series, Uncanny Cold Cases! Here’s the series artwork and photos of us recording it 🛸 Uncanny Cold Cases will be out on the 7th of April. In the meantime….don’t have nightmares. 👻😱 47811
Reposted by ClaribellaTom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 12/03/2026THREAD. Some excellent pigs I have met on walks in the British countryside. You will find the all-important captions to each photo in the alt text. 220840
Reposted by ClaribellaGodwin_lives @pamelaclemit.bsky.social · 08/03/2026'Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) thought that a woman’s place was in the resistance.' #InternationalWomensDay #DifficultWomensDay pamelaclemit.wordpress.com/2017/09/10/n...pamelaclemit.wordpress.comNew Post: Mary Wollstonecraft in the IdlerThis piece by Pamela Clemit was first published in the Idler, No. 54 (May-June 2017), 83-9: Quite Contrary: Mary Wollstonecraft Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) thought that a woman’s place was in t… 03719
Claribella @claribella.bsky.social · 03/03/2026For a mood of melancholic reflection from the great Mark Lanegan and remembering my wonderful Dad who has recently passed away 💜 youtu.be/odm92FWVY3Y?...youtu.beMark Lanegan - The River RiseYouTube video by Sub Pop 010
Reposted by ClaribellaHellebore @helleborezine.bsky.social · 26/02/2026“Ritual is the passage way of the soul into the Infinite.” —Algernon Blackwood 014339
Reposted by Claribella#9 Dream @gayfabfourfan.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Happy Birthday, George Harrison—Indian-rock music innovator & early selfie taker, among other things. #beatlesky 0164
Reposted by Claribellasamcannonart @samcannonart.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Virginia Woolf - Her heart was made of liquid sunsets. Watercolours on watercolour paper. #foxoftheday #womensart 24712
Reposted by ClaribellaDes @desdelboy.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Painting by David Hockney 20TH FEBRUARY 2021, JUG WITH FLOWERS, 2021. iPad painting printed on paper. Size 89 x 63.5 cm. 16312
Reposted by ClaribellaVincent van Gogh @vangogh.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Field with Poppies - 1890 botfrens.com/collections/46/content… 09618
Reposted by ClaribellaJournal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 09/02/2026A perfect excuse to have a glass of champagne! ~ J & L Lobmeyr art nouveau champagne glass, with enamelling on stem (c 1900, Vienna) 929355
Reposted by ClaribellaThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 28/01/2026‘If you want to nuke your life, do crack’: raw Courtney Love documentary hits Sundancetheguardian.com‘If you want to nuke your life, do crack’: raw Courtney Love documentary hits SundanceAntiheroine, a new film about the musician’s tumultuous life and career, premiered at the festival with some frank admissions but the star not present 68612
Reposted by ClaribellaBernard Herrmann Archive @bernardherrmann.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Cary Grant photographed for a hair and makeup test for Alfred Hitchcock's NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959). Notes: "Hair mussed and drunk" 58916
Reposted by ClaribellaThe Cure @thecure.com · 22/01/2026FOR FORTY YEARS ‘BOYS DON'T CRY' (‘NEW VOICE - NEW MIX’) WAS ONLY AVAILABLE ON 7" & 12" VINYL & VIA THE VIDEO - UNTIL NOW! THE 1986 VERSION - INCLUDING A 2026 REMASTER - WILL BE AVAILABLE TO STREAM ON THE JANUARY 30TH. PRE-ORDER THE REMASTERED VERSION AT thecure.lnk.to/BoysDontCry 631264
Reposted by ClaribellaTom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Note from my notebook (2016). Nothing has changed. 820731
Reposted by ClaribellaThe Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 11/01/2026This exquisite silk irotomesode features magnificent white cranes with red-crowned heads, their wings dramatically spread as they soar through a twilight sky rendered in gradations of deep blue to lighter azure. 1912-1926, Japan 05011
Reposted by ClaribellaTom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 17/11/2025THREAD. The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside. 1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs. 191373375
Reposted by ClaribellaSimon Price @simonprice.bsky.social · 10/01/2026Ten Years. It was Gary Oldman who said the world has gone to shit since David Bowie died. (Though he’s far from the only one to have made that observation.) Glancing around, it doesn’t get any less true, does it? “Oh man, look at those cavemen go…” 710419
Reposted by ClaribellaStuff By Mark @stuffbymark.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Arch.E.M. (An R.E.M. Archie cover) PS A belated happy birthday to the his royal highness @michaelstipe.bsky.social 1325
Reposted by ClaribellaThe Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 05/01/2026This exuberant silk-screened girl's furisode displays a riot of autumnal blooms—magnificent peonies in shades of cream, gold, and coral—set against a rich purple ground and interspersed with delicate seasonal elements including red berries, chrysanthemums, and foliage. 1912-1926, Japan 0369
Reposted by ClaribellaCiara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 03/01/2026Lo, they hath emerged, the Queens Of Winter ❄️ Prints: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/... 817429
Reposted by ClaribellaKate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 26/12/2025This is a real plum pudding of a dress. It demonstrates beautifully how the mid #1880s dolman style cape/coat/cloak sat neatly above the very obvious bustle of the period, cut shorter at the back with longer lines at the front #TSarrou #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡 813421
Reposted by ClaribellaNewWaveAndPunk @punkandnewwave.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Released on this day in 1971: Hunky Dory #DavidBowie youtu.be/rn4cG_XaGFA?si… 5738
Reposted by ClaribellaVictoria Clough @ladyvictoriart.bsky.social · 29/11/2025The faraway Thrice-Ninth Tsardom is a magical place cut off from the world of man. Home to firebirds, great dragons, and myriad other mystical beasts, this other-world can be accessed by a number of means. Some find a path to it in an underground cave whilst others find it at the bottom of a lake. 03612
Reposted by ClaribellaStuart Davidson 🇬🇱 @stutheeditor.bsky.social · 28/11/2025Happy 268th birthday William Blake. 061
Reposted by ClaribellaDr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 28/11/2025The Ancient of Days: Frontispiece to Europe a Prophecy, 1794, colour relief etching with added hand-colouring by William Blake, English poet, artist & visionary; born #OTD 1757. British Museum 14714
Reposted by ClaribellaJulianne Regan @julianneregan.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Not whistling while I work, but listening to just the most BRILLIANT music, including The Cure, Cocteau Twins, Modern English, Dead Can Dance, Talk Talk, Simple Minds (2nd album), and although some of these bands are still around, God, the late 70s and early 80s were so, so *brilliant* musically. 6726
Reposted by ClaribellaTom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 14/11/2025THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent sheep I have met on walks. You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text. 902562674
Reposted by ClaribellaPunk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 14/11/202544 years ago today Prince Charming is the third album by Adam and the Ants, released on this day in 1981, featuring the singles "Stand and Deliver" and "Prince Charming" as well as "Ant Rap" #punkrock #postpunk #newwave #adamandtheants #history #otd 510112
Claribella @claribella.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Bewitched and enchanted by the new Florence + the Machine album 'Everybody Scream'. Every song is so good. Artistic reference points abound but I hear P J Harvey resonances. #florence+themachine #everybodyscream youtu.be/wRfet_VLbzU?...youtu.beFlorence + The Machine - Sympathy Magic (Official Video)YouTube video by FlorenceMachineVEVO 040
Reposted by ClaribellaAnna Mazzola @annamazz.bsky.social · 08/11/2025PLEASE DO NOT ASK STAFF WHERE DRACULA’S GRAVE IS THERE ISN’T ONE. Iconic sign from St Mary’s Church next to Whitby Abbey. I love that people think Bram Stoker’s Dracula was a real person/vampire who lived and died in Whitby. 2824959
Reposted by ClaribellaColchester Museums @colmuseums.bsky.social · 31/10/2025This silk mourning dress, c.1876, was designed for the strict rituals of Victorian grief. Made of black silk, it has beaded cuffs, tassel trim, and a pleated skirt. Decoration was permitted, but only in black. 2325
Claribella @claribella.bsky.social · 28/10/2025As a treat to myself after a difficult week, I've been listening to the autobiography of the talented @kathyburke.bsky.social. Witty, perceptive, funny and honest. Love it ❤️ Listen to A Mind of My Own by Kathy Burke on Audible. www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0F449MVN...audible.co.ukA Mind of My OwnCheck out this great listen on Audible.com. 'This is a book about being raised as a feral, motherless child; starting work at 17; immortalising several of this country’s most endearing catchphrases; t... 020
Reposted by ClaribellaChris Lovegrove 💙📚 @calmgrove.bsky.social · 23/10/2025'Mrs Dalloway' by Virginia Woolf, reviewed for the #1925Club. #Booksky wp.me/sezD85-mrswp.meFear no more: #1925ClubVirginia Woolf in 1927, aged 45. Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf: The Definitive Edition, edited by G Patton Wright, introduction by Angelica Garnett. Vintage Books, 1992 (1925). Oh! thought Cl… 056
Reposted by ClaribellaMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 23/10/2025'Before William Wordsworth’s imagination had wandered, lonely as a cloud, and before John Keats’s nib had quivered with notions about nightingales, a Black woman named Phillis Wheatley was circulating a treasury of nature-inspired verse in London.'observer.co.ukPhillis Wheatley, the first Black nature poet | The ObserverEnslaved as a child, the 18th-century writer became the first published Black woman – and a pioneer of nature poetry whose legacy still inspires 08343
Reposted by ClaribellaCardiff Music History / Hanes Miwsig Caerdydd @cardiffmh.bsky.social · 20/10/202531 years ago today Manic Street Preachers at Cardiff Astoria, 20th October 1994 Photos by Owen Davies #manicstreetpreachers #astoria #caerdydd #cymru #cardiff #wales #cardiffmusichistory 0143
Reposted by ClaribellaVictoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 19/10/2025English embroiderer and Pre-Raphaelite artist's model Jane Morris was born #OnThisDay in 1849. It is believed that the embroidery of intertwined floral sprays for this c. 1878 blue silk bag with a metal mount was designed and worked by Morris. V&A collection. #fashionhistory 110525
Reposted by ClaribellaThe Ghost Monk @theghostmonk.bsky.social · 19/10/2025"[Kipling] told me that in his own part of Sussex he had noticed a sharp division between benevolent lands and tracts of the countryside which seemed maleficent. 'There is a wood, he told me, 'which is full of a sense of ferocity and evil, secretive and menacing.'" - R T Hopkins #Hookland #Kipling 39518
Reposted by ClaribellaPaine Proffitt @paineproffitt.bsky.social · 14/10/2025A few new gothic-y pieces for October 🖤🖤🖤 #mabsdrawlloweenclub2025 #beautifulbizarre 082
Reposted by ClaribellaKate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 14/10/2025I grew up with Cicely Mary Barker’s flower fairies books and used to attempt to fashion wardrobes for wooden peg dolls out of leaves. This is a true wood nymph’s dress, c1918 Lucile, ethereal layers and embellishments @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social #kelvingroveartgallery #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡 317513
Reposted by ClaribellaStuff By Mark @stuffbymark.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Entries 1 to 43 of an ongoing project reimagining Beatles songs as old, mid century design inspired film posters. 615040
Reposted by ClaribellaKate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 05/10/2025This will be forever one of my favourite garments in the V&A. It is a late #1890s coat from Marshall & Snelgrove, featuring hand embroidered sweet cicely flowers with white felt petals that float on top of blue velvet, V&A #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡 1425240
