iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 19h

Yet another shocking story from the Reformistas. Where on earth can Farridge find these candidates?

Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Jones, T. H. 'Northumberland House' and Trafalgar Square from the NE corner. Pencil and sepia washes. Circa 1850.Signed and inscribed. Possibly for the Illustrated London News. 6.25x9 inches. Framed: 15x17.5 inches.

010

Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Granville (Attributed to), Walter Long Bozzi (1819 - 1874) London; Trafalgar Square, 'Plan of a Design for the Proposed Nelson Monument'. Pencil, pen, ink and watercolour. 1838/39. A drawing for the competition to build the Nelson Monument in Trafalgar Square. Exhibited: Chris Beetles,

100

Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Forrest, Thomas Theodosius (1728 - 1784) Berkshire; Windsor Castle from Home Park. Pencil, pen, ink and monochrome wash. Exhibted: Spink; Andrew Wyld; Guy Peppiatt. 14x21 inches. Framed: 23x29 inches.

030

Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Dayes (Attributed to), Edward (1763 - 1804) London; Carlton House, Pall Mall. Pen, ink and watercolour. c.1790. Ex. Collection: Cyril Fry. 2.5x5 inches. Framed: 9.25x10.5 inches.

000

Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Batty F.F.S., Lieut. Col. Robert (1789 - 1848) Durham: the Castle and Cathedral from the River Pencil, pen, ink and monochrome wash. Inscribed and dated 'Sept 25'. 5x8.25 inches. Framed: 13.5x16 inches.

011

Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

ANON (Nineteenth-Century) Scotland; Elgin Cathedral. Pen, brush and sepia ink. c.1820. 3.75x2.5 inches. Framed: 11.75x10 inches.

040

Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Lens III, Bernard (1682 - 1740) Kensington: 'A West Prospect of the Mount in Kensington Gardens, 1732'. The Mount was between what is now the Serpentine Gallery and now the Albert Memorial. Pen and ink. Inscribed verso.

110

Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Lens III (Attributed to), Bernard (1682 - 1740) London; The Holbein Gate, Whitehall (Demolished 1759). Pen, brush and ink. Provenance: Stanhope Shelton. 10.5x8.5 inches. Framed: 18x15.5 inches.

010

Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Ol' Muttonchops must be in trouble: he's pointing at the Falklands again - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

130

Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

'Gor! It's Nige Farridge on the blower! Wants me to be a Reformed councillor!'

030

Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

A return to wine-tasting: gilesmacdonogh.substack.com/p/september-...

051

Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Travails of wine in Provence and London: gilesmacdonogh.substack.com/p/september-...

064

Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Saw a wonderful Parsifal at Covent Garden last night. Brindley Sherrat as Gurnemanz as was replaced by Andreas Bauer Kanabas, who went on to steal the show!

041

Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

My return to wine-tasting: gilesmacdonogh.substack.com/p/september-...

010

Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Stuck in a traffic jam in Whitehall wondering who lives in this wonderful gothic top-floor flat? Or is it some nest of spooks?

030

Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Sad to hear of the death of Eva Marie Saint. My old tutor thought the cliffhanger scene in North by North West which cuts to Cary Grant whisking her up to bed in a sleeper carriage was the sexiest moment in cinema.

090

Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Anti-government groups in Israel, such as the October Council and the Kumu Movement, have been demanding a public inquiry into the 7 October attacks. They held banners that read "the people will remember their sons and daughters" along with others that say "a complete failure" and "guilty"

100

Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If Marine gets her wish and finally becomes president, she'll get him too. At the moment he is showing that he can make her life hell.

010

Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The Nobel Prizes are back. It's nail-biting time in the White House: which one does Trumpipumpipiddlipoo have his eyes on this year? Literature or Economics?

020

Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Zelensky and Merz in front of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences:

040

Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face"

130

Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

'I have looked upon the face of Agamemnon.'

120

Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

20 July 1944: gilesmacdonogh.substack.com/p/20-july-19...

011

Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

'Smile, and don't say anything about what you think of the Jews!'

011

Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Ludwig von Hammerstein and 20 July 1944: gilesmacdonogh.substack.com/p/20-july-19...

112

Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Henchmen to King Trumpipumpipiddlipoo. Every day they grow richer from his discards.

020

Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The Prussian Opposition to Hitler: gilesmacdonogh.substack.com/p/20-july-19...

052

Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Another nasty building. Can't we have the old one back: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

000

Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I see that the only bit of Trumpipumpipiddlipoo's hair that is real is the tuft at the back?

000

Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

There was an all-pervading smell of musk:

030

Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

'Who put birds' nest soup on the menu?'

110

Giles MacDonogh @gilesmacdonogh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Very nostalgic. The return of domestic science? I see brick laying is also a VGCE disguised as 'construction'. A girl talks of wanting to become a 'flight attendandant' or air hostess: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...