Reposted by Lucy OliverThere Must And Shall Be Aspirin @boscobel1975.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Late August, given heavy rain and sun For a full week, the blackberries would ripen. At first, just one, a glossy purple clot Among others, red, green, hard as a knot. You ate that first one and its flesh was sweet Like thickened wine: summer's blood was in it Leaving stains upon the tongue. 071
Lucy Oliver @glowworld.bsky.social · 18/07/2026A midsummer night's verbena. In Cambridge for the outdoor Shakespeare #cambridgeshakespearefestival 020
Reposted by Lucy OliverAlwyn Dempster Jones @alwyndempsterjones.bsky.social · 05/07/2026‘Dry stone wall’, pastel and watercolour. 0284
Reposted by Lucy OliverRobin Baker @robinalexbaker.bsky.social · 04/07/20261/12. Loved THE INVITE (Olivia Wilde, 2026). Jade Healy’s production design is a treat. Even though the apartment's design is a target of the film’s satire, it’s still HANNAH AND HER SISTERS level gorgeous. Feel free to call me shallow. See 🧵 for 11 other movie interiors in which I'd like to live. 1158
Reposted by Lucy OliverHenri Fantin-Latour @fantin-latour.bsky.social · 25/06/2026White Cup And Saucer www.wikiart.org/en/henri-fantin-lat… 032
Lucy Oliver @glowworld.bsky.social · 25/06/2026... and then Walter Sickert in a (thankfully) air-conditioned gallery at Charlteston, Lewes. #WalterSickert #BlueSkyArt 030
Lucy Oliver @glowworld.bsky.social · 25/06/2026A week of art starting with Uccello's magical Hunt in the Forest on Monday in the Ashmolean's sweaty early Renaissance gallery ..... #Uccello #BlueSkyArt 010
Reposted by Lucy OliverDr Jill Whitelock @jillwhitelock.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Green on green. Thick-legged flower beetle in the Yellow toadflax late yesterday evening. #WildWebsWednesday 1535
Reposted by Lucy OliverUrsula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 30/05/2026There is no death for an otter, only life to the end. 14610
Reposted by Lucy OliverSonny Rollins @thesonnyrollins.bsky.social · 26/05/2026It is with deep sorrow and profound love that we announce the passing of Sonny Rollins. The Saxophone Colossus died this afternoon at his home in Woodstock, NY at the age of 95. 1/2 298105772675
Reposted by Lucy OliverSpitalfields Life @thegentleauthor.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Sweetpeas from Columbia Road Market this morning 1281
Reposted by Lucy OliverAl Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Proust Baking Company Recalls Thousands of Madeleines 71034393
Reposted by Lucy OliverBright Wall/Dark Room @brightwalldarkroom.com · 11/05/2026Watching the Wheels: Finding Meaning and Purpose in PATERSONbrightwalldarkroom.comWatching the Wheels: Finding Meaning and Purpose in 'Paterson'In the world of Jarmusch’s film, the purpose of work lies not in external achievement, but in the personal satisfaction of doing. 0256
Reposted by Lucy OliverHenry Rothwell @henryrothwell.bsky.social · 11/05/2026‘Chanctonbury Ring, Sussex, MkII’, Frank Wootton, oil on canvas, before 1989. 0405
Reposted by Lucy OliverHenry Rothwell @henryrothwell.bsky.social · 28/04/2026'The Green Windowsill', Paul Stangroom, oil on canvas, contemporary. 025419
Reposted by Lucy OliverRichard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Four years before John Constable painted this in 1821, John Keats was writing about 'Negative Capability: 'when man is capable of being in uncertainties, mysteries, doubts without any irritable reaching after fact & reason.' This is what negative capability looks like in paint. 29720
Lucy Oliver @glowworld.bsky.social · 06/04/2026What a great bank holiday read. #BookSky #ThePretender 040
Reposted by Lucy OliverCriterion Channel @criterionchannl.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Remembering the beloved cinematographer Robby Müller (BOTD in 1940) who forever altered the landscape of cinematography and created some of cinema’s most enduring images, transforming the everyday into the extraordinary from the back roads of Germany to the expanse of the American Southwest. ❤️ 18818
Reposted by Lucy OliverHerb Holzmann @herb-holzmann.bsky.social · 20/03/2026📷 The first night of spring 637059
Reposted by Lucy OliverKirkdale Bookshop @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social · 11/03/2026David Gentleman, who is COOL, is 96 today. 39320
Lucy Oliver @glowworld.bsky.social · 05/03/2026I was given this ‘cut out and dress’ Frida book many years ago. I can't believe I've resisted the temptation to cut her out and play with her #FridaKahlo #BlueSkyArt 220
Reposted by Lucy OliverRiver Action @riveractionuk.bsky.social · 27/02/2026February’s River of the Month: The River Ouse (Sussex)! 💙🌿 Dive into our latest blog, written by Matthew Bird from Love Our Ouse, to explore the story of the Ouse, the threats it faces, and how you can get involved with protecting this precious Sussex river. 👉 bit.ly/4tGQeF6 #LoveOurOusebit.lyRiver of the Month - The River Ouse (Sussex) - River Action: River Rescue KitWelcome to River of the Month! Every month, we spotlight [...] 0146
Reposted by Lucy OliverKevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 21/02/2026The interior stairwell at Clickimin Iron Age Broch on the outskirts of Lerwick in Shetland. 📸 My own. #StairwellSaturday #Prehistory #Archaeology #Shetland 519833
Reposted by Lucy OliverBirmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Remembering Tim Buckley on his birthday. Here he is playing Song to the Siren on the final episode of The Monkees TV show in 1968, two years before he released a very different version on his Starsailor LP 816842
Lucy Oliver @glowworld.bsky.social · 07/02/2026A quiet, beautiful listen for troubled times www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...bbc.co.ukCraftland - Episode 1 - BBC SoundsAcademic and broadcaster James Fox explores Britain's lost arts and vanishing trades. 010
Reposted by Lucy OliverJesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Mongolia Winter Olympics uniform, it’s over, no contest 151055192
Reposted by Lucy OliverDr Alexandra Loske @colourwoman.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Also preparing something very yellow, for @roundtable92ny.bsky.social ##colorhistory #colourhistory #sunflowers 071
Reposted by Lucy OliverAlan Stedman @alanjstedman.bsky.social · 17/01/2026This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition, The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance Iconic imo 192146343128
Reposted by Lucy OliverVictoria Haddock @vickyhaddock.bsky.social · 10/01/2026English artist and sculptor Dame Barbara Hepworth was born #OnThisDay in 1903. Paul Laib photographed a chic Hepworth in the Mall Studio, London, in 1933, wearing a breton top, calf-length skirt and beret. © The De Laszlo Collection of Paul Laib Negatives, The Courtauld. #womensart 14612
Lucy Oliver @glowworld.bsky.social · 04/01/2026My love of Paul Hogarth illustrations has become a bit of a collecting obsession. My teenage copies of Shakespeare and Graham Greene, and a few William Golding, have found their way back to me, many with my name still written inside. The big books are particularly lovely. #BookSky #PaulHogarth 070
Reposted by Lucy OliverMichael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 24/12/2025Edward Hopper, Christmas card, 1928 whitney.org/collection/w... 5647146
Reposted by Lucy OliverDr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social · 21/12/2025The Solstice Sunrise from Sussex. 618529
Reposted by Lucy OliverMauritshuis @mauritshuis.bsky.social · 21/12/2025Every winter the Dutch hope for freezing temps so we can skate again! On this painting by Hendrick Avercamp people are playing 'kolf' – basically 17th-century ice hockey. On the left some have fallen through the ice and in the middle a woman takes a tumble, flashing more than she planned. 😅 062
Reposted by Lucy OliverDr Jill Whitelock @jillwhitelock.bsky.social · 13/12/2025‘‘Tis the year's midnight …’ St Lucy’s Day, Aldeburgh. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekXforXmas 📷 #photography 17011
Reposted by Lucy OliverSusie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 13/12/2025Word of the day, should you be feeling a little huffish, is ‘apanthropy’ (18th century): a love of solitude and the desire to be away from other people. 591659416
Reposted by Lucy OliverCian McCarthy @arealmofwonder.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Two scenes by Richard Scarry to gladden the hearts of all introverts 🙂 20670118
Reposted by Lucy OliverCian McCarthy @arealmofwonder.bsky.social · 27/11/2025The opening page of 'Bleak House' by Charles Dickens is always a treat. 3632957
Reposted by Lucy OliverMichael Haslam @twigtechnology.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Seals singing in a sea cave #Orkney 🦭🎧 501946681
Reposted by Lucy OliverGreat art on Bluesky @art.feediverse.org · 16/11/2025Lower Norwood, 1871 #pissarro #camillepissarro 0166
Reposted by Lucy OliverAll The Right Movies @alltherightmovies.com · 11/11/2025ARRIVAL was released 9 years ago today. Acclaimed as one of the great science fiction movies of the 21st century, and among the most popular of director Denis Villeneuve, the story of how it was made may change the way you perceive time… 1/52 410841
Lucy Oliver @glowworld.bsky.social · 09/11/2025I love the old Face The Music episodes on @bbciplayer.bsky.social particularly the ones with a very young, very clever, very handsome David Attenborough. 130
Reposted by Lucy OliverDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 08/11/2025Cup of water and a rose: mundane, yet almost visionary. Useful too if you just need something calming, from Francisco de Zurbarán. 212217
Lucy Oliver @glowworld.bsky.social · 19/10/2025Perfectly imperfect. Just what I needed. #janeaustenwreckedmylife 010
