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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Pierre Roy, Danger on the Stairs, 1927 or 1928. Oil on canvas.
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A Lighthouse on Fire at Night, Joseph Wright of Derby, 1796. Fitzwilliam Museum.
A Lighthouse on Fire at Night
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Looking up.
The sun appears out of the clouds.
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The Battlefield at Marathon, 1849, Carl Rottmann. Oil on canvas.
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
"Dusk", Carl Moll, 1900, Oil on canvas.
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Frederick Judd Waugh, Looking West, St. Ives, Cornwall, 1896, Watercolour
Frederick Judd Waugh, Looking West, Sunset over a beach in Cornwall, 1896, Watercolour.
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Along the way to the Coldrum Long Barrow built six thousand summers ago.
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Remembering Terry Pratchett and his gifted storytelling - satirical, humorous and profound, born on this day 1948 and gone too soon. - “Never trust any complicated cocktail that remains perfectly clear until the last ingredient goes in, and then immediately clouds.”
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Along the way.
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Night and Sleep, oil on canvas, Evelyn De Morgan, 1878.
In the painting dark-haired Night guides her son Sleep. His relaxed pose is set against the "more energetic line of his mother's body." Poppies, symbolic of sleep, peace, death and the artist's pacifism, are listlessly strewn by the somnolent Sleep as he passes.
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Local trees minding their own business.
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Josef Mánes, The Drowned. Oil on canvas, 1867.
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Egon Schiele, Harbour of Trieste, 1907. Oil on board.
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
New short story. A gripping tale of the far future - Leviathan. A flying ship ventures on a secret voyage beyond the mapped edges of New Berlin. Gentleman adventurer Hanna and helmsman Krebb fight for their lives in a quest that could save-or doom—humanity. mybook.to/NewBerlin1Le...
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Earlier. 6000 years ago old, the Coldrum Stones lie near the Pilgrims’ Way. In his ‘Antiquities of Cornwall’, published in 1754, William Borlas stated that the name ‘Coldrum’ came from the Cornish word ‘Galdrum’ meaning ‘a place of enchantment.’ Someone (not me) left a small satsuma as an offering.
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
"Rise of Krampus" is out! 1862. It’s after visiting hours at the Cape Misfortune Asylum - but a visitor has turned up nonetheless. Is he the terrifying Krampus of local folklore - or a madman escaped from the isolation ward? Either way, his story is beyond belief! mybook.to/RiseofKrampus
A dark castle surrounded by fog.
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
@kafkaboots.bsky.social This 1850 daguerreotype made me think of you for some reason.
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Reading The Poems of Seamus Heaney, lovingly edited by my old tutor Bernard O’Donoghue. A huge book.
Newly published collection of Poems by Seamus Heaney.
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Finding the Telling Detail open.substack.com/pub/macander...
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Mount Aetna from Taormina, Thomas Cole, 1843.
Mount Aetna from Taormina, Thomas Cole, 1843
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Night cruise in the Mediterranean, Emil Orlik, early 20th c.
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
The terror of reality - can relate!
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Late Summer vibe check.
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Pebble art by my sister-in-law.
A face made of pebbles.
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Earlier. Six thousand years old, the Coldrum Stones in Kent. In his ‘Antiquities of Cornwall’ book published in 1754, William Borlas stated that the name ‘Coldrum’ came from the Cornish word ‘Galdrum’ meaning ‘a place of enchantment.’
Ancient stones on a hill stare down on a distant field.
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Two feet in the surf on the shoreline
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Just now.
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
A local moongate, possibly also an interdimensional portal to those "in the know".
A circular opening in a garden wall
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Every cloud has a… what was it…
Dark clouds surround a blue sky
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
“The End.” An extremely tall tale coming soon.
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
"Stick"
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Liminal lamppost.
A rusty lamppost half swallowed by trees.
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
David Bowie made a video here once.
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
My version of Netflix "Fireplace" - please enjoy.
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Night on the shoreline.
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Hello local #trees
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
A dove given to me by my aunt, who also has M.E. Hoping things are going okay for you if you are reading this. Merry Christmas if you celebrate!
A golden dove hanging in a Christmas tree.
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Happy Solstice. Long days and pleasant nights
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Sea Sunday.
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 03/11/2024
A quiet moment on the Sussex salt marshes.
Sunset over the salt marshes of East Sussex.
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 01/11/2024
Pumpkin cheesecake!
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 28/09/2024
Late September and the Channel is not super-cold yet.
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 03/06/2024
With cat accompaniment.
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 03/06/2024
Light holiday reading.
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 04/05/2024
Up of tea and a view
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 20/10/2023
Life’s a beach.
Surf retreats back into the sea, leaving tendrils of reflected light on the wet sand.Surf surges towards the photographer’s feet.A chunk of bedrock marooned in the sand, uncovered by low tide.Sun hits clouds. They reflect that light on the surface of the water.
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Tom Anderson @macanders.bsky.social · 11/10/2023
Introducing myself here henryandersonbooks.com
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