Reposted by Nestrichard mortimer @richardmortimer.bsky.social · 10h#SaturdayStaircase Tate Britain #aofoto 1543
Reposted by NestDes @desdelboy.bsky.social · 9hReduction woodblock print by Gordon Louis Mortensen. ‘Autumn, Frick Park’ Printed in 25 colours. Size 19 x 26” 629056
Nest @nest69.bsky.social · 8hI love that. 1777, so much going on or waiting to happen, America, the commercialisation of Britain, France, and the clouds were sweet, swallows leaving. The world goes on, despite the human messes. 110
Reposted by NestJournal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 09/10/2026It’s easy to lose yourself in these landscapes by 20th century Scottish artist James McIntosh Patrick ~ Glamis Village / Tay Bridge / City Garden / Stobo Kirk 412223
Reposted by NestDavid Reader 🐳📚🐦 @thepaleusher.bsky.social · 08/10/2026That morning he experienced one of the keenest personal pleasures of journalism; he knew what it was to forge the epigram, to whet and polish the cold blade to be sheathed in a victim's heart, to make of the hilt a cunning piece of workmanship for the reader to admire. #BalzacTogether Lost Illusions 192
Reposted by NestBeth Levin @betheena.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Postcard from Pablo Picasso to Jean Cocteau, 1919. 0228
Reposted by NestJulieW67 @juliew67.bsky.social · 07/10/2026#10minutesfromhome #WindowsOnWednesday Science and Industry Museum Manchester 414712
Nest @nest69.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Hopefully with a superb bit of tailoring (age is immaterial), a well cared for pair of leather shoes, and smelling like a seductive warm embrace. Dress as if you love the world and are glad to be in it. 021
Reposted by Nest🆂🅷🅴🅴🅽🅰 @sheena-mck.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Looking out… #WindowsonWednesday #Autumn #Fall #Ireland 1632
Nest @nest69.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Mention in the St James's Chronicle September 1788 of the trial at the Old Bailey of Catherine Murphy for attempting to colour 'several pieces of base metal so as to resemble...shillings and sixpences'. Found guilty, she was executed in March of the following year. 030
Reposted by NestUniversity of Exeter Special Collections @exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social · 07/10/2026On 07 October 1889, the (New) Theatre Royal opened in Exeter. It was demolished in 1962. Our collections include many items relating to the Theatre Royal, including 2,383 playbills! #OnThisDay #TheatreHistory #TheatreArchives #Archives #Exeter #ExeterHistory @uniofexeterdrama.bsky.social 2174
Nest @nest69.bsky.social · 07/10/2026#WindowsOnWednesday Round the corner from the Bank of England, central London, last week. 1101
Reposted by NestBertrom. @bertrom.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Patrick Kavanagh. The Hospital. I’m leaving hospital tomorrow. Thank you for your company. 1191
Reposted by NestSvetovid @svetovid.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Well, that's a hell of a thing to leave next to a statue of Joan of Arc.😏 532754528
Reposted by NestSociety for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026In the centenary year of the 1926 General Strike, one powerful account of 1926 is in danger of being overlooked or forgotten. Mike Mecham recounts Idris Davies’s ‘The Angry Summer: a poem of 1926’. Read more: sslh.org.uk/2026/10/02/i...sslh.org.ukIdris Davies: the ‘Angry Summer of 1926’This year has seen a flurry of events, broadcasts, and publications marking the centenary of the 1926 General Strike. Amongst all the books and articles published, one powerful account of 1926 is i… 1146
Reposted by NestSociety for the Study of Labour History @sslh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Did you miss LJMU's @ljmu-sca.bsky.social exciting new exhibition on the history of the left-wing theatre movement on Merseyside, 1937-1987? Don't worry, it's now available to view digitally here: www.ljmuexhibitions.online 163
Nest @nest69.bsky.social · 06/10/2026A fine example of 18th century lavatory humour. James Gillray's 1790s cartoon of the prime minister William Pitt feasting on gold coins while he expels paper bank notes, the value of which was questioned. 081
Nest @nest69.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Did he go on to acknowledge the impoverished political philosophers who had been saying just that for the previous 200 years? 030
Reposted by NestUniversity of Exeter Special Collections @exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Good morning to everyone, but especially to all the badgers, for today is their special day! To celebrate National Badger Day, here is an illustration of a badger from the book 'Animated Nature' (1828) by Georges-Louis Leclerc. 📷 Reserve 590 BUF #NationalBadgerDay #BadgerDay #RareBooks 03313
Reposted by NestDr Johnson's House @drjohnsonshouse.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Join Diana McCaulay in conversation with Sara Collins at Dr Johnson's House this Thursday! Lyrical, funny, eerie and profound, A House for Miss Pauline tells a timely and nuanced tale. Thursday 8 October 6.30pm - 8pm Book Now! tinyurl.com/mwcwd7sk 021
Reposted by NestGerman Historical Institute London @ghilondon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Our third anniversary post explores the history of the GHIL’s home at 17 Bloomsbury Square. 🏛️ Laid out in the mid-seventeenth century as one of London’s first formal garden squares, the corner house at No. 17 was remodelled by John Nash in 1777–78. 1/3 162
Reposted by NestPaula ⚪️ @paulaflucas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Super proud of Martyn whose solo exhibition of collages ‘A Fragile Earth’ opened on Saturday. “The pleasure of meaningless struggle” @martynlucas.bsky.social 1413727
Nest @nest69.bsky.social · 05/10/2026How much chocolate would it require to write 15000 words on the shifting concepts of money in 1790s Britain? Answers on a forged note please. 030
Reposted by NestJournal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 05/10/2026An evocative landscape, with the hazards of driving through the countryside on a wintry night, by 20th century Birmingham illustrator Michael Reilly. He specialised in transport-related scenes and travel posters (1930s) 117731
Nest @nest69.bsky.social · 03/10/2026(From 'The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy' by Douglas Adams). 030
Reposted by Nestwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Setting Sun, (mid 20thC) by English painter Laura Knight #WomensArt 7770156
Nest @nest69.bsky.social · 30/09/2026#WalesonWednesday also #WallsonWednesday and #WindowsonWednesday I think I'm done now. Nice faces though, lots of them. Queen Street, Cardiff. 0110
Reposted by NestThe Roman Society @theromansoc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Metal detectorist finds 934 Roman silver denarii in German field www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.comAmateur archaeologist finds 934 Roman silver denarii in German fieldThe hoard, buried south of Cologne in the second century AD, is the biggest coin treasure ever found in Germany from the time of Hadrian 082
Reposted by NestMalcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026St Andrew’s Church, Isleham, Cambridgeshire. A #medieval angel roof “with a carved date of 1495, with the name of its donor, Christopher Peyton” - Pevsner guidebook @yalepress.bsky.social #Woodensday #WoodCarvingWednesday 112122
Reposted by NestDr Jennifer Evans @historianjen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I'm a so pleased that the exhibition I co-curated with @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social is now open at the Chelsea Physick Garden. Running until the 15th Nov, it explores the autumnal plants of the garden through the work of pioneering botanical illustrator Anne Pratt. 12717
Reposted by NestMArll @inkwarp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Frank Auerbach - Head of Gerda Boehm #art#drawing#charcoal#frankauerbach 0112
Reposted by NestMalcolm Sinclair 💀✍️ @malcolmwriter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026One more image for Michaelmas Day, from Christopher Whall’s wonderful if tragic window of 1918 in Chippenham commemorating the death of three Wilson sons in the Great War. Below these four Archangels are scenes of mourning and battle, but they stand resplendent all the same. 052
Reposted by NestNina Antonia @ninaantonia13.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Rather lovely dreamy image by the great illustrator of Russian Fairytales, Ivan Biliban (1871-1942) 317040
Nest @nest69.bsky.social · 29/09/2026John Bull offering up his trousers to the treasury to ensure the British government had sufficient funds to stop the invading French stripping him stark naked. (Hand coloured etching by James Gillray, 1796). 040
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