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@lauracummingart.bsky.social Mauritshuis on tour in Madrid at Thyssen-Bournemisza. Yesterday at The Prado I had a wonderful chat about Caravaggio & Velasquez with a guide, and attempted to recommend The Vanishing Man (hope it’s published in Spain). Any tips on reviving gallery leg fatigue?!

Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, absolutely bonkers bonanza of art with not a great deal of curation(?) and no paper map, a couple of total bangers - inc. Caravaggio St Catherine, plus, at the moment, a substantial selection on loan from Mauritshuis! Hello Vermeer and Coorte.

Adriaene Coorte Still life with strawberries

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Is Lycett’s big pink mammoth still on?

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Went “the full Portillo” and had churros at San Ginés.

Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

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You’d have to be in thrall to the narrowest, most blinkered model of economics to believe that axeing Free Thinking and Thinking Allowed made sense. The amount of goodwill programmes like this earn from the BBC’s core supporters is way out of proportion to the pennies they cost to make.

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My dream was to try and see my faves in each - now I’ve covered the Velasquez / Goya glut I can ease off a bit! Takes a while to get used to no pics but actually better experience and there was a well illustrated book with just photos- all galleries should do this!

Yeah it’s on my list- I have best part of two more days so hoping to fit in Reina Sofia as well but legs might mean highlights only.

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Radio 4 hasn’t done anything intelligent since it axed The Film Programme. Terrible decision.

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Lucy Brouwer @notrock.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Haven’t been on the socials as I’m in Spain with piss-poor post-Brexit roaming deal, but I went to The Prado today, something I’ve wanted to do for about 30 years. And damn, my feet are killing me, but wow.

No photos allowed inside, which makes more a better experience, so here’s
an inadequately small Bosch

This was a poster and this isn’t available as a postcard yet Caravaggio’s Ecce Homo

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Labour’s Forgotten Man? Ah what could have been if they hadn’t erected that tombstone!?

Lucy Brouwer @notrock.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Miliband? Feels like he wouldn’t have time for much fiction somehow?

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Lucy Brouwer @notrock.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Architecture certainly my kind of walk! Thanks

Lucy Brouwer @notrock.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

To Spain visiting a pal next week. Short trips Alicante, Valencia & Madrid. I haven’t been abroad since b4 Covid. Daunted, mainly as I don’t do swimsuits & pal insisting on beach. On a tight budget. Any tips for quieter places? (particularly Madrid. Want to go to Prado etc). #travelsky

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Lucy Brouwer @notrock.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Listening to the Backlisted Summer special, strikes me that it’s about different kinds of male/female relationships. The comedian bits are perhaps the heart and the rest-the person that shaped. I do need to read it again. I don’t think audio would work as well. Nothing like C Chambers. #thepalmhouse

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Joe Saunders @joesaunders1.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Working on a small piece of research/writing at the moment which is critical of AI in history/humanities research/writing/teaching. Keen to hear of any experience/knowledge which might feed in and of any place where the output might be welcomed. 🗃️

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Lucy Brouwer @notrock.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Listening to this (as a reread) in preparation for visit to Torquay & the International Agatha Christie festival next week. I’d love to write about the festival, if there is an outlet for such a thing.

Martin Fitzgerald @4hundredblows.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

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Very much looking forward to interviewing @jonnelledge.bsky.social in Nottingham tomorrow. His new book really is fantastic and contains many great facts, particularly about buses. Hope to see you there. Tickets available below - www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...

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Lucy Brouwer @notrock.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Excellent. I like a hardware shop but Tokyo took them to the next level.

Lucy Brouwer @notrock.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Is (Tokyu) Hands still trading? And don’t forget the 100 yen shops. (Much like pound shops, prices now adjusted for inflation) good luck with the humidity! I was there at this time of year in 2001. 🥵

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Martin Fitzgerald @4hundredblows.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I’ll be interviewing @jonnelledge.bsky.social at Waterstones Nottingham next Thursday, discusssing his fantastic new book - 31 Inventions That Built Our World. Tickets available below. See you there! www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...

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Lucy Brouwer @notrock.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

He never got the pacing right. Goes too fast, hard to play along at home (and is it me, or are more questions getting longer?)

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Lucy Brouwer @notrock.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Amol’s tick of saying “Well Done” (which I keep hearing in the voice of Derek Jameson) every time they get one right is even more annoying than when he asks them if they’ve enjoyed themselves. #universitychallenge

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Lucy Brouwer @notrock.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Posted before I saw @andrewmale.bsky.social’s.. this is on the distaff side of the family.

Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

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✨John Ruskin described Lincoln Cathedral as “out and out the most precious piece of architecture in the British Isles.” Its grandeur is unmatched, but the medieval Romanesque details - like the west front door - feel truly otherworldly, as if from another planet. 🪐

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Finally updated my iPhone os- what is this bubble text hell?

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He’s into electronic music usually, contemporary Art, exciting food, etc it’s all novel at the moment!

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Food, records, stuff we don’t have in the UK! Any tips? Cheers x

Lucy Brouwer @notrock.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Do I have any friends of friends in San Fransisco / Bay Area? My brother is over there and could use some recommendations. @nedraggett.bsky.social

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Unable to take Darkest Hour seriously post Slow Horses, so playing Wentworth Woodhouse location bingo.

Lucy Brouwer @notrock.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Trapped forever as neither can go when there’s somebot else there?

Lucy Brouwer @notrock.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness

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Claire Titley @clairelouisetitley.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

This is a great collection that deserves a home (my own institution not able to take it unfortunately)

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Lucy Brouwer @notrock.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Went to the books after seeing the first series and have been reading them just before watching ever since, but I think the TV version is superior. Certainly funnier and more thrilling. Looking forward to it.

Lucy Brouwer @notrock.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Thanks. Joe Country was the weakest so far, only read it recently and already can’t remember it. (I looked it up - should know better than to ask things I can Google.)

Lucy Brouwer @notrock.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Keep shooing those reanimated prehistoric beasts off the Pevsners.

Lucy Brouwer @notrock.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I’ll tell you what you want, what you really really want… St Pancras

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Lucy Brouwer @notrock.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Oh they want you to buy the rights to make an AI clone of yourself! Doomed.

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Lucy Brouwer @notrock.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Well Big Brother is indeed watching me. I just got a (poorly written- AI generated?) invitation to Delphi AI - well, at least I think that’s what it is, the grammar is so bad it’s unintelligible.

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Lucy Brouwer @notrock.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

No Meta, I don’t want to monetise my content. I want to promote my events. But that would mean ppl putting their phones down for more than 5 minutes. I’m starting to feel very stuck.

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Lucy Brouwer @notrock.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

As one of the few big names that played my local theatre, and did a “clean” show, I think his was the first live comedy show I ever saw (aged about 11, with my dad).