TomSQC @thomassqc.bsky.social · 2hFrancis Preaching to the Birds, fresco, circa 1260, Master of St. Francis, Lower Church, Basilica of Saint Francis, Assisi 000
Reposted by TomSQCFra Angelico @fra-angelico.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Institution of the Eucharist www.wikiart.org/en/fra-angelico/ins… 032
Reposted by TomSQCClaude Monet @monet.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Rough Sea - 1881 botfrens.com/collections/41/content… 05810
Reposted by TomSQCDean Frey @dean.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Carol Reed & Graham Greene hanging out 📷 Larry Burrows for Life, 1951 194
Reposted by TomSQCSimon Knott @simonknott.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Today's the feast of St St Thérèse of Lisieux, 19th Century French nun, surrounded by roses in Tomasz Tuszko's Carmelites window, 2013 at St Mary, Inverness. Above and below are St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross and St Teresa of Avila, with St Faustina opposite under the Holy Trinity. 1919
Reposted by TomSQCFra Angelico @fra-angelico.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Lamentation over Christ www.wikiart.org/en/fra-angelico/lam… 011
Reposted by TomSQCDean Frey @dean.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Remembering Truman Capote on his birthday 🎂 📷 Jean Mounicq, Paris, 1966 "Perhaps the single constant in his prose is style, and the emphasis he himself places upon the importance of style." - Mark Schorer 2144
Reposted by TomSQCNigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Spelt Spaghetti with Spicy Sesame Mushrooms is #RecipeOfTheDay! Soba noodles are also great in this, and either way leftovers are great cold for a noodle-salad packed lunch the next day. www.nigella.com/recipes/spel...nigella.comSpelt Spaghetti with Spicy Sesame MushroomsWholemeal pasta holds little charm for me, but I co-exist very amicably with spelt spaghetti. Here it acts as a rather more robust form of soba noodle, which makes perfect sense since the sauce that d... 930929
Reposted by TomSQCDee Lilley🔻 @deelilley.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Route Tournante, Paul Cézanne 1905 0151
Reposted by TomSQCBard College @bardcollege.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The launch of the Ralph Ellison Center brings a range of initiatives to the Bard campus where Ellison taught from 1958-1961. These will include biannual flagship lectureships and the digitization of the Ellison archive, currently held at the Library of Congress. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/a... 053
Reposted by TomSQCCarausius @carausius286.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A Roman mosaic of snails escaping a basket. 🏛️ Basilica Patricale, Aquileia 🇮🇹 🕰️ 4th century AD #MosaicMonday 10476108
Reposted by TomSQCKate North @curatorkate.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The stunning 12th century chancel arch, surrounded by a gorgeous backdrop of warm-toned limewash and lime plaster, in the Church of St. Margaret of Antioch, Knotting, Bedfordshire 💕 438253
Reposted by TomSQCSimon Knott @simonknott.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Little Gidding, Cambridgeshire. 'If you came by day not knowing what you came for, It would be the same, when you leave the rough road And turn behind the pig-sty to the dull facade And the tombstone.' from 'Little Gidding' by TS Eliot, who was born #OTD 26 September 1888. #SteepleSaturday 1364
Reposted by TomSQCDean Frey @dean.bsky.social · 26/09/2024Virginia Woolf met T.S. Eliot in November 1918 "Mr Eliot is well expressed by his name - a polished, cultivated, elaborate young American, talking so slow, that each word seems to have special finish allotted it." An Ottoline Morrell snapshot from 1924 173
Reposted by TomSQCThe Met: Medieval Art @metmedieval.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Plaque with Enthroned Virgin and Child www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/se… 021
Reposted by TomSQCTate Collection @tate.bsky.social · 26/09/2026William Richard Lethaby, Blois, 1882 botfrens.com/collections/14375/cont… 0436
Reposted by TomSQCFra Filippo Lippi @frafilippolippi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Annunciation www.wikiart.org/en/filippo-lippi/an… 031
Reposted by TomSQCRachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Happy September! 🖼️ Grasset 013945
Reposted by TomSQCRoseRed @thebookishgardener.bsky.social · 19/09/2026“𝙻𝚊𝚞𝚛𝚊…𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚢 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚑, 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝙻𝚘𝚛𝚍 𝟷𝟹𝟸𝟽, 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚡𝚝𝚑 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝙰𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚕, 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚂𝚝. 𝙲𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝙰𝚟𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚘𝚗, 𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚜…” - 𝙵𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚜 𝙿𝚎𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑, 𝟷𝟹𝟸𝟽 (𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘-𝚁𝚎𝚗𝚊𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎) 🖌️𝙿𝚎𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙻𝚊𝚞𝚛𝚊 𝚍𝚎 𝙽𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚜, 𝙸𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚗 (𝚅𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚗) 𝚂𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚕 #BookWormSat #booksky 05612
Reposted by TomSQCVincent van Gogh @vangogh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A Fishing Boat at Sea - 1888 botfrens.com/collections/46/content… 0489
TomSQC @thomassqc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"She earned a first in 1915, though the university [Somerville College, Oxford] wouldn’t allow women to become full members until 1920, and her tutor warned her against being ‘smart’." 000
Reposted by TomSQCNigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social · 24/09/2026And for US viewers, this premiers tomorrow Friday 25th on Netflix! (I’m afraid I don’t know when it’s aired in other territories yet.) 2033430
Reposted by TomSQCEdvard Munch @edvardmunch.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Two Women on the Shore ; Women on the Beach 1898 botfrens.com/collections/90/content… 020352
Reposted by TomSQCΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Lisa Holt (Native American, born Cochiti Pueblo, NM 1980) Harlan Reano (Native American, born Kewa Pueblo, NM 1978) Untitled pot, 2021 natural clay with acrylic paint 14 3⁄8 × 13 5⁄8 in. (36.4 × 34.6 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt 0358
Reposted by TomSQC"What are you giving me with the flying fish" @romanbone.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Elsa Lanchester and Charles Laughton by Yvonne Gregory, 1931. Source: NPG 0396
Reposted by TomSQCPaul Cezanne @cezanne.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Chateau Noir, 1905 botfrens.com/collections/43/content… 215227
Reposted by TomSQCMelissa @2023chastete.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The Writing Chair (1962) by Andrew Wyeth 0297
Reposted by TomSQCThe Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 23/09/2026“God the Creator”, opening illustration to a stunning 14th-century manuscript known as the Holkham Bible Picture Book. Explore more of its glorious depictions of bible scenes here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/h… 0415
Reposted by TomSQCRivka @theasraidance.bsky.social · 22/09/2026🍂Autumn Leaves by Franklin Booth 15524
Reposted by TomSQCCharlotte Mandell @avecsesdoigts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The dam by the Sawkill 171
Reposted by TomSQC🏛️ Roma Aeterna 🏛️ @romaaeterna.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Gourde ornée de feuilles et de lièvres (terre cuite à glaçure plombifère, lieu de découverte inconnu, Ier s. ap. J.-C.). La gourde est exposée au musée Lugdunum à Lyon. 0437
Reposted by TomSQCKenyon Review @kenyonreview.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Have you heard? At our annual Gala on Nov. 6, we will present the 2026 KR Award for Literary Achievement to George Saunders. This award honors extraordinary literary achievement, recognizing individuals whose influence & importance have shaped the American literary landscape. 172
Reposted by TomSQCVincent van Gogh @vangogh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Farms near Auvers - 1890 botfrens.com/collections/46/content… 07613
Reposted by TomSQCNigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social · 21/09/2026#RecipeOfTheDay is a real fave: an all-in-one-pan orzo dish that goes by the name of Pasta Risotto with Peas and Pancetta! You’ll lose the alliteration, but you certainly use bacon instead of the pancetta, by the way. www.nigella.com/recipes/past...nigella.comPasta Risotto With Peas and PancettaHere, I cook pasta much as I would if I were making a traditional risotto. But there is a difference — that you don't have to stir constantly and that the pasta takes only 10 minutes to cook are obvio... 1028531
Reposted by TomSQCJon M. Sweeney @jonmsweeney.bsky.social · 21/09/2026We’ve had a crazy bumper crop year on our three apple trees. This is the latest batch I have picked to give away. Taking them to synagogue tonight for break the fast. 3213
Reposted by TomSQCNigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social · 20/09/2026#RecipeOfTheDay is Spiced Bulgur Wheat with Roast Vegetables! This is gorgeous on its own and, as it happens, vegan-friendly, but otherwise wonderful alongside a roast chicken, lamb or anything you want, frankly. www.nigella.com/recipes/spic...nigella.comSpiced Bulgur Wheat with Roast VegetablesThis is one of the recipes that is in constant rotation in my house: no matter how often I eat it, I never tire of it. The scorched sweetness of leeks and red peppers, the brightness of tomatoes and p... 926827
Reposted by TomSQCEnnius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 20/09/202621st September is the Feast of St Matthew the Evangelist who is depicted here with his symbol in the 'Worms Bible'. BL Harley 2804; the 'Worms Bible', Psalms-Acts 16:17; 12th century; Germany; f.172v @blmedieval.bsky.social 1152
TomSQC @thomassqc.bsky.social · 20/09/2026 Superb, shadowy illustration of Don Quixote de La Mancha with Sancho Panza by Gustave Doré. 001
Reposted by TomSQCSalvador Dalí @salvador-dali.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The Angel of Port Lligat botfrens.com/collections/63/content… 110824
Reposted by TomSQCCarausius @carausius286.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Minoan vases with octopuses are relatively common but this one shows a more unusual type of marine animal: an argonaut. It's an octopus-like animal that lives on the seabed in a shell. The Minoans were masters of depicting aquatic creatures. 🕰️c1500 BC 🏛️📷Heraklion Museum 12850163