Andrés Segovia - Partita No. 3 Gavotte en Rondeau - J.S. Bach.

'The Olympic athlete Charmus was so bad he came seventh in a race of six runners. How, you may ask. Well, a friend of his ran beside him the whole way shouting 'Come on, Charmus!' and beat him over the line. I suppose Charmus was lucky he didn't have more friends.' - Nicharchus

Died (alas!) on this day in 1533, Lucas van Leyden. In 1521 he went to Antwerp to meet the great Albrecht Durer, who was visiting that city, and Durer made this silverpoint drawing of him. Record of a great encounter.

Jacques Tati. Mon oncle 1958. Paris

A Don doesnt wear shorts

This papyrus signed by Cleopatra grants tax exemption from sales of imported wine to the Roman businessman Publius Canidius, a friend of Mark Antony. At the bottom, in a rare example of her handwriting, Cleopatra herself added the Greek word "ginesthoi," "make it happen."

Name one of the best food scenes in any movie ever. I’ll start.

Happy #SundayFunday ladies and gents ;)

Indeed.

Voor NRC tekende ik voor het weekend dit …

Nice to see this appearing at last: Saturn's Cat #solidarity #iorestoacasa 🇪🇺🕯️'s translation of Sebald's essays on Austrian literature (originally published 1985 + 1991) - from Hamish Hamilton in late Jan. '25 penguin.co.uk/books/56550/si…

Bought some books yesterday! And had a nice walk in the city centre.

Sempé - Automne 🍂

YOU KNOW I STILL GOT IT!!! EZEKIEL 25:17 🎥 HAPPY 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF PULP FICTION.

My advice, for what it’s worth: try not to be distracted by the faintly discourteous, the mildly incompetent, the harmlessly obnoxious. Roll with the delayed trains, dropped litter and misused apostrophes. Save your powder for the truly malevolent creatures now stalking the land.

hello November by Herge

Cartoon credit : Rafael Corrêa

Cartoon credit : Asier Sanz

Ajax wint in zeer vermakelijke topper van PSV 💥 #ajapsv