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Penny farthing race in 1928. This should be brought back for the next Olympics. It’s brilliantly bonkers. 🚴🥇

An introduction to Jazz in 25 records. A thread🧵 The following list offers an excellent starting point for any music enthusiast seeking exploration... 1. Miles Davis – Kind of Blue

DELIVERANCE was released 52 years ago today. John Boorman’s brutal tale of naïve city boys in an unfamiliar environment continues to cause controversy to this day. The behind-the-scenes story was as dangerous as its subject matter… 1/31

Typewriter Dance. Ruby Keeler and Lee Dixon in “Ready, Willing and Able,” 1937.

In 1962, C.S. Lewis was asked to name the books that had most influenced his thought. The list he came up with was packed with time-honored classics. Here’s his list of 10 works🧵

Thread of cool maps you've (probably) never seen before 🧵 1. All roads lead to Rome

In 1939, Nicholas Winton rescued 669 children from Czechoslovakia, bringing them to the UK and thereby sparing them from the horrors of the Holocaust. In 1988, he was reunited with many of the children he had rescued. A true humanitarian.

The Floor Scrapers 1875, The Parquet Planers Gustave Caillebotte It was rejected by France's most prestigious art exhibition, the Salon, in 1875. The depiction of working-class people in their trade, not fully clothed, shocked the jurors and was deemed a "vulgar subject matter".

All aboard for an epic journey through some of the world's most beautiful trains, iconic locomotives, and surreal rail journeys! An everything “TRAIN” thread🧵🧵 1. A wonderful photograph of Yufuin no Mori, the express running from Hakata to Oita and Beppu. 📷Keisuke Nakayu.

The most iconic collaborations in Jazz. A thread 🧵 Collaborative jazz albums embody the genre's spirit of collective improvisation, bringing together diverse musicians to create innovative and dynamic musical dialogues... 1. Duke Ellington & John Coltrane (1963)

STAND BY ME was released 38 years ago this week. Acclaimed as one of the ‘80s great coming-of-age movies and among River Phoenix’s best-remembered roles, the tale of how it was made is a reminder we never had any friends like the ones we had when we were 12… 1/47

Thread of crazy painting details 🧵 1. It's all in the eyes

This really can’t be said enough. This is the foundation for everything we do in the writers room. So much of streaming has lost this sense of causation.

BRILLIANT!

I just backed Swedish Machines – New Simon Stålenhag Book on Kickstarter kickstarter.com/projects/11920…

The Japanese word “tsundoku” describes the secret habit of acquiring books and then letting them pile up without necessarily ever reading them. I plead guilty! For some, just possessing a book is sometimes enough (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

🔥ACCURSED COMPETITION🔥 I'm giving away a signed (and dedicated, if you want) advance copy of my upcoming Folk Horror anthology, TALES ACCURSED, published 3rd October from Unbound! Simply follow/like/repost and I'll reveal a winner on Friday..! unbound.com/books/tales-ac…

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Thread of 19 most unique bizarre buildings here on Earth which you have (probably) never seen or heard before.. 1. The largest hotel in the world, with a staggering 10,000 rooms is currently under construction in Saudi Arabia