Dr Annette Rubery (@annetterubery) 's Twitter Profile
Dr Annette Rubery

@annetterubery

Historical biographer writing about Sir John Vanbrugh and his circle. Trustee of @SamJohnsonSoc. Shakespeare-lover and “elitist asshole” (Alan Tarica).

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Susan Margaret Cooper - Author & Researcher 📜 (@suecooperbridge) 's Twitter Profile Photo

#HistoryNotes📜 #OTD 1694 b. #FrançoisMarieArouet (#Voltaire). A prolific writer🪶of letters penning more than 20,000 & 2,000 books & pamphlets! Died in Paris aged 83. #OTD 1695 d. #HenryPurcell, one of the greatest English composers🎵worked on more than 100 songs. Died aged 36.

#HistoryNotes📜 
#OTD 1694 b. #FrançoisMarieArouet (#Voltaire). A prolific writer🪶of letters penning more than 20,000 & 2,000 books & pamphlets! Died in Paris aged 83.
#OTD 1695 d. #HenryPurcell, one of the greatest English composers🎵worked on more than 100 songs. Died aged 36.
Dr Annette Rubery (@annetterubery) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Nice to see a quote from Addison’s Pleasures of the Imagination essays at the Joseph Wright of Derby exhibition in London yesterday. I was writing about these essays just recently in relation to Addison’s Walk. annetterubery.co.uk/other-writing/

Nice to see a quote from Addison’s Pleasures of the Imagination essays at the Joseph Wright of Derby exhibition in London yesterday. I was writing about these essays just recently in relation to Addison’s Walk. annetterubery.co.uk/other-writing/
Pickle (@pickliciousf) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is still from my new art movie The Unbearable Lightness of Pickle. It’s about a cat who needs to put on weight, so she has to eat all the time. I paid for it myself so no one could cast Nicole Kidman in the lead. It cost £10 million & I have to pay that back from the profits

This is still from my new art movie The Unbearable Lightness of Pickle. It’s about a cat who needs to put on weight, so she has to eat all the time. I paid for it myself so no one could cast Nicole Kidman in the lead. It cost £10 million & I have to pay that back from the profits
Richard Bratby (@richardbratby) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Thinking ahead to the Xmas break. Which historic property will @annetterubery and I drive 2 hours to visit this year, unaware that it's been turned into a Family Festive Experience and all the Adams plasterwork is invisible behind fibreglass Nutrackers and Elf-themed Labubus?

Richard Bratby (@richardbratby) 's Twitter Profile Photo

More on that here. So far we've been seasonally happy-slapped at Chatsworth and Hardwick. This year, I don't know. Getting a strong Blenheim vibe: they've got a Wizard of Oz theme, which is surely what Vanbrugh would have wanted. open.substack.com/pub/annetterub…

Richard Bratby (@richardbratby) 's Twitter Profile Photo

There's only one way for the red-blooded Briton to celebrate the coming season. Brawls. Beefsteaks. Skimmington Rides. Suet duff and a minimum of 2 bottles of port for breakfast. This Christmas, I will be Hogarthmaxxing.

There's only one way for the red-blooded Briton to celebrate the coming season. Brawls. Beefsteaks. Skimmington Rides. Suet duff and a minimum of 2 bottles of port for breakfast. This Christmas, I will be Hogarthmaxxing.
Cameron Maclean (@cmaclean96) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Queen Elizabeth I is depicted wearing an elaborate dress on this gold half-pound that was minted in the final years of her reign (1592-1595). This specimen is from the Hunterian collection.

Queen Elizabeth I is depicted wearing an elaborate dress on this gold half-pound that was minted in the final years of her reign (1592-1595). This specimen is from the Hunterian collection.
The Public Domain Review (@publicdomainrev) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NEW ESSAY — In the 17th century, emanating from Antwerp, a new genre of artwork came on the scene: paintings of paintings, works populated by a lush array of meta-images. Thea Applebaum Licht charts the course of this alluring aesthetic tradition: publicdomainreview.org/essay/cabinets…

NEW ESSAY — In the 17th century, emanating from Antwerp, a new genre of artwork came on the scene: paintings of paintings, works populated by a lush array of meta-images. Thea Applebaum Licht charts the course of this alluring aesthetic tradition: publicdomainreview.org/essay/cabinets…
Richard Bratby (@richardbratby) 's Twitter Profile Photo

On the streets of Lichfield, rival gangs spray their tags with impunity. You don't want to be a Garrickboi caught on the turf of the Erasmus Darwin House (and 18th century herb garden).

On the streets of Lichfield, rival gangs spray their tags with impunity. You don't want to be a Garrickboi caught on the turf of the Erasmus Darwin House (and 18th century herb garden).
Dr. Bendor Grosvenor 🇺🇦 (@arthistorynews) 's Twitter Profile Photo

New episode of the podcast just out. Waldemar solves the mystery of Bosch’s masterpiece, I wonder why a gold toilet is worth $12m, and we explore what made Hans Holbein so brilliant with Elizabeth Goldring.

New episode of the podcast just out. Waldemar solves the mystery of Bosch’s masterpiece, I wonder why a gold toilet is worth $12m, and we explore what made Hans Holbein so brilliant with Elizabeth Goldring.