October 15th On This Day In #Strike & #Ellacott 2024 A lovely #TuesdayTreasure from June this year when Bill & I braved the rugged terrain of Shropshire & visited #Ironbridge Beer ✅️🍻 Chips✅️😋 #JKRowling telling us the right pub✅️🔥 You can find a summary of what we

October 16th On This Day In #Strike & #Ellacott 1854 Birth of dramatist Oscar Wilde. "𝘞𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘓𝘶𝘭𝘢?" "𝘖𝘩 𝘎𝘰𝘥, 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘩, 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳-𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨." "𝘈 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧

The Duke of York in Fitzrovia. Busy with the after-work crowd, a few Aussie tourists, and a couple of old-boy locals. There’s a nice buzz about the pub — “Josie” by Steely Dan playing in the background, and some lovely tiling around the ramp. Solid. #dukeofyork #Fitzrovia #pub

Drew Struzan has sadly passed away at the age of 78. He was the legendary artist that worked on posters for the original 6 ‘Star Wars’ films, ‘Back to the Future’, ‘Indiana Jones’, ‘The Thing’ & much more.

The music world lost a true soul — D’Angelo’s groove and artistry will live forever…

Marguerite #myminis #TheHallmarkedMan #Strike J.K. Rowling

🕊Rest in Peace & God Bless🕊 youtu.be/JAfuUZRou7g?si…

The mastery of artist Harry Wingfield. ‘Cake’ (Yes, it is a painting - from Third Picture Book, 1971)

Not Steely Dan!! 😬😅😅 #Strike #Ellacott #TheHallmarkedMan Edit: This is the TV adaptation's The Tottenham/Flying Horse - recently refurbished, I think Strike & Robin's He Almost Held Her Hand Table from CC has gone 🥲

The Victorian era was the heyday of the amateur naturalist. Pteridomania is generally considered a British eccentricity,fern madness took over Victorian life. Ferns and fern motifs appeared everywhere..rugs,tea sets, chamber pots,garden benches – even custard cream biscuits…

"Every year you grow, you will find me bigger." Prince Caspian turns 74 years old today! It was first published on October 15th, 1951. #OTD

A few livestock traders through a pub window in Inis Meain in 1971

#WaveOfLight

It turns out Keira Knightley has bigger balls than all the blokes currently bitching about her on Bluesky right now.

Let's make Clyde Caldwell trend! 🐲 A fantasy master. His iconic style defined a decade of Dungeons & Dragons art! #dungeonsanddragons

How does an artist see beyond the distractions of faces and clothes to hint at the hidden world of thoughts and emotions? In Harold Knight's painting of his wife Laura (1924) he achieves this by depicting her reading a letter, allowing us to see into her private world.

It's the 75th anniversary of The Chronicles of Narnia! The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was published on October 16th, 1950, and readers have been enchanted by C.S. Lewis's magical tales ever since. Join us in celebrating 75 years of Narnia with the hashtag #NarniaDay!

" ... 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴,’ 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨, ‘𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨!’ ‘𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘤𝘶𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘶𝘱, 𝘧𝘤𝘶𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱—’ ‘𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴—’