A highly used example of shadows in a mosaic, Gary Drostle's Koi Fish mosaic "Fishpond" used both types with a striking effect. Shadows in this design are used to give fish shape and realism, while 'shadow shadows' are used to connect them to the lake.

"A banana republic is a country with an economy of state capitalism, whereby the country is operated as a private commercial enterprise for the exclusive profit of the ruling class." Source Wiki Sound familiar?

Today marks that day where it has officially taken Nadine Dorries longer to resign than Liz Truss was Prime Minister #NadineDorries

In this poll of LGBTQ+ Britons, just 3% opted for ‘LGB’ - the acronym used to deliberately exclude trans people. This shows lesbian, gay and bi people overwhelmingly see trans people as part of their community. So stop pretending there’s a civil war over this. There isn’t.

Daily Mirror OK to describe Matt Hancock as "a failed health secretary and cheating husband who broke the lockdown rules he wrote, doubled down on the lies he told, helped enrich his mates via the infamous VIP PPE lane..." - IPSO ruling pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/fail…

This video put into words my biggest fear surrounding weight loss like it almost made me cry how spot on she is🥺

Pollution is dangerous to children and adult health. My family was able to stay in London after a battle with childhood leukaemia because of ULEZ. It’s a good example of cross-party collaboration. Conservative design; Labour delivery. And so, so important. theguardian.com/environment/20…

Yellow car.

Happy #InternationalTigerDay2023 from this mum who has clearly got her paws full with these hyperactive triplet cubs. Made in the eastern Roman Empire, now in the Cleveland Art Museum. The tails are so expressive

I dare you to read this without getting blurry eyed?

sooner or later, not wanting to die was always going to be labelled ‘woke’

Just as well we’ve still got ticket offices, isn’t it? #SaveTicketOffices

The vast majority of new oil & gas will be exported abroad & sold at global prices. It won't improve our energy security, and it won't make our energy bills cheaper either. What it will do is wreck our climate - and Rishi Sunak is complicit in its damage. Spot on Zack Polanski 👇

Yes, my wife has a huge stake in Infosys, and yes, Infosys has major deals with BP and Shell, and yes, that's why I issued new oil and gas licences and yes, I can't remember what point I was trying to make...

Now THIS is literature

Thinking about these two posts and how women are ridiculed, even vilified, for things coded as feminine. Men will cosplay, will paint their faces & don costumes for sportsball, watch cartoons, read comics & watch superhero & sci-fi franchises, go to cons & games -

This might be the best ad I've ever seen - I mean, you go from having no interest to considering signing up in about 10 seconds.

I, Claudius is being repeated on BBC Four from Wed 16 August. If you've never seen it, now is the time

One for Alison Sakai