In Greek mythology Dionysus was known as “friend of the fig” - In Greek society at the time, the words for “figs” and “testicles” were the same. For the yearly festival to Dionysus a giant phallus was carved from the wood of a fig tree and carried around town. #FolkloreThursday

Giant Penis Sculpture Disappears from German Mountaintop dlvr.it/RmmLTv

LOOK: German police are investigating the mysterious disappearance of a wooden sculpture of a penis that has entertained hikers in the Bavarian Alps for years. 📷 AFP

penis chair sculpture this is fine art

A concise photo series of the testicles of Greek and Roman statues. Bonus points if you can tell which ones are Greek and which ones are Roman.

A few years ago All Saints Church in Hereford got funding for the erection of a cafe on a new mezzanine level. A new seating gallery had excellent lighting, all the better to illuminate detail of the magnificent intricate carvings cloaked in shadow since the 14th century! …Ah.

A reminder, for your long weekend, that a system of divine rule may not always have the best interests of the people in mind, and that small acts of dissent are the lifeblood of revolution.

Double trouble. #penisoftheday

Murals at Chimi Lhakhang, a Buddhist monastery in the Himalayas, Bhutan.

This is me on a very important occasion signing the book at the RSL. Check out what my brother has photoshopped on to the page. He is 57.

Spotted outside the ABC Southbank. I’m seeing hearts 🥰

'Unusually Large' Roman Penis Sculpture May Be The Biggest One Ever Found bit.ly/3RvNdUz

So you fly to Cairo and this is the first thing you see from the window

Today is sextidi 26 Vendémiaire in the year of the Republic CCXXXI, celebrating the eggplant.

Margaret Thatcher statue in her hometown of Grantham today.

Ancient Teutonic folk art at Alexanderplatz #berlin

Pipifax the Unknown illustrator, presumed by some to be Max Liebermann, Germany, 1920-21.