A bluebell wood, beside an ancient earthwork named for a mysterious god, on the eve of May. It doesn't get much more magical than that.

It's May Day, the opening of the month which in medieval literature is the most magical time of the year - a season for love, fairies, and marvellous dreams aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/2014/05/a-may-… 'When miri and hot is the day, And oway beth winter schours, And everi feld is ful of flours...'

Heroic Ralph Beyer, sent to England aged 16 to work with Eric Gill, never to see his Jewish mother again. A dear friend much missed.

There is something utterly magical about the statement Norway made when when it built this magnificent new national library in Oslo. Free and easy & welcoming to use, lots of new stock. Full of young people. Joyous.

A wonderful library and two wonderful new museums - all in Oslo!

Bryan Illsley 21 August 1937 — 29 March 2024 theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

Bryan Illsley obituary theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

There’s more to Japan’s Arts and Crafts movement than meets the eye apollo-magazine.com/mingei-arts-cr…

🚨BREAKING NEWS // The High Court has granted a Judicial Review into the Secretary of State's approval of the monstrous 72 Upper Ground development: ❌Damaging the unique heritage of the South Bank ❌Speculative offices not homes ❌Unacceptable carbon cost Time to #StopTheSlab

In its telling of the story of Japan’s Arts and Crafts movement, the William Morris Gallery takes a refreshingly international approach, writes TanyaHarrod

Free Online Talk: Esther Leslie & Sam Dolbear, co-authors of Dissonant Waves: Ernst Schoen and Experimental Sound in the Twentieth Century, will first talk about Ernst Schoen—poet, composer, radio programmer, theorist, + best friend of Walter Benjamin insidersoutsidersfestival.org/event/crossed-…

Brilliant, perfect, review of Dissonant Waves: Ernst Schoen and Experimental Sound in the Twentieth Century. Perfect because it made me understand Sam Dolbear's and my own book better and differently! newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/…

Is this the best we have in public space just now?

The strangest doll film ever made youtu.be/qSkhEgeDtg0?si…

Surreal unmissable film peopled by dolls

📚 OUT NOW // The latest monograph in C20 and Historic England's Twentieth Century Architecture series: Ernő Goldfinger, one of the most celebrated modern architects to work in Britain. Co-authored by Alan Powers and the late Elain Harwood, published by Liverpool University Press

Cecil Sharp, collector of almost 5,000 songs, tunes and dances, died 100 years ago last Sunday. ⁦BBC Radio 4 extra⁩ broadcast again the programme Malcolm Taylor & I made about how it all began with The Seeds of Love, and it’s on BBC Sounds for a month. bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00…

Lovely programme!

Changing face of the town. Today we tell the story of St Pancras Housing. Extra performance at 1.30pm at the place it originated: St Mary's Church Eversholt street. Kicks off a #socialhousing programme for Open House Festival See more walks next week: aspaceforus.club