Keir

If you find #IambicPentameter a mystery, or wish to master the art of poetic patterning, I cover it all in this post and its links. #prosody #scansion #poetry quora.com/How-do-you-use…

Mr Garvey is always having beef with A-Aron 😂

44 years ago today, Johnny Cash hosted SNL with Elton John as the musical guest. Prior to Elton’s performance, they switched outfits.

In 1959, Larry Collins and Joe Maphis performed "Ramrod" live.

Reading my first William Vollmann with The Rifles. The title chapter pulls quotes to show a heartbreaking narrative of decay. Human nature begetting violence as a driver of technological progress. I’m surprised I don’t see him discussed more as a decolonial project.

@afneil Here’s Starmer seemingly saying he passed the vetting.

BREAKING NEWS (with the potential to be massive): The Guardian reveals Peter Mandelson failed advanced security vetting before becoming US ambassador. He was initially denied developed vetting clearance in January 2025 - weeks after Keir Starmer had officially announced his appointment. Foreign Office was ‘encouraged’ to deploy a rarely-used power to override the recommendation from security officials. The Government promised total transparency on the Mandelson affair after MPs forced it to release of a batch of documents about the process. But nothing it has released reveals this startling fact. Indeed, Starmer has always insisted Mandelson was subject to 'security vetting, carried out independently by the security services, which is an intensive exercise that gave him clearance for the role'. Developing …

The Intoxicating Potion, 1949 by Walter Schnackenberg

この多面スライド系はアステカにもある！ わりと、人類共通の発想なのかね。 外側＝死　中間＝老　一番内側＝壮年なんだとか。 グッゲンハイム美術館の「アステカ帝国展」より。 （The Aztec Empire - Guggenheim Museum） guggenheim.org/teaching-mater…

“The first written words started here” 📍Uruk, Iraq (Mesopotamia)

Easily in the top 5 Buddhist artefacts of all time. 11th century wooden statue depicting the priest Baozhi transforming into the Eleven-Headed Avalokitesvara as he reaches nirvana. Created during Japan’s Heian Period.

This now lost figure of Christ from an inscribed stone at Llanglydwen, drawn in 1820, is done with your nonsense and is coming for you

Illustration of Melusine, a prominent figure in European folklore, often depicted as a female water spirit or fairy with a serpent or fish tail. German, 15th century.

A rare instance of appreciating an artist, Gottfried Kumpf (1920-2022) for his name as much as his work. In his lifetime, Kumpf's paintings were considered naive but since his death, they are becoming increasingly desirable.

余白の有効活用。 貴重な羊皮紙の一片も無駄にするまいという写字生の意気込みを感じる逸品。

Finding another pair of his pants drying by the bed was the final straw for Alice - 14th century, Bodleian Library, MS. Barlow 22, f. 12v

中世のフクロウたち。 面白い顔をしている。

Medjed “The Smiter” has an imperceivable nature, I just love his vibe

A delightful Victorian photo. Beatrix Potter with her little border terrier sitting politely on a chair beside her. Taken in 1897 by her father, Rupert Potter, in Lingholm, Keswick. From the V&A Museum collection.

Albrecht Dürer, The Lady of the Sun, c.1498 (coloured woodcut by unknown printer)