Harriet Smart @Fictionwitch
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Millinery at the turn of the twentieth century often transformed flowers into wearable works of art. This ethereal lavender horsehair hat is crowned with delicate fabric orchids in shades of white, blush, and violet. Camille Roger, France, 1905–1915 Goldstein Museum of Design
‘No coward soul is mine, No trembler in the world’s storm-troubled sphere. I see heaven’s glories shine, And faith shines equal, arming me from fear.’ These lines of Emily Bronte’s could have been penned for Ann Widdecombe, RIP. She would shrug at the hate on here today, raise eyes to heaven literally and figuratively, and forgive. Your problem, not hers.
Academia is fascinating. You spend years becoming the world’s expert on something eight people care about, and three of them disagree with you.
Reading a life of Joe Chamberlain. At 16, started working as a cordwainer. At 18, went to work for his uncle's screw manufacturing firm. In 20 years he made it into an industrial giant, a leading exporter. A bit more useful, I'd guess, than 18 months working in PR or as a SPAD
@CapelLofft That thing about using blue packaging for the screws - and then the orchids he wore when in politics. He got branding before it was a thing.
Always a pleasure to go up the stairs there. A great loss.
🚨Sad to see yet another devastating fire rip through a Scottish listed building, the Louvre-inspired former Palace Hotel aka Debenhams. A remarkable history + significant interiors incl Gladstone Memorial Library & rare top-lit cast-iron galleried saloon. We await further news🙁
I had a very fun morning at Freed of London — a 97 year old factory in Hackney specialising in making the world’s finest point ballet shoes 🩰 Each year they sell over 300,000 shoes, all made in London by a team of exceptional makers and exported to the world. My favourite bit: each shoe carries a mark that uniquely connects it to its specific maker - like a crown or a castle.
Deeply sound.
Palace's gallery doubles number of paintings ➡️ bbc.in/44mlWMq
If architecture schools took the concept of Architectural Beauty seriously, they would be fundamentally different than they are today. But it's hard, and the alluringly alliterative but baloney "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" gives them an excuse not to even try.
Objective Design Standards only work when you take the concept of Architectural Beauty seriously
“Groups of men repeatedly turned up at her front door and her car was rammed off the road twice. Mandy is one of 24 Trading Standards officers who have shared details of the daily intimidation and violence they face from criminal gangs running mini-marts and vape shops, as they try to investigate unfair trading, illegal business activity and enforce consumer protection laws …” bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
Hereford in London was part of a redevelopment project that replaced a 1950s block of flats with a pre-blitz style Victorian stucco-fronted terrace.
Please help save these two sleeping beauties. @friendschurches
Mackay of Clashfern - the architect of the Children Act 1989 - a sad loss. I do hope this anecdote is true: "In Edinburgh legal circles it is told that Lord Mackay was reportedly hosting a gathering for the Faculty of Advocates. Known for his frugality and his desire to protect the public purse, hungry lawyers arrived at his house to be served microscopic pieces of toast with an equally small pot of honey. Eventually, one of those attending could stay silent no longer: he stared at the tiny honey-pot, and remarked: "I see your Lordship keeps a bee.""
Knockoff is now live! Filter out the knockoff crap brands on Amazon. Sorry to brands like WNPETHOME, EHEYCIGA, YXYL, LU&MN, JOYIN, TOMY, GODONLIF, YOOJEE, LINGTENG, LANEIGE, VISCOO, BIODANCE, COOFANDY, BALENNZ, TOSY and LUENX. knockoff.shopping
built a little chrome extension that lets you dim (or hide!) all the crap, mass-produced, fake brands on amazon. should i release it?
Yep, sorry I can’t deal with anti vaxxers when it comes to HPV. I can understand people’s wariness after the covid vaccines seemed to have little effect and you had little to no choice in having them. But HPV is resulting in a collapse in numbers of cervical, anal, mouth, vulva and vaginal cancers. Please, please look at the facts rather than any misinformation. It could save your child’s life.
My eldest, who really doesn’t like needles, had his HPV vaccine a couple of days ago. A reminder that if most children reaching puberty have their HPV vaccine, cervical cancer will be pretty much eliminated, along with several other types of cancer, not just for their generation
Alas the slated demolition below isn't an isolated incident. In the last 20yrs the City of London has demolished all the historic bldgs. below. The City lacks the will & vision to embrace change without erasing character & unless it changes course, the London we know will vanish.
We've objected to plans to demolish 68–69 Fenchurch Street. We believe this Edwardian building should be adapted, not demolished. The proposal would harm the character of the Lloyd's Avenue Conservation Area, and alternatives have not been properly explored.
Government went with 250 mcg folic acid per 100g flour. They therefore estimate between 225,000 and 404,000 will end up exposed to unsafe levels every day for a year. Persumably many more will take in unsafe levels on some days. And this does not include children...
Government modelling showing they expect 100,000s of people to exceed the safe upper limit (UL) because of fortification.
Most people who write fiction.
according to psychology people who often talk to themselves build fake scenarios and have full conversations in their heads often assume it’s normal. but in reality, it’s a form of self regulation, away to process emotions when there’s no one who truly understands them. 1/5
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