As a Halloween treat - buy any print and get this limited edition little devil for free. But be quick - he runs away at midnight on 2nd November! Available on www.blockforest.co.uk and www.blockforest.etsy.com - only while stocks last #halloween #trickortreat #samhain #happyhalloween #linocut
Things beginning with Z / Dinge, die mit Z beginnen
Zennor (St Senara's Church)
Lovely place - well worth a visit. It has a bronze age landscape and its believed the original celtic church dated to the 6th C. The current building dates back to 1150 with the the addition of the bell tower in 1450.
#photosuggestion #fotovorschlag #silentsunday #mermaid #medieval #history #churchkneelers #crossstitch
🦤 The naturalist's miscellany, or Coloured figures of natural objects.
London: Printed for Nodder & Co., 1789-1813.
For those interested in following the progress of a piece...
It also explains why I'm utterly rubbish at most social media, I get too focused on what I'm doing and don't remember to take photos and videos because in my mind that isn't part of what I'm doing 😅
Into the Woods, 3-8 Nov, Hector’s House, Woodland Discovery Centre, Ecclesall Woods, Sheffield.
#MeetTheArtists
Rachel Evans - basketry https://www.peakdistrictartisans.co.uk/all-artisans/rachel-evans/
Alison Wake - stitched landscapes @Cognissart https://www.peakdistrictartisans.co.uk/all-artisans/alison-wake/
Exhibition information:
https://www.peakdistrictartisans.co.uk/into-the-woods/
#ArtExhibition #basketry #TextileArt #embroidery
Dolmen de Peyrebrune à #SaintAquilin, #Dordogne. Construction Protohistoire. Dolmen de Peyrebrune : classement par liste de 1889.
Suite 👉 https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00082801/saint-aquilin-dolmen-de-peyrebrune
#Patrimoine #MonumentHistorique
Photo CC-BY-SA 4.0 : Père Igor
The quartzite stone circle at Duloe near Liskeard in South-East Cornwall. Photograph taken from the west-north-west on 8 August 1993.
#StandingStoneSunday and goodness knows how long its been that i'd been meaning to tick these off
this weekend finally making it to 'Giants Grave', western Cumbria
see more of our adventures around the UK >>>
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0ycJ6ZyRjd-IGSijgGLxca44ZyL9HCdX
The Carlin Stone, possibly meaning winter goddess or witch. Carlin can also symbolise the last remaining sheaf of corn cut at harvest and made into an effergy. #Scotland #AncientHistory #StandingStoneSunday #blackandwhitephotography #SouthernScotland #Halloween2026
ān, adj/noun/numeral: one. (AHN / ˈaːn)
Image: Thomas of Cantimpré, Liber de natura rerum; France, c. 1290; Valenciennes, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 320, f. 82r.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
Archer and trumpeter. ‘The Maastricht Hours’, Liège 14th century. British Library, Stowe 17, fol. 201r.
#medieval #MedievalArt
Dyckia ‘Picante’
I feel like dyckia take a while to recover from a root trim. This one was a bit sad looking until recently. Now it's got its lovely spicy color back.
Sly and Robbie with Bunny Rugs Live at Roskilde Festival on 2004-07-03 https://archive.org/details/slyandrobbie2004-07-03.fm.flac16
New upload:
Moose - Do You Remember? (Peel Session)
Do You Remember? by Moose, taken from the Peel Session recorded on 16 April 1991.
Archaeoethnologica: The Art of Orarlity - Book / A Arte da Oralidade - Livro
+INFO in: https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2026/09/a-arte-da-oralidade-livro.html
#Archaeology #Anthropology #Antiquity #Orality #Art #Cognition #Iconography #theory #book #openaccess
1st November is All Saints' Day. Here are the Hours of All Saints in the 'Bedford Hours'
BL Add 18850; 'Bedford Hours'; c.1410 CE-1430 CE; France, Central (Paris); f.126r @blmedieval.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy
Recorded #OnThisDay 49 years ago:
Rich Kids - Peel Session 1977
The complete session recorded by Rich Kids on 31 October 1977 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on 7 November 1977.
Tracklist:
1. Young Girls (0:07)
2. Rich Kids (2:57)
3. Burning Sounds (5:47)
4. Bullet Proof Lover (9:20)
Alexander fighting with a three-horned creature and bats 🦇🦇🦇
BL Royal 20 B XX; Le Livre et le vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre; c.1420; France (Paris); f.51v @blmedieval.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy
The is probably the most popular post ever on Vintage Edmonton and it was definitely one of the most fun to compile:
http://www.vintageedmonton.com/2019/02/vintage-edmonton-daysland-alberta-evil.html