It’s May 29th, Oak Apple Day, the public holiday held between 1660 and 1859 which celebrated the restoration of King Charles II. Castleton Garland Day is a Derbyshire custom which combines ‘modern’ elements of Oak Apple Day with much older May Day ‘Jack in The Green’ Paganism - via This Is Not The Universe
E. W. Godwin - Japanese style sideboard, c. 1867
via V&A Collections
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Michael Haneke’s Amour has just won the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. I’m really looking forward to seeing this
Here’s an interview with Haneke about the film via The Guardian
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Recently discovered mix that I’d forgotten all about
Some pretty heavy drum ‘n’ bass to annoy your neighbours
Download and tracklist available HERE
Alternatively, stream on Mixcloud
Pablo Picasso - Minotaur crouching over sleeping woman, 18 June 1933
(reworked at the end of 1934)
Plate 93 of The Vollard Suite (VS 93) | Drypoint
Picasso’s collection of 100 etchings, The Vollard Suite, is now on show at The British Museum. The exhibition is free and open until 2 September 2012
More information HERE
Catbus for sale, 2007
Approved by Studio Ghibli
Taken from a promotional flyer for one of my favourite arcade games
Stephen Ayling - Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey, London, 1867
By positioning himself high up on the outside of Westminster Abbey, Stephen Ayling captured two Gothic style buildings sitting side-by-side. In the foreground we see the early 16th-century Henry VII Chapel, part of Westminster Abbey. Beyond it, at the right, is the Palace of Westminster designed by Charles Barry and A.W.N. Pugin and begun in 1835 - The V&A Collections
Alexander Calder - Small Feathers, 1931
via Art Blart