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Meanwhile, in the North West, yet another mysterious fire destroys a historic building standing in the way of development. Any thoughts, @andyburnham.bsky.social?

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Have a bit of lovely Ware to warm you up for Wednesday! These gazebos on the river Lea were once used by the town’s coaching inns as relaxation spots for guests; seriously threatened and in decay by the 1980s they are now one of the town’s architectural jewels. #Hertfordshire

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The Mylne mausoleum (ca. 1800) at the 11th century church of St John the Baptist, Great Amwell, Hertfordshire. One of many wonderful memorials and mausoleums at this small, bucolic churchyard in its valley-side setting above the ancient Emma’s well and the ambling New River. #TombTuesday

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Castles in the landscape, all bold above the barley.

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Once worn by a wearer then hidden fast away, A shoe through silent centuries now sees the light of day.

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Spanish specialness to inspire the day!

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Monday morning musings with William and the Werewolf (or werewolves even!). Support an author and buy the book at www.mythicalbritain.co.uk/shop

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Lonely stones atop the hills look down upon the seas. The Druid’s Circle (or Cefn Coch Stone Circle) above Penmaenmawr, North Wales. #StandingStoneSunday #Archaeology #Wales

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Stonehenge all red and stormy for a hot midsummer’s day. #SummerSolstice #Midsummer #Solstice #Stonehenge #Linocut #Printmaking

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One of the many joys of Britain is that we have very specific bylaws to cater for all local conditions. I wonder how this one emerged?

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Such a wonderful antidote to all this hot weather!

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I'm currently actively looking for new projects. Comics or otherwise. I written articles for @helleborezine.bsky.social @dailygrail.com @bigissue.com @forteantimes.bsky.social etc as well as Weird Fiction for @swanriverpress.bsky.social etc www.moorereppion.com/johnreppion

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An interesting door at Thunder Hall, Ware, Hertfordshire. The two friars’ heads reflect the building’s proximity to the former Canons’ Maltings, an early 17th century Maltings which was demolished to make way for a housing development in the 1960s. #AdoorableThursday

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Quiet places rich in words whispered in the sunlight.

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Wengeo, Bengeo, Ware and Easneye; today I walked about the place and felt the breath of those who walked before and of this land they knew by names.

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Feel the force of old king Lud Whose spirit rises from the wood And dwells in hills about the land To charge the artist’s loyal hand! All quiet in the evening long, His forts and banks now hold their tongue, Yet still they’re hailed by endless songs Of birds across the island.

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Castles in the landscape

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Where the spirits spook the shade Beneath the branches in the glade In some post-day ghost parade To taunt the timid mind.

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Today’s arrival! Been meaning to acquire a copy for some time- published the year before my motor cycle was built!

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All cold in the green on the Emerald Isle stands this small clasping stone in its field. One of my earlier linocuts, featuring the so-called Janus figure on Boa Island, Co Fermanagh for #StandingStoneSunday. Available at www.mythicalbritain.co.uk

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Delightful detail by Dorothea Braby: the Green Knight speaks with Arthur, the governor of his gang, while Gawain looks on. Classic fifties colour and imagination grace Gwyn Jones’s translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight for the Golden Cockerel Press, 1952. #SGGK #SirGawain #Printmaking

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Fabulous forms fashioned from stone in some far off time.

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A castle door to card the flesh of those that dare to face it. Fascinating defences, Spanish style, for #AdoorableThursday

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Castles in the landscape. In the northern Middle English tradition, the seat of King Arthur himself!

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This looks fun!

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Visions of the future as observed in the past. Interesting to compare an artist’s drawing with what he saw at the time, as this thread reveals!

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Here’s a welcome in the hillsides when you venture into Wales!

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Looks rather lovely!

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Early week loveliness; Portrait of a Lady by Domenico Ghirlandaio, ca 1490, at the Clark Art Institute, Massachusetts. One of many stunning works of art held by the collection. My own. #RenaissanceArt #ItalianArt

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A face in the fields faces the heavens in fear of the skies and the stars.

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They fled abroad but they were found far flung across the seas. An unexpected and haunting find at Guilford, Connecticut.

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Inspired by fluidity, shaped by the swirl, the wonderful shield from Wandsworth.

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A hole on the hillside which old spirits haunt. The remote Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn, Orkney is a special place to sit in peace and think of those before. #TombTuesday #Orkney #Archaeology

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Castles in the landscape

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New research has shown that the Stones of Stenness were in fact built for the ancient bad weather ritual of sheep sheltering… #StandingStoneSunday #Sheep #Orkney

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From the time of Creçy, Poitiers or even the Gawain poet… on the other side of the pond different civilisations saw the world differently. Not quite one for #FindsFriday but hopefully of interest. Moundville Alabama is a fascinating place.

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Wonderful workmanship wrought long ago.

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Delightful door detail from r #AdoorableThursday at Benington, Hertfordshire

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By a cut hedge now all quietly sits Carreg Coetan Arthur, dwelling on the years and the long days it has seen. #TombTuesday #Dolmen #Archaeology

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I’m reading Kerouac’s On The Road for the first time; the use of language is magisterially tight with astonishing depth in brevity. Take this line “Dean had brothers on his dead mother’s side - she died when he was small - but they disliked him”. And that’s just one line: a whole story in one. Wow!

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An incredibly powerful collage from nearly ninety years ago. The hills, the mills, the photo stills combine to move the viewer.

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