Up and down the country boxing day hunts are out . . . 'trail' hunting .
We know it's just a smokescreen for illegal fox huntingβ we need a proper ban @UKLabour !
Add your name protectthewild.org.uk/our-caβ¦
Iβm looking for bluer skies π so Iβve just joined @bluesky . If youβd like to join me and have a chat, please follow @bearprintdesign.bsky.social and Iβll see you there xx
A thread on famous paintings that influenced some of cinema's most iconic film scenes.. You'll be surprised by some of these..!
1. Alien 3, directed by David Fincher
Reference to : Girlβs Head beside a Skull by Rex Whistler
Lots of requests for myself and Harry to revive Kevin and Perry since Oasis announcement. Itβs not gonna happen. Mainly because Iβm now 60 and H is 108 but thanks ever so for the love.π
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This is a Swift. sometimes they can end up on the ground. This is where they need YOUR help!
Swifts arrive back to the UK from April/May to nest. πͺΊ (A THREAD)
Itβs Sunday morning , itβs sunny here , but there is a lot of very bad stuff happening across the world . . . take a break and look at this little bird . . . itβs undeniably the βcβ word
The next Chorlton #RepairCafe is coming up this Saturday at St Margaret's Centre! Bring along any of your bits that need fixing to see how @StitchedUpCoop can help bring them back to life. Head here to learn more: facebook.com/ChorltonRepairCβ¦
The bird based colour system that eventually became Pantone. An effort to describe the diversity of birds led to one of the first modern colour systems β¦.this is wonderful. ( well I think so)
A couple of places still left on my Lino printing workshop! Beginners welcome.
HOB Gallery, Beech Road, Chorlton, Manchester.
Thursday 25 April 11am to 4pm, Β£65 pp.
Book by email to: creativerecycling@me.com
Calling out bird cruelty - such a niche concern in the Victorian & Edwardian eras. Viewed as eccentric, sentimental, even hysterical. In other words, typical of women.
And yet, they won. Plumage Act passed 1921β¦ after 30 years of campaigning. ππΌ
Read their story in βEtta Lemonβ
Happy World Book Day! Hereβs by print βWindy Moorsβ, published by @btobirds in their book βInto The Redβ. Itβs a collection of art and words by 70 artists and 70 writers inspired by Britainβs most vulnerable birds. Available to buy from their website: british-trust-for-ornithologβ¦