For fuuuuucks sake!

This is the THIRD Tory scandal TODAY.

Looking forward to the Conservative party questioning these housing transactions ⬇️

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Here’s the This £7.25m Berkshire stately home bought in July 2020 by Zoe Ley.

Ley made £20m brokering a VIP PPE deal alongside former Tory MP Brooks Newmark ➡️goodlawproject.org/broker-bought-…

When the Titanic sank, it carried millionaire John Jacob Astor IV. The money in his bank account was enough to build 30 Titanics. However, faced with mortal danger, he chose what he deemed morally right and gave up his spot in a lifeboat to save two frightened children.…

The emotional toll of this; so hard to witness. It’s a grief so many (yet equally, not enough) of us are sharing. It’s a tragedy unfolding. ‘These birds [that have been here 100s, 1000s of years] are telling us that something serious is happening in the woods.’ Richard Broughton 🇺🇦

For anyone who has been interested in my lawsuit against the Sun, the news is that  I’ve had to settle my claim out of court before it gets to trial. A 🧵…

A brilliant engraving, and brilliant photos - it was a pleasure Ryan.

And to continue a theme you could play the recording by Sir Neville Mariner (there must be one!?)

(Louise Hayward )

Manage to run a print off from my new #WoodEngraving last night, F for foxglove. #ABC

On the train to Cambridge. The unfolding view reminds me of Larkin's beautiful poem, 'The Trees':

'The trees are coming into leaf
Like something almost being said;
The recent buds relax and spread,
Their greenness is a kind of grief.

Is it that they are born again
And we grow…

It's open today, pop in and say hello, if you can.

Says the f**kwit who has led the charge against peaceful protest in her own country.

The wonderful Puffin, I have a dream of seeing these in the magical Orkneys, one day! 4 colour lino reduction print - an edition of only 12, they'll be available on my webshop next week, as soon as they're dry!

To celebrate the 120th birthday of M R James's 'Ghost Stories of an Antiquary' in December, all 8 stories will be performed over two nights in Cambridge, the town where they were conceived. Dec 20 & 21. Christmas excellence.
Early bird tx available here: gsa120.eventbrite.co.uk

Liz Truss unable to show her book right side up is a very Trussy thing to do.

h/t Shelf Help

After meeting all winter, tonight is the last evening of my Winter Wood Engraving Workshops. The Class and I are going to create a show of all the work they have created. It opens tomorrow - pop in if you can!

Farrukh Does this mean if you find some publicly available information which looks suspicious you should report it to the police for them to investigate?

For example, James Daly had a financial interest in a property in Mirfield from 7th Feb 2020 to 2nd Oct 2020, in which a family…

The Dolly Engine, Eric Ravilious, 1934. It depicts a scene at a cement works near Lewes in East #Sussex . The original artwork is in the collection of Towner Eastbourne.

A new reduction lino, this one 4 colours - a pair of Puffins. Completed yesterday.

An awful metaphor.