The Frame Blog @TheFrameBlogMag
The Frame Blog is an online magazine for articles, interviews and reviews about antique picture frames. Also Instagram, LinkedIn, FB & @theframeblog.bsky.social theframeblog.com UK Joined July 2011-
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Here for 29th September, Michaelmas, is one of the best depictions of St Michael in all his knightly splendour (Sternberg Palace, Prague)... ...See also: theframeblog.com/2020/11/19/fru…
Well!
My lunch being delivered
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...and, over a thousand years later, Chas XI of Sweden had this frame added to his (unimpressive) portrait: the Nemean lion skin draped over the whole contour, protecting, glorifying, & generally over-exaggerating... amazing, what Heracles can do for a man 🙂
...and, over a thousand years later, Chas XI of Sweden had this frame added to his (unimpressive) portrait: the Nemean lion skin draped over the whole contour, protecting, glorifying, & generally over-exaggerating... amazing, what Heracles can do for a man 🙂 https://t.co/JGHdYpAABI
MICK HERRON
A lot of pages are now live in the 'Drawings' section of The Frame Blog, accessible from the header. The C15 to halfway thro' the C18 are available; some have more drawings on them than others, but I shall continue adding drawings whenever I find them... theframeblog.com/drawings-and-d…
Neighbours put up every type of flag after an 🏴 flag went up on their London street
Fun fact! There is a Penguin book vending machine at Exeter St Davids station. Built 2023, it recalls a 1934 visit by a publisher (going home after an Agatha Christie meeting) who was inspired to set up @PenguinUKBooks right there. @GWRHelp staff tell me it sells several each day
Yes! - let's put out all the flags we can, and perhaps at some point we can unite again under them, and the world will cease fracturing into ever smaller angry parts and come together again...
Yes! - let's put out all the flags we can, and perhaps at some point we can unite again under them, and the world will cease fracturing into ever smaller angry parts and come together again... https://t.co/TW0IKIbTHh
So this is the latest image doing the rounds on TikTok Who is going to tell him that Paddington Bear is Peruvian, and he came to the UK as a stowaway on a lifeboat?
Daily Mail say today we need Farage and Reform to save the country. A reminder of the role the Mail played in getting us into this mess.
The Nobel Peace Prize is in the bag
weird how farage has no reflection @stuzi_pants
Pride without prejudice x

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