Incidentally I know literally nothing about Monroe and am not commenting on his charm. Just the idea Beltrani could just kinda let himself in and say hi.
A wee group of angry balaclava and mask-wearing anti-immigration guys tried to stop the good people of Glasgow showing solidarity with migrants and standing up to racism and fascism. Well, the far right are far outnumbered...
#RefugeesWelcome #MigrantsWelcome #NeighboursNotStrangers #Glasgow
Two gorgeous little hedgehogs that came to visit.
A knight, holding the pommel of his sword. Yes, clearly. Absolutely what I thought when I walked past it earlier.
Forgot the alt text. Sorry. So, basically, image shows a Madonna and child in the carrera academy, Bergamo, in which Baby Jesus attempts exactly the sort of escape known all too well to any mum who has ever attempted to get a nice photo with a teething 15 month old.
Thanks to @adapalmer.bsky.social ‘s brilliant book I now have enough context to enjoy the renaissance in art galleries. I am probably badly misinterpreting this but as I understand it, at some point theology started considering human dignity and artists responded by admitting babies never sit still
Hannah Graham
This account of when Italian explorer Beltrani met President Monroe by wandering into the White House - full text in alt text- is completely charming and unimaginable today. Imagine if a random Italian who had spent months wandering about with the Dakota people just rocked up in the Oval Office now.
Milan cathedral has an entry fee. It’s Sunday and I figured there was a good chance you’d struggle to see round it with mass taking place. Then it occurred to me I was raised C of E and the standing up/sitting down bits are pretty similar. So I went to mass. Thoroughly beautiful, and although…
Today I am at the Edinburgh Futures Institute again
Gorgeous corridor but I am categorically not coming down here on my own at night ever because I do not believe this corridor knows it is not in a spooky Victorian hospital anymore.
… my Italian is almost non existent I speak passable enough Spanish where I am reasonably sure he was talking about responsibility, good people as custodians for the world, peace being our duty and war being utterly opposed to the Christian life.
