‘Hyper-stylised, ultra-cool visions’: 10 ways David Hockney changed art
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New books and I don't know which one to read first:
- The Country House Dining Room by Amy Boyington
- A Guide to Regency Dress by @fourredshoes.bsky.social
- Jane Austen: The Biography by Elizabeth Jenkins
Haven't been on in a while, so in case you missed it...Masquerade is out now and you can find her in a good bookshop near you (or online!) 💖✨
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Here’s a good reading for today, an extract from Ross Brooks’ Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life!
(13/n)
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This extract from @profmabon.bsky.social's new book looks at how the conflict that erupted after the 2026 attacks on Iran threatens to reopen many of the same sectarian fractures unleashed by the Iraq War & the Arab uprisings — only now on a far wider regional scale.
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This one isn’t out yet, but Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life: A History of Sex and Science, by Ross Brooks, comes out in the August in the UK and September in the US. It’s on my TBR list! (10/n)
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Michelle A. Rodrigues 🐒
Michelle A. Rodrigues 🐒
This extract from @rossbrooks.co.uk's Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life reveals some of the tensions between the rich complexity of biological reality and the social norms that sought to contain it.
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In this extract from Steve Tibble’s Crusader Armies, the 1119 Battle of the Field of Blood is the starting point for a wider argument: the armies, identities, and societies of the Crusading era were more diverse, fluid, and surprising than we usually imagine
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In this extract from Steve Tibble’s Crusader Armies, the 1119 Battle of the Field of Blood is the starting point for a wider argument: the armies, identities, and societies of the Crusading era were more diverse, fluid, and surprising than we usually imagine
yalebooks.co.uk/what-if-ever...
#Crusades
Yale University Press London 📖
Yale University Press London 📖
Yale University Press London 📖
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He pushed landscape painting into the stratosphere, demolished one-point perspective, invented the Los Angeles look, embraced iPads, created dazzling stage sets for theatre and opera …
This extract from @rossbrooks.co.uk's Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life reveals some of the tensions between the rich complexity of biological reality and the social norms that sought to contain it.
yalebooks.co.uk/how-darwin-a...
#history #pridemonth #naturalhistory #skystorians
This extract from Ross Brooks’ Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life challenges one of the most enduring assumptions in the history of science:
Professor Michael Dillon is a historian and biographer specialising in the history, politics and society of China Shanghai has had an extraordinary history. The squalor and sleaze of the early…
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As you might imagine, this beautiful fish will have a starring role in my book! 🐟🌈📚
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