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I'm tired. Tired of waiting for #indyref2. Tired of indy supporters losing focus on the primary goal of separation from Westminster. Tired of "accepting Brexit". Tired of waiting for the justification that Scotland can be independent. pls RT and give us a follow. #indyScotNow
Do you love cartoons and comics? Aged 13-16? Well you’re in for a treat with an exclusive workshop from @Cartoonmuseumuk - part of our #CityLions holiday programme. Join us from 1-3 June, in person (yes that's right 🥳)
https://t.co/yjjw0A0FYs #Cartoons #Comics #Westminster
Ward map of first preferences in the London Mayor election (light shades for majority under 10 per cent, postal votes attributed to wards). Impressive Lab showing in 'posh London' - Hampstead, Putney, Westminster, Wimbledon, Twickenham...
176/365 "It's a Misty Atmospheric Morning" from my 365 Project
A timeless Westminster scene, painted with an inky monochrome palette to portray an air of mystery.
https://t.co/wKcByoCKeR
#paulkenton #paulkenton365 #cityscapeartist #painting #ukartist #london
174/365 "Fading Light Over Westminster" from my 365 Project
In this view towards Big Ben, the sun emits an inviting glow. I worked in watercolours on rough paper - great for colour washes and creating a textured effect.
https://t.co/dpY7pU7wdp
#paulkenton #paulkenton365 #art
William Caxton – Examining First Proof Sheet from His Printing Press in Westminster Abbey, A.D. 1474, Frederick Bacon
Here's a couple of what I would say are moderately interesting #objkts on my page #hicetnunc @onhicetnunc
Westminster
https://t.co/VzECKAm4W1
Kensington
https://t.co/YNqg6RB0Uu
3 May 1641: Protesting outside #Westminster Hall, John Lilburne, future Leveller tells an acquaintance that if justice is not done to the Earl of #Strafford 'they would pull the King out of Whitehall' #otd (BM) And they did, in the end... #overheardinLondon
@BoltonsMotors looking super glam alongside Carole Lombard in her talk for Westminster Libraries.
9 Mar 1616: Francis Beaumont, playwright, interred in #Westminster Abbey near #Chaucer & #Spenser #otd
“Westminster’s historical neglect of these indigenous British languages mirror a similar disregard for the 300 “foreign” languages that make up multicultural Britain” https://t.co/yhjNMyAcBB
#neoliberalism #language #identity #erasure #bk
All my Westminster VW screenprints are unique as I make the body different in each print. I have not finish all 25 variations and you could commission your own personal version. Here are some examples.
Rudolph de Harak designed over 50 record covers for Westminster Records as well as designing covers for Columbia, Oxford and Circle record labels. The designs have a mid-century allure and the compositions and colours, have not aged at all.
https://t.co/teh7VAlWgi
#OTD 1606 trial of Guy Fawkes & 7 others for attempting to blow up Parliament. Attorney General, Edward Coke, prosecuted case & spectators paid up to 10s for admittance to Westminster Hall. All explained by @childs_jessie in masterly ‘God’s Traitors’ https://t.co/UbxTg7iygi
On this day
1265 England's first Parliament met at Westminster Hall London, convened by the 6th Earl of Leicester - Simon de Montfort. Leader of the opposition to King Henry III.
In the words of one historian, "the House of Commons in embryo"
Montfort died at Battle of Evesham.
Illustrations from London Town (1883) by Thomas Crane (1843–1903) and Ellen Houghton (1853-1922). Westminster Abbey, British Museum and London Underground. A rhyming picture book that takes you through the famous sights and sounds of London. #Tube