Shout-out to Trumpet, first Bloodhound to win Westminster. I love Bloodhounds, I made a whole graphic novel with a soccer team called The Bloodhounds. You deserve this, Trumpet. We deserve this.

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22 June 1665: A hero's funeral at Abbey for Charles Berkeley Earl of who had been killed at the Battle of Lowestoft

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I tend to find a new favorite painting every few months, and my current favorite is this!: St. Margaret's, Westminster by Louis Hubbard Grimshaw! It's so pretty!

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Some little break doodles from recent studio work sessions ✏️
The first one was for Charles Barry’s bday; Pugin got him a Westminster cake 🎂

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This : floating crane , on the Thames , with Westminster Bridge & Big Ben behind ❤️
Oil on canvas….#painting

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The clock tower (Elizabeth Tower) proved a particular headache for Charles Barry (died 1860) & others. It went through multiple re-designs, 2 'Big Bens' & someone even suggested attaching sails to it so the clock could be powered by the wind.

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Compare the comparative modesty of the Lords' temporary chamber with Barry & Pugin's gothic fantasy 👇

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Duchess of Cambridge attended ANZAC day service at Westminster Abbey

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Hall in c.1800 giving off a rather provincial town vibe

from the collection at

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Austin's luxury Westminster model was given a new Pinin Farina-styled body with the launch of the latest A99 version in 1959. The brochure noted the 'new imperious lines' as well as the 'new urgent power' from the enlarged 2.9-litre six.

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6 Mar 1616: d. Francis Beaumont playwright, student of Ben Jonson, close collaborator with John Fletcher. Buried in Abbey in May 1616. (NPG)

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THE SPA AT 🧖‍♀️ EAST WESTMINSTER

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25 Feb 1308: At his coronation at Abbey Edward II swears to uphold the laws of St. Edward the Confessor

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And Frankley gazetteer by Bill Dague incl Judge Thomas Littleton of Westminster Hall destroyed by Royalists in the Civil War, next to St Leonard’s Church Frankley, Bartley Reservoir and Birmingham Water Works https://t.co/eI9tIOBFQn

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Why has no news broadcaster compiled and transmit the timeline of Answering questions in regard to the multiple The public need to be informed when a PM appears to mislead parliament on several occasions

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Let’s not forget 160,000 died due to this government failures. Don’t forget the huge fraud of taxpayers money given to crooks and Tory chums in corrupt covid dealings. Don’t forget your tax rise, your doubled fuel cost.

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the people of the 4 countries tied to Westminster. How many times are we allowed to be misled by this governments Ministers. Is there a threshold or is it limitless? No trust in this government

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