Dr Annette Rubery

Historical biographer writing about John Vanbrugh and his circle. Member of @SamJohnsonSoc and Associate Fellow of the @RoyalHistSoc. An AI-free zone.

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Great Rusty pre-dinner moment; he got @RichardBratby’s attention by somehow wriggling into the curtain loop and then couldn’t get out.

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@Mulrain I’m only away for a few days!

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I haven’t brought enough reading material on this trip. The hotel has a bookshelf and it was either this or War and Peace.

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@LionsMan71 Cheers. It’s a good holiday read!

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Stupendous and moving 1930s frescoes illustrating the Lord’s Prayer in St Martin’s Church, Bled, by the artist Slavko Pengov. Also: a Last Supper depicting Judas Iscariot as Lenin. Who is the Noel Coward figure in the robe I wonder?

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@RichardBratby

[S Sebag Montefiore @simonmontefiore]

The best coffee at Harvard @bluebottlecafe was going so well - volcanically hot, eyewateringly strong - when there was a screech & a peck and the rampaging Harvard Turkey was upon me.
I only just escaped with my coffee…

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Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Bled island. Only six other passengers on the boat over, so I had it to myself!

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Coffee-shop painting.

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@maricarjagger It’s a pleasure!

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It’s difficult to capture the vibrancy of the colours here at this time of year. It stopped raining for long enough this afternoon for me to paint by the lake and create a Lake Bled colour palette.

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Misty morning.

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Got a few tourist stamps for my sketchbook. 💖

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@ManiPillai1886 It’s a perfect case in terms of size but poor quality - the fabric partition in the middle has frayed and I will soon have to find an alternative!

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A morning’s walking and painting at Lake Bled and it’s clear to me that I will need some wet weather strategies. Ditching the 100% cotton paper for a start.

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@PaulSpicer6 @RichardBratby Thanks! I remember you lived there. Very little changes I’m glad to say.

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Apricot sky earlier.

[Richard Bratby @RichardBratby]

"This dance is a polka and it is called Big Turnip".
I never thought I'd say this but I think we may have reached Peak Balkans.

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Befriending the cats of Bled.

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@IrwellEdition Gosh - that long ago? Time flies!

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[SlenderSherbet @SlenderSherbet]

A squirrel farting in the bath is the start to the weekend you didn't know you needed.

[Alexandra Wilson @amwilson_opera]

A. N. Wilson in today's Times: "whenever we hear [the King] speak, demonstrating that he is well-informed and well-read, it is an uncomfortable reminder that almost none of the cabinet or the shadow cabinet are capable of expressing themselves without cliché...