Kate

Walker and observer. Art, architecture, history, cinema, theatre, needle craft, pirates and photography are my thing. London is my spiritual home.

[Kate @KateOnTheCoast1]

@Evrii_care Please can you help, an item I ordered has been returned to sender (Wayfair). I cannot get any help on phone or on chat because you won’t accept my tracking number which I know is the correct one.

[DaVinci @BiancoDavinci]

Art Deco escalator terminals at NYC’s original Penn Station.

[Paintings of London @PaintingsLondon]

'The Flask Exterior, Hampstead' (2016) by James MacKinnon
https://t.co/YrIasBxfIJ

[Brian Gallagher @BGallagherColl]

Blackbird in the green, for the day that's in it. Kelvin Walkway, Glasgow. #birds

[Bobbie @bo66ie29]

The Victorians knew how to build beautifully. Bring back stunning stained glass doors!

[Paintings of London @PaintingsLondon]

'Night Flats', Camberwell (c.1967) by David Hepher

(Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art)

[Paintings of London @PaintingsLondon]

Good evening! This week's theme is London Homes 🏡
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'Good Morning, Muswell Hill' (2014) by Nessie Ramm
https://t.co/pnnHsgvYGk

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

Umberto Eco, who owned 50,000 books, had this to say about home libraries:

“It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read. It would be like saying that you should use all the cutlery or glasses or screwdrivers or drill bits you bought before buying new ones.

“There are things in life that we need to always have plenty of supplies, even if we will only use a small portion.

“If, for example, we consider books as medicine, we understand that it is good to have many at home rather than a few: when you want to feel better, then you go to the ‘medicine closet’ and choose a book. Not a random one, but the right book for that moment. That’s why you should always have a nutrition choice!

“Those who buy only one book, read only that one and then get rid of it. They simply apply the consumer mentality to books, that is, they consider them a consumer product, a good. Those who love books know that a book is anything but a commodity.”

[C20 Society @C20Society]

NEWS: The former Odeon Cinema in Morecambe (1937), now operating as a hardware and bathroom supply shop, has been Grade II listed by DCMS following support from C20 Society.

With a powerful urban presence that anchors the building as a gateway to the town, its striking and complex massing includes a slender round-ended tower, projecting flat roof and expressed high-level corridor. Though some external features have been boarded over or lost, the auditorium retains its proscenium arch with many original decorative finishes and characteristic Odeon style fixtures thought to remain, concealed by modern partitions, ceilings and floors.

The Odeon company was formed in 1930 by Oscar Deutsch. Between 1936 and 1939 it opened 96 new cinemas in England, mostly in a distinctive Streamlined Moderne style influenced by German Expressionism, and usually with an exterior mixing brown brick with cream tiling. This ‘house style’ had been developed by Cecil Clavering and Robert Bullivant in the Birmingham architect’s firm of Harry Weedon and Partners, one of two firms which produced most of Odeon’s designs. Morecambe’s Odeon cinema was built in 1937, during a period of rapid expansion for the chain.

The architect William Calder Robson designed seven Odeon’s for the practice Harry Weedon, three of which survive. Morecambe now joins Harrogate (1936) and Blackpool (1938-39) on the National Heritage List for England.

Images © 1. Philip Butler (@Artdecomagpie), 2. John Maltby

[Alastair Hilton @London_W4]

Was on the train making my way home, when I had to change at Richmond and I thought instead of heading straight home, I’ll have a wander around Richmond as I haven’t been for a while. A stroll down the High Street, through the little alleyways, past the green and now I’m here by the river having a chat with a bird from Canada.

[ScotRail @ScotRail]

This morning, we had a stag casually waiting for the train at Glenfinnan.🦌🦌🦌

[Municipal Dreams @MunicipalDreams]

Old Knebworth, Hertfordshire: houses on Park Lane built by Hitchin Rural District Council in the 1930s

[Robert Allotment cat,now helped by Janet & Amanda @AllotmentCat]

(Amanda)
I had a bit of a shock when Betty showed me this photo.
What's going on with my whiskers?
They look like they are exploding off my face!
I don't mind, whiskers are useful and I suppose the bigger they are, the better.
Would you be happy to have whiskers like mine?

[Robert Allotment cat,now helped by Janet & Amanda @AllotmentCat]

(Janet)
I love sun-bathing, it's one of my favourite things to do.
It's been quite sunny here recently and I've made the most of it.
It is still a bit cold at night but that doesn't bother me.
My fur coat keeps me nice and warm.

[Lost London @Lost___London]

An amazing view of Trafalgar Square and the Charring Cross/Westminster area in the 1920s

[Bobbie @bo66ie29]

This house is beautiful and should be the minimum standard for new builds.

[Beatrice Groves @beatricegroves1]

The beautiful old road from Dunwich to Walberswick in Suffolk💚
Birdsong, peacock butterflies and the scent of blackthorn blossom in the air & stitchwort and ground ivy coming into flower along the verges🤍

[Paintings of London @PaintingsLondon]

'Ladbroke Grove, Winter Morning Light 2' by Peter Brown
https://t.co/24e16Yzmzf

[Denby Pottery @denbypottery]

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We are sad to share that we may be forced to close and a British institution could be lost.

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