So here’s an odd one: if you put Reddit into Google Trends then there is a distinct peak and then decline.
Peak Reddit?
Author: ChrisC
Trains of the Future, Trains of the Past
Here’s something to take the edge off that liminal space between Christmas and New Year; two nicely illustrated articles from Adam Rowe’s always fun 70s Sci-Fi Art.
First we have Trains of the Future…
…and then Trains of the Past.
Robin Hood’s Bay in Winter / Ethel Walker
Ethel Walker’s Robin Hood’s Bay in Winter.It seems to be on permanent exhibition at York Art Gallery and, I must note, looks better in person.
Winter on Fifth Avenue / Alfred Stieglitz (1893*)
Alfred Stieglitz’s Winter on Fifth Avenue. This was, apparently, one of the first times that driving snow had been photographed.
From Harvard Art Museum’s collection.
*Probably. Apparently there’s a little confusion around dates.
Surfing Santas and Christmas Toppers in Hawes
A double-bill today; first, a surfing Santa and his knitted elves at Hawes bridge on Gale Beck.
Snowflake Balloon
There’s a rather festive snowflake hot air balloon just outside of Malton’s St Michael’s Church.
Winter Sea / Paul Nash (1925–1937)
Paul Nash’s Winter Sea. Painted between 1925 and 1937.
Winterlandschap met Schaatsers en Vogelknip (Winter Landscape with a Bird Trap) / Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1565)
Let’s start this Christmas week with a copy of Pieter Bruegel’s Winter Landscape with a Bird Trap.
Hall of the Golden Hue, Hiraizumi / Hasui Kawase (1957)
Merry Winter Solstice 2025! And to mark it off, here’s a lovely woodcut by Hasui Kawase.
Castle Howard in Green
Castle Howard lit up in green as part of their Christmas ‘Wonderful Wizard of Oz’ installation.
