Poking around the Science Museum’s archives, I came across this rather fabulous ‘Dick Turpin’ themed LNER poster for train travel to York.
Just look at how wonderful it is!
‘To York, Dick Turpin’s Ride’
Author: ChrisC
Tours of Old York #4: An Artist Visits…
And now for a slightly different tour of old York – York as seen by a visiting artist.
In 1952 the curator of York Art Gallery – Hans Hess – approached L. S. Lowry to paint a scene of York for the annual Evelyn Award. For this Lowry would be awarded the princely sum of £50 or – in 2025 money – around £1,250.
In the end, Lowery was to paint three images of York; two he offered to the art gallery to select from – ‘Clifford’s Tower, York‘ and ‘A View of York (from Tang Hall Bridge)‘ – and a third – ‘Wilson’s Terrace‘ – that he sold on to a private collector.
Of the two images offered to York Art Gallery, they selected ‘Clifford’s Tower, York‘ which, as of writing, can currently be seen in one of the upper galleries.
‘Clifford’s Tower, York’
Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer
The Internet Archive has launched a WordPress link monitoring tool that will redirect your external links if they go down and will cease if they return.
Continue reading “Internet Archive Wayback Machine Link Fixer”Welcome to the Machine/ Pink Floyd (1975)
It looks like the Pink Floyd team have commissioned a new music video to an old song. I like it and think the grainy Scifi-esque landscape works really well with the dystopian nature of Welcome to the Machine.
Crossing the Ouse
New toy time! Crossing the Ouse aims to be a comprehensive history of crossings of the River Ouse. I’ve only posed one entry so far – Fishergate Loop (1961) – but I have the various bits and pieces needed for several more.
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Penguins
Penguins. Birmingham Sealife Centre, February 2026
Moon Phases by Galileo Galilei
Galileo’s watercolours of the various moon phases from 1609. Note how the terminator between the light and dark sides is not smooth – thus showing that the moon’s surface is also not smooth.
Blur’s Song 2 – But every “woohoo” is done by Mario
This is very bad. But also kinda fun.
The Middlecave Yard Demolition and Rebuild – Late January 2026
See more of the Middlecave work here!
It’s time for another exciting update from the demolition and rebuilding of the former farm at Middlecave Yard. And, if you’ve followed these posts before you’ll have noticed the big change on the site since last time – the both the structural pillars and roof have been added!
And there have been two changes since our last visit; the first – and most obvious – is the installation of the steel structure and roof. More on that later. The second change is a little more subtle – an estate agent’s sign has been installed and you can now view the Middlecave Yard listing online (Wayback Machine Archive).
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