Owner of R Gallagher Design. Writer and lover of folklore, myths and fairytales.
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Joined November 2008
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I think this is something special: A rare document of an artist at work 117 years ago! I have enhanced for you this wonderful autochrome by photographer Antonin Personnaz, which captures the moment when the French impressionist painter Armand Guillaumin painted his oil-on-canvas work 'Bathers in Crozant', way back in 1907.
It was photographed in colour and isn't colourised. (in the comments I'll tweet the actual painting he is creating)
Rachel retweeted
Very happy to see this news announced today …
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WE HAVE NEWS!
Look what's coming your way in 2025…
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Rachel retweeted
“But I have lived, and have not lived in vain..."
It is the 200th anniversary of the death of Lord Byron: author of the most readable long poem and the greatest letters in the English language.
Rachel retweeted
Here are two lovely, enhanced autochromes focusing on the theme of poppies (though both predate the Great War). These were taken around 1910 in Champigneulles, Belle Fontaine, France, by photographer Julien Gérardin. They are original colour from 114 years ago and not colourised.
Rachel retweeted
An Irish tale tells of Murdoch’s Rath, a place surrounded by gorse where fairies danced. If good-hearted folk joined their revelry their pockets were filled with gorse flowers that transformed into gold, but the greedy were chased away through the prickly furze! #FairytaleTuesday
Rachel retweeted
I know all the talk recently is about men’s obsession with the Roman Empire but have you tried asking the women in your life how often they think about Anne Boleyn?
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‘Daffodowndilly’
She wore her yellow sun-bonnet,
She wore her greenest gown;
She turned to the south wind
And curtsied up and down.
She turned to the sunlight
And shook her yellow head,
And whispered to her neighbour
“Winter is dead.”
~A.A.Milne #spring #daffodil #SpringEquinox
Rachel retweeted
The sound that once sent a shiver down the Roman legionary's spine! The bellow of a reconstructed carnyx - a war trumpet used by Iron Age Celts, Gauls, and Germans to incite troops to battle and instil terror in the enemy.
Rachel retweeted
Little story for you. Three years ago almost to the day I sat in Tate Britain, wallowing in this painting - John Everett Millais' astonishing portrait of Ophelia. It has always captivated me: such pathos and beauty, and such familiarity... 🧵
Rachel retweeted
The 2023 February Full Snow Moon setting at Stonehenge this morning 😍❄️🌨🌕 #fullmoon #moon #stonehenge #snowmoon #snow 📷 credit Stonehenge Dronescape
Rachel retweeted
Fox closed her eyes, felt the cold on her face
She smiled at the darkness, lost in winter's brace
Solstice had come, the promise of more light
Nature's cycle was done by end of this night
She wished all souls love with the return of the sun
and #SolsticeBlessings for everyone
Rachel retweeted
We’re very disappointed too! At the very moment that the world is discussing our global response to the biodiversity crisis at #COP15 the UK gov’t fails to seize the potential of and public appetite for #WilderNationalParks #rewilding
Yesterday the gov't chose not to accept amendments in #levellingup bill that would give new powers to National Parks
We are very disappointed in the decision and have called on gov't to think again about these urgently needed reforms: cnp.org.uk/news/national-par… Photo: Dick Hawkes
Rachel retweeted
My first feeling as I watched was, the British press are disgraceful. The more I watched I started to realize, we all have a responsibility to STOP buying their news, ignore their messages and not feed the vile press/monster. #HarryandMeganNetflix
Rachel retweeted
Everyone needs to stay in a cottage - even for a short time - and befriend the woods, the native wildflowers, the local beasts and birds, atleast once in their busy lives. 🌼
