Lucy Holland

Almost 10,000 authors have come together to publish an empty book protesting the theft of books by tech companies to train AI models.

Titled Don’t Steal This Book, it is empty of text except the names of the authors involved.. 🧵

Happy publication day Andy!

*runs to buy immediately*

I need every single male artist that follows me to read this. It's not very long. You need to bear witness to this shit. You have to see it with your own eyes because you never will in your everyday life.

I'm serious, read it all please

A black chalk drawing of a woman facing to the left and holding a dagger.

Happy International Women’s Day!

Angelica Kauffmann (1741–1807) was a star of the art world in the 18th century. Her paintings emphasised the female experience, which was radical for the time.

Today is International Women's Day and this post features a newspaper report from Penrith Observer on 4 September 1917 about Nellie Spindler from Wakefield who as a nurse in World War 1 in France who paid the ultimate sacrifice for helping many others.
#IWD

SHY CREATURES: Clare Chambers FEAST: Catherine Kurtz PANTHEON: Caroline Lawrence NOWHERE BURNING: Catriona Ward MOONLIGHT EXPRESS: Monisha Rajesh ALL GROWN UP: Daisy Buchanan

Just a few of the books by women that I have enjoyed recently… #InternationalWomensDay

There have been a few short films made about her, but the fact nothing has ever come out of Hollywood is bizarre. I hesitate to say it's because the main character is a wife and mother but 💀

Detail from Olivier's tomb, Josselin, France.

Her son Olivier V was nicknamed the Butcher. He lived into his 70s and died one of the richest men in France. In a cool twist of fate, which might well have pleased Jeanne and made her vengeance complete, his descendant, Francis, became king of France in 1515.

Lioness, I toast you. /the end

Eventually her flagship was sunk. Jeanne along with her son Olivier was rescued. She married a fourth time (at the age of 56): Walter Bentley, an English knight who had been granted lands in Brittany. She died there peacefully in 1359. /7

Her Black Fleet patrolled the channel for 13 years, targeting French vessels & killing their crews. Some sources say she used an axe to behead French nobles herself. Jeanne the pirate attacked coastal settlements in Normandy. She also supplied the English ships during the Battle of Crécy. /6

Illustration of a black ship with many full red sails. Artist unknown.

She sold her estates and - with the English king's support - bought three warships which she painted black with red sails.

She called the flagship MY REVENGE. /5

Jeanne took her children to see their father's head on a pike at the Sauvetout gate. Then, enraged, she gathered forces & switched sides. She began to attack French-supporting castles, typically massacring all but one individual who was left to carry the news to Philip VI. It wasn't enough. /4

Execution of Olivier IV de Clisson. Painting attributed to Loyset Liédet, Flemish illuminator (v. 1420 – v. 1483) in the Chronicles of Lord Jehan Froissart.

In the Breton War of Succession, the de Clissons threw in their lot with the French choice: Charles de Blois. Although Olivier was captured by the English and ransomed, the French king, Philip VI, suspected him of treachery. On little to no evidence, he had him beheaded.

Jeanne de Belleville was a Breton noblewoman, born in 1300 and married at 12. After two kids and the death of her first husband, she remarried twice, the second time to Olivier de Clisson (by now her third husband and likely a love match). All seemed happy. But tragedy struck. /2

Stained glass by Bob Venables

For International Women's Day, may I relate one of my favourite medieval stories: Jeanne de Clisson, the Lioness of Brittany! /1

Oh it stinks of AI yes

A black and white illustration inspired by Susan Hill's novel The Woman in Black. A woman in late Victorian mourning stands in a graveyard in a flat desolate landscape. There are two stone pillars in the foreground.

An illustration of the ghost of a woman in a dress of the mid to late Georgian era with a sort of skeletal face. She is stood / hovering in front of a detached Georgian house in the dusk, flanked by dark trees, with its front door lit from above.

A print of a black and white illustration inspired by John Masefield's novel the Box of Delights: a bearded man with a heavy pack trudges through snow pursued by wolves. There's a big white house in the distance, and a small aeroplane (in fact a car-o-plane) in the sky. The scene is flanked by trees and emerges from a square box. The face of its beholder is just visible.

A ridiculous black and white illustration (in print form) of worshippers dancing around a ceremonial bonfire in the trees. The flames take the shape of a large cat's head.

Hello! I've been a bit preoccupied lately with real life and stuff but I've finally put a bit of effort into my Etsy shop... added new prints and restocked old ones. Do have a look. Sharing much appreciated. Thank you.

sarahcoomershop.etsy.com

Perhaps if the appeal fails. Although I've heard you're screwed if that happens. Seen several people have to begin again. I wonder if it's their way of coercing you into paying for a verified account

I missed that! I recall the internet of the early noughties though, that was chill.

If this is not related to my DMs then I guess it might be an impersonator account ?!

Confirmation if I needed it that they read your private messages. This world is terrifying.

So I think it's bc I shared an unpopular opinion on a group of flag waving men in a DM. Bot read the dm and suspended me.

I was posting about the rights of rivers and meta kicked me out of my instagram account. Please find me on here while I attempt to get this nonsense sorted.

A reproduction of the bronze boar-headed Deskford carnyx held in the air.

The new Norfolk Iron Age carnyx find featured on #DiggingForBritain with @profaliceroberts.bsky.social is beyond spectacular, dating to that crucial period for the Iceni between Caesar’s expeditions & Boudica’s rebellion. Already my find of the decade, today is a day to worship the carnyx…
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I'm going to be in North Wales (Eryri specifically) in the second week of Feb and I'm looking for a portrait photographer who'd do some new author shots in a dramatic location!

Can anyone help? Please do share 🙏

Thanks for the share ☺️

Diolch yn fawr Cheryl 🥰

I am beyond excited to share! 🪉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤️

Thanks Pers! ☺️