The Arctophile

Forever Louise Brooks @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 01:51 UTC

Hedy Lamarr, 1946.

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The Arctophile @phewtus.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 06:23 UTC

Good morning all. #TreeOfTheDay no.853

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The Arctophile @phewtus.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 10:52 UTC

That's going to set the mood all right. Great song.

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The Arctophile @phewtus.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 10:36 UTC

#BOTD 1898
Gertrude Lawrence: English actress, singer, dancer and musical comedy performer known for her stage appearances in the West End of London and on Broadway in New York.

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The Arctophile @phewtus.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 10:33 UTC

#BOTD 1900
Robert Desnos:French poet playing a key role in the Surrealist movement. After the Nazis discovered his role in the Resistance he was arrested by the Gestapo and moved to Terezin concentration camp, he died a few days after the camp was liberated.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/robert...

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The Arctophile @phewtus.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 09:19 UTC

Beautiful, and a bit of sun shining through!

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The Arctophile @phewtus.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 07:12 UTC

Good morning all.
#TreeOfTheDay no.852
And don't forget your photo ID if you're off to vote.

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The Arctophile @phewtus.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 15:51 UTC

#NowPlaying Asmahan - Ya Habibi Taala Elhaani (LP, Elmir Records)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FDq...

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The Arctophile @phewtus.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 14:59 UTC

#NowWatching I, The Executioner (D:Tai Kato, 1968)
"A sublime journey into the shadows, a material noir-thriller unfolding through the lens of a suspect — guided by the visionary Tai Katō, a director of unrivalled eccentricity."

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The Arctophile @phewtus.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 13:22 UTC

#WindowsOnWednesday

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The Arctophile @phewtus.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 13:06 UTC

#BOTD 1896
Karol Juliusz "Igo" Sym: Polish actor and collaborator with Nazi Germany. He was killed in Warsaw by members of the Polish resistance movement.

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The Arctophile @phewtus.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 10:28 UTC

I'm always amazed how different they can look from one day to the next with just a slight change in light and weather.

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The Arctophile @phewtus.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 06:39 UTC

Good morning all. #TreeOfTheDay no.851

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The Arctophile @phewtus.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 17:09 UTC

#BOTD 1908
Charles "Teenie" Harris: American photographer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Harris was known for his photographs of residents and prominent visitors to Pittsburgh, including musicians and baseball players, which often appeared in the Pittsburgh Courier.

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The Arctophile @phewtus.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 17:07 UTC

#BOTD 1869
Liane de Pougy, TOSD: Folies Bergère vedette and dancer renowned as one of Paris's most beautiful and notorious courtesans. Later in life, she also became a Dominican tertiary.
www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture...

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The Arctophile @phewtus.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 16:49 UTC

Do they do any repairs on the Hedges? An extra one here and there to replace some of the lost ones. Apols for delay in replying, no Internet at work so have to wait until hometime. Really annoying.

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The Arctophile @phewtus.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 06:25 UTC

Good morning everyone. #TreeOfTheDay no.850 #ThickTrunkTuesday #WalkBeforeWork

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The Arctophile @phewtus.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 16:19 UTC

#BOTD 1899
Elsie Wagstaff: English actress. Educated at the Guildhall School of Music, her stage work began in the chorus in 1919, and one of her first leading roles was as Sadie Thompson in an adaptation of Somerset Maugham's Rain.

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The Arctophile @phewtus.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 16:15 UTC

#BOTD 1898
Joyce Kennedy: Actress, known for The Return of Bulldog Drummond (1934), Bracelets (1931) and The Pelican (1939).

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The Arctophile @phewtus.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 11:19 UTC

#BenchmarkMonday St.Thomas' Southborough.

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The Arctophile @phewtus.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 09:35 UTC

Another beauty!

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The Arctophile @phewtus.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 06:36 UTC

Good morning everyone #TreeOfTheDay no.849 Fingers crossed for Monday. #WalkBeforeWork

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The Arctophile @phewtus.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 04:53 UTC

Rabbits Rabbits Rabbits! Happy first of the month.

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The Arctophile @phewtus.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 08:55 UTC

#OTD 1921
Alfred Watkins made an odd discovery: The ancient monuments seemed to be in a series of straight lines, "glowing wires all over the surface of the country." He theorised that pre-Romans had erected landmarks in a straight path in order to travel between them as quickly as possible.

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The Arctophile @phewtus.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 17:17 UTC

#NowWatching Last Holiday (D:Henry Case,1950)
"It's funny, touching, perceptive and one of the great undiscovered movies. Discover it."

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The Arctophile @phewtus.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 17:12 UTC

#BOTD 1928
Ian Edmund Bannen: Scottish actor with a long career in film, on stage, and on television. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in The Flight of the Phoenix (1965), the first Scottish actor to receive the honour.

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The Arctophile @phewtus.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 09:10 UTC

#BOTD 1936 Happy 88th!
James David Rudkin: English playwright and director. Became famous overnight in his mid-twenties with his sensational and gruesome stage play "Afore Night Come".
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

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The Arctophile @phewtus.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 06:52 UTC

Good morning all. #TreeOfTheDay no.848 Enjoy your Saturday footpaths.

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