Thanks to QuelleBooks, I’m obsessed with finding these “Missing Mother” portraits. According to the fascinating and unnerving post on Retronaut, “This was a practice where the mother, often disguised or hiding, often under a spread, holds her baby tightly for the photographer to insure a sharply focused image.” Some are more subtle than others and it’s…
PENGUIN ACTS OUT – Part The Fourth
Penguin has got himself into trouble this time! He had a weak point — this Fortunato — although in other regards he was a man to be respected and even feared. He prided himself on his connoisseurship in wine. We passed through a range of low arches, descended, passed on, and descending again, arrived at…
Queen Elizabeth II Celebrates Her Diamond Jubilee as Monarch (PHOTOS) – The Daily Beast
Queen Elizabeth II Celebrates Her Diamond Jubilee as Monarch (PHOTOS) – The Daily Beast.
Penguin Acts Out – Part the Second
Looks like Penguin has got himself into a bit of bother… Check out more adventures at Penguin English Library.
Penguin Acts Out – Introduction
The super cool people at Penguin English Library have been having a little fun with a penguin figurine and some famous scenes in classic literature. This has been christened Penguin Acts Out. I’ve been inspired to do the same but I’ve only done a couple so far. Watch this space for my contribution to Penguin…