If we did not care, nothing would matter.
But as we do, everything does.

Text: @VinnieSullivan
Painting: ‘Anguish’ by Friedrich Albrecht Schenck’s

The Anticlimactic Fate Of Britain's Pubs

The King Of Bohemia, 10 Hampstead High Street #London ⚰️

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The King of Bohemia has stood at 10 Hampstead High Street from the 1680s & was rebuilt in the 1930s. Since it was closed in 2003, the ground floor was converted into a retail store and then a sushi restaurant. You'd think any council or government worth its salt would rather waste money saving such a pub instead of wasting the culture we lost with its death.

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Farewell, fiddle, and all that you wrote,
So, too, the times that you brought.
So, too, the ballads that beside you once sang,
And the culture in which you once wrought.

Farewell, Fiddle 🎻

"Even the more intelligent Christians preach absurdities. Their injunctions are like this: 'Let no one educated, no one wise, no one sensible draw near. For these abilities are thought by us to be evils. But as for anyone ignorant, anyone stupid, anyone uneducated, anyone childish, let him come boldly.' By the fact that they themselves admit that these people are worthy of their god, they show that they want and are able to convince only the foolish, dishonorable and stupid, and only slaves, women and little children."

— 2nd-century Greek philosopher Celsus (On the True Doctrine)

"I see the bad moon a-risin'
I see trouble on the way
I see earthquakes and lightnin'
I see bad times today

Don't go around tonight
Well it's bound to take your life
There's a bad moon on the rise...

Hope you got your things together
Hope you are quite prepared to die
Looks like we're in for nasty weather
One eye is taken for an eye"

Do not whimper, do not weaken;
Do not lose sight, do not fall.
Do not ignite defeats beacon;
Do not flinch now, do not stall.

Be astute as the deep clouds deepen.
Be alert when alarm bells call.
Be prepared for the changing of the season;
Be strong above all for us all.

— Changing of the Season

If we'd what little we wanted, we'd want for nothing.

🎨 Shufflton's Barber Shop by Norman Rockwell

There's absolutely no denying that historic architecture built for accommodation, battle, or worship is still far superior in class, quality, and presentation than that of contemporary architecture.

#Edinburgh, #Scotland