#William Holyoake

[lionofchaeronea]

In the Front Row at the Opera (aka The Overture), William Holyoake, ca. 1880

Happy World Opera Day!

[jackbatchelor3]

'I don't get paid enough for this.'

Working in the Loft? Or being tied up by gangsters?

🤭🙊

[bestgullpoll]

Round 2, Side B: Match 30

[Image ID: Two pictures of gulls. The left is a sooty gull walking through water. The right is a white-eyed gull standing on a gravelly shore. /End ID]

The sooty gull (Ichthyaetus hemprichii) is found in the Middle East and down the eastern coast of Africa to Tanzania. They typically measure 44-47 cm (17-18 in) in length and 105-118 cm (41-46 in) in wingspan. They have brown-grey upperparts and chest, darker brown hood extending down to the upper breast, small white eyebrow, yellowish-olive legs, and white nape, underparts, and tail. Their dark brown wings have a white trailing edge, and their long, thick yellowish-green bill has a black band and red tip. They feed on fish, prawns, hatchling turtles, eggs and chicks of other birds, and carrion.

The white-eyed gull (Larus leucophthalmus) is a mid-sized gull found around the Red Sea. They typically measure 40-45 cm (16-18 in) in length and 110-120 cm (43-47 in) in wingspan. They have a black hood over their head and upper throat which is bordered with white. They have grey upperparts, wings, and breast and white stomach and tail. Their legs are yellow, and their long slender bill is dark red with a black tip. Their name comes from their white eye crescents. They feed on fish, crabs, and molluscs, as well as carrion and the eggs and nestlings of other birds.

sooty gull image by William Stephens

white-eyed gull image by Marcel Holyoak

[metalindex-hu]

Greg Puciato lett az énekes az Every Time I Die-tagok új bandájában

Greg Puciato lett az énekes az Every Time I Die-tagok új bandájában - https://nuskull.hu/hirek/greg-puciato-lett-az-enekes-az-every-time-i-die-tagok-uj-bandajaban/ -

Amikor 2021 végén az Every Time I Die összebalhézott Keith Buckley énekessel, majd pár héten belül fel is oszlott, a többi tag hamar bejelentette, hogy ők ettől függetlenül együtt fognak tovább zenélni. Időközben Andy Williams ritmusgitáros is lemorzsolódott a csapatból egyéb elfoglaltságai (tehát a pankrátori karrierje) miatt, így Jordan Buckley gitárosnak, Stephen Micciche basszernek és Clayton Holyoak dobosnak két új embert is keresnie kellett maguk mellé. Mostanra pedig meg is találták – de még milyen embereket!

Ma hivatalosan bemutatkozott az utódzenekar, a Better Lovers, aminek az énekese a megállíthatatlan Greg Puciato lett a néhai ‘Dillinger Escape Planből és további 37 zenekarból (The Black Queen, Killer Be Killed stb.), a másodgitáros posztot pedig Will Putney (Fit for an Autopsy, End) vállalta be, aki amúgy a deathcore-színtér egyik vezető producereként is közismert.

Az új formáció első száma, a 30 Under 13 pont azt hozza, amit várnál ettől az öt arctól, meg pluszban még egy kis thrash metalos huncutkodást is a dal második felében. Hibátlan, lehengerlő kezdés, csak legyen ilyen a folytatás is!

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU-nwWuyKXc

[oldpaintings]

In the Front Row at the Opera, c.1880 by William Holyoake (English, 1834--1894)

[artfortheages]

In the Front Row at the Opera - William Holyoake - circa 1875 

[binders-and-beanies]

Every Time I Die // Organ Grinder

[thewookieruns]

First Line Meme

I was tagged by @tarberrymentats​ a few days ago, but did not have access to my laptop, so I’m finally getting to do this!

Rules: List the first lines of your last 20 stories (if you have less than 20, just list them all!). See if there are any patterns. Choose your favorite opening line. Then tag some of your favorite authors!

I don’t know who has been tagged to do this already, so if you haven’t done this and see this, consider yourself tagged!

Reflections on Beginning Again

The Courier sat down, leaning against the wall of the plaza fountain, sighing in relief after being on their feet all day.

I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire: A Fallout 3 & Fallout 4 Story

Luke Williams lowered the binoculars from his eyes and looked across the blasted out cityscape of Boston and shuddered.

“Piper, I’m hungry.” Nat complained, her voice groggy.

The best way to describe the initial sight of Diamond City was dazzling.

The next several days passed without much incident.

“So… where are we off to, Mister Williams?” Piper questioned as Diamond City began to blend in with the other buildings.

Sunlight pierced the broken windows as Piper awoke.

Luke sat up, ramrod straight, yelling as his hand scrabbled for the pistol on his thigh.

The sound of life outside the house woke Luke before Piper.

Kourumi's Celebradiation 2020 Story

The opening of the door to the Valentine Detective Agency caused the agency’s namesake to look up from the pile of papers he was studying underneath a magnifying glass, the exposed gears and servos in his neck whirring .

A Brave, New, Synthetic World

Thump-thump. Thump-thump. Thump-thump. That was new. Strange. Foreign, yet somehow familiar… echoing in his...

The view of the Institute Robotics lab was a sight to see.

As Nick’s senses recovered from the sudden jolt, the first thing that registered was the sound of a woman screaming.

A portly older man in a fedora approached Nick before he could get a good look at the town.

Nick was up before the sun, making sure to slip out before anyone could see him.

The two synths began the short walk to the town of Sanctuary.

Nick slowly climbed his way into consciousness, disoriented by the lack of light in the room.

Realizations

“Happy birthday, Luke!” Luke Williams looked up from his ragged copy of Grognak the Barbarian, almost more tape than actual comic.

rED-E For You

Out in the Mojave, the dangers are many and the friends are few.

Yeehawgust Day 29: Bounty Hunter

The light from Shaun’s flashlight lit the darkened hallway.

[grandmaster-anne]

The Queen (centre) and Prince Philip held a dinner party for the Commonwealth Prime Ministers attending a conference at Buckingham Palace in London. (Front row, l-r) Sir Dawda Jawara (The Gambia), Dr Hastings Banda (Malawi), Harold Wilson, Tunku Abdul Rahman (Malaysia), Archbishop Makarios III (Cyprus), Keith Holyoake (New Zealand), Siaka Stevens (Sierra Leone) and John Gorton (Australia). (Second row, l-r) Zakir Hussain (Pakistan), Chief Jeremiah Obafemi Awolowo (Nigeria), Dr Borg Olivier (Malta), Mrs Indira Gandhi (India), Dudley Senanayake (Ceylon), Dr Milton Obote (Uganda), Pierre Trudeau (Canada), Mr Harlley (Ghana), Hugh Shearer (Jamaica) and Lee Kuan Yew (Singapore). (Third row, l-r) Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (Mauritius), Prince Cedza Dlamini (Swaziland), Chief Joseph Leabua Jonathan (Lesotho), Dr Kenneth Kaunda (Zambia), Dr Julius Nyerere (Tanzania), Mr Gichuru (Kenya), Dr Eric Williams (Trinidad and Tobago). (back row, l-r) Sir Seretse Khama (Botswana), Errol Barrow (Barbados) and Forbes Burnham (Guyana). 8 January 1969

[simena]

William Holyoake

[nettaplansfineart]

Oil on canvas, 16" x 20"

Vintage Victorian couple in love in winter English landscape painting. Classic wall art with figures of lovers for wall decor. For couples and lovers who stayed in love through the years, this painting mean “You are still the one I love.”

This is a hand-painted reproduction of the painting by British artist William Holyoake (1834-1894) "The Lovers Vows". This winter landscapes lovers painting gives everyone wonderful memories about Jane Austen's Novels. This romantic painting of lovers shows a young couple not far from a homestead against the background of a snowy valley where cow graze. It's a romantic painting in vintage style with a lovers and village landscape.

Painting by hand in Academic style works was created in neutral palettes with elements of green, gray, beige, brown and white. This is a piece of handmade art. Gallery wrapped canvas.

A good idea to add some classic art and Victorian romantic to your home, living room, kitchen, bedroom, and perfect gift for your relatives and friends. Would look great displayed on an easel on a shelf or mantel. This is real original art, with permanent value.

This is hand-painted oil painting and for a persons, loving old fashion art. This is 100% hand painted art. Even when I create works by copying in oils an paintings by the 19 century artists these oil painting reproduction can be regarded as artworks in themselves.

The purchase of this painting as physical object does not give the buyer the right to copy or reproduce an artwork in any form. The intellectual rights of the author of a work are non-transferable with the purchase of an original painting. Copyright of this picture remains with the artist Polyanskaya Anna.

Although the actual painting pictured has been sold I would be happy to paint it again for you. Your customized painting can be different in the size and performed on a different material from the painting specimen shown here. Turnaround time for original paintings is 2 -3 weeks.

Copyright © Polyanskaya Anna (Netta Plans)

All rights reserved.

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Retratos oficiais, sessões de fotos e afins: 91 / ∞

Retrato oficial do batizado do Príncipe Louis. Tirado por Matt Holyoak na Morning Room da Clarence House | 09.07.2018 Eu morro com a Charlotte segurando a mãozinha do Louis <3 Na foto: (da esquerda para a direita) em pé - Camilla, a Duquesa da Cornualha; Príncipe Charles; Príncipe Harry; Meghan, a Duquesa de Sussex; sentadxs - Príncipe William; Príncipe George; Príncipe Louis; Catherine, a Duquesa de Cambridge; e Princesa Charlotte.

[weirdletter]

The Penguin Book of Hell , edited by Scott G. Bruce, Penguin Classics,  2018. Cover painting: Hell Mouth from the Hours of Catherine of Cleves. Info: penguinrandomhouse.com.

Three thousand years of visions of Hell, from the ancient Near East to modern America. From the Hebrew Bible’s shadowy realm of Sheol to twenty-first-century visions of Hell on earth, The Penguin Book of Hell takes us through three thousand years of eternal damnation. Along the way, you’ll take a ferry ride with Aeneas to Hades, across the river Acheron; meet the Devil as imagined by a twelfth-century Irish monk–a monster with a thousand giant hands; wander the nine circles of Hell in Dante’s Inferno, in which gluttons, liars, heretics, murderers, and hypocrites are made to endure crime-appropriate torture; and witness the debates that raged in Victorian England when new scientific advances cast doubt on the idea of an eternal hereafter. Drawing upon religious poetry, epics, theological treatises, stories of miracles, and accounts of saints’ lives, this fascinating volume of hellscapes illuminates how Hell has long haunted us, in both life and death.

Contents: Introduction by Scott G. Bruce Suggestion for Further Reading Acknowledgments Realms Forbidden to the Living: Ancient Greece and Rome • Tartarus, Prison of the Titans: From Hesiod’s Theogony • Netherworld Megafauna: From Seneca’s The Madness of Heracles • Odysseus at Death’s Door: From Homer’s Odyssey • Socrates Ponders the Punishment of Souls: From Plato’s Phaedo • Into the Realm of Shadows: From Virgil’s Aeneid Early Christian Hellscapes (c. 100–500 CE) • The Fire and the Worm: From the Apocalypse of Paul • The Rich Man and Lazarus: From the Gospel of Luke • Death’s Defeat: The Harrowing of Hell from the Gospel of Nicodemus On the Lip of the Abyss: The Early Middle Ages (c. 500–1000 CE) • Beyond the Black River: From the Dialogues of Gregory the Great • Behold, the Fire Draws Near Me: From Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People • Dryhthelm Returns from the Dead: From Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People • The Island of the Fire Giants: From The Voyage of Saint Brendan Into the Deepest Dark: The Vision of Tundale (c. 1150) • Welcome to Hell • The Punishment Fits the Crime • The Great Below Teaching the Torments: The High Middle Ages (c. 1000–1300) • Lessons in Horror: From the Elucidarium of Honorius of Autun • Preaching Pain: From a Medieval Priest’s Manual • Three Tales of Torment: From Caesarius’ Dialogue on Miracles • Warnings from Beyond the Grave: From Caesarius’ Dialogue on Miracles • The Abominable Fancy: From Thomas Aquinas’s Summa Theologica Abandon All Hope: Dante’s Inferno (c. 1320) • Through the Gates of Hell • The Filthy Fen • The Boiling Blood • The Forest of the Suicides • Trapped Under Ice A Heartbreaking Consort of Woes: Early Modern Afterlives (c. 1500–1700) • The Sharp Pangs of a Wounded Conscience: From a Sermon by William Dawes • Into That Eternal Furnace: From Giovanni Pietro Pinamonti’s Hell Opened to Christians to Caution Them from Entering into It • A Living Death Shall Feed Upon Them: From John Bunyan’s The Resurrection of the Dead and Eternall Judgement The Dread of Hell Peoples Heaven: The Nineteenth Century • Hell Is for Children: From John Furniss’ The Sight of Hell • A Place at Odds with Mercy: From Austin Holyoake’s Heaven & Hell: Where Situated? Hell of Our Own Making: The Twentieth Century and Beyond • The Death Factories: From Vasily Grossman’s “The Hell of Treblinka” • Fire in the Sky: From the “Testimony of Yoshitaka Kawamoto” • The Sum of Suffering: From William Blake’s “A Sentence Worse Than Death” • Guantánamo Mixtape: Music from American Detention Camps Notes Index

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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have released four official photographs to mark the christening of Prince Louis on Monday 9th July.

The photographs were taken by Matt Holyoak at Clarence House following Prince Louis's christening.

Given her advancing years and remarkably busy schedule, it was understandable that the Queen, by mutual consent, chose not to attend Prince Louis’s christening.

But the 92-year-old monarch poignantly retains a place in an intimate family portrait taken in the Morning Room at Clarence House last week, watching over the next generation of her family.

The oil on canvas portrait of the Queen, by Michael Noakes between 1972 and 1973, appears to have been raised several inches up the wall from its previous position to ensure it is visible in the official picture by photographer, Matt Holyoak.

Below her, gathered together for the first time, are the faces of those who will carry the baton for decades to come, including all five Cambridges and Meghan Markle.

In the absence of the Queen, Carole Middleton takes centre stage in the wider family snapshot, standing alongside the Prince of Wales and directly behind her daughter and 11-week-old grandson, peacefully sleeping following his baptism in The Chapel Royal at St James's Palace.

Pippa Matthews, the Duchess of Cambridge’s sister, who has a small pregnancy bump of her own, is joined in an official royal portrait for the first time by her husband, James Matthews, a hedge fund manager, who is positioned just behind her.

Read more here Queen watches over Prince Louis in official christening portrait - but can you spot Her Majesty?

Bonus: The 12 historical pieces spotted in the morning room at Clarence House

A photograph of Prince George and Princess Charlotte, taken by the Duchess of Cambridge at home in Anmer Hall, when her daughter was just a fortnight old.

A photograph of the Prince of Wales and a young Prince Harry, in South Africa in 1997, taken during a half-term holiday shortly after the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.

One of a pair of mid-18th century carved ornamental pedestals, part of the family's own collection.

A painting of George V talking to his racing manager at Aintree racecourse by Walter Sickert.

A large framed photograph of Prince Harry, on a coffee table in the middle of the room.

A pair of ornamental white rabbits, belonging to the family's own collection.

A Chippendale sofa and chair set, dating from 1773. Thought to have been acquired by Prince William Henry, 1st Duke of Gloucester, they are now part of the Royal Collection and have featured in numerous photographs of the Royal family at Clarence House.

A black and white photograph of the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh, part of the private collection and believed to have been taken in the 1950s. The young couple lived at Clarence House as newlyweds, before the Queen's coronation.

A portrait of George Bernard Shaw with his eyes closed by Augustus John.

A portrait of the young Queen, wearing a blue dress and hat.

A mid-18th century turquoise French vase, imitating a Chinese style. The vase, one of a pair, is believed to have been sent from Brighton to Buckingham Palace in 1847.

The official christening photograph for Prince George, featuring the Duke of Cambridge, Prince of Wales and the Queen.

Read more here Clarence House opens to the public, revealing Prince Charles's family photographs - and rabbits

[binders-and-beanies]

Every Time I Die // Kill the Music

[kapilrishabh]

हुआ जो 'तीर-ए-नज़र' नीम-कश तो क्या हासिल

मज़ा तो तब है जब सीने के आर पार चले

....कुँवर मोहिंदर सिंह ��ेदी 'सहर’

In the Front Row at the Opera, 1880

Painting by William Holyoake,

English, 1834 - 1894

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हुआ जो 'तीर-ए-नज़र' नीम-कश तो क्या हासिल

मज़ा तो तब है जब सीने के आर पार चले

तीर-ए-नज़र' : Arrow of (look, glance, vision, favour)

नीम-कश : half-drawn, agonising

Beloved’s half hearted indecisive sharp glance towards me was so hurtful, which has wounded me completely inside , She should decisively say NO, This dejection would be enough to pierce my heart to provide me a joyous ending.