Bribing the Electorate in Pompeii

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Ashmolean, bribery and corruption, electorate, free lunch, Pompeii

No such thing as a free lunch!  Bread for all – in exchange for votes.

Photo by Candia from the Pompeii Exhibition @ The Ashmolean

Oxford Satire

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Boris Johnson, cocaine, pet toys, Satire

Seen in Oxford shop window   Photo by Candia

Penck at The Ashmolean

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Ashmolean, Edinburgh Darkness III, Jonathan Meades, Penck, Waldemar Janusczak

channeling my inner Jonathan Meades/ Waldemar

The title of this mural is Edinburgh Darkness III.  It’s not dark

enough, so I superimposed my trademark dark glasses.

Photo by The Husband- under strict instruction.

Sold for Nearly £10 Million

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Banksy, Bristol Art Gallery, devolved parliament, record sale price

When I took these photos in April this year in Bristol, I did not

anticipate the painting selling for anything like it did!

Great fun, though.

Don’t come out, Mr Cameron!

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Brexit, Conservative Prime Ministers, Cotswolds, David Cameron, Referendum, shepherd's hut, writer's retreat

… all is not forgiven.

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart. All Rights Reserved

Waiting for a taxi in Brexit Britain

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bicycle built for two, Brexit Britiain, idiomatic expressions, Metroland, rain, summer 2019

Photo by Husband of Candia – under strict instruction.

At present it really is raining cats and dogs, stair rods or

whatever non-EU idiom you care to employ.

The automobile is finished.  For those who can’t afford

a carriage, they’ll just have ‘to look sweet on a bicycle

built for two.’

Metroland becomes Retroland.

Wolf Hall Understudy

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Hilary Mantel, Mark Rylance, Thomas Cromwell, Wolf Hall

Candia understudies Mark Rylance- takes on his ‘mantel!’

Photo by Candia’s Significant Other

Glasgow Bank Holiday?

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Bank Holiday, Edinburgh, Elizabeth Frink, Glasgow

…. actually, no.  Edinburgh 6/5/19

Photo by Candia, with apologies to Elizabeth Frink- and Glasgow.

Devolved Parliament

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Banksy, Brexit Day, Bristol Museum, chimpanzees, devolved parliament, House of Commons, Laugh Now

This gallery contains 3 photos.

A Clerihew For Our Times

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Beckett, clerihew, Mrs May

Oh, Mrs May,

what are we to do when there’s only one day

left, until we’re floundering,

jusqu’aux cous in merde; unable to sing?