New Japanese PM Ishiba is a Christian. Great grandson of Christian minister Kanamori Michitomi. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanamor... Ironic that Aso Taro, the last Japanese Prime Minister who was also a Christian, does not seem to be full of the spirit of Christian fellowship towards Ishiba.
M'learned colleague Alex here, reflecting on the destruction that's sweeping through Higher Education. Stories of empty offices and even whole corridors everywhere at the moment. ☹️ thecritic.co.uk/when-the-mus...
Picture, if you will, a professor’s office in Oxford. You will no doubt imagine floor-to-ceiling books, overlooking a carefully manicured lawn.
#EmilOrlik 1870-1932 Rain in Kyoto (umbrellas) and 2 others Emil Orlik was a painter, etcher and lithographer. He was born in Prague, which was at that time part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and lived and worked in Prague, Austria and Germany greatly inspired by all things Japanese.
These dragonflies were created using the maki-e technique at our workshop. In Japan, it is now the season when the red dragonflies fly.
whatever the Bluesky equivalent of Twittermind - for a talk I am doing - what's the quotation about you will know a politician's likely mindset if you know what the environment was like when they were (24?) or something like that?
Wacoal acquired UK lingerie manufacturer Eveden in 2012 and now acquired a British retailer. asia.nikkei.com/Business/Bus...
$61m deal gives access to directly run stores in growing market
Ishiba, the new Japanese Prime Minister could represent a rejection of the past 25 years of the Abe ideology of national greatness + an idealist in power, according to @tobiasharris.bsky.social article below. A reminder that Japanese politics is complex + not amenable to Western left/right notions
Thrilled that Fake or Fortune is back. Time to get the bingo going on BlueSky. I've got Courtauld, Aviva Burnstock, Phillip's new scarf, pigment analysis images.app.goo.gl/nsif3BYg9SGw...
#myglamorouslife #2 view from my Canning Town Premier Inn. A must for train buffs - Jubilee line and DLR.
