1. These Tiny Nomadic Caravans Made of Found Objects
By French artist Paskal Tirmant – check out his website, there’s some incredible things on there.
2. Man on a camel posing with a Soviet Soyuz rocket, 1980s
Taken at Baikonur Cosmodrome is a spaceport operated by Russia within Kazakhstan. Found on Reddit.
3. Alternative Use for a Stale Baguette
Found here.
4. A Day in Roaring 20’s Berlin
5. News of Wes Anderson’s Next Film, The Phoenician Scheme
For all my Wes Anderson fans:
Two years after Asteroid City, get ready for another summer of Wes Anderson. Focus Features announced today that the director’s latest feature, and first since being crowned an Oscar winner, The Phoenician Scheme, will be arriving in limited release beginning May 30, 2025 before going wide on June 6. Telling the story of a family and a family business, the film, co-written by Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola, stars Benicio del Toro as Zsa-zsa Korda, one of the richest men in Europe; Mia Threapleton as Sister Liesl, his daughter and a nun; Michael Cera as Bjorn Lund, their tutor. Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Riz Ahmed, Scarlett Johansson and Benedict Cumberbatch are also among the ensemble.
Found on IMDB
6. A lock of Lucrezia Borgia’s hair
A lock of Lucrezia Borgia’s hair in a glass case at the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan, Italy. She was born into one of the most infamous family of all time, who became prominent in ecclesiastical and political affairs in the 15th and 16th centuries, producing two popes, including her father, Pope Alexander VI. Her brother, Cesare Borgia is said to have held an orgy with over 50 prostitutes in the Papal Palace. They were suspected of many crimes, including adultery, incest, bribery, and murder, especially murder by arsenic poisoning. It was rumoured that Lucrezia was in possession of a hollow ring that she used to poison drinks.
More found on her Wikipedia page here.
7. From a Christian Prayer Book made in the 1470s
Hours of Louis de Laval, France ca. 1470s. Found on Tumblr.
8. A Celebrated Sculptor’s Studio, Frozen in Time in Stockholm
In Stockholm’s Bellevue Park, Carl Eldh’s Ateljémuseum remains frozen in time, an intensely atmospheric studio where plasters, portraits, and personal effects linger as though their maker has only just stepped away. Emma Becque and Isabel Bronts explore the preserved world of one of Sweden’s most celebrated sculptors for Cabana Magazine (which, by the way, is available to purchase Messy Nessy’s Cabinet)
9. “You and I are Earth”, 1661, tin-glazed earthenware plate found in a London sewer
Found here from the Collection of Museum of London.
10. “Piscina Mirabilis”, Latin for wondrous pool, regarded as one of the greatest man made water holding facilities, entirely hand carved out of tufa rock
The beams of light are known as the “Tyndall Effect” suspended particles in the air become a different intensity of colour due to the wavelength of light passing through the air inside the cistern. The Piscina Mirabilis was on the western end of the Gulf of Naples. It was one of the largest freshwater cisterns built by the ancient Romans during the rule of Augustus.
Found on Dan’s Roman History.
11. This 1000 year-old French Chateau For Sale
Château du Sailhant (10 bedrooms) located in the volcanic region of Auvergne is for sale at 2 950 000 €, found on Patrice Besse.
12. These needle felted bees sculpted in repurposed small tins and pre-loved containers
By eco artist interested in soil, pollinators, & interconnectedness, Lydia Needle.
13. Storytime with a Rare Bookseller
