Fancy a bargain? Well join me in my Tardis and let's get down to Church Street Market. Church Street is situated just off Edgware Road and Lisson Grove between Marylebone and Paddington in central London, and is a very popular market today. This is 1969 so remember to bring your Pounds Shillings and Pence, because there's none of that new fangled decimal stuff here.
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I'll be at the London Gaming Market this Sunday 🖤 hunt me down to find my new notepads, Wooloo charms, Baldur's Gate 3 keychains and DnD goodies - all with a special show discount 🦷
Or buy your ticket in advance: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-subluna-emporium-esoteric-arts-fair-tickets-507767394947
The SubLuna Emporium is a new, small-but-perfectly-formed art market event featuring a group of artists that celebrate the strange, the esoteric, the dark corners of the forests and the bright, swirling recesses of the mind.
We hope to offer photography, illustration, painting, leatherwork and other delights for you to come and purchase.
Sadly the venue is not wheelchair accessible - there is a staircase down to the basement.
You know, it's rather interesting to me that Taylor Swift's parasocial relationship with her fans is honestly more akin to a YouTuber than a writer's. When I scroll through her tag on tumblr/Twitter, it's far more regarding the connection to her personal life/relationship developments than the actual metaphors/fictional story she might be telling. Everything comes back to how her songs reflect back on her relationships with Joe/Matty/Travis/Jake/insert ex-boyfriend here. And what fascinates me about it is that even though she complains about it, she leans into that very perception because it strengthens the parasocial bond.
The marketing for TTPD so clearly being about Joe Alwyn and the songs to Matty Healy. The marketing/video for Red TV so CLEARLY being about Jake Gyllenhaal, with so many of the new lines in All Too Well specifically being digs at him (I'll get older but your lovers stay my age, casting an actor that looks like him for the video, specific lines in I Bet You Think About Me). The fact that songs like Getaway Car and Bejeweled and Gorgeous and London Boy and Lavender Haze being picked apart at time of release and long after for signs of relationships crumbling. The way she uses surprise songs in relation to her relationship development with Joe/Matty/Travis. The damn TTPD "stages of grief" playlists where she deliberately undid/changed the meanings of old songs just to keep her audience speculating on her love life.
It's not sexist to point out that her wielding her love life is a marketing tool and that the strongest connection to her audience isn't the strength of her writing/the composition of her music- it's her deliberate crafting of a connection between her music and her personal life, leaving the audience invested in her music as an extension of Taylor the Person/Girlfriend rather than Taylor the Artist.
An early arrival at Spitalfields Market, London, puts a youthful shoulder to the task of carrying a Christmas tree home, 1946 - by Monty Fresco (1919 - 1997), English
Here is a selection of pics snapped in and around Portobello Rd Market in 1967. Portobello Rd Market in the now trendy London district of Notting Hill, was originally just a local London market where house wife's purchased their families provisions. Of course you can still buy your fruit and veg there but Portobello Rd Market is better known for its go too fashion and bric-a-brac.
Up until the 1960's Portobello Road market was like many other London markets but gradually antiques and fashion become what Portobello Rd Market was best known for, with the 1960s fashionistas flocking there for a bargain. Today the market is just as vibrant as in the 60s, with Saturday being the main trading day. However, the market still retains its fresh food origins and over time, five distinct sections of the market have formed.
These days the market is open Monday to Saturday usually from 8 am to 7 pm, with traders usually operating from 8:30 am to 6pm. There are also some Sunday openings during the summer months so it you are in London take a look.