Pilie Georges – Marché Commun [Belgium, Easy Listening] (1963) A loungey teen pop tune from the softer side of yéyé about, of all things, the economic agreement that served as a predecessor to the European Single Market https://redd.it/1od5k44 https://youtu.be/Ksc3V10baq8

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'Frozen like a thing of stone I sit in thy shadow – but not alone.' 🖋️‘A Silent Wood’ 🎨'The Haunted Wood' Art and poem by Elizabeth Siddal #SpookySunday

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"What noise is this? Give me my long sword, ho!" ("Romeo and Juliet", 1.1) 🎨 Edward John Gregory (detail, 1870) #ShakespeareSunday

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“The spirit of the birch is called the One with the White Hand.” (Brian Froud, Alan Lee “Faeries”, 1978) 🎨 Brian Froud #Spooktober

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"If people were always kind and obedient to those who are cruel and unjust; the wicked people would have it all their own way: they would never feel afraid, and so they would never alter, but would grow worse and worse." Charlotte Brontë's "Jane Eyre" was first published #otd 1847 🎨 F. Eichenberg

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