Sketch by poet Sylvia Plath: 'Tabac Opposite Palais de Justice' Paris, Ile de la CIté. (c.1956, one of the many pen and ink sketches on her travels ...)
There is a meteor shower tonight —the #Perseids — so many falling stars to make wishes on! Best to get yourself away from urban light pollution to watch them. Some rural location, or a desert...
Artist: Robert Ayton
RIP, Philippe Petit-Roulet
Frequent contributor to the New Yorker magazine: this is one of my favorite covers from PPR.
Olga Siemaszko: ‘Alice in Wonderland’ by Lewis Carroll. [1969, Nasza Księgarnia, Warsaw]
Mansplaining through the ages —
Nicole Tersigni, a comedy writer, got so fed up with 'mansplaining' that she highlighted the issue by pairing these sorts of patronising comments with classical art, it went viral
For Weltkunst Magazin München, printed with 3 fluorescent colors
From ZELOOT, the great Dutch poster artist.
My cartoon for this week’s New Scientist. Many more here: www.newscientist.com/author/tom-gauld/
Tom Gauld, Staring into space