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I like to write. They seldom make it on here, but here are some.

Town Folk Coming to the Country, Jan Victors (1619 – 1676 or later)
Town Folk Coming to the Country, Jan Victors (1619 – 1676 or later)

Why Start a Community?

On building the thing you can’t find: why Lynetta Wang and I started Demos London.

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2026
Type: Essay
Published: 2026-09-16
Author: Tomás Markey
Portrait of Cosimo de’ Medici, workshop of Bronzino
Portrait of Cosimo de’ Medici, workshop of Bronzino

Notes on The Medici

Cosimo de’ Medici and the art of invisible power: notes on “The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici” by Christopher Hibbert.

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2026
Type: Notes
Published: 2026-09-15
Author: Tomás Markey
‘Old Man’ – Self Portrait of Leonardo da Vinci (probably)
‘Old Man’ – Self Portrait of Leonardo da Vinci (probably)

Notes on Leonardo

Some disjoined notes and quotes from a recent book I enjoyed reading, “Leonardo: An Untraceable Life, by Stephan J. Campbell”.

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2026
Type: Notes
Published: 2026-07-07
Author: Tomás Markey