Richard James Foster

@richardjamesfoster.bsky.social

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Artist & writer. History & art buff. Museum of Photocopies. Quietus. Guardian. Observer. Louder than War. WORM, Rotterdam. Leiden. Write about music, NL, & my family history. #MDANT. 3rd book out March ‘27 https://linktr.ee/richardfoster

Photo of some clouds over the Dutch coast, hopefully those bearing rain
Poster from 1981 showing Minny apops’ Wally van Middendorp singing on stage.
Cover of John Shuttleworth: The Yamaha Years
Mülheim museum for photocopying- in the old Brown House, argh…
Depressed plush bear toy slumped in a seat in a glass vitrine, with a printout background of the Houses of Parliament
Cover of Looking For Mr Schwitters by Jennifer Potter
Mark E Smith of The Fall
Back cover of Biet Het compilation volume 1.
UV Index for Oegstgeest, Zuid Nederlands, 19 June, 2026.
Cover of the Wim T Schippers “Hark” tribute lp made by WORM, Rotterdam in 2008.
B&W photo of Mark E Smith of English rockaboogie group, The Fall.
The last in situ Dr. Rat graffiti in downtown Amsterdam.
Extract from Burnham’s Times piece: “when politics can’t fix something as simple as a pothole…”
Back cover of a 50s Penguin with a new title list: with a translator name give as: R.S. Pine-Coffin…
Front cover of Das Bild with Harry Kane on it
Picture of Mother Cat greeting her friends from Beatrix Potter’s Tale of Tom Kitten.
Cover of Jan Wolkers, “Terug van Oegstgeest “
A print off of excess ink, on newspaper, of an etching of Mark E Smith of British rockaboogie band, The Fall.
The cover of David Keenan’s book, Boyhood.
A remembrance plaque in the pavement to resistance fighter Arie Bijl, in an Oegstgeest suburb.
Richard Foster and Russell Haswell being divvies in a Glasgow pub.
Print ink residue on newspaper showing the ghost of MES
A field with narcissus under a blue sky: Noordwijkerhout.
Picture of a pint of Gulpener lager on a pink table overlooking a street terrace, with sunglasses and an open notebook
Pete Leegwater playing a synth and mumbling at Nieuwe Nederlands Naïviteit launch
Excess ink pressed off from an etching plate onto newspaper, depicting Mark E Smith of English Rockaboogie band, The Fall.
MES
LP cover for A Hard Day’s Right
Black and white photo of Maria Simon in Heimat;
Interior of cafe Lomans, Amsterdam Zuid
Black and white photo of Mark E Smith
Cover of End of the World by Aphrodite’s Child
Cover of Rob Chapman’s new book, Drum
Etching by Richard Foster, of two elderly early-mid Victorian Britons, one with a medal, probably the Waterloo medal.
Covers of Hannah Copley’s 2024 poetry collection, Lapwing and Anna Kavan’s 1967 novel, Ice.