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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 15h

Wayne Thiebaud, Cup of Coffee, 1961, from a small, focused survey of Thiebaud's work now up at London's Courtauld Gallery. Also in that exhibition:

Painting of a single cup of coffee against an off-white background

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Rachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 11h

Falling leaf in ancient trackway, Lydford, last week, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography #holloway #nature

A blurre falling leaf in ancient pathway

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 10m

Jolly Angler, Manchester (sadly closed in 2020), painting by Seanna Doonan. Artwork for The McGoldrick Family album cover. #WomensArt #NorthernArt

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Andrew Keedle @apkeedle.bsky.social · 18h

Wider view of statue of St Michael (Harry Phillips)
St Michael in Lewes church, Lewes

#holgaweek #believeinfilm

An antique, square-format, black and white photograph captures a small, metal relief sculpture of an angel mounted on a textured stone wall, likely a cemetery gatepost or a church tower. The angel, possibly Saint Michael the Archangel, is depicted in a triumphant pose, slaying a dragon or demon below his feet.

Above the sculpture, a decorative, wrought-iron arch or gatework frames the angel, with intricate scrollwork and pointed Gothic elements that draw the eye toward the central figure. The low-angle perspective emphasizes the height of the post and the dramatic nature of the scene, creating a sense of scale and shadow.

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geha714 @geha714.bsky.social · 13h

CAPE VERDE QUALIFIED FOR THE 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 13h

President Zelenskyy at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly annual session:

Putin can be forced into peace - just like any other terrorist. By stopping Russia now, you [Europeans] are not only helping us protect our lives - you are helping yourselves. Russia must lose.

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Tim Thomas @timofnewbury.bsky.social · 13h

Found some new songs to like on Spotify

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ACE Space Newbury @acespacenewbury.bsky.social · 3d

Sons of Town Hall
The 'Madmen Cross the Water' tour

Saturday 22 Nov 2025
#livemusic at ACE Space, Newbury

American songwriter/author David Berkeley and British songwriter/producer Ben Parker are the men beneath the hats in the transatlantic folk duo.
acespace.org.uk/sons-of-town...

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Jenny Grant @silenceinpolish.bsky.social · 21h

Local chap found with a box of model aircraft and notes about the pilots who flew them. Absolute star 🌟

Jenny Grant @silenceinpolish.bsky.social · 1d

Modellers - the call you have been waiting all your lives for...!

Does anyone have any models of #WW2 aircraft they could drop by a school in Newbury tomorrow?

A group of students wants to film a scene - presumably with them going "Pew! Pew! Nerrrrr!"

Please share 🙏

three planes are flying in a row in a cloudy sky

ALT: three planes are flying in a row in a cloudy sky

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Matthew Waterhouse @matthewwaterhouse.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks to all who came to the screening of Shades of Greene, the Graham Greene anthology drama series made by Thames in 1975, which I showed at the Electric Palace in Hastings as part of their TV season. (TV was invented - or perhaps discovered is the better word - in Hastings.)

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Frédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · 13h

The Maison Saint-Cyr, Brussels' favourite art-nouveau centrefold, is for sale.
www.rtbf.be/article/brux...

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London Pub Map @londonpubmap.bsky.social · 13h

The Boundary
📍 541 King’s Rd, London SW6 2EB

This pub sits beside Stanley Bridge on the King’s Road, right on the border of Chelsea and Fulham, West London. Built in the mid-19th century, the pub began life as The Nell Gwynne.
#boundary #fulham #pub #sw6

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Sally Rose @sallyrose.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone fancy this one. Trying to help my friend.
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...

Check out this 5 bedroom semi-detached house for sale on Rightmove

5 bedroom semi-detached house for sale in The Firs, Burtersett Road, Hawes DL8 3NT, DL8 for £495,000. Marketed by GSC Grays, Richmond, North Yorkshire

www.rightmove.co.uk

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Toby Miller @tobytram.bsky.social · 1d

Saw a man towing a pumpkin. Too many shapes and colours to ignore, so I asked if I could take photos.
“Ignore me. Just keep towing; it’s the shape of the pumpkin in the wagon I like” I explained.

He has just won first prize at the village show.
- Congratulations
- Thank you. I am very happy

Seen from behind- an enormous emergency red pumpkin sat in a metal wagon. It has a sticker with Kit Kat written on it. A man is towing the wagon down a narrow village pavement.

He had been using two hands behind him to pull, which is the composition I really wanted. But I didn’t want to get all David Hemmings and start posing him.

A photo from the side of the man - big broad smile, like he’d won the lottery - pulling his pumpkin in a trolley.

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Greg Broom @blueoystercat.bsky.social · 5d

Modern Nature modernnature.bsky.social Not a new discovery but great band that more should hear. Jack Cooper was in the great Ultimate Painting and this track reflects that sound more earlier tracks/albums.

Modern Nature - Pharaoh (Official Video)

YouTube video by bellaunioninc

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Kedwondo @kedwondo.bsky.social · 8d

Lovely controlled harmony coupled with gentle guitar shredding from Modern Nature this evening. Seated & home by 9 ❤️

Modern Nature being lush at Just Dropped In tonight

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The Forest Before Us @theforestbeforeus.bsky.social · 5d

(Musa acuminata)is a species of banana native to Southern Asia, renowned as a key ancestor of most modern dessert bananas, including the Cavendish variety. It is also valued for its pharmacological properties, attributed to compounds like flavonoids and polyphenols
#AI #nature #biology #banana

An illustration(AI) of a herbaceous plant in the jungle

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Tim Thomas @timofnewbury.bsky.social · 15h

Another reason to revisit Leuven, not been to De Reynaert.

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dk thomas @mrdkfoto.bsky.social · Apr 4

#ItsPlayingToday Craig Finn - I walk with a cane.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjGK...

Craig Finn - I Walk With A Cane (Official Visualizer)

YouTube video by CraigFinnVEVO

www.youtube.com

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Tim Thomas @timofnewbury.bsky.social · 15h

The Utrecht & Zeist blog on Beer Europe is now complete.
Features buildings, buses, canals, bridges, a windmill, a watertower and Miffy as well as beer, neighbourhood cafes, urban beer bars, brewery taps and Hotel Theater Figi.
Cheers! Proost!
beereurope.blogspot.com/2025/10/utre...

Utrecht & Zeist, NL - 2025

beereurope.blogspot.com

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Art & Hue @artandhue.bsky.social · 18h

On the Film4 channel at 5.05pm (repeated at 6.05pm on TVs with Film4+1), it's the classic Ealing crime comedy "Kind Hearts & Coronets" with Dennis Price, Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Valerie Hobson & Hugh Griffith. artandhue.com/ealing

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The Brussels Times @brusselstimes.com · 18h

Strikingly, 85% of translators use AI themselves.

More than a third of translators see their turnover decline, partly due to AI

www.brusselstimes.com

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Banged Up Bills @bangedupbills.bsky.social · 18h

IT’S GAME DAY #BillsMafia!!

Get the latest injury info for #MNF for #BUFvsATL every way you like!

✍️
bangedupbills.com/2025/10/11/b...

🎞️ @Cover1

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👂@LockedOnBills

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Buffalo Bills vs Atlanta Falcons Week 6 Injury Preview - Banged Up Bills

The 4-1 Buffalo Bills take on the 2-2 Atlanta Falcons on Monday Night Football in Week 6 as they look to move to 5-1. Due to being in different conferences,…

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Mairead D @maireadd100.bsky.social · 20h

#Photography
#EastCoastKin
#BlueskyMonday
#Leaves
#Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving to all of my Canadian friends! Have a blessed and beautiful day 🍂 🍁🇨🇦

The changing leaves of a Sugar Maple tree in autumn make a colourful contrast with the cloudy blue sky above them.

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The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone.bsky.social · 20h

The Stockholm-Hamburg/Berlin sleeper has been saved. RDC will take over when SJ pulls out. May not run on some winter nights in future though: www.berliner-zeitung.de/mensch-metro...

The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone.bsky.social · 4d

Breaking: SJ to discontinue successful Stockholm-Hamburg/Berlin sleeper train after 31 August 2026, a month after Swedish government subsidy ends.

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