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Simon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social · 4h

"Parking is such sweet sorrow"

Sky News @news.sky.com · 1d

Shakespeare family home damaged by reversing driver

A 17th-century building that housed William Shakespeare's family has been left damaged after a driver reversed into it.

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Loz Kaye. @lozkaye.bsky.social · 5h

Sumo stars goofing about at tourist locations seems a more fun way to celebrate England than any number of flags.

sumosoul.bsky.social @sumosoul.bsky.social · 1d

The thousand year old sport is kicking it in front the thousand some year old monument. #londonsumo #stonehenge

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Loz Kaye. @lozkaye.bsky.social · 1d

Just saying, the visiting sumo doesn't seem to have everyone up in arms...

sumosoul.bsky.social @sumosoul.bsky.social · 3d

What a feast for the eyes. #londonsumo

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Loz Kaye. @lozkaye.bsky.social · 2d

Great meeting at ARTCH studios in Preston today - some fantastic studio, rehearsal and venue spaces. #CountyOfSong

ARTCH studios sign outside www.artch.studio

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MIA: Japanese and Korean Art (Bot) @miajapankorea.bsky.social · 4d

Frog https://collections.artsmia.org/art/37581/

central panel with frog in LRQ; brown band at top & bottom of central panel; central panel surrounded by blue panel; tan panels at top & bottom of scroll; 2 brown strips hanging from top of scroll

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Karen Melchior @karmel80.bsky.social · 6d

Youth are unhappy, must be the screens cannot be that we cut away all their activities www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Britain's youth clubs have been quietly decimated. What's most revealing is that few seem to care | John Harris

These vital spaces have been the first targets of cuts in a nation that favours age over youth – despite being the remedy for blights such as social division, polarisation and loneliness, says Guardia...

www.theguardian.com

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Loz Kaye. @lozkaye.bsky.social · 8d

I do feel moved to point out Business Improvement Districts know the worth of performing arts even if the (current) leader of the Conservatives does not.

Loz Kaye. @lozkaye.bsky.social · 8d

Great #CountyOfSong session at The Gregson as part of Love Lancaster Live. Wonderful buzz in town with music echoing from pubs and venues.

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Loz Kaye. @lozkaye.bsky.social · 9d

Perhaps they think children shouldn't be set homework online, but that often seems to be left out of the picture.

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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 14d

The government want more coercive powers for the state against protests, and the main opposition party wants more coercive powers for the state against migrants.

Our political-media culture continues in a loop where the response to every perceived problem is yet more coercive powers for the state.

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Loz Kaye. @lozkaye.bsky.social · 15d

Edwina curried egg.

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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 16d

"First day I met her, she said 'I'm a radical feminist lesbian.' I thought, what would the Queen mum do? So I just smiled and said 'We shall have fog by teatime.'"

Kitty 3 - with Patricia Routledge - BBC

YouTube video by maxinebendix

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Loz Kaye. @lozkaye.bsky.social · 16d

Presumably the Conservatives are soon going to need a smaller conference hall so Manchester may be spared this in years to come.

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Loz Kaye. @lozkaye.bsky.social · 18d

West Yorkshire :

Unlimited @weareunlimited.bsky.social · 18d

Thrilled to partner with @westyorkshireca.bsky.social on £230k accessibility capital project funding!

🎉 Round 1: £77k to 8 amazing orgs

🎉 Round 2: Now open until 21 Oct

£5k-£10k for capital improvements across West Yorkshire venues and spaces.

Apply: bit.ly/3VDFZ5R

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Loz Kaye. @lozkaye.bsky.social · 18d

All the best to Matt after an amazing tenure at Youth Music. A funder with a real eye on transforming young people's lives and a champion of inclusion.

Arts Professional @artsprofessional.co.uk · 18d

Youth Music head steps away after 13 years of leadership www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fac... #ChangingFaces

Youth Music head steps away after 13 years of leadership - Arts Professional

MATT GRIFFITHS is to depart Youth Music in December after 13 years as chief executive.

www.artsprofessional.co.uk

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Madeleine Sugden @madlinsudn.bsky.social · 20d

The Boring Fund will be open for applications in November.

If your small UK charity needs (up to) £200 to cover something boring like insurance or web hosting, take a look.

They welcome donations too.

The Boring Fund - Open Collective

We support small non-profit organisations (UK) by only funding the really boring (but essential) stuff like insurance, accountancy or admin

opencollective.com

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Loz Kaye. @lozkaye.bsky.social · 23d

That's good news!

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 23d

The case for ID cards as a way to make white, middle-class respectable citizens’ lives easier is a very different one to that for immigration enforcement.

#JustSaying

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Loz Kaye. @lozkaye.bsky.social · 23d

Please don't make me come out of Politics retirement I have other stuff to be getting on with. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Keir Starmer says digital ID cards are an ‘enormous opportunity’ and will make it tougher to work illegally - UK politics live

Prime minister says plans for a new digital ID held on people’s phones will become mandatory to prove the right to work

www.theguardian.com

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 25d

Heptonstall, west Yorkshire, 1978, photo by Fay Godwin.

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Loz Kaye. @lozkaye.bsky.social · 25d

Sat in cafe Nero in Huddersfield. I don't think the decor has changed since 2006 which was the first time I was here....

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The French Republican Calendar @sansculottid.es · 29d

Today is La fête de l'opinion the 4th of Sansculottides in the year 233.
Sansculottides is the month of complementary days.
Today we celebrate conviction.#JacobinDay

More information on conviction

An old time-y illustration of a Conviction.

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Piratenpartij Nederland @piratenpartij.nl · Sep 19

Verbijsterend: Tweede Kamer neemt motie aan om niet bestaande organisatie als terroristisch aan te merken.

FvD #VVD #PVV #BBB #SGP #JA21 #Trump #ANTIFA #antifascisme #TK2025 #APB #APB2025

Aangenomen motie om niet bestaande organisatie antifa als terroristische organisatie aan te merken in Nederland. Voorstemmers: SGP, VVD, PVV, BBB, FVD, JA21

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Loz Kaye. @lozkaye.bsky.social · Sep 14

We're way beyond using Twitter not really being compatible with the creative case for diversity @artscouncilengland.bsky.social and cultural organisation s ...

Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · Sep 14

It's yelling into the void but something tell me it just needs to kept being said: if you are still posting, RTing, or lurking on X, you are helping keep users there and you are helping this guy pull in advertising revenue.

You are a volunteer worker for a slobbering, drug-addled white supremacist

Elon Musk calls for dissolution of parliament at far-right rally in London

US-based tech boss was addressing the ‘unite the kingdom’ protest organised by Tommy Robinson via video link

www.theguardian.com

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Loz Kaye. @lozkaye.bsky.social · Sep 11

Happy 90th birthday Arvo Pärt. An extraordinary musical life of quiet bravery. www.arvopart.ee/en/

Arvo Pärt Centre

The Arvo Pärt Centre combines the composer’s personal archive with an information and music centre. It is an open meeting place for musicians, researc...

www.arvopart.ee

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