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Lucy Furlong

@lucyfurleaps.bsky.social

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writing ~ mapping ~ walking ~ snapping clew~ (Hesterglock Press) Villiers Path, Sward, Amniotic City 2nd ed. (Sampson Low) Setting Sundays lucyfurlong.substack.com Amniotic City film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E25IOgfD4Q www.lucyfurlong.com

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Lucy Furlong @lucyfurleaps.bsky.social · Nov 14

Thanks so much for following me! I'm not here much but will catch up with you eventually... 🙏

Me walking around a labyrinth in Sussex Oct 2023

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DC Pierson @dcpierson.bsky.social · 23h

If you’re a politician who needs an alias for checking into hotels with your mistress, you could do a lot worse than

A package of crackers that says LANCE TOASTY

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International Times @internationaltimes.bsky.social · 19h

POEM FOR BRIAN
internationaltimes.it/poem-for-bri...
Malcolm Paul

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 20h

Tess Ingram from UNICEF explains what people in Gaza need - everything. Water, food, shelter, clothes, shoes,

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Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 19h

Outstanding 17/18C Netherlands artist Rachel Ruysch was famous for her paintings of flowers, fruits & assorted bugs, set against dark backgrounds. Found favour with the Medicis ■ won commissions rivalling Rembrandt’s ■ painted for 68 years ■ & had 10 children

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The Megalithic Portal Ancient Sites & Stones @megalithic.bsky.social · 19h

Vielsted Runddysse 1: One of Denmark's most impressive and well-preserved dolmens with 19 large kerbstones visible. #TombTuesday The chamber has 4 orthostats (uprights) and a large capstone as you can see. Lots more photos on our page. 📷 Tonnox More: http://www.megalithi...

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Lucy Furlong @lucyfurleaps.bsky.social · 19h

Starting today with this - please sign

We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 4d

🚨Urgent: Thames Water want permission from Ofwat to ILLEGALLY pollute rivers and seas until 2040.

🤮They want your bills to fill their pockets with gold, while they fill your rivers with sewage.

✍️Sign now. Tell Ofwat to say NO to Thames Water before Tuesday 21st October.

Thames Water want to pollute illegally until 2040. Ofwat must say NO.

Thames water want to make at deal with Ofwat, to pollute illegally for 15 years

weownit.org.uk

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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 1d

ICYMI: Quercus Non-Fiction is set to publish Dr Victoria Rose’s A Beautiful Place: A Doctor’s Diaries from Gaza, for publication in spring 2026 👇 #BookSky

Quercus to publish Victoria Rose's 'confronting and urgent' diaries from Gaza

ebx.sh

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Lucy Furlong @lucyfurleaps.bsky.social · 1d

Off up the Smoke to do pyschojography (late) #walking

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Andrew Sparrow @andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social · 1d

Richard Tice confirms Reform abandoning firm commitment to most of £90bn tax cuts in 2024 manifesto - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

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Lucy Furlong @lucyfurleaps.bsky.social · 1d

My son is poorly and I'm trying to write a poem that needs a lot more walking to work it out and finish the research. But first - #coffee and toast.

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Paul Brookes @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social · 1d

Hi @dragonslayerma.bsky.social Fidel. Thank you for the great ##promptcombo #SimplePleasures. My first is from my collection "These Random Acts of Wildness", (Glass Head Press, 2023)

I Make A Cuppa

Some say it is better with a warmed pot, or with tea leaves through a strainer held over a bone China cup. A specialist shop had a bud float in my clear cup unfurled

before my eyes. Expensive and rare sight.

Indulgent, like days of Imperial splendour when women tea harvester's plight long hours, low pay, working was very real.

My dad national service merchantman mariner kept his life in the loft stored in old tea chests, plywood box, steel battaned edges. Brought home carved elephants for the sideboard.

We collect the wild as ornamental. Domesticate, put on a pedestal

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Lucy Furlong @lucyfurleaps.bsky.social · 1d

Morning all, just reminded of this lovely write up of the second edition of my Amniotic City poetry map #poetrysky www.writeoutloud.net/public/bloge...

Walking poet retraces steps for another look at City | Write Out Loud

Walking poet retraces steps for another look at City

www.writeoutloud.net

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Earl Russell LD @earlrussell.bsky.social · 2d

It’s complicated but no. Councils need more funds and support to keep them clear. If they exist but are impassable they are of no use. Worth looking at this.

www.ramblers.org.uk/news/threat-...

Threat to thousands of paths removed as UK government repeals 2031 deadline

Today, the UK government has announced it will remove the 2031 deadline to record historic rights of way in England, ending the threat to over 41,000 miles of unrecorded paths.

www.ramblers.org.uk

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WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 2d

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Lucy Furlong @lucyfurleaps.bsky.social · 2d

life changing: I was a mini-pop switchblade for a while, walking around in polkadots with ribbons clipped on to my hair and got v upset when accused of being a culture club fan

WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 2d

Lucy Furlong @lucyfurleaps.bsky.social · 3d

Happy Birthday!

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Martin Fitzgerald @4hundredblows.bsky.social · 3d

Diane Keaton. London, 2016

Diane Keaton in a dark suit and grey beret

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Farran Smith Nehme @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 3d

"She is the dream actress that every director should have." —Gillian Armstrong

Rest in peace to the great Diane Keaton, fearless and unique, a dream actress indeed. 📷 Norman Seeff, Los Angeles, 1975

Black and white shot of Diane Keaton in a tank top with her hands behind her head. I like this photo for its simplicity; you can feel her personality.

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Lucy Furlong @lucyfurleaps.bsky.social · 3d

Congratulations!

Lucy Furlong @lucyfurleaps.bsky.social · 4d

The Friday Choon #musicsky youtu.be/92_TwP6NwXo?...

The Boom Boom Bap

YouTube video by Scritti Politti - Topic

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 5d

'Incantation' by Nick Laird @poetryireland.bsky.social

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Natalia Kubica @nataliakubica.bsky.social · 5d

Feeling inspired by @zackpolanski.bsky.social's performance on #BBCQT?

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