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Andy Brook @northlancing.bsky.social · 4d

D’Angelo, Grammy-winning neo-soul pioneer, dies aged 51

Singer known for tracks such as Brown Sugar and Untitled (How Does It Feel) died at home from pancreatic cancer

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Andy Brook @northlancing.bsky.social · 17h

Experience: I am the air guitar world champion

For 60 seconds I gave everything – explosive energy, perfect mime and rock star charisma. I think I blacked out from shock when they said I’d won

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Andy Brook @northlancing.bsky.social · 17h

#vienna #wien Snapshots of the city: How two photographers document the Viennese cityscape

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Andy Brook @northlancing.bsky.social · 17h

Serrat, Leiva, José Tomás and other bad company choose their favorite Joaquín Sabina song

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Andy Brook @northlancing.bsky.social · 17h

Eric Clapton returns to Spain after 20 years with two concerts in Madrid and Barcelona

The 80-year-old musician, a legend in the world of blues and rock, with a particular skill for the guitar, will be able to demonstrate his fitness on Spanish stages

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Andy Brook @northlancing.bsky.social · 18h

Director Richard Linklater: 'Godard would use AI'

The American director of 'Nouvelle Vague' recalls discovering 'Breathless' in 1982 in Austin, which sparked his passion for the Swiss filmmaker.

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Andy Brook @northlancing.bsky.social · 18h

Gerhard Richter on display at the Fondation Louis Vuitton

With 271 works − including rare loans − on display, this is the largest retrospective ever devoted to the German artist. It opens in Paris on October 17

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Andy Brook @northlancing.bsky.social · 20h

Japan declares a flu epidemic — what this means for other nations

Researchers say that the number of infections for this time of year is unusual

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Andy Brook @northlancing.bsky.social · 20h

#Oxfordshire Wild Oxfordshire hopes to raise £25k in six weeks to help save Curlews

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Andy Brook @northlancing.bsky.social · 20h

#Ferndown The Dorset garden centre that began a British obsession

How garden centres were invented in Dorset

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Andy Brook @northlancing.bsky.social · 1d

A sad day but lovely to hear your thoughts and memories Mr Luckhurst. Mr Spaceman was a top musician and talent who thrilled us all in those days, those glory days .....

Andy Brook @northlancing.bsky.social · 1d

#Southwalk Housing designed to combat loneliness wins top architecture award

Riba Stirling Prize 2025: Appleby Blue Almshouse named Britain's best new building

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Andy Brook @northlancing.bsky.social · 1d

Well done Mr Mills, what a brilliantly inspiring place!

Top of the plots: The 'unique' London allotment

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Andy Brook @northlancing.bsky.social · 1d

#SouthDowns #Sussex Restored watering holes bring life to National Park
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Andy Brook @northlancing.bsky.social · 1d

Ace Frehley, a Founding Member of Kiss, Is Dead at 74

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/a...

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Andy Brook @northlancing.bsky.social · 1d

The Conductor Who Set the Course of Music in the 20th Century

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/a...

Andy Brook @northlancing.bsky.social · 1d

'Did racism stop my dad becoming Football League's first black referee?'

Emerson Griffith's appointment to league's list of linesmen 1979-80 season is thought to have made him the first match official from an African and Caribbean background to reach that level.

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Andy Brook @northlancing.bsky.social · 1d

Urgent action is needed to secure the future of a quarry which is home to an critically endangered species of spider, a charity has said.

Call to save quarry's critically endangered spider
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Call to protect endangered spider found in Plymouth quarry

An insect charity asks Plymouth City Council to help protect horrid ground-weaver spiders.

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Andy Brook @northlancing.bsky.social · 2d

#Lancing #wellbeing The weather recently has been very cloudy, not much sunshine down here on the West Sussex coast at Lancing. Earlier this morning though it was grand .... Hope it is the same with you and that you can get out and about to enjoy a lovely day ....

Andy Brook @northlancing.bsky.social · 3d

Simone Verde, director of the Uffizi Gallery, fights against cell phones in the museum: "There is no right to take a selfie."

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Andy Brook @northlancing.bsky.social · 3d

Space Harrier at 40: how Sega’s surreal classic brought total immersion to arcades in the 80s

www.theguardian.com/games/2025/o...

Andy Brook @northlancing.bsky.social · 3d

Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion: the number-one rule for coats this winter – make it long

There are a totally different set of rules for jackets, but a coat should be well below your knees

www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025...

Andy Brook @northlancing.bsky.social · 3d

Blue, Yoda originally was, archival Star Wars sources reveal

Review of screenplay, novel, and comics suggests film-makers made late decision to make diminutive Jedi master green

www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

Andy Brook @northlancing.bsky.social · 3d

#Brighton Previously unseen photos of bands taken at Los Angeles punk venues are being exhibited for the first time

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Andy Brook @northlancing.bsky.social · 3d

#Liverpool Liverpool friends finish childhood kung-fu movie 47 years on

A group of friends who spent their childhoods in the 1970s making mini-movies reunited to complete one of them 47 years later

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Andy Brook @northlancing.bsky.social · 4d

Abandoned places exert a magical attraction on young people. Some give free rein to their aggression there, while others put their lives in danger during their explorations

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