The Smell of Water
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Houchen’s Teesworks and airport projects owe £520mn to TVCA, missing repayments and forcing £140mn more borrowing this year | Peter Morris
Bad debts bring £140mn chaos to Tees Valley budget
Houchen’s Teesworks and airport projects owe £520mn to TVCA, missing repayments and forcing £140mn more borrowing this year
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December 15, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Houchen’s Teesworks and airport projects owe £520mn to TVCA, missing repayments and forcing £140mn more borrowing this year | Peter Morris
Without doubt one of the finest stone settings in our islands. A trio of much-loved, sculptural, cyclopean megaliths located mid-fairway at Lundin Links Ladies Golf Club, utterly beautiful. #StandingStoneSunday
December 14, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Without doubt one of the finest stone settings in our islands. A trio of much-loved, sculptural, cyclopean megaliths located mid-fairway at Lundin Links Ladies Golf Club, utterly beautiful. #StandingStoneSunday
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If handing someone their arse, was a video clip
December 12, 2025 at 8:12 AM
If handing someone their arse, was a video clip
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Stephen Flynn criticises Nigel Farage from attacking children who speak more than one language #BBCQT
"A man who aspires to be PM of these isle would pick a fight with school kids, would hold school kids up as an object to beat, absolutely repulses me and it should repulse all of you as well"
"A man who aspires to be PM of these isle would pick a fight with school kids, would hold school kids up as an object to beat, absolutely repulses me and it should repulse all of you as well"
December 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Stephen Flynn criticises Nigel Farage from attacking children who speak more than one language #BBCQT
"A man who aspires to be PM of these isle would pick a fight with school kids, would hold school kids up as an object to beat, absolutely repulses me and it should repulse all of you as well"
"A man who aspires to be PM of these isle would pick a fight with school kids, would hold school kids up as an object to beat, absolutely repulses me and it should repulse all of you as well"
Midmar Kirk RSC, Aberdeenshire #StandingStoneSunday
December 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Midmar Kirk RSC, Aberdeenshire #StandingStoneSunday
Wandering the Clay Cliffs teessidepsychogeography.wordpress.com/2025/12/04/g...
Gaps & Howls – Wandering the Clay Cliffs
Hunnies Howl – Stone Gap – Oldway In – Agar’s Gap – Hazel Grove Foot I took a walk along the coastal cliff-tops that run from Marske to Saltburn. Unlike the majestic cliffs …
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December 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Wandering the Clay Cliffs teessidepsychogeography.wordpress.com/2025/12/04/g...
The mighty Ketley Crag Rock Shelter. Not a standing stone but definitely one of the most impressive prehistoric rock art sites in the north of England. #StandingStoneSunday
November 30, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The mighty Ketley Crag Rock Shelter. Not a standing stone but definitely one of the most impressive prehistoric rock art sites in the north of England. #StandingStoneSunday
A walk to the sea
The squirrels in Hazelgrove are driving the terrier into a frenzy
The squirrels in Hazelgrove are driving the terrier into a frenzy
A walk to the sea
The squirrels in Hazelgrove are driving the terrier into a frenzy
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November 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
A walk to the sea
The squirrels in Hazelgrove are driving the terrier into a frenzy
The squirrels in Hazelgrove are driving the terrier into a frenzy
Duddo. the most northerly, and one of the loveliest, stone circles in England. #StandingStoneSunday
November 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Duddo. the most northerly, and one of the loveliest, stone circles in England. #StandingStoneSunday
Fat Lambs - Avebury #StandingStoneSunday
November 16, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Fat Lambs - Avebury #StandingStoneSunday
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With millions in public money handed to private interests and serious questions over transparency and accountability, why hasn’t there been an inquiry into the goings-on on Teesside?
Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube.
Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube.
November 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
With millions in public money handed to private interests and serious questions over transparency and accountability, why hasn’t there been an inquiry into the goings-on on Teesside?
Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube.
Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube.
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Last week, in the hush of the Romanesque crypt at St Mary’s, Lastingham, I 📸 a 10th-century cross-shaft — Viking interlace entwined with Saxon geometry — a visual and decorative bridge between cultures and continuity.
November 10, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Last week, in the hush of the Romanesque crypt at St Mary’s, Lastingham, I 📸 a 10th-century cross-shaft — Viking interlace entwined with Saxon geometry — a visual and decorative bridge between cultures and continuity.
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Tees Valley mayor Lord (Ben) Houchen promised renewal. Instead, Britain’s biggest regeneration project has turned into a taxpayer-funded scandal - enriching a few local businessmen while leaving public bodies on the brink.
Watch the latest episode of Page 94, The Private Eye Podcast, on YouTube.
Watch the latest episode of Page 94, The Private Eye Podcast, on YouTube.
November 8, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Tees Valley mayor Lord (Ben) Houchen promised renewal. Instead, Britain’s biggest regeneration project has turned into a taxpayer-funded scandal - enriching a few local businessmen while leaving public bodies on the brink.
Watch the latest episode of Page 94, The Private Eye Podcast, on YouTube.
Watch the latest episode of Page 94, The Private Eye Podcast, on YouTube.
Urban Megaliths - The Calderstones teessidepsychogeography.wordpress.com/2025/11/07/a...
A walk in the park – The Calderstones
The Calderstones are collection of six megaliths housed in an annex of a large public building located within a public park in suburban Liverpool. The first written record of their existence was in…
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November 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Wandering Liverpool teessidepsychogeography.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/w...
Wandering Liverpool
I recently spent a couple of days in Liverpool, which is always a pleasure. It was a family occassion and we had quite a busy weekend planned, so I set myself two additional tasks 1. An early morni…
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November 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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The beautiful pyramid tomb of William MacKenzie in Liverpool. #TombTuesday
November 4, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The beautiful pyramid tomb of William MacKenzie in Liverpool. #TombTuesday
Cullerlie Stone Circle. #StandingStoneSunday
November 2, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Cullerlie Stone Circle. #StandingStoneSunday
This lovely Woodcock paid us a visit this morning & made my day. The RSPB conservation status of this bird is Red with breeding populations falling. The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust acknowledge the decline but don’t believe that a ban on shooting them would help the recovery of native birds
October 30, 2025 at 7:15 PM
This lovely Woodcock paid us a visit this morning & made my day. The RSPB conservation status of this bird is Red with breeding populations falling. The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust acknowledge the decline but don’t believe that a ban on shooting them would help the recovery of native birds
St. Paul’s Square Birmingham
28.10.2025
28.10.2025
St. Paul’s Square Birmingham
28.10.2025
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October 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
St. Paul’s Square Birmingham
28.10.2025
28.10.2025
A trio of cupmarks on one of the standing stones of the ‘Great X’ Kilmartin Scotland #StandingStoneSunday
October 26, 2025 at 11:29 AM
A trio of cupmarks on one of the standing stones of the ‘Great X’ Kilmartin Scotland #StandingStoneSunday
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What is Oued Beht? Giulio Lucarini explains how this archaeological site revolutionises our understanding of North African, and wider Mediterranean, prehistory.
Read the prize-winning research 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
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Read the prize-winning research 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
@cam-archaeology.bsky.social @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org
October 24, 2025 at 7:14 AM
What is Oued Beht? Giulio Lucarini explains how this archaeological site revolutionises our understanding of North African, and wider Mediterranean, prehistory.
Read the prize-winning research 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
@cam-archaeology.bsky.social @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org
Read the prize-winning research 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
@cam-archaeology.bsky.social @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org
Nine Standards Rigg - A hapless trio & a terrier teessidepsychogeography.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/n...
October 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Nine Standards Rigg - A hapless trio & a terrier teessidepsychogeography.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/n...