Vanessa Pearce
@nesky999.bsky.social
BBC Midlands Today producer by day, Online features writer by night... MoC of WM News Online NUJ chapel. Coffee, cats and Coventry mainly, with a few gigs thrown in.
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My mate Hannah always sends the best Christmas cards @horacepanterart.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
My mate Hannah always sends the best Christmas cards @horacepanterart.bsky.social
Christmas angel alert... cc @aaronjlaw.bsky.social @chriscov.bsky.social @jonathanfoyle.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Magnificent' John Hutton angel gifted to Coventry Cathedral
The three sketches were paid for by Friends of Coventry Cathedral and are on show over Christmas.
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December 15, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Christmas angel alert... cc @aaronjlaw.bsky.social @chriscov.bsky.social @jonathanfoyle.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Yay. Earliest sunset of the year today, so it gets later every day from now on 🤓😊
December 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Yay. Earliest sunset of the year today, so it gets later every day from now on 🤓😊
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We have the John Hutton sketches up in the cathedral after a few years of effort from the Friends of Coventry Cathedral.
From Italy to paper conservation to Cov.
From Italy to paper conservation to Cov.
December 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
We have the John Hutton sketches up in the cathedral after a few years of effort from the Friends of Coventry Cathedral.
From Italy to paper conservation to Cov.
From Italy to paper conservation to Cov.
Such a lovely project:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Coventry motor industry workers celebrated in WWII project
It is hoped the images would be displayed in twin cities Dresden and Coventry, organisers say.
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December 13, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Such a lovely project:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Fb has just reminded me it’s 11 years today since the cat managed to break into the sofa in order to stash the bodies of her victims
December 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Fb has just reminded me it’s 11 years today since the cat managed to break into the sofa in order to stash the bodies of her victims
Coventry Cathedral has a new Hutton angel - landing just in time for Christmas - (thanks, in small part, to @aaronjlaw.bsky.social) … Read all about her next week
December 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Coventry Cathedral has a new Hutton angel - landing just in time for Christmas - (thanks, in small part, to @aaronjlaw.bsky.social) … Read all about her next week
Blimey - Cov city centre is coming down quickly… All watched over by Peeping Tom
December 10, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Blimey - Cov city centre is coming down quickly… All watched over by Peeping Tom
Oh no! Just the saddest news… I witnessed him passing almost unseen taking images of the crowd @greenmanfest.bsky.social this summer - I Am Martin Parr is currently on iPlayer www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
So here's a short thread in tribute to #MartinParr of my #BoringPostcards , which actually celebrate the quotidian prosaic bits of Britain. Here's the ones I have from his book .
December 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Oh no! Just the saddest news… I witnessed him passing almost unseen taking images of the crowd @greenmanfest.bsky.social this summer - I Am Martin Parr is currently on iPlayer www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Day 6 of #sketchpadvent shows a Basil Spence illustration of Coventry Cathedral from his 1962 book Phoenix at Coventry
December 6, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Day 6 of #sketchpadvent shows a Basil Spence illustration of Coventry Cathedral from his 1962 book Phoenix at Coventry
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Happy 45th birthday to Do Nothing by The Specials as well - like The Beat's Too Nice to Talk To, it was released on this day in 1980. Both bands appeared on the same edition of #TOTP and swapped bassists for a laugh. Top knitwear choices
youtu.be/0S1BC0XVB6s
youtu.be/0S1BC0XVB6s
December 5, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Happy 45th birthday to Do Nothing by The Specials as well - like The Beat's Too Nice to Talk To, it was released on this day in 1980. Both bands appeared on the same edition of #TOTP and swapped bassists for a laugh. Top knitwear choices
youtu.be/0S1BC0XVB6s
youtu.be/0S1BC0XVB6s
Three different types of pickled beetroot, FIVE different pickled gherkins but not one jar of pickled red cabbage - Lancashire hot-pot fail at the Co-op (yeah they didn’t have a cabbage either)
December 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Three different types of pickled beetroot, FIVE different pickled gherkins but not one jar of pickled red cabbage - Lancashire hot-pot fail at the Co-op (yeah they didn’t have a cabbage either)
What a tale…. As always @colingpaterson.bsky.social - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Scotland qualifying for the World Cup put me in hospital'
The BBC's entertainment correspondent Colin Paterson needed surgery after a mishap ahead of Scotland's World Cup qualifying game.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:32 PM
What a tale…. As always @colingpaterson.bsky.social - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Lunchtime cinema trip… What a script/performances - and hugely funny - go see if you can
The #FifthStep, with Jack Lowden and Martin Freeman comes to cinemas worldwide from 27 November with National Theatre Live🐰
Find your local venue and book now! 🎟️
www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/events/the-f...
Find your local venue and book now! 🎟️
www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/events/the-f...
November 30, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Lunchtime cinema trip… What a script/performances - and hugely funny - go see if you can
Nuneaton artist Jo Gane has just completed a PhD looking at Shaw’s importance- sounds like an all-round good bloke: 'Forgotten' photography pioneer celebrated www.bbc.com/news/article...
Birmingham's 'forgotten' pioneer of photography celebrated
The George Shaw exhibition features reproductions of rare images and recently found daguerreotypes,
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November 30, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Nuneaton artist Jo Gane has just completed a PhD looking at Shaw’s importance- sounds like an all-round good bloke: 'Forgotten' photography pioneer celebrated www.bbc.com/news/article...
All your Ned's Atomic Dustbin news today: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Mind-blowing' response to Stourbridge bands' murals
Miles Hunt and other musicians welcome murals by Cal that have brought music fans to Stourbridge.
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November 27, 2025 at 9:39 AM
All your Ned's Atomic Dustbin news today: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Water privatisaton: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Two - Poison Water
A mass poisoning of tap water in Cornwall leads to a desperate search for truth.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Water privatisaton: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
When you agree to an extra shift on your day off… and forget you’d negotiated a late start… and have been at your desk since 8am..THAT.. lovely walk in though
November 26, 2025 at 8:25 AM
When you agree to an extra shift on your day off… and forget you’d negotiated a late start… and have been at your desk since 8am..THAT.. lovely walk in though
When Jamie says the dinner takes 15 mins - but you’ve only got 5.. Great show by the Getdown Services boys
November 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
When Jamie says the dinner takes 15 mins - but you’ve only got 5.. Great show by the Getdown Services boys
Sooo good… what a great tale :) @grahamholliday.bsky.social
A short thread about The Wedding Present.
Specifically about their first 7” single, “Go Out and Get ‘Em Boy!”, released on 24 May, 1985 on the band’s own Reception Records label.
More specifically, about the photograph on the cover of the record sleeve.
Specifically about their first 7” single, “Go Out and Get ‘Em Boy!”, released on 24 May, 1985 on the band’s own Reception Records label.
More specifically, about the photograph on the cover of the record sleeve.
November 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Sooo good… what a great tale :) @grahamholliday.bsky.social
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BBC likes our new book! www.google.com/amp/s/www.bb...
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November 22, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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And read about Ed Sheeran's work experience with Leamington band Nizlopi.... The 20th anniversary of JCB Song... lovely chatting to Luke for this piece: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ed Sheeran reunites with Nizlopi on arena tour
Sheeran says the folk duo inspired him as a teenager and has asked them to support his European arena tour.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 8:22 AM
And read about Ed Sheeran's work experience with Leamington band Nizlopi.... The 20th anniversary of JCB Song... lovely chatting to Luke for this piece: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Some lovely wildlife pics in this inc @andrewfusekpeters.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK wildlife photographers rally to highlight habitat loss
A book has been created by a collaboration of photographers charting diminishing wildlife.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Some lovely wildlife pics in this inc @andrewfusekpeters.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Grimmy has pitched it perfectly this morning...
BBC Radio 6 Music
Nick Grimshaw
Now Playing
The Stone Roses
I Am the Resurrection
Nick Grimshaw
Now Playing
The Stone Roses
I Am the Resurrection
November 21, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Grimmy has pitched it perfectly this morning...