steph
@stephthorpe.bsky.social
Digital library, eLearning & careers information. Irrepressible fondness for France. Enjoys sunshine, train journeys, and parks. Likes music, History of Art, running, and eating the ZOE way
Favourite albums of 2025 were
⭐Self Esteem - A Complicated Woman
⭐Melin Melyn - Mill on the Hill
The rest of the Top 10 is presented in release date order:
Mogwai - The Bad Fire
Ex Void - In Love Again
The Limiñanas - Faded
The Tubs - Cotton Crown
Sacred Paws - Jump Into Life
[1/2]
⭐Self Esteem - A Complicated Woman
⭐Melin Melyn - Mill on the Hill
The rest of the Top 10 is presented in release date order:
Mogwai - The Bad Fire
Ex Void - In Love Again
The Limiñanas - Faded
The Tubs - Cotton Crown
Sacred Paws - Jump Into Life
[1/2]
December 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Favourite albums of 2025 were
⭐Self Esteem - A Complicated Woman
⭐Melin Melyn - Mill on the Hill
The rest of the Top 10 is presented in release date order:
Mogwai - The Bad Fire
Ex Void - In Love Again
The Limiñanas - Faded
The Tubs - Cotton Crown
Sacred Paws - Jump Into Life
[1/2]
⭐Self Esteem - A Complicated Woman
⭐Melin Melyn - Mill on the Hill
The rest of the Top 10 is presented in release date order:
Mogwai - The Bad Fire
Ex Void - In Love Again
The Limiñanas - Faded
The Tubs - Cotton Crown
Sacred Paws - Jump Into Life
[1/2]
💡Name💡In💡Lights!💡
En route to Newcastle to talk about my little choose your own adventure games at the AGCAS Conference.
Achievement unlocked ✅️
#EmployabilityForAll
En route to Newcastle to talk about my little choose your own adventure games at the AGCAS Conference.
Achievement unlocked ✅️
#EmployabilityForAll
June 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
💡Name💡In💡Lights!💡
En route to Newcastle to talk about my little choose your own adventure games at the AGCAS Conference.
Achievement unlocked ✅️
#EmployabilityForAll
En route to Newcastle to talk about my little choose your own adventure games at the AGCAS Conference.
Achievement unlocked ✅️
#EmployabilityForAll
So pleased to have smashed my previous PB by 5 minutes at the Great Birmingham Run half marathon yesterday! 🎉 Perfect running conditions this year #GreatBirminghamRun
May 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
So pleased to have smashed my previous PB by 5 minutes at the Great Birmingham Run half marathon yesterday! 🎉 Perfect running conditions this year #GreatBirminghamRun
Another Wild In Art trail 'Bulls In the City' this summer 🔆 #Birmingham bullsinthecity.co.uk
Bulls in the City Art Trail
The Bulls in the City art trail is brought to by the Birmingham Hospice who help people live well and spend the time they have left how they want to, and to be there for families, carers and loved one...
bullsinthecity.co.uk
March 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Another Wild In Art trail 'Bulls In the City' this summer 🔆 #Birmingham bullsinthecity.co.uk
Birmingham Light Festival is here ✨️ 11 artworks lighting up the city 19th-22nd Feb💡Great little after dark walking or running trail
February 20, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Birmingham Light Festival is here ✨️ 11 artworks lighting up the city 19th-22nd Feb💡Great little after dark walking or running trail
It's sunny and I'm listening to I'm From Barcelona ☀️ - after Daniel Kitson reminded me of it on his Resonance FM show this morning 💫☺️
February 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
It's sunny and I'm listening to I'm From Barcelona ☀️ - after Daniel Kitson reminded me of it on his Resonance FM show this morning 💫☺️
Here we go then, my top 10 albums of the year, roughly in order:
Ed Harcourt - El Magnifico
The Umbrellas - Fairweather Friend
Drahla - angeltape
Chime School - The Boy Who Ran The Paisley Hotel
Ex-Easter Island Head – Norther
Ed Harcourt - El Magnifico
The Umbrellas - Fairweather Friend
Drahla - angeltape
Chime School - The Boy Who Ran The Paisley Hotel
Ex-Easter Island Head – Norther
December 31, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Here we go then, my top 10 albums of the year, roughly in order:
Ed Harcourt - El Magnifico
The Umbrellas - Fairweather Friend
Drahla - angeltape
Chime School - The Boy Who Ran The Paisley Hotel
Ex-Easter Island Head – Norther
Ed Harcourt - El Magnifico
The Umbrellas - Fairweather Friend
Drahla - angeltape
Chime School - The Boy Who Ran The Paisley Hotel
Ex-Easter Island Head – Norther
What a difference 9 years makes.
Skyline at Edgbaston Reservoir this day 9 years ago on the left, vs a few weeks ago on the right.
So many skyscrapers
Skyline at Edgbaston Reservoir this day 9 years ago on the left, vs a few weeks ago on the right.
So many skyscrapers
November 21, 2024 at 8:41 PM
What a difference 9 years makes.
Skyline at Edgbaston Reservoir this day 9 years ago on the left, vs a few weeks ago on the right.
So many skyscrapers
Skyline at Edgbaston Reservoir this day 9 years ago on the left, vs a few weeks ago on the right.
So many skyscrapers
Wow the new Cure album is dark 🖤
November 8, 2024 at 6:02 PM
Wow the new Cure album is dark 🖤
A soothing Ed Harcourt balm -- @ Hare and Hounds.
90-minute set!
90-minute set!
November 6, 2024 at 11:44 PM
A soothing Ed Harcourt balm -- @ Hare and Hounds.
90-minute set!
90-minute set!
Back in my element 🌞 #secretlunchspot
September 17, 2024 at 12:19 PM
Back in my element 🌞 #secretlunchspot
Taking the coast train to Tenby 🏖
So much for that heatwave you promised
So much for that heatwave you promised
September 6, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Taking the coast train to Tenby 🏖
So much for that heatwave you promised
So much for that heatwave you promised
O...kay.. so now we're having thunder when it's sunny and not raining
August 12, 2024 at 8:59 AM
O...kay.. so now we're having thunder when it's sunny and not raining
When you hear your MP on the radio doing Big News Things now 👀
July 12, 2024 at 6:15 PM
When you hear your MP on the radio doing Big News Things now 👀
Now we're talking 😍 -- @ Mikkeller Paris 🔆
July 5, 2024 at 9:41 PM
Now we're talking 😍 -- @ Mikkeller Paris 🔆
Oh wow, no more Fabricant!
July 5, 2024 at 7:27 AM
Oh wow, no more Fabricant!
I shall go to the Ocean Colour Scene ball after all thanks to that Concert Week £25 ticket offer 🎉 A much more reasonable price. Sadly The Corrs' arena shows were not included 🙃😅
click.mailing.ticketmaster.com?qs=ee79fda9d...
click.mailing.ticketmaster.com?qs=ee79fda9d...
click.mailing.ticketmaster.com
May 9, 2024 at 12:31 PM
I shall go to the Ocean Colour Scene ball after all thanks to that Concert Week £25 ticket offer 🎉 A much more reasonable price. Sadly The Corrs' arena shows were not included 🙃😅
click.mailing.ticketmaster.com?qs=ee79fda9d...
click.mailing.ticketmaster.com?qs=ee79fda9d...
Challenging run in the blazing sun at #GreatBirminghamRun half marathon today, so only managed to scrape a PB by 5 seconds! Great atmosphere again along the route 🏃♀️ 🎉
May 5, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Challenging run in the blazing sun at #GreatBirminghamRun half marathon today, so only managed to scrape a PB by 5 seconds! Great atmosphere again along the route 🏃♀️ 🎉
What a treat to see Simon Armitage and LYR performing their Blossomise EP at Charterhouse in Coventry 🌸☀️
April 21, 2024 at 7:27 PM
What a treat to see Simon Armitage and LYR performing their Blossomise EP at Charterhouse in Coventry 🌸☀️
New bookshop in the neighbourhood ✨️ The Bookshop on the Green in Bournville is relocating to Edgbaston Village - and they have a Crowdfunder to support with costs: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/green-hear...
Green Heart Books – Help Us Start a New Story
Green Heart Books (the team behind The Bookshop on the Green) are fundraising to help cover the costs of relocating to Edgbaston Village.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
March 28, 2024 at 8:42 PM
New bookshop in the neighbourhood ✨️ The Bookshop on the Green in Bournville is relocating to Edgbaston Village - and they have a Crowdfunder to support with costs: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/green-hear...
Great to see The Umbrellas at @justdroppedin.bsky.social Coventry tonight for a bit of jangle pop - thanks @joesors.bsky.social
One of my albums of the year so far 🎶
One of my albums of the year so far 🎶
March 6, 2024 at 11:01 PM
Great to see The Umbrellas at @justdroppedin.bsky.social Coventry tonight for a bit of jangle pop - thanks @joesors.bsky.social
One of my albums of the year so far 🎶
One of my albums of the year so far 🎶
Maybe this is what will end up happening to The Electric 😳 x.com/BuildsWeAre/...
ItsYourBuild - Birmingham on X: "Distinctive and innovative, or just ridiculous? 🤯 80 Broad Street, home to a vacant Grade II listed building, could be preserved and repurposed into a community hub, with a wrapped glass public viewing platform, and a 42-storey (133.5m) rising from its rear. #Birmingham https://t.co/l0izzvWPVu" / X
Distinctive and innovative, or just ridiculous? 🤯 80 Broad Street, home to a vacant Grade II listed building, could be preserved and repurposed into a community hub, with a wrapped glass public viewing platform, and a 42-storey (133.5m) rising from its rear. #Birmingham https://t.co/l0izzvWPVu
x.com
March 5, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Maybe this is what will end up happening to The Electric 😳 x.com/BuildsWeAre/...
Found it hard to narrow down my Top Albums this year, so not overthinking it and going with the "tiers" approach. The God Tier is probably roughly in order, but I would refer to them all as Top 5. The Top Tier I found I kept going back to these albums, which I think there is something to be said for
December 30, 2023 at 9:47 PM
Found it hard to narrow down my Top Albums this year, so not overthinking it and going with the "tiers" approach. The God Tier is probably roughly in order, but I would refer to them all as Top 5. The Top Tier I found I kept going back to these albums, which I think there is something to be said for
Keeping it #TShirtDay en route to Boundaries festival in Sunderland, wearing my "The Bug Club played 1000 gigs and I was there" tshirt – bought just after t-shirt day last year at their Birmingham gig 🪲
November 24, 2023 at 2:09 PM
Keeping it #TShirtDay en route to Boundaries festival in Sunderland, wearing my "The Bug Club played 1000 gigs and I was there" tshirt – bought just after t-shirt day last year at their Birmingham gig 🪲
