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Louise
@borolou.bsky.social
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#Teesside, music, football, books, theatre, and the coast
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borolou.bsky.social
Morning! Normal service has been resumed... ☁️
A colonnade, the only surviving remnant of Marton Hall, visible through trees and across a grassed area of Stewart Park, Middlesbrough.
February 15, 2026 at 10:15 AM
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stuhennigan.bsky.social
North East pals, I'm doing a gig @drakebookshop.bsky.social on 1st June so come say hi, it's always a good do when I team up with them.
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Gorgeous riverside walk this morning, starting at #SanSebCoffee and carrying on to @drakebookshop.bsky.social (where I was very excited to pick up a copy of #Keshed by @stuhennigan.bsky.social!). Not a bad way to start the day...

#Saturday #StocktonOnTees ☀️☕️📚
Looking down a still, calm River Tees to the Infinity Bridge in the distance. It's a sunny morning and a clear, deep blue sky is reflected in the river. A queue for the small, blue San Seb Coffee van. Exterior of DRAKE The Bookshop on a sunny morning under a clear blue sky. Three books on a small, light oak table - Keshed by Stu Hennigan, Multitudes by Lucy Caldwell, and Wild Embers by Nikita Gill.
February 14, 2026 at 2:55 PM
borolou.bsky.social
Gorgeous riverside walk this morning, starting at #SanSebCoffee and carrying on to @drakebookshop.bsky.social (where I was very excited to pick up a copy of #Keshed by @stuhennigan.bsky.social!). Not a bad way to start the day...

#Saturday #StocktonOnTees ☀️☕️📚
Looking down a still, calm River Tees to the Infinity Bridge in the distance. It's a sunny morning and a clear, deep blue sky is reflected in the river. A queue for the small, blue San Seb Coffee van. Exterior of DRAKE The Bookshop on a sunny morning under a clear blue sky. Three books on a small, light oak table - Keshed by Stu Hennigan, Multitudes by Lucy Caldwell, and Wild Embers by Nikita Gill.
February 14, 2026 at 1:03 PM
borolou.bsky.social
Morning!
Blue sky and thin white cloud above a grassed expanse of parkland, with the branches of a large tree coming in from the left hand side, and more trees and a lake (just visible) in the distance.
February 8, 2026 at 8:36 AM
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suedehq.bsky.social
'Suede’s renaissance years' by @theobserveruk.bsky.social
Suede’s renaissance years | The Observer
Ten albums and more than three decades after their debut, the Britpop pioneers still have an infectious, age-defying energy and vulnerability that set them apart
observer.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 4:14 PM
borolou.bsky.social
Oh, whatever makes her happy
On a Saturday night...

Incredible show from @suedehq.bsky.social at York Barbican 🔥🙌
Suede on stage, lit by multi-coloured lights, in front of a packed audience.
February 8, 2026 at 12:15 AM
borolou.bsky.social
From the first notes, I just knew this was going to be an absolutely incredible evening. The wonderful @simeonwalker.bsky.social bringing the power of art, creativity, and community to Helmsley Arts Centre. Well worth the trip over the Moors on a winter Friday night ✨️

#SimeonWalker #Helmsley
Simeon Walker speaking to the audience from his piano stool in front of the Steinway he was playing this evening.
February 6, 2026 at 11:34 PM
borolou.bsky.social
Morning!
A squirrel sitting on a fallen tree trunk in a park.
February 1, 2026 at 10:42 AM
borolou.bsky.social
Made it by the skin of my teeth! First stop in York this morning was York Art Gallery for the final day of the #AestheticaArtPrize and #FutureTense dual exhibition ✨️

#YorkArtGallery #York
One of the artworks from Sujata Setia's 'A Thousand Cuts'. Peter Spanjer's SWIM shown on double screen video. Squidsoup's 'Submergence' - thousands of suspended, coloured lights, with people laying, sitting, and standing amongst them.
January 25, 2026 at 7:03 PM
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KIM HELLBERG'S RED AND WHITE ARMY! 🔴⚪️
January 24, 2026 at 2:23 PM
borolou.bsky.social
#UTB ❤️
View from high up in the North Stand at the Riverside Stadium during Middlesbrough v Preston North End.
January 24, 2026 at 4:02 PM
borolou.bsky.social
Starting Saturday by joining in with the @rspb.bsky.social's #BigGardenBirdwatch
A robin next to a fat ball on a bird table.
January 24, 2026 at 10:11 AM
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faberbooks.bsky.social
Poet Laureate Simon Armitage embarks on the next leg of his ten-year tour of the UK’s libraries, visiting N to P Libraries during the National Year of Reading 2026.

Details on how to book your tickets below 💫

simonarmitage.com/how-to-book-n-to-p-libraries-tour-2026/
January 22, 2026 at 10:00 AM
borolou.bsky.social
@trouble-loves-me.bsky.social Look who's made it onto Bluesky! 👉 @kbrookes42.bsky.social 😊
January 20, 2026 at 11:05 AM
borolou.bsky.social
Morning! Grey, misty start to the day, but still good to be out.
Mist hanging low over the grassland in a park. The shot is framed by the dark, bare branches of winter trees.
January 18, 2026 at 10:52 AM
borolou.bsky.social
Great night at the Reimagining Middlesbrough book launch at Chapel - Whitehouse St. Brilliant to see such a packed room for poetry on a Friday night in town (and hear the cheers from the pub on the other side of the building as Boro's first couple of goals went in! 🙌)

#UTB ❤️
A copy of the book on a table next to a glass. A packed audience listening to the host of the event on stage.
January 16, 2026 at 11:14 PM
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artscentres.bsky.social
What does freedom look like across the UK today? We’re excited to share that a major photography exhibition marking the culmination of Our Freedom: Then and Now will open at the Southbank Centre this March: ourfreedom.org.uk/news/exhibit...

#OurFreedom #RememberOurFreedom #ThenAndNow
A person (hidden) holding up a large piece of material with text reading 'Freedom isn't survival, freedom is fighting for what you believe. Freedom is singing...' (rest of text not visible). Photo: Leticia Valverdes with Trinity Community Arts
January 13, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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artscouncilengland.bsky.social
The Clore Leadership Fellowship is now open for applications, offering a tailored programme of leadership development for exceptional cultural leaders.

Stage 1 applications close 5 February 2026 👇
www.cloreleadership.org/programme/cl...

@cloreleadership.bsky.social
Clore Leadership Fellowship - for the cultural sector
The Clore Leadership Fellowship is a tailored leadership development programme for exceptional leaders in the cultural sector.
www.cloreleadership.org
January 9, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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leedslitfest.bsky.social
Are you a writer, performer, publisher or event promoter? If you’d like to be part of Leeds Lit Fest 2026, we’d love to hear from you. The submission window is now open for event ideas and closes on 1st Feb.

Follow the link to apply: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#LLF26
A graphic image in pinks and purples urging writers, performers, etc to submit an event idea to Leeds Lit Fest 2026.
January 11, 2026 at 11:14 AM
borolou.bsky.social
Morning! 🥶🦆
Ducks at the line on a small lake in a park where the ice turns back to water. The lake is lined by trees and bushes of varying heights and colours.
January 11, 2026 at 10:36 AM
borolou.bsky.social
Goldfinch gathering on this afternoon's walk 😍
Goldfinches in the upper branches of a winter tree against a clear blue sky.
January 10, 2026 at 4:57 PM
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ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
Delighted to announce that we will be publishing

_Richard Heart Julianne_

By @ronanhession.bsky.social

Spring/Summer 2027.

‘In Richard Heart Julianne we enter the mindstream of Richard on his last day as he reflects on his life, his home city and his failed marriage to Julianne.'

Brilliant!
January 5, 2026 at 2:21 PM
borolou.bsky.social
Chilly one today, but absolutely worth it (in the second half, anyway!).

That's more like it, Boro 🙌 #UTB
Riverside Stadium on a sunny afternoon, seen from across the river, where a wooden bench sits in the snow under a bright blue sky with thin white cloud. View from the stands during Middlesbrough v Southampton.
January 4, 2026 at 7:20 PM
borolou.bsky.social
Morning! ❄️
A frozen lake in a park, with the rising sun lighting up the tops of the trees that surround it. The sky above is a clear, winter blue.
January 4, 2026 at 10:43 AM
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harrymanonbluesky.bsky.social
I’m chairing this event with Christy Ducker and Bob Beagrie on 7th February as we chat about inspiration and dig into the RLF’s archive. Free to attend and tickets available here: tinyurl.com/55zzkfda
January 1, 2026 at 7:10 PM