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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 1d

Factory Floor at the Village Underground in Shoreditch #FactoryFloor #VillageUnderground

Lights illuminating the audience and populating the space with lines, angles and shadows. The band are not visible

Large single light over the stage; the audience are in darkness, two members of the band are visible on stage

furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 1d

Live dance music may be of assistance as an accessible source of collective joy.

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Ned Richardson-Little @historyned.bsky.social · 7d

35 years ago today, the German Democratic Republic ceased to exist and its territory was absorbed into the Federal Republic. If you want to learn more about the rise and fall of the GDR on this auspicious #TagderEinheit, you can check out my new book: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/german-de...

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 15d

Yes, that Banzai Corinthians one is especially striking. I think Buriram United is the only one I actually know, but then I am old and out of touch

furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 15d

God knows there must be a story of sorts behind each of those stickers, Dan...

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 19d

I absolutely have to get there.

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 19d

Banana leaf

Dead leaf from a banana plant, naturally curled into the shape of a letter P, pictured against a textured background.

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 19d

What an extraordinary place that church is. Opening the door and walking in to encounter the Karl Parsons St Cecilia window...

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Uniformbooks @uniformbooks.bsky.social · 20d

David Tremlett, "On 12.11.1970 this happened".

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 24d

"Troubling"?

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 25d

Dom Charles Norris' early 60s dalle-de-verre stained glass at the Church of Our Lady, Lillington, Leamington Spa #DomCharlesNorris #StainedGlass #Warwickshire

Interior including west-facing rose window

Interior including Steven Sykes' east-facing mosaic

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · Aug 29

Am a recent sign-up. Looks good.

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · Aug 26

Really like the Sadie McLellan stained glass.

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · Aug 26

I am a sucker for photographs of artists in their studios and the gallery includes several

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · Aug 25

I'd missed the news about the museum. The Piper gallery is of course a delight.

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · Aug 25

Cheers, thank you!

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · Aug 25

Wow - where is he buried?

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · Aug 25

Noting that David Crickmore of local synthpop titans Fiat Lux appears to have been involved in the project.

furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · Aug 25

I think your audience has been waiting for this. Any favourites, by which I of course mean, absolute least favourites?

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · Aug 25

This looks really amazing

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · Aug 25

At yesterday's ApTap festival in Banbury, Oxford's mighty Means Of Production performing their new LP Joy - funky, political, darkly hilarious

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · Aug 25

Enormous pop fun courtesy of Canadian legends Men Without Hats at the Craufurd Arms, Wolverton, Milton Keynes yesterday #MiltonKeynes #MenWithoutHats

Expectant fans in identical t-shirts, the wording being a reference to the opening line of the smash hit single The Safety Dance.

Full band including Sahara with a keytar.

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · Aug 24

Meanwhile the church in nearby Little Gaddesden has on display a facsimile of a document signed by various monarchs guaranteeing the independence of Belgium.

furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · Aug 23

Gravestone marked Peter The Wild Boy 1785 at St Mary's, Northchurch (Berkhamsted, Herts). Story is here; mentions of Berkshire are erroneous. www.outdooraddictsdiaries.com/blog/peter-t...

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · Aug 21

Leicester Nirvana were previously known as Thurnby Nirvana, which must have been where the former Shinkansen recording artists got their name, etc etc.

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