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GillMPhoto
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Manchester, UK photographer with arty projects always on the go. ❤️ music/nature/creativity/active travel/sustainaility also a cycling instructor because I love it 🚲 #ynwa
https://gillmoorephotography.co.uk/
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This is really sad news. RIP Martin Parr. One of the great photographers. What a legacy he leaves, I attended a talk he gave to MMU students,a few years back, he was still full of passion for photography & very open and encouraging to the next generation. He set up his Foundation in Bristol too. 📸🕊️
theguardian.com The Guardian @theguardian.com · 8h
Landmark British photographer Martin Parr dies aged 73
Landmark British photographer Martin Parr dies aged 73
Parr said his brightly coloured, closely observed pictures of British life were ‘disguised as entertainment’ but they became hugely popular Martin Parr, the British documentary photographer who captured the peculiarities of the nation with clarity and hilarity, has died aged 73. He had been diagnosed with cancer in May 2021. Known for his acute observations of the English class system, Parr’s images covered sunbathers and Conservative clubs, village fetes and coffee mornings, often in vivid colour and with more than a dash of humour. His iconic 1986 photobook The Last Resort: Photographs of New Brighton captured working-class holidaymakers in the Wirral, Liverpool and helped mark a sea change in British documentary photography, from the gritty, black and white style of the past towards a cheekier and more colourful style. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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theunhurriedreader.bsky.social
#CreativeBizCreativeBuzz🐝 #CreativeGifts🎁
claireleach.bsky.social Claire Leach @claireleach.bsky.social · 5d
Watercolour paintings available at claireleach.com/shop. Lovely little original works, inspired by beautiful autumnal woodland landcsapes. Perfect presents! 🍁
Four colourful woodland watercolour paintings on a white sheet.
December 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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gwillow.me
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
blipstress.bsky.social violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 13d
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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irishrainforest.bsky.social
Vanished 240 years ago, the UK’s largest bird of prey – the white-tailed eagle – just returned to English skies like it never left.
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Vanished 240 Years Ago, the UK’s Largest Bird of Prey Just Returned to English Skies Like It Never Left
After vanishing from England centuries ago, a fearsome predator is now soaring back into southern skies—and it's not just passing through.
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November 21, 2025 at 9:16 AM
gillmphoto.bsky.social
Well worth a read 👏⚽️
andrewbeasleyfootball.com Andrew Beasley @andrewbeasleyfootball.com · 19d
“It’s not weak or soft or ‘woke’ to stand up to this bullshit.”

You’ve probably heard about the non-league match that was abandoned after the female ref was abused. Now read the truth about the incident from somebody who was actually there (@chrisnee.co.uk)
Rushden & Diamonds match abandonment was the right response from the referee. Non-league deserves a better reaction.
The idiotic opinions of social media meatheads have no bearing on football safeguarding in the real world
hpbp.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
gillmphoto.bsky.social
Has to be!
A record cover blank with the words the BLUE NILE TINSEL TOWN IN THE RAIN written in yellow handrawn font.
November 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
gillmphoto.bsky.social
Some beautiful autumnal tree “leaf shadows” on show at RHS Bridgewater before Storm Claudia. 🍁🍂 #salford #publicgarden
A small tree with delicate yellow leaves. Many of the leaves have fallen from the tree and form an almost perfect circle on the grass beneath. There is a winding path in the background and trees surrounding. A red maple has shed many leaves and they form a circular carpet beneath it. Some shrubs various shades of green can be seen in the background.
November 15, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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ohtheurbanity.bsky.social
This is a small snow plow for sidewalks

If your city plows the roads but leaves sidewalks up to property owners, your city hates pedestrians.
November 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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walkridegm.org.uk
The Walk Ride GM Awards return!

Grab your seat now for the most anticipated night of the year 🎊
Walk Ride GM Celebration and Awards 2025 Tues 2nd Dec, 6pm Station South Levenshulme M19 3NP
November 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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climbinguphills.bsky.social
Lights Up this evening was a JOY. Such a delight to cycle with friends and 200 other people, mainly women, around the city as a disco on wheels. Loved it. Could do it every week. #bikesky #lightsupride #ridesforwomenmcr
A Tern cargo bike with multi coloured lights around the storm box. Me stood with my bike. Me with two friends, also female, in the dark. We are smiling and lit up by lights. My tern parked in Victoria baths still with colourful lights around it.
November 8, 2025 at 11:28 PM
gillmphoto.bsky.social
A wonderful “Lights Up 2025” #glowride Disco On Wheels cycle in Manchester this evening. Many parks & quiet routes feel unsafe to women & girls in the dark nights. About 200 cyclists with music+lights. Empowering ✊🚦💡🚲
Thanks organisers & ride leaders.
@walkridegm.org.uk
@stationsouth.bsky.social
A group of people on bikes with lots of lights wait for a ride to set off as dusk descends. Trees and tall buildings can be seen either side of them. A group of people on bikes with lots of lights stare up at the SODA Digital arts building in Manchester. It is ablaze with colourful stripes of yellow and black #BeeNetwork 🐝 . Spectacular against the blue dusky night sky. A poster listing the timings for the Lights Up - Disco on Wheels night ride in Manchester An A4 black and white handprint showing a lady on a bike kicking her legs out and pointing with a smile up to the sky. She is surrounded by stars, a crescent moon and shooting stars.
November 8, 2025 at 8:22 PM
gillmphoto.bsky.social
If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
Peter Gabriel - PG1
Released - 1977
Album cover featuring a close-up of a blue Lancia Flavia car, with raindrops on the bonnet and the windscreen. A pale black and white face is visible in the passenger seat. It’s the artist Peter Gabriel, his eyes look odd, because he’s wearing mirrored contact lenses.
November 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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gingertotty.bsky.social
Y’know I always draw on my envelopes? Well. I started by just drawing the little bee during lockdown. And the local post office lady just loves my doodles. They always make her smile. Well I went in yesterday and she gave me this for my birthday, and it was so kind and frickin’ sweet I almost sobbed
LOOK AT THE FRIKKIN CUTE AF BEE POMPOM - MAN I MIGHT DIE BEE CREAM FOR MY HANDS - how thoughtful Wahhhhhh - so kind How sweet of her. So adorable
November 7, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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slowwaysuk.bsky.social
“I’ve done so many A to B walks that a circular walk from a car seems pointless to me now"

David Bocking @bbobillsmothers.bsky.social went on a #SlowWays hike with the brilliant @maryoz.bsky.social and Susan. Read all about it on his Substack!
Sunday at Bill's Mother's: 26th Oct 2025
Slow Ways: the new movement for old paths. Endcliffe meadow. And: latest 🦫 news.
abitblackoverbillsmothers.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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chorltonbookshop.bsky.social
We are very excited this week to be selling signed copies of Len Grant's new Chorlton Sketchbook, and even more excited to be featured in the book itself!

Come by and pick one up while stocks last!

#shoplocal #chorlton #sketchbook
October 25, 2025 at 10:15 AM
gillmphoto.bsky.social
BBC stop using the word “gotten” in your articles. Please and Thank you 🙏 #journalism #news #AI #standards
A screengrab from the BBC News website shows a photo of a man standing in a grassy field with cows behind him. The first paragraph reads “Beef prices have gotten so high in the US that it has become a political problem.”
October 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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ianwalker.bsky.social
The Real Energy Scandal The Media Won't Tell You About – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2025/10/22/t...
The Real Energy Scandal The Media Won't Tell You About
Fossil fuel interests are colluding with billionaire-owned media companies to block the UK's transition towards a cheaper and greener future, argues Donnachadh McCarthy
bylinetimes.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:36 AM
gillmphoto.bsky.social
“‘A monument to kindness’: the rise of Britain’s community cinemas” An uplifting story in a sea of gloom news! 🎬🍿 <https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/oct/20/britain-community-cinemas-film-screens>
October 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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theguardian.com
The kindness of strangers: a gang of scary-looking youths stepped in to save me from being mugged
The kindness of strangers: a gang of scary-looking youths stepped in to save me from being mugged
I was having some trouble getting the car door to open when I suddenly felt hands around my neck. A voice behind me said ‘give me your purse’
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October 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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createtheripple.bsky.social
“Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change.” Bob Kerrey

For those who share kindness freely… you make the world lighter, brighter, and more hopeful for all of us.

🧡

#kindness #positivity #compassion

Picture by Little Sisters Studio
Illustration with a dark green background filled with colourful flowers in pink, blue, purple, white, orange, and yellow. In the centre, large hand-lettered text reads “Spread kindness around like wildflowers.” The text is surrounded by clusters of blooms and green leaves, creating a cheerful border. The artwork is signed “little SISTERS studio” in the bottom right corner.
October 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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travellinjohn.bsky.social
#StreetArt Barcelona on this morning’s short 3 mile leg stretch. #GetUpGetOut #JustKeepMoving #AlwaysLookUp #NoNegativeVibes
October 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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In 2008 the House of Commons Transport Committe recommended far wider use of 20mph limits with PACTS recommending a 20mph national default. Had UK Gov done that in 2008, then Welsh evidence (-25%) shows it would have saved over 300,000 casualties on UK roads since then.
October 18, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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‼️ New ‼️Great British Railways’ signature station clock launched at London Bridge station. Chosen after an international competition, the winning design is by London-based Design Bridge & Partners. Nice work! I really like it ⏰👏👏👏 all stations will have one soon www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
A large circular digital clock face hangs from a high ceiling. The face is black with clear white numbers. Around the clock edge are two circular lines in red and at the top the old British Rail track logo is nearly integrated with the outer red circles. The background shows lots of wooden cladding on the walls and ceiling of the train station.
October 17, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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October 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
gillmphoto.bsky.social
Really sad to read Diane Keaton has died, she was one of the good ones. RIP 🕊️🫶
October 12, 2025 at 8:10 AM