Desmond Bullen
@desmondbullen.bsky.social
Mental Health Nurse and Chief Arts Correspondent at Northern Soul
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Northern Exposure
Peter James Houghton's acrylic twilights at the modernist.
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Peter James Houghton's acrylic twilights at the modernist.
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Here Where You Are Standing by Peter James Houghton, the modernist, Manchester
Review: Here Where You Are Standing by Peter James Houghton, the modernist, Manchester
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January 15, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Northern Exposure
Peter James Houghton's acrylic twilights at the modernist.
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Peter James Houghton's acrylic twilights at the modernist.
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There is a light...
Diamonds in the ashes of the Year of Culture.
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Diamonds in the ashes of the Year of Culture.
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'a permission to dream' Brighter Still, Myrtle Park, Bingley
Brighter Still, Myrtle Park, Bingley - The culmination of Bradford's tenure as the 2025 City of Culture.
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January 10, 2026 at 6:23 AM
There is a light...
Diamonds in the ashes of the Year of Culture.
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Diamonds in the ashes of the Year of Culture.
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My "almost" nightly photo of the Moon.
#SantaBarbara #MoonPhotography #MoonPhotos #MoonShots #Photography
Settings:
Canon T5i
Sigma 150mm x 600mm
Focal length: 600mm
F-stop: f/10
Exposure time: 1/1250
ISO: 800
#Moon phase: Waxing 77%
#SantaBarbara #MoonPhotography #MoonPhotos #MoonShots #Photography
Settings:
Canon T5i
Sigma 150mm x 600mm
Focal length: 600mm
F-stop: f/10
Exposure time: 1/1250
ISO: 800
#Moon phase: Waxing 77%
December 30, 2025 at 4:14 AM
My "almost" nightly photo of the Moon.
#SantaBarbara #MoonPhotography #MoonPhotos #MoonShots #Photography
Settings:
Canon T5i
Sigma 150mm x 600mm
Focal length: 600mm
F-stop: f/10
Exposure time: 1/1250
ISO: 800
#Moon phase: Waxing 77%
#SantaBarbara #MoonPhotography #MoonPhotos #MoonShots #Photography
Settings:
Canon T5i
Sigma 150mm x 600mm
Focal length: 600mm
F-stop: f/10
Exposure time: 1/1250
ISO: 800
#Moon phase: Waxing 77%
Northern Soul's Best Reads of 2025
Northern Soul's Best Reads of 2025
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December 24, 2025 at 4:14 AM
The Look of Love
David Hockney is alive to possibility at the venue formerly known as Factory International
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David Hockney is alive to possibility at the venue formerly known as Factory International
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Making the lines dance: David Hockney, Aviva Studios, Manchester
“Collaboration means compromise.” The disembodied voice is that of David Hockney, arguably this country’s greatest living artist, and the words are very much his own. Warm in tone, and movingly direct...
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December 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The Look of Love
David Hockney is alive to possibility at the venue formerly known as Factory International
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David Hockney is alive to possibility at the venue formerly known as Factory International
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All About [uz]
A broad canvas of Yorkshire working class art at The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery
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A broad canvas of Yorkshire working class art at The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery
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[uz],[uz],[uz], The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, Leeds
[uz],[uz],[uz], The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, Leeds
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December 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
All About [uz]
A broad canvas of Yorkshire working class art at The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery
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A broad canvas of Yorkshire working class art at The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
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The Manchester Carriage Company was founded by John Greenwood, who started the UK's first bus service - between Pendleton and Manchester - in 1824, five years before London's first bus service (Museum of Transport Greater Manchester.)
October 26, 2025 at 8:48 AM
The Manchester Carriage Company was founded by John Greenwood, who started the UK's first bus service - between Pendleton and Manchester - in 1824, five years before London's first bus service (Museum of Transport Greater Manchester.)
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Marina Abramovic is transcendent at the venue formerly known as Factory
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Marina Abramovic is transcendent at the venue formerly known as Factory
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'true magick' Balkan Erotic Epic by Marina Abramović, Aviva Studios, Manchester
Words are not the only language. At best, they’re only half the story, the part which can be reduced to the calculus of thought. The strength of Marina Abramović’s artistic practice is her fearless em...
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October 20, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Marina Abramovic is transcendent at the venue formerly known as Factory
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Marina Abramovic is transcendent at the venue formerly known as Factory
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The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.
This is truly terrifying.
This is truly terrifying.
October 14, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.
This is truly terrifying.
This is truly terrifying.
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On this day 1971, boxer Muhammad Ali visited Tesco at Stretford’s Arndale shopping precinct to promote Ovaltine.
October 12, 2025 at 7:56 AM
On this day 1971, boxer Muhammad Ali visited Tesco at Stretford’s Arndale shopping precinct to promote Ovaltine.
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LOVE SUSSEX. HATE RACISM.
SUSSEX ANTI-FACISTS
SUSSEX ANTI-FACISTS
October 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM
LOVE SUSSEX. HATE RACISM.
SUSSEX ANTI-FACISTS
SUSSEX ANTI-FACISTS
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It's #WorldOctopusDay! Pictured here a “Polypus levis Hoyle” from a 1910 publication on the German Deep-Sea Expedition of 1898, led by Leipzig University Professor of Zoology, Carl Chun. Buy it as a print here: https://publicdomainreview.org/product/octopus/
October 8, 2025 at 11:47 AM
It's #WorldOctopusDay! Pictured here a “Polypus levis Hoyle” from a 1910 publication on the German Deep-Sea Expedition of 1898, led by Leipzig University Professor of Zoology, Carl Chun. Buy it as a print here: https://publicdomainreview.org/product/octopus/
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2x as many people came out to celebrate LBGTQ in London as went to Tommy Robinson's Far Right riot, and they didn't pay people to come.
We can easily beat them.
We can easily beat them.
September 15, 2025 at 11:24 AM
2x as many people came out to celebrate LBGTQ in London as went to Tommy Robinson's Far Right riot, and they didn't pay people to come.
We can easily beat them.
We can easily beat them.
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Owner of Twitter calls for violence and what sounded like an insurrection
UK government: Let’s put some more money into ads on “X”
UK government: Let’s put some more money into ads on “X”
September 14, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Owner of Twitter calls for violence and what sounded like an insurrection
UK government: Let’s put some more money into ads on “X”
UK government: Let’s put some more money into ads on “X”
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George Best made his Manchester United debut on this day 1963, aged 17. Here he is playing cricket with neighbours' kids while lodging on Aycliffe Avenue, Chorlton, Manchester, 1965. Photo by Bill Cross.
September 14, 2025 at 7:34 AM
George Best made his Manchester United debut on this day 1963, aged 17. Here he is playing cricket with neighbours' kids while lodging on Aycliffe Avenue, Chorlton, Manchester, 1965. Photo by Bill Cross.
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Allotments in Manchester's Piccadilly Gardens, 1947 (Manchester Libraries).
September 6, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Allotments in Manchester's Piccadilly Gardens, 1947 (Manchester Libraries).
The Last Word
Russell T Davies rages against the lying of the right.
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Russell T Davies rages against the lying of the right.
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10 years of Cucumber, New Century, Manchester
Russell T Davies, it’s fair to say, has the gift of the gab. A master of the press release soundbite and its carnivalesque come-hither call, more importantly he’s an eloquent and impassioned disputant...
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September 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The Last Word
Russell T Davies rages against the lying of the right.
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Russell T Davies rages against the lying of the right.
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