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John Gamblin @gamb0.bsky.social · 1d

As a gallerist, Betty Parsons represented painters like Jackson Pollock – but her own work, which she did at weekends, is deliciously bold and breezy. #art
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Betty Parsons review – scintillating seaside adventures from the woman behind giants like Rothko

As a gallerist, she represented painters like Jackson Pollock – but her own work, which she did at weekends, is deliciously bold and breezy

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John Gamblin @gamb0.bsky.social · 1d

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John Gamblin @gamb0.bsky.social · 3d

Please don't 🙏

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John Gamblin @gamb0.bsky.social · 3d

Peaceful Sunday #Penzance

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bjbrightwell.bsky.social @bjbrightwell.bsky.social · 4d

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This is probably worth an airing today.

Patrick Stewart sketch: what has the ECHR ever done for us?

YouTube video by The Guardian

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John Gamblin @gamb0.bsky.social · 4d

Happy #Caturday
Maria Chepeleva - A cat on the radiator

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John Gamblin @gamb0.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks Emma x

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John Gamblin @gamb0.bsky.social · 5d

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Sign the petition: Michelle Mone should be removed from the House of Lords

This is big: Michelle Mone is being forced to pay back £122m after supplying poor quality protective gear to our NHS during the pandemic. But she STILL hasn't been kicked out of the House of Lords. Mo...

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John Gamblin @gamb0.bsky.social · 6d

Egypt’s forgotten workers #art #history #Egypt
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Cats, coffins and sick notes: discovering Egypt’s forgotten workers in broken pottery

Cambridge exhibition showcases the lives of skilled workers who built some of the most famous sites in ancient Egypt

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John Gamblin @gamb0.bsky.social · 8d

A Bloomsbury-inspired house belonging to a Charleston conservator #lifestyle #art
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A Bloomsbury-inspired house in Sussex belonging to a Charleston conservator

Kathy Crisp's Victorian house in the Sussex countryside is filled with objects and artworks collected over a lifetime

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John Gamblin @gamb0.bsky.social · 10d

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John Gamblin @gamb0.bsky.social · 10d

A few more September rays to enjoy #Penzance

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John Gamblin @gamb0.bsky.social · 10d

I'm sure they do, but only devil souls! 🤔

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John Gamblin @gamb0.bsky.social · 10d

Haha! I rather love it 😀

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John Gamblin @gamb0.bsky.social · 11d

That's lovely Emma 😍

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John Gamblin @gamb0.bsky.social · 11d

I think it's great Emma.
'Sans cat' worries me 😟

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John Gamblin @gamb0.bsky.social · 11d

Happy #Caturday
From the series 'Portrait of Women and Cats" by Inge Schuster

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John Gamblin @gamb0.bsky.social · 13d

Great song in the 60's by The Who eh Marg 😊

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John Gamblin @gamb0.bsky.social · 13d

Pictures of Lily #Penzance

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John Gamblin @gamb0.bsky.social · 14d

Stunning sky tonight #Penzance

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John Gamblin @gamb0.bsky.social · 14d

Absolutely loved it Katrina. So poignant. Late to the party as I have been living in Wales for a couple of months.
Best wishes for your talk at Edge of the World tomorrow. Sadly I will have to miss.

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John Gamblin @gamb0.bsky.social · 14d

Really interesting instalation by Hew Locke at Newlyn share.google/dpQzZwA5VfjB... #art

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John Gamblin @gamb0.bsky.social · 15d

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Karim Wafa (@karimwafa)

A smiling Indigenous Palestinian mother holding her child, 1920.

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John Gamblin @gamb0.bsky.social · 15d

How beautiful is this 😍

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John Gamblin @gamb0.bsky.social · 15d

#RIP Dickie Bird.
Harold “Dickie” Bird, who transcended his role as a Test umpire to become one of the most recognisable figures in cricket, has died peacefully at the age of 92.
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Legendary cricket umpire Dickie Bird dies aged 92

The former Test umpire Harold ‘Dickie’ Bird has died, with Yorkshire saying his life was ‘defined by an unwavering dedication to cricket’

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