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Nigel Slack
@sheffcitynigel.bsky.social
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EX- local political activist, business consultant, chef, and other stuff.
NOW- Heritage activist, DM, writer and mostly retired.

Posts on Bluesky will be personal opinion and reflect my broad range of interests but without the toxicity of the other place
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Nigel Slack @sheffcitynigel.bsky.social · Nov 17
Hello All - A recent incomer from that other place, looking for a more authentic version of this world and myself, without the judgemental opinions of 'insular' minds.
I take the world how I find it but in a world on fire we all need to be gentle on ourselves and appreciate the small joys we find
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In the New Year join us live in-person or online for our next Lectures. The subject is the Arts and Crafts Movement. In-person lectures will take place at NYU London, The Strand. We'll live-stream with an audience, as well as making our lecture series available as recordings. Book: bit.ly/4oFf30g
December 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Our National colleagues have just launched the Victorian Society Top Ten Endangered Buildings nominations for 2026. Closing date is 5th January 2026 and you can get all the details here- bit.ly/3X3tAaX - You can also contact the South Yorkshire group direct at- [email protected] 🏛️
News from the Victorian Society | Nominations for Top Ten Endangered Buildings 2026 now open!
News about Nominations for Top Ten Endangered Buildings 2026 now open! from the The Victorian Society - National News news.
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November 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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⛓️Our next fascinating talk will be on a tough subject, Sheffield's involvement in the Atlantic slave trade in Victorian times. See the full details, including booking here - bit.ly/4a1fbDB
Our speaker, Tobias Gardner, is a final year history PhD researcher.
Sheffield and Atlantic Slavery, 1760-1888, with Tobias Gardner - The Victorian Society
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November 20, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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andycropperart.bsky.social
I'm pleased to say the audio of my 'Artist Talk' with Karen Sherwood from Thursday 23rd of October at Cupola Contemporary Art is now available to listen to online.
See the 'link in bio' for details or click here - www.cupolagallery.com/.../10/andy-...
In the corner of a white gallery space you can see Andy being interviewed by Karen Sherwood, owner of Cupola Contemporary Art, Sheffield. They are sat in front of Andy's large minimal blue painting "Blue Hour". An audience is listening.
November 20, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Put together during the first year of Covid here's an experiment in mental wandering. Hope you enjoy :
'The Noble Castle and The Ideal City: A Perfect Envisioning Of Something Deficient And Bleak? A Textual / Pictorial Wandering.'
Written December 2020

www.andycropper.art/blog/the-nob...
The Noble Castle and The Ideal City: A Perfect Envisioning Of Something Deficient And Bleak? A Textual / Pictorial Wandering. — Andy Cropper — Painter, established 2008. Sheffield, UK.
Originally shared: Wednesday 9 December 2020
www.andycropper.art
November 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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It's around this time of year I rewatch this stunning short about the photographer Alexandra de Steiguer and her time at the Oceanic Hotel, New England. A study in solitude, stillness and enduring.
andycropperart.bsky.social Andy Cropper 🎨🏳️‍🌈 @andycropperart.bsky.social · Dec 15
Brian Bolster
𝑊𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟'𝑠 𝑊𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ 2018

A beautiful 14min video depicting the photographer, Alexandra de Steiguer, also caretaker for the Oceanic Hotel, who's spent past 19+ winters alone tending to the 43-acre grounds of the hotel, which sits 10 miles off the coast of New England.

youtu.be/3oHhw_9bQk0
The Challenge of True Solitude
YouTube video by The Atlantic
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November 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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We're in the last week of my show at Cupola Contemporary Art, and with it being 'Meet The Artist Monday' I'm here especially to have a chat with folk 'til 4pm today, so if you're free pop on by ❤️

🔗www.cupolagallery.com
🔗www.andycropper.art/cupola2025
Andy is stood in front of his painting 'Golden Mist', a nighttime view of an apartment complex at night lit by luminous sodium light surrounded by mist and street lights.
November 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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'Memories From The Present: Worn Leatherette...', 2021 -📍Sold
Acrylic and oil on panel
18x32cm

If you are interested in this work or others get in touch with Karen or Graham via www.cupolagallery.com where contact details are available.
A small painting of a gnarly, sofa. Made from Leatherette it is split, mouldy, knackered. It's been sat for a time outside and has a strange presence A collection of small paintings in a grid A variety of paintings of different sizes on a white wall.
November 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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'Bath, Brush & Mist', 2015 -📍Sold
Acrylic and oil on panel
50x37.5cm

If you are interested in this work or others get in touch with Karen or Graham via www.cupolagallery.com where contact details are available.
Painting- It's twilight and a white plastic bath sits in the middle of a load of weeds, bush and brush. The atmosphere is strange, moody and melancholy
November 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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andycropperart.bsky.social
"𝘏𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘌𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘏𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘍𝘶𝘭𝘭?: 𝘜𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯 𝘙𝘥" 𝗡𝗼. 𝟬𝟮, 2025
Acrylic and oil on card
18cm x 12.3cm

If you are interested in this work or others get in touch with Karen or Graham via www.cupolagallery.com where contact details are available.
A small painting on card of z discarded bottle hidden behind a weed leaning against a brick wall On a white plinth are 3 paintings of discarded drinks and bottles seen at night on a road
November 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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andycropperart.bsky.social
'𝘏𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘌𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘏𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘍𝘶𝘭𝘭?: 𝘜𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯 𝘙𝘥' 𝗡𝗼. 𝟬𝟭, 2025
Acrylic and oil on card
10.5x18cm

If you are interested in this work or others get in touch with Karen or Graham via www.cupolagallery.com where contact details are available.
There is a painting on card of a glass with some beer still in it laying on a brick tiled floor. On a plinth can be seen several small paintings,
November 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Historian Dr Aileen Reid will be giving an online lecture on E.W. Godwin. Although his fame today rests largely on his Aesthetic Movement furniture and friendships with Oscar Wilde and J.M. Whistler, throughout his life E.W. Godwin styled himself ‘architect.' 🧵
Buy your ticket here: bit.ly/4omZRWe
November 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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andycropperart.bsky.social
'Golden Hour', 2025
Acrylic and oil on panel
18x32cm

If you are interested in this work or others get in touch with Karen or Graham via www.cupolagallery.com where contact details are available.
A small vertical formatted painting of the side of a brick house. Half in shadow and half lit by the golden hour glow of the setting sun. A strong blue sky sits over the roof of the building A white gallery space with many paintings A white gallery space with many paintings
November 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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andycropperart.bsky.social
'Foreshadowing', 2020
Acrylic and oil on panel
50x50cm

If you are interested in this work or others get in touch with Karen or Graham via www.cupolagallery.com where contact details are available.
The view if of a covered walkway of a supermarket carpark. It's nighttime and and the walkway is self illuminated. It is an eerie scene. The view if of a white gallery space, many paintings of different sizes are on the walls.
November 5, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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andycropperart.bsky.social
'Posters', 2011
Acrylic and oil on canvas
100x100cm

If you are interested in this work or others get in touch with Karen or Graham via www.cupolagallery.com where contact details are available.
We can see a 1m× cm square painting of a wall covered in ripped advertising posters that have been placed and the ripped off over a significant period of time, leaving something that almost feels abstract. A white gallery space with paintings of many different kinds on the walls
November 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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'Tree Silhouttes', 2025
Acrylic and oil on panel
18x36 cm

If you are interested in this work or others get in touch with Karen or Graham via www.cupolagallery.com where contact details are available.
A painting shows tree silhouttes against a dark bluish sky A white wall with 2 paintings showing views of trees against a blue sky The corner of a white gallery space. You can see many paintings ofnightscenes of urban settings.
November 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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'Mugger'sBridge', 2020
Acrylic and oil on panel
50x50cm

If you are interested in this work or others get in touch with Karen or Graham via www.cupolagallery.com where contact details are available.
A square painting shows steps going up to a wrought iron, metal clad bridge. The steps are surrounded by metal fencing. The whole scene is lit in a peculiar peach light, with a bluer more purple light coming from a different direction On a white wall can be seen many paintings showing scenes of Sheffield
November 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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'Memories From the Present' : 'We Never Did get those Drinks Did We?', 2021 -📍Sold
Acrylic and oil on panel
18x32cm

If you are interested in this work or others get in touch with Karen or Graham via www.cupolagallery.com where contact details are available.
There are 3 nightclub poster holders on a wall, empty of posters showing the bare backing boards..In the middle someone has scrawled 'We Never Got Those Drinks, Did We?' On a white wall can be seen a bunch of paintings in a grid. All show images of Sheffieldthe city. On a white wall can be seen a bunch of paintings in a grid and other paintings of different sizes along side. All show images of Sheffieldthe city.
November 4, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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'Ghost Light', 2016
Acrylic and oil on panel
50x50cm

If you are interested in this work or others get in touch with Karen or Graham via www.cupolagallery.com where contact details are available.
A square painting shows a lonely light glowing alongside a dual carriageway, it is dark and foggy. Vague forms can be seen in the light .
November 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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'Crossroads II', 2024 -📍Sold
Acrylic and oil on canvas
122x122cm

If you are interested in this work or others get in touch with Karen or Graham via www.cupolagallery.com where contact details are available.
A large painting shows a Crossroads at night. In the centre can be seen a street light with a large silhouette of trees behind it A white gallery space, with paintings on the wall A white gallery space, with paintings on the wall looking in a different direction
November 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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'Amber Glow - Crossroads III', 2025
Acrylic and oil on panel
50x50cm

If you are interested in this work or others get in touch with Karen or Graham via www.cupolagallery.com where contact details are available.
We're looking at a square painting of a crossroads with a bare tree in silhouette against a vivid orange sky We are looking at a white gallery space filled with paintings of many different sizes all showing nighttime scenes of urban Sheffield
November 3, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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'Semi-Detached'', 2016
Acrylic and oil on panel
50x50cm

If you are interested in this work or others get in touch with Karen or Graham via www.cupolagallery.com where contact details are available.
A dark painting of two houses joined along one side. It’s a dark blue sky. Lights are on but noone can be seen. A red car sits in front. A white gallery space is shown several paintings can be seen.
November 3, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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'Early Morning Shine', 2013
Acrylic and oil on panel
25x25xm

If you are interested in this work or others get in touch with Karen or Graham via www.cupolagallery.com where contact details are available.
A small square painting, shows an indoor view looking at a white wall, and curtain. The curtain shows a window with bright white light can be seen outside, a lavender glow surrounds the white light Two paintings sit in a white wall. Early Morning Shine is one of them. A collection of paintings of various sizes.
November 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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'Trees and Lights', 2025
Acrylic and oil on panel
25x25xm

If you are interested in this work or others get in touch with Karen or Graham via www.cupolagallery.com where contact details are available.
A painting shows a landscape view of trees, against a dark blue sky, with buildings and streetlights behind them 2 paintings showing cityscapes of trees against dark skies A view showing the gallery space with a selection of paintings of various sizes
November 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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'St. Mary’s Roundabout', 2023-24
Acrylic and oil on canvas
101.6 x 76.2 cm

If you are interested in this work or others get in touch with Karen or Graham via www.cupolagallery.com where contact details are available.
The image shows a painting on a white wall. It shows a misty nighttime scene, tree silhouettes, glowing streetlights, urban concrete environment. The silhouette of a church can be seen A gallery scene can be seen. White walls with a selection of Andy’s nighttime urban scenes
November 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM