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Mark Baxter

@sparkbadger.bsky.social

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Writer & IIlustrator. Editor at Moseley B13 Magazine, Brum. Free Palestine. Slava Ukraine. Animal rights. Art for social change #Resistance 🌊 Radio Show Communities #Forgotten80s #80sTM #sts70s #DLXP #ChooseDay #PtoP #MWXS #Deeper80s #TOTP

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Mark Baxter @sparkbadger.bsky.social · 13d

The October edition of @moseleyb13mag.bsky.social is out this weekend! 🍂🎃
The magazine features David Isgrove on the 25th anniversary of Moseley Farmers' Market; Newshound Investigates… on Stories for Halloween; Moseley Society History Group on Birmingham artist Raymond Cowern; and much, much more!

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Mark Baxter @sparkbadger.bsky.social · 20h

'You can't grasp her or replicate her': Why Anna Magnani is the overlooked 'goddess' of Italian cinema www.bbc.com/culture/arti...

'You can't grasp her or replicate her': Why Anna Magnani is the overlooked 'goddess' of Italian cinema

Anna Magnani's captivating performance in the masterpiece Rome, Open City, which is 80 this year, is a standout role that made her one of the country's finest talents.

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stuartmaconie.bsky.social @stuartmaconie.bsky.social · 1d

I know Handsworth well. I love it. The Soho Road is one of the most vibrant streets in the world. I was attached to the library there for a writing project last year and I wrote a whole chunk about it in my book Hope And Glory. Read it if you get a chance

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Dewie @judgedewie.bsky.social · 1d

Nobody moans about lack of integration in leafy Leicestershire villages with only white people living there.

Handsworth is full of people with heritage from across the globe. Incredibly diverse. All living together.

That is quite literally integration of communities.

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Spooky Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 2d

Sharing this beautiful slice of British reggae; "Handsworth Revolution" by Steel Pulse. The good people of Handsworth and Birmingham don't deserve the likes of racist Robert Jenrick in their streets.
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Steel Pulse - Handsworth Revolution - 01 - Handsworth Revolution

YouTube video by ReggaeRootsChannel

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Joe Meyers @joesview.bsky.social · 4d

BOTD: Karen Allen

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Mark Baxter @sparkbadger.bsky.social · 3d

Leonor Fini (Argentine-Italian, 1907 - 1996), Autoportrait au grand col, 1941

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Mark Baxter @sparkbadger.bsky.social · 3d

Sure is! An amazing artist.

Mark Baxter @sparkbadger.bsky.social · 5d

Fantastic session from @emmaspollock.bsky.social on @marcrileydj.bsky.social & Gideon Coe! Emma's still making spellbinding music.

Gareth Bird @garethbird.bsky.social · 7d

Last night’s Riley & Coe for 6 Music, songwriter and musician, Emma Pollock, played a truly beautiful session for us, and went on to speak with Marc Riley about her recent autism diagnosis. Positivity illuminating.
Love my job! ❤️

Full programme here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 7d

Empathy + Action = A Better World

Thank you, Jane Goodall

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Mark Baxter @sparkbadger.bsky.social · 7d

Great choice! Can't wait! #dlxp

Mark Baxter @sparkbadger.bsky.social · 8d

Me too. Plan to watch it again soon. Great photos, aren't they?

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Mark Baxter @sparkbadger.bsky.social · 8d

Shocking red: behind the scenes on classic horror Don’t Look Now – in pictures www.theguardian.com/film/gallery...

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Leah Bobeah @leahleahbobeah.bsky.social · 8d

This is not America.

#Evergreen
#Musicsky
#DavidBowie

From an excellent flick, The Falcon and the Snowman 1985. This song reflects a disillusionment with the idealized vision of America as a land of endless opportunity and freedom, suggesting these ideals are not accessible to everyone.

David Bowie This Is Not America Live 2000 HD 720p

YouTube video by them0rus

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Mark Baxter @sparkbadger.bsky.social · 9d

Sorry, I’m new to your podcast so will be making my way through it for the first time. Already started with the latest one!

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Mark Baxter @sparkbadger.bsky.social · 10d

Working my way back through the series! What a podcast.

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Jillian Reilly @jillianreilly.bsky.social · 11d

Had every intention of getting up and out early today, then I fell down a You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) podcast episode rabbit hole. These things happen.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...

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Tina Zacher @green-tee.bsky.social · 10d

Spain have been my hero. I wish we were more like Spain.

Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 10d

#BREAKING | The Spanish government has decided to join the 34-nation coalition known as “The Hague Group,” led by South Africa and Colombia, which aims to impose new economic sanctions on Israel and end its impunity for atrocities committed in the Gaza Strip.

Spain joins “The Hague Group” to end Israel impunity

The Spanish government has decided to join the 34-nation coalition known as “The Hague Group,” led by South Africa and Colombia, which aims to impose new economic sanctions on Israel and end its im…

www.middleeastmonitor.com

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Mark Baxter @sparkbadger.bsky.social · 10d

‘What we are trying to prove is that, actually, it’s not just a one-off with football. It’s women’s sport as a whole and it is here to stay.’
‘We’ve won for women’s sport’: England sing in the rain to celebrate World Cup success www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...

‘We’ve won for women’s sport’: England sing in the rain to celebrate World Cup success

The euphoria that has been a hallmark of the women’s Rugby World Cup shone through as thousands of England fans gathered to celebrate the Red Roses’ triumph

www.theguardian.com

Mark Baxter @sparkbadger.bsky.social · 11d

See Photos From the Massive Protest Against Netanyahu in NYC: Marchers took to the streets to demand an end to Israel’s mass killings of Palestinians as dozens walked out of the prime minister’s United Nations speech hyperallergic.com/1045044/see-...

Mark Baxter @sparkbadger.bsky.social · 11d

'A fabulist unmaking patriarchy’s cultural inheritances through enchanting, surreal impossibilities rather than philosophy or history': Newly unearthed Virginia Woolf stories to be published www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...

‘A cottage of one’s own’: Newly unearthed Virginia Woolf stories to be published

A chance discovery at a country house revealed the three funny – sometimes surreal – interlinked tales, written almost a decade before Woolf’s first book was published

www.theguardian.com

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Mark Baxter @sparkbadger.bsky.social · 11d

Tamara de Lempicka (Polish, 1898 - 1980), The Orange Scarf, 1927
Oil on wood panel

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Richard Johnson @richard0x4a.bsky.social · 13d

Tanya Donnelly of Belly on stage tonight in Leeds. It was such a fantastic gig. 😊 #LiveMusic

A photo of Tanya Donnelly on stage playing a single pickup Gibson SG guitar. She’s singing and the stage is bathed in magenta light.

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Mark Baxter @sparkbadger.bsky.social · 12d

Stephanie Rew (Scottish, b. 1971), The Last Note, 2022
Oil and gold leaf on linen

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BDS movement @bdsmovement.bsky.social · 13d

Victory!

People power stops Italy’s energy giant and genocide-profiteer Eni from exporting oil to Israel!

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