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Loved it! I really liked both of those pieces. Sujata Setia's A Thousand Cuts (harrowing, but compelling) and Peter Spanjer's SWIM grabbed me, too, amongst others, and I was fascinated by Nothing Can Ever Be The Same (the generative film) - looking at the tech-based stuff with a keener eye, now!

Exterior of The Little Apple Bookshop.

Exterior of the Minster Gate Book Shop.

Exterior of Oxfam Books.

Exterior of Waterstones.

And post-art exhibition? Basically spent the rest of my time in York on a bookshop tour 📚

What better way to spend a Sunday?!

Female Torso sculpture (with the wooden former behind it).

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse sculpture.

A display from the 'Wall of Women' in York Art Gallery's Centre of Ceramic Art.

York-born artist Harland Miller's canvas 'York, So Good They Named It Once' in the style of a book cover.

Went on to check out the #HaroldGosney: Making and Materials sculpture exhibition (particularly taken with Female Torso and Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse), before exploring the rest of the gallery. Well worth a visit!

#YorkArtGallery @yorkmuseumstrust.bsky.social

One of the artworks from Sujata Setia's 'A Thousand Cuts'.

Peter Spanjer's SWIM shown on double screen video.

Squidsoup's 'Submergence' - thousands of suspended, coloured lights, with people laying, sitting, and standing amongst them.

Made it by the skin of my teeth! First stop in York this morning was York Art Gallery for the final day of the #AestheticaArtPrize and #FutureTense dual exhibition ✨️

#YorkArtGallery #York

KIM HELLBERG'S RED AND WHITE ARMY! 🔴⚪️

View from high up in the North Stand at the Riverside Stadium during Middlesbrough v Preston North End.

#UTB ❤️

A robin next to a fat ball on a bird table.

Starting Saturday by joining in with the @rspb.bsky.social's #BigGardenBirdwatch

Poet Laureate Simon Armitage embarks on the next leg of his ten-year tour of the UK’s libraries, visiting N to P Libraries during the National Year of Reading 2026.

Details on how to book your tickets below 💫

simonarmitage.com/how-to-book-n-to-p-libraries-tour-2026/

@trouble-loves-me.bsky.social Look who's made it onto Bluesky! 👉 @kbrookes42.bsky.social 😊

Mist hanging low over the grassland in a park. The shot is framed by the dark, bare branches of winter trees.

Morning! Grey, misty start to the day, but still good to be out.

A copy of the book on a table next to a glass.

A packed audience listening to the host of the event on stage.

Great night at the Reimagining Middlesbrough book launch at Chapel - Whitehouse St. Brilliant to see such a packed room for poetry on a Friday night in town (and hear the cheers from the pub on the other side of the building as Boro's first couple of goals went in! 🙌)

#UTB ❤️

A person (hidden) holding up a large piece of material with text reading 'Freedom isn't survival, freedom is fighting for what you believe. Freedom is singing...' (rest of text not visible). Photo: Leticia Valverdes with Trinity Community Arts

What does freedom look like across the UK today? We’re excited to share that a major photography exhibition marking the culmination of Our Freedom: Then and Now will open at the Southbank Centre this March: ourfreedom.org.uk/news/exhibit...

#OurFreedom #RememberOurFreedom #ThenAndNow

Clore Leadership Fellowship - for the cultural sector The Clore Leadership Fellowship is a tailored leadership development programme for exceptional leaders in the cultural sector.

The Clore Leadership Fellowship is now open for applications, offering a tailored programme of leadership development for exceptional cultural leaders.

Stage 1 applications close 5 February 2026 👇
www.cloreleadership.org/programme/cl...

@cloreleadership.bsky.social

A graphic image in pinks and purples urging writers, performers, etc to submit an event idea to Leeds Lit Fest 2026.

Are you a writer, performer, publisher or event promoter? If you’d like to be part of Leeds Lit Fest 2026, we’d love to hear from you. The submission window is now open for event ideas and closes on 1st Feb.

Follow the link to apply: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#LLF26

Ducks at the line on a small lake in a park where the ice turns back to water. The lake is lined by trees and bushes of varying heights and colours.

Morning! 🥶🦆

Goldfinches in the upper branches of a winter tree against a clear blue sky.

Goldfinch gathering on this afternoon's walk 😍

Delighted to announce that we will be publishing

_Richard Heart Julianne_

By @ronanhession.bsky.social

Spring/Summer 2027.

‘In Richard Heart Julianne we enter the mindstream of Richard on his last day as he reflects on his life, his home city and his failed marriage to Julianne.'

Brilliant!

Riverside Stadium on a sunny afternoon, seen from across the river, where a wooden bench sits in the snow under a bright blue sky with thin white cloud.

View from the stands during Middlesbrough v Southampton.

Chilly one today, but absolutely worth it (in the second half, anyway!).

That's more like it, Boro 🙌 #UTB

A frozen lake in a park, with the rising sun lighting up the tops of the trees that surround it. The sky above is a clear, winter blue.

Morning! ❄️

I’m chairing this event with Christy Ducker and Bob Beagrie on 7th February as we chat about inspiration and dig into the RLF’s archive. Free to attend and tickets available here: tinyurl.com/55zzkfda

😊

Large waves on a sunny day at Saltburn, under a bright blue sky above, and Huntcliff in the background.

Beautiful day for a visit to Saltburn with @tenpennydreams.bsky.social 🌊

#NewYearsEve #SaltburnByTheSea

Bare branched winter trees, and the blue sky and white clouds, reflected in the river

Low winter sun coming through the bare-branched trees along a path by the river

After leaving the museum, and with the sky finally turning blue and the winter sun making an appearance, I had a gorgeous wander down by the river before heading home. Teesside's not so bad, is it?

Brightly coloured dried flowers on wires hanging from the ceiling

A 'corridor' with walls of dried flowers either side

Glad to have made it back to Preston Park Museum on the final day of #Corridors for another look at this beautiful installation by Rebecca Louise Law.

Looking forward to more exhibitions in the wonderful new #SpenceBuilding in 2026 (check out Preston Park's annual museum pass - well worth it!).

Swans and ducks on a lake in a park under a flat, grey sky.

A grey but peaceful start to the day 🦢

#Sunday (in case you'd lost track!)

Close up of a duck standing on the muddy bank of a small lake in a park.

Morning!

Pocklington Arts Centre Director Vacancy - Pocklington Arts Centre Pocklington Arts Centre is looking for an experienced and inspirational leader to provide strategic, artistic, organisational and financial leadership.

Looking for a new opportunity in the new year? Pocklington Arts Centre is seeking someone with proven leadership experience at a senior level in an arts organisation to be their new Venue Director.

If this could be you, find out more and apply here:
pocklingtonartscentre.co.uk/pocklington-...

Band members on stage at The Attic

Band members on stage at The Attic

Perfect way to end my gig year, at the Christmas edition of the Hope & Social Club at The Attic in Leeds. So much love for this band and the wonderful friends I've made through them. Good times, and looking forward to more next year 💙🤍✨️

#HopeAndSocialClub

The lion in a grand, red four poster bed, looking scared with the covers pulled up to his chin. Toto is on the bed looking at him.

✨️ Had the most magical visit to @castlehowardestate.bsky.social today to see The Wonderful Wizard of Oz 🌈

#ChristmasAtCastleHoward

Joe (guitar, vocals) and Helen (keys, vocals) of Cattle & Cane performing at ARC

Alex of Our Man In The Field performing solo (guitar, vocals) at ARC

Superb stuff from Cattle & Cane and Our Man In The Field at ARC tonight ✨️

#LiveMusic #StocktonOnTees