Another lost outground ... the Private Banks ground at Catford was one of the best club grounds in the south and was used by Kent for Championship matches between 1892 and 1921 - the one pictured is v Gloucestershire in July 1905

Bruce Springsteen - A Rainy Night in Soho (Official Lyric Video) YouTube video by Shane MacGowan

How great is this?

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This is a terrific conversation between @neilkbrand.bsky.social and @cerysmatthews.bsky.social

Paul Conroy’s Last Photo Essay: Cuba’s Moment of Reckoning Veteran war photographer and correspondent Paul Conroy died of natural causes a short time after returning from Cuba with this report of another city under siege. He never stopped bearing witness

🔴Paul Conroy’s Last Photo Essay: Cuba’s Moment of Reckoning

Veteran war photographer and correspondent Paul Conroy died of natural causes a short time after returning from Cuba with this report of another city under siege. He never stopped bearing witness

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#RIP Paul Conroy a brave humanitarian and fearless journalist. Do read his exceptional book.

An amazing award-winning photograph by Darren Pateman as players in a 3rd grade game at Cessnock on October 19th 2002 realise how close to them the fire has come. Pateman was on his way to photograph the fire when he spotted the match in progress. The game went on.

One of my local breweries @rogerprotz.bsky.social they never disappoint. Enjoy!

Pints, prayers and horse racing on the beach: Martin Parr in rural Ireland – in pictures The iconic photographer believed his two years shooting horse fairs, pubs and dance halls in the 1980s had been overlooked. A new exhibition aims to put that right

Pints, prayers and horse racing on the beach: Martin Parr in rural Ireland – in pictures

Frederick Wiseman obituary: towering figure of American documentary filmmaking Across a filmmaking career spanning more than five decades, Wiseman – who has died at 96 – refined a uniquely austere, quietly radical form of documentary cinema. Working without narration, interviews...

Across a filmmaking career spanning more than five decades, Frederick Wiseman – who has died at 96 – refined a uniquely austere, quietly radical form of documentary cinema

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The sun finally shone on South Oxfordshire today!

Mr big shot: cinematographer Roger Deakins on 50 years behind the camera This master craftsman’s work has lit up everything from Bond to Blade Runner 2049. But as he publishes his memoir, why is he so worried about the future of film-making?

Mr big shot: cinematographer Roger Deakins on 50 years behind the camera

Every Day Matters — MND Association YouTube video by MND Association

This is us, the MND Association. Renewed, united and driven every day to make change happen.

Every day we support people affected by motor neurone disease, campaign for better care and fund ground-breaking research.

Because with MND, every day matters.

It’s a pleasure Tim. It brings back some great childhood memories!

This week’s reading is a re-read of this excellent book from @tim-rolls.bsky.social Remembering the great Eddie McCreadie #Chelsea #BookSky

Don McCullin: ‘I’ve committed some very unpleasant deeds’ From Vietnam to Somerset, the photographer’s celebrated images have documented a world of bloodshed and beauty. But his career has left him haunted by guilt

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44 years ago
The original Clash image for the Combat Rock album was taken in Thailand in January 1982.

Photo by Pennie Smith

#punk #punks #punkrock #theclash #combatrock #history #punkrockhistory

Chelsea and Scotland legend Eddie McCreadie dies, aged 85 Former Scotland and Chelsea player Eddie McCreadie, who was once hailed by Tommy Docherty as the best left-back in Europe and went on to manage the London club, dies at the age of 85.

RIP Eddie McCreadie
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This week’s reading is from @alicehunt.bsky.social Absolutely superb on “Britain’s revolutionary decade.”

I think that Canterbury Cathedral epitomises Mies Van de Rohe's words: "Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space." The late 14th-century nave at Canterbury Cathedral 🕍 feels more organic than man-made to me 🌿—an utterly remarkable achievement of medieval craftsmanship ✨

A ramble around South Oxfordshire to end the year.

Motor neurone disease patients in England die waiting for home adaptations, campaigners say Charity finds grants for crucial alterations take average 375 days, with many MND patients dying in this time People with motor neurone disease (MND) are dying waiting for grants to make their homes fit to live in due to a huge backlogs in applications, campaigners have said. The MND Association has found it takes an average of 375 days for people in England to get essential home adaptations through the government’s disabled facilities grant (DFG) due to growing delays in the system. Continue reading...

Motor neurone disease patients in England die waiting for home adaptations, campaigners say

A fascinating conversation between @julianhoffman.bsky.social and Lucy Durneen about his book #Lifelines for Cambrige University. The story of people, pelicans, bears and borders in Northern Greece. It's a wonderful read!

I read this earlier in the year and I really recommend it. A terrific book from @drcricket.bsky.social #CricketSky

From Seinfeld to Shawshank, Rob Reiner changed Hollywood for ever Reiner’s own films reshaped modern comedy and drama with their intelligence, empathy and range. But through his company, Castle Rock, he paved the way for Seinfeld, Sorkin and many more

From Seinfeld to Shawshank, Rob Reiner changed Hollywood for ever

This week’s recommended read is from @drmjwarren.bsky.social Beautiful writing and gorgeous cover artwork. #thecuckooslea #birdsandplace

Landmark British photographer Martin Parr dies aged 73 Parr said his brightly coloured, closely observed pictures of British life were ‘disguised as entertainment’ but they became hugely popular Martin Parr, the British documentary photographer who captured the peculiarities of the nation with clarity and hilarity, has died aged 73. He had been diagnosed with cancer in May 2021. Known for his acute observations of the English class system, Parr’s images covered sunbathers and Conservative clubs, village fetes and coffee mornings, often in vivid colour and with more than a dash of humour. His iconic 1986 photobook The Last Resort: Photographs of New Brighton captured working-class holidaymakers in the Wirral, Liverpool and helped mark a sea change in British documentary photography, from the gritty, black and white style of the past towards a cheekier and more colourful style. Continue reading...

Landmark British photographer Martin Parr dies aged 73

Winners of the 2025 International Landscape Photographer of the Year A collection of winners and selected images from the competition’s “Top 101” group, chosen from more than 3,600 entries by professional and amateur photographers around the world

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Terrible news. A terrific player.
RIP Judge.

Magic from Elsewhere | Geoffrey O’Brien The best of British postwar cinema portrays a country in the aftermath of catastrophe and uncertain about its future.

Geoffrey O’Brien on the best films of postwar Britain

Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88 A theatrical sensation since the 1960s, whose dramas included Arcadia, The Real Thing and Leopoldstadt, Stoppard also had huge success as a screenwriter The playwright Tom Stoppard, whose playful erudition dazzled the theatregoing world for decades, has died aged 88. One of a select band of writers from any discipline to earn his own adjective – “Stoppardian” – in the Oxford English Dictionary, he delighted in the most improbable juxtapositions: philosophy and gymnastics in Jumpers (1972); early 19th-century landscape gardening and chaos theory in Arcadia (1993); rock music, dissident Czech academics and the love poetry of Sappho in Rock ’n’ Roll (2006). Continue reading...

Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88