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Speciality coffee, craft beer, visual art, literary fiction, history, new music, Brighton gigs, podcasts, football, a bit of RFU and a tiny bit of GAA. #bhafc #sussex #maigheo #connacht lgbtq+ ally

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The "Waitrose & GAIL’s effect" vs the "ASDA reality" | Area360 How Waitrose, Gail’s and ASDA affect property prices in London. Data analysis reveals which shops signal pricey or affordable postcodes.

This is brilliant - and actually rather useful for anyone teaching methods (correlation isn't causation etc.) to undergraduates.

18.09.2025 06:07 β€” πŸ‘ 101    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 12
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WHAT A WIN FOR THE ALBION! πŸ™Œ

31.08.2025 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 88    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4
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FT Albion 2-1 Man City πŸ’₯⚽

Scenes at the Amex as Gruda’s late winner delivers a huge three points. What’s your one-word reaction?

#BHAFC

31.08.2025 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bit slow getting out of Lewes, at Falmer now. #bhafc

I'd like anything other than a total thrashing and ideally, would like a 2-1 victory..! 😁

31.08.2025 12:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Have Brighton left themselves short of a striker after selling Joao Pedro? Hurzeler says teens Tzimas and Kostoulas aren't Premier League-ready, leaving only Rutter and Welbeck as senior options. Are they enough?

Brighton’s defeat at Everton exposed an uncomfortable issue. #BHAFC
Have they got enough firepower following the sale of Joao Pedro to Chelsea?
www.nytimes.com/athletic/657...

25.08.2025 06:47 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Half way through this and do *not* want it to end.
Yes, it does have some glancing emotional, textural and atmospheric similarities to the van der Wouden.

Which is a very good thing.

24.08.2025 09:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lake in Finland. #lake #water #reflect #reflection #photo #photography #photograph #landscape #waterscape #cloud #clouds #sky

23.08.2025 08:58 β€” πŸ‘ 66    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Arizona

Still love this indie pop beaut by Anika Pyle.

open.spotify.com/track/4UfcEb...

24.08.2025 09:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Kinda proud of this one. #photography #streetphotography #sunset

24.08.2025 06:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1893    πŸ” 121    πŸ’¬ 56    πŸ“Œ 13
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Outstanding new Ugandan from Horsham Coffee. πŸ˜‹

24.08.2025 09:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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Safe travels to away fans and here's hoping for any kind of win and resilience 'til the end of the match!

Also, hoping for a good match day experience here on Bluesky.

24.08.2025 09:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is such a great team - loved this episode.

13.07.2025 09:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ardingly Reservoir??

09.07.2025 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This Cultural Life - Katherine Rundell - BBC Sounds Author Katherine Rundell reveals her cultural influences and inspirations.

Katherine Rundell on β€˜This Cultural Life’ #kidlituk

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

26.06.2025 11:04 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Agreed! And one of the few vegan things..!

08.06.2025 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Albion by Anna Hope.
100 pages in, set in Sussex, loving it so far.

19.05.2025 18:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That Albion Remembers section, though. 😒

19.05.2025 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Amy on the side of GAK. Sad to see the place go.

19.05.2025 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Westside Cowboy at #tge last week.
😍

19.05.2025 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Am I imagining it or did I used to see Michel in the greengrocers that used to be on the Broadway in Haywards Heath?

11.05.2025 09:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Love this photo. Out pouring from a young guy who's moved to a new country by himself and expected to hit the ground running and perform immediately when given inconsistent game time all season. Huge moment for him. Think he will be a star next season #bhafc

10.05.2025 17:21 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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Excellent day in Lewes with excellent company and amazing weather. Only With Love, Abyss, Beak, Pharmacie, The Depot.
What a town!

11.05.2025 09:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
April 2025 Playlist Β· Mark Phillips Β· 130 items

Some top new music released in April.
New Japanese Breakfast, Florist, Blondshell, Little Sims, Miki Berenyi Trio, Ball Park Music, Pictorial Vark, Caroline * Caroline Polachek, Snailmail * This Is Lorelei, Witchpost, sunnbrella.

open.spotify.com/playlist/0b9...

05.05.2025 09:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In memory of Adam Nathaniel Yauch, aka MCA, American bassist, rapper, and founding member of the hardcore punk rock/hip-hop group Beastie Boys, who passed away far too young at the age of 47 on this day in 2012.

#punkrock #hardcorepunk #adamyauch #mca #beastieboys #history #punkrockhistory #otd

04.05.2025 04:46 β€” πŸ‘ 543    πŸ” 79    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 16

This is very good. I come into Blackfriars all the time and have never noticed...!

27.04.2025 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Apart from those questions, it's a well designed, thoughtful, paper with a coherent restatement of its mission.
The only thing I'm not keen on is the Tortoise news-simplification house style, with graphics telling me which stories are worth noting.
I get the idea, but it's terribly subjective!

27.04.2025 09:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Will the paper continue to be part of my Guardian subscription?
Will the entire weekend's match reviews feature in an expanded Monday sports section?

27.04.2025 09:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Match reviews from yesterday are conspicuous by their absence (they're on the Guardian website), but there's some good feature writing.

27.04.2025 09:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Rory Smith is in the sports section (has he left NYT, then?) and has a new football podcast with mostly Guardian colleagues.

27.04.2025 09:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Not sure the new Observer is on here yet?
The paper turned up in my Guardian Editions feed this morning and there's a good selection of existing and new writers.

27.04.2025 09:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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