‘Holmes transforms ancient terrors into endearing companions, questioning where folklore sits in sanitised modern times.’
Hanna Dhaimish reviews ‘Dale Holmes: Beenderman & Gytrash’ at South Square Centre, Thornton, on until 5 Oct 2025.
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on hometown solo shows, cultural assets that the owners don't want to look after anymore, memorialisation and ambivalence via pals, old bandmates and a big boat tribunemag.co.uk/2025/08/what...
screenshot of an instagram advertisement showing a very beefy sheep
berwick got me on the xl bully sheep algo
there hasn’t been a song of the summer yet because we can’t hear it over the screaming
Really interesting talk from @timjerrome.bsky.social just now on finding queer histories in rural records, on the subject of a lack of northern representation it might be worth checking out the @nenature.bsky.social archive - could've said this in person but wandered off before I thought of it 🤪
Abi Wilkinson @AbiWilks Such overwhelming hate in my heart for people I know who had lots to say about October 7th and nothing now 09:35 • 22/07/2025 • 669
How it always goes in wars, austerity, entire election campaigns and governments, this genocide. Everyone who matters unites in the period where the horrors might yet be averted to ensure they proceed unimpeded, and that anyone who says they should be is stomped into the earth. Later: silence.
who up chongin they salmons
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i'm going to go to this, i don't really know anyone else who's going though, have a pint with me
this was great, more cultural events with very good content but also an explicit call to hang out, please
getting in a fistfight because me and the boys can't decide if "making your robot talk like Hitler" is a Simpsons Homer & Mr Burns B-plot episode, a Community Pierce & Abed A-plot episode, a 30 Rock Jack & Pete C-plot episode, or a Data & Geordi 2-part cliffhanger TNG episode
having a classic 'public art in a whimsical small town' time at the moment getting passed back and forth between the town council and county council because nobody knows who's supposed to give permission relating to this www.gov.uk/government/p...
illustration (1980s/90s style?) of monks with cliche monk haircuts in franciscan robes scribing with the lads
medieval fresco (?) of a lone monk with a halo scribing
monochrome engraving of a monk scribing on a fancy curly scroll surrounded by scattered folio
medieval fresco (?) of three cherry-lipped monks a-scribing
monkmode is over it's scriptorium girl summer (one of the projects i'm producing at work is a 'sci-fi scriptorium' and i'm making a mood board for the imaginationless)
just a bit of fun!
A second heartwarming story about Brits walking around has turned out to be a massive scam
having some absolutely atrocious work dreams at the moment, last night i was trying to interview 40 people simultaneously for a shit amorphous job that only paid 10k
there we r
i wrote about some of the strangeness from my life for the last ten years, working for arts organisations, universities and other institutions on temporary contracts all over the north of england, in the style of a terribly sincere personal essay, and that's VERY interesting
a photograph from a trans solidarity protest in newcastle uk showing trans pride flags and a hand made sign saying 'let trans people piss'
trying to get a trans pope chant going in newcastle
The UK's political and media class has spent years heaping sadism on trans people, and they want to do the same in Ireland next. Calls for civility and calm won't cut it. We need to fight them tooth and nail.
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'Not quite fifteen years ago, on a very cold morning, my friend called me over to marvel at a little stalactite that had formed on a water pipe in our studio...'
April's newsletter comes from Merseyside with a confession from artist-led studios past 😱
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i saw a real seal the other day, i live in a town with seals now, chongin pure salmons
I am sat at a table in a train dining car in Poland with a crisp pint of lager
devastating to be making a 5 hour train journey from Berwick to Blackburn today in the UK after this one from Wrocław to Krakow last week 🥲
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I've been 'creative producing' this deeply silly artwork over the past few months and now it's happening - here's the Museums Northumberland volunteers as giant monks projected on the walls of Berwick Barracks in Berwick Parade by Matthew Rosier 🤪
posh people being exasperated is the worst sound in the world
i won't be seeing anybody else all weekend in berwick, i don't have any friends here yet anyway and it would be weird to mention it at work since i didn't know them that well, so i'm saying it here
