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robhaynes.bsky.social
Drummer (Inca Babies, Gold Blade and others), book hoarder, frequenter of castles, libraries, beaches
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submitted 18 days ago • 12 comments

Rochdale’s recently reopened Town Hall. Originally completed in 1871 at four times its original estimate, the mayor explained “We cannot have beauty without paying for it.”

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

This week’s book buys. My 2025 plan to rein in the rate of book purchasing and bring it in line with the rate of books read is getting off to a shaky start.

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

Alter Ego by Marion Adnams Currently on display at the Surrealist Landscapes exhibition at the @hepworthwakefield.bsky.social

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

A man watches a Magritte. Surrealist Landscapes exhibition at the Hepworth in Wakefield

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

JG Ballard The Unlimited Dream Company Cover illustration by James Marsh

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

Today I went to Colwyn Bay to see a great exhibition drawn from the personal collection of the beloved Python Terry Jones, at @orielcolwyn.bsky.social until the end of next week. The modest admission fee goes towards the fund to put a statue of Jones on the promenade of his home town.

submitted 40 days ago • 2 comments

Low winter sun in N Wales - Snowdonia / Eryri to the left, Anglesey and Menai Strait to the right.

submitted 45 days ago • 2 comments

David Lynch, Visionary Director of ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Blue Velvet,’ Dies at 78 variety.com/2025/film/ne...

submitted 46 days ago • 75 comments

Good luck to AI in trying to accurately replicate real life.

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

Watched Rear Window on the big screen at the wonderful Stockport Plaza last night. Genius director, a script crackling with tension and wit, and the world’s most elegant beauty shinning up the fire escape in a catwalk dress to solve a murder.

submitted 52 days ago • 1 comment

Today’s walk around the ‘hood. Chilly but calming.

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

And again, how am I supposed to turn down a new year’s honour if I don’t get offered one? Most frustrating.

submitted 62 days ago • 0 comments

A chilly day on Morecambe prom. Wrap up well.

submitted 64 days ago • 1 comment

Park walk

submitted 66 days ago • 0 comments

‘Tis the season to celebrate the three kings.

submitted 69 days ago • 0 comments

We’re at the stage now where the musicians who ignited my love of music back in the late 1970s are approaching their seventies. And yet somehow, despite decades of bad behaviour and unwise volume, they all sound as good as ever. Questions need to asked of medical science. #thedamned #skids #punkrock

submitted 82 days ago • 0 comments

Inverted backstreet

submitted 85 days ago • 0 comments

Today is the day...

submitted 90 days ago • 3 comments

Recent years have been quite the journey, so it’s good to finally get another vinyl album out. Inca Babies - Ghost Mechanic Nine

submitted 94 days ago • 2 comments

A winter trip to Colwyn Bay now being planned.

submitted 109 days ago • 0 comments

One of the skeletons from Jason and the Argonauts. A holy relic on display at the Ray Harryhausen exhibition at Sale Waterside.

submitted 128 days ago • 0 comments

a Dr wept as they talked of Covid and avoidable deaths if government had not been so criminally incompetent. Unlike health secretary, he didnt get cash for going on a TV reality show, unlike ex PM he isn’t on front of daily mail with a highly paid column www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

submitted 157 days ago • 12 comments