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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekIforInside MONA houses ancient, modern and contemporary art from the David Walsh collection. Noted for its central themes of sex and death, the museum has been described by Walsh as a "subversive adult Disneyland"

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This is big. Far-right troll site Guido Fawkes has always claimed it isn't subject to UK libel law as it's officially offshore. Today it conceded that it defamed Dale Vince, making clear it it's subject to UK law. No more dodging scrutiny. Staines will have to play by the rules like the rest of us.

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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekIforInside Looking for a priest's hole

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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekIforInside :Inside the museums, infinity goes up on trial Voices echo this is what salvation must be like after a while"

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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekIforInside A Black Country tunnel for the cut, n some Liz Berry verse: I waz the cut lovered atween the groanin locks, a nail on the anvil waitin to be punched, a wench unbucklin the collar of a bear and dancin into ‘is paws to waltz. Down at Black Delph I waz, I waz…

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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekHforHeroes Apparently there is a new inscription on the Statue of Liberty: "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here" Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieric. May 1265

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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekHforHeroes They say never meet your heroes, but this man was an absolute delight and a pleasure to meet.

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#weekhforheroes #alphabetchallenge Gross domestic product: "Banksy said proceeds would go towards buying a new migrant rescue boat to replace one allegedly confiscated by Italian authorities. He said despite trying to defend his artistic rights he had not changed his position on copyright."

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#weekhforheroes #alphabetchallenge William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand And eternity in an hour. A robin redbreast in a cage Puts all Heaven in a rage.

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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekHforHeroes "It is said that if you educate a man, you educate an individual, but if you educate a woman, you educate a whole nation."

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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekHforHeroes all of philosophy captured in a single sentence - for that, I think of him as my hero... “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so”

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#alphabetChallenge #WeekGforGolden Golden Orkney golden hour

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#alphabetchallenge #weekGforGold Its a little known fact that St OKe is the patron saint, not as you might expect, of charity shops or vape shops but the mighty Oatcake, one of the finest culinary inventions known to humanity (or m'duck)

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#WeekGforGold #AlphabetChallenge Gold probably made their first appearance in Ancient Egypt at the very beginning of the pre-dynastic period, at the end of the fifth millennium BC and the start of the fourth, Though recent discoveries have focused on Car Boot sales in middle England...

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#WeekGforGold #AlphabetChallenge The Goldfinch is a striking species. Newly-fledged juveniles lack the red facial plumage. Males and females look alike. UK Goldfinch numbers have risen steadily in recent decades, as birds have taken advantage of bird food provided in gardens.

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#WeekGforGold #AlphabetChallenge Brummizen

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#WeekGforGold #AlphabetChallenge The work is called Foreign Exchange, and Locke says he has placed the monarch in a crate and a boat “as if she is about to be shipped off, like so many of these Victoria statues which were sent all round the world”. Now deconstructed in Birmingham art gallery:

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#WeekGforGold #AlphabetChallenge The work is called Foreign Exchange, and Locke says he has placed the monarch in a crate and a boat “as if she is about to be shipped off, like so many of these Victoria statues which were sent all round the world”. Now deconstructed in Birmingham art gallery:

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#WeekGforGold #AlphabetChallenge A photo from my daughter's wedding - as father of the bride my speech opened with the line "enjoy yourselves, drink as much as you want - with the exception of the Goldfish"

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"The golden light from the oil rigs at night I can see them of the coast Twenty three more days he'll be away It'll be a week before he even knows" So every time I think of the #WeekGforGold #AlphabetChallenge challenge this start playing on my internal juke box - good job I love the song😍

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#WeekGforGold #AlphabetChallenge knew there was something I had to do... Golden oss aye it?

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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFilm After spending last night very close to this beast 😀: Chimes at Midnight

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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFilm Bad Santa (s)

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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFilm The Spiral Staircase

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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFilm Titanic Not my photo but I'm sure Sheena knows where it is from 😀

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‘Powerful photos reveal the ruthless reality of homelessness…’ https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/culture/outsiders-exposed-powerful-photos-reveal-the-ruthless-reality-of-homelessness/

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AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFilm Bridge Over The River Wye (sorry)

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AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFilm Ice Station Zebra

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