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The Architectural Heritage Fund @archhfund.org.uk · 3h
Fantastic to see Farmer’s Arms and Grizedale Arts featured on ITV News Border as one of the 25 standout projects selected for part of our #AHF50 celebrations. Watch it here: www.itv.com/watch/news/c...
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Sam Burgess @oceanterra.org · 02/10/2026
Europe didnt just experience an exceptionally hot summer in 2026. It experienced a summer where multiple climate extremes reinforced each other. First - temperature records were broken at daily, monthly and seasonal scales across Europe Read more: climate.copernicus.eu/summer-revie...
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Bobby Jewell @bobbyjewell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Picked up a copy of architecture magazine Squinch in London last week. It's a refreshing and often funny read, especially the essays by Lily Flashman on Milton Keynes and @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social on Glasgow's Wyndford
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The Architectural Heritage Fund @archhfund.org.uk · 24/09/2026
🔔 Funding available! Through our #HeritageRevivalFund, grants are now available to help communities across England rescue and repurpose neglected historic buildings, with a focus on town centre locations. Learn more: ⬇️ ahfund.org.uk/what-we-do/f...
Jacobs Wells Baths, Bristol. Undergoing repair and restoration into a vibrant, multi-purpose community, arts and heritage hub. Recipient of Development and Capital Grants from the Heritage Revival Fund. Photo credit: Alastair Brookes.
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Bobby Jewell @bobbyjewell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Urban Movement's Christopher Martin in @dezeen.com today arguing for less paranoia and more spaces for young people in our cities >> www.dezeen.com/2026/09/23/t...
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"We remove places where young people can gather in small groups, then panic when they gather in large ones"
Paranoia over so-called "teen takeovers" ignores the fundamental problem: that our cities have left young people with nowhere to go, writes Christopher Martin.
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Bobby Jewell @bobbyjewell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Scotland’s fires provide many lessons for the heritage sector - @memckeague.bsky.social of the @archhfund.org.uk in BDOnline today www.bdonline.co.uk/opinion/scot...
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Scotland’s fires provide many lessons for the heritage sector
Tragic events in Glasgow should prompt a UK-wide reckoning about maintenance, funding and what genuine regeneration requires, writes Matthew Mckeague, chief executive of the Architectural Heritage Fun...
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Bobby Jewell @bobbyjewell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Really enjoyed Pub Typology talk by architects Dress For The Weather at The Laurieston for Glasgow Doors Open Days yesterday @gbptrust.bsky.social
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Bobby Jewell @bobbyjewell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Coming down to London for Camden Inspire festival later this month. Be a weekend of creative climate action, workshops, foraging, some excellent panel discussion, and even a climate pub quiz with myself & @robfiehn.bsky.social Check it out here www.camdeninspire.com
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Camden Inspire
Camden Inspire Festival is an annual community celebration taking place this year on Saturday 26th September.
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Bobby Jewell @bobbyjewell.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Wondered round Brutalist Craigforth Campus outside Stirling today. Built in the 1970s it’s in demolition limbo since being vacated in 2022.
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Climate Centre @climatecentreuk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
"The least polluting countries are paying the price of climate change." Nepali climate delegate Manjeet Dhakal (a representative of the Least Developed Countries group at the UNFCCC) speaks to BBC Radio 4.
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Bobby Jewell @bobbyjewell.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
City of Sweat by @arunacsekhar.bsky.social article & photos on Mumbai's heatwaves for @equatormag.bsky.social www.equator.org/articles/cit...
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City of Sweat • EQUATOR
A vision of our overheated future on the streets of Mumbai
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Jess McCabe @jessmccabe.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
This five year old boy who lost his life was autistic and had no awareness of danger. The family was housed on the 15th floor. This is utterly shocking. www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/mother-... a
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Mother of five-year-old boy who fell from council tower block says death was preventable, inquest hears
Inquest proceedings began this week into the death of a five-year-old boy who fell from the 15th floor of a Newham Council tower block in east London.
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Abu Aardvark @abuaardvark.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
“Weizman shows how Israel’s invasion of Gaza included an intentional, systematic plan of destroying the conditions for Palestinian life and rebuilding the land into something available for Israeli resettlement.” I review Eyal Weizman’s new book @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2026/08/04/g...
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The Architecture of Israel’s Genocide in Gaza
A new book describes the destruction of Palestinian life street by street.
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Bobby Jewell @bobbyjewell.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Rebuild The Mack campaign shared this fascinating dive into the numbers, funding and insurance of the fires & rebuild by Robyne Calvert - read here: robynecalvert.com/2026/07/27/m...
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Mind the Gap: Why is the Mack Rebuild Underfunded?
Do you think the Mack was improperly insured? Are you confused about the whole thing? Then this post will hopefully help. Dangerous subtitle: Cultural Historian Explains the Secret Life of Insuranc…
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Nettlecake @nettlecake.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.
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Dezeen @dezeen.com · 03/08/2026
Scottish architect Ruairidh Moir has launched a campaign to rebuild the fire-torn Glasgow School of Art, calling on "an independent body to own and take forward the project". www.dezeen.com/2026/08/03/glasgow-s…
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Scottish architect launches campaign for Glasgow School of Art to be rebuilt
Scottish architect Ruairidh Moir has launched a campaign calling for the fire-torn Glasgow School of Art to be rebuilt.
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Barnabas Calder @barnabascalder.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I've set out my alternative proposal for the Rotterdam Shift Embassy: www.dezeen.com/2026/08/03/r...
Article from Dezeen linked in the post.
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Liam Geraghty @lgeraghty23.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
We have recently started a Substack called Biggest Issue. For our latest, I asked councils with the most households in temporary accommodation how they spent their homelessness prevention funding. It offers an insight Burnham’s push for prevention. Give it a read: substack.com/@bigissueuk?...
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Big Issue Editors | Substack
Biggest Issue is your way to go deeper into Big Issue’s leading reporting, campaigning and direct impact on communities up and down the UK.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I'm not qualified to judge whether such people are psychopaths. All I can say is that they behave as if they are. From today's Telegraph.
Column by Allister Heath

Britain can’t stop climate change. Scrap net zero and embrace Mediterranean life

We’ve lost the war against global warming so let’s learn to handle hotter weather
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Neil Scott @neilscott.substack.com · 28/07/2026
The doors of culture shall be opened ... and sold off to the highest bidder. So depressing. www.bidspotter.co.uk/en-gb/auctio...
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Bobby Jewell @bobbyjewell.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Terrible update this, looks like CCA Archive is now just selling off all of it's archive, furniture and materials. It takes such effort to be this disrespectful to Glasgow's art community. A real shame. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2641379...
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Buyers sought for Glasgow's unique arts archive
Art lovers, collectors, institutions and anyone with an interest in Glasgow‘s creative heritage will be able to purchase a major piece of it now…
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Bobby Jewell @bobbyjewell.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Enjoyed the launch of exhibition Watersheds by Louise Welch & @judebarber.bsky.social hosts of Who Owns the Clyde. On at The Briggait along with works by @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social and many others www.glasgowlife.org.uk/whats-on/mer...
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Bobby Jewell @bobbyjewell.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
So disappointing to end the week seeing the CCA up for sale. There's a real feel for betrayal of Glasgow arts scene in how underhanded & unnecessary this all is. Some believe the police presence at Pro-Palestine events was just a pretext to rush the sale of the space. 👎 g-s.co.uk/properties/p...
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Design Reviewed @designreviewed.com · 21/11/2025
The Architectural Review, Special Number - Plants Indoors, May 1952. Designed by Frederick Henri Kay Henrion with inner drawings by Gordon Cullen. designreviewed.com/artefacts/th... #fhkhenrion #britishdesign #henrion
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Billy Fleming @joobilly.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I'm over in my favorite European design mag, Landezine, this week to talk about my new book (due out in 2 weeks!), design culture and capitalism, and the small but important role we might play in responding to the climate crisis. landezine.com/building-pos...
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Billy Fleming: We Need a Wider Aperture – Landscape Architecture Platform | Landezine
Interview with Billy Fleming on landscape architecture’s service to capital and what design could become in a just postcarbon transition: moving beyond he…
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Bobby Jewell @bobbyjewell.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Save the CCA and now Rebuild the Mack. Grassroots campaigns for essential spaces sprouting up all too often in Glasgow this year. rebuildthemack.com
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REBUILD THE MACK!
REBUILD THE MACK!
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Bobby Jewell @bobbyjewell.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Rumours of a facade retention is a genius bit of misdirection from GSA comms-wise. It will make their actual decision look benevolent in comparison. 🫠
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Jess McCabe @jessmccabe.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
A really interesting dive by @everebecca.bsky.social into what the Commonwealth Games has done for Glasgow's regeneration plans, as the Games prepare for a return to the city www.insidehousing.co.uk/insight/rege...
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Regeneration 20 years on: how has the Commonwealth Games changed Glasgow?
The Commonwealth Games was meant to kick off regeneration in Glasgow’s East End. The games are returning – but how much has been accomplished? Eve Livingston reports
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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Thanks to @wallpapermag.bsky.social for an interview filled with super interesting questions, going in depth on our mission to “turn the world’s everyday sounds into a global artwork”. www.wallpaper.com/travel/citie...
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Bobby Jewell @bobbyjewell.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
The Albanians are Calling Architects Out - must read report this on Edi Rama's Starchitect-led construction boom in Albania and the mass protests against them www.archined.nl/2026/07/the-...
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The Albanians are Calling (Architects Out) – Archined
A situated review of The Albanian Calls and The Albanian Files, the role of internationally renowned architects and their relationship with prime minister Edi Rama, and the ongoing mass protests.
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Bobby Jewell @bobbyjewell.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Was on Monocle Radio last Friday talking about sound of heatwaves in London and listening practice a way to rethink our approach to climate crisis. On at 10mins monocle.com/player/?uuid=e6127ab7-b81e-456b-893c-a8d600215365%2C0f0ce1c1-23b1-48a2-84a1-ab8a012011f4%2C7a6dc61e-b10b-46af-ac24-b48300bc692e
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The Edinburgh Reporter @edinreporter.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Princes Street fire – Heritage society call for oversight of next stages The Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland has written to the Chief Planning Officer of The City of… theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2026/07/…
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Princes Street fire – Heritage society call for oversight of next stages
The Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland has written to the Chief Planning Officer of The City of Edinburgh Council, David Givan, after the fire on Princes Street earlier today, calling for a Conservation Accreditation Register of Engineers (CARE) engineer to be appointed to oversee what happens to the building. The letter reads as follows: "Dear Mr Givan 109 - 111 Princes Street, Edinburgh We are all disappointed that this major fire has occurred on Princes Street in an area with a high concentration of important listed buildings. Originally the Palace Hotel, designed by John Lessels in 1869, converted to the Liberal Club in 1890, the upper floors were latterly part of Debenhams.
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Bobby Jewell @bobbyjewell.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Sobering talk last night from likes of @michaelemann.bsky.social & @naomiaklein.bsky.social abt new tetrarchy of fascism, fossil fuels, climate deniers and big tech uniting behind AI. Glad @desmog.com speaking so clearly out against this spin & misinformation.
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Pete Apps @peteapps.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
This model of building new homes is not serving us well. The dominance of the big builders needs to break – at least a bit – for any new model to truly flourish. Perhaps this case can be among the catalysts that bring that about www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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UK housebuilders have far too much power. Now a £4.5bn lawsuit could change that for good | Peter Apps
A legal case on behalf of some 700,000 people against the country’s biggest housebuilders could be a catalyst for much-needed industry reform, says Inside Housing’s Peter Apps
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Bobby Jewell @bobbyjewell.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Great quote from @patrickharvie.bsky.social here about the 'Big Tech land grab' of datacentres. A welcome push back this from Scottish government and definitely not something to be trusted 1/ www.thenational.scot/news/2625708...
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SNP back calls for temporary ban on AI data centre developments
The SNP will back calls for a temporary ban on AI data centre developments, The National can reveal ...
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Bobby Jewell @bobbyjewell.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I'll be in London this Saturday 11 July talking heatwaves and sound for this workshop at London’s Climate Story Bank. Last day of the exhibition so come down to @recessedspace.bsky.social x Hypha Studios. Eventbrite here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sound-disc...
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SAVE Britain's Heritage @savetoreuse.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
📢BREAKING: Today we've added a record number of buildings to our Buildings at Risk list. From pubs and pits to town halls and theatres – all with potential for new life♻️ Browse the collection: www.savebritainsheritage.org/buildings-at...
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Bobby Jewell @bobbyjewell.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
First time at Jupiter Artland, worth it for the Charles Jencks alone
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Bobby Jewell @bobbyjewell.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Fitting day to read All Hands On Deck by @jgo4444.bsky.social. at 50 pages it’s a refreshingly clear and honest climate action book amongst a sea of others. And a stark reminder of Starmer’s legacy of criminalising protest
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Bianca Nogrady @biancanogrady.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
FFS I thought we'd moved past the ignorance of illustrating stories about deadly heatwaves with photos of people frolicking at the beach/in lakes/in fountains. Heatwaves are the deadliest agents of climate change. They kill nearly half a million people each year, and that's only going to increase.
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Bobby Jewell @bobbyjewell.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Disappointing news, especially after seeing this aerial shot from Keira McLean showing how developers took the roof off the church a few years ago and left it to ruin. www.instagram.com/p/DZpyV83ooq5/
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Terrible news: the Court of Appeal has just ruled that the Government’s ban on Palestine Action is lawful. PA is now likely to lodge an appeal before the Supreme Court. So the mass arrests of peaceful people sitting with cardboard signs will continue. Because that is what terrorism looks like ...
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Thinking Through Infrastructure Network @ttinfranetwork.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Our latest podcast episode turns to military infrastructures at the borders of Britain with Zsuzsanna Ihar, listen back at link below on.soundcloud.com/bFdJBTzBhKpM...
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Missiles on the Machair: Military Infrastructures in the Scottish Hebrides, with Zsuzsanna Ihar
Where is Britain’s military infrastructure? Who builds it and how does it reshape rural landscapes? What happens to the communities who must learn to live in its vicinity? How are they persuaded to ac
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Bobby Jewell @bobbyjewell.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Back in Glasgow and checking out Glasgow International and Fringe events. 1 Castles in the Sand by Raydale Dower evoking the materials and images of WW2 bombers, shelters and sirens
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The Architectural Heritage Fund @archhfund.org.uk · 11/06/2026
📨 Invite loading...   You are invited to join us at the beautiful @norwegianchurch.bsky.social in Cardiff Bay for the launch of the 'AHF: 50 Years of Reimagining Heritage' exhibition in Wales. 📅 23rd June, 6-8pm 📍 Norwegian Church Arts Centre Book your place: bit.ly/43YZLM2
Norwegian Church Arts Centre. Credit: Thomas Husøy-Ciaccia. 

The text reads: AHF50. Cardiff Exhibition Launch Event. 23 June, 6-8pm.
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Fascists in Belfast set fire to buildings with people inside them. People of colour left work early to stay indoors. This is being actively encouraged by the world’s richest man whose openly pro-white nationalist platform X is still used by the UK government www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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‘There’s wee girls inside’: panic as masked men storm house in Belfast
Protests across the city turned violent on Tuesday night – with some police officers acting as if it wasn’t safe to intervene
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Bobby Jewell @bobbyjewell.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Thanks to everyone who came to the opening of London’s Climate Story Bank at @recessedspace.bsky.social x Hypha Studios last week. My sound piece with Andrey Chugunov, Fetch The Engine, is on as part of the exhibition until 11 July www.instagram.com/ldnclimatest... Photo by @robfiehn.bsky.social
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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
The amazing NTS Radio are running a one-hour special on our Century of Sounds project with @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social. You can tune in live at 12pm UK time on Friday 22 May on NTS 2: www.nts.live/shows/guests...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
All cancel culture is bad, but rightwing cancel culture is more pervasive and has more powerful backers than leftwing cancel culture. These people are hypocrites as well as Inquisitors. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Have no doubt: the campaign to sack Misan Harriman is part of an assault on black figures in public life | Afua Hirsch
The move against the boss of London’s Southbank Centre sends a forbidding message about who is and isn’t seen as fit to lead in UK culture, says Guardian columnist Afua Hirsch
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Bobby Jewell @bobbyjewell.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Loving the "Huff and Puff Chapel" installation in Venice by artist Hugh Hayden Photo: Jacopo Trabuio
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