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@borolou.bsky.social
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#Teesside, music, football, books, theatre, and the coast

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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The wonderful @waltdisco.bsky.social at #TwisterellaFest yesterday 🙌✨️
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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I thought I spotted you in Culture House yesterday! And isn't Crave fantastic? 😍
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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Great night with @stuhennigan.bsky.social at @drakebookshop.bsky.social. Stu's one of my favourite writers and I could listen to him talk for hours. Fascinating to hear about the process behind - and hear him read from - his novel #Keshed (which I finished on Monday - brutal but brilliant!).
Stu Hennigan reading from Keshed, with Richard from Drake the Bookshop alongside him.A copy of Keshed sits on a small, light oak table.
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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A lovely moment of worlds colliding for me!
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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
#Sunday 🌳
A small lake in a park, lined by trees and bushes at the back, with pink flowers in the foreground, and the blue sky and white clouds reflected in the water.
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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Morning! 🐝
A bee on the flowers of a lime tree.
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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Morning! 🦆
Two (older) ducklings on the grassy bank of a small lake.
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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
#Sunday 🦆
Ducks on a path by a bench in a park, with lots of greenery in the background
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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Morning!
Blue sky and white cloud reflected in a small lake in a park, surrounded by trees and bushes of varying heights and shades of green.
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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
#Sunday
View across a grassed area of parkland, with trees to left in the foreground, and breaking up the shot in the middle distance. The sky is bright blue with a few thin white clouds.
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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Morning!
Three crows sitting on a wooden rail against the backdrop of trees in a park.
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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
#Sunday 🌿
Trees, bushes and shrubs of varying heights and shades of green surround a small lake in a park.
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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Morning! 🦆
A male and female duck and their ducklings on a small lake in a park, seen through overhanging branches.
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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Morning!
A small lake in a park, surrounded by trees and bushes of varying heights and shades of green. The sky is blue with white clouds above.
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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Great to see the brilliant @lukewrightpoet.bsky.social performing #LaterLifeLetter again last night at rise at the Bluebird Café in Acomb. Loved it even more the second time around! Big thanksto @sayowt.bsky.social for bringing him to York ✨️🙏
Luke Wright performing at the Bluebird Café
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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Morning!
Trees and bushes of varying heights and shades of green surround a small lake in a park on a sunny spring morning.
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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Morning!
Trees and bushes of varying heights and shades of green (and red!) reflected in a small lake in a park. The sky above is bright blue with white clouds.
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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Morning!
Close up of a white rhododendron bush.
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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Swapped one beautiful sensory experience for another after leaving the museum today and enjoyed the sunshine, bluebells, and wild garlic in the woods down by the river ☀️ Not a bad Friday, all round...
Bluebells and wild garlic in a shaded woodland setting.
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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
www.prestonparkmuseum.co.uk/perfume
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Perfume - Preston Park
An immersive world inspired by petals, pollen and nature's hidden beauty, by internationally acclaimed digital artist Yann Nguema, set to an atmospheric soundtrack by Zero Gr4vity.
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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Finally, I made it Preston Park Museum this morning to see Yann Nguema's stunning audiovisual installation, 'Perfume' (beautifully soundtracked by Zero Gr4vity) 🌸✨️ It finishes soon but there's still time to catch it - get yourselves along by 10 May, friends! 💛
Digital art showing flowers on screens on 3 sides of a black box room.
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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Morning!
Green and red leaves on tree branches form a canopy around the trunk.
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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
That's more like it 🙌 #UTB
View from high up in the North Stand, behind the goal Boro are defending, during Middlesbrough v Watford.
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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
The wonderful LYR and Memphis Gerald at The Glasshouse last night ✨
Three piece band LYR (including Poet Laureate Simon Armitage) performing in Stage Two at The Glasshouse, Gateshead.Memphis Gerald performing in Stage Two at The Glasshouse, Gateshead.
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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Absolute treat to be at The Attic in Leeds tonight to hear Hope & Social play April in full 💙🌼 #HopeAndSocial #HopeAndSocialClub
Hope & Social performing (in the round) at The Attic
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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Morning!
The sun falling on bluebells in a wooded area of a park on a sunny spring morning.
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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Saturday morning meander through the #NorthYorkMoors ☀️
View down a moorland valley, with bright green fields and bright blue sky with white clouds.
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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Brilliant night with Idlewild at The Fire Station #Sunderland 🙌 ✨️
Idlewild on stage at The Fire Station
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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
I love Sunday nights at The Waiting Room 👌 Brilliant show this evening with Boo Hewerdine and Memphis Gerald for Elaine Palmer's #WatermillSessions ✨️
Boo Hewerdine playing at The Waiting Room Memphis Gerald playing at The Waiting Room
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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Morning! 🌸
Cherry blossom against a clear blue, spring morning sky.
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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Autumn tour news from the brilliant Simeon Walker, including a date at The Waiting Room in #Eaglescliffe! 🤩 🎹 Can't wait, it's going to be a gorgeous evening ✨️
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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Not a bad view for a Wednesday... ☀️💙
View from the edge of the Cleveland Hills across to Roseberry Topping in the distance on a sunny spring morning.
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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
I'm lucky enough to genuinely love my job, but regardless, it was an absolute delight to be walking underneath the Tees Flyover on a Monday morning instead of driving over it! 🙌🚶‍♀️ #EasterMonday #BankHoliday #Teesside
The River Tees underneath the A19 Tees Flyover on a sunny morning.
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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Completely understand, and I'm sure we'll be seeing more of him soon!
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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Seeing Tom Joshua is a rare treat these days, but hopefully there's more on the way 🤞 Old and new material sounded absolutely gorgeous at The Waiting Room tonight ✨️ And Rick is always superb - great way to open the show 😊👌
Tom Joshua (guitar, vocals) (with Hannah, vocals, accompanying him) at The Waiting RoomRick Dobbing (aka Cybill Ends) seated, playing guitar and singing at The Waiting Room
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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Morning!
Trees of varying heights and shades of green against a clear, bright blue sky, reflected in a small lake in a park.
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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Gorgeous evening with Kathryn Williams and Memphis Gerald at The Waiting Room ✨️
Memphis Gerald and Kathryn Williams, both playing guitar, performing at The Waiting Room.
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Woodland Trust Scotland @wtscotsocial.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
A cheeky bluetit gets up close and personal with one of our Loch Arkaig nest cameras.🙂 The ospreycam page is now live for the season! 👉 buff.ly/Ac5qZJt Louis and Dorcha have returned between March 28th and April 11th in previous years - so keep your eyes peeled! 👀 #ospreycam #Arkaigospreys
A colourful bird appears large and blurry in front of a nest of sticks, with a hillside in the distance.
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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Morning!
White blossom - mostly in flower with some still in bud - on the branches of a tree in a park.
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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Morning!
The sun coming up through clouds and the still bare branches of a large tree in a park.
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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
The final night of the #HopeAndSocial spring tour at the Milton Rooms in Malton 💙
Hope & Social on stage at the Milton Rooms.
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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Beautiful day at @thepiecehall.bsky.social ☀️❤️
Looking out across the plaza of The Piece Hall on a sunny morning.
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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Another amazing night with #HopeAndSocial 💙 #FridayNight #LiveMusic #Halifax
Hope & Social on stage in the Albany Arcade at Halifax Borough Market.
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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Those skies 😍
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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
This band just makes me ridiculously happy. The always brilliant #HopeAndSocial at ARC tonight 💙✨️
Hope & Social (all wearing matching blue jackets with white trim) on stage at ARC.Simon, lead singer of Hope & Social, singing with one foot on his piano stool and the other on his keyboard.
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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Morning! ☀️
The sun sparkling on the water of a small lake in a park, with a tree on the bank with a trunk split in two different directions.
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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Lush night at TWOOMPH from Tees Women Poets with some class open mic'ers taking to the stage at Chapel, and a mint headline set from the always brilliant Rowan McCabe. Poetry in Boro on a Friday night - love it 👌
A room full of people seated at tables, watching poet Rowan McCabe on a small raised stage in the corner.
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Benjamin Myers @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Happy birthday to Bluemoose Books, who I have now known for 15 years. They are 100% independent and published my novels Pig Iron (2012), Beastings (2014) and The Gallows Pole (2017) and continue on a path to literary glory.
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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Morning!
A grey squirrel peeking over the top of a   tall tree stump in a park.
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Louise @borolou.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Beautiful start to the day ☀️☕️ #SanSebCoffee #TeesBarrage
A takeaway coffee cup held up against the backdrop of the River Tees with the Infinity Bridge in the distance. It's a cold, sunny morning and the sky is a clear, cloudless blue.The Tees Barrage.
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