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The Global Shorelines project

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Kevin J Healy is an Anglo-Irish artist and retired teacher, with over 30 years experience in arts education. He runs the Global Shorelines project for charity, collecting dramatic coastal landscape images from people all over the planet.

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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 3h
You have to grab your chance in galleries, around some of the worlds most iconic images. Always busy. Loveliest thing I have seen is a group of Primary school children all sitting attentively on the floor, in front of Picasso's Guernica.
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Stromboli puffing a few whiffs under the sunset this evening. #Calabria #Italy #Coast
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
What's an example of perfect casting?
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
An amazing story of hospitality in a time of dire need... and it spawned the hit musical 'Come From Away' (4 Olivier awards and a Tony). We saw a great touring production in 2024.
Poster for the award winning musical Come From Away
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I was a local student in Brighton UK back in 1981 and helped unload the gear trucks at the Brighton Centre for a few bands (Springsteen, Rod Stewart, The Who). Amazingly, I found the Springsteen gig stage pass recently amongst a box of old letters. Amazing show of 27 numbers.
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
What GIF pops up when you type in your name?
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Feels like its almost time for a cold one....somewhere. Have a good day people. Slainte. #Beer #Travel
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
He was not the only one who liked a bit of red brick. Here's the Victoria Law Courts in Birmingham by architects Aston Webb & Ingress Bell. Selected design from an open competition, judged by ....... Alfred Waterhouse. Managed to pass it as the sun hit the front.
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
When I was writing my Fine Art Degree thesis (46 years back) I wrote questions to several artists in the USA, including Andy Warhol. This little card was the only thing in the envelope I got back, but he famously used aides in 'The Factory'. What do you think, fake or real?
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Just found backstage passes for Rod Stewart (Dec 1980) and Bruce Springsteen (May 1981) at the Brighton Centre, where I used to help unload the gig trucks. Should be one for The Who (Feb 1981) somewhere. Thought they were long gone! Get well soon #RodStewart #Springsteen #TheWho #Brighton
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
It's been 47 years, but I am definitely in there somewhere. We carried a crate of beers and stood on the crate for a better view. I don't imagine you could bring that in to a musical festival now. August 1979. #LedZeppelin #Knebworth
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Jimmy. Followed closely by Jimi.
Jimmy Page. Dina Regine, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Rumours is definitely top ten. Every track a classic. Number 1 for me is always Zeppelin.
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Martin Sheen. Apocalypse Now, 1979. Credit: United Aritsts/Zoetrope Studios
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I am currently attempting to write the story of my paternal grandmother Mary Anne, who emigrated from Ireland to New York in 1910 (at 17), and was followed by 4 sisters. She returned to Ireland around 1926 and died in 1936. Does anyone out there have a similar story? #Diaspora #NewYork #Ireland
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
So I never learn. The Elephant Man (1980) Dir. David Lynch was on TV last night and I start watching it ..... again. By the time Hannah Gordon arrives for tea I am in bits, and then Anne Bancroft arrives and doubles down. Amazing cast, brilliant acting. #DavidLynch #ElephantMan
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
We live in Suffolk and East Anglia is well worth a visit for anyone interested in archaeology. The internationally famous site of Sutton Hoo is just across the River Deben from Woodbridge. Made even more famous by the 2021 film starring Carey Mulligan and Ralph Fiennes.
Sutton Hoo exhibition and mask. Photo, K. Healy
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
'Driven to Tears' is one of their best IMHO. There is a great live version on 'Urgh! A Music War' (1981) film and album. There is also a great version with Robert Downey Jr sharing vocals at Sting's 60th birthday gig.
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
He had many great roles and performances. Here as Juror #7 in one of my favourite films.
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Happy Birthday #SirPatrickStewart. Seen here as Lucius Aelius Sejanus in one of the greatest British TV drama series ever made. I Claudius 1976, based on the novels of Robert Graves.
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Album and film .... Urgh! A Music War. Some great live performances captured on here.
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Great choice. Rickman was an established stage actor before making his debut (both RSC and Broadway). Likewise, Sidney Greenstreet was an established stage actor when he debuted on screen at the age of 61, opposite Bogart in The Maltese Falcon (1941).
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Da Vinci resided in Amboise, quite near the Kings chateau at Chambord. There is some evidence that the design of Chambord (including the double helix staircase, seen at the lower right of my photo) was influenced by Da Vinci's earlier designs. Well worth a visit if you are travelling Europe.
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Visited Diocletian's Palace in Split just recently. Ironically (for a persecutor of Christians), he is not in the mausoleum and the site became more important for Christians.
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Happy Canada Day to our friends across the pond. Our family is British, Scottish & Irish, with cousins across North America. Tower of Songs, Hommage à Leonard Cohen. 2017 Artists: El Mac (Miles MacGregor) and Gene Pendon. 1420 Rue Crescent, Montréal #CanadaDay
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Gregory of Nin Statue with Bell Tower and Chapel of the Holy Arnir, and Diocletian's Palace. From a recent visit to Split, Croatia. #Diocletian #Croatia #Split #Statue #Architecture
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Great night of reggae in Hull UK. ASWAD, followed by Maxi Priest, followed by UB40. All of their best hits through the evening. ‘Red, red wine, it goes to my head’ #Reggae #UB40 #ASWAD #MaxiPriest #Hull
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Just been to the Pompidou in Malaga, which has great exhibits (Pollock, Twombly, Kline, Bourgeois, Nevelson, etc), but why oh why do these places always have acres of blank entrance walls? For goodness sake, hang some prints or drawings there!
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Málaga, second most populous city in the Andalusia region of Spain. Great architecture from ancient to modern times. Have you been? #Spain #Malaga #Architecture
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Brilliant songwriter and performer. One of the few left on my bucket list I have never managed to see live. This whole album is a classic, including 7 and a half minutes of 'Scenes From an Italian Restaurant'.
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Brilliant. My parents had a Dansette and played Glen Miller, Herb Alpert, Joe Loss, etc. First thing I bought (when I was earning) was a big stereo stack system.
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Lovely to see a bar with a bit of heritage. Wemyss certainly has that. Here’s the bar at the Cafe Continental in Gourock, just up the coast. 😎👍🏻
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I discovered Johnson's 29 recorded songs through Eric Clapton's project to analyse and record the songs. Quite a few British musicians brought the great, early USA blues artists to international prominence, not least Clapton, Zeppelin, The Stones, John Mayall, etc.
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Happy birthday to Sir Michael Palin(83) actor, comedian, writer, traveller and television presenter. I bet he has lost count of the number of times people have asked him if he wants ''the 5 minute argument, or the full half hour''. themichaelpalin.com
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
May 4th be with you all. Here's the body (Dave Prowse 1935-2020) and voice (James Earl Jones 1931-2024) actors for Darth Vader. DYK Prowse was a trainer for Christopher Reeve (in Superman) & Carey Elwes (in The Princess Bride), and was in Kubrick's 'A Clockwork Orange'. #StarWarsDay
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Here’s the Poulnabrone (Poll na Bron) dolmen located in the Burren in County Clare, from a recent visit. Guess that would count for #StandingStoneSunday.
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Love these old hammy sci-fi films. Absolute classics. Quick.... switch on the interrossitor.
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The ideal home for the London gangster and his crew. Malcolm McDowell, 'Gangster Number 1' (2000) dir: Paul McGuigan.
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
A few people on here giving a shout for All Is Lost (2013), written and directed by J. C. Chandor, and held throughout by the great Robert Redford. Also, the great little thriller The Last Voyage (1960) with Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone, Edmund O'Brien, George Sanders, Woody Strode.
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
The Ford American V8 version of a 'woody'. 8 seater!
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Just drove across the Burren in a little east to west road trip, while over from the UK. Amazing geology and natural landscape.
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
We visited Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia, a few years back. It's the final resting place for 150 Titanic victims, the largest number in the world. There is a "J. Dawson" Grave there. He was a 'coal trimmer' from Ireland (not the fictional 1997 film character).
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Galway Bay from Spiddal, looking quite dramatic. #Ireland #Galway #coast
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
BOTD. One of my favourite actors, Toshiro Mifune (三船 敏郎, Mifune Toshirō (1 April 1920 – 24 December 1997). Perhaps, best known in the west for the TV series Shogun (1980), Speilberg's 1941 (1979) and 16 Akira Kurosawa collaborations. Mifune as Kikuchiyo in Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai (1954)
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Seeing it in 1968, there were dozens of ‘blow your mind’ scenes in 2001 A Space Odyssey. It was so far ahead of its time. Dave Bowman makes contact with the monolith.
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
The power of the sea. Rust, and corrosion. #Rust #Sea #Coast
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Kissamos Port, Crete. From a lovely trip out to Gramvousa and Balos. Well worth it, if you are in the region. #BlueSky #Coast #Sea #Aegean #Crete
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The Global Shorelines project @comshorelines.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Wow, you sound busy. Extreme Ironing Championship next? Good luck. Always enjoy your projects 😎👍🏻
Extreme Ironing on Rivelin Needle, Sheffield UK. Phil Shaw. www.extremeironing.com
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