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Andrew Eberlin

@eberlin.co.uk
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Professional website designer, enthusiastic photographer of modern buildings and writer of The Monthly Jotter. www.brighterside.co.uk/link-tree

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FROM YOU TO ME @fromyoutome.com · 03/09/2026
A great guest blog this week from @eberlin.co.uk ... All about handwriting. Enjoy the Monthly Jotter. A concise mixture of creativity, design and culture that might spark an idea (or two). www.fromyoutome.com/blog/brighte...
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Brighter Side Jotter - a Guest Blog | Our Blog: Life Matters
Introducing the Monthly Jotter ... A concise mixture of creativity, design and culture that might spark an idea (or two).
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Andrew Eberlin @eberlin.co.uk · 12/07/2026
Anish Kapoor on the South Bank in The Observer: "It is extraordinary and touching that this whole edifice was put together to celebrate culture, to give place to it. There was real postwar utopian ambition and a sense we could build anew.”
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 10/07/2026
Meta has launched a new AI image generator that allows anyone to create AI images with your Instagram photos. And if you have a public Instagram account, Meta automatically opted you in. Here’s how to opt out: wapo.st/4pjtc5w
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Andrew Eberlin @eberlin.co.uk · 05/07/2026
Taking a pause during the Frome Independent Market to admire a small slice of Somerset brutalism. Formerly Frome Library, now Ellenbray Toys and Stationery. Designed by architect Bill Vallis in the 1960s.
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Andrew Eberlin @eberlin.co.uk · 30/06/2026
Very good news from @c20cymru.bsky.social. Interesting to see the Arts and Social Sciences Library before the trees grew.
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Andrew Eberlin @eberlin.co.uk · 29/06/2026
In this month's Jotter... celebrating David Hockney and his use of technology while bemoaning how devices pester us, the joy of nibs, a good friend writes about a good client, Ed O’Brien’s new album, Modernist Bristol and a new website for feasting by fire. www.brighterside.co.uk/news/monthly...
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The Jotter - issue 65 — Brighter Side
Celebrating David Hockney and his use of technology while also bemoaning how devices pester and track us, the joy of nibs, 77 field notes by Ben, a good friend writes about a good client, Ed O’Brien’s...
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Andrew Eberlin @eberlin.co.uk · 29/06/2026
Forgive me for quoting the Mail, but they have written the nicest things about why you should visit Bradford on Avon rather than Bath: "Bradford-on-Avon, in contrast, feels like the sort of place people think they're booking when they reserve a weekend in Bath." www.dailymail.com/lifestyle/ar...
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Brighton and Windermere are tourist traps - here's where you should go
Travel and lifestyle writer Luisa Ruocco picks her favourite staycation spots in the UK - from the Lake District to the Cotswolds.
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Andrew Eberlin @eberlin.co.uk · 19/06/2026
The latest issue of @bathecho.bsky.social includes a tribute to what will be the much missed Bath Fire Station on page 10 and explains why it was such an important building.
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Andrew Eberlin @eberlin.co.uk · 12/06/2026
David Hockney will be missed but I’m glad he did so much with his 88 years on this earth. Visiting his Polaroids exhibition, aged 16, was one of the seminal moment of my life. open.substack.com/pub/eberlin/...
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I mean, photography is all right...
… but that’s not what it’s like to live in the world (David Hockney).
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Andrew Eberlin @eberlin.co.uk · 09/06/2026
Here are a selection of photos which show why it's such good news that the Church of the Good Shepherd in Batheaston will hopefully be saved (if only for the stained glass window). www.eberlin.co.uk/buildings/ch...
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Church of the Good Shepherd, Batheaston — Photos of Modern Buildings
A rare example of 1960s brutalism in Bath. The church has been closed since Covid. Planning permission is sought to demolish it and replace with housing.
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Mark H @blackhole.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Only just heard about this. architect Denys Lasdun’s last major project is in the process of being completely ‘renovated’. Milton Gate - “The Glass Castle” in the City of London. Anyone know what stage the demolition is at?
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Chris Ponting @chrisponting.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
There’s far more to Bristol than the Clifton Bridge, as this fine book by Andrew @eberlin.co.uk proves. My copy turned up today. If you love Bristol, Modernism and especially both, you should get one too. www.eberlin.co.uk/store/p/mode...
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West Country Modernism @westcountrymodern.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Oh, people should get this! Andrew’s photography is always wonderful: he works out how to get just the right angle to make the buildings beautiful and sometimes abstracted to just a pattern.
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Andrew Eberlin @eberlin.co.uk · 29/04/2026
Today is publication day for my new book. Bristol’s modernist & brutalist buildings are rarely celebrated. Some are listed, many are threatened, a few are already gone. This book is a record and an appreciation of the buildings and the era that made them possible. www.eberlin.co.uk/store/p/mode...
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A book of photographs of modernist and brutalist Bristol — Photos of Modern Buildings
Photos of the most iconic 20th century buildings in Bristol including Cheese Lane Shot Tower, Castlemead, Clifton Cathedral, Everard's Print Works and more.
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Andrew Eberlin @eberlin.co.uk · 24/04/2026
In this month's “Chance favours the pre­pared mind” Jotter: JR finds a camera Luck isn’t something that happens to you STRAT_SCRAPS The lucky timing of a George Shaw exhibition A heart-warming TV show Bread of Angels One shared instinct Work www.brighterside.co.uk/news/monthly...
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The Jotter - issue 64 — Brighter Side
“Chance favours the pre­pared mind,” JR finds a camera, STRAT_SCRAPS, why luck isn’t something that happens to you, George Shaw exhibition in Sheffield, the heart-warming TV show The Assembly, Bread ...
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Andrew Eberlin @eberlin.co.uk · 17/03/2026
With the NCP going into administration this 36 page zine, created in collaboration with Elliott Sargent and Tom Benjamin, is a very timely celebration of the car parks of Bristol. www.eberlin.co.uk/store/p/car-...
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Car Parks in Bristol — Photos of Modern Buildings
With the NCP going into administration this 36 page zine, created in collaboration with Elliott Sargent and Tom Benjamin, is a very timely celebration of the car parks of Bristol. Why photograph thes...
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Andrew Eberlin @eberlin.co.uk · 12/03/2026
I could stare at this for hours. 450 rolls of film made into a psychgeographical collage of Venice by Sohei Nishino: www.michaelhoppengallery.com/viewing-room...
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Sohei Nishino | Diorama Map Venice, 2026
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Andrew Eberlin @eberlin.co.uk · 06/03/2026
One of the most inventive photographers of our age, Jack Davison, made some portraits last November and they will be exhibited at the Cob Gallery (London) for the next month. Go if you can. He will help you see differently. www.cobgallery.com/exhibitions/...
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Portraits: 14–16 November | 6 March - 2 April 2026
Opening & Book Launch 5 March, 6 - 8pm
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Andrew Eberlin @eberlin.co.uk · 05/03/2026
I agree. 5* www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...
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David Byrne review – in life during wartime, this show will restore your faith in humanity
Byrne again reimagines the possibilities of the live gig, creating a vision of egalitarianism backed by elastic bass and polyrhythms
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Andrew Eberlin @eberlin.co.uk · 02/03/2026
Wow. One of the most joyful, imaginative and best gigs I’ve been to in all my long years. David Byrne at Cardiff Arena. And yes, he did play the hits.
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Andrew Eberlin @eberlin.co.uk · 27/02/2026
In this month’s ‘getting lost’ Jotter: 10 lessons from an artist Design genius Margaret Calvert Stopping at a red traffic light can be good. We will never be ready for the next technical revolution A lightbulb moment Factory tours are good Cleaning www.brighterside.co.uk/news/monthly...
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The Jotter - issue 62 — Brighter Side
Thank you Martin Parr, why creatives need to be heavy, be radical and care, write a postcard, watch Hamnet, listen to my favourite albums of 2025, volunteer (it’s good for you and for us) and visit “O...
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Andrew Eberlin @eberlin.co.uk · 26/02/2026
“Don’t come here looking for a good time – you won’t find it. But come looking for pure, unapologetic, undiluted, full-frontal love, grief, heartache and sadness, and you will end up feeling more feelings than you’ve probably felt for years.” www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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Tracey Emin: A Second Life review – this show of undiluted love, heartache and pain left me a teary wreck
Forget the sex and drugs of the 90s. This wildly emotional exhibition shows that Emin’s life’s work has been turning suffering into sculpture, insults into poetry – and agony into art
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Andrew Eberlin @eberlin.co.uk · 16/02/2026
I liked the latest email from Bob Hoffman about marketing to Gen Z etc. "Dear Marketer, before you get all hysterical over the horses**t the hustlers and dimwits are peddling about Gen Whatever, please remember this: There's as much variation within generations as there is between generations."
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Andrew Eberlin @eberlin.co.uk · 11/02/2026
I get lazy with looking. I glance at things and think I've seen them. I was reminded of this while reading Martin Parr talking about his photo, Conservative Midsummer Madness Party, in the final book published before his death, Utterly Lazy and Inattentive. www.brighterside.co.uk/news/i-get-l...
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I get lazy with looking. — Brighter Side
I glance at things and think I've seen them. I was reminded of this while reading Martin Parr talking about his photo, Conservative Midsummer Madness Party, in the final book published before his deat...
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Andrew Eberlin @eberlin.co.uk · 11/02/2026
“… the Southbank Centre amply demonstrates, brutalism’s real power lies in its buildings: things of supreme heft, surprising beauty and audacious ambition.” www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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Brutal but beautiful: Southbank Centre’s Grade II listing is the cherry on a concrete cake
As one of the longest running battles in British heritage comes to an end, the listing of the London arts complex vindicates the audacity of this sensational droogs’ paradise
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Andrew Eberlin @eberlin.co.uk · 10/02/2026
There is still some good news in this world. The "thrilling hodgepodge" of a Southbank Centre has, at last, been Grade II Listed. Well done @c20society.bsky.social for your persistent campaigning. Here's a few photos: www.eberlin.co.uk/buildings/so...
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Southbank Centre and Hayward Gallery — Photos of Modern Buildings
These bold brutalist buildings were designed by radical young architects led by Norman Engleback. They were given the freedom to design “a thrilling hodgepodge..."
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Tim Gander @tim-gander.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
One of the earliest images taken for the project What Happened Here which then became the book. Available at www.takeagander.co.uk/-/galleries/... Note how the backing of the expired film I used has left frame counter marks and stippling visible in the sky.
A mum and dad with their children (a son and a daughter, approx aged 5 and 9 respectively) walk through a dilapidated industrial site where old paint has been spilled on the path and rubbish is strewn about them. It's a sunny day. The photo is in black and white, square format, with markings visible from where the film used to take the photo was out of date.
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Andrew Eberlin @eberlin.co.uk · 09/02/2026
Business is simple - have a great product, make your customers feel special and earn enough profit to carry on. All my favourite businesses follow this mantra. Heres’s my first - Vitsœ. www.brighterside.co.uk/news/busines...
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Businesses I like and admire no.1: Vitsœ — Brighter Side
Business is simple - have a great product, make your customers feel special and earn enough profit to carry on. All my favourite businesses follow this mantra. Heres’s my first - Vitsœ
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Andrew Eberlin @eberlin.co.uk · 09/02/2026
Wayne McGregor: Infinite Bodies at Somerset House - an inspiring choice. It's good to visit a type of exhibition I wouldn't normally go to. An absorbing exploration of movement and music. www.somersethouse.org.uk/whats-on/way...
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Wayne McGregor: Infinite Bodies
What does the human body mean in the age of AI? Presenting Infinite Bodies, a groundbreaking exhibition dedicated to the visionary practice of Sir Wayne McGregor CBE.
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Andrew Eberlin @eberlin.co.uk · 30/01/2026
After listening to Those Rio Snappers, I’m taking a nostalgic trip through mid 80s indie bands. Here’s the Chesterfield’s classic Ask Johnny Dee. I once saw them @arnolfiniarts.bsky.social supported by Automatic Dlamini (possibly featuring a certain @pjharvey.net) music.apple.com/gb/album/ask...
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Ask Johnny Dee by The Chesterfields on Apple Music
Song · 1987 · Duration 2:57
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Andrew Eberlin @eberlin.co.uk · 30/01/2026
It's our first Bristol Modernist walk of the year on 20th Feb and you can book here: the-modernist.org/products/all...
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Visit to All Saints Church, Bristol (and Clifton Cathedral)
An architectural visit to All Saints Bristol with the modernist society.
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Andrew Eberlin @eberlin.co.uk · 30/01/2026
Sometimes an unintentional thread weaves its way through the Jotter. This month’s links encourage you to write a postcard rather than text, volunteer rather than doomscroll, browse in a bookshop rather than buy online, go to a cinema rather than stream. www.brighterside.co.uk/news/monthly...
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The Jotter - issue 61 — Brighter Side
Thank you Martin Parr, why creatives need to be heavy, be radical and care, write a postcard, watch Hamnet, listen to my favourite albums of 2025, volunteer (it’s good for you and for us) and visit “O...
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Andrew Eberlin @eberlin.co.uk · 29/01/2026
I’m three weeks into a very enjoyable Urban Sketching course. Taught by Andy Gray, who is both enthusiastic as well as very good at explaining how to sketch to people like me who haven’t drawn since Art ‘O’ Level. An extra-curricular drawing of The Church of the Good Shepherd in Batheaston
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Andrew Eberlin @eberlin.co.uk · 28/01/2026
“When people first saw it, they couldn’t describe it. And if people can’t describe something, they become very uncomfortable.” The magnificent and quirky Gradel Quadrangels, Oxford: www.eberlin.co.uk/buildings/gr...
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The Gradel Quadrangles, Oxford — Photos of Modern Buildings
Just published - a 24 page tabloid with a selection of photos and accompanying text of my favourite brutalist buildings in Bristol .
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Andrew Eberlin @eberlin.co.uk · 27/01/2026
A revamp is better than demolition. (Photo July 2023).
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Andrew Eberlin @eberlin.co.uk · 27/01/2026
For fans of Bath Fire Station (e.g @westcountrymodern.bsky.social), this will be a fascinating tour. www.curiousmindsfestival.co.uk/events/walki...
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Molly Taylor and Early Women Architects in Bath - Walking Tour with Dr Amy Frost — Curious Minds: A Festival to Ignite Ideas
Uncover the overlooked women who helped shape modern Bath and the buildings whose stories risk disappearing.
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Andrew Eberlin @eberlin.co.uk · 27/01/2026
“We think democracy is the flag, the ability to vote, or words in the Constitution. It is not. Democracy is an idea, an ideal, an agreement. Once you decide evidence does not matter if it hurts your team, you have already lost the thing you think you are defending.” om.co/2026/01/26/d...
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Does Evidence Even Matter?
I was taught never to discuss money, politics, or religion in public. Those childhood lessons are why I avoid political commentary, though I don’t…
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Andrew Eberlin @eberlin.co.uk · 26/01/2026
Excellent news. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Nigella Lawson to replace Prue Leith on The Great British Bake Off
The TV chef says she's
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Andrew Eberlin @eberlin.co.uk · 23/01/2026
The Cheese Lane Shot Tower is perhaps the most unique looking building in Bristol. A striking landmark amongst the modern boxes on the banks of the Floating Harbour www.eberlin.co.uk/buildings/ch...
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Andrew Eberlin @eberlin.co.uk · 23/01/2026
Another post-war Catholic Church in danger of demolition. Future generations will shake their heads at our idiocy if this mini-Liverpool Cathedral turns to dust.
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Public Service Broadcasting HQ @psbhq.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Just announced - The Race For Space at Alexandra Palace, a 10(+1) year celebration. Join us if you can, please (and bring a friend). www.youtube.com/watch?v=udeP... Pre-sale starts 10am on Monday 26 Jan; general sale starts 10am on Thursday 29 Jan. FAQ here: www.patreon.com/posts/148198...
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Public Service Broadcasting - A Celebration of 10(+1) years of The Race For Space
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Andrew Eberlin @eberlin.co.uk · 21/01/2026
J. Willgoose, Esq. entertainingly explains why @psbhq.bsky.social are playing Ally Pally and why we all really should go: www.patreon.com/posts/148198...
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PSB - Alexandra Palace TRFS Anniversary Show FAQ | J. Willgoose, Esq. / Public Service Broadcasting
Get more from J. Willgoose, Esq. / Public Service Broadcasting on Patreon
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Andrew Eberlin @eberlin.co.uk · 18/01/2026
The Grade II listed former Herman Miller Factory on the opposite side of the River Avon in Bath. Built in 1966 for the Bath Furniture Company, which became part of Herman Miller, until the late 90s when it was left vacant and vandalised. It now houses a Lidl and other retailers.
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Andrew Eberlin @eberlin.co.uk · 18/01/2026
Bath isn’t all Georgian crescents. This is the Grade II listed high-tech Herman Miller Factory. Designed by Terry Farrell & Nicholas Grimshaw in 1976 as the ultimate flexible space. So much so that 40 years later it was transformed from a factory into the Bath Spa University School of Art & Design.
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Andrew Eberlin @eberlin.co.uk · 16/01/2026
“If you were to remove ambition from the core of Robert Jenrick, he would collapse like a boneless chicken.” Matthew Parris.
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West Country Modernism @westcountrymodern.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
In last week's newsletter I mentioned an exhibition in Bristol. The lovely people @themodernist.bsky.social are offering a guided tour in Feb. Extremely limited places. More details here: the-modernist.org/products/bau...
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‘Bauhaus, Breuer, Bristol’ at the Stradling Collection
A tour of the exhibition - Bauhaus, Breuer, Bristol’ at the Stradling Collection
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West Country Modernism @westcountrymodern.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
The first newsletter of the year is out! Would anyone like to buy a brutalist church in Somerset? Plus news of a 1930s cinema reopening and some exhibitions and events. Huge thanks to @eberlin.co.uk for permission to use his photographs of the Good Shepherd.
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The Church of the Good Shepherd and other news (8 Jan 2026)
Would anyone like to buy a brutalist church in Somerset? Plus news of a 1930s cinema reopening and some exhibitions and events.
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Andrew Eberlin @eberlin.co.uk · 07/01/2026
Always a good read.
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Andrew Eberlin @eberlin.co.uk · 07/01/2026
Prompted by @westcountrymodern.bsky.social excellent write up, we had pit stop on our way back from Lyme Regis to appreciate The Amulet in Shelton Mallet. www.eberlin.co.uk/buildings/th...
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The Amulet, Shepton Mallet — Photos of Modern Buildings
A wonderful brutalist style theatre in a Somerset, gifted to the town by Francis Showering (who invented Babycham). Let's Buy The Amulet is campaigning to get it reopened.
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Andrew Eberlin @eberlin.co.uk · 20/12/2025
Some golden tips for creativity here: www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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‘Don’t be disheartened by mistakes’: 10 lessons my artist father taught me
David Gentleman’s brilliant career spans eight decades, from watercolour painting to tube station murals to drawing the Tottenham riots. Here his daughter, the Guardian journalist Amelia Gentleman, di...
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