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Freya Hellier

@freyahellier.bsky.social

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I make radio & podcasts about music, society, sex + culture, ex @bbcradio3. Scottish, parent, crap pianist, hopeful accordionist. Producing some of Screenshot on BBC Radio 4, Menopause Unmuted, + Everything Jazz linktr.ee/freyahellier

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Freya Hellier @freyahellier.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Rays of Light over Glasgow

The sun is shining low and bright in a bright blue sky. The Glasgow skyline is visible in the distance

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Freya Hellier @freyahellier.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Douglas Gordon’s nod to Hitchcock’s Vertigo in Glasgow’s Trongate

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Freya Hellier @freyahellier.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

The @uofglasgow.bsky.social in the purple fog

The university of Glasgow on a freezing foggy night. The fog is illuminated by the purple flood lighting, giving the imposing gothic building an otherworldly feeling

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Freya Hellier @freyahellier.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Hey, Im interested in this but can’t see it on your website. For ref here is how it looks on mobile

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Freya Hellier @freyahellier.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

We were lucky to be in the Barrowlands for the shooting of James McAvoy’s directorial debut “California Schemin” - the true story of two rappers from Dundee who were laughed out of London by the music biz for being Scottish…/

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Freya Hellier @freyahellier.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Bonny Light Horseman joined by the wonderful Aidan O’Rourke & Martin Green from Lau at the QMU in Glasgow

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Freya Hellier @freyahellier.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Never noticed this massive chimney behind The Garage on Sauchiehall Street before. Anyone know which building it served? Perhaps the pre Garage Locarno Ballroom, or the earlier Charing Cross Electric Theatre? Anyway, it looks nice against all the straight lines and the blue sky

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Freya Hellier @freyahellier.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Picked up a copy of @billybragg.bsky.social’s “Roots, Radicals and Rockers”

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Freya Hellier @freyahellier.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Another vantage point. And they have free tea and coffee, writers feedback sessions, and the heating turned up!

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Freya Hellier @freyahellier.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

My #library tour of Glasgow continues…yesterday it was Langside (closing in a few weeks, so go soon!) Looking down on the kid’s section is this beauty of a mural depicting Mary, Queen of Scots’ defeat in 1568, just up the hill at Battlefield. painted by Maurice Greiffenhagen in 1921.

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Freya Hellier @freyahellier.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

And more…

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Freya Hellier @freyahellier.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

More #Glasgow #library action. Today it’s stained glass in Govanhill

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Freya Hellier @freyahellier.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

The skull of a hippo, found in the River Kelvin years after its skeleton was put there by museum staff to let nature strip the bones clean. Currently on display in #Govanhill #library would love to know the full story, any ideas @pastglasgow.bsky.social ?

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Freya Hellier @freyahellier.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Iconic library carpets of Glasgow ❤️

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Freya Hellier @freyahellier.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Spent a v fun day working with Jumoké Fashola and the jazz superwomen Samara Joy, and Brandee Younger. The stories will appear on www.everythingjazz.com soon…

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Freya Hellier @freyahellier.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Bliss! Brandee Younger with Rashaan Carter (bass) and Allan Mednard (drums) playing Alice Coltrane’s “Turiya & Ramakrishna” at Earth Hackney

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Freya Hellier @freyahellier.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

“Love takes off the mask that we fear we can’t live without, and can’t live within” The wonderful Meshell Ndegeocello (+ Justin Hicks & stunning band) bringing the words of James Baldwin to life at the London Jazz Festival last night ❤️

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