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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

It's a phenomenal song. The boat thing was/is (I saw the mighty @thesickmanofeurope.bsky.social there just this summer - my first time at the venue since the Sarah 100 closing party) the Thekla.

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I've started posting mixes onto Mixcloud - an hour apiece, with the tags #Disco , #NuDisco , #SunsetDisco , #Funk and #Synthpop (#SunsetDisco is made up, but give a sense of what the mixes are like). The latest one is called Waking Up Early, Staying Out Late www.mixcloud.com/furtho/wakin...

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Waking Up Early, Staying Out Late

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

"This is Papa Bear. Put out an APB for a male suspect, driving a... car of some sort, heading in the direction of, uh, you know, that place that sells chili."

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

And finally, also from St Mary's, Lynton, one of Heywood Sumner's windows depicting the Benedicite #HeywoodSumner #StainedGlass #Benedicite #Lynton #Devon

Stained glass window depicting birds, while also allowing a view to the churchyard and sea beyond

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Panel on the pulpit at St Mary's church, Lynton, Devon #WoodCarving #Lynton #Devon

Carved wooden panel depicting a ram and cow

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Panel designed by MacDonald Gill and carved by Albert Southwick, St Michael & All Angels' church, Bude, Cornwall #WoodCarving #MacDonaldGill #AlbertSouthwick #Bude #Cornwall

Painted wooden panel depicting two birds, foliage and clouds

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Banner at St Mary's church, Week St Mary, Cornwall #Banner #Textiles #WeekStMary #Cornwall

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

One of Veronica Whall's windows at King Arthur's Halls, Tintagel, Cornwall #VeronicaWhall #StainedGlass #ArtsAndCrafts #Tintagel #Cornwall

Roundel of rosemary, sign indicating that assistance dogs are allowed in the building

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Face on the font of St Materiana's church, Tintagel, Cornwall #Font #Tintagel #StoneCarving #Cornwall

Stone carving of a face on the corner of a font

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Wall painting inside the bothy in the churchyard at St Morwenna & St John the Baptist's church, Morwenstow, Cornwall. The figure depicted is Rev Robert Hawker, the quote underneath reading "I would not be forgotten in this land" #RobertHawker #Morwenstow #Cornwall #bothy

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Another bench end, this time from St Andrew's church, Sutcombe, Devon #BenchEnd #WoodCarving #Sutcombe #Devon

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A bench end from St Swithin's church, Launcells, Cornwall #BenchEnd #WoodCarving #Launcells #Cornwall

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Also from St James the Great's, Kilkhampton, a tiny picture of a pulpit (not the pulpit currently in the church) #Pulpit #Kilkhampton #Cornwall

Small painting of a pulpit with tester, in a heavy frame

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Face in the arch over the door at St James the Great's church, Kilkhampton, Cornwall #StoneCarving #Kilkhampton #Cornwall

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Altar frontal at St Helen's church on the island of Lundy #Lundy #Textiles

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Plaque commemorating Allen Lane, the founder of Penguin Books, on the wall of St Nectan's church, Hartland (in fact in the neighbouring village of Stoke), Devon #AllenLane #PenguinBooks #Hartland #Devon

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Tiles on the front wall of the Gurnard's Head pub, Penwith #PubSign #Cornwall

Tile depiction of a gurnard, plus a notice board

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

AK Busby's painting on display at Lewis's fish and chip shop, Newlyn #AKBusby #Newlyn #Cornwall

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

One of a series of panels depicting local scenes and wildlife, this one of fishermen sorting their catch, by the Pinwill Sisters at St Sennen's church, Sennen, Cornwall #PinwillSisters #WoodCarving #Cornwall

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Last of my favourites from the Penlee Gallery, Frances Walker's Leaving St Kilda #FrancesWalker #StKilda

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Dod Procter's Self Portrait, also on display the Penlee Gallery, Penzance #DodProcter #Penzance #Cornwall

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Wilhelmina Barns-Graham's Gurnards Head no 2, on display at the Penlee Gallery, Penzance #WilhelminaBarnsGraham #Penzance #GurnardsHead #Cornwall

Gouache on paper of the Gurnard's Head, Penwith

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Kurt Jackson's Evening Tide, Sun Comes Out As The Tide Comes In, on display at his gallery in St Just, Cornwall #KurtJackson #CapeCornwall #Cornwall

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Art highlights, ecclesiastical and secular, from my recent holiday - a chronological thread, beginning with John Hayward's window at St Mary's church, Stoke Abbott, Dorset #JohnHayward #StainedGlass #Dorset

BVM & child superimposed on church background

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

And finally, the font, reportedly carved by the Pinwill Sisters

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

An example of the painted panels in the altar rail

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

These two panels are on the north wall of the aisle

The sun shining down on the church building

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

These painted panels are in the choir stalls

An incense burner and the text Incense Shall Be Offered Unto My Name

Christ preaching on a boat to a congregation on land

A figure in prayer and the caption When Ye Pray Say Our Father

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

A thread on some of the vernacular art to be found at St Michael & All Angels church, Bude, Cornwall. These panels are among a selection in the Children's Chapel, reportedly designed by MacDonald Gill and carved by Albert Southwick

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

... and the remaining four. I'd assume they're by the Pinwill sisters (2/2)

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Scenes from Penwith life, depicted in eight small panels beneath the east window at St Sennen church, Sennen, Cornwall (1/2)

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Just to record that I visited the exhibition today!

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

John Hayward's millennium window, St Mary's church, Stoke Abbott, Dorset #JohnHayward #StainedGlass

BVM and child against a backdrop of the church

Under the BVM's feet, a depiction of local flora

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Alexander Strachan's 1930 window commemorating Thomas Coram, sea captain & philanthropist best known for setting up the Foundling Hospital. The window is located in the porch at St Michael's church, Lyme Regis, Dorset - the town in which Coram was born #stainedglass

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Haven’t heard GGOT for years - thanks for the reminder. What a beauty.

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Ah, thanks. Certainly good enough for most post-game interviews. I know it’s a bit of a trite question but I'm always interested in this sort of thing.

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I know he was born in the US but do you know how Suzuki’s English is?

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

So much love in the room for The Bats at the Lexington yesterday. #TheBats #FlyingNun #indiepop

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Another aspect of this is like you get with the FaithCraft people, whose stained glass was often similar to their wood carving, etc.

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Wow, that is quite something. I’ll be there next month (Penzance, not St Kilda) so hope to be able to see it.

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Splendid! Ivan still a going concern, MWH a terrific fun live act.

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I won't be able to attend, unfortunately, but you'd surely be an - ahem - imbecile for not asking Tim about the video for The Safety Dance.

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I think I submitted a request for a comprehensive uploading to Bandcamp of the back catalogue a while ago. Retrospectively this is the sort of stuff that would have helped me make the journey from The Field Mice to epic45. As it is, I had to make it on my own.

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I always found Mobeer interesting without knowing anything about it or where they came from (geographically and aesthetically). New North Wales, was that one of theirs?

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Floodlights at Bovingdon?! Amazed they can get planning permission in the well-to-do part of the village. Incidentally Sarratt is also worth a visit if you ever dip into Step 7.

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I just console myself with the fact that we avoided chaos with Ed Milliband.

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furtho.bsky.social @furtho.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Takatora Ienaga his very generous teammate.

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