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Gill Hughes

@gillhughes.bsky.social
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Missing the sea, loving the hills. Sheffield by way of Liverpool. (And desperately trying to find all the wonderful people I followed on Twitter since 2009, on here!)

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Gill Hughes @gillhughes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
@seatsixtyone.bsky.social hi Mark. trying to book Sheffield to Dublin SailRail & change times offered are just 9 mins at Oxford Rd & 35 mins at Holyhead. scarily tight! any way to choose earlier trains to be sure to catch ferry? I'm on Trainsplit (TFW not giving any). Thanks and trust you're well
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Gill Hughes @gillhughes.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
We stood in this very spot on St David's Day this year - the whole moor to ourselves - absolutely wonderful. Brilliant article by @calmandfearless.bsky.social #EyamMoor www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Country diary: This moorland needed rainfall – it got something even better | Ed Douglas
Eyam Moor, Derbyshire: It’s a place that I treasure greatly, and now it has a change of ownership that is worth celebrating
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Gill Hughes @gillhughes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
This #lion felt real yesterday on the savannah that is #Hillsborough #Park and it's parched backdrop of #ParkwoodSprings! #PrideOfYorkshire. @sheffieldchildrens.bsky.social @parkwoodsprings.bsky.social @visitsheffield.bsky.social prideofyorkshire.org
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Gill Hughes @gillhughes.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Uplifting read for a Tuesday morning. #wildflowers #meadows #nature #rewilding www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘I love it. It’s hope’: the mysterious self-willed wildflower meadow that seeded itself
Farmer Derek Sayer let a boggy field run wild and just one annual hay-cut has led to remarkable biodiversity
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
As I wait outside the shop a bloke asks me what time it opens. When he asks me I am his Mate. I tell him and when he thanks me I am his Pal. The shopkeeper arrives and I carry the papers in. She hands me the scissors in our choreographed duet. I snip.
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Gill Hughes @gillhughes.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
This is very powerful from #AdityaChakrabortty www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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From bone-dry to soaked to the bone, welcome to the age of climate whiplash | Aditya Chakrabortty
This punishingly hot and dry summer will probably be followed by another wet winter. But it’s nothing compared with what Britain will endure in years to come, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabort...
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Off the Shelf Festival of Words @otsfestival.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
📚 IT’S HERE! The full lineup for Off the Shelf Festival of Words 2026 has officially dropped! ✨ Join us in Sheffield from 28 Sept – 25 Oct for world-class authors, live discussions, poetry & more! 🎟️ Explore & book: offtheshelf.org.uk #OTSfest #Sheffield #BookFest
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Gill Hughes @gillhughes.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Ooo been to a few of these over the years #writers #houses @otsfestival.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Guardian view on writers’ houses: a museum of one’s own | Editorial
Editorial: The Wordsworth Trust has acquired a second home. Cherished authors including George Eliot don’t even have one
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Gill Hughes @gillhughes.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Spied a fabulous new #Phlegm #mural late last night in #Walthamstow - very atmospheric seeing the #owls in the dark! #London #art #streetart @streetartsheffield.com
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Early stroll. Gatherings of clouds on the sky’s street corner. So many open bedroom windows. The delivery man paces around his bread van. Three small apples on double yellow lines. Grass as yellow as old custard.
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Gill Hughes @gillhughes.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
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Country diary: This is how bad the heatwave has got for us arable farmers – I’m going on holiday | Colin Chappell
Brigg, Lincolnshire: I should be busy, but the boom-bust climate has upset all my usual routines
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Gill Hughes @gillhughes.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Ahh #welldressings season! Lovely piece from @calmandfearless.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Country diary: With parched fields all around, we say thank you for the water | Ed Douglas
Stoney Middleton, Derbyshire: The tradition of well dressing is strong in the Peaks, and this year, I found one featuring a certain 100-year-old naturalist
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Gill Hughes @gillhughes.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
And very good to see you back @calmandfearless.bsky.social - "I saw two black-tipped ears above some thistles, and then they were gone." Lovely piece and Eyam Moor is such a special place
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Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
" Green roofs really do promote bio-diversity. " - Thank you @nicliwilliams.bsky.social for today's rooftop Fox from North London !
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Gill Hughes @gillhughes.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Excellent piece by @christianwolmar.bsky.social and don't get me started on parking on pavements - a growing problem here in #Sheffield
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Gill Hughes @gillhughes.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
#SummerHoliday #Musical was such fun last night at the wonderful #Crucible #Theatre #Sheffield sheffieldtheatres.bsky.social
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Our Favourite Places @ourfaveplaces.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
It’s nearly Tramlines weekend – when Sheffield puts on one giant party. While the official action happens in Hillsborough Park, there’s loads of pun-heavy fringe fun to be had across the city. Make some plans with our Tom’s guide to Tramlines Fringe highlights: ourfaveplaces.co.uk/our-picks/tr...
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Gill Hughes @gillhughes.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
What a great scheme to widen access to thess expensive places. Well done #Derbyshire #libraries and #Chatsworth www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
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Chatsworth House pilots ‘community membership’ free entry scheme
Initiative with Derbyshire Libraries aims to boost access to cultural experiences and ‘champion reading for pleasure’
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Gill Hughes @gillhughes.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
"I maintain that we have different personalities in all the languages we speak" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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At last, a proper excuse for monoglots to learn another language: it helps keep your brain young | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
I love busting out a French subjunctive in pursuit of better restaurant service, so it’s a joy to discover there’s a neuroscientific upside to being multilingual, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy...
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
The Arts Tower, Sheffield, 1965, photo by Robert Blomfield.
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Gill Hughes @gillhughes.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Lovely piece by @ebenmyrddin.bsky.social
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Gill Hughes @gillhughes.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
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Country diary: The field names here read like a history book | Eben Muse
Ynys Enlli, Gwynedd: A stroll down this island’s one road provides clues to its past – and it has nothing to do with the 20,000 saints apparently buried here
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
So proud of Andrew’s letter in the Barnsley Chronicle!
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Gill Hughes @gillhughes.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I absolutely love these words by #AndrewMcMillan #poet on #DavidHockney @imcmillan.bsky.social
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Street Art Sheffield @streetartsheffield.com · 09/06/2026
The Pride of Yorkshire officially launched yesterday. Colourful lions and lionesses will be found across South Yorkshire over the summer months to raise money for the superb Sheffield Children's Hospital Charity. Have you spotted any yet? #prideOfYorkshire #sheffieldChildrensHospital #sheffield
Lion sculpture with colourful abstract design of a fireballLioness sculpture with illustration of various tall buildingsLion sculpture with design resembling stone with engraved graffitiLioness sculpture with colourful abstract design featuring a donkey
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Gill Hughes @gillhughes.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
How wonderful this will be! #art #books #Illustration www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Guardian view on the UK’s first centre for illustration: visual literacy, and the sheer joy of images, matter | Editorial
Editorial: A national institution for this overlooked artform shows it is finally getting the recognition it deserves
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Jonathan Liew @jonathanliew.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
we see you www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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If you’re still on Elon Musk’s X, ask yourself this: why? | Jonathan Liew
Some argue that quitting the platform formerly known as Twitter cedes the space to malign actors. But it’s an open sewer, beyond redemption, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
First cup of tea: the hinges on my soul have stopped creaking.
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Gill Hughes @gillhughes.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
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Bruce Springsteen is a model for how celebrities should resist Trump | Steven Greenhouse
His recent concerts are a thunderous call to fight for democracy. The nation could use more like him
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Gill Hughes @gillhughes.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
I'm in a @petemckee.bsky.social #supertram ! What fun ! #Sheffield #art #transport #tram
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Gill Hughes @gillhughes.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Oh this IS great news!
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Gill Hughes @gillhughes.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
ALWAYS start a train journey to London with a @motorecafe.bsky.social #Flatwhite - one of our amazing #Sheffield #independent #coffee setups #Motore
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Gill Hughes @gillhughes.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Oh I so missed #Poemoftheweek when the @theguardian.com stopped it #poetry ushttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/may/05/carol-rumens-poet-and-the-guardians-poem-of-the-week-columnist-dies-aged-81?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Carol Rumens, poet and the Guardian’s poem of the week columnist, dies aged 81
The British poet, who also wrote plays, fiction and published poetry in translation, analysed almost 1,000 poems for her much-loved series
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Gill Hughes @gillhughes.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Oh to have had a golden ticket for this! What a treat it must have been. #PaulMcCartney #Beatles #Liverpool 🎶🎵 www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...
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‘It’s a bit emotional’: Paul McCartney plays new songs to fans at Abbey Road
The ex-Beatle hosted a playback previewing his next album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane, telling stories along the way
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Gill Hughes @gillhughes.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
This ap is great - we did a bit of the Uni tour a few weeks ago #modernist #architecture #Liverpool
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Gill Hughes @gillhughes.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Incredibly powerful piece by @nesrinemalik.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Yes, the king's US visit will go down in history: it marked the death throes of an old era | Nesrine Malik
Both nations are tarred by irreconcilable crises that could unravel democracy itself – sanity and stability have never felt further from reach, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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Gill Hughes @gillhughes.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
#YnysMôn www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Country diary: It’s hard to top a calling curlew | Nigel Brown
Ynys Môn (Anglesey): Their breeding numbers in Wales are so low they could be extinct here in a decade. That makes each sighting all the more precious
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Gill Hughes @gillhughes.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
What a great piece by @robynvinter.bsky.social - I'd SO love to read these letters from John, Paul, Stu and Pete! Hope the #Exhibition does come to the UK too! #Beatles #Hamburg 🎶🎵 www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...
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Letters and photos from Beatles’ early days to go on show in Hamburg
The collection, including donations from Paul McCartney’s brother, Mike, shows the band’s development from 1960-62
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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Happy Dawn Chorus Weekend
A Peanuts cartoon in which Snoopy explains to Woodstock that, being a bird, he (Woodstock) has to chirp every morning for the rest of his life. It doesn’t go down well.
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Gill Hughes @gillhughes.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Always loved our #Vulcan #modernist #Sculpture on #CastleHouse #Sheffield by #BorisTietze and just found this lovely and interesting 2025 homage to him by his daughter #AnnaTietze www.annatietze.com/post/boris-t... @themodernist.bsky.social #art #architecture @ourfaveplaces.bsky.social
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Forced Entertainment @forcedents.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Late night in a bar that doesn’t really exist, dreams, tears, drinks and words are overflowing. Everything Must Go tours to @HAUBerlin next week.    27 - 29 Apr @HauBerlin 🎫www.hebbel-am-ufer.de/en/programme/pdetail/forced-entertainment-everything-must-go Image: @HugoGlendinning
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Festival of Debate 2026 @festofdebate.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
How do we ensure everyone has good health? How do we ensure justice and a sustainable environment for all? On 6 May, @profkepickett.bsky.social comes to #Sheffield to talk with with @simonduffy.bsky.social about building The Good Society 🏗️ More info and tickets ➡️ tickettailor.com/events/festi...
A poster for an event titled "Kate Pickett: The Good Society" on 6 May. It also includes the Festival of Debate logo and a profile shot of Kate Pickett, with her arms folded and smiling away from the camera
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Our Favourite Places @ourfaveplaces.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
It's Sheffield Indie Book Festival this weekend! With a market, talks on witches, folklore, queer memoir & more plus headliner Juno Dawson. From the folk at @gnrr.bsky.social @hillsboroughbooks.bsky.social @junobooks.bsky.social @labiblioteka.bsky.social & Novel: ourfaveplaces.co.uk/whats-on/she...
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Sheffield Indie Book Festival → Our Favourite Places – Sheffield Culture Guide
New for '26. Celebrating stories, and the shops and publishers who keep them alive. With talks and workshops from Bethan Woollvin, Steve Webb, Kavitha Rao, Michelle Tea, Sheaf Poetry, and more. Organi...
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Gill Hughes @gillhughes.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Glorious up at St Helena yesterday! #Grenoside #Sheffield #TheOutdoorcity @ourfaveplaces.bsky.social
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Gill Hughes @gillhughes.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
" At the time, we tried to make a film asking whether food banks are tolerable. Now they’re an institution in society. It’s extraordinary that we accept that people will starve unless they get food from a charity." www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
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Ken Loach revisits I, Daniel Blake: ‘We were asking if food banks are tolerable. Now they’re an institution’
The scene at the food bank, recalls the director, where Katie is so hungry, she pours baked beans into her hand from a tin and eats them cold, came from a real story
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Gill Hughes @gillhughes.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
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Social media was once a great global conversation. Now it’s just individuals locked into their own private worlds | Tom Whyman
I met the mother of my children on Twitter – and made lasting friendships. But now social media isn’t so social, says academic philosopher and writer Tom Whyman
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Beth Davies @bethdaviespoet.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
On Wednesday next week, I'll be reading and discussing poetry alongside 3 incredible queer poets at Sheffield Central Library! 🌈 Book your free tickets now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/queer-poet...
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Queer Poets Reading
Sheffield poets Sarah Lasoye, Eden Chicken and Beth Davies (Sheffield Poet Laureate) in conversation about their work with Susie Wilson
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Sheffield Folk Guide @sheffieldfolkguide.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
New monthly happening in Hillsborough with a concert, singing session, tunes and signalong songs. First night's guest is Martin Simpson. Hillsborough Park Pavillion 9 May. More info and tickets: share.google/aFIa0JUysy4A...
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Sheffield Bird Study Group @shefbirdstudy.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
The public launch of ‘The New Birds of the Sheffield Area' will take place at 1pm, Weds 15th April, Weston Park Museum Join editors Richard Hill & David Wood for a 45min talk about the history & current status of our local birdlife Copies available for purchase after presentation #ukbirding
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Stephen Chase @stephenchase.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
#WorldPoetryDay
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