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Gillian Darley OBE @gmdarksky.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

‘Connectivity issues’ - to be (c)NATS my new all purpose excuse for every mistake from now on.

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Gillian Darley OBE @gmdarksky.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Hippo-ing along in ancient Egypt (Sainsbury collection)

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The Supreme Court today said the current president had the unilateral authority to tear down the East Wing of the White House and build a monstrous ballroom. That means the next president will have the unilateral authority to rebuild the East Wing and tear down the monstrous ballroom.

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Gillian Darley OBE @gmdarksky.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

‘Book visibility specialist’? Just one of dozens of such who are popping up to offer me their services, in this case for a title published by Profile in 2011. Shall I hold my nose and jump? Anyone (flesh and blood please) with experience?

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

It's not often you can pinpoint real, positive change a journalist has caused. But as Turkmeni sources state, @dpcarrington.bsky.social's persistent and probing coverage of this issue has been critical to a change of policy, with massive implications. Big congrats www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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‘Breakthrough’ as Turkmenistan starts fixing ‘mindboggling’ methane mega-leaks

Secretive state begins repairs on ageing facilities after being revealed as worst country for leaks of potent greenhouse gas

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 26/08/2026

Empire State Building lights up pink in tribute to the queen of country music Dolly Parton, who has died at the age of 80

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Gillian Darley OBE @gmdarksky.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Late August Serpentine pavilion floorscape. We’ll remember the leaves and this commission.

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Gillian Darley OBE @gmdarksky.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Fine obituary of Adrian Gale by Alan Phillips in the AJ, apparently and helpfully, not behind the paywall.

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Gillian Darley OBE @gmdarksky.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Fascinating how the natural world, albeit a minuscule sample, dealt with the demi semi eclipse. Cattle, hedgebirds, yardbirds. All changed patterns of behaviour for around 90 minutes and then flicked a switch back to business as (nearly) usual. Reason to be cheerful in apocalyptic times ….?

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Gillian Darley OBE @gmdarksky.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

RIP Adrian Gale. He loved a crane. At Lottery meetings at Stag House we used to share new sightings. A funny, lovely man and a major figure in C20 British architecture

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Gillian Darley OBE @gmdarksky.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

RIP Adrian Gale. He loved a crane. At Lottery meetings at Stag House we used to share new sightings. A funny, lovely man and a major figure in C20 British architecture

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Gillian Darley OBE @gmdarksky.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

So good! The revelation that is Grosvenor Square in public garden mode. Bliss.

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Edwin Heathcote @edwinheathcote.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

This is what happens when editorial standards drop into the toilet.

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Gillian Darley OBE @gmdarksky.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Bayeux needlework in. Elgin marbles out. Burnham’s implied culture policy (and remember he had the job long ago …)

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Gillian Darley OBE @gmdarksky.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

My day began with a stout wood pigeon indoors, who then panicked. Online I learned I must keep the space dark so it is drawn to the light. Impossible. Meanwhile it lay low, relieved itself and then departed. What an opener to the England match day.

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Gillian Darley OBE @gmdarksky.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

That’s #V&A East, final piece in #Stratford’s #Eastbank cultural offering.

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Gillian Darley OBE @gmdarksky.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Quick taster visit. Liking the emphasis of the displays. And the unfurling of the building on its modest site.

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Gillian Darley OBE @gmdarksky.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Latest lrb.co.uk offers perfect balance. Varied studies of Catherine of Braganza, awfulness in the SNP shopping arcade neatly caught and Celia Paul reviewed by Marina Warner. Two women develop startling self reliance (and faith), two inventories, an inspired editorial tour d’horizon.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

He creates his own reality & expects us to believe it. The FELON's FANTASY: Meanwhile, back on EARTH 1:

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Christopher Hilton @chilton-bb.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Enjoyed listening to @grindrod.bsky.social interview Gillian Darley about Bradwell power station and the profoundly odd Dengie peninsula: Monstrosities Mon Amour LIVE www.podbean.com/ea/dir-arm92.... (Also featuring a cameo from Snape Maltings as host of the Sizewell B enquiry.)

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Gillian Darley OBE @gmdarksky.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Ouch. The cheerful latest issue of the Modernist has a feature about Elizabeth Whitworth Scott. NO (a pedant writes) she was ELISABETH. Crucial. Now to read the rest … but my confidence dented by that.

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Amanda Kolson Hurley @amandakhurley.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

It gets better. His company’s name: Greenwater Services. Did he once pay a bribe to Jim Traficant: yes, of course

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Gillian Darley OBE @gmdarksky.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Really delighted to receive a copy of this and to thank Mark Crinson for kicking off with Ian Nairn. A midsummer treat.

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John Grindrod @grindrod.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Nuclear power stations and shoe horns: it’s the latest episode of Monstrosities Mon Amour - podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m...

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Monstrosities Mon Amour LIVE: Bradwell Nuclear Power Station with Gillian Darley

Podcast Episode · Monstrosities Mon Amour · 12 June · 28min

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John Grindrod @grindrod.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

There's a new episode of Monstrosities Mon Amour out! It features the brilliant @gmdarksky.bsky.social talking about Bradwell Nuclear Power Station in Essex, and was recorded in front of a live studio audience at Concrete Atlantis, an event at the Horse Hospital open.substack.com/pub/johngrin...

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Monstrosities Mon Amour LIVE: Bradwell Nuclear Power Station with Gillian Darley

#18 In this live episode John Grindrod meets historian and biographer Gillian Darley to explore the decomissioned Bradwell Nuclear Power Station in Essex and the curious world of shoe horns

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Gillian Darley OBE @gmdarksky.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Felicity Cloake of M F K Fisher’s writing (in Consider the Oyster), ‘pure verbal Vermeer’. As is hers.

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Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

The great thing about the UK and the USA is that we share a common tongue, so we can all get on board with… the… this… er…

A headline from the New York Times opinion section, reading, ‘Pope Leo Isn’t Standing Athwart The Singularity’.

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Gillian Darley OBE @gmdarksky.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Follies de grandeur: Portmeirion turns 100 - Apollo Magazine. My piece celebrating a cheerful new book on Clough Williams-Ellis’ fun village

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Gillian Darley OBE @gmdarksky.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

For diaries. Friday 29 May TOWNSCAPE65.Eventbrite.co.uk. Gordon Cullen examined, with a dash of Ian Nairn (from me at 3.30) to add laconic spice.

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Gordon Cullen Study Day, Archive Visit & Book Launch

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John Grindrod @grindrod.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

One week to go until Monstrosities Mon Amour LIVE at the Horse Hospital as part of Concrete Atlantis, a smashing Sunday afternoon of music and spoken word www.johngrindrod.co.uk/events

The venue, the Horse Hospital, in Bloomsbury

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John Grindrod @grindrod.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Monstrosities Mon Amour live! Recording a show in front of a live audience at the Horse Hospital, London, on Sunday May 10, with special guest the brilliant @gmdarksky.bsky.social Part of an amazing afternoon of music, readings and chat www.johngrindrod.co.uk/events/monst...

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Monstrosities Mon Amour Live! as part of Concrete Atlantis at the Horse Hospital — John Grindrod.

Concrete Atlantis present: Sumer is icumen in a Roundabout Way. An afternoon of dark-edged spoken word, lively talk about concrete buildings and live music for dancing to architecture. With performanc...

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Gillian Darley OBE @gmdarksky.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

TOWNSCAPE 65 details on Eventbrite May 29. Talking about Nairn - and Cullen - and how they responded to the US cityscape.

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Samira Ahmed @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

I made a whole BBC TV series (2020) about the remarkable resilience of the people of Iran and their culture over centuries of threat and callous rule. You can watch it right here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Four - Art of Persia

Broadcaster and journalist Samira Ahmed reveals the remarkable story of Iran.

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Gillian Darley OBE @gmdarksky.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Hail to this volume. Inexplicably under the radar but gold standard team work on the 19th monograph within the heroic Survey of London.

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Gillian Darley OBE @gmdarksky.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Hail to this volume. Inexplicably under the radar but gold standard team work on the 19th monograph within the heroic Survey of London.

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Gillian Darley OBE @gmdarksky.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Those hands. Caravaggio’s St Jerome in the cathedral in Valletta.

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Gillian Darley OBE @gmdarksky.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Think the (excellent) Grasshoppers, congenial hotel looking over the station rooftops, is safe? Please confirm if you can.

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Gillian Darley OBE @gmdarksky.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Fool alert. Within recent days I told someone, oh so authoritatively, that John Carr of York built most of Valletta. Turns out I meant Porto. If it was you, I grovel.

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