Helen Eccles @heleneccles.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Thank you for the heads up! I’ll enjoy looking later… 010
Helen Eccles @heleneccles.bsky.social · 15/01/2026That’s kind, Mark - thank you! I hope all’s well with you 020
Helen Eccles @heleneccles.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Thank you, that’s kind, MJ…I’m trying to view it as a good test of my resilience (and an opportunity to do lots of reading!) I was really pleased to see the event and would have loved to go! 030
Helen Eccles @heleneccles.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Hi MJ, thanks - I saw this! It looks fab. Sadly I’m thwarted with complications after surgery last September and can’t manage a jaunt up to London at the moment. Such a pain (in all senses!) Hope it goes well and fingers crossed you’ll do another event I can get to when things improve 230
Helen Eccles @heleneccles.bsky.social · 13/01/2026I loved it! Thanks so much for the heads up; I’ve messaged other regular Helga and she’s looking forward to it later. I just wish it was a bit more prominent on the app - it deserves more visibility 230
Helen Eccles @heleneccles.bsky.social · 21/09/2025@mjjjennings.bsky.social @newsukarchives.bsky.social Have you seen in today’s paper? Lisdoonvarna! I’ve popped a link to your recent piece in the comments today as it seems a shame not to link the two pieces www.thetimes.com/article/8e66...thetimes.com‘My wife doesn’t know I’m here’ — tales from the matchmaking festivalFor those turned off by Tinder, there is always the annual festival in Lisdoonvarna that has been bringing couples together for more than a century 240
Helen Eccles @heleneccles.bsky.social · 13/09/2025Florence Knapp’s The Names. The reference came out of the blue within the context of the book…without your piece in the paper this week I would have probably just skimmed by it (I love little discoveries and connections like this!) 010
Helen Eccles @heleneccles.bsky.social · 12/09/2025@mjjjennings.bsky.social Second Lisdoonvarna reference this week - randomly popping up in a novel I was reading this afternoon. There’s surely going to be a third one… 130
Helen Eccles @heleneccles.bsky.social · 01/09/2025@newsukarchives.bsky.social @mjjjennings.bsky.social Have you seen this? www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/a... A common theme, I missed this piece in the NYT in August but helpfully they flagged it in their Morning newsletter today and I thought of you! One for you too @marcaspland.bsky.socialnytimes.comThe Analog Allure of Photographers’ Contact Sheets 260
Helen Eccles @heleneccles.bsky.social · 30/08/2025Missed this as we were heading home after our holiday (and then once back I failed to open Bluesky app for ages) but a quick first look suggests this is another cracker from @newsarchive.bsky.social For fans of the Brutalist style it includes a great shot of Trellick Tower under construction 010
Helen Eccles @heleneccles.bsky.social · 30/08/2025Just opened BlueSky for the first time in ages and found this! Thank you so much for the heads up and many apologies for only finding this now 000
Helen Eccles @heleneccles.bsky.social · 02/08/2025We’ve not managed to get away yet but hopefully this month! Hope you manage a break from work 030
Helen Eccles @heleneccles.bsky.social · 31/07/2025MJ! My apologies, I completely missed this (school holidays?). Thank you so much for thinking of me. Will take a look… 130
Reposted by Helen EcclesDes @desdelboy.bsky.social · 23/07/2025Morning all. Photograph by Chris Steele Perkins, Middlesbrough, Back alley 1976. 1317921
Helen Eccles @heleneccles.bsky.social · 22/07/2025I’ve not come across this photograph of Norman Yardley and Hedley Verity before Another great post by @picturesporting.bsky.social #cricket #photography 040
Helen Eccles @heleneccles.bsky.social · 14/07/2025Everything Ed writes is a must-read and this piece is no exception. Thoughtful, evocative writing. The image at the end - no spoilers; read the piece! - will linger long in my memory @marcaspland.bsky.social @mjjjennings.bsky.social @athersmike.bsky.social Think this is a piece you’d each enjoy 130
Helen Eccles @heleneccles.bsky.social · 02/07/2025A superb photograph With a bottle of ale close at hand clearly thirsty work for ‘Bosser’ #cricket #photography 040
Helen Eccles @heleneccles.bsky.social · 30/06/2025Another terrific archive piece from @mjjjennings.bsky.social and the @newsukarchives.bsky.social team #photography #london #archives 021
Helen Eccles @heleneccles.bsky.social · 30/06/2025Wonderful! Thank you so much for sharing - will enjoy having a peek later 020
Reposted by Helen EcclesBrian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 21/06/2025I live there, would like to have seen this. Ladies cricket at Greenfield, Saddleworth, 1902. 81008
Reposted by Helen EcclesHelen Eccles @heleneccles.bsky.social · 16/06/2025This month’s brilliant archive piece by @mjjjennings.bsky.social and @newsukarchives.bsky.social team made me think of Tish Murtha’s wonderful photography Behind a pay wall but if you have a subscription this is such an enjoyable distraction from the rest of the news #photography #archives 163
Helen Eccles @heleneccles.bsky.social · 16/06/2025I ran out of steam looking at all the comments so didn’t see it but pleased I’m not the only one to spot the rhyme with Tish’s work 120
Helen Eccles @heleneccles.bsky.social · 16/06/2025This month’s brilliant archive piece by @mjjjennings.bsky.social and @newsukarchives.bsky.social team made me think of Tish Murtha’s wonderful photography Behind a pay wall but if you have a subscription this is such an enjoyable distraction from the rest of the news #photography #archives 163
Helen Eccles @heleneccles.bsky.social · 16/06/2025455 comments!! So pleased this month’s piece has received so much attention. My comment is pending approval (no idea why!) but I loved the selection 020
Helen Eccles @heleneccles.bsky.social · 06/06/2025When Rodeo came to London. It must have been such eye-opening, incredible experience to be in crowd Another fascinating dip into the Times photographic archive… 132
Helen Eccles @heleneccles.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Thank you so much for the heads up! I haven’t got to the paper (app) today but I’ll head over there now to take a peek. Hope all in the archive team have a good weekend 010
Helen Eccles @heleneccles.bsky.social · 26/05/2025@marcaspland.bsky.social and @mjjjennings.bsky.social you might enjoy this if you haven’t come across it already 021
Helen Eccles @heleneccles.bsky.social · 26/05/2025“I’ve always understood one thing about sports photography: the importance of luck. You’ve got to get lucky” - Neil Leifer #sportsphotography #photography www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/a...nytimes.comThe Greatest Sports Photo Ever Made Turns 60 010
Reposted by Helen EcclesCaribbean Cricket Podcast @caribcricket.bsky.social · 13/05/2025🚨NEW CCP VIDEO🚨 We often get asked to explain the Caribbean Cricket Podcast origin story and how we made it become such an influential part of the West Indies ecosystem. Listen in as @mashstpaddy.bsky.social and @santokie.bsky.social tell it in their own unique style youtu.be/QejPaVyGYq4youtu.beHow Caribbean Cricket Podcast changed the gameYouTube video by Caribbean Cricket Podcast 123
Helen Eccles @heleneccles.bsky.social · 09/05/2025The NYT-style (I’m sure others do it too!) of presenting the gallery works really well on an iPad. Have tipped off our Helga who’d been wondering when the archive piece would be landing on the app - know she’ll be enjoying it as much me 120
Helen Eccles @heleneccles.bsky.social · 09/05/2025I’ve been dipping into it each day since it arrived and finding something of interest each time - such a lovely book 010
Helen Eccles @heleneccles.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Not perhaps as well known as others working in the field, Mik’s photography - inspired by and made possible by deep connections within his local community - was always full of humanity and often deeply moving and poignant #photography #northeast 040
Reposted by Helen EcclesEmma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 06/05/2025My Etsy shop's now open for small & large limited ed'n fine art signed mounted prints & frameable greetings cards of my botanical collections. I design my photos using recent research so that they dial down your fight or flight/stress response just by looking at them: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv... 10383126
Helen Eccles @heleneccles.bsky.social · 06/05/2025You know I’m hopeful you might get to do a sports-inspired one! It’s a really lovely book that deserves to fly off bookshop shelves 020
Reposted by Helen EcclesHelen Eccles @heleneccles.bsky.social · 03/05/2025Thanks to prompt dispatch by The Times bookshop this gem of a book - featuring one of my favourite Stanley Devon photographs - has arrived ahead of its official publication date next week It’s a triumph! Huge congratulations due to @mjjjennings.bsky.social and the @newsukarchives.bsky.social team 243
Helen Eccles @heleneccles.bsky.social · 03/05/2025@desdelboy.bsky.social a new book you might enjoy, Des 120
Helen Eccles @heleneccles.bsky.social · 03/05/2025@marcaspland.bsky.social @athersmike.bsky.social Hope you’re both able to get your hands on a copy of this gem. @mjjjennings.bsky.social has, unsurprisingly, done a brilliant job bringing this into being 021
Helen Eccles @heleneccles.bsky.social · 03/05/2025Thanks to prompt dispatch by The Times bookshop this gem of a book - featuring one of my favourite Stanley Devon photographs - has arrived ahead of its official publication date next week It’s a triumph! Huge congratulations due to @mjjjennings.bsky.social and the @newsukarchives.bsky.social team 243
Helen Eccles @heleneccles.bsky.social · 03/05/2025My copy from the Times Bookshop has just arrived too! It looks terrific. A post and photo to follow when I have a minute 010
Helen Eccles @heleneccles.bsky.social · 23/04/2025This is beautiful, Emma. Thinking of you tomorrow and hope the scan - and results - aren’t as scary as you imagine x 000
Reposted by Helen EcclesHelen Eccles @heleneccles.bsky.social · 22/04/2025A lovely interview, featuring a quite brilliant - moving and compelling - portrait of Freddie by @marcaspland.bsky.social #cricket #photography #sportsphotography 031
Helen Eccles @heleneccles.bsky.social · 22/04/2025A lovely interview, featuring a quite brilliant - moving and compelling - portrait of Freddie by @marcaspland.bsky.social #cricket #photography #sportsphotography 031
Helen Eccles @heleneccles.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Just listening to this now and love Sarah’s idea of telling some of the stories behind Chicago’s 1893 World’s Fair in a future episode - I hope you’re able to squeeze it into your plans 000
Reposted by Helen EcclesHelen Eccles @heleneccles.bsky.social · 21/04/2025I’ve spent time this weekend reading ‘Who wants normal?’ by @francesryan.bsky.social It’s brilliant, necessary and funny in just the right places Grab a copy if you can - and it’s not just for disabled people but hugely insightful for those who want to be allies to us #books #disability 1185
Helen Eccles @heleneccles.bsky.social · 21/04/2025So pleased you’ve managed to get a diagnosis and one that feels right to you. I hope it helps unlock any support you need (High-Functioning Anxiety: A 5-Step Guide to Calming the Inner Panic and Thriving by Lalitaa Suglani, if you haven’t read it, is very good) 110
