Reposted by Liz ReesSide @sidegallery.bsky.social · 14h📸 InSide returns this October: a space to share documentary work, ask questions, talk through sticking points and swap news and opportunities. 📅 Monday 19th October 2026, 6–8pm 📍 Gosforth Civic Theatre 🔗 More info: sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/... 011
Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 12hAlways well-catered iirc (or maybe that was just the wine....) 010
Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 15hAt spectacular new @culturehousecc.bsky.social Sunderland to see Audrey Amiss exhibition back in her native town @wellcomecollection.bsky.social 110
Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 19hHappy birthday @lizzybarchivist.bsky.social - hope you’re enjoying your week off! 000
Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I had one pair that was definitely wrong (after I'd had varifocals for a few years) - assistant ineptitude certainly to blame (though they did replace them) 100
Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 06/10/2026So I wonder if Gateshead Council would entertain a "request" to light the bridge for Show Racism the Red Card if someone paid.... 010
Reposted by Liz ReesSide @sidegallery.bsky.social · 06/10/2026📷 Show us Newcastle now. We’re inviting young people to photograph the city as they see it. No fancy kit needed, a phone is fine. Part of Under Development at Newcastle Contemporary Art (NCA), with selected work shown in an exhibition and newspaper. Submit: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/newc... 0109
Reposted by Liz ReesSteve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 06/10/2026#NewcastleUponTyne #Gateshead This stained glass pane in All Saints Church, Newcastle upon Tyne on this day 6th September 2016. An image of the church surviving the Great Fire of Gateshead and Newcastle 6th October 1854. More @ flickr.com/photos/steve... 061
Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I just had an email from a certain well-known bookseller offering 10% off tickets, so maybe they're not actually SELLING FAST at all 100
Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Archivists keep the receipts (& remember where they put them!) 110
Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Having done jury service for the first time last year I didn't understand this policy. While it's obviously expensive to administer, there's no shortage of jurors, whereas there are lots of empty courts, shortage of lawyers & inefficiency in bringing prisoners in 030
Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 04/10/2026He's the only one I've ever met - a lovely boy, and they don't bark! 010
Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 04/10/2026A friend has a Basenji, which also have pretty good ears! 100
Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Pornbot Julie seems to have grown an unfortunate beard @mariegardiner.bsky.social 010
Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I used to have a cape (not a cloak) back in the day, and yes, bag was complicated 030
Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Ah....well that means the rest of them could have been even more effective going for the gold 000
Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Seems to me there's so many of them they could have split up and done both (though I admit I didn't quite follow what the keys were about) 110
Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 02/10/2026As a foreigner from South Wales I contend that swedes & turnips are two different things! The big purple & orange things are swedes, while turnips are smaller and white (ducks for cover) 100
Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 01/10/2026She's always struck me as a genuine person in spite of it all. Whatever did she see in Rupert? 010
Reposted by Liz ReesNorth East Bylines @northeastbylines.co.uk · 01/10/2026Having recently been refurbished and now open again to the public, Redhills had its official reopening on the evening of Thursday 24 September | Peter Sagarnortheastbylines.co.ukThe past we inherit, the future we build: Redhills official openingHaving recently been refurbished and now open again to the public, Redhills had its official reopening on the evening of Thursday 24 September 084
Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yes, the FoH staff were telling us the wait-time the day I was there was exceptional but reports suggest otherwise. Most people were patient but some (as always) unpleasant 100
Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I think this link (shared by a friend) is outside the paywall www.thetimes.com/article/b21e...thetimes.comBayeux Tapestry visitors turned away after chaotic afternoon queuesLong waiting times at the British Museum have resulted in people with tickets being rushed through the exhibition, while some did not make it in at all 010
Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Sadly I was there last week on the day of the 2-hour queue as reported in the Times at the weekend, but at least I did eventually get in, unlike some others 110
Reposted by Liz ReesMunicipal Dreams @municipaldreams.bsky.social · 01/10/2026🚨 New post on Substack: my follow-up post on the unfairly maligned and stigmatised Meadow Well Estate in North Shields - ‘decent people living on a decent estate’. (Photographs Steve Conlon) municipaldreams.substack.com/p/the-meadow... 063
Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Yeah, when @melindahaunton.bsky.social says young people like her maybe she means toddlers 100
Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Then we can probably be thankful GBBO doesn't have a public vote. She's much too performatively kooky (or cookie for this week) #ProudToBeOld 000
Reposted by Liz ReesSide @sidegallery.bsky.social · 29/09/2026🏗️ We’re excited to announce the upcoming exhibition: Under Development Opening Oct 17 at Newcastle Contemporary Arts, it brings together the AmberSide Collection and Four Corners Archive to ask what happens when cities change? 🔗 sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/... 046
Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I know his parents, y'know! He's very talented. (have you seen the Irish grandad sketch too?) 100
Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I was surprised they might have a cleaner (special or not) on board at all to be honest though I suppose they double as the people with the rubbish bags 110
Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I was on a train out of KX yesterday where they asked an @lner.co.uk cleaner to attend one of the 1st class carriages within 5 minutes of leaving #Ominous 110
Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 26/09/2026People seem to take their dogs everywhere. I went to the finish of the Great North Run the other day - 63,000 runners + friends, family & general spectators & people still think it's a nice walk out for their dog 110
Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I suspect the original list only includes things you could watch in New York 000
Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I haven't read the latest Elizabeth Strout yet (just Booker-nominated) but I've enjoyed her earlier books - & the new one's a one-off whereas the Olive Kitteridge & Lucy Barton books draw you into a series 110
Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 24/09/2026There was a waiter in this place. I just asked him to charge an amount with a 10% tip. He didn’t even have to give me a new bill (I’d noticed he did at another table but maybe there was some other mistake) 100
Liz Rees @lizarees.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Annoying when restaurants automatically add service to the bill, but adding 13.5% is unconscionable #CreepingAmericanisation (no, I didn’t pay it) 121
Reposted by Liz ReesDr. David Barber @pressphotoman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026'The Misses Carrick' were daughters of the celebrated artist Thomas Heathfield Carrick (1802-1874). A Pressphotoman piece on Jane and Minnie Carrick's portrait and photography studio in 1860s and 1870s Newcastle on Tyne. pressphotoman.com/2026/09/21/t... 043