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Martin Devereux @martydev.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

How the hell do I keep missing them being on tour?!

Martin Devereux @martydev.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Listening to Jess Gillam interviewing Gerald Finley. They’re talking about saxophonist Stan Getz and it’s fascinating to listen to two master musicians unpacking and describing Getz’s ability to convey so much humanity in his playing with such constraint. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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This Classical Life - Jess Gillam with... Gerald Finley - BBC Sounds

Jess Gillam shares favourite music with the baritone Gerald Finley.

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Martin Devereux @martydev.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I remember watching it in Guildhall Yard. It was cloudy and dull!

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Martin Devereux @martydev.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

This reminds me of a records survey I once did in a lighthouse. Boxes of records on the dining table, amongst plates of lasagne, a dog and cat wandering around and a couple of chain smokers, one with a beard stained yellow from the nicotine, sat at the table.

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Martin Devereux @martydev.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

They’re currently a duo, but they were a trio for a long time. Superb singers and very good live.

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Martin Devereux @martydev.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Went to Folk by the Oak yesterday. Was great fun, though I feel like a sun-dried tomato today. The fireworks were brief.

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Martin Devereux @martydev.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I naively thought a benefit of being freelance would be a day or two per week/month doing this kind of stuff. Needless to say it is not.

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Martin Devereux @martydev.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

It’s such an oddly delightful film. I shall miss Sam Neill very much.

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Martin Devereux @martydev.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I am at an academic conference for the first time in a while. We’re still in the first session despite coffee break being finished now 10 minutes ago and the second session should have started by now. Why am I still surprised by the appalling time-keeping of academics?

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Martin Devereux @martydev.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

That’s not great timing. Hope all goes well.

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Martin Devereux @martydev.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

‘Wrong side of history’. Ho hum, here we go again.

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Martin Devereux @martydev.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

I don’t think I could do a whole week of onsite work anymore, the commute would kill me. That said, I do a lot more driving to work these days.

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Martin Devereux @martydev.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I used to work at Staples in the 90s, in the Business Machines dept. This was the dream we used to sell.

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Martin Devereux @martydev.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

It’s very sad news. Occasionally used to see him outside the Mount Pleasant studios when I worked at BPMA. Always a nod and a smile if I caught his eye.

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Martin Devereux @martydev.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Someone’s got the grumptons today. Thankfully not me.

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Martin Devereux @martydev.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

They do! I love a chaotic site survey! The first I ever experienced, a warehouse where the contents of a merchant bank had been piled. Fireplaces, furniture and records. I remember my boss clambering up shelves pulling out ledgers and muttering incantations like ‘articles and memoranda’!

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Martin Devereux @martydev.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

It’s the M1 southbound, just before J13.

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Martin Devereux @martydev.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

The weekend has been busy. Major treat in bagging 2nd row tickets for The Tempest at Stratford. Hugely enjoyable with a strong cast and production. Today was for the rugby, which was enjoyable even in defeat, even with a brass quartet.

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Martin Devereux @martydev.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

I’m usually driving when I pass this bridge on the M1, but I was a passenger yesterday. Definitely my favourite bit of graffiti…

A bridge on the M1 motorway, with the Latin motto, ‘Nullius in Verba’, graffitied on side.

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Christopher Hilton @chilton-bb.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Cambridge event alert: I'm speaking at Great St Mary's on Saturday 14th at 7pm, on "Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears: Shared Lives, Shared Legacy". Do come along if you're in the area: tickets here share.google/rdfJPlLyqiNX...

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Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears at the Red House: Shared Lives, Shared Legacy

Join us for a wonderful event entitled Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears at the Red House: Shared Lives, Shared Legacy by Christopher Hilton, Head of Archive and Library, Britten Pears Arts.

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Martin Devereux @martydev.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I met Ben years ago at an event at TPM I was photographing. Top man.

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Martin Devereux @martydev.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Yep. Wide awake at 4:00am, lying in bed thinking clearly about the work day ahead and what I need to do. Cut to 7:30am and I’m knackered, dozing off and barely able to drag myself out of bed.

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Martin Devereux @martydev.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

You’re the living embodiment of the 7 Ps, Helen. Always appreciated that, but it’s definitely time to go and have a weekend!!

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Martin Devereux @martydev.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Oh no. Hope she’s treated soon. Thinking of you both.

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Martin Devereux @martydev.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Well that’s a pretty fab birthday present! Happy Birthday - one we share!!

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Martin Devereux @martydev.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

A few months ago I finished a project to archive the records of a charity. To celebrate, the team went on a day out to throw some pottery. First time using a potters wheel. Great fun, and now I own a handmade hummus dish and associated jar/mug/plant-pot…

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Martin Devereux @martydev.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

30+ years ago, when I was an English Lit undergrad, I was very envious of a fellow student who had one of those Toshiba Tecras with a colour screen. I was still writing my assignments by hand. I never appreciated how heavy it must’ve been to lug about. How times have changed!

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Martin Devereux @martydev.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

It’s that brief moment when, if you squint hard enough, you can see the last thing on your to-do list, right before a truck load of other people’s problems get in the way.

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Martin Devereux @martydev.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Those were the days! I think @daneanne.bsky.social takes the prize for endurance during its creation.

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Martin Devereux @martydev.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Six years! Crazy to think so much time has passed! The meningitis outbreak is worrying.

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Martin Devereux @martydev.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

That’s quite a small roundabout for MK.

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Martin Devereux @martydev.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

New German appliances in our kitchen. The fridge beeps if the door is left open, the washing machine beeps every minute after a cycle if you don’t open the door and the induction hob beeps whenever it detects moisture spat from a bubbling pan. All very stress inducing.

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Martin Devereux @martydev.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

They’re fab! I had my first ever go on a potters wheel a few weeks ago and loved it.

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Martin Devereux @martydev.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Let me know the details and I’ll see if I can wrangle things around in my diary. Meeting with archive friends is very much needed.

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Martin Devereux @martydev.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Thought of an idea for a new reality tv competition. We’ve had tatooists, make-up artists, sewing and painting. How about finding the best amateur male grooming practitioner? We could call it ‘Manscape Artist of the Year’, hosted by Stephen Mangan.

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Martin Devereux @martydev.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Sometimes, being a freelancer can be tough, especially this time of year. Today, though, has been a good one. Current projects still excite and a new client brings new challenges and new rewards. A good way to end the week.

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Martin Devereux @martydev.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Part of the haul of books I purchased during Facet’s Christmas 50% sale… perhaps not bedtime reads.

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