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Side @sidegallery.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

🏭 ON NOW in Paisley: “Industrial Epic”. Photography and film from the AmberSide Collection trace the working landscapes of North East shipyards, factories, refineries and mines. 📍 Refractive at The Liberal Club 📅 Until 7 Nov 🎟️ Free 🔗 sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...

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Side @sidegallery.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🎬 Starting tomorrow and running all weekend: “Voices From Here” brings six decades of Amber Films to Durham Folk Festival. 📍 Redhills Durham Miners Hall 📅 18 to 20 Sept 🕐 1 to 4pm daily 🎟️ Free More info: sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...

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Matt James Smith @mattjamessmith.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I like to think there's a small but significant percentage of the world's population motivated solely by any new opportunity to hate on Ed Sheeran who are now fiercely devoted to Palestinian freedom.

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Matt James Smith @mattjamessmith.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

A few stills from our musical adventure yesterday, going around 'The Pitman Poet' Tommy Armstrong's old haunts and singing his songs - with the fabulous Bethany Elen Coyle and Jude Murphy.

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Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Got to work with some incredibly talented filmmakers to turn End Times Fascism into a ten minute video essay. Check it out below. There’s nothing like hearing the derangement directly from the doom profiteers. m.youtube.com/watch?v=aK2n...

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How modern fascism works | End Times Fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor

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Matt James Smith @mattjamessmith.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

It's feeling autumnal, so here's a magnolia blossom from the spring

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Matt James Smith @mattjamessmith.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

A gentle plea for a small change to the way we describe the place we call home. I've written about why "deindustrialised" is more honest than "post-industrial" - and why, as AI data centres arrive in the North East, we're not "post" anything at all. mattjamessmith.com/blog/post-in...

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Post-industrial or deindustrialised? — Matt James Smith

The words we use matter … don’t they? This is either a chip on my shoulder or a gallant crusade (you decide) but I’ve now heard too many good people doing good work using a bad word.

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Matt James Smith @mattjamessmith.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Looking back at 2025, and forward to 2026. A year of progress on Ghost Train, client work I actually believe in (Point North, No More Nowt, Durham Miners’ Gala), the Durham Creative Community Fellowship, and the start of something new… Full post on Substack open.substack.com/pub/mattjame...

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Looking back at 2025 and forward to 2026

Films, commissions, and a 40-year-old mural

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Matt James Smith @mattjamessmith.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

A few stills from our musical adventure yesterday, going around 'The Pitman Poet' Tommy Armstrong's old haunts and singing his songs - with the fabulous Bethany Elen Coyle and Jude Murphy.

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Matt James Smith @mattjamessmith.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

A murder in the snow and a parade of giants. Above Esh Winning, Dec 2010.

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Matt James Smith @mattjamessmith.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

My current project Ghost Train is a collaborative film about the landscape and communities of the West Durham Coalfield. It follows a route along the network of disused industrial rail lines that ran throughout the region mattjamessmith.com/ghost-train

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