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Paul Dobraszczyk @pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social · 7h

To me, this spectacularly grim underpass off the Rochdale Road is one of the wonders of Manchester (and it was too for this friendly chap)

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Paul Dobraszczyk @pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A glorious wander amongst the Woolpacks, a weathered gritstone outcrop on Kinder Scout that's full of creaturely rocks

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Paul Dobraszczyk @pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Truncated pier in Colwyn Bay, opened in 2021

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Paul Dobraszczyk @pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Gorgeous set of tiles on the former W.H. Smith shop in Llandudno

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Paul Dobraszczyk @pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Magnificent ductwork, Spinningfields, Manchester

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Paul Dobraszczyk @pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Robinia pseudoacacia (black locust) lit up by the setting sun in Westminster

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Paul Dobraszczyk @pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Wonky past versus straight present, Manchester

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Paul Dobraszczyk @pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Vegetation spewing out of a railway arch, Manchester

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Paul Dobraszczyk @pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Blue boat, Rochdale Canal, Manchester

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Paul Dobraszczyk @pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Dancing light, Rochdale Canal, Manchester

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Paul Dobraszczyk @pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Manchester Constructivism, St Peter's Square

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Paul Dobraszczyk @pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Come and hear about the secret life of sewers on 13 October at the British Academy in London. I'll be waxing lyrical about sublime underground spaces and extravagant pumping stations. It's free too: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/searc...

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The secret life of sewers

From the Big Stink to the fatberg, London's history has always flowed through what (and how) we flush away. Sewers are one of the most transformational, yet least recognised interventions in the histo...

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Paul Dobraszczyk @pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Rare north London decrepitude, Malden Road, Kentish Town

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Paul Dobraszczyk @pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Gothick pile for sale in Cressbrook, Derbyshire

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Paul Dobraszczyk @pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Municipal chequerboard: the 1930s Grosvenor Estate in Pimlico, designed by Edwin Lutyens

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Paul Dobraszczyk @pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Manchester's fascinating and often bizarre architectural juxtapositions, a leitmotif of my wanderings in the city over the past decade

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Paul Dobraszczyk @pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Part of Ai Weiwei's monumental Murano glass chandelier 'The Human Comedy', as seen at Aviva Studios in Manchester. Gave me Terminator vibes.

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Paul Dobraszczyk @pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Three views of St Michael's tower on the rise, Manchester

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Paul Dobraszczyk @pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Attempting a very difficult move on Stanage Edge, then resignation in defeat

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Paul Dobraszczyk @pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Daniel Libeskind's extraordinary Jewish Museum in Berlin, perhaps the most powerful work of architecture of the last half century

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Paul Dobraszczyk @pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Simply fantastic that the new UK prime minister Andy Burnham's climate-change policy amounts to: 'we might consider banning the sale of disposable barbecues next year if there's another drought'

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Paul Dobraszczyk @pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

As the 50th consecutive heat-wave strikes Stockport...

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Paul Dobraszczyk @pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Wonderful architectural contrasts in Kreuzberg, Berlin

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Paul Dobraszczyk @pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

The stunning Neues Museum in Berlin, a living ruin designed by David Chipperfield Architects and incorporating as much of the damaged historical fabric of the building as possible

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Paul Dobraszczyk @pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

The Badeschiff on the River Spree in Berlin

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Paul Dobraszczyk @pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Hello from the Piccadilly Gardens of Berlin

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Paul Dobraszczyk @pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Billowing muslin covering in Smithfield market, Farringdon

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Paul Dobraszczyk @pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

A real pleasure to celebrate this year's Antepavilion winner at Hoxton Docks, built by Rites Studio

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Paul Dobraszczyk @pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Back of Goodfather Pizza, Chapel St, Salford

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Paul Dobraszczyk @pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Architectural remnants swallowed up by the new, Swan Street, Manchester

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Paul Dobraszczyk @pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

My new painting: 'Rendezvous with Rama'

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Paul Dobraszczyk @pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Towers of Manchester from Werneth, Oldham

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Paul Dobraszczyk @pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

The view from Albert Bridge, Manchester. The weird flattening effect of a zoom lens combined with a building that has literally been cut in half.

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Paul Dobraszczyk @pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Manchester's increasingly strange skyline

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Paul Dobraszczyk @pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Ruins of the former Hotspur Press, Manchester

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Paul Dobraszczyk @pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

A pair of fine brown hares, Cock Hill, Peak District

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Paul Dobraszczyk @pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

The conflagration on Tintwistle Moor, seen from the northern slopes of Bleaklow. The question of whether or not awful things can be beautiful isn't a new one - it's a key register of the sublime - but today it comes with renewed intensity with the effects of human recklessness.

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Paul Dobraszczyk @pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Frankly terrifying skies outside my bedroom window last night, the result of a vast plume of smoke being blown westwards by fires on Saddleworth Moor

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Paul Dobraszczyk @pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Juvenile whinchat on Walney Island, Cumbria

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