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philbixby.bsky.social @philbixby.bsky.social · 19h

As part of York Environment Festival and York Open Eco Homes you can tour our retrofitted/extended home this Sunday & discover how it stays comfortable year-round with a little help from the sun (& a lot of insulation & airtightness) Booking via the York Environment Festival website event calendar!

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philbixby.bsky.social @philbixby.bsky.social · 19h

As part of York Environment Festival and with others from York Central Co-Owned I'll be talking on Saturday about why we need to think beyond individual homes when building for future generations. Booking via the Events link on YoCo's website at www.yoco.uk or the York Environment Festival website!

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philbixby.bsky.social @philbixby.bsky.social · 19h

You'll (almost) never notice me up here - last one from Marseille! B&W photography on film 📷 Nikon F4 🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 100 #believeinfilm #fridayfavourites #ilfordphoto

A black and white photograph take along an external wall with the shadow of a high-level air conditioner spread diagonally across it

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philbixby.bsky.social @philbixby.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Sometimes it's hard to be discreet B&W photography on film 📷 Nikon F4 🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 100 #believeinfilm #fridayfavourites #ilfordphoto

A black and white photograph looking up at the corner of a building, with a street lamp and extensive cabling highlighted by the low sun

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philbixby.bsky.social @philbixby.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Sailing through a sea of blue B&W photography on film 📷 Nikon F4 🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 100 #believeinfilm #fridayfavourites #ilfordphoto

A black and white photograph showing a clear sky framed between old buildings, a terrace behind dipping to the left and the curved end of a second terrace full height to the left of this, both rendered white.

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philbixby.bsky.social @philbixby.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Part of the furniture B&W photography on film 📷 Nikon F4 🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 100 #believeinfilm #fridayfavourites #ilfordphoto

A black and white photograph showing lower left an old and disused piece of shopfront machinery, with the wall it is fixed to covered in graffiti

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philbixby.bsky.social @philbixby.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

You are clearly equipped for such a gig's dress code, which puts you far ahead of me!

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philbixby.bsky.social @philbixby.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

V chuffed that Sign of a Forgotten Place is in the current Glasgow Gallery of Photography "Time" exhibition - part of a fascinating mix of work. The sign was for a hotel, now no longer serving a market long gone, in Retford - part of my Marginal photobook project on places touched by the railways.

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philbixby.bsky.social @philbixby.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Fours and fives B&W photography on film 📷 Nikon F4 🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 100 #believeinfilm #fridayfavourites #ilfordphoto

A black and white photograph of a house number "5" screwed to a rendered wall, with four feathers having their pointy end tucked under the number, decorating it

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philbixby.bsky.social @philbixby.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

C'est magnifique B&W photography on film 📷 Nikon F4 🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 100 #believeinfilm #fridayfavourites #ilfordphoto

A black and white photograph of the graffiti-covered front of a derelict supermarket, with the remains of the name on the canopy over

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philbixby.bsky.social @philbixby.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Many thanks! And thanks to MUCEM for the roof - it's a building with many photographic angles...

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Thanks again to @mrjamesob.bsky.social for highlighting Kemi Badenoch's banning of journalists she doesn't approve of, which very few other journalists in the country seem willing to mention for some reason inews.co.uk/opinion/bade...

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philbixby.bsky.social @philbixby.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Beyond a rippling sea B&W photography on film 📷 Nikon F4 🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 100 #believeinfilm #fridayfavourites #ilfordphoto

A black and white photograph taken across a flat, sculpturally detailed roof surface towards a distant (out of focus) church.

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philbixby.bsky.social @philbixby.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A deep-fried Mars Bar would slip easily into a cycle jersey back pocket as a carb-heavy accompaniment...

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philbixby.bsky.social @philbixby.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Shade is something we seem somehow blind to in UK building design. If you don't want overheating, shade the glazing in summer. If you want to open onto usable external space, ensure it's shady in summer. The sun is helpfully predictable for modelling purposes, as Passivhaus designers understand

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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The pitch here seems to be, ‘we’ll build the houses and infrastructure we failed to build during the 14 years we were in government, but we’ll do it in the most damaging and lowest quality way possible’. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England

Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth

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Marc Hudson @marchudson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Marred by the semi-hopey final sentence, but otherwise, omfg it's good stuff. That link again - thebattleground.eu/2026/01/16/s...

lthough this new imperialism calls itself realism, realism has rarely been so fantastical. It assumes that domination can substitute for adaptation, that exerting control over flows can override material limits.

What it really offers is delay, postponing the ecological bill by turning planetary crisis into geopolitical competition. The collective problem of survival is reframed as a contest over who will absorb the damage first. Borders become shock absorbers. Militaries become climate institutions of last resort.

Delay, however, is not durability. Every new pipeline, port, and base is an investment in a future that cannot arrive. Empire transforms stranded assets into protected assets, defended by law, debt, and violence. In doing so, it locks societies into pathways that narrow rather than expand their options.

The defence of the present becomes the foreclosure of the future.

This is the final confession embedded in the new imperialism. It admits that the existing order cannot survive without coercion, that its promises were built on borrowed carbon and borrowed time. Faced with this recognition, states choose not transformation but enforcement. They drill the future, fortify the present, and call it realism.

History is unlikely to be persuaded. Empires that mistake delay for strength rarely survive the crises they prolong.

Climate change will not be subdued by competition, nor growth resurrected by conquest. What lies ahead is not an imperial century, but a reckoning that will judge not who controlled the most territory, but who had the courage to imagine a world beyond expansion.

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philbixby.bsky.social @philbixby.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Many thanks! A good city for shadows 👍

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philbixby.bsky.social @philbixby.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

One step away from a foot in mouth basis

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philbixby.bsky.social @philbixby.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A reminder from above B&W photography on film 📷 Nikon F4 🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 100 #believeinfilm #fridayfavourites #ilfordphoto

A black and white photograph of an urban house frontage with a strong shadow across it of the roof and chimney opposite

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philbixby.bsky.social @philbixby.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Jeez, you nip outside for fifty years and they change EVERYTHING

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philbixby.bsky.social @philbixby.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Thinking about it there's a missed opportunity there given the Wellness shop's strapline of "Helping you feel better"; clearly Knottingley Guns should have gone with "Helping you feel MUCH better"

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philbixby.bsky.social @philbixby.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Tenants probably driven away by the whale song soundtrack and gunshots

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philbixby.bsky.social @philbixby.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

...plus I rather like this one from the same town - Celestial Bridge Angelic Reiki Healing (and Ethically-Sourced Crystals) and the fallback position to at least get you through the winter

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philbixby.bsky.social @philbixby.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

As some of you will have spotted on here, when I set off on adventures to take B&W photos I always seem to encounter well-paired businesses. Thank you to Knottingley today for this joyous adjacency, handling wellness plus somewhere for when the wellness becomes unbearable

A photograph of a building accommodating a pair of adjacent shops:- Five Towns Wellness, and Knottingley Guns

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philbixby.bsky.social @philbixby.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Fabulous! The dancing in the New Gulshan ads was I recall a lot livelier than the restaurant itself, struggling as it did, being a pioneer of Something Other Than Fish And Chips back in the day

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philbixby.bsky.social @philbixby.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Back when I was a lad (50+ years ago) the Odeon in St.Albans used to constantly run ads for the local New Gulshan Indian restaurant, which were quite fabulously amateurish and far funnier than some comedy feature films

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Gail Myerscough @gailmyerscough.co.uk · 29/09/2026

I’m Gail, a one woman (and a feline assistant) business, based in Manchester. I create prints, homewares, T-shirts & cards inspired by midcentury design, music and architecture. Have a look gailmyerscough.co.uk

A grid of twelve illustrations featuring music designs, architecture designs, books, retro abstract designs and swimmers. Bold and colourful.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This is a great explanation. The proposal is to move from a Triple Lock to an Adjusted Triple Lock.

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Caroline Lewis @singfoodie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Britain's future relationship with Europe is being debated in Parliament on 12th October. I've just asked my MP to attend. Will you ask yours? www.europeanmovement.co.uk/contact-mp-a...

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Ask your MP to stand up for our future in Europe

On 12 October, Parliament will debate the UK's future relationship with Europe, after a government petition got over 100,000 signatures. Will you write to your MP to ask them to attend the debate?

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philbixby.bsky.social @philbixby.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The @sunnybankmills.bsky.social Soft Light show kicks off today, including a zine library where you'll find my Stone and Sun photobook! Shot on film in black & white around Le Puy en Velay in France, it's a 24-page z-fold in a handmade box/sleeve. Lots to see at Sunny Bank Mills - go take a look!

A photograph of a black and white photobook with printed sleeve

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philbixby.bsky.social @philbixby.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Fabric B&W photography on film 📷 Nikon F4 🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 100 #believeinfilm #fridayfavourites #ilfordphoto La Vielle Charite, Marseille

A black and white photograph taken from the first floor loggia of a historic courtyard building, with fabric draped across the arched openings

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philbixby.bsky.social @philbixby.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Olympics have consistently shown us Brits to lead in the sitting-down sports

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philbixby.bsky.social @philbixby.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

York Environment Festival starts tomorrow - and we're part of it as one of this year's Open Eco Homes. You've got ten projects to visit, all of which have interesting stories to tell and real-life experience to feed back. Info & (essential!) booking link at yorkcommunityenergy.org.uk/event/york-o...

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philbixby.bsky.social @philbixby.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Popped into York's Patch yesterday to explore their print sales corner - lots of goodies there if you're passing or visiting. Including - obvs - some copies of my Yorkshire Wolds photobook, all handmade in a funky box and shot on film. There are also mounted prints, if you want something more 2D!

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philbixby.bsky.social @philbixby.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Bienvenue dans la rue! B&W photography on film 📷 Nikon F4 🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 100 #believeinfilm #fridayfavourites #ilfordphoto

A black and white photograph of the surface of a pavement, on which there is reflection of lettering on a window, which spells out "Bienvenue"

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philbixby.bsky.social @philbixby.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

There will be dancing whenever the sun shines!

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philbixby.bsky.social @philbixby.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

When evening comes, I dance in the street B&W photography on film 📷 Nikon F4 🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 100 #believeinfilm #fridayfavourites #ilfordphoto

A black and white photograph of a window to a street, with a decorative wrought-iron security grille casting shadows on the wall adjacent

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Kemi Badenoch condemned Reform's ban on critical journalists covering their conference as "authoritarian", saying her own party would never do the same as "we believe in free speech. We believe in a free press." Now the Conservatives have banned Byline Times from their conference

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Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban

The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press

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philbixby.bsky.social @philbixby.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I've paid for it so I will use it B&W photography on film 📷 Nikon F4 🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 100 #believeinfilm #fridayfavourites #ilfordphoto

A black and white photograph showing a tall building between two streets, extending to a narrow point at ground level

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John Grindrod @grindrod.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

AUTUMN TALES OF THE SUBURBS TOUR! Birmingham Literature Festival, 8 Oct Off the Shelf, Sheffield, 11 Oct Coast is Queer, Brighton, 18 Oct Write Idea Festival, Tower Hamlets, 21 Nov (tix not yet available) www.johngrindrod.co.uk/events

Copy of Tales of the Suburbs: LGBTQ+ Lives Behind Net Curtains held up in front of some suburban houses

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philbixby.bsky.social @philbixby.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Light and matter on a Marseille street B&W photography on film 📷 Nikon F4 🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 100 #believeinfilm #fridayfavourites #ilfordphoto

A black and white photograph of a window in a wall, with a parked cycle in the foreground. The late sun casts shadows of a window grille across the wall.

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philbixby.bsky.social @philbixby.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

@archreguk.bsky.social hi there - after a number of days of maintenance on the CPD log site I now simply can't get access - I get a "connection isn't private" error message? Any idea what's happened please?

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Reece Dinsdale @reecedinsdale.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

If you would like to help me help #SaveSquareChapelArts, then click on the link on the post below and scroll to the bottom. There you will find a list of all the useful things you can do. Let’s make some noise! Thank you.

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philbixby.bsky.social @philbixby.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Shade B&W photography on film 📷 Nikon F4 🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 100 #believeinfilm #fridayfavourites #ilfordphoto

A black and white photograph showing trees curving across a street between tall buildings, with a bright sky beyond and near-darkness at street level

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philbixby.bsky.social @philbixby.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Tyre / sky / sun B&W photography on film 📷 Nikon F4 🎞️ Ilford Delta Pro 100 #believeinfilm #fridayfavourites #ilfordphoto

A black and white photograph looking up at the gable of a building with a relief of a tyre/wheel, set in shade in front of the clear sky and the sunlight on a white flank wall adjacent

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Fronteer @fronteer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Join us from 4pm today for a delightful combination of art, windows, wine, birds, artists and doors (not necessarily in that order!) www.fronteer.co.uk/event-detail...

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Private View - 'Flock' and 'Windows & Doors' | Fronteer

Join us for the opening of 2 brand new exhibitions at Fronteer Gallery!

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philbixby.bsky.social @philbixby.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A timely reminder that it's not *always* best to do "what you're supposed to do"...

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