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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The new Yangzhou Scholars’ Garden at RHS Bridgewater.

Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

In relentlessly troubling times, The Other Bennet Sister on the BBC is a funny, warm-hearted tonic. Ella Bruccoleri has a great range of silent comedian expressions.

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Post-Christmas walk on the beach, mostly deserted except for one fellow ambler in the distance. Found some kid’s toy whistle in the sand, gave it a blow for a laugh. Looking forward to a decent night’s sleep when I get back to the hotel.

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

This year’s music project is now out in the world - re-recorded and reworked versions of long out of print old Inca Babies songs.

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

A cobweb-clearing walk along Cleveleys beach.

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Helios by Luke Jerram at Fountains Abbey

A large scale model of the sun hangs from the pillars of a ruined abbey

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Held By Trees channeling the creative legacy of the late, great Mark Hollis in Manchester last night. @heldbytrees.bsky.social

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Paint me like your French foxes

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Highland cattle in Heaton Park, enjoying the break between Oasis concerts two fields down.

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

A remarkably chilled garden visitor. I was sat on my garden chair reading a book when it (she?) wandered over and lay down. #foxoftheday @chrisgpackham.bsky.social

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Really enjoyed @robinince.bsky.social at Salford Lowry last night. Haven’t started his new book yet, but I already feel confident in recommending it without hesitation.

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Penguin Cafe at the excellent Brewery Arts Centre in Kendal. Just the one song masked, though.

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

My favourite Manchester blue plaque, to be found on, yes, Balloon Street. The journey reached about seven miles, and it doesn’t mention the fact that Sadler was accompanied by a cat. I imagine the film being narrated by Oliver Postgate

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Low tide at Half Moon Bay, Heysham

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Rochdale’s recently reopened Town Hall. Originally completed in 1871 at four times its original estimate, the mayor explained “We cannot have beauty without paying for it.”

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

This week’s book buys. My 2025 plan to rein in the rate of book purchasing and bring it in line with the rate of books read is getting off to a shaky start.

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Alter Ego by Marion Adnams Currently on display at the Surrealist Landscapes exhibition at the @hepworthwakefield.bsky.social

Surrealist painting - A folded paper woman stands on a beach next to the skeleton of a bird

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

A man watches a Magritte. Surrealist Landscapes exhibition at the Hepworth in Wakefield

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

JG Ballard The Unlimited Dream Company Cover illustration by James Marsh

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Low winter sun in N Wales - Snowdonia / Eryri to the left, Anglesey and Menai Strait to the right.

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Good luck to AI in trying to accurately replicate real life.

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Today’s walk around the ‘hood. Chilly but calming.

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

A chilly day on Morecambe prom. Wrap up well.

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Not a Christmas present, but this is what I’m currently in the middle of reading.

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

‘Tis the season to celebrate the three kings.

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

We’re at the stage now where the musicians who ignited my love of music back in the late 1970s are approaching their seventies. And yet somehow, despite decades of bad behaviour and unwise volume, they all sound as good as ever. Questions need to asked of medical science. #thedamned #skids #punkrock

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Recent years have been quite the journey, so it’s good to finally get another vinyl album out. Inca Babies - Ghost Mechanic Nine

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

A winter trip to Colwyn Bay now being planned.

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 27/10/2024

One of the skeletons from Jason and the Argonauts. A holy relic on display at the Ray Harryhausen exhibition at Sale Waterside.

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 20/08/2024

The statue on the top of Ship Canal House on King Street, Manchester, as seen from the Gotham Hotel.

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 10/06/2024

Lenticular cloud over Northumberland

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 28/04/2024

Impressive cloud work in Whitby

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 20/03/2024

Knife Angel sculpture, a sobering sight currently in Bury town centre.

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 30/12/2023

My favourite book of the year is Bibliomaniac by @robinince.bsky.social A joyful celebration of reading, knowledge, travel and beautiful bookshops. Thoroughly inspiring.

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 26/12/2023

Late afternoon moonrise in Morecambe Bay.

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 24/12/2023

Amid the chaos and commerce of the modern Christmas, let’s take a moment to reflect on the birth of the man who brought joy and meaning to so much of the world.

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 16/12/2023

A twilight walk under a gently apocalyptic sky

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 01/12/2023

RIP John Byrne, whose art was as stylish and characterful as the man himself

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 26/11/2023

RIP Geordie Walker, inspirational guitarist in the mighty Killing Joke, whose music has soundtracked my adult life.

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 20/11/2023

The brilliant spy novelist Mick Herron giving an occasionally indistinct talk in the impressive but acoustically challenging Todmorden Town Hall.

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