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

The new Yangzhou Scholars’ Garden at RHS Bridgewater.

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I love those editions and the James Marsh covers. We drift a little further into Ballard’s world with each passing day.

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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 · 14/04/2026

I haven’t seen it, but forty-year-old Fry and Laurie sketches is a selling point for me.

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

God that’s a long time. It was just a few months for me. Mind you I had other health conditions which might have nudged me up the list a bit #oldpunks

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Is the NHS wait too long? I don’t think I had to wait too long for mine overall. I have a machine now and it has made a difference.

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

I have no contacts, but the People’s History Museum might be worth a try.

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Anywhere in Manchester planned? It would pain me if the city of Peterloo couldn’t find space.

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

And what now for that global beacon of integrity the FIFA Peace Prize?

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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 · 18/12/2025

Don’t forget to factor in that when the food does arrive the cat will have decided they don’t like it any more.

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

And that would be ‘diversity’ of course.

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

In a simila spirit of musical diversit, my favourite is a tie between Melvins and Penguin Cafe.

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

That would make a top heckle - “Yer jeans don’t make sense!” yelled from a passing car.

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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 · 21/11/2025

What a beautiful house. A hint of the Arnolfini Wedding in the photo.

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

They’ve done up the prom and have a small sculpture trail but it’s not really touristy. The main shopping street has loads of good charity shops and a couple of bookshops - maybe one arcade.

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

A cobweb-clearing walk along Cleveleys beach.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine. My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask: Why, even now, is no-one asking questions? t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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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 · 18/09/2025

Good man! A bit of a ’lost’ album, that one.

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

He knew the risks when he took the job.

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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 · 10/07/2025

I think I’d call it a mixed blessing!

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

We never put any food out or approach them (there have been two different ones). They seem to come over in a spirit of genuine curiosity, as far as we can tell.

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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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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

By taking public ownership off the table from the start, the government’s "largest review of the water sector since privatisation" is just moving deck chairs on the Titanic. Privatisation is not a problem - it is THE problem. Sign my letter to Sir Jon Cunliffe: actionnetwork.org/petitions/si...

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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 · 29/05/2025

What a strange job that must be. Do you get dressed up? Do you throw shapes and rock out in your own little booth?

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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 · 09/03/2025

A rare, if not unique, instance of Wodehouse being improved.

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Rob Haynes @robhaynes.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

What a dream / nightmare team that was.

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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

I recently read Boneland, the decades later conclusion to his Weirdstone trilogy, very different style, almost like a dream state. He’s a fascinating writer.

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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 · 06/02/2025

I saw the original lineup at the Milton Keynes Bowl Ozzfest in 2001, back when a rock all-dayer held no fears. I’d have to battle them for their oxygen tents if I went now (I’m not going)

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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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