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SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This year's Turner prize is being hosted by the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art. So proud of this fact. It's about time we challenged the negative coverage in the media about this town. Hopefully, the controversy about.. #art #mima #middlesbrough news.artnet.com/art-world/tu...
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The 2026 Turner Prize Show Is Grim—but the Strongest in Years | Artnet News
The 2026 Turner Prize opens with Marguerite Humeau, Tanoa Sasraku, Simeon Barclay and Kira Freije tackling apocalypse, greed, and grief.
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SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Oh yeah, another non-tax paying billionaire has an opinion. As a historian, I have a slightly different understanding of how 'great' the British Empire was, and how two world wars actually ended. But, hey that's education for you. #billionare #britishempire www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
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SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This bit of #history and #folklore about my local area got me thinking about the hidden side of the villages and towns in the #Teesside area. www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2655509...
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The 'roaring ghost' that haunted a Darlington road and foretold death
IN olden times, on the road between Darlington and Haughton, there used to be a steep-sided, tree-lined dip with a streamlet running through it and…
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SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
www.middleeasteye.net/trending/tom... #edsheeran #tommyrobinson
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Tommy Robinson backs Ed Sheeran as Paloma Faith and Ms Rachel side with Macklemore
Rapper Macklemore was dropped from Sheeran's US tour as a supporting act after making pro-Palestinian comments on stage
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SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Things I was frightened of as a child. 1. Rabies (thanks various documentaries and Survivors for that one) 2. The bomb 3. My old man 4. Sharks (jaws) 5. Getting a bath (see above)
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SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Headline: Investigative reporting is alive and well. www.verbatiminvestigations.com/full-investi...
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Dirty Money: A Year Undercover in Reform UK
A yearlong investigation into Nigel Farage’s fundraising operation reveals a plot to break the law by bringing foreign money into British politics
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SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Looking forward to this!
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SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Good luck eating that gold when the shtf www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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DNB: Netherlands bank moves billions in gold to London in 'crisis preparedness' move
The Dutch central bank removes some of its gold reserves from the US and Canada, saying it is because of "increasing geopolitical unrest".
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SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
It's called accountability you nonce.
BBC news headline. Failed car salesman Nige 'the take' Farage bleats to a reporter about how being expected to account for a £5m 'personal gift' from a convicted criminal is a sign of a complainants society where people make accusations that are then investigated by the law.  How bothersome.
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SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Sobering stuff. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Collapsed glacier likely caused devastating Nepal-Tibet floods, scientists say
Preliminary investigations by scientists have pointed to a collapsed glacier as the cause, highlighting the issue of rapidly melting Himalayan ice.
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SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
So I'm 61 and I retired, like 3 years ago and now I'm doing a PhD. That's a challenge.
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Venue upgrade! Our Folklore paperback launch at Topping & Company York with @odavies9.bsky.social & @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social will now be held at @yorkstjohn.bsky.social's Creative Centre Auditorium. Book your place here: www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/york/... #FolkloreThursday #booksky
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Folklore: A Journey Through the Past and Present with Owen Davies and Ceri Houlbrook at Creative Centre Auditorium
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SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Waiting for the day of the triffids thing after everyone looks at the sun through defective Amazon bought eclipse glasses.
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SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
#photograph #aglow #bishopauklsmd #2025
Ancient tree, lit up by green and red lasers.
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SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Favourite picture of #Hadrian's Wall back from the short period in June 2021 inbetween #lockdowns. We walked the wall in a week and it felt amazing being in such a wide open space. The weather was perfect and we connected with our #history. #photography #northumbria #romans #archeology
A view west of Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, perfect summer sky - blue with a sprinkling of clouds.  Image captured mid-summer in 2021 near to Sewingshields.
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SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Ziggy loves his solstice tie. #solstice #yuletide #photo
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SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Revisiting this great documentary about a unique community that used to exist at #Greatham Creek, a salt marsh near #Hartlepool in the #Tees Valley. Produced by a colleague from Teesside University, Warren Harrison. #history #documentary #communities #oralhistory www.yfanefa.com/record/67544...
Filmmaker Warren Harrison captures the memories and experiences of people who grew up as part of a unique community at Greatham Creek, a salt-marsh near Hartlepool in the Tees Valley. One of those who’s memories are recorded is photographer Ian Macdonald whose haunting images of the creek are used in the film along with family photographs, archive film provided by the North East Film Archive and contemporary footage. 

In the early 20th century, salmon fishermen built a small community of huts, cabins and boathouses along the banks of Greatham Creek, part of an intertidal salt marsh in Teesside, in the North East of England. By the early 1980’s, the site had been abandoned.
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SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Could kill a radiation-infused weenie right now.
Atomic Weenie sign Nevada.  Weenie holding a sign pointing to a long gone hot dog vendor.
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SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Last week Middlesbrough lost a vital part of the support network for some of the most disadvantaged members of the community after 30 years! The place was usually packed and buzzing with activities and people, it's hard to understand how this could happen. #middlesbrough #poverty #charity
The Hope Foundation Middlesbrough announces its closure via a picture after 30 years of supporting the most disadvantaged and vulnerable members of the local community.   

The Hope Foundation was a Christian charity working with and as part of the community developing services to support residents to participate more fully in social, economic and community life.
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SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
I know I'm in Ireland when the round is a Guinness and a vodka with red lemonade. #ireland #loughgarman #redlemonafe
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SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
IMO the best chipper in #ireland is the Little Saltee Chipper at #kilmore quay #LochGarman Fresh #fish in light batter straight from the fishing boats. In this case, plaice. It's great to be back in my spiritual home again.
Lightly battered plaice fillets with lemon and chips from the Little Saltee Chipper, Kilmore Quay, Loch Garman.An understated and well-lit building faces the harbour of Kilmore Quay in Loch Garman, Ireland. Inside, possibly the best chipper on the mainland.
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SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Literally the plot to a movie. There is seemingly no end to the depravity of members of the elites. #bosnia #warcrimes #serbia #italy #depravedhumanity www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Italy probes claim that tourists paid to go to Bosnia to kill besieged civilians
Italians and others are alleged to have paid large sums to fire at Bosnians risking their lives in besieged Sarajevo.
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SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Love this bit of the true north.
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SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
This is my grandfather, Samuel Pratt. He was born on 22 July 1911 in Thornaby, Teesside. He joined the Royal Navy on 10 October 1940 at 29 years and served on the HMS Salopian, an Armed Merchant Cruiser. #remembrance #poppy #lestweforget #royalnavy #novembereleventh
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Tees Valley mayor Lord (Ben) Houchen promised renewal. Instead, Britain’s biggest regeneration project has turned into a taxpayer-funded scandal - enriching a few local businessmen while leaving public bodies on the brink. Watch the latest episode of Page 94, The Private Eye Podcast, on YouTube.
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SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
That's what I'm talking about! #pint #stout #friday #pub
Pint of Three Brothers session stout in the House of Hop, Darlington. Much needed refreshment on a 'can't be arsed' dismal Friday night in November.
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SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Is it me or has anyone else noticed that a lot of #people are just full of #shit. No two ways about it.
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SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Kinda wanna rewatch Vice now. Adam McKay nailed the insipid shift to the right under Bush-Cheney. m.imdb.com/name/nm05709... #cheney #corruption #Bush
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Adam McKay | Producer, Writer, Director
Known for: Don't Look Up, The Other Guys, Vice
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SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
St Andrew's Church, Sadberge is on my morning dog walk. It's on the site of a Saxon castle, once the centre of Saxon administration between the Tees and the Tyne - the "Manor and Wapentake of Sadberge". #durham #sadberge #history #localhistory #saxons #britain
A picture of St Andrew's Church, Sadberge,County Durham. Partially obscured but autumnal trees, graves and memorials in the foreground. Seven AM on an overcast November morning, it perfectly encapsulates the greyness and washed out feeling of this time of year.
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SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
It's crazy what the Maltese government is doing to the important historical sites that it's the custodian of. All in the name inward investment. Please take the time to read and sign this petition if you agree. #malta #archaeology #SantaVerna www.openpetition.eu/mt/petition/...
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Save Malta's Santa Verna Temple Archaeological Landscape - Online petition
The Santa Verna Temple is one of Malta’s most important, yet unprotected archaeological sites. Only a few megaliths are visible today; however, recent excavations from the international FRAGSUS projec...
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SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
I love a journal - here's my new favourite organiser from company in Leeds. My partner bought their Gratitude planner to help with her health, but this one is just what I need. Now I can plan, track, comment on and focus on my reading. fabulousplanning.co.uk/products/rea... #booksky #readinglist
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Reading Spiral Journal
After so many requests, the Reading Journal is finally here! It's your new best friend in Journal form, keep track of what you're currently reading. Review your books, highlight your favourite parts, ...
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SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Goosegate.
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SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Amazing artists in a great venue at the #mercury music awards tonight. #mercuryprize #newcastle #fontainesdc
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SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Wonder why getting a letter published in the @forteantimes.bsky.social magazine that may explain a mysterious experience feels like more of an achievement than being awarded a masters degree in history. #forteantimes #fortean #weird #mystery
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Scarred For Life Books @scarredforlife.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Get a nice 10% discount off our books with the case-sensitive code BOOKGROWTH10 until midnight on Friday October 17th! A trilogy of huge tomes about the dark, weird pop culture of the 70s and 80s... Also available as colour eBooks! Store link: linktr.ee/scarredforlife
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SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Took my son to the NFL London game yesterday at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium. Don't really understand the game, tbh. But he was totally made up as it's unlikely we'll get into the US to see a game before it breaks apart and I learned what the phrase 3rd and 17 means. #nfl #broncos #jets
A wide angle view of the Tottenham Hotspur stadium, which hosted the Jets Vs the Broncos in October 2025. The Broncos won by a narrow margin and Justin Fields made a right balls up (again).Green fireworks and smoke float over the stadium in celebration of the Jets as the 'home' team at NFL London 2025
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SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Looking forward to seeing this crossing the River Skerne in Darlington in celebration of 200 years since the birth of the railways. A group of visionary business men caught sight of the future of transport and went with it, despite opposition from the ruling classes. #teesvalley #railways
A replica of the Locomotion No. 1 sits on the rail line in Durham waiting to recreate an historic journey that took place 200 years ago in the Tees Valley.  A journey that heralded the birth of the modern passenger railway.
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SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
#trump #putin #russia #usa #gangsterstates
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SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Loving Lithuania at the moment. Vilnius is such a beautiful city. It made me realise that us Brits and those Americans have no idea what freedom really means. We've never truly had it taken away from us by invaders in the modern age and our cultures suppressed. #lithuania #vilnius #freedom
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SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Don't overdo it - it's a marathon not a fucking sprint.
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Emaux @emauxstylo.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
BBC News captures Doctor Who himself Sylvester McCoy at the Trump protest seemingly unaware of who they're interviewing.
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SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Welcome to Britain you fecking Chump.
Picture billboard of a convicted sex offender and Jeffrey Epstein near some royal residency or other. This is what free speech looks like you play-time fascist.
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SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
On my (re-)read reading list in prep for my PhD proposal Have we been so seduced by Capitalist Realism that we can't imagine any alternatives to billionaires and multinationals telling us how to live and interact? Is mitigation our only option? #capitalism #resist #politics #trump #musk
The cover of Mark Fisher's 2009 book 'Capitalist Realism' - a response to the idea propagated through neo-liberalism that there is no alternative to capitalism as a socio-economic model:
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SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Living in the #future is shit. Paying writers £100 an hour to train AI that will put them out of their jobs is just one example. #AI #creative #culture Fiction #Writer role at Crossing Hurdles: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
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Crossing Hurdles hiring Writer (Fiction) | Upto $150/hr Remote in United Kingdom | LinkedIn
Posted 6:47:46 AM. Crossing Hurdles is a recruitment firm. We refer top candidates to our partners working with the…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Remembering 24 years ago today. Became a part of a panicky and rushed mass evacuation of Canary Wharf (I was working at Tower Hamlets College), back home to watch the horror unfold on TV with my then pregnant partner. My son was born a month later. #neverforget #9/11 #worldtradecentre #newyork
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SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
@bobfischer.bsky.social Cheers for your insightful and entertaining Scarred for life show last night in Stockton. I suspect I'd be the pompous idiot-victim protagonist in most scenarios and will avoid mysterious villages/hidden artifacts/ancient monuments in future. #scarredforlife #folkhorror
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SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
#Parthenogenesis is so cool. Who doesn't love a lizard that can clone itself to help sustain an endangered species? Well done Carol the casque headed iguana! #lizards #iguana #endangered #telfordzoo
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SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Saw Jaws again on the big screen with my fam, including my son who'd never seen it. I forgot what a great idea it was to use a largely local, untrained cast. I was 10 years old when I first saw it - I was too frightened to get in the bath. Bad parenting in action, lol. #jaws #spielberg #movies
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SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Dirty Nelly pub, Alesund in Norway. Decent. Music playing, Guinness takes a while to settle, cheerful bar staff. Authentic bar rating - 6/10; Guinness rating - 6/10. Irish kudos - 5/10 (mainly due to the limited range of Irish Whiskey on offer). #guiness #irish #irishbar #whiskey #bars
Picture of the bar at Dirty Nelly's Irish Bar in Alesund in Norway. A range of whiskeys on show and beers on tap. Classic bar fixtures for leaning and standing.
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SmallGeorge @smallgeorge.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
So excited to finally visit a glacier. Took a while to realise how much the Briksdalsbreen glacier has melted over the last 150 years. #norway #Briksdalsbreen #globalwarming #climatechange #glaciers
The Briksdalsbreen glacier - a sign indicates where the edge of the glacier was in 1900, with the current edge far in the background.
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