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old roadside pics
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culver theater, culver city, california, 1977
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Stephen Collins
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Every ad now
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Alistair Coleman
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Happy Fenton Day to all who celebrate. Jesus Christ, fourteen years.
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JESUS CHRIST IN RICHMOND PARK: ORIGINAL UPLOAD
YouTube video by JAGGL113
https://youtu.be/3GRSbr0EYYU
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Dunblane Museum
2 days ago
#OnThisDay
1850 celebrated Scottish novelist & poet Robert Louis Stevenson was born. Cave between Dunblane & Bridge of Allan on Darn Walk inspired Ben Gunn's cave in "Treasure Island." His visits to Dunblane's Old Glassingall, home of Thomas S Smith, who founded the Smith Institute Art Gallery…/👇
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RHA Gallery
3 days ago
Marking his first Dublin exhibition in seven years, Belfast-born artist Colin Davidson unveils Stranger, an innovative collection of three-dimensional works that redefine the possibilities of paint as a sculptural medium. Colin Davidson - Stranger O’hUiginn Gallery 21 November – 25 January 2026 🧵
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Neon Deutschland
3 days ago
Mid-week coffee break.
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RHA Gallery
8 days ago
Fingal County Council Arts Office in partnership with the RHA is delighted to announce that Eileen O’Sullivan, a visual artist based in Fingal, is the recipient of the RHA School Studio Award 2025-26. Read more about Eileen:
www.fingal.ie/news/recipie...
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RHA Gallery
8 days ago
This year’s Dublin Gallery Weekend is in full swing with over forty galleries, including the RHA, taking part across the city. See
dublingalleryweekend.ie
for more. On view for DGW here at the RHA 👀
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What a week, huh? all Wednesdays
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Tomás Murray
12 days ago
Jeremy Brett, Actor,
#BornOnThisDay
in 1933, in Berkswell, England
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Neon Deutschland
13 days ago
Cursive elegance (plus a bonus Umlaut for your weekend).
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RHA Gallery
17 days ago
The Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts has elected its new President, Sinéad Ní Mhaonaigh PRHA. Read more about Sinéad:
rhagallery.ie/news/royal-h...
Image: Sinéad Ní Mhaonaigh PRHA, photographed by Paul Sherwood.
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I'm impressed - absolutely delicious 😋
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Don't miss this - ends on Sunday
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Need to register to vote HERE next time 😋
#Aras25
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The British Academy
29 days ago
The beloved BBC Radio 4 programme In Our Time has been awarded the 2025 British Academy President’s Medal! Professor Susan J Smith, President of the British Academy, praised the programme for bringing rigorous yet accessible discussion of complex ideas to millions of listeners:
buff.ly/1bn63FD
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Annie West
24 days ago
One of our most frequent
#ruralPursuits
#aras25
#rtept
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Helen Day
27 days ago
The modern world in old Ladybird books. “A small digital computer designed for the businessman” (1971) Artist: BH Robinson
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Alan Kinsella
27 days ago
Poster in Central Dublin
#aras25
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Harry Burton
28 days ago
My cartoon in today's
@irishexaminer.bsky.social
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RHA Gallery
28 days ago
This weekend at the RHA ⤵️ A R C H I P E L A G O | Island Photographers, Gallagher Gallery, to 21 Dec Marianne Keating, Cad Leis a Bhfuilimíd Ailínithe / To What Do We Align, O’hUiginn Gallery & Petronella Brown Gallery, to 26 Oct
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A gorgeous listen.
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29 days ago
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Don't miss Words on the Wave – Ireland and St. Gallen in Early Medieval Europe at the
@nmireland.bsky.social
- it ends next week. Congratulations to all who put together such a beautiful book to accompany the exhibition 👏
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RHA Gallery
about 1 month ago
Niall Naessens presents an exhibition of new works at the RHA, opening tomorrow, featuring acrylic ink drawings with etching, ink rollups and coloured pencil details as well as etchings & computer drawings. A Walk in the Sublime, An Adventure in 21st Century Romanticism 16 October - 16 November 🧵
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RHA Gallery
about 1 month ago
Join artist and guide Mags Harnett for a Slow Looking Tour of our photographic exhibition A R C H I P E L A G O this Sunday. Slow Looking Tour – A R C H I P E L A G O Sun 19 Oct 12.30 - 1.30pm Free, book here:
rhagallery.ie/events/public-events/slow-looking-art-tour-a-r-c-h-i-p-e-l-a-g-o
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James Kelleher
about 1 month ago
Next time somebody asks me what Bluesky is like, I'll send them this
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Forever Louise Brooks
about 1 month ago
Louise with Andrews Engelmann in Diary of a Lost Girl (1929).
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RHA Gallery
about 1 month ago
KCAT is a multi-disciplinary arts centre in Callan, Co. Kilkenny, dedicated to the fostering and nurturing of creative ambition & professional development in the arts. Featuring works from KCAT artists past and present, ‘The Known and Unknown World’ celebrates the 25th anniversary of KCAT Studio.
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RHA Gallery
about 1 month ago
Let us welcome you to the RHA this Saturday ⤵️ This free tour may be of particular interest to first time visitors but is, of course, open to anybody and to all ages. First Day at the RHA - Saturday, 11 October, 12 – 1pm. More info:
rhagallery.ie/events/publi...
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Tuatha
about 1 month ago
Labbacallee • Cork Labbacallee is Ireland’s largest example of a wedge tomb. The name Labbacallee derives from Leaba Chaillí, which can be roughly translated to ‘The Hag’s Bed’. Archaeologists discovered the remains of an adult woman, a man, and a child. All dating between 2456–1776 BC.
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John86
about 1 month ago
You don’t have to be called Steve or Stephen to work at Blackpool, but it does help.
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Always think of my college days in Bath back in the 1990s when reading Seamus Heaney - today's Irish Times has a previously unpublished poem about his two sisters.
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Tuatha
about 1 month ago
Monea Castle • Fermanagh This beautifully situated castle was built in 1618 in the Scottish style for Malcolm Hamilton. It is one of the finest Plantation-era castles in Ulster. Part of the consolidation of English & Scottish settler power following the Nine Years War
#Fermanagh
#Castles
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Stephen Collins
about 2 months ago
Carl Benz has an idea
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Lonely Tower Film & Media
about 2 months ago
Chuffing great day!
#Railway200
#Darlington
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Kirkdale Bookshop
about 2 months ago
RIP
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Laura Phillips
2 months ago
#BBCRadio3
is broadcasting from a train for an entire day to mark the 200th anniversary of the modern
#railway
🚂 📻 Listen to Train Tracks, live on Saturday 27 September on BBC Radio 3 and
#BBCSounds
#trains
#music
More 👇🏻
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Radio 3 celebrates the 200th anniversary of the modern railway with an all-day broadcast from the Highland Chieftain Train from Inverness to London
Radio 3's Train Tracks includes a whole-day broadcast and five live programmes across the country
https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2025/radio-3-train-tracks
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Letter of the week - perhaps year, in today's Irish Times...
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RHA Gallery
about 2 months ago
Listen back to yesterday's RTÉ Radio 1’s Arena, where RHA Curator Davey Moor and Conor Horgan, photographer, filmmaker and member of the Island Photographers Group, discussed A R C H I P E L A G O, a major new exhibition of Irish photography at the RHA. 📻:
rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22546972
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A R C H I P E L A G O : Through an Irish lens
RHA curator Davey Moore and photographer Conor Horgan on A R C H I P E L A G O: Through an Irish Lens, a new photography exhibition at the RHA.
https://rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22546972
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Hedley Thorne
about 2 months ago
Berkshire's forgotten hillfort, Perborough Castle, crowned with golden trees.
#HillfortsWednesday
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Welcome back 👏
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RHA Gallery
about 2 months ago
Tonight on RTÉ Radio 1’s Arena, RHA Curator Davey Moor and
@conorhorgan.bsky.social
, photographer, filmmaker and member of
@islandphotogroup.bsky.social
, will discuss ARCHIPELAGO, a major new exhibition at the RHA of Irish photography. Tune in from 7pm on
@rteradio1.bsky.social
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The race for Irish President 🗳 is on!
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Paintings of London
about 2 months ago
'Concert Hall', Queen's Hall, Langham Place (1929) by Sybil Andrews (Glenbow Museum)
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The Booker Prizes
about 2 months ago
📣 It's Booker Prize 2025 shortlist day!!! A reminder to join our livestream from 7:30pm BST / 2:30pm EDT / 12am IST using this link:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6VO...
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The Booker Prize 2025 Shortlist Announcement: Live Stream
YouTube video by Southbank Centre
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6VO7dkRtjU
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The Thomas Hardy Society
about 2 months ago
The Thomas Hardy Society is officially on Bluesky! Follow us to learn more about
#ThomasHardy
- we'll be posting events, news, and more.
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Postcard From The Past
about 2 months ago
Been touring UN building today. What a thrill.
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Justin Carville
about 2 months ago
Wicklow Mountains, Co Wicklow
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