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Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland – August 2018

11 Saturday Aug 2018

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A post-heat wave day on the Northumberland coast. The sand still hot underfoot, the water on the cool side, and the sky over the sea changing constantly. The sculptures are Sean Henry’s The Couple – two figures on land, then again on a platform 300 metres out to sea (Britains’s only offshore sculpture, apparently). I’m not sure that the future will judge this kind of public sculpture kindly, but I think I’ve seen worse (hello Kissing Couple in St. Pancras station).

From The Archive Friday: Hadrian’s Wall

07 Friday Jun 2013

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Hadrian’s Wall, originally uploaded by neilclasper.

This time last year, stood on Hadrian’s Wall in the drizzle. One day, I’d like to walk a significant length of the Wall (ideally in better weather…).

A Very English Winter

20 Thursday Dec 2012

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An enjoyable documentary presented by the Unthank sisters, A Very English Winter makes a good case for the joys of communal singing in pubs. 

“You can do without Christmas, but you can’t do without Christmas singing”.

Not from the film, but very much related, here’s the Unthanks singing ‘Tar Barrel in Dale’:

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