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Enthusiast. 50% twin. Born in Hull, previously Liverpool, London, now Scotland. @memorialdevice Alternative National Treasure ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿผ Love cats, allergic to cats.

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Joined March 2009
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In loving memory of Taffetta Crafts (Ceri) - 'The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long' - thank you to everyone @StDavidsHospice lovingly serving North Wales. Please support this wonderful hospice โค๏ธ
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Bert Hardy. A group of fishwives talking in the street, Hull, Yorkshire, Picture Post, 1951.
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Great news. Broadcaster Mark Radcliffe said getting the all-clear from the hospital where he has been treated for cancer for five years was "very emotional.โ€
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I read this at least once a year - it only gets better. Tom Baker โ€˜A Life In The Day Ofโ€™ from The Sunday Times, 1978.
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Peter Mitchell. Old Kent Road, London, 1979.
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Apparently, the last photograph of Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing together, from 1994.
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Was really hoping this was the legendary Secombe Sings The Clash #RecordStoreDay
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David Bowie, Catherine Deneuve, The Hunger (1982) (Getty)
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My best shot. Homer Sykes captures Sigue Sigue Sputnik at a Newcastle B&B, 1986. #Photography
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Makes for depressing reading. The BBC chasing an audience that doesn't exsist - while destroying all that is unique and good about radio, especially local (From the i newspaper)
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Nigerian artist Ken Nwadiogbu is part of a growing community of artists in Lagos creating hyper-realistic charcoal and pencil paintings.
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RIP Nanci. John Prine & Nanci Griffith - The Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness, 1990.
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Janette Beckman. Debbie Harry, London, 1979.
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Bert Hardy. A group of fishwives talking in the street, Hull, Yorkshire, Picture Post, 1951.
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Tom Wood. Lads at railings, 1987.
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Brian Aris. Bryan Ferry, The Crown Newcastle, 1975.
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A Taste of Honey with Rita Tushingham, Murray Melvin (1961) (Film Stills)
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The tragedy and beauty of Nick Drake, by those closest to him. Three extracts from an exhaustive new biography offer the most nuanced portrait to date of the 70s singer-songwriter.
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The best drummer you never saw (1965)
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Mick Rock. Mick Ronson, David Bowie. From Moonage Daydream: The Life & Times of Ziggy Stardust
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Murray Garrett. Marilyn Monroe surrounded by reporters and fans outside Graumanโ€™s Chinese Theater in Hollywood, 1953.
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Marilyn Monroe poses for a portrait laying on the grass in 1954, Palm Springs, California. (Baron/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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Nick Drake at home, photo taken his father during Christmas 1967.
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Chris Killip. Coal mine and housing, Castleford, Yorkshire, 1976.
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Thibault Montamat. R. Crumb, southern France, 28 June 2022.
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Madness have let themselves go.
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Joy Division. Poster for planned concert at the Astoria, Edinburgh, 8 May 1980. The gig was cancelled due to Ian's ill-health.
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31 years ago I did the cover for this French language version of a single by The Wedding Present. Today, I found a copy in my local Finsbury Park โฆ @crisis_uk โฉ charity shop. So happy!
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A Taste of Honey with Rita Tushingham, Murray Melvin (1961) (Film Stills)
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Peter Mitchell. Old Kent Road, London, 1979.
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Benjamin Zephaniah. Whitby, 2017 (MusicLive/Alamy)
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Linda and Paul McCartney, 1971 (Evening Standard)
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Alan Moore, before lockdown. Alan Moore, after lockdown.
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. @thecatreviewer Beautiful boy. The perfect tuxedo cat - ready for a night on the tiles. 10/10.
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Peter Mitchell. Sir Yank's Records (& Heavy Disco), 1976.
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. @thecatreviewer 10/10 for balancing on that wall all day while looking impossibly cute. ๐Ÿ˜
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Happy birthday David Sylvian - heโ€™s 60 today - could never really forget this - from 1982 - wonderful. #OGWT
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Eight years ago about now lost my lovely twin to cancer. Grateful to the staff and volunteers @strathcarron1 for making those last two weeks more bearable.
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Koh Hasebe. Kraftwerk standing in phone booths in Keio Plaza Hotel, Tokyo, September 1981.
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House with 'garden' for sale - Pinner Road, Sheffield, S11, via Reddit.
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Happy birthday to 90-year old Helen - with Rod Stewart - in Hull last night. That's Rod on the right.
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Charity shop gold.
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Andrew Catlin. Jarvis Cocker and Candida Doyle of Pulp outside a transport cafรฉ, Putney, 1995.
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Liverpool pub sign.
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Masayoshi Sukita. A Day in Kyoto 3 - Platform, 1980.
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Cheap thrills, Hull, early 1980s.
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Septimus E Scott. Bridlington/Itโ€™s Quicker By Rail, 1938.
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. @thecatreviewer World's nosiest neighbour, holds curtains open with paw. Likely member of neighbourhood watch - has noted this Tweet. 8/10.
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Love this new cover for a magazine from Austria - Kristen Stewart as Joan Jett from 2010.
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Alan Dimmick. Stephen Pastel in his bedroom, Bearsden, 1982.
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28 degrees at 8pm and I thought I was hot โฆ @thecatreviewer โฉ 10/10 for wearing that fur coat in this weather.
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. @thecatreviewer Think I just met Bagpuss 10/10.
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Leonard Cohen with a Casio PT-30.
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Richard Misrach. Diving Board, Salton Sea, 1983.
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7 years
. @thecatreviewer crazy cat is a regular guest at the Airbnb I stayed at. She gave it full marks for free food, 10/10.
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. @thecatreviewer Beautiful cattus plant blooming nicely in the afternoon sun. 10/10 for being a ginger, and a girl.
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3 years
Whenever I see Hancock trending - I hope its this guy.
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2 years
David Redfern. Nina Simone performing at the 1968 Newport Jazz Festival.
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Not saying this #CovidInquiryUK is going bad, but Derek & Clive are up next.
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3 years
When photographer Tish Murtha died suddenly in 2013, she left behind a largely forgotten archive of extraordinary images of working-class communities in the North East. Now, her daughter Ella is seeking to revive her motherโ€™s legacy with a documentary film
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Andrew Kent. Fans of David Bowie, Victoria Station London 1976.
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. @thecatreviewer Green eyed goddess - content to stay in the shade on a beautiful May day - watching. 10/10
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. @thecatreviewer I walk towards her, she runs away. I turn and walk away, she runs after me. Repeat endlessly. Story of my life. 10/10.
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. @thecatreviewer 80% cat, 20% kangaroo, 100% adorable. 10/10.
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1 year
The Smiths. The Queen Is Dead - A Film By Derek Jarman (1986)
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2 years
Robert Redford. The Twilight Zone, season 3, episode 16, 1962.
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3 years
Ute Mahler. Potsdam, 1980, from the series Living Together.
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. @thecatreviewer very close encounter with this handsome friendly local boy - who lives in a hotel - only see him two or three times a year - but always eventful 10/10.
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. @thecatreviewer pub cat waiting on delivery of Dreamies - Guinness flavour. 10/10 for being so laid back - or tipsy.
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Great photos. Martin McClenaghan was a "fan with a camera" during one of the of the most vibrant periods of Glasgow's musical history. The late 1970s and early 80s was the era of Postcard Records, The Fall and The Cramps at Glasgow Tech, Altered Images.
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A young David Bowie.
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Bert Hardy. In their workwear, two fishergirls walk arm in arm down a street in a slum area of Hull, Yorkshire, Picture Post, 1951.
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@thecatreviewer laid back pavement cat unfazed by bin collections, speeding cyclists, pat heavy children, dogs. 10/10
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3 years
Sex Pistols. Anarchy In The UK fanzine, No. 1, 1976.
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6 years
My favourite ever NME cover - Ian McCulloch from Echo & the Bunnymen โ€“ 20 February, 1982, photo by the great Anton Corbijn.
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Tom Verlaine and Patti Smith attend Stevie Wonderโ€™s party at Delmonicoโ€™s in New York City on 12 September 1974 (WWD/Penske Media/Getty Images)
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Adam Ritchie. Edie Sedgwick and Gerard Malanga dance to The Velvet Underground, N.Y.C., 1966.
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. @thecatreviewer Found loitering on the stairs - posed for this photo before heading out into the dark of night 10/10
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. @thecatreviewer Cafe living cutie - a rare find being a ginger girl - who needs barista skills when you are a fabulous furry female. 10/10.
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Poster for The Monkees' psychedelic 1968 film Head.
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Paul and Linda McCartney (L) on the steps of St. Barnabas church, Liverpool, with brother Mike McCartney and his new wife Rowena Horne, after their wedding ceremony. 29 May 1982.
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. @thecatreviewer Handsome young boy startled by heavy footed jogger - retreated to bushes - hope to see again. 8/10.
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Neil Libbert, Cat Jumping, Salford, 1957.
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Elliott Erwitt. New York City, 1969.
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. @thecatreviewer Quiet, stationary, meditative, would win any staring competition. Must find my glasses. 2/10.
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A stark image of text that tersely explains the purpose of the product, this concept had been specifically designed for โ€“ and rejected by โ€“ Pink Floyd. Yes, 10cc, others also turned Hipgnosis down before XTC was said to exclaim: Even better! We'll have it.
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3 years
Interpol has released this photo of four suspects wanted in connection with the disappearance of the worldโ€™s suppy of black hair dye.
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. @thecatreviewer Chatty, friendly, occasionally scary, known to start following you home, found sitting on walls even late at night. 10/10.
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Private Eye. Voice of the people.
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Marilyn Stafford: She took pictures of world leaders and war zones, sung in a Paris nightclub and befriended Cartier-Bresson โ€“ then left her pictures under her bed for decades. As an exhibition of her work opens, she looks back on her extraordinary life.
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Richard Avedon. Richard Avedon and James Baldwin, Harlem, New York, 1946.
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4 years
. @thecatreviewer just been led to a secret stash of cat litter - tell no one 10/10
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Syd Shelton. Paul Simonon, The Clash, Rock Against Racism / Anti-Nazi League Carnival, Victoria Park, London 1978.
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11 months
If Norman Collier had run a shop in Hull.
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7 years
. @thecatreviewer ghost of a cat - clearly - well not that clear - waiting for the window cleaner. Vaguely, 7/10?
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. @thecatreviewer King of the castle, loves high walls for maintaining view over his domain. Strokes available, if you have a ladder. 10/10.
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. @thecatreviewer 'Is Nick in? Coming out to play? Don't forget the treats. I can stay here all day. Feed me.' 10/10.
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This time last year was having cancer treatment, awaiting an op, dealing with having a stoma bag fitted. More than anything - as we start a new decade - I wish you all a healthy 2020. x
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When we were young. Andy Roeโ€™s photos of the Silhouette club, in Hull, in the 1980s 'encapsulate a certain period of the freedom of youth.โ€™ #Photography
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