Ben Gazeley
@bengazeley.bsky.social
Snooker, Darts, Horse Racing, Cricket, Football, Arsenal, Hendon FC, Astronomy, Science, Art, History, Home Cooking, Wine.
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Was really excited that I came up with Marine Le-Penitentiary. Felt like that was a dead cert viral hit. Decided to see if anyone else had thought of it. Logging-off.
March 31, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Was really excited that I came up with Marine Le-Penitentiary. Felt like that was a dead cert viral hit. Decided to see if anyone else had thought of it. Logging-off.
Very sad news to hear.
He wasn't to everyone's liking but I've always appreciated his work.
He wasn't to everyone's liking but I've always appreciated his work.
Scottish painter Jack Vettriano dies aged 73
Scottish painter Jack Vettriano dies aged 73
The artist was found dead at his apartment in Nice in southern France on Saturday, his publicist says
The Scottish painter Jack Vettriano has been found dead at his apartment in Nice in the south of France, his publicist said.
Vettriano, who was born…
www.theguardian.com
March 3, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Very sad news to hear.
He wasn't to everyone's liking but I've always appreciated his work.
He wasn't to everyone's liking but I've always appreciated his work.
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Little Green Street, Kentish Town. Apart from being an attractive Georgian street, it has a special place in popular music history.....⬇️
Photos by Anita Amies.
Photos by Anita Amies.
February 14, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Little Green Street, Kentish Town. Apart from being an attractive Georgian street, it has a special place in popular music history.....⬇️
Photos by Anita Amies.
Photos by Anita Amies.
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Joe O’Connor has just missed the final black of what could have been his second career 147. The native of Leicester lost position while going from a pink in the baulk to a black on the spot, eventually missing the last pot by inches. Nonetheless a great break but a big disappointment for Joe… #147sf
January 22, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Joe O’Connor has just missed the final black of what could have been his second career 147. The native of Leicester lost position while going from a pink in the baulk to a black on the spot, eventually missing the last pot by inches. Nonetheless a great break but a big disappointment for Joe… #147sf
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The Barcelona Chair, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in 1929 for the Barcelona World Exposition, is an iconic modernist masterpiece. Created as a luxurious seating option for Spanish royalty, the chair features a sleek chrome X-frame and hand-crafted leather cushions.
January 2, 2025 at 7:57 AM
The Barcelona Chair, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in 1929 for the Barcelona World Exposition, is an iconic modernist masterpiece. Created as a luxurious seating option for Spanish royalty, the chair features a sleek chrome X-frame and hand-crafted leather cushions.
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Burnt Oak Broadway circa 1926 and in the present day. To the far left is the junction of Stag Lane and in the far distance is Edgware.
This is one of my favourite images and sums up perfectly the changes the area went through. Let's take a further look...
Topical Press/LTM.
This is one of my favourite images and sums up perfectly the changes the area went through. Let's take a further look...
Topical Press/LTM.
December 29, 2024 at 9:43 AM
Burnt Oak Broadway circa 1926 and in the present day. To the far left is the junction of Stag Lane and in the far distance is Edgware.
This is one of my favourite images and sums up perfectly the changes the area went through. Let's take a further look...
Topical Press/LTM.
This is one of my favourite images and sums up perfectly the changes the area went through. Let's take a further look...
Topical Press/LTM.
I heard Jimmy Durante's version of 'Young at Heart' on the radio this morning and I might have to change my funeral music. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMqD...
Young at Heart (Remastered)
YouTube video by Jimmy Durante - Topic
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December 22, 2024 at 7:00 PM
I heard Jimmy Durante's version of 'Young at Heart' on the radio this morning and I might have to change my funeral music. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMqD...
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‘Whelmed’ really means ‘capsized’ - the over and under were added later for effect. But you can be consolate: consoled and comforted. And gruntled too.
I can be overwhelmed or underwhelmed, but I can’t be whelmed.
Or, at least, I think theoretically I could but the way I have set up my life seems to have made it very difficult.
I would love to spend more of my life whelmed. Someone whelm me.
Or, at least, I think theoretically I could but the way I have set up my life seems to have made it very difficult.
I would love to spend more of my life whelmed. Someone whelm me.
December 10, 2024 at 10:02 PM
‘Whelmed’ really means ‘capsized’ - the over and under were added later for effect. But you can be consolate: consoled and comforted. And gruntled too.
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Sixty years ago today. Still as heavy as it gets. The more I hear this music, the more unfathomable the brilliance of the people who made it feels to me.
December 9, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Sixty years ago today. Still as heavy as it gets. The more I hear this music, the more unfathomable the brilliance of the people who made it feels to me.
Popped into The Bohemia in Finchley.
December 7, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Popped into The Bohemia in Finchley.
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November 26, 2024 at 3:36 PM
Haven't been in the office for a long while so treating myself to haddock and chips at Kennedy's, Goswell Road.
A very good lunchtime deal, £14 including a cup of tea. 😋
A very good lunchtime deal, £14 including a cup of tea. 😋
December 4, 2024 at 2:05 PM
Haven't been in the office for a long while so treating myself to haddock and chips at Kennedy's, Goswell Road.
A very good lunchtime deal, £14 including a cup of tea. 😋
A very good lunchtime deal, £14 including a cup of tea. 😋
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Please shop independent this #Christmas and buy from small creative businesses (like me) who really need your support right now.
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December 1, 2024 at 12:52 PM
Please shop independent this #Christmas and buy from small creative businesses (like me) who really need your support right now.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
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Hendon Housing Estate (1920), oil painting by Russell Sidney Reeve.
This painting came up as a query from @mhhistsoc.bsky.social last night. They wanted to know where the spot was. It was a familiar question, because it was the subject of an exhaustive thread I did a few years ago, on Twitter.
This painting came up as a query from @mhhistsoc.bsky.social last night. They wanted to know where the spot was. It was a familiar question, because it was the subject of an exhaustive thread I did a few years ago, on Twitter.
November 17, 2024 at 10:36 AM
Hendon Housing Estate (1920), oil painting by Russell Sidney Reeve.
This painting came up as a query from @mhhistsoc.bsky.social last night. They wanted to know where the spot was. It was a familiar question, because it was the subject of an exhaustive thread I did a few years ago, on Twitter.
This painting came up as a query from @mhhistsoc.bsky.social last night. They wanted to know where the spot was. It was a familiar question, because it was the subject of an exhaustive thread I did a few years ago, on Twitter.
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Congratulations to our very own Luke Campbell, who has won the November Golden Gloves award, sponsored by Uhisport, for the @isthmianleague.bsky.social Premier Division.
Well deserved!
Well deserved!
December 2, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Congratulations to our very own Luke Campbell, who has won the November Golden Gloves award, sponsored by Uhisport, for the @isthmianleague.bsky.social Premier Division.
Well deserved!
Well deserved!
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December 2, 2024 at 7:29 PM
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Cleaned up my favorite shot from last night. 🪶
December 2, 2024 at 5:10 PM
Cleaned up my favorite shot from last night. 🪶
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December 1, 2024 at 3:08 AM
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December 1, 2024 at 7:10 PM
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December 1, 2024 at 8:24 PM
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This holiday season, why not give the gift of ultimate cosmic destruction?? 💥🌌
www.astrokatie.com/book
Kirkus Reviews calls it “a delightfully unsettling narrative”! @leebillings.bsky.social raves about my “infectious enthusiasm for communicating the finer points of cosmological doom”!
www.astrokatie.com/book
Kirkus Reviews calls it “a delightfully unsettling narrative”! @leebillings.bsky.social raves about my “infectious enthusiasm for communicating the finer points of cosmological doom”!
The End of Everything — KATIE MACK, ASTROPHYSICIST
Information about "The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)" by Katie Mack
www.astrokatie.com
November 30, 2024 at 5:58 PM
This holiday season, why not give the gift of ultimate cosmic destruction?? 💥🌌
www.astrokatie.com/book
Kirkus Reviews calls it “a delightfully unsettling narrative”! @leebillings.bsky.social raves about my “infectious enthusiasm for communicating the finer points of cosmological doom”!
www.astrokatie.com/book
Kirkus Reviews calls it “a delightfully unsettling narrative”! @leebillings.bsky.social raves about my “infectious enthusiasm for communicating the finer points of cosmological doom”!
Finishing off the weekend in style, chicken casserole tonight. A rather scrumptious drop of Stellenbosch Chardonnay to accompany, because I'm worth it. 😋🥂
November 24, 2024 at 6:07 PM
Finishing off the weekend in style, chicken casserole tonight. A rather scrumptious drop of Stellenbosch Chardonnay to accompany, because I'm worth it. 😋🥂
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Thinking about the time Bertrand Russell asked Wittgenstein to admit there was not a rhinoceros in the room but Wittgenstein refused because "nothing empirical is knowable"
August 14, 2024 at 10:20 AM
Thinking about the time Bertrand Russell asked Wittgenstein to admit there was not a rhinoceros in the room but Wittgenstein refused because "nothing empirical is knowable"
It's a chicken casserole day in London.
November 24, 2024 at 1:18 PM
It's a chicken casserole day in London.