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Angela Hirons
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Liverpool-based DE-ENG literary translator & copy editor. Currently translating Simone Scharbert's 'Rosa in Grau' for Seagull Books. Art and photography. Jeg lærer norsk. www.angelahirons.com
Using the singular for trousers or lips, makes me ill. "A red lip", "a black trouser"....
November 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The way Richard Madeley flares his nostrils, in order to look credible, learned or serious.
November 20, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Hansel and Gretel-type stage set, seen from my yoga mat last night. New moon in Scorpio vibes. What's behind the gingham curtain, Gretel? Care to look?
November 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Sleeping over at my parents' house is like sleeping in the bowels of Big Ben (thanks to their chiming clock). #countingthedongs
November 17, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Works in progress #abstractart
November 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Autumnal haiku postcards for posting #minutiae
November 1, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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I have reviewed Jeff Young’s most excellent Wild Twin in the new edition of Tribune (out in the shops this week)…

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tribunemag.co.uk/2025/11/rimb...
Rimbaud of Maghull
Liverpool writer Jeff Young has attracted a dedicated readership in recent years, following publication of two books that powerfully and hypnotically catalogue late-1970s Europe and his native Merseys...
tribunemag.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Beautiful late bloom #minutiae
November 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Elga Sesemann (1922-2007)
Landscape, 1945
November 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Inconsequential brick pattern/shadow. #minutiae
November 8, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Cy Twombly / Untitled [Archeological Inscriptions North African Trip] ca. 1952
November 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
When it comes to art, people love an establishment seal of approval. It's as if people don't have their own opinions unless someone 'on high' deems it credible. Yawn.
November 7, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Beautifully shot James Whale film 'The Old Dark House' (1932) so much better on the silver screen.
November 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Autumnal haiku postcards for posting #minutiae
November 1, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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October 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
You get older and you dispense with all that silly stuff about perfectionism. It came to me this morning while peeling fruit. It's a mundane example, but I think there was a time when I couldn't eat a tangerine unless the 'white stringy bits' had been removed. Haha! Embrace the white stringy bits!
October 30, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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i like the fog lying over the city here this morning - lends a Marie Celeste touch to the atmosphere - and the streets seem to be empty
October 20, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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October 21, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Running for trains because I've lost track of time. Then missing my stop because I've lost track of place. I'm a worldly wonder. 🌟
October 21, 2025 at 10:02 PM
After Mary Oliver's "Song for Autumn" #minutiae
October 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
#minutiae watercolour painting
October 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Lana del Rey's soul godmother (or midwife or something)
Tori Amos and her 'Purple People' ❤
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Lgn...
Purple People (Live)
YouTube video by Tori Amos - Topic
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October 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Satisfying autumnals I've just gathered #minutiae
October 7, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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daughter just told me every Friday her class has a “burial” for the pencils too small to be sharpened anymore 😭😭 one of her classroom jobs is to give the eulogy 😭😭 THERE IS A SMALL COFFIN 😭😭😭😭
October 4, 2025 at 11:13 PM