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Kate Moores
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Research communications at University of York, UK. Ex-London galleries and museums arts PR-type, formerly Tate and Wellcome Collection and Wellcome Trust. She / her.
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Godspeed, Ozzy Osbourne. Heavy music would not be anywhere near the same without you.⚡️🧙‍♂️🙏❤️🦇
July 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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In Darkroom Friday #9, photographer and arts educator Neil Harman describes how darkroom photography is a unique, personal and fulfilling experience for students to learn, from day one in the GCSE art classroom. Plus lots of incredible examples of students' work 📸 open.substack.com/pub/neilharm...
Darkroom Friday #9
Looking behind the process of making photographs
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July 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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I am all for this anti-stigmatisation of crying in workplaces as a release, sign of frustration, expression of emotion etc. But I am also very much for workplaces that don't make you cry. This seems to be getting forgotten in our rush to share all the crying stories...
July 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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‘Plants have got all the solutions to all the world problems...’

Today we went from vertical farming to anti-malarial plants, from finding new ways to extract more valuable oil from plants to the potential of hemp farming.

A world tour in a fancy greenhouse.

🌱🌿🌾

#YorkResearch #PlantBiology
A line of green crops in plastic containers in a lab, against a whitewashed wall with a tin can of what looks like plant food hanging above with a tube connecting it to the plants below. Rows and rows of potted seedlings with rainbow coloured labels, in trays along the length of a large industrial looking greenhouse. Someone in a blue lab coat reaches out to inject the leaf one of the plants on a trolley of specimens. A large industrial fridge unit, open. On each of the two shelves sit seedlings in test tubes, steadied by bright red trays.
July 3, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Darkroom Friday #6, photography Substack from Neil Harman
Read and sign up 👇
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Darkroom Friday #6
Looking behind the process of making photographs
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June 6, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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Salts Mill, Saltaire, Bradford, UK.
A dinner plate with a line drawing of a dog on it, saying ‘Salts diner’ A view out of the window towards a tower with hills in the background. In the foreground is the Victorian factory roof of the mill. Some sort of red, weighing device of similar used in a Victorian industrial setting. It has a big white face like a clock but it isn’t. Another view of the factory roof and side of the building with hills in the background
May 31, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Totally amazing Ann Hamilton exhibition at Salts Mill, Saltaire, up in the eaves of the building.Part of Bradford City of Culture 2025.
Yards and yards of cornflower blue material is draped at one end of a large industrial room with glass windows in the roof and a factory chimney in the distance. A megaphone on a stand. It’s just a picture but the megaphone spins round and plays beautiful music, there are two more in he background of this industrial space. Containers of sheep’s fleeces all piled up in a dark room. Woolly. Another part of the factory eaves, this time with some contemporary art installations of hanging furniture, lights, newspapers and cloaks hanging.
May 31, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Excellent visit to @peacemuseumuk.bsky.social in Saltaire, Bradford. Thoughtful, interesting, bursting with ideas, and lots of activities for kids. ⭐️
The interior of an industrial looking building, with an entrance door to an exhibition space. Hanging above is a sign saying ‘Peace Museum.’ A great many origami birds of all colours and patterns in the foreground, with exhibition displays about peace in the background. A small child gets hands on badge-making with paper, pens and rubber stamps. Colourful banners installed with messages of peace activism on them, they hang above a small but beautiful exhibition space.
May 31, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Darkroom Friday #4 by Neil Harman, Photographer, UK. This week on Severus Hill, York and the amazing darkroom facilities at Stills, Edinburgh 📸

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Darkroom Friday #4
Looking behind the process of making photographs
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May 16, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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Feeling lucky to have worked on some of these.

Happy memories, amazing colleagues, happy anniversary old friend ❤️

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Tate Modern: 25 jaw-dropping and unforgettable moments from the first 25 years
When the gallery opened in 2000, it transformed the artistic life of Britain – and the world. We look back at spiders, splinters, sexual dependency and sunsets
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May 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Cannot wait to go see the Jeremy Deller and Coralie Turpin mosaic in Scarborough, looks immense 🐋

www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/04/25/p...
Public mosaic by Jeremy Deller and Coralie Turpin explores the history and nature of Scarborough
The Roman-style work completes the Wild Eye art and nature trail, which connects five other artist commissions along the coast
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May 1, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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Getting ready for Plague of Angels at York Minster
The interior of york Minster looking towards the organ. There are two heavy metal style banners either side of a very grand looking organ connected to the big cathedral pipes behind…. This is going to be heavy.
April 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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The mustard. It went in the custard. And it was terrible.
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social was not wrong.
It’s a small bowl of light yellow custard with a teaspoon of mustard in it, the offending mustard jar sits to the left. A middle aged man with more mustard than sense holds the small bowl of custard and mustard and grins The teaspoon goes in the mouth The man grimaces, clearly the mustard is not good in the custard.
March 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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@aldersonday.bsky.social oh HIIIII we’re coming to see you in Newcastle btw. Plan.
March 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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On World Book Day I am mostly celebrating Winnie the Pooh and JR Moores’ boom on Paul McCartney in the 1990s @spinal-bap.bsky.social
The front cover of JR Moores, Off The Ground: Paul McCartney in the 1990s. Illustrated by a black and white photo of Macca with a guitar singing his little heart out circa 1990-something. A medium sized soft bear with a hand knitted red jumper on that looks not unlike Winnie the Pooh. Sitting on a fur rug.
March 6, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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@aldersonday.bsky.social check out me in sticklebrick form
March 1, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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Noodling about in the hills above Settle, UK.
February 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Abdalle Mumin is one of dozens of human rights defenders, persecuted academics and asylum-seeking students to find refuge, community and academic freedom with the backing of the University of York via The Sanctuary Fund.

Read his story in Positive News www.positive.news/society/univ...
The university that became a sanctuary for hope
For scholars and human rights defenders from across the world, the University of York is offering a rare refuge where they can study in safety
www.positive.news
February 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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It’s time to vote for European Tree of the Year again. Get yourself a cup of tea, read the stories of for tree abd make your choice.

Voting is open until 24 Feb 🌳🌲🌿

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Vote – Tree of the year
Vote for the European Tree of the Year 2025! Which of the 15 stunning trees will become the 14th winner?
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February 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Monday finished with a major sticklebricks spill all over floor, followed by a a second spill all over Wentworth Way. Thank you to the passing students and van driver who helped me pick them all up. I made a rainbow out of them when I got back in an attempt to cheer them up.
Brightly coloured sticklebricks of all shapes and sizes litter the floor in a doorway. An abstract ‘rainbow’ made in sticklebricks on a bright yellow sticklebrick board.
January 20, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Nonna knitting with cocktail sticks at demand of the small human.
January 19, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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‘…There’s a big hole in the world now that he’s no longer with us. But, as he would say, “Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole.”’

David Lynch, Twin Peaks and Mulholland Drive director, dies aged 78.

www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ja...
David Lynch, Twin Peaks and Mulholland Drive director, dies aged 78
Film-maker who specialised in surreal, noir style mysteries made a string of influential, critically acclaimed works including Wild at Heart and Eraserhead
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January 17, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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This 👇

“There are so many potential research questions, I realised that compassion alone wouldn't be enough. The most important factor would involve compassion-driven research.” Dr Anne Aboaja, Department of Health Sciences at #YorkTalks today.
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YorkTalks 2025
Come and be part of an engaging exploration into some of the fascinating research taking place at York. Join us on Wednesday 15 January 2025 for an exciting series of free short talks highlighting the...
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January 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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A lovely morning presenting at #YorkTalks alongside some wonderful colleagues. My book cover received a round of applause *and* I got to hold a facsimile from the 1700s of a 5th century text. @york.ac.uk www.york.ac.uk/research/eve...
January 15, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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The comedy industry, and the world to be honest, was a far nicer place for having Al in it. Al was such a gentle, silly man who was one of the most proactive people I’ve ever know - in comedy, politics and environmental matters. What a loss this is, but his impact will last forever. RIP sweet Al 💚
A Facebook post by The Crescent Community Venue. It shows a photos of Al, who is wearing a red beanie cap and clear-framed glasses, next to beautiful pink flowers. Below reads the statement “Last week we learned of the passing of our friend and colleague Alistair Greaves, who left us suddenly on Wednesday 8th January. Many will know Al as the brains behind York-based independent comedy producers Burning Duck Comedy. With a genuine love for an oddball sense of humour, Al brought a widely eclectic programme of artists to York & Leeds over an eleven-year period, from it’s initial home in the upstairs room of The Black Swan, to The Basement in The City Screen Picturehouse before finding more permanent regular home’s here at The Crescent and Theatre41 on Monkgate. Al was a brilliant promoter, open-minded and art focused. Working on his events would often involve long conversations about a new sound on his synthesizer, the layout of his allotment, a fab new vegan restaurant in town, or highly enthusiastic (and often very silly!) new ideas for hosting live comedy. Al was also keenly engaged in politcs. He was a member of the Labour Party and more recently the Green Party with whom Al helped with fundraising and canvassing. He was considered and principled, but above all loved to engage in conversation with others, a beautiful humanist. We will all miss him very much. Our thoughts are with his friends and family.”
January 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM