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Bradford’s Best Kept Secret
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An elusive, ephemeral, speakeasy that takes place in Bradford’s finest buildings.

A whisky, cocktails and jazz, masquerading under the name of “poetry club”

(warning contains poets)
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agirlintheshed.bsky.social
They bailed them out to the tune of £10k per person in the UK.

Not per taxpayer, per person, children included!

If they’d given that money to the people instead I can one hundred percent guarantee we wouldn’t be where we are now. I’d like to live in that timeline tbh.
edithcharles.bsky.social Edith @edithcharles.bsky.social · Apr 2
I'm never going to lose sight of the fact that letting the bankers get away with 2008 is a huge part of what caused the current political mess.

I don't just hate them for robbing my generation of a future, I hate them for the fascism.
April 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
bradfordspeakeasy.bsky.social
This🧵
not only explains why
AI
is unavoidably shit

But it also explains why
philosophers cannot define
chairs v stools

& it serves to remind,
us to spend more time
IN reality
[ideally in elusive “poetry clubs”]
& less time doing philosophy
or online

Don’t confuse means
with ends
End

(+ALT text)
Proper machines, steampunk machines, with valves and dials and cogs pipes and wait has that guy in the background got a beer? A photographer, captures a photographer, seen through a Victorian fly wheel, looking at something that neither camera can see. In the middle a candle, on a late industrial fire sprinkler, a big tangled hulk of red metal, which is now a museum piece. On the left, stood in darkness is a man in a hat. On the right stood in the light are things the camera cannot see.
March 28, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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oisinmcgann.bsky.social
One of the most common arguments you hear from fans of generative ‘AI’ is that it’s not plagiarizing people’s work, it’s just learning like a human learns. So I’m going to break down why that’s just not true, and why it can never be true, with the existing systems. 1/
February 26, 2025 at 6:58 PM
bradfordspeakeasy.bsky.social
We’d love to see New Model Army playing Live in Bradford as part of City of Culture 🥷 #BradfordsBestKeptSecret

@newmodelarmy.bsky.social @joolzdenby.bsky.social @bradford2025.co.uk @bradfordmuseums.bsky.social @alexrossshaw.bsky.social @kerstenengland.bsky.social
A massive Flywheel in the foreground, pipework, another flywheel. A poet. Who also did the cover art for New Model Army. A black and white image of a ramp, at the bottom of which are two obscured people, with a New Model Army Connection.
March 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
bradfordspeakeasy.bsky.social
Cathedrals are ACE.
Durham Cathedral is extra ACE
I don’t trust AI (see earlier post)
greatnorthmum.bsky.social Jenny Hicken @greatnorthmum.bsky.social · Mar 25
I know this is almost the least of its problems but there are three different depictions of allegedly Durham Cathedral in the video and not one of them is actually Durham Cathedral.
Not Durham Cathedral Not Durham Cathedral Not Durham Cathedral Actual Durham Cathedral
March 25, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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oleadam.bsky.social
A wheelie through the Ramadan Arches #Bradord #visitBradford #cityofculture2025 #sharemondays2025
March 24, 2025 at 8:11 AM
bradfordspeakeasy.bsky.social
Industrial Jazz
Hashtag World Poetry Day
Poetry Club Three

@bradfordmuseums.bsky.social @bradford2025.co.uk @bfdcathedral.bsky.social @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social

#BradfordsBestKeptSecret #Bradford2025 #WorldPoetryDay
#Whisky #Jazz #Goth #Poetry #speakeasy
🤫🥃🎹🎷🍸😎
Industrial metalwork, painting red. Two men In fedoras stand back to back. Chains, gearing, metal pipe work, one of the pipes might be a saxophone Cogs, metalwork, industry a man with a hat has a beer.
March 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
bradfordspeakeasy.bsky.social
The Curator does excellent ALT text.

[this is concept art, for a hypothetical exhibition, about er… something)
drlaurenpadgett.bsky.social Dr Lauren Padgett @drlaurenpadgett.bsky.social · Mar 22
If this did happen, it would have been fantastic!
Photo shows a female singer and PA equipment. A red vintage sprinkler and people surrounding it, gathered for a poetry reading. Photo shows a vintage red sprinkler with a LED candle and glass on top of it.
March 22, 2025 at 7:19 PM
bradfordspeakeasy.bsky.social
What did I miss?
Industrial Jazz / Poetry / Ukrainian dark wave synth pop… obviously. #Bradford2025

#WorldPoetryDay #BradfordsBestKeptSecret
@bradfordmuseums.bsky.social @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social @bradford2025.co.uk @bfdcathedral.bsky.social @joolzdenby.bsky.social @drlaurenpadgett.bsky.social
Industrial things. No Jazz, honest… Candle lit engineering Machines, people, Whisky.
March 21, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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mrmurgsmaths.bsky.social
So good.

Jazz break occurring.
March 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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mrmurgsmaths.bsky.social
It's Friday, so, obviously, it's Jazz and Poetry night in a speakeasy set up in my very local museum as part of @bradford2025.co.uk

Nice to see the old Jowett cars (built about a mile away) still take pride of place.

#Bradford @bradfordspeakeasy.bsky.social ##CityofCulture2025
March 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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brianbilston.bsky.social
Happy World Poetry Day to all who celebrate. If you’re interested in writing poetry yourself, I hope this poem will be of some use.
Ten Rules for Aspiring Poets 1. Poetry does not have to rhyme. Well, at least not all the time always. 2. Metaphors can lend a poem power (but mixing them isn’t good). Should they start to fly in all directions, nip them in the bud. 3. Focus and concentration are important skills to hone. Close the door. Turn off the wi-fi. Don’t get distracted by your ph 4. Avoid clichés like the plague. 5. Don’t write stuff that’s a bit vague. 6. The use of unnecessarily long words may result in reader alienation. Curb your sesquipedalianism to obviate any obfuscation. 7. Always proof-read you’re work. Accuracy can be it’s own reward! And remember that the penis mightier than the sword. 8. Check haiku closely for lines which have too few or too many syllables. 9. Never ever follow rules. Brian Bilston
March 21, 2025 at 11:38 AM
bradfordspeakeasy.bsky.social
Ticket holders… (well all ticket holders except one…) have now been sent the event password by email.

If you still haven’t got your tickets - what on earth have you been doing with your life? They’ve been on Eventbrite this whole time! #BradfordsBestKeptSecret

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-clu....
"Poetry Club 3" The Industrial Revolution
Bradford's Best Kept Secret is back. For a Speakeasy Night at the Museum. Expect Cocktails, Jazz and poetry... Sssh! Tell no-one nothing.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
March 21, 2025 at 9:16 AM
bradfordspeakeasy.bsky.social
Someone told the T&A!

But they didn’t tell them much…

www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/2502228...
An infographic of someone wearing an “access no areas” lanyard https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-club-3-the-industrial-revolution-tickets-1000014900487?aff=ebdssbdestsearch&_gl=1*1hgikn9*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTMzODYwNDg5MS4xNzQxMjc4MjEz*_ga_TQVES5V6SH*MTc0MTI3ODIxMy4xLjAuMTc0MTI3ODIxMy4wLjAuMA. Candlelit whisky, Clandestine Jazz
March 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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theguardian.com
Edinburgh and Yorkshire set to host Tour de France Grand Départs in 2027
Edinburgh and Yorkshire set to host Tour de France Grand Départs in 2027
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March 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
bradfordspeakeasy.bsky.social
It’s on “it’s on in Bradford”, but where it’s on and how you get in, remains a well kept secret. #BradfordsBestKeptSecret

itsoninbradford.co.uk/events/bradf...
#BradfordsBestKeptSecret - It's On In Bradford
“Poetry Club” An exclusive poetry club, hidden inside a secret jazz speakeasy, that elusively pops up inside Bradford’s finest buildings. The next one is on #Worldpoetryday I’ve said too much. ...
itsoninbradford.co.uk
March 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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bd-angry.bsky.social
For those in the know but without a ticket… best act fast!
#Bradford
March 19, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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bradfordspeakeasy.bsky.social
Nothing to see here!

Just poetry people,
in a poetry club,
doing the poetry things,
that poetry people do…
Er…
rhymes and stuff…
🥷

#BradfordsBestKeptSecret #WorldPoetryDay
🤫🎹🎷🍸🥃🤗🤫
@bradford2025.co.uk @bfdcathedral.bsky.social @bradfordmuseums.bsky.social @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social
In the dim light, of what looks like a bookshop, a lady wearing glasses tries to take a photo of jazz. A candle lit table of cans and glasses in a room of people listening A poem, being read. In the darkness we can see books, and pillars and an audience, and instruments and a poet, poeting.
March 16, 2025 at 11:16 AM
bradfordspeakeasy.bsky.social
🤫🥃🎹🍸🎷😎🤫

Some people know the secret!
They’ve already got their tickets!
Have you?

#BradfordsBestKeptSecret
#WorldPoetryDay
#Bradford2025
@bradfordmuseums.bsky.social
A poet, in silhouette, in front of an amber lit stained glass window (Check eventbrite for tickets) A candlelit whisky cocktail Candlelight tinkles the grand piano’s ivories
March 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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bradfordmuseums.bsky.social
Breaking News...Reports are coming in that on 21 March, Bradfordians are invited to join an exclusive club for an evening of poetry and jazz.

#BradfordBestKeptSecret #WorldPoetryDay
March 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
bradfordspeakeasy.bsky.social
I
Will only trust AI,
When it knows why,
to deliberately try...
to do things wrong-ly.

To think outside the cube
To brake the rules
To subvert the normal
To have a none formulayered response
To stimulAI

#BradfordsBestKeptSecret
#WorldPoetryDay
#StillNotSharingTheLinkToEvenbrite
#Marketing101
A jazz band… Should have cropped out the foreground blurry bit. Unlit candles The back of the head of a pianist, as she stares at a stained glass window, (for divine intervention?)
March 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
bradfordspeakeasy.bsky.social
Poetry Rules
1 Poems do not have to rhyme or scan
2 Poems must; wait… is that scan thing a separate rule? Is this infact rule 3?
3/4 Brevity
4? Let your words&ideas soar, like an eagle
5ish No cliches…
6.5 Meta-metaphors obscure clarity
7or8 Never use emojis
#BradfordsBestKeptSecret🥃🎷
Poetry Rules🤘
Jazz sax - grooovy. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-club-3-the-industrial-revolution-tickets-1000014900487?aff=ebdssbdestsearch&_gl=1*1hgikn9*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTMzODYwNDg5MS4xNzQxMjc4MjEz*_ga_TQVES5V6SH*MTc0MTI3ODIxMy4xLjAuMTc0MTI3ODIxMy4wLjAuMA. A wall inscribed in Latin, candles, a person wearing a t-shirt which says “Fight Evil with Poetry” 🤫🎹🍸🥃🎷🥷😎🤫
March 17, 2025 at 10:25 AM
bradfordspeakeasy.bsky.social
You’re in elusive company
#BradfordsBestKeptSecret
#WorldPoetryDay
mrmurgsmaths.bsky.social James Murgatroyd @mrmurgsmaths.bsky.social · Mar 16
I've booked tickets for this.

Shut up about it, FFS!
bradfordspeakeasy.bsky.social Bradford’s Best Kept Secret @bradfordspeakeasy.bsky.social · Mar 16
Nothing to see here!

Just poetry people,
in a poetry club,
doing the poetry things,
that poetry people do…
Er…
rhymes and stuff…
🥷

#BradfordsBestKeptSecret #WorldPoetryDay
🤫🎹🎷🍸🥃🤗🤫
@bradford2025.co.uk @bfdcathedral.bsky.social @bradfordmuseums.bsky.social @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social
March 16, 2025 at 6:39 PM
bradfordspeakeasy.bsky.social
Nothing to see here!

Just poetry people,
in a poetry club,
doing the poetry things,
that poetry people do…
Er…
rhymes and stuff…
🥷

#BradfordsBestKeptSecret #WorldPoetryDay
🤫🎹🎷🍸🥃🤗🤫
@bradford2025.co.uk @bfdcathedral.bsky.social @bradfordmuseums.bsky.social @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social
In the dim light, of what looks like a bookshop, a lady wearing glasses tries to take a photo of jazz. A candle lit table of cans and glasses in a room of people listening A poem, being read. In the darkness we can see books, and pillars and an audience, and instruments and a poet, poeting.
March 16, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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bradfordspeakeasy.bsky.social
Bradford has nothing that Leeds wants?

Apart from a World Heritage Site, a National Museum, Britain’s best curry, the Bronte Sisters, the nations most sung about moorland, the best theatre in the north, a steam railway, best Waterstones & pizza pieces!

Away with this heathen! @bradford2025.co.uk
March 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM