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Hardish Virk (He/Him)
@hardishvirk.bsky.social
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DJ * Promoter * Journalist * Author * Artist * Activist * Archivist * Curator

These are my personal opinions & thoughts
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Happy Diwali - Peace & Love 🪔
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October 20, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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The museum @philsilvers.bsky.social at FarGo Village #Coventry is a treasure trove of popular cultural history and comedy. And then there's #FunkoPop merchandise enroute to the museum. All in the heart of Coventry's own mini-Camden.

#PhilSilvers
#SergeantBilko
Outside of a shop selling comics and figurines of popular culture characters. Inside a museum with posters, photos, picture frames, glass cases and other artefacts. Inside a museum with posters, photos, picture frames, glass cases and other artefacts. Inside a museum with posters, photos, picture frames, glass cases and other artefacts.
October 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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On FRIDAY 5th DECEMBER we are putting on a MUSIC night of DEFIANCE where we will be raising funds for LOVE MUSIC HATE RACISM

It's FREE ENTRY and you can donate what you can afford (if anything at all) on the night

2GETHER we are STRONGER

#LoveMusicHateRacism

#MusicOfDefiance
Poster Image in the colours Black, White, Red and Green. There is a DJ on turntables and a musician playing the drum instrument, a tabla. Both are in green colours. There is also a red fist. There are also logos at the bottom. Main title says, 'MUSIC OF DEFIANCE'.
October 13, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Eid Mubarak 🕌 Peace & Love 💛
June 6, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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#GeneHackman - his legend will live on in cinema : Rest In Peace.
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February 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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You can still vote for me and my work on the #SouthAsian #heritage project, #StoriesThatMadeUs at bit.ly/4grt5yy

Voting closes this Sunday ✨️

#WACA25
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January 31, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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#DavidLynch was an unapologetic and visionary film-maker, who I came across in the 1980s, when I saw the legendary #Eraserhead on C4. #TheElephantMan #BlueVelvet #TwinPeaks #WildAtHeart & #LostHighway are my favourite films by the late Mr. Lynch. Rest In Peace.
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January 17, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Wishing you all a Happy New Year ✨️ Peace & Love amongst the human race ✨️ Care & Consideration for our beautiful planet ✨️

#HappyNewYear
#Peace
#Love
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December 31, 2024 at 3:42 PM
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Ustad Zakir Hussain

Tabla player
Composer
Percussionist
Producer
Actor

Rest In Peace
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December 15, 2024 at 8:09 PM
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Respect to everyone involved in & supporting 'Gig For Gaza'. Music artists involved have prioritised #HumanRights over commercial & political gain, which can't be said about artists who have performed in Israel, whilst the regime have led an apartheid & oppressive system against the Palestinians.
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December 14, 2024 at 6:56 PM
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Finished listening to the #acting legend #AlPacino telling his life story with honesty & integrity. This was a beautiful & fascinating listen. Pacino looks back at his extraordinary life with nostalgia, as he looks forward to the time he has left with us. Emotional & profound.

#SonnyBoy
#Scarface
Black and white photo of the actor Al Pacino with black hair and his hand placed on his forehead. There is text in the photo.
December 1, 2024 at 4:35 PM
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Millions like me across the world like never before, are in solidarity with the Palestinian people ✊🏽

#StopTheGenocide
#CeasefireNOW
#EndToTheOccupation
#FreePalestine
#FreeGaza

#InternationalDayOfSolidarityWithThePalestinianPeople🇵🇸
Black, white, red and green colours of the Palestine flag with a white dove and text in different colours.
November 30, 2024 at 12:16 AM
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#StoriesThatMadeUs is a #SouthAsian #heritage project set up by me in partnership with Coventry Artspace. It includes my archive (some of it can be seen in these photos), my mother (Jasvir Kang) archive, my father (Harbhajan Singh Virk) archive under the Virk Collection at Coventry Archives. 1/4
Room with photos, posters, artworks, records, books and other objects depicting South Asian heritage & culture. Room with photos, posters, clothes, artworks, records, books and other objects depicting South Asian heritage & culture. Room with photos, posters, artworks, records, books and other objects depicting South Asian heritage & culture. Room with photos, posters, artworks, records and other objects depicting South Asian heritage & culture.
November 21, 2024 at 10:13 PM
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Since 2021, I have in partnership with Coventry Artspace, St. Mary's Guildhall, Coventry Archives & Herbert Art Gallery & Museum been working on #StoriesThatMadeUs

Supported by DESIblitz, South Asian Heritage Month & Uni of Warwick.

Check out the project video by Ayesha Jones: bit.ly/3CyqzZ6
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Film reel with brown tone images of Indian women and child from the 1950s and 1960s.
November 17, 2024 at 9:59 PM