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Sabina Stent
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Writing about women & surrealism & film (Vinegar Syndrome/OCN, Arrow Video, Radiance Film). Cat lover. Small Brummie.
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From Geezer Butler’s autobiography. The final two sentences are Pulitzer worthy.
“One morning in September 1971, two ladies, Mrs Bagley and Mrs Heath, were waiting for a bus on Victoria Road in Aston, where I was born and bred. Suddenly, they saw a woman dressed in a "green frilly gown" standing in the middle of the road. Then they saw their bus, heading straight for her. They were frozen with horror. But just as the bus was about to hit the woman, she vanished. A few months later, this time in the evening, a Mrs McFarlane was walking past the same spot when a woman in a "yellowish-green dress" suddenly appeared beside her. The woman hurried across the road, before disappearing when she reached the pavement on the other side. It was later revealed that an usherette from the Aston Cross Picture House was killed while crossing Victoria Road, on that very same spot, years earlier. Strange things were always going on in Aston. It makes perfect sense that Black Sabbath were born there.”
November 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Bless the McDonald’s on the ramp for being iconic and making the ramp (somewhat) safer.
Stephenson Street- outside McDonald's on the ramp - relies almost entirely on the glow from the fast-food chain. Rotunda Square, outside the Bullring, and the steps leading to Moor Street station, are cloaked in shadow.
November 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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“I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing that I wanted to do.”

Happy Birthday, Georgia O’Keeffe.

Ghost Ranch Portal, New Mexico, 1964. Photo by Todd Webb.
The artist Georgia O’Keeffe at Ghost Ranch, her home, in 1964. Her grey hair is tied back and she wears a black dress and shoes. On the wall to her right is a large animal skull
November 15, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Starmer’s Britain.
Three packs of butter in a supermarket fridge, each in their own security case.
November 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Back in the days when Pebble Mill was still up and running and this city wasn’t ravaged by cuts and bankruptcy. Maybe there’s a correlation:
The city was once synonymous with groundbreaking television. Its innovative BBC drama department produced Play for Today, tackling social issues with bold storytelling. Birmingham-based entertainment shows included darts-based gameshow Bullseye, Spitting Image, Telly Addicts and anarchic children's show Tiswas. Millions tuned in nightly to watch the ATV soap Crossroads, as well as the BBC's weekday Pebble Mill At One.
November 8, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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If the five-year strategy from the Birmingham Museums Trust succeeds, the city's cultural gem will have been either partially or fully closed for around 11 years. The museum and art gallery (BMAG), next to Birmingham City Council House, closed in 2020 for essential maintenance works but partially reopened in 2022 for the Commonwealth Games. It then reopened in phases last year, with a number of spaces such as the Round Room Gallery welcoming members of the public for the first time in years. But the majority of spaces in the attraction are still not in use. The Trust said its vision was set out "within the context of the city council's financial constraints and wider sector funding challenges", adding it would take steps to secure alternative revenue streams. It also wants to launch a large-scale "digitisation programme" to better connect all its sites with all of the communities of Birmingham. "This strategy is about resilience, reinvention and making sure Birmingham's cultural treasures remain accessible and relevant to all. "It is an unapologetically ambitious plan to invest in the city's greatest cultural asset, to create a world class museum service." They added: "We are committed to fostering a more democratic, inclusive approach to heritage, ensuring that every community sees themselves reflected in our spaces and stories." The strategy was developed with recommendations from its citizens' jury and “extensive" audience research, as well as support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
November 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Fucking finally! #BCFC
Todays football result showing Birmingham beat Portsmouth 4-0.
November 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Favourite first time watches, October 2025:

🎬 Roofman (Derek Cianfrance, 2025)
🎬 Mr. Scorsese (Rebecca Miller, 2025)
🎬 Companion (Drew Hancock, 2025)
🎬 I Swear (Kirk Jones, 2025)
November 1, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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Happy Halloween, my pretties.

Leonor Fini at the monastery of Nonza, Corsica, c. 1965. Photo by Eddy Brofferio.
A witchy photograph of artist Leonor Fini, straddling a broomstick, photographed in a derelict and crumbling Corsican monastery. She is wearing a white/blonde wig and a shapeless black dress that exposes her thigh, paired with heels. She is giving epic side-eye- peering naughtily and mischievously behind her.
October 31, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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The opening image of The Crow (1994), Dir: Alex Proyas. A bird’s eye (crow’s eye) view shows Detroit on fire after numerous arson attacks. The text on screen reads “October 30th - Devils Night.”
October 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Sleep peacefully Papa, you most beautiful big boy. Our wonderful good boy. Our most chilled best boy. The three boys are back together again 🤍💔
October 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Happy Birthday, Claude Cahun 🐈‍⬛

Le chemin de chats V / Cats’ lane V (c. 1948).
A masked and barefoot photo of artist Claude Cahun walking their cat, Kit, who is on a lead, on a cemetery path.
October 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Pierce Brosnan as Thomas Crown in John McTiernan’s very good 1999 remake of The Thomas Crown Affair.
October 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Cosmo and one of her greatest loves (the radiator).
Cosmo, a tortoiseshell tabby cat, snuggles against the radiator.
October 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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What the fuck, man.
RIP Ace Frehley, guitarist of KISS.
October 16, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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When you’re the only art girl not at Frieze.
A pensive looking Leonor Fini, photographed by Lee Miller in Saint-Martin-d’Ardèche, 1939.
October 16, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Diane Keaton (RIP) as Kay Corleone in The Godfather (1972).
October 11, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Favourite first time watches, September 2025:

🎬 Homebound (Neeraj Ghaywan, 2025)
🎬 One Battle After Another (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2025)
🎬 28 Years Later (Danny Boyle, 2025)
🎬 Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra (Dominic Arum, 2025)
October 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Brigitte Bardot (born #otd) and Leonor Fini on their way to the Surrealist Ball at the Castle of Ferrières, Paris, December 1972.
Brigitte Bardot and the artist Leonor Fini dressed in plumed splendour for the Surrealist Ball at the Castle of Ferrières, Paris, December 1972.
September 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Paul McCartney, “Self-portrait in my room at the Asher family home”, Wimpole Street, London, December 1963.
A young Paul McCartney takes a mirror selfie.
September 25, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Leonor with leaves by Erwin
Blumfeld, c. 1938
#autumnequinox
An autumnal photo of artist Leonor Fini peering out of some leaves.
September 22, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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Bounty!
My hand with three conkers in my palm.
September 19, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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“My desire is to preserve the sense of people’s lives, to endow them with the strength and beauty I see in them. I want the people in my pictures to stare back.”

Happy Birthday to the incredible Nan Goldin 💙
Still from Bette Gordon’s 1980 film Empty Suitcases. The photo shows the photographer Nan Goldin, holding a camera, walking away from “Vivienne in a Green Dress”.
September 12, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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“In difficult times, fashion is always outrageous.”

Happy Birthday, Elsa Schiaparelli - Shocking Pink Queen & Surrealist Couturier par excellence 💖
September 10, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Adding my voice to the many who agree this is fantastic.
September 2, 2025 at 9:02 AM