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Robert Hensley-King

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Toronto | Research, writing, teaching: film | Fan of music and literature.

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I'll take it down

12.03.2026 13:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Very cool! Enjoy!

11.03.2026 20:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I watched an episode of Pie in the Sky with a herb garden yesterday. I am hoping April will be the month I can get mine going again.

10.03.2026 14:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh for a lasting spring...

10.03.2026 13:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Cute! We have had a taste of spring here. I even had a coffee and a chat outside with some neighbours yesterday.

10.03.2026 13:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜A lot of late 70s bands wore grey. But we were determined to have fun’: the return of the mega-influential Swell Maps after 46 years Championed by the BBC’s John Peel and signed to Rough Trade, the band were punk when that meant DIY, psychedelia and prog as well as screaming chords. What’s more, they loved Pink Floyd …
10.03.2026 12:04 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜A lot of comedians don’t have a sense of humour’: Jack Dee on his loser Lead Balloon creation Rick Spleen β€˜Rick’s basically a what-if version of me. Had I not found success, that’s how I would have been – deluding myself into thinking success will come, or believing it’s not my fault that it hasn’t’
09.03.2026 18:53 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Flagey L’un des centres culturels les plus importants de Bruxelles. Du classique, du jazz, du cinΓ©ma tous les jours, des confΓ©rences et des activitΓ©s pour les enfants dans un bΓ’timent art dΓ©co iconique.

Beaucoup de potentiel... You made me think of this great venue in Bruxelles

09.03.2026 18:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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a door in a room with a blue tile border ALT: a door in a room with a blue tile border

I play on my English accent when ordering a vodka martini there

09.03.2026 17:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Varda CafΓ©-Bar

That's pretty cool. The bar at TIFF is named after her

09.03.2026 15:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks!

09.03.2026 14:12 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Awesome! I lived in the municipality in which Agnès Varda was born: Ixelles, Brussels.

09.03.2026 14:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

🀣

09.03.2026 14:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

🀣 Perhaps St. Vincent of Cork might free the land of Powers

09.03.2026 13:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Indeed!

09.03.2026 12:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

15th works for me πŸ™‚

08.03.2026 23:20 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Cheers!

08.03.2026 16:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Still pretty cool 😎

07.03.2026 17:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ˜ŽπŸ–€

07.03.2026 17:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Nice! I'll look out for it in Toronto.

05.03.2026 13:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Thanks! I just checked the 7 day forecast. Next Monday looks like it will be nice.... Enjoy today before your wet Friday

05.03.2026 13:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Very nice! We are forecast a high of 4ΒΊC, which is really nice compared to yet another icy day.

05.03.2026 13:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks!

04.03.2026 14:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜I owe Iron Maiden my English A-level!’ The great literature our writers discovered through pop music Ahead of World Book Day on Thursday, Guardian music writers pick out the musicians whose literary references illuminated them – from Adam Ant on Joe Orton to the National on Grace Paley
04.03.2026 14:31 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Very cool 😎

04.03.2026 12:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

On Wednesdays we wear black

04.03.2026 12:57 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

I guess UK Gold increasingly has a lot of stuff to recycle.

There’s britbox over here but I’m
not a subscriber. I am, however, enjoying rewatching Pie in the Sky. I’m a foodie who likes to solve problems.

03.03.2026 22:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I was reminiscing about it at home and came across a boxset.

03.03.2026 22:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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03.03.2026 21:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

🀣

03.03.2026 15:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0