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[kiteknots]

Greenhead Moss Nature Reserve // Wishaw

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Happy Birthday snooker player John Higgins born on May 18th 1975 in Wishaw.

Higgins burst onto the snooker scene in the 1994/95 season, becoming the first teenager to win three ranking events in one season. For this he earned an amazing £283,970. 12 times more than he earned the previous season. the 1998 season he won the the first of his four World Championship and at the end of the season he received player of the Year award.

He has won 28 ranking titles, including three UK championships and two Masters titles, making him one of the most successful players in the modern history of the sport. His records include the first player to compile four consecutive century breaks in a major tournament: 103, 104, 138 and 128, in Preston 2005. He achieved the feat in the final of the 2005 Grand Prix, against Ronnie O'Sullivan, he is one of only five players to win both the World Championship and the UK Championship in the same year.

In September 2010, Higgins was cleared of match-fixing allegations made against him by UK newspaper News of the World. He admitted to bringing the game into disrepute though, by not reporting an approach to throw games. Because of this he was banned for six months, backdated to May 2010 when he was originally suspended. In addition he was fined £75,000.

This year Higgins became one of only 4 men in their 40s have played in a world final at the Crucible, he looked to be cruising to victory in the event and was 10–4 ahead after the second session, He then lost 12 of the next 14 frames and ended up losing the match 18–15.

This year Higgins made it to the quarter finals of the World Championship at the Crucible, going out to Mark Selby, he is ranked 9 in the world and his earnings for the season total over £201,000.

In February 2010, Higgins and his wife Denise appeared on ITV's Mr. and Mrs. and reached the final after answering 9 questions correctly out of 9 to win £30,000. They donated the money to The Dalziel Centre – a day hospice for cancer patients, based at Strathclyde Hospital in Motherwell, of which Higgins became a patron after they cared for his terminally ill father. In 2021 John helped out Craigneuk Amateurs AFC to help regenerate The Humph, a football pitch in the village of Craigneuk, where he grew up.

[newstattoos]

Next week, a Wishaw tattoo artist will travel to Edinburgh as the convention that he founded celebrates its 10th anniversary. Jim Aitken, who is based in Main Street Tattoo in the center of the town, also runs The Scottish Tattoo Convention. In addition to hosting over 200 tattoo artists, they will complete over 500 tattoos over one weekend at O...

[371tattoostudio]

Done by @sergio_371tattoo #buddhaart 3 7 1 #buddhatattoo #realismtattoos #northlanarkshiretattoo #wishaw #glasgowtattoo #barberdtssupplies #nocturnalgreywash #kwadroncartridges #dynamicink #anchoredstencil #fkflux #371photovideo #wishawtattooartist #tattooworkers #tattooartistwanted (at 371 Tattoo Studio) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpPjfTsKxgx/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[lithiumseven]

Part II, Part I

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London Spy E01

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PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER 2006 | dir. Tom Tykwer

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Q and boyfie kind of things

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[kiteknots]

Greenhead Moss Nature Reserve // Wishaw

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'BLACK DOVES' (2024)

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where you go, i go

[371tattoostudio]

Done by @sergio_371tattoo #gamingtattoo 3 7 1 #dungeonsanddragons #tattoosformen #gamerstattoo #customtattoo #colortattoo #forearmtattoo #glasgowtattoo #wishawtattooist #wishaw #northlanarkshiretattoo #fkflux #barberdtssupplies #sorrymombalm #dragontattoo #371photovideo https://www.instagram.com/p/CpKfRGbqM2J/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[lithiumseven]

Part I, Part II

[caribbean1989]

Spectre (2015)

[alexlacquemanne]

Romola in The Hour appreciation: 10/12

Romola Garaï as Bel Rowley (2011-2012) : Season 2 Episode 4

Director of photography : David Luther