A problem shared: The reality of hitting the road as a DIY band from Belfast

With the rising cost of living in a post-Brexit world, what does Problem Patterns, a DIY band from Belfast, need to do to make noise outside their hometown? Here, the group’s Beverley Boal, Bethany Crooks and Alanah Smith share their secrets, advice and horror stories from trying to find an audience across the Irish Sea.

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Status: out of office. Mood: thumbs up. Owner:@pieter.peereboom@twitter.com Photo:@classiccarratings@twitter.com #MINIClassic #classiccar #drive #ontheroad
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MINI CLASSIC on Instagram: "Status: out of office. Mood: thumbs up. Owner:@pieter.peereboom Photo:@classiccarratings #MINIClassic #classiccar #drive #ontheroad"

38 likes, 0 comments - official_miniclassic on October 6, 2025: "Status: out of office. Mood: thumbs up. Owner:@pieter.peereboom Photo:@classiccarratings #MINIClassic #classiccar #drive #ontheroad".

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Punto Panoramico San Gottardo (a panoramic view near the Gotthard Pass).

#gotthard #gotthardpass #alps #mountains #sangottardo #switzerland #ontheroad #silentsunday #panorama #panoramic #views

The Beats

A photographic record of a cross-country journey made by American photographer Larry Fink in 1958. He and a group of counter culture artist friends traveled from their home in Greenwich Village to Houston + then on to Mexico

In his own words: 'It was my fate to be aligned with the Beats because of my propensity for drugs, anger, + poetry"

#thebeats #larryfink #photography #photographer #blackandwhitephotography #americanphotographer #beatniks #roadtrip #photoessay #streetphotography #streetphotographer #counterculture #ontheroad #drugsangerandpoetry #artistfriends #photodocumentary #photoseries #crosscountryroadtrip

The Beats

A photographic record of a cross-country journey made by American photographer Larry Fink in 1958. He and a group of counter culture artist friends traveled from their home in Greenwich Village to Houston + then on to Mexico

In his own words: 'It was my fate to be aligned with the Beats because of my propensity for drugs, anger, + poetry"

#thebeats #larryfink #photography #photographer #blackandwhitephotography #americanphotographer #beatniks #roadtrip #photoessay #streetphotography #streetphotographer #counterculture #ontheroad #drugsangerandpoetry #artistfriends #photodocumentary #photoseries #crosscountryroadtrip