Martin Fitzgerald
@4hundredblows.bsky.social
Author of Ruth and Martin’s Album Club. Screenwriter - Campbeltown ‘69 (in pre-production)
Currently writing The Umbrella Man and Other Stories
Managing Editor @NottinghamJournal.bsky.social
Currently writing The Umbrella Man and Other Stories
Managing Editor @NottinghamJournal.bsky.social
Pinned
Finished! 81,200 words, 21 chapters, one trip to Dallas and another to Leamington Spa. It will be out in Spring and, if you were wondering, the font on this title page is called Oswald.
I haven’t seen someone breaking into heaven like that since The Second Coming was released
January 4, 2026 at 1:50 PM
I haven’t seen someone breaking into heaven like that since The Second Coming was released
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We're putting the new Route One together today (new episodes Mon/Wed/Fri) and the plan, as always, is to cast our eye around for stories that might slip under the radar elsewhere. So if your team has done something spectacular (good or bad) and deserves a mention, drop me a line...
January 4, 2026 at 12:15 PM
We're putting the new Route One together today (new episodes Mon/Wed/Fri) and the plan, as always, is to cast our eye around for stories that might slip under the radar elsewhere. So if your team has done something spectacular (good or bad) and deserves a mention, drop me a line...
Arsehole of the Bailey more like #thetraitors
January 3, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Arsehole of the Bailey more like #thetraitors
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Just a fabulous Midcentury Midwestern Modern entrance at the old Blue Ox in Minneapolis.
January 3, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Just a fabulous Midcentury Midwestern Modern entrance at the old Blue Ox in Minneapolis.
Offscreen -
“Name something you take to a beach”
“Turkey”
“Name something you take to a beach”
“Turkey”
January 3, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Offscreen -
“Name something you take to a beach”
“Turkey”
“Name something you take to a beach”
“Turkey”
2025 - the year Kathleen Harrison broke
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
2025 - the year Kathleen Harrison broke
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I just think it’s so much cooler and more interesting to try to be the best audio show rather than the shittiest television show
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
From Joe Marler’s visual-only stunts to the incomprehensible shuffling sounds Steven Bartlett recently subjected headphone users to, dodgy audio experiences are on the rise
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 4:01 AM
I just think it’s so much cooler and more interesting to try to be the best audio show rather than the shittiest television show
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George Martin would have been 100 today. Here he is characteristically being both musical and stylish.
January 3, 2026 at 8:33 AM
George Martin would have been 100 today. Here he is characteristically being both musical and stylish.
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My gf and I decided that you had to have a name that sounded like a Beatles song to join Wings. Denny Laine, on guitar, Don Letmedown on drums, and Tristan Shout on horns.
January 2, 2026 at 8:30 PM
My gf and I decided that you had to have a name that sounded like a Beatles song to join Wings. Denny Laine, on guitar, Don Letmedown on drums, and Tristan Shout on horns.
I wouldn’t last five minutes on The Traitors. As soon as I started talking about Dylan live at the Budokan, people would be like, “he’s acting odd”
January 2, 2026 at 8:35 PM
I wouldn’t last five minutes on The Traitors. As soon as I started talking about Dylan live at the Budokan, people would be like, “he’s acting odd”
January 2, 2026 at 10:17 AM
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What are you doing in April? Nothing? Buy a ticket for my album launch please... wegottickets.com/event/687701/
Simon Love "THE ONE TRUE PRINCE OF WALES" Album Launch Party
Save the date to come and join us in celebration of the release of the fourth Simon Love solo album "THE ONE TRUE PRINCE OF WALES (in exile after abdication)" on the Hurrah Musica label. Support acts ...
wegottickets.com
January 2, 2026 at 8:42 AM
What are you doing in April? Nothing? Buy a ticket for my album launch please... wegottickets.com/event/687701/
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A special New Year's Day INVENTORY is available now via the @backlisted.bsky.social Patreon. Sign up as a Locklistener today, hit 2026 running with Pulp, Dog Day Afternoon and The Fallen Women, support the podcast.
This week: Jarvis Cocker, 'The Loss Adjuster'.
www.patreon.com/backlisted
This week: Jarvis Cocker, 'The Loss Adjuster'.
www.patreon.com/backlisted
January 1, 2026 at 9:28 AM
A special New Year's Day INVENTORY is available now via the @backlisted.bsky.social Patreon. Sign up as a Locklistener today, hit 2026 running with Pulp, Dog Day Afternoon and The Fallen Women, support the podcast.
This week: Jarvis Cocker, 'The Loss Adjuster'.
www.patreon.com/backlisted
This week: Jarvis Cocker, 'The Loss Adjuster'.
www.patreon.com/backlisted
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"7 a.m. (New Year's Morning)," László Moholy-Nagy (c. 1930)
January 1, 2024 at 4:48 PM
"7 a.m. (New Year's Morning)," László Moholy-Nagy (c. 1930)
Saturday Night, Sunday Morning - Nottingham
January 1, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Saturday Night, Sunday Morning - Nottingham
The moment they ditched Pop-Up Video nothing was sacred
December 31, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The moment they ditched Pop-Up Video nothing was sacred
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The festive 46. The best films I watched/rewatched in 2025 - nothing less than 4.5 out of 5
boxd.it/R5rfU
boxd.it/R5rfU
Best films I watched/rewatched in 2025
Nothing less than 4.5 out of 5
boxd.it
December 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The festive 46. The best films I watched/rewatched in 2025 - nothing less than 4.5 out of 5
boxd.it/R5rfU
boxd.it/R5rfU
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I can't begin to say how much @smershpod.com means to me. For me it began in the dark days of 2020, it was a hilarious review of James Bond and adjacent movies, to what it's become now. @johnrain.co.uk is an oracle of all great (and frankly terrible) movies. There's something here for everyone.
Hello everyone. Keir Starmer, Lad Lawyer, here. Just to say that if you have enjoyed Smersh Pod's 2025 output, why not tell everyone? Why not review and rate on your platform of choice? Why not join the Patreon?
December 30, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I can't begin to say how much @smershpod.com means to me. For me it began in the dark days of 2020, it was a hilarious review of James Bond and adjacent movies, to what it's become now. @johnrain.co.uk is an oracle of all great (and frankly terrible) movies. There's something here for everyone.
The Withered Hand live set on Insta just now was the indie-pop equivalent of the Pistols at the Free Trade Hall. Your Jim Bobs, Your Haymans. They were all there
December 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The Withered Hand live set on Insta just now was the indie-pop equivalent of the Pistols at the Free Trade Hall. Your Jim Bobs, Your Haymans. They were all there
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Indie Podcasting is becoming increasingly like running a treehouse, so any help you can offer, be it great or small, would be greatly appreciated.
December 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Indie Podcasting is becoming increasingly like running a treehouse, so any help you can offer, be it great or small, would be greatly appreciated.
John is one of the best hosts in the business. The JFK episode was the most fun I’ve ever had on a podcast (a niche award I grant you) and it directly led to my next book. I love him and, like Bryan Adams, everything he does, he does for us.
Hello everyone. Keir Starmer, Lad Lawyer, here. Just to say that if you have enjoyed Smersh Pod's 2025 output, why not tell everyone? Why not review and rate on your platform of choice? Why not join the Patreon?
December 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
John is one of the best hosts in the business. The JFK episode was the most fun I’ve ever had on a podcast (a niche award I grant you) and it directly led to my next book. I love him and, like Bryan Adams, everything he does, he does for us.
The Replacements - Minneapolis
December 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The Replacements - Minneapolis
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This is still so good.
December 30, 2025 at 10:42 AM
This is still so good.
I haven’t seen someone get punished for corners like this since Avon Barksdale
December 30, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I haven’t seen someone get punished for corners like this since Avon Barksdale