Anna Doble
@annadoble.bsky.social
Digital editor at BBC World Service. Also wrote a book about growing up through the music of the ‘90s - Connection is a Song. Paperback out now 📚
https://geni.us/Connection-is-a-Song
https://geni.us/Connection-is-a-Song
Am in Cardiff this weekend with evidence that, yes, Bowie *is* everywhere…
This Thursday (20 Nov), From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads - with @jamesbriggs11.bsky.social @rnrbook-club.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/james-brig...
This Thursday (20 Nov), From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads - with @jamesbriggs11.bsky.social @rnrbook-club.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/james-brig...
November 16, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Am in Cardiff this weekend with evidence that, yes, Bowie *is* everywhere…
This Thursday (20 Nov), From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads - with @jamesbriggs11.bsky.social @rnrbook-club.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/james-brig...
This Thursday (20 Nov), From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads - with @jamesbriggs11.bsky.social @rnrbook-club.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/james-brig...
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Can't wait to chat with fab 90s indie author @annadoble.bsky.social about my Bowie escapade
@rnrbook-club.bsky.social next Thursday. Come along for a Bowie bonanza and apparently a Life on Mars? themed cocktail.
#DavidBowie #Books
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/james-brig...
@rnrbook-club.bsky.social next Thursday. Come along for a Bowie bonanza and apparently a Life on Mars? themed cocktail.
#DavidBowie #Books
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/james-brig...
JAMES BRIGGS - FROM IBIZA TO THE NORFOLK BROADS
A Bowie Odyssey
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Can't wait to chat with fab 90s indie author @annadoble.bsky.social about my Bowie escapade
@rnrbook-club.bsky.social next Thursday. Come along for a Bowie bonanza and apparently a Life on Mars? themed cocktail.
#DavidBowie #Books
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/james-brig...
@rnrbook-club.bsky.social next Thursday. Come along for a Bowie bonanza and apparently a Life on Mars? themed cocktail.
#DavidBowie #Books
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/james-brig...
Remembering my Grandad Frank - front right - who fought in WW1 at age just 17 as you can see in his young face here. He lived to the age of 90 and never wore his medals, never wanted to speak about what he saw (at least two of his friends killed) and truly hated all talk of war.
November 9, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Remembering my Grandad Frank - front right - who fought in WW1 at age just 17 as you can see in his young face here. He lived to the age of 90 and never wore his medals, never wanted to speak about what he saw (at least two of his friends killed) and truly hated all talk of war.
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🆕
20 November WALTHAMSTOW
JAMES BRIGGS - From Ibiza To the Norfolk Broads - A Bowie Odyssey
in conversation with @annadoble.bsky.social
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1810140421...
@laurenlaverne.bsky.social
20 November WALTHAMSTOW
JAMES BRIGGS - From Ibiza To the Norfolk Broads - A Bowie Odyssey
in conversation with @annadoble.bsky.social
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1810140421...
@laurenlaverne.bsky.social
JAMES BRIGGS - FROM IBIZA TO THE NORFOLK BROADS
A Bowie Odyssey
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 11:04 AM
🆕
20 November WALTHAMSTOW
JAMES BRIGGS - From Ibiza To the Norfolk Broads - A Bowie Odyssey
in conversation with @annadoble.bsky.social
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1810140421...
@laurenlaverne.bsky.social
20 November WALTHAMSTOW
JAMES BRIGGS - From Ibiza To the Norfolk Broads - A Bowie Odyssey
in conversation with @annadoble.bsky.social
🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1810140421...
@laurenlaverne.bsky.social
A wonderful night - congrats @debseyonbass.bsky.social - can’t wait to get stuck in - looking good on my music book shelf 🧡
October 9, 2025 at 12:08 PM
A wonderful night - congrats @debseyonbass.bsky.social - can’t wait to get stuck in - looking good on my music book shelf 🧡
What a joy to spot International out in the wild (Southwark tube) @bobpetesarah.bsky.social @rockingbob.bsky.social 👀
October 3, 2025 at 8:27 AM
What a joy to spot International out in the wild (Southwark tube) @bobpetesarah.bsky.social @rockingbob.bsky.social 👀
Extremely grateful to @leftlion.bsky.social for doing this lovely piece on my chat with @bobpetesarah.bsky.social for the release of International - whatever funny thing was said in the photos, I wish I could recall... but my money is on Wiggs
leftlion.co.uk/features/202...
leftlion.co.uk/features/202...
Live Q&A: Saint Etienne in conversation at Rough Trade
Saint Etienne graced Rough Trade for a Q&A about their final album, International - a release which marks the last chapter in the band's career after 35 years in the industry....
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September 22, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Extremely grateful to @leftlion.bsky.social for doing this lovely piece on my chat with @bobpetesarah.bsky.social for the release of International - whatever funny thing was said in the photos, I wish I could recall... but my money is on Wiggs
leftlion.co.uk/features/202...
leftlion.co.uk/features/202...
What an absolute dream to host the Q&A with @bobpetesarah.bsky.social at Nottingham Rough Trade this week for their new (and last 😢) album, International…
I wheeled out some of my Leeds Student questions from June 2000 - will dig out the piece I wrote back then & share in replies 👇
September 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
What an absolute dream to host the Q&A with @bobpetesarah.bsky.social at Nottingham Rough Trade this week for their new (and last 😢) album, International…
I wheeled out some of my Leeds Student questions from June 2000 - will dig out the piece I wrote back then & share in replies 👇
@thebodyserve.bsky.social Thanks for a great post-US Open show… laughed out loud a few times & completely agree on the mixed dubs atrocity!
September 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
@thebodyserve.bsky.social Thanks for a great post-US Open show… laughed out loud a few times & completely agree on the mixed dubs atrocity!
"Echobelly pissed all over Oasis as a live band"
A choice quote of @jamesbpcook.bsky.social's in this double interview we did for @drownedinsound.org about the *other* Britpop... 🙌
www.drownedinsound.org/inside-the-o...
A choice quote of @jamesbpcook.bsky.social's in this double interview we did for @drownedinsound.org about the *other* Britpop... 🙌
www.drownedinsound.org/inside-the-o...
September 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
"Echobelly pissed all over Oasis as a live band"
A choice quote of @jamesbpcook.bsky.social's in this double interview we did for @drownedinsound.org about the *other* Britpop... 🙌
www.drownedinsound.org/inside-the-o...
A choice quote of @jamesbpcook.bsky.social's in this double interview we did for @drownedinsound.org about the *other* Britpop... 🙌
www.drownedinsound.org/inside-the-o...
Reposted by Anna Doble
New: 30 years on from the britpop wars, two authors in the thick of it, one a teenage fan, the other in a band you’ve somehow never heard of
@annadoble.bsky.social and @jamesbpcook.bsky.social on The Other #Britpop www.drownedinsound.org/inside-the-o...
@annadoble.bsky.social and @jamesbpcook.bsky.social on The Other #Britpop www.drownedinsound.org/inside-the-o...
Inside the other Britpop
30 years since Blur beat Oasis in the Battle of Britpop, two authors explore being both inside and outside the mid-90s music explosion
www.drownedinsound.org
September 6, 2025 at 9:12 AM
New: 30 years on from the britpop wars, two authors in the thick of it, one a teenage fan, the other in a band you’ve somehow never heard of
@annadoble.bsky.social and @jamesbpcook.bsky.social on The Other #Britpop www.drownedinsound.org/inside-the-o...
@annadoble.bsky.social and @jamesbpcook.bsky.social on The Other #Britpop www.drownedinsound.org/inside-the-o...
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Two authors speak out about Britpop! My joint interview with the brilliant @annadoble.bsky.social www.drownedinsound.org/inside-the-o...
Inside the other Britpop
30 years since Blur beat Oasis in the Battle of Britpop, two authors explore being both inside and outside the mid-90s music explosion
www.drownedinsound.org
September 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Two authors speak out about Britpop! My joint interview with the brilliant @annadoble.bsky.social www.drownedinsound.org/inside-the-o...
Thank you Moseley Folk & Arts Festival & Catherine at The Heath Bookshop - what a great event …honoured to chat ‘90s once again!
Connection is a Song - get yer paperback now 💗
geni.us/Connection-i...
Connection is a Song - get yer paperback now 💗
geni.us/Connection-i...
September 1, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Thank you Moseley Folk & Arts Festival & Catherine at The Heath Bookshop - what a great event …honoured to chat ‘90s once again!
Connection is a Song - get yer paperback now 💗
geni.us/Connection-i...
Connection is a Song - get yer paperback now 💗
geni.us/Connection-i...
My newest reader is Mikey the beautiful cat!
Thanks @williamleeadams.bsky.social 😺
geni.us/Connection-i...
Thanks @williamleeadams.bsky.social 😺
geni.us/Connection-i...
August 28, 2025 at 7:20 AM
My newest reader is Mikey the beautiful cat!
Thanks @williamleeadams.bsky.social 😺
geni.us/Connection-i...
Thanks @williamleeadams.bsky.social 😺
geni.us/Connection-i...
On this day 30 years ago, Blur beat Oasis and reached number one in the Battle of Britpop. I bought Country House. But there was another Britpop...
Feat. @jamesbpcook.bsky.social
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Feat. @jamesbpcook.bsky.social
foryoursavageamusement.co.uk/2025/08/20/t...
August 20, 2025 at 8:17 AM
On this day 30 years ago, Blur beat Oasis and reached number one in the Battle of Britpop. I bought Country House. But there was another Britpop...
Feat. @jamesbpcook.bsky.social
foryoursavageamusement.co.uk/2025/08/20/t...
Feat. @jamesbpcook.bsky.social
foryoursavageamusement.co.uk/2025/08/20/t...
Found my own book in Fopp. Reduced sticker, maximum joy...
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Why I’m thrilled my book has ended up in Fopp
When I saw my book about the music of the 1990s heavily discounted in record shop Fopp, I was delighted not dissappointed. Here’s why.
foryoursavageamusement.co.uk
August 19, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Found my own book in Fopp. Reduced sticker, maximum joy...
foryoursavageamusement.co.uk/2025/08/18/w...
foryoursavageamusement.co.uk/2025/08/18/w...
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I can’t believe there was a referendum on Brexit but we didn’t get to have a referendum on whether to keep the headphone jack
The removal of the headphone jack was just another way of bleeding us dry through planned obsolescence. Bring forth the planet destroying meteor. ☄️
August 11, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I can’t believe there was a referendum on Brexit but we didn’t get to have a referendum on whether to keep the headphone jack
Well pleased to see I am now on the bargain shelves at Fopp in central London!
Six quid for a trip to the ‘90s 🙃
geni.us/Connection-i...
Six quid for a trip to the ‘90s 🙃
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August 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Well pleased to see I am now on the bargain shelves at Fopp in central London!
Six quid for a trip to the ‘90s 🙃
geni.us/Connection-i...
Six quid for a trip to the ‘90s 🙃
geni.us/Connection-i...
That was fun!! 🍹
On Anna Glowinski's 'Fri-Yay Cocktail' from 16.00CET, Marie (#Lootie) Leautey on 'Lootie's World Run: The Extraordinary True Story of the Fastest Woman to Have Run Around the World', and @annadoble.bsky.social 'Connection is a Song: Coming Up and Coming Out Through the Music of the '90s'
July 26, 2025 at 3:29 AM
That was fun!! 🍹
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Needing a 90s pop fix?
Listen up, the Back to Now podcast revisits the memories, tunes and everything else in between from this iconic decade. Join @annadoble.bsky.social @neilcollins1986.bsky.social and more rock and roll star guests, here!
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Listen up, the Back to Now podcast revisits the memories, tunes and everything else in between from this iconic decade. Join @annadoble.bsky.social @neilcollins1986.bsky.social and more rock and roll star guests, here!
linktr.ee/poprambler
July 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Needing a 90s pop fix?
Listen up, the Back to Now podcast revisits the memories, tunes and everything else in between from this iconic decade. Join @annadoble.bsky.social @neilcollins1986.bsky.social and more rock and roll star guests, here!
linktr.ee/poprambler
Listen up, the Back to Now podcast revisits the memories, tunes and everything else in between from this iconic decade. Join @annadoble.bsky.social @neilcollins1986.bsky.social and more rock and roll star guests, here!
linktr.ee/poprambler
I tried very hard not to like Oasis in the mid-1990s. Then 'Live Forever' happened.
Happy Oasis day to all of you who celebrate it
foryoursavageamusement.co.uk/2025/07/04/l...
Happy Oasis day to all of you who celebrate it
foryoursavageamusement.co.uk/2025/07/04/l...
Live Forever: The ’90s in one song
I try very hard not to like Oasis in the mid-1990s, even wearing a T-shirt bearing the logo of their rivals Blur, to the famous gigs in Knebworth Park. But something about Liam Gallagher’s ag…
foryoursavageamusement.co.uk
July 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I tried very hard not to like Oasis in the mid-1990s. Then 'Live Forever' happened.
Happy Oasis day to all of you who celebrate it
foryoursavageamusement.co.uk/2025/07/04/l...
Happy Oasis day to all of you who celebrate it
foryoursavageamusement.co.uk/2025/07/04/l...
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May reading. Thanks to: @lesfugitivespress.bsky.social @vincentdelacroix.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @andotherstories.bsky.social @nineeightbooks.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social @backlisted.bsky.social @judecook.bsky.social @annadoble.bsky.social among many others.
July 1, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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The mysterious hum on Lewis just keeps buzzing…
Last week Pick of the World with @annadoble.bsky.social featured our CrowdScience episode about this strange sound and the search to explain it.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Last week Pick of the World with @annadoble.bsky.social featured our CrowdScience episode about this strange sound and the search to explain it.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Pick of the World - Your theories on a mysterious humming noise - BBC Sounds
The sound is heard by some residents of the Scottish island of Lewis - but what is it?
www.bbc.co.uk
June 27, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The mysterious hum on Lewis just keeps buzzing…
Last week Pick of the World with @annadoble.bsky.social featured our CrowdScience episode about this strange sound and the search to explain it.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Last week Pick of the World with @annadoble.bsky.social featured our CrowdScience episode about this strange sound and the search to explain it.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Hooray! 🎺🎺🎺
June 26, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Hooray! 🎺🎺🎺
An escape tunnel to a pre-internet world...
(aka the '90s)
Listen to Connection is a Song, via Spotify, Audible or Apple Books 🎧
geni.us/Connection-i...
(aka the '90s)
Listen to Connection is a Song, via Spotify, Audible or Apple Books 🎧
geni.us/Connection-i...
June 23, 2025 at 10:52 AM
An escape tunnel to a pre-internet world...
(aka the '90s)
Listen to Connection is a Song, via Spotify, Audible or Apple Books 🎧
geni.us/Connection-i...
(aka the '90s)
Listen to Connection is a Song, via Spotify, Audible or Apple Books 🎧
geni.us/Connection-i...