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Ben Newmark
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Teacher, parent, school governor. Occasional blogger.
"A million different people from one day to the next, I can change."
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A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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Christmas in Willerby.
Saturday 13th December.
An afternoon of uncanny seasonal stories with village history and art.
Tickets £6 with tea, coffee and a mince pie.
Five minutes from junction 21 on the M1.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/christmas-...
November 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Attached.
A Willerby Story.
Alvin gets attached to a ghost.
willerby.substack.com/p/attached
November 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Old friends are important because everyone is different with different people.

If you lose touch with someone, part of you disappears too.
November 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Old friends are important because everyone is different with different people.

If you lose touch with someone, part of you disappears too.
November 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Welcome to Willerby.
A haunted village where the supernatural is only as remarkable as the weather.
Over fifty free uncanny short stories that can be read in any order.
Three good starting points in the thread below.
www.welcometowillerby.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Sorry everyone do the retweets I'm having too much fun with my Australian friend.
November 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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#FridayFive
Friday on my Mind - Easybeats
Torn - Natalie Imbruglia
Fall at your Feet - Boy and Bear
Don’t Dream it’s Over - Crowed House
Nick Cave - Red Right Hand
November 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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#FridayFive
1. Mal Clarke: old bullock dray
2. Frente!: Ordinary Angels
3. John Williamson: 1000 feet
4. Judy Garland: Somewhere Over the Rainbow
5. The Church: Under the Milky Way
November 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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#FridayFive
1. Australians in Europe - The Fall
2. Suddenly - Angry Anderson
3. Chandelier - Sia
4. I Want You - Savage Garden
5. Driver - Pendulum
November 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Tonight’s #FridayFive is visiting from 🇦🇺
#FridayFive has a friend from Oz visiting.
1. Into My Arms. Nick Cave.
2. White Wine in the Sun. Tim Minchin.
3. My Kind of Scene. Powederfinger.
4. Torn. Natalie Imbruglia.
5. Mystify. INXS.
November 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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#fridayfive
1. Emotion Sickness. Silverchair.
2. Torn. Natalie Imbruglia
3. Furnace skies. Dirty Three.
4. What you want. John Butler Trio.
5. Four seasons in one day. Crowded House.
November 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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1. Never tear us apart. INXS
2. Tame Impala. Dracula
3. The Vines. Get free
4. Confide in me. Kylie
5. The greatest view. Silverchair
November 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Riff Raff - AC/DC
Fun Police - Mini Skirt
Into My Arms - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Hopelessly Devoted to You - Olivia Newton-John
Need You Tonight - INXS
November 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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1. Step Back In Time, Kylie
2. Mickey Mouse & The Goodbye Man, Grinderman
3. Golden Age of Aviation, The Lucksmiths
4. Back In Black, AC/DC
5. Xanadu, Olivia Newton-John

#FridayFive goes to Oz.
November 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Going down under!

1. Confide in me. Kylie Minogue
2. Weather with you. Crowded House
3. Let me be great. Sampa the great
4. Hello. The Cat Empire
5. Everybody’s free (to wear sunscreen). Baz Luhrmann
#FridayFive
November 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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1. Beds are Burning - Midnight Oil
2. Thrill is Gone - Bernard Fanning
3. Black the Sun - Alex Lloyd
4. Are You Gonna Be My Girl? - Jet
5. Down Under - Men at Work (might as well get this one over with)
#FridayFive
November 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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1. Woman - Wolfmother
2. Since I Left You - Avalanches
3. You Shook Me All Night Long - ACDC
4. U Should Not be Doing That - Amyl & the Sniffers
5. I Touch Myself - Divinyls
#fridayfive
November 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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#FridayFive Down Under

1. Are you the one (that I've been waiting for) Nick Cave ATBS
2. I was neon - Julia Jacklin
3. Hey You - The Belair Lip Bombs
4. Release the bats - Birthday Party
5. Being Nice - Stella Donnelly
November 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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#FridayFive
Hells Bells. AC/DC
Beds are Burning. Midnight Oil
I Touch Myself. Divinyls
How Deep Is Your Love? Bee Gees
Love at First Sight. Kylie
November 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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1 Old Man by Stella Donnelly.
2 Not the girl you think you are by Crowded House.
3 Conversion by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.
4 Depreston by Courtney Barnett.
5 Goal of the Century by Gang of Youths
#FridayFive
November 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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1. Chiller by The Dumb Punts
2. Rattlesnake by King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard
3. The Price of Smokes by The Chats
4. The Host of Seraphim by Dead Can Dance
5. Signal by The Necks
#FridayFive
November 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
#FridayFive has a friend from Oz visiting.
1. Into My Arms. Nick Cave.
2. White Wine in the Sun. Tim Minchin.
3. My Kind of Scene. Powederfinger.
4. Torn. Natalie Imbruglia.
5. Mystify. INXS.
November 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Elizabeth is a wasted topic if you don't tell the story of Elizabeth and Edward's Fart.
November 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM