Ange Slaven
@benthelobby.bsky.social
Cuts things up and sticks them back together. Editor (films/tv) by day. And night.
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Happy birthday Café Royal Books - a 20% off saving for a limited time. Use TWENTYTWENTY at checkout. www.caferoyalbooks.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Happy birthday Café Royal Books - a 20% off saving for a limited time. Use TWENTYTWENTY at checkout. www.caferoyalbooks.com
The mighty Brian Jackson and his superb band this evening
#brianjackson #winterinamerica #thebottle #nowmorethanever #bbemusic #gilscottheron #hugorilla #charliesloft
#brianjackson #winterinamerica #thebottle #nowmorethanever #bbemusic #gilscottheron #hugorilla #charliesloft
November 16, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The mighty Brian Jackson and his superb band this evening
#brianjackson #winterinamerica #thebottle #nowmorethanever #bbemusic #gilscottheron #hugorilla #charliesloft
#brianjackson #winterinamerica #thebottle #nowmorethanever #bbemusic #gilscottheron #hugorilla #charliesloft
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BOUGHT BY THE RIVER: With the festive period just around the corner, we wanted to share a few ways you can support Caught by the River in the season of giving www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/boug...
November 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
BOUGHT BY THE RIVER: With the festive period just around the corner, we wanted to share a few ways you can support Caught by the River in the season of giving www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/11/boug...
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The Nectarine No.9 say hello & goodbye at The End of Definition on Saturday 13th Dec in Edinburgh College of Art which will be the final action by Creeping Bent after 30 years. Gareth Sager, Mackenzies, The Sexual Objects, will also be performing.
TIX: wegottickets.com/event/678735
TIX: wegottickets.com/event/678735
November 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The Nectarine No.9 say hello & goodbye at The End of Definition on Saturday 13th Dec in Edinburgh College of Art which will be the final action by Creeping Bent after 30 years. Gareth Sager, Mackenzies, The Sexual Objects, will also be performing.
TIX: wegottickets.com/event/678735
TIX: wegottickets.com/event/678735
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A superb article by Lewis Goodall on the background to the current crisis within the BBC
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
A superb article by Lewis Goodall on the background to the current crisis within the BBC
Tadzio😔
Björn Andrésen obituary | Film | The Guardian share.google/ZSmFWZKa75SH...
#deathinvenice #Bjõrnandrésen
Björn Andrésen obituary | Film | The Guardian share.google/ZSmFWZKa75SH...
#deathinvenice #Bjõrnandrésen
Björn Andrésen obituary
Actor who starred as the angelic boy Tadzio in the 1971 film Death in Venice - but found the resulting fame a ‘nightmare’
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October 29, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Tadzio😔
Björn Andrésen obituary | Film | The Guardian share.google/ZSmFWZKa75SH...
#deathinvenice #Bjõrnandrésen
Björn Andrésen obituary | Film | The Guardian share.google/ZSmFWZKa75SH...
#deathinvenice #Bjõrnandrésen
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Paul McCartney’s Standing Stone, situated in a small field just a few yards to the west of the house on his High Park estate on the Mull of Kintyre.
#beatles #stones #StandingStoneSunday
#beatles #stones #StandingStoneSunday
October 26, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Paul McCartney’s Standing Stone, situated in a small field just a few yards to the west of the house on his High Park estate on the Mull of Kintyre.
#beatles #stones #StandingStoneSunday
#beatles #stones #StandingStoneSunday
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‘The number of Cafe Royal titles has passed seven hundred; together they constitute a singular record of British and Irish vernacular photography between about 1960 and 2010.’
Ben Campbell on a collection of his father Peter’s photographs of London in the early sixties
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Ben Campbell on a collection of his father Peter’s photographs of London in the early sixties
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Ben Campbell · In the Shoebox: Peter’s Snapshots
The snapshots in my father’s book were taken during his first three years in London, after he emigrated from New...
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October 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
‘The number of Cafe Royal titles has passed seven hundred; together they constitute a singular record of British and Irish vernacular photography between about 1960 and 2010.’
Ben Campbell on a collection of his father Peter’s photographs of London in the early sixties
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Ben Campbell on a collection of his father Peter’s photographs of London in the early sixties
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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September 28, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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There seems to be some *confusion*
among Reform supporters over Nathan Gill being one of them
“But, but, Reform didn’t exist when he took his Russian bribes”
“But, but he was in UKIP”
“But, but it has nothing to do with Farage, he barely knew the guy”
So here’s a little history lesson 👍🏼🧵
1/14
among Reform supporters over Nathan Gill being one of them
“But, but, Reform didn’t exist when he took his Russian bribes”
“But, but he was in UKIP”
“But, but it has nothing to do with Farage, he barely knew the guy”
So here’s a little history lesson 👍🏼🧵
1/14
September 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
There seems to be some *confusion*
among Reform supporters over Nathan Gill being one of them
“But, but, Reform didn’t exist when he took his Russian bribes”
“But, but he was in UKIP”
“But, but it has nothing to do with Farage, he barely knew the guy”
So here’s a little history lesson 👍🏼🧵
1/14
among Reform supporters over Nathan Gill being one of them
“But, but, Reform didn’t exist when he took his Russian bribes”
“But, but he was in UKIP”
“But, but it has nothing to do with Farage, he barely knew the guy”
So here’s a little history lesson 👍🏼🧵
1/14
September 23, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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If Farage wins the next election, it will be down to one person. His name is Keir Starmer.
This thread explains why.
1. Destroying faith in democracy. The UK decisively voted out the Tories, only for Starmer to give us a Continuity Tory government, shamefully beholden to economic power.
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This thread explains why.
1. Destroying faith in democracy. The UK decisively voted out the Tories, only for Starmer to give us a Continuity Tory government, shamefully beholden to economic power.
🧵
September 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
If Farage wins the next election, it will be down to one person. His name is Keir Starmer.
This thread explains why.
1. Destroying faith in democracy. The UK decisively voted out the Tories, only for Starmer to give us a Continuity Tory government, shamefully beholden to economic power.
🧵
This thread explains why.
1. Destroying faith in democracy. The UK decisively voted out the Tories, only for Starmer to give us a Continuity Tory government, shamefully beholden to economic power.
🧵
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NHS physiotherapist Rachael Moses, who has been working in Gaza, confirms she's seen what other volunteer medics have also reported, that Palestinians have patterns of injuries suggesting Israeli soldiers are playing a game where they shoot victims in different parts of the body each day #GMB
September 5, 2025 at 6:10 AM
NHS physiotherapist Rachael Moses, who has been working in Gaza, confirms she's seen what other volunteer medics have also reported, that Palestinians have patterns of injuries suggesting Israeli soldiers are playing a game where they shoot victims in different parts of the body each day #GMB
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I wrote something for GQ about how Armani impacted menswear. It's easy to forget, but when menswear transitioned to slimmer silhouettes in the early 2000s, baggy clothes were derided as "sloppy" and "middle aged." Over the years, people have revisited campaigns like these 🧵
September 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I wrote something for GQ about how Armani impacted menswear. It's easy to forget, but when menswear transitioned to slimmer silhouettes in the early 2000s, baggy clothes were derided as "sloppy" and "middle aged." Over the years, people have revisited campaigns like these 🧵
Fantastical World contained within 👇🎵
Today is Bandcamp Friday, when independent 80's musicians turned corporate rock-whores turned independent musicians again, manage to recoup a little of their recording costs. I invite you to explore the fantastical world of my wilderness years project - Skyray (1996-2006). X
skyray.bandcamp.com
skyray.bandcamp.com
September 5, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Fantastical World contained within 👇🎵
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If you fancy coming along to see The Sexual Objects at Edinburgh College of Art on Sat 8th Nov, do yourself a favour and buy tickets right now - there are only 6 tickets left: Here's the link wegottickets.com/event/667451
September 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
If you fancy coming along to see The Sexual Objects at Edinburgh College of Art on Sat 8th Nov, do yourself a favour and buy tickets right now - there are only 6 tickets left: Here's the link wegottickets.com/event/667451
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“The tide has again receded over the sand-flats. The remaining framework of a wooden ship is half-sunken in the sand. On one of the ribs a cormorant stands with wings lifted”
Writer: EL Grant Watson
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
Writer: EL Grant Watson
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
August 31, 2025 at 7:18 AM
“The tide has again receded over the sand-flats. The remaining framework of a wooden ship is half-sunken in the sand. On one of the ribs a cormorant stands with wings lifted”
Writer: EL Grant Watson
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
Writer: EL Grant Watson
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
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Beautiful 1860s Victorian butterfly, which was used to store small packets of sewing needles on the underside of the wings. This was a collaboration between a London-based drapers company and a sewing needle manufacturer. On exhibit at Tatter Blue, a Brooklyn textile museum.
IG tatterbluelibrary
IG tatterbluelibrary
August 31, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Beautiful 1860s Victorian butterfly, which was used to store small packets of sewing needles on the underside of the wings. This was a collaboration between a London-based drapers company and a sewing needle manufacturer. On exhibit at Tatter Blue, a Brooklyn textile museum.
IG tatterbluelibrary
IG tatterbluelibrary
Over at @thelistuk.bsky.social, I reviewed the closing film of the 2025 Edinburgh Film Festival. Reality is Not Enough is a new documentry about Scottish writer Irvine Welsh. We follow Welsh as he takes drug DMT and reflects on his career from Trainspotting to DJ-ing. 4/5
list.co.uk/news/reality...
list.co.uk/news/reality...
Reality Is Not Enough film review: A psychoactive experience | The List
DMT drives Irvine Welsh into a journey through his life and times in this doc that captures the esteemed author’s inner psyche
list.co.uk
August 30, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Sublime. Happy Heavenly Birthday Alice Coltrane 🎵🎵
Remembering Alice Coltrane on her birthday
youtu.be/q-0flgjUBfE
youtu.be/q-0flgjUBfE
Alice Coltrane - Harp Solo (Jazz Jamboree, 1987)
YouTube video by Alice Coltrane
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August 27, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Sublime. Happy Heavenly Birthday Alice Coltrane 🎵🎵
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Gorgeous Jill MacDonald illustration from The Puffin Book of Magic
August 25, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Gorgeous Jill MacDonald illustration from The Puffin Book of Magic
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The four beautiful biscuit tins designed by CF Tunnicliffe in the mid-1950s, shortly before he began to work for Ladybird
August 24, 2025 at 7:31 AM
The four beautiful biscuit tins designed by CF Tunnicliffe in the mid-1950s, shortly before he began to work for Ladybird