Billy don't be a hero
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Don't feed the nostalgia pigs
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I first encountered Martin Carthy in Norwich in 1987. He kept me alive above a butcher's shop. His appeal does not diminish. When the time comes, I shall have him piped into my coffin on a tape loop for perpetual enjoyment. That's all really ...
February 24, 2024 at 7:29 PM
I first encountered Martin Carthy in Norwich in 1987. He kept me alive above a butcher's shop. His appeal does not diminish. When the time comes, I shall have him piped into my coffin on a tape loop for perpetual enjoyment. That's all really ...
December 6, 2025 at 10:12 AM
I cant get enough of reading about the 1950s UK jazz scene -- pretty insane. Makes John Lydon look like Lionel Blair ..
December 5, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I cant get enough of reading about the 1950s UK jazz scene -- pretty insane. Makes John Lydon look like Lionel Blair ..
A charity single by the entire cast of Mind Your Language
December 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
A charity single by the entire cast of Mind Your Language
Let's face it, some people are just bad food, or a meal on the wrong plate at the very least ..
December 2, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Let's face it, some people are just bad food, or a meal on the wrong plate at the very least ..
I wish there was a CD available including the early Johnny Dankworth Seven releases on Esquire, etc.
I guess there may well be such a thing, but I'm googling myself into a withered nest of disappointment ...
I guess there may well be such a thing, but I'm googling myself into a withered nest of disappointment ...
November 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I wish there was a CD available including the early Johnny Dankworth Seven releases on Esquire, etc.
I guess there may well be such a thing, but I'm googling myself into a withered nest of disappointment ...
I guess there may well be such a thing, but I'm googling myself into a withered nest of disappointment ...
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Today, Jack Stanford, 'the greatest eccentric dancer of the day,' will be commemorated with a Blue Plaque at his Mallinson Road home, Battersea. Here's a 1932 showcard from our archive featuring him in a 'non-stop variety' bill at the London Pavilion. Look him up on YouTube to see his incredible act
November 29, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Today, Jack Stanford, 'the greatest eccentric dancer of the day,' will be commemorated with a Blue Plaque at his Mallinson Road home, Battersea. Here's a 1932 showcard from our archive featuring him in a 'non-stop variety' bill at the London Pavilion. Look him up on YouTube to see his incredible act
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The designer of Mouse Trap, Rock'em Sock'em Robots, Lite Brite, and many other toys has passed away.
What a legacy of joy!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
What a legacy of joy!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
Burt Meyer, 99, Dies; Made Lite-Brite and Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The designer of Mouse Trap, Rock'em Sock'em Robots, Lite Brite, and many other toys has passed away.
What a legacy of joy!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
What a legacy of joy!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
Rutlemania ...
November 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Rutlemania ...
WLTM inebriated jazz grandma
November 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
WLTM inebriated jazz grandma
I looked into the mirror as I was cleaning my teeth and saw my grandad.
November 18, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I looked into the mirror as I was cleaning my teeth and saw my grandad.
November 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Dave Lee Travis on the radio ... unfortunately
November 13, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Dave Lee Travis on the radio ... unfortunately
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When you're a Liverpool theatre and you need an absolute cert to subsidise your more experimental programme.
Hilary Mantel story imagining Margaret Thatcher’s assassination to be staged in Liverpool
Short story set in 1983, and published a year after the former prime minister’s death, considers ‘what happens when people feel they don’t have a voice’ says director John Young
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:06 AM
When you're a Liverpool theatre and you need an absolute cert to subsidise your more experimental programme.
The guy servicing my boiler really looks like Lee Hurst ...
What if it is?
What if it is?
November 11, 2025 at 9:32 AM
The guy servicing my boiler really looks like Lee Hurst ...
What if it is?
What if it is?
November 9, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Hiding from the world with bob wills' tiffany transcriptions and a big glass of muck.
November 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Hiding from the world with bob wills' tiffany transcriptions and a big glass of muck.
I'd have loved to see Irving Goffman take on LinkedIn.
Probably would have chucked his typewriter over a cliff.
Probably would have chucked his typewriter over a cliff.
November 8, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I'd have loved to see Irving Goffman take on LinkedIn.
Probably would have chucked his typewriter over a cliff.
Probably would have chucked his typewriter over a cliff.
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If you believe either that Franklin discovered the double helix, and / or Watson and Crick stole her data, ask yourself how you know this. Then take a read of this article.
If I see one more stupid Rosalind Franklin take I'm going to lose my mind. Thank god for @matthewcobb.bsky.social and @nccomfort.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:32 AM
If you believe either that Franklin discovered the double helix, and / or Watson and Crick stole her data, ask yourself how you know this. Then take a read of this article.
Trad arr. Liberated from the BBC
November 7, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Trad arr. Liberated from the BBC
Dedicated to the Boy Kershaw
November 6, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Dedicated to the Boy Kershaw
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@privateeyenews.bsky.social There's a lot of meaning here, I imagine.
Its May 1963, Beatles are in the Playhouse Theatre caff readying themselves to record a radio session. Ringo is perusing issue 37 of Private Eye. Exciting times.
November 6, 2025 at 9:42 AM
@privateeyenews.bsky.social There's a lot of meaning here, I imagine.
Merle is on the juke box, I bet..
November 2, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Merle is on the juke box, I bet..
A rapid but engrossing read. Serve with noodles ..
October 30, 2025 at 7:35 PM
A rapid but engrossing read. Serve with noodles ..