Dave Haslam
@davehaslam.bsky.social
Hacienda DJ, journalist (Guardian, LRB, etc), writer (recent books about Sylvia Plath, Keith Haring, Picasso). “An exceptional writer” - Olivia Laing.
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This is literally what the Telegraph campaigned for.
December 27, 2025 at 9:42 AM
This is literally what the Telegraph campaigned for.
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Happy Christmas everyone.
December 25, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Happy Christmas everyone.
Happy Christmas everyone.
December 25, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Happy Christmas everyone.
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He's a Christian like I'm a poorly baked lemon curd pie circling Pluto
December 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
He's a Christian like I'm a poorly baked lemon curd pie circling Pluto
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Sending love to everyone who finds the Christmas period an uphill climb. There are a hundred very valid and totally understandable reasons for this. Whether you reach out for help, or hunker down in your cave, good luck. We’ll get through this.
December 23, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Sending love to everyone who finds the Christmas period an uphill climb. There are a hundred very valid and totally understandable reasons for this. Whether you reach out for help, or hunker down in your cave, good luck. We’ll get through this.
Sending love to everyone who finds the Christmas period an uphill climb. There are a hundred very valid and totally understandable reasons for this. Whether you reach out for help, or hunker down in your cave, good luck. We’ll get through this.
December 23, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Sending love to everyone who finds the Christmas period an uphill climb. There are a hundred very valid and totally understandable reasons for this. Whether you reach out for help, or hunker down in your cave, good luck. We’ll get through this.
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Britons poorer than they were in 2019, as living standards continue to fall
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Britons poorer than they were in 2019, as living standards continue to fall
Disposable income is now more than £20 a month lower than it was six years ago after adjusting for inflation, according to new official figures.
news.sky.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Britons poorer than they were in 2019, as living standards continue to fall
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news.sky.com/story/briton...
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#OtD 21 Dec 1892 radical journalist and suffragist, Rebecca West, was born. She helped found the feminist journal, The Freewoman, and later worked with Emma Goldman to assist Spanish anti-fascist refugees stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9356...
December 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
#OtD 21 Dec 1892 radical journalist and suffragist, Rebecca West, was born. She helped found the feminist journal, The Freewoman, and later worked with Emma Goldman to assist Spanish anti-fascist refugees stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9356...
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V sensible for Labour to focus their entire policy strategy on the 8% of voters they’re losing to the right and permanently alienate the 29% they’re losing to the centre/left.
Labour does so badly in this poll mainly because, as the tables show, they lose 29% of their 2024 vote to the Lib Dems and Greens.
Only 8% goes to Reform, just ahead of the 6% to the Cons. Those Lab–Con switchers push the Tories over 20%, despite them losing a quarter of their 2024 vote to Reform.
Only 8% goes to Reform, just ahead of the 6% to the Cons. Those Lab–Con switchers push the Tories over 20%, despite them losing a quarter of their 2024 vote to Reform.
Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 27% (+12)
CON: 21% (-3)
LAB: 18% (-17)
LDM: 15% (+3)
GRN: 13% (+6)
Via @veriangroup.com, 12-15 Dec.
Changes w/ GE2024.
RFM: 27% (+12)
CON: 21% (-3)
LAB: 18% (-17)
LDM: 15% (+3)
GRN: 13% (+6)
Via @veriangroup.com, 12-15 Dec.
Changes w/ GE2024.
December 20, 2025 at 12:36 PM
V sensible for Labour to focus their entire policy strategy on the 8% of voters they’re losing to the right and permanently alienate the 29% they’re losing to the centre/left.
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Jeffrey Epstein & David Walliams leading all the bulletins but Kemi Badenoch knows that only men from ‘different cultures’ pose a threat to women.
December 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Jeffrey Epstein & David Walliams leading all the bulletins but Kemi Badenoch knows that only men from ‘different cultures’ pose a threat to women.
Nan Goldin, Johnny Marr, Emily Maitlis, Eve Babitz, and a night in Preston...
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My cultural highlights of 2025
Books, exhibitions, music, films etc
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December 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Nan Goldin, Johnny Marr, Emily Maitlis, Eve Babitz, and a night in Preston...
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Every time there's a breaking story about a celeb's treatment of women, everyone in the book world asks, "Is it finally Walliams?" Well, it finally is.
Exclusive: David Walliams dropped by publisher over inappropriate behaviour towards women
Telegraph investigation into best-selling children’s author uncovers claims that he ‘harassed’ junior female employees at Harper Collins
www.telegraph.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Every time there's a breaking story about a celeb's treatment of women, everyone in the book world asks, "Is it finally Walliams?" Well, it finally is.
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Funny animal videos no longer being trustworthy just fucking sucks all around. I love the wonder of animal behavior and what it says about the experience of being alive. It's because it happened in reality that it's so fun. It's not fun if it was just made up. There's no wonder there.
December 19, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Funny animal videos no longer being trustworthy just fucking sucks all around. I love the wonder of animal behavior and what it says about the experience of being alive. It's because it happened in reality that it's so fun. It's not fun if it was just made up. There's no wonder there.
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I’m increasingly uneasy about the flood of AI images on social media. They are mostly absurd and frustrating. They may sometimes be creative experiments, but the fact that so many users take them at face value says a lot about our collective loss of visual literacy.
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December 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I’m increasingly uneasy about the flood of AI images on social media. They are mostly absurd and frustrating. They may sometimes be creative experiments, but the fact that so many users take them at face value says a lot about our collective loss of visual literacy.
www.facebook.com/groups/ancie...
www.facebook.com/groups/ancie...
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Ian Curtis on stage with Joy Division at the Bains Douches, Paris. 18th December #otd in 1979 #JoyDivision #IanCurtis Photo by Danny Dupic.
December 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Ian Curtis on stage with Joy Division at the Bains Douches, Paris. 18th December #otd in 1979 #JoyDivision #IanCurtis Photo by Danny Dupic.
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Fuck all of you saying "this is inevitable" or "it's here deal with it" or even "it's fine"/"it's not a big deal". Be antihuman on your own time. This is a moveable needle. It's ruining lives (mine included already), ruining the environment, ruining art and creativity, isn't needed and isn't wanted.
The AI Backlash Keeps Growing Stronger
As generative artificial intelligence tools continue to proliferate, pushback against the technology and its negative impacts grows stronger.
www.wired.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Fuck all of you saying "this is inevitable" or "it's here deal with it" or even "it's fine"/"it's not a big deal". Be antihuman on your own time. This is a moveable needle. It's ruining lives (mine included already), ruining the environment, ruining art and creativity, isn't needed and isn't wanted.
Ian Curtis on stage with Joy Division at the Bains Douches, Paris. 18th December #otd in 1979 #JoyDivision #IanCurtis Photo by Danny Dupic.
December 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Ian Curtis on stage with Joy Division at the Bains Douches, Paris. 18th December #otd in 1979 #JoyDivision #IanCurtis Photo by Danny Dupic.
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My favourite single of the year is by Nutty Nys (I’ve linked to it in the article). Nan Goldin ‘This Will Not End Well’ my favourite exhibition…
December 17, 2025 at 10:28 PM
My favourite single of the year is by Nutty Nys (I’ve linked to it in the article). Nan Goldin ‘This Will Not End Well’ my favourite exhibition…
My favourite single of the year is by Nutty Nys (I’ve linked to it in the article). Nan Goldin ‘This Will Not End Well’ my favourite exhibition…
December 17, 2025 at 10:28 PM
My favourite single of the year is by Nutty Nys (I’ve linked to it in the article). Nan Goldin ‘This Will Not End Well’ my favourite exhibition…
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davehaslam.substack.com/p/my-cultura... Books, music, films, etc etc.
My cultural highlights of 2025
Books, exhibitions, music, films etc
davehaslam.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
davehaslam.substack.com/p/my-cultura... Books, music, films, etc etc.
davehaslam.substack.com/p/my-cultura... Books, music, films, etc etc.
My cultural highlights of 2025
Books, exhibitions, music, films etc
davehaslam.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
davehaslam.substack.com/p/my-cultura... Books, music, films, etc etc.
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Don Van Vliet aka Captain Beefheart died #otd 17th Dec 2010. He's pictured outside the Bluecoat gallery in Liverpool at the opening of an exhibition of his paintings in 1972. Beefheart's connection with Liverpool grew via his friendship with DJ/promoter Roger Eagle.
December 17, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Don Van Vliet aka Captain Beefheart died #otd 17th Dec 2010. He's pictured outside the Bluecoat gallery in Liverpool at the opening of an exhibition of his paintings in 1972. Beefheart's connection with Liverpool grew via his friendship with DJ/promoter Roger Eagle.
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This is honestly so fucking weird. Why are all these people shilling for Russia. All these flag shagging loons. We really do need a proper investigation into this shit. It has to be money and we need to find out.
December 17, 2025 at 10:27 AM
This is honestly so fucking weird. Why are all these people shilling for Russia. All these flag shagging loons. We really do need a proper investigation into this shit. It has to be money and we need to find out.