Dukenfield
@dukenfield.bsky.social
Popular culture obsessive : 20th Century film. Records, TV and books : 70s, 80s & 90s pop & dance music; Music Hall. Social history. Seaside towns & piers
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Happy 89th birthday to Dame Vanessa Redgrave, shown here in one of her greatest performances as Isadora Duncan in ISADORA (Karel Reisz, 1968). Photographed on location at Paestum in Italy by production designer Michael Seymour.
January 30, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Happy 89th birthday to Dame Vanessa Redgrave, shown here in one of her greatest performances as Isadora Duncan in ISADORA (Karel Reisz, 1968). Photographed on location at Paestum in Italy by production designer Michael Seymour.
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Happy 50th birthday to Black Echoes which was first published #OTD in 1976.
It was a weekly music paper in the UK focussed on black music. It still continues to this day as a monthly magazine.
Here is the first Reggae singles chart it published...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky
It was a weekly music paper in the UK focussed on black music. It still continues to this day as a monthly magazine.
Here is the first Reggae singles chart it published...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky
January 30, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Freeview (UK) #film of the day :
Western horror Bone Tomahawk (2015 126mins.)
starring Kurt Russell and Patrick Wilson.
[Film4 23.40 &+1]
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Western horror Bone Tomahawk (2015 126mins.)
starring Kurt Russell and Patrick Wilson.
[Film4 23.40 &+1]
letterboxd.com/film/bone-to...
Bone Tomahawk (2015)
During a shootout in a saloon, Sheriff Hunt injures a suspicious stranger. The doctor's assistant, wife of the local foreman, tends to him in prison. That night, the town is attacked and they both dis...
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January 30, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Freeview (UK) #film of the day :
Western horror Bone Tomahawk (2015 126mins.)
starring Kurt Russell and Patrick Wilson.
[Film4 23.40 &+1]
letterboxd.com/film/bone-to...
Western horror Bone Tomahawk (2015 126mins.)
starring Kurt Russell and Patrick Wilson.
[Film4 23.40 &+1]
letterboxd.com/film/bone-to...
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Diana Coupland With Geoff Love & His Orchestra – Love Him
The a-side was taken from the soundtrack of the 1960 musical "Make Me An Offer" which was co-written by Coupland's then husband Monty Norman.
The a-side was taken from the soundtrack of the 1960 musical "Make Me An Offer" which was co-written by Coupland's then husband Monty Norman.
January 29, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Diana Coupland With Geoff Love & His Orchestra – Love Him
The a-side was taken from the soundtrack of the 1960 musical "Make Me An Offer" which was co-written by Coupland's then husband Monty Norman.
The a-side was taken from the soundtrack of the 1960 musical "Make Me An Offer" which was co-written by Coupland's then husband Monty Norman.
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He changes the wording slightly each year!
January 29, 2026 at 10:47 PM
He changes the wording slightly each year!
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And here's a thread of clips to celebrate Roddy Frame's birthday, starting with Aztec Camera performing We Could Send Letters on Switch in 1983. Watch the full song plus Walk Out to Winter at youtu.be/S6yJ3gn2a5s
January 29, 2026 at 8:10 AM
And here's a thread of clips to celebrate Roddy Frame's birthday, starting with Aztec Camera performing We Could Send Letters on Switch in 1983. Watch the full song plus Walk Out to Winter at youtu.be/S6yJ3gn2a5s
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Bob Monkhouse (25th January 1985). Bob welcomes Peter Cook and Sir Arthur Streeb-Greebling to the show.
January 28, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Bob Monkhouse (25th January 1985). Bob welcomes Peter Cook and Sir Arthur Streeb-Greebling to the show.
Freeview (UK) #film of the day :
Disconcerting supernatural horror mystery Relic (2020 89 mins.)
starring Emily Mortimer, Robyn Nevin and Bella Heathcote, who are all terrific here.
[BBC2 23.30 & iPlayer for 90 days]
letterboxd.com/film/relic/
Disconcerting supernatural horror mystery Relic (2020 89 mins.)
starring Emily Mortimer, Robyn Nevin and Bella Heathcote, who are all terrific here.
[BBC2 23.30 & iPlayer for 90 days]
letterboxd.com/film/relic/
Relic (2020)
When elderly mother Edna inexplicably vanishes, her daughter rushes to the family's decaying home, finding clues of her increasing dementia scattered around the house in her absence.
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January 28, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Freeview (UK) #film of the day :
Disconcerting supernatural horror mystery Relic (2020 89 mins.)
starring Emily Mortimer, Robyn Nevin and Bella Heathcote, who are all terrific here.
[BBC2 23.30 & iPlayer for 90 days]
letterboxd.com/film/relic/
Disconcerting supernatural horror mystery Relic (2020 89 mins.)
starring Emily Mortimer, Robyn Nevin and Bella Heathcote, who are all terrific here.
[BBC2 23.30 & iPlayer for 90 days]
letterboxd.com/film/relic/
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And finally, to complete a hat-trick of King Tubby dubs of Carlton Patterson productions, here's his legendary version of Larry Marshall's I Admire You...
youtu.be/KERgZ139M0Q?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky #kingtubby
youtu.be/KERgZ139M0Q?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky #kingtubby
January 27, 2026 at 10:08 PM
And finally, to complete a hat-trick of King Tubby dubs of Carlton Patterson productions, here's his legendary version of Larry Marshall's I Admire You...
youtu.be/KERgZ139M0Q?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky #kingtubby
youtu.be/KERgZ139M0Q?...
#reggae #reggaesky #vinylsky #vinyl #musicsky #kingtubby
co-written by Kenny Lynch, of course.
Happy 60th birthday to Sha-La-La-La-Lee by Small Faces, released as a single on this day in 1966. Here's a thrilling live performance from back then. What a band!
youtu.be/JsuKmqQyYR4
youtu.be/JsuKmqQyYR4
The Small Faces - Sha La La La Lee (1966)
YouTube video by Beat-Club
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January 28, 2026 at 11:20 AM
co-written by Kenny Lynch, of course.
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Happy birthday to the magnificent Robert Wyatt. Here he is performing I'm a Believer on #TOTP in 1974. The show's producer asked him to perform in a wicker chair because a wheelchair "was not suitable for family viewing". Robert told him where to go
January 28, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Happy birthday to the magnificent Robert Wyatt. Here he is performing I'm a Believer on #TOTP in 1974. The show's producer asked him to perform in a wicker chair because a wheelchair "was not suitable for family viewing". Robert told him where to go
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RIP Sly Dunbar, drumming genius. Played on thousands of records, hundreds of them brilliant. These are genuine works of art, a few among many, the tip of an iceberg of unmatched creativity.
January 27, 2026 at 6:59 PM
RIP Sly Dunbar, drumming genius. Played on thousands of records, hundreds of them brilliant. These are genuine works of art, a few among many, the tip of an iceberg of unmatched creativity.
Freeview (UK) #film of the day :
Romantic crime drama The Lady from Shanghai (1947 83mins.)
produced, written, directed by and co-starring Orson Welles and starring Rita Hayworth.
[ @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social TV 16.55]
letterboxd.com/film/the-lad...
Romantic crime drama The Lady from Shanghai (1947 83mins.)
produced, written, directed by and co-starring Orson Welles and starring Rita Hayworth.
[ @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social TV 16.55]
letterboxd.com/film/the-lad...
The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.
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January 27, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Freeview (UK) #film of the day :
Romantic crime drama The Lady from Shanghai (1947 83mins.)
produced, written, directed by and co-starring Orson Welles and starring Rita Hayworth.
[ @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social TV 16.55]
letterboxd.com/film/the-lad...
Romantic crime drama The Lady from Shanghai (1947 83mins.)
produced, written, directed by and co-starring Orson Welles and starring Rita Hayworth.
[ @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social TV 16.55]
letterboxd.com/film/the-lad...
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Happy birthday to John Cooper Clarke. Here's Beasley Street, performed with The Invisible Girls including Vini Reilly on guitar. It's taken from the 1980 Granada TV documentary "Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt" which you can watch in full at
📺▶️ youtu.be/tYK1-AJ4BSU
📺▶️ youtu.be/tYK1-AJ4BSU
January 25, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Happy birthday to John Cooper Clarke. Here's Beasley Street, performed with The Invisible Girls including Vini Reilly on guitar. It's taken from the 1980 Granada TV documentary "Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt" which you can watch in full at
📺▶️ youtu.be/tYK1-AJ4BSU
📺▶️ youtu.be/tYK1-AJ4BSU
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Remembering Jean Knight on her birthday. This playlist features some of her finest Stax recordings including Mr Big Stuff
🎧▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/4m0...
🎧▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/4m0...
January 26, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Remembering Jean Knight on her birthday. This playlist features some of her finest Stax recordings including Mr Big Stuff
🎧▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/4m0...
🎧▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/4m0...
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RIP Sly Dunbar. Now playing one of my all-time favourite compilations - Sly and Robbie present Taxi. Listen here
🇯🇲🔉▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/3F4...
🇯🇲🔉▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/3F4...
January 26, 2026 at 10:49 PM
RIP Sly Dunbar. Now playing one of my all-time favourite compilations - Sly and Robbie present Taxi. Listen here
🇯🇲🔉▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/3F4...
🇯🇲🔉▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/3F4...
Freeview (UK) #film of the day :
Alexander Payne’s satirical comedy Election (1999 99mins.) starring Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon.
[BBC3 23.00 & iPlayer thereafter]
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Alexander Payne’s satirical comedy Election (1999 99mins.) starring Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon.
[BBC3 23.00 & iPlayer thereafter]
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A ★★★½ review of Election (1999)
Aa dark satire on both US politics and it's obsession with image over substance and the High School system. Reese Witherspoon is spot-on as the student who is determined to win the election for studen...
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January 26, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Freeview (UK) #film of the day :
Alexander Payne’s satirical comedy Election (1999 99mins.) starring Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon.
[BBC3 23.00 & iPlayer thereafter]
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Alexander Payne’s satirical comedy Election (1999 99mins.) starring Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon.
[BBC3 23.00 & iPlayer thereafter]
letterboxd.com/dukenfield/f...
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Win - Super Popoid Groove
youtu.be/XJ6Pf44WQfo
youtu.be/XJ6Pf44WQfo
Win - "Super Popoid Groove" - ORIGINAL VIDEO - stereo HQ
YouTube video by FyAthyRio69
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January 25, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Win - Super Popoid Groove
youtu.be/XJ6Pf44WQfo
youtu.be/XJ6Pf44WQfo
Freeview (UK) #film of the day :
George Stevens' Biographical wartime drama The Diary of Anne Frank (1959 179 mins.)
starring Millie Perkins, Joseph Schildkraut and Shelley Winters.
[BBC 2 11.45 AM & iPlayer for 30 days]
letterboxd.com/film/the-dia...
George Stevens' Biographical wartime drama The Diary of Anne Frank (1959 179 mins.)
starring Millie Perkins, Joseph Schildkraut and Shelley Winters.
[BBC 2 11.45 AM & iPlayer for 30 days]
letterboxd.com/film/the-dia...
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
The true, harrowing story of a young Jewish girl who, with her family and their friends, is forced into hiding in an attic in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.
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January 25, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Freeview (UK) #film of the day :
George Stevens' Biographical wartime drama The Diary of Anne Frank (1959 179 mins.)
starring Millie Perkins, Joseph Schildkraut and Shelley Winters.
[BBC 2 11.45 AM & iPlayer for 30 days]
letterboxd.com/film/the-dia...
George Stevens' Biographical wartime drama The Diary of Anne Frank (1959 179 mins.)
starring Millie Perkins, Joseph Schildkraut and Shelley Winters.
[BBC 2 11.45 AM & iPlayer for 30 days]
letterboxd.com/film/the-dia...
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Here’s a Double Pack special for #WeekendSingles. Why buy one 7” when you can have two? Featuring Skids, XTC, The Jam, Jesus & Mary Chain, Simple Minds, EBTG, Mekons, TV21, Win, Prefab Sprout, Human League, Pete Shelley, Hurrah!, REM, Hüsker Dü, Yello, Mekons, Friends Again etc. Details in ALT TEXT
January 25, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Here’s a Double Pack special for #WeekendSingles. Why buy one 7” when you can have two? Featuring Skids, XTC, The Jam, Jesus & Mary Chain, Simple Minds, EBTG, Mekons, TV21, Win, Prefab Sprout, Human League, Pete Shelley, Hurrah!, REM, Hüsker Dü, Yello, Mekons, Friends Again etc. Details in ALT TEXT
Postcard from Málaga
January 22, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Postcard from Málaga
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Remembering Danny Kaye on his birthday 🎂
📷 Eve Arnold, 1961
"One can pick up the feeling of nearly inhuman energy in Kaye on screen, somewhere between child, machine, and rogue cuckoo clock."
- David Thomson
📷 Eve Arnold, 1961
"One can pick up the feeling of nearly inhuman energy in Kaye on screen, somewhere between child, machine, and rogue cuckoo clock."
- David Thomson
January 18, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Remembering Danny Kaye on his birthday 🎂
📷 Eve Arnold, 1961
"One can pick up the feeling of nearly inhuman energy in Kaye on screen, somewhere between child, machine, and rogue cuckoo clock."
- David Thomson
📷 Eve Arnold, 1961
"One can pick up the feeling of nearly inhuman energy in Kaye on screen, somewhere between child, machine, and rogue cuckoo clock."
- David Thomson
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January 18, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Just watched a #BBC 4 #documentary about Lee Miller.
A Vogue fashion model who left NY for Paris, fell in with Man Ray, became a photo artist herself, joined the US Army as a war photographer, expanded the role to photo-journalist and was one of the first to capture the appalling scenes at Dachau.
A Vogue fashion model who left NY for Paris, fell in with Man Ray, became a photo artist herself, joined the US Army as a war photographer, expanded the role to photo-journalist and was one of the first to capture the appalling scenes at Dachau.
January 18, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Just watched a #BBC 4 #documentary about Lee Miller.
A Vogue fashion model who left NY for Paris, fell in with Man Ray, became a photo artist herself, joined the US Army as a war photographer, expanded the role to photo-journalist and was one of the first to capture the appalling scenes at Dachau.
A Vogue fashion model who left NY for Paris, fell in with Man Ray, became a photo artist herself, joined the US Army as a war photographer, expanded the role to photo-journalist and was one of the first to capture the appalling scenes at Dachau.