Keith K Smith
@keith1903.bsky.social
The Arts. A bit of football. A bit of politics. Silly stuff.
Love & Peace and plenty of it.
#MDANT
Love & Peace and plenty of it.
#MDANT
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EXCLUSIVE: The Belmont Cinema is in line to receive £1.5m funding from the National Lottery. I talked to the cinema's chief executive Matt Buchanan and he told me he is looking at the popular venue reopening next year. Which is wonderful!
www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/6946...
www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/6946...
EXCLUSIVE: £1.5 MILLION National Lottery funding for Belmont Cinema means it could reopen next year: 'We're gaining unstoppable momentum'
The popular entertainment venue in Aberdeen city centre has gained a huge boost with major funding to help it reopen its doors.
www.pressandjournal.co.uk
February 3, 2026 at 4:28 PM
EXCLUSIVE: The Belmont Cinema is in line to receive £1.5m funding from the National Lottery. I talked to the cinema's chief executive Matt Buchanan and he told me he is looking at the popular venue reopening next year. Which is wonderful!
www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/6946...
www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/6946...
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It’s fascism. Wake up!
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January 26, 2026 at 5:13 PM
It’s fascism. Wake up!
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Are Scotland going to participate in the World Cup?
I have mixed feelings about it.
If I'd been old enough to understand, I'd have been all for boycotting Argentina '78.
Sport and morals are inextricable, so it's a dilemma.
I have mixed feelings about it.
If I'd been old enough to understand, I'd have been all for boycotting Argentina '78.
Sport and morals are inextricable, so it's a dilemma.
January 25, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Are Scotland going to participate in the World Cup?
I have mixed feelings about it.
If I'd been old enough to understand, I'd have been all for boycotting Argentina '78.
Sport and morals are inextricable, so it's a dilemma.
I have mixed feelings about it.
If I'd been old enough to understand, I'd have been all for boycotting Argentina '78.
Sport and morals are inextricable, so it's a dilemma.
January 19, 2026 at 10:38 PM
January 19, 2026 at 7:50 AM
January 18, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Take a look at this video, 'joni mitchell just like this train' share.google/fxX1c91IfCuA...
Just Like This Train
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January 17, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Take a look at this video, 'joni mitchell just like this train' share.google/fxX1c91IfCuA...
January 17, 2026 at 2:28 PM
I was reminded about this yesterday.
1993/94
AC Milan won Serie A, scoring only 36 goals.
They only conceded 15.
Largely due to Maldini and Baresi.
Must have been watching video tapes of Miller and McLeish.
Atalanta and Udinese scored 35 and went down.
Funny old game Saint.
1993/94
AC Milan won Serie A, scoring only 36 goals.
They only conceded 15.
Largely due to Maldini and Baresi.
Must have been watching video tapes of Miller and McLeish.
Atalanta and Udinese scored 35 and went down.
Funny old game Saint.
January 17, 2026 at 12:29 PM
I was reminded about this yesterday.
1993/94
AC Milan won Serie A, scoring only 36 goals.
They only conceded 15.
Largely due to Maldini and Baresi.
Must have been watching video tapes of Miller and McLeish.
Atalanta and Udinese scored 35 and went down.
Funny old game Saint.
1993/94
AC Milan won Serie A, scoring only 36 goals.
They only conceded 15.
Largely due to Maldini and Baresi.
Must have been watching video tapes of Miller and McLeish.
Atalanta and Udinese scored 35 and went down.
Funny old game Saint.
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A collaboration with time: beautifully decayed and damaged daguerreotypes from the studio of one of the most celebrated 19th-century photographers Mathew Brady, who died #onthisday in 1896: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/decayed-daguerreotypes
January 15, 2026 at 3:18 PM
A collaboration with time: beautifully decayed and damaged daguerreotypes from the studio of one of the most celebrated 19th-century photographers Mathew Brady, who died #onthisday in 1896: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/decayed-daguerreotypes
I hadn't heard of the Ekkono Method until today.
I'm guessing it doesn't involve shouting, 'You were shit today. You're dropped. No. Don't sulk about it. Try harder and get back in.'
I'm guessing it doesn't involve shouting, 'You were shit today. You're dropped. No. Don't sulk about it. Try harder and get back in.'
January 11, 2026 at 1:59 PM
I hadn't heard of the Ekkono Method until today.
I'm guessing it doesn't involve shouting, 'You were shit today. You're dropped. No. Don't sulk about it. Try harder and get back in.'
I'm guessing it doesn't involve shouting, 'You were shit today. You're dropped. No. Don't sulk about it. Try harder and get back in.'
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Look forward to seeing Stewart Lee interviewing Sleaford Mods @roughtrade1976.bsky.social Nottingham on Tuesday. If you missed out on tickets, a recording of the Nottingham interview will be available free exclusively for members of the Nerve, where SL has a column. www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
Stewart Lee: Nakedly imperialist oil wars just aren’t what they used to be
Call me nostalgic, but didn’t the US used to have a cover story for invading South American countries – or at least have a president who could remember what it was?
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January 11, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Look forward to seeing Stewart Lee interviewing Sleaford Mods @roughtrade1976.bsky.social Nottingham on Tuesday. If you missed out on tickets, a recording of the Nottingham interview will be available free exclusively for members of the Nerve, where SL has a column. www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
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Genesis, 1969
Lithograph by UK artist Barbara Hepworth, born on this day in 1903 #WomensArt
Lithograph by UK artist Barbara Hepworth, born on this day in 1903 #WomensArt
January 10, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Genesis, 1969
Lithograph by UK artist Barbara Hepworth, born on this day in 1903 #WomensArt
Lithograph by UK artist Barbara Hepworth, born on this day in 1903 #WomensArt
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David Bowie’s childhood home in Plaistow Grove, Sundridge Park, SE London. It’s recently been bought by the Heritage of London Trust who plan to open it to the public next year
January 10, 2026 at 12:17 PM
David Bowie’s childhood home in Plaistow Grove, Sundridge Park, SE London. It’s recently been bought by the Heritage of London Trust who plan to open it to the public next year
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If the Palestine Action hunger strikers die - which they could do at any moment, as they are now very close to the end - it will be the government that killed them. Today’s column explains why. Please share, and write urgently to your MP.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Let’s be clear: if the Palestine Action hunger strikers die, the government will bear moral responsibility | George Monbiot
The three remaining hunger strikers have been convicted of nothing. Yet with astonishing cruelty, ministers refuse to listen to their reasonable demands, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:07 AM
If the Palestine Action hunger strikers die - which they could do at any moment, as they are now very close to the end - it will be the government that killed them. Today’s column explains why. Please share, and write urgently to your MP.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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@teamlabouruk.bsky.social
Business Rates: From next April, rates will rise by 115% for the average hotel and 76% for a pub, compared with 4% for large supermarkets and 7% for distribution warehouses
"when you have lost your inns, drown your empty selves—for you will have lost the last of England"
Business Rates: From next April, rates will rise by 115% for the average hotel and 76% for a pub, compared with 4% for large supermarkets and 7% for distribution warehouses
"when you have lost your inns, drown your empty selves—for you will have lost the last of England"
December 21, 2025 at 12:48 PM
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social
Business Rates: From next April, rates will rise by 115% for the average hotel and 76% for a pub, compared with 4% for large supermarkets and 7% for distribution warehouses
"when you have lost your inns, drown your empty selves—for you will have lost the last of England"
Business Rates: From next April, rates will rise by 115% for the average hotel and 76% for a pub, compared with 4% for large supermarkets and 7% for distribution warehouses
"when you have lost your inns, drown your empty selves—for you will have lost the last of England"
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Barbara Hepworth ~ Winter Solstice, 1971
#WinterSolstice
#WinterSolstice
December 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Barbara Hepworth ~ Winter Solstice, 1971
#WinterSolstice
#WinterSolstice
It wasn't amazing.
December 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM
It wasn't amazing.
You don't drop an album.
You release an album.
You can drop a teacup.
But it's better to avoid that too really.
You release an album.
You can drop a teacup.
But it's better to avoid that too really.
December 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
You don't drop an album.
You release an album.
You can drop a teacup.
But it's better to avoid that too really.
You release an album.
You can drop a teacup.
But it's better to avoid that too really.