Lucy Langley-Palmer
@lglpalmer.bsky.social
Film & TV, Music, and Theatre librarian at Bristol University. Union type, writes stuff.
Music/ culture writer often found at Bristol24/7
She/her.
Music/ culture writer often found at Bristol24/7
She/her.
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Review: Stick in the Wheel, Strange Brew - 'One of the most original and exciting bands'
Are the London folk trio one of the best live acts out there?
www.bristol247.com
My review of the incredible @stickinthewheel.bsky.social gig at Strange Brew last Monday. They were so good, I’m ruined for all other bands now!
www.bristol247.com/culture/musi...
www.bristol247.com/culture/musi...
Here’s my inaugural review for @fateamagazine.bsky.social of the incomparable Ushti Baba’s album launch the other week. It was a wild and wonderful night!
www.fatea-records.co.uk/magazine/liv...
www.fatea-records.co.uk/magazine/liv...
FATEA - Home
Fatea Magazine Home Of Acoustic Music
www.fatea-records.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Here’s my inaugural review for @fateamagazine.bsky.social of the incomparable Ushti Baba’s album launch the other week. It was a wild and wonderful night!
www.fatea-records.co.uk/magazine/liv...
www.fatea-records.co.uk/magazine/liv...
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Do you compose or publish music in the UK? 'Call for composers and publishers to deposit digital scores' with the British Library and other legal deposit libraries? www.bl.uk/stories/blog...
Please share with any musicians you know!
Please share with any musicians you know!
Call for composers and publishers to deposit digital scores
Help us to collect digital scores from composers and independent publishers.
www.bl.uk
October 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Do you compose or publish music in the UK? 'Call for composers and publishers to deposit digital scores' with the British Library and other legal deposit libraries? www.bl.uk/stories/blog...
Please share with any musicians you know!
Please share with any musicians you know!
“A group of shushing librarians is called a cliché.”
And yet it persists.
And yet it persists.
"A group of people who only remember 'the cover was blue' is called a patron."
Collective Nouns for Librarians
A group of librarians is called a cardigan. A collection of empty chairs is called an author reading. A collection of Eric Carle books covered in s...
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October 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
“A group of shushing librarians is called a cliché.”
And yet it persists.
And yet it persists.
“Playgrounds, like libraries or other public services, shouldn’t depend on unpaid labour – they should be properly funded and run by local government.”
Well said @robbryher.bsky.social
www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...
Well said @robbryher.bsky.social
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The politics of Bristol's playgrounds
Funding for parks and playgrounds in Bristol, some say, are subject to a postcode lottery
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October 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
“Playgrounds, like libraries or other public services, shouldn’t depend on unpaid labour – they should be properly funded and run by local government.”
Well said @robbryher.bsky.social
www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...
Well said @robbryher.bsky.social
www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...
My review of the incredible @stickinthewheel.bsky.social gig at Strange Brew last Monday. They were so good, I’m ruined for all other bands now!
www.bristol247.com/culture/musi...
www.bristol247.com/culture/musi...
Review: Stick in the Wheel, Strange Brew - 'One of the most original and exciting bands'
Are the London folk trio one of the best live acts out there?
www.bristol247.com
October 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
My review of the incredible @stickinthewheel.bsky.social gig at Strange Brew last Monday. They were so good, I’m ruined for all other bands now!
www.bristol247.com/culture/musi...
www.bristol247.com/culture/musi...
If you’re looking for a cosy evening of folk as the nights draw in, you could do a lot worse than The Greenbank Folk Club.
Here’s my write up for @bristol247.bsky.social of Malin Lewis upstairs at the Greenbank last week.
www.bristol247.com/culture/musi...
Here’s my write up for @bristol247.bsky.social of Malin Lewis upstairs at the Greenbank last week.
www.bristol247.com/culture/musi...
Review: Malin Lewis, Greenbank Folk Club - 'A gorgeous patchwork of European folk'
Malin Lewis will return to Bristol in 2026
www.bristol247.com
September 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
If you’re looking for a cosy evening of folk as the nights draw in, you could do a lot worse than The Greenbank Folk Club.
Here’s my write up for @bristol247.bsky.social of Malin Lewis upstairs at the Greenbank last week.
www.bristol247.com/culture/musi...
Here’s my write up for @bristol247.bsky.social of Malin Lewis upstairs at the Greenbank last week.
www.bristol247.com/culture/musi...
Yep, agree with this. What the left needs is unity, not further fragmentation and division. Why create a new party when there’s so little to differentiate their policies from the Greens’? C’mon let’s work together!
I respect Corbyn & Sultana but a new left-wing party is completely unnecessary when we already have @greenparty.org.uk. Join the Greens by 31st Jul and #BackZack for leader. 💚
The Green Party is a growing grassroots movement.
I'm running to be the next leader with our collective bold, positive vision to tackle power & wealth.
I want to work with anyone who wants to take on Reform & this Government.
The moment is right now.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/whats-...
I'm running to be the next leader with our collective bold, positive vision to tackle power & wealth.
I want to work with anyone who wants to take on Reform & this Government.
The moment is right now.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/whats-...
July 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Yep, agree with this. What the left needs is unity, not further fragmentation and division. Why create a new party when there’s so little to differentiate their policies from the Greens’? C’mon let’s work together!
I was lucky enough to review @deerhoof.bsky.social for @bristol247.bsky.social at the wonderful Strange Brew in Bristol. Fantastic support from locals foot foot and a memorable night all round.
www.bristol247.com/culture/musi...
www.bristol247.com/culture/musi...
Review: Deerhoof, Strange Brew - 'A sound uniquely theirs'
The venue goes big guns with this superstar show, and it pays off
www.bristol247.com
July 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I was lucky enough to review @deerhoof.bsky.social for @bristol247.bsky.social at the wonderful Strange Brew in Bristol. Fantastic support from locals foot foot and a memorable night all round.
www.bristol247.com/culture/musi...
www.bristol247.com/culture/musi...
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”Either we all live in a decent world, or nobody does.”
George Orwell, English novelist, journalist, critic, born #OTD 1903; author of Animal Farm (1945), Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949).
BBC Archive | UCL Special Collections @uclspeccoll.bsky.social
George Orwell, English novelist, journalist, critic, born #OTD 1903; author of Animal Farm (1945), Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949).
BBC Archive | UCL Special Collections @uclspeccoll.bsky.social
June 25, 2025 at 5:12 AM
”Either we all live in a decent world, or nobody does.”
George Orwell, English novelist, journalist, critic, born #OTD 1903; author of Animal Farm (1945), Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949).
BBC Archive | UCL Special Collections @uclspeccoll.bsky.social
George Orwell, English novelist, journalist, critic, born #OTD 1903; author of Animal Farm (1945), Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949).
BBC Archive | UCL Special Collections @uclspeccoll.bsky.social
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Thanks to @lglpalmer.bsky.social for this great review of the One Leg One Eye gig in the Cube Bristol last week! www.bristol247.com/culture/musi...
Review: One Leg One Eye, the Cube - 'Eerie and electrifying'
Experimental doom folk from Lankum's Ian Lynch is a visceral experience
www.bristol247.com
June 24, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Thanks to @lglpalmer.bsky.social for this great review of the One Leg One Eye gig in the Cube Bristol last week! www.bristol247.com/culture/musi...
Another hot and brilliant night at the Cube last Wednesday for One Leg One Eye. Here’s my review for @bristol247.bsky.social
www.bristol247.com/culture/musi...
www.bristol247.com/culture/musi...
Review: One Leg One Eye, the Cube - 'Eerie and electrifying'
Experimental doom folk from Lankum's Ian Lynch is a visceral experience
www.bristol247.com
June 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Another hot and brilliant night at the Cube last Wednesday for One Leg One Eye. Here’s my review for @bristol247.bsky.social
www.bristol247.com/culture/musi...
www.bristol247.com/culture/musi...
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On a ridiculously hot evening @downendfolkroots.bsky.social, @caradillonsings.bsky.social was wonderfully cool.
My @bristol247.bsky.social review is just here...
www.bristol247.com/culture/musi...
My @bristol247.bsky.social review is just here...
www.bristol247.com/culture/musi...
Review: Cara Dillon, Downend Folk & Roots - 'Languid grace, tenderness and enormous fun''
Acclaimed Irish singer Cara Dillon chose an oven-hot night to visit Bristol
www.bristol247.com
June 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
On a ridiculously hot evening @downendfolkroots.bsky.social, @caradillonsings.bsky.social was wonderfully cool.
My @bristol247.bsky.social review is just here...
www.bristol247.com/culture/musi...
My @bristol247.bsky.social review is just here...
www.bristol247.com/culture/musi...
Eric Chenaux and RÓIS at Cube Microplex on Friday was incredible. Reminded me just how good live music can be. Here’s my write up for @bristol247.bsky.social
www.bristol247.com/culture/musi...
www.bristol247.com/culture/musi...
Review: Eric Chenaux / RÓIS, the Cube - 'Channelling the celestial'
Two distinct artists converge to create an enchanting evening at the co-op run cinema-cum-venue
www.bristol247.com
June 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Eric Chenaux and RÓIS at Cube Microplex on Friday was incredible. Reminded me just how good live music can be. Here’s my write up for @bristol247.bsky.social
www.bristol247.com/culture/musi...
www.bristol247.com/culture/musi...
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The children of Gaza are starving to death | First Dog on the Moon
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May 22, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Douglas Adams
decades of cyberpunk fiction, and I don't believe a single writer fully predicted how embarrassingly stupid so much of AI was going to be
May 16, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Douglas Adams
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As the UK and EU carve up fishing rights, I don't give a damn which party gets to trash our marine ecosystems by overexploiting fish populations, ripping up the seafloor and killing vast numbers of "non-target" animals. I just want this orgy of destruction to stop.
May 19, 2025 at 8:37 AM
As the UK and EU carve up fishing rights, I don't give a damn which party gets to trash our marine ecosystems by overexploiting fish populations, ripping up the seafloor and killing vast numbers of "non-target" animals. I just want this orgy of destruction to stop.
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Well done to the co-op
May 18, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Well done to the co-op
This is so disingenuous. Instead of “fighting” @bristolgreenparty.bsky.social on proposed cuts, perhaps Damien Egan could use his influence as an MP in the governing party to campaign for proper funding for local councils, so they wouldn’t have to implement cuts?
May 19, 2025 at 8:13 AM
This is so disingenuous. Instead of “fighting” @bristolgreenparty.bsky.social on proposed cuts, perhaps Damien Egan could use his influence as an MP in the governing party to campaign for proper funding for local councils, so they wouldn’t have to implement cuts?
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🚨 Calling all UK-based creatives! 🚨
The Eccles Institute for the Americas and Oceania is launching two new fellowships for artists working in zines or photography.
Dive into our rich Americas collections and fuel your next project. Applications close Monday 2 June: bit.ly/BLEcclesCrea...
The Eccles Institute for the Americas and Oceania is launching two new fellowships for artists working in zines or photography.
Dive into our rich Americas collections and fuel your next project. Applications close Monday 2 June: bit.ly/BLEcclesCrea...
May 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
🚨 Calling all UK-based creatives! 🚨
The Eccles Institute for the Americas and Oceania is launching two new fellowships for artists working in zines or photography.
Dive into our rich Americas collections and fuel your next project. Applications close Monday 2 June: bit.ly/BLEcclesCrea...
The Eccles Institute for the Americas and Oceania is launching two new fellowships for artists working in zines or photography.
Dive into our rich Americas collections and fuel your next project. Applications close Monday 2 June: bit.ly/BLEcclesCrea...
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15 years on, 230,000 badgers dead, and no meaningful reduction in bTB in cattle. Lets end the cull now, not years down the line.
Sign the petition govpetition.uk/700317
Sign the petition govpetition.uk/700317
May 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
15 years on, 230,000 badgers dead, and no meaningful reduction in bTB in cattle. Lets end the cull now, not years down the line.
Sign the petition govpetition.uk/700317
Sign the petition govpetition.uk/700317
A bit like that time people using libraries stopped being called “readers” and started being called “customers”.
Nice to see The Invisible Doctrine by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social get a mention here: "I’m reading this very interesting book called The Invisible Doctrine about the secret history of neoliberalism. One part is about when citizens stop being called citizens and start being called consumers. "
Wagner Moura Makes a Deeply Personal Return to Brazilian Cinema in ‘The Secret Agent’
The ‘Narcos’ and ‘Civil War’ star goes deep on his first starring role in a Brazilian film in over a decade: “It will have a political effect, but also an artistic effect. It’s as Brazilian as you can...
www.vanityfair.com
May 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A bit like that time people using libraries stopped being called “readers” and started being called “customers”.
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A 'revolutionary' daytime gig for caregivers and kids laid bare the challenges and beauty of motherhood
Review: Sailing Stones, St George’s - 'Why is it so radical?'
Daytime gigs have caregivers and children enthralled
www.bristol247.com
May 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Great review of Bristol Folk Festival here ⬇️Check out Gavin's new Substack.
The first of my live reviews on Substack. Bristol Folk Festival was brilliant this year. Highlights - @katherinepriddy.bsky.social @heartwoodchorus.bsky.social Talisk, The Goblin Band, Filkin's Ensemble and The Askew Sisters.
substack.com/@tallfolk/no...
substack.com/@tallfolk/no...
Bristol Folk Festival 2025
Bristol Folk Festival - St George’s and The Folk House, Bristol
substack.com
May 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Great review of Bristol Folk Festival here ⬇️Check out Gavin's new Substack.
“It shouldn’t feel so radical, and yet it does.”
Here’s my latest for @bristol247.bsky.social on daytime gigs and Sailing Stones album launch at St George’s, Bristol.
www.bristol247.com/culture/musi...
Here’s my latest for @bristol247.bsky.social on daytime gigs and Sailing Stones album launch at St George’s, Bristol.
www.bristol247.com/culture/musi...
Review: Sailing Stones, St George’s - 'Why is it so radical?'
Daytime gigs have caregivers and children enthralled
www.bristol247.com
May 13, 2025 at 11:22 AM
“It shouldn’t feel so radical, and yet it does.”
Here’s my latest for @bristol247.bsky.social on daytime gigs and Sailing Stones album launch at St George’s, Bristol.
www.bristol247.com/culture/musi...
Here’s my latest for @bristol247.bsky.social on daytime gigs and Sailing Stones album launch at St George’s, Bristol.
www.bristol247.com/culture/musi...