Malcolm MacFarlane
@malcolmmacfarlane.bsky.social
musician/composer/producer
Pals, a wee reminder that you can watch my big face and my big guests on the UK's *only* books TV show:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Scotland - The Big Scottish Book Club
Damian Barr interviews some of the biggest names in fiction, non-fiction and poetry.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 17, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Radio 4, when driving to, and from, gigs - some great stuff!
#BBC #radio4 #interest #content #surprises #production
#BBC #radio4 #interest #content #surprises #production
The BBC has been part of life in Britain for over 100 years.
It’s not just TV, it's national and local radio, it’s BBC news, it’s kids’ TV, sport, music, drama, comedy and documentaries.
What’s your favourite way you use the BBC?
It’s not just TV, it's national and local radio, it’s BBC news, it’s kids’ TV, sport, music, drama, comedy and documentaries.
What’s your favourite way you use the BBC?
February 17, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Radio 4, when driving to, and from, gigs - some great stuff!
#BBC #radio4 #interest #content #surprises #production
#BBC #radio4 #interest #content #surprises #production
many thanks to the lovely audience that came to Gavin's Mill in Milngavie last night to support a live performance of "Alone" - if you didn't make it along, you can listen to the album here:
malcolmmacfarlane.bandcamp.com/album/alone
malcolmmacfarlane.bandcamp.com/album/alone
Alone, by Malcolm MacFarlane
7 track album
malcolmmacfarlane.bandcamp.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:23 AM
many thanks to the lovely audience that came to Gavin's Mill in Milngavie last night to support a live performance of "Alone" - if you didn't make it along, you can listen to the album here:
malcolmmacfarlane.bandcamp.com/album/alone
malcolmmacfarlane.bandcamp.com/album/alone
I'm (very) unlikely to watch it, but I wouldn't be surprised if AI was all over it 😀
Is there proof that people and equipment were involved in the Melania film?
Felt totally AI generated to me: the people, places, music, imagery and especially the script.
Felt totally AI generated to me: the people, places, music, imagery and especially the script.
February 10, 2026 at 5:00 PM
I'm (very) unlikely to watch it, but I wouldn't be surprised if AI was all over it 😀
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February 10, 2026 at 1:26 PM
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Reposted by Malcolm MacFarlane
The monarchy is outdated and undemocratic.
Every year, the public hands over £500 million to fund a billionaire king, while energy bills, rents and food prices all rise.
Enough is enough. It's time to #AbolishTheMonarchy
greens.scot/AbolishTheMo...
Every year, the public hands over £500 million to fund a billionaire king, while energy bills, rents and food prices all rise.
Enough is enough. It's time to #AbolishTheMonarchy
greens.scot/AbolishTheMo...
It's Time to Abolish the Monarchy
It's Time to Abolish the Monarchy -
greens.scot
February 10, 2026 at 8:15 AM
The monarchy is outdated and undemocratic.
Every year, the public hands over £500 million to fund a billionaire king, while energy bills, rents and food prices all rise.
Enough is enough. It's time to #AbolishTheMonarchy
greens.scot/AbolishTheMo...
Every year, the public hands over £500 million to fund a billionaire king, while energy bills, rents and food prices all rise.
Enough is enough. It's time to #AbolishTheMonarchy
greens.scot/AbolishTheMo...
I've just published the 3 treatment of this video on YouTube. it's very different from the others and quite 'out there'. I'd really like to know what you think, which you prefer and why? enjoy! 😀
#avantgarde #esoteric #dissonant #abstract #soundtrack #video
youtu.be/Ubnl5UVztyE
#avantgarde #esoteric #dissonant #abstract #soundtrack #video
youtu.be/Ubnl5UVztyE
Characters and Scenes version 3
YouTube video by Malcolm MacFarlane
youtu.be
February 9, 2026 at 10:05 AM
I've just published the 3 treatment of this video on YouTube. it's very different from the others and quite 'out there'. I'd really like to know what you think, which you prefer and why? enjoy! 😀
#avantgarde #esoteric #dissonant #abstract #soundtrack #video
youtu.be/Ubnl5UVztyE
#avantgarde #esoteric #dissonant #abstract #soundtrack #video
youtu.be/Ubnl5UVztyE
Characters and Scenes version 3
YouTube video by Malcolm MacFarlane
youtu.be
February 8, 2026 at 3:52 PM
I've just published the 3 treatment of this video on YouTube. it's very different from the others and quite 'out there'. I'd really like to know what you think, which you prefer and why? enjoy! 😀
#avantgarde #esoteric #dissonant #abstract #soundtrack #video
youtu.be/Ubnl5UVztyE
#avantgarde #esoteric #dissonant #abstract #soundtrack #video
youtu.be/Ubnl5UVztyE
Reposted by Malcolm MacFarlane
Mandy quitting Lords lets Starmer back-pedal on promised reform. He won't axe 92 hereditary peers, start 80 age limit or make Lords prove activity. So 6 peers are blocking Right to Die Bill with amendments. Is this OK?https://www.thenational.scot/politics/25826970.house-lords-evades-attempts-reform/
February 5, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Mandy quitting Lords lets Starmer back-pedal on promised reform. He won't axe 92 hereditary peers, start 80 age limit or make Lords prove activity. So 6 peers are blocking Right to Die Bill with amendments. Is this OK?https://www.thenational.scot/politics/25826970.house-lords-evades-attempts-reform/
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Greggs is serving Matcha, I’m dead
February 5, 2026 at 9:33 AM
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here's a new version of the video I posted yesterday. visually, it's exactly the same but it's a completely different approach to the music that accompanies it - which do you prefer? 😀
#choice #treatment #alternative #soundtrack #visuals #art #versions #music #video #YouTube
youtu.be/Wthr0Lf6meA
#choice #treatment #alternative #soundtrack #visuals #art #versions #music #video #YouTube
youtu.be/Wthr0Lf6meA
Characters and Scenes version 2
YouTube video by Malcolm MacFarlane
youtu.be
February 4, 2026 at 3:51 PM
here's a new version of the video I posted yesterday. visually, it's exactly the same but it's a completely different approach to the music that accompanies it - which do you prefer? 😀
#choice #treatment #alternative #soundtrack #visuals #art #versions #music #video #YouTube
youtu.be/Wthr0Lf6meA
#choice #treatment #alternative #soundtrack #visuals #art #versions #music #video #YouTube
youtu.be/Wthr0Lf6meA
Reposted by Malcolm MacFarlane
Starmer gives Mandelson dossier to police and begins process to strip his peerage
Starmer gives Mandelson dossier to police and begins process to strip his peerage
Cabinet Office forwards Mandelson-Epstein emails to Met as PM says former business secretary ‘let his country down’
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UK politics live – latest updates
Keir Starmer has handed a dossier on Peter Mandelson to the police and will legislate to strip the disgraced former minister of his peerage, after reports that he leaked market-sensitive information to Jeffrey Epstein at the height of the financial crisis.
Starmer told his cabinet meeting on Tuesday morning he was “appalled” by the reported leaks and had also asked officials to draft legislation to strip Mandelson of his peerage “as quickly as possible”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Starmer gives Mandelson dossier to police and begins process to strip his peerage
yes, please! there are currently 875 of them - way more than the elected MPs... a second chamber only needs around 100!
The House of Lords puts cronies, donors and disgraced politicians like Lord Mandelson in positions of immense power over our country for life.
Unelected and unaccountable. Abolish this relic.
Unelected and unaccountable. Abolish this relic.
February 3, 2026 at 4:47 PM
yes, please! there are currently 875 of them - way more than the elected MPs... a second chamber only needs around 100!
the government should definitely change the law!!! #crime
BREAKING: Lord Mandelson is to step down from the House of Lords immediately.
But he will keep his title as a peerage is bestowed for life - unless government changes the law.
But he will keep his title as a peerage is bestowed for life - unless government changes the law.
February 3, 2026 at 4:33 PM
the government should definitely change the law!!! #crime
I fell across a wonderful book of black and white images which inspired me to put together this video - enjoy! 😀 #videos #photographs #monochrome #history #scenes #characters #soundtrack #music #blues #improvisation #inspiration #art
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdLp...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdLp...
"Characters and Scenes"
YouTube video by Malcolm MacFarlane
www.youtube.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:53 PM
I fell across a wonderful book of black and white images which inspired me to put together this video - enjoy! 😀 #videos #photographs #monochrome #history #scenes #characters #soundtrack #music #blues #improvisation #inspiration #art
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdLp...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdLp...
surely, if it's true, this is treason?
BREAKING: Met Police reviewing reports about Mandelson’s emails to Epstein to decide if to investigate.
“The Met has received a number of reports relating to alleged misconduct in a public office. The reports will all be reviewed to determine if they meet the criminal threshold for investigation.”
“The Met has received a number of reports relating to alleged misconduct in a public office. The reports will all be reviewed to determine if they meet the criminal threshold for investigation.”
February 3, 2026 at 8:55 AM
surely, if it's true, this is treason?
Reposted by Malcolm MacFarlane
House of Lords should strip Mandelson of peerage, says Starmer
House of Lords should strip Mandelson of peerage, says Starmer
PM believes ex-Labour minister should not be member of House of Lords or use title, No 10 spokesperson says
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UK politics live – latest updates
Keir Starmer has suggested that Peter Mandelson should resign from the House of Lords and that the upper chamber should urgently modernise its disciplinary procedures to strip him of his peerage.
The cabinet secretary, the UK’s most senior civil servant, will also investigate Mandelson’s actions as business secretary when Labour was last in power, after emails to Jeffrey Epstein about government policy emerged. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:55 PM
House of Lords should strip Mandelson of peerage, says Starmer
I'm trying to raise awareness of my YouTube channel (in the hope of attracting a few more subscribers). there's lots of different projects and music from collaborations past and present - enjoy! #originalmusic #videos #youtube
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Music Videos - YouTube
www.youtube.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:31 AM
I'm trying to raise awareness of my YouTube channel (in the hope of attracting a few more subscribers). there's lots of different projects and music from collaborations past and present - enjoy! #originalmusic #videos #youtube
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
ouch!
As I've just made a history of documentary cinema, I'm interested in this review of the Melania doc:
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
Melania review – Trump film is a gilded trash remake of The Zone of Interest
Dispiriting, deadly and unrevealing – there is a decent documentary to be made about the former model from Slovenia, but this one is unredeemable
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:21 PM
ouch!
one of my favourite Bill Frisell albums - great artwork too! ❤️
#art #music #billfrisell #classicalbum #listening #nonesuch
#art #music #billfrisell #classicalbum #listening #nonesuch
It was 25 years ago today: Bill Frisell's 'Blues Dream' was released on Nonesuch. On the album, the guitarist and composer organizes a new septet of old friends, including Kenny Wollesen on drums and Greg Leisz on pedal steel. You can hear it at billfrisell.lnk.to/BluesDream
January 30, 2026 at 3:40 PM
one of my favourite Bill Frisell albums - great artwork too! ❤️
#art #music #billfrisell #classicalbum #listening #nonesuch
#art #music #billfrisell #classicalbum #listening #nonesuch
Reposted by Malcolm MacFarlane
Andy Burnham says insiders at Westminster ‘don’t get licence to lie’ after byelection row
Andy Burnham says insiders at Westminster ‘don’t get licence to lie’ after byelection row
Manchester mayor takes aim at House of Commons briefing culture and says he will continue to call out liars
Westminster insiders “do not get a licence to lie”, said Andy Burnham on Thursday, in an angry swipe at the political briefing culture in the House of Commons.
After a week of political antagonism over the Labour party’s national executive committee’s decision to block Burnham from standing in the Gorton and Denton byelection next month, the Manchester mayor said he would call out liars in Westminster in the aftermath of the dispute. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Andy Burnham says insiders at Westminster ‘don’t get licence to lie’ after byelection row
We need as many people as possible to agree with putting in place more ways to increase funding rather than making cuts and essentially punishing those who are already suffering. Tax the Rich – Wealth Tax Now www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved...
Oxfam GB | Chancellor Rachel Reeves: Tax wealth now
It’s time to tax the super-rich. Demand a Wealth Tax today.
www.oxfam.org.uk
January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
We need as many people as possible to agree with putting in place more ways to increase funding rather than making cuts and essentially punishing those who are already suffering. Tax the Rich – Wealth Tax Now www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved...