@mrsclosemedia.bsky.social
Never flying Easyjet again....
August 29, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Never flying Easyjet again....
Easyjet fun. Flight to LGW from MXP due to leave two hours ago. The Luton flight scheduled after us is going. We are unsure what is happening and if we will actually be flying at all.
August 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Easyjet fun. Flight to LGW from MXP due to leave two hours ago. The Luton flight scheduled after us is going. We are unsure what is happening and if we will actually be flying at all.
And that is one more Booker longlist ready to devour.
August 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
And that is one more Booker longlist ready to devour.
Actually visited @bertsbooks.bsky.social in person. The bench is SO cool.
August 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Actually visited @bertsbooks.bsky.social in person. The bench is SO cool.
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I suppose this is the point when I should say again that:
the amount of money the videogames industry brings into the UK economy every year is *more than double* the value of the fishing and steel industries *combined*
what this country is really good at is producing culture
the amount of money the videogames industry brings into the UK economy every year is *more than double* the value of the fishing and steel industries *combined*
what this country is really good at is producing culture
yes. yes yes.
the UK is (not just the originator but) the setting for some of the most popular culture in the world. there is a whole genre of videogames that are set in an imagined Britain. 'soft' power is real economic and even political power.
the UK is (not just the originator but) the setting for some of the most popular culture in the world. there is a whole genre of videogames that are set in an imagined Britain. 'soft' power is real economic and even political power.
Agree. One thing that I really liked about @jpspencer.bsky.social’s Labour Together report is it included culture in “growth spending”. So much policy about regional development in the UK basically regards culture, tourism, etc. as distractions from the real work of building trains to nowhere.
August 17, 2025 at 7:18 AM
I suppose this is the point when I should say again that:
the amount of money the videogames industry brings into the UK economy every year is *more than double* the value of the fishing and steel industries *combined*
what this country is really good at is producing culture
the amount of money the videogames industry brings into the UK economy every year is *more than double* the value of the fishing and steel industries *combined*
what this country is really good at is producing culture
Upside down but thanks @bertsbooks.bsky.social !
August 7, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Upside down but thanks @bertsbooks.bsky.social !
This, from David Buckingham is food for thought in the current landscape
davidbuckingham.net/2025/08/01/i...
davidbuckingham.net/2025/08/01/i...
August 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
This, from David Buckingham is food for thought in the current landscape
davidbuckingham.net/2025/08/01/i...
davidbuckingham.net/2025/08/01/i...
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It’s my birthday and I’ll give away books if I want to.
Spend £20 on books at bertsbooks.co.uk today and I’ll send you a paperback I think you’ll love - at no extra cost!
Excludes subscriptions, UK only.
Spend £20 on books at bertsbooks.co.uk today and I’ll send you a paperback I think you’ll love - at no extra cost!
Excludes subscriptions, UK only.
August 2, 2025 at 6:44 AM
It’s my birthday and I’ll give away books if I want to.
Spend £20 on books at bertsbooks.co.uk today and I’ll send you a paperback I think you’ll love - at no extra cost!
Excludes subscriptions, UK only.
Spend £20 on books at bertsbooks.co.uk today and I’ll send you a paperback I think you’ll love - at no extra cost!
Excludes subscriptions, UK only.
A really interesting deep dive into the impacts of context on the music industry. BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
Three-minute heroes: TikTok made songs shorter but artists are pushing back with longer tracks with more emotional resonance - BBC News
Three-minute heroes: TikTok made songs shorter but artists are pushing back with longer tracks with more emotional resonance - BBC News
Three-minute heroes: TikTok made songs shorter but artists are pushing back with longer tracks with more emotional resonance - BBC News
Pop songs got drastically shorter in the streaming era. But new BBC research shows that trend is over
www.bbc.co.uk
August 1, 2025 at 6:42 AM
A really interesting deep dive into the impacts of context on the music industry. BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
Three-minute heroes: TikTok made songs shorter but artists are pushing back with longer tracks with more emotional resonance - BBC News
Three-minute heroes: TikTok made songs shorter but artists are pushing back with longer tracks with more emotional resonance - BBC News
We went to @latitudefestival.bsky.social this weekend. It was incredible. I wws well chuffed to hear recordings of @kermodemovie.bsky.social and Jack Howard as well as @girlsonfilmpodcast.bsky.social ... and even get a little question on the latter at 40.05 - open.spotify.com/episode/4rie...
Ep 198: Jane Horrocks, Priya Kansara, Daisy-May Hudson and Posy Sterling at Latitude Festival
Girls On Film · Episode
open.spotify.com
July 29, 2025 at 6:17 AM
We went to @latitudefestival.bsky.social this weekend. It was incredible. I wws well chuffed to hear recordings of @kermodemovie.bsky.social and Jack Howard as well as @girlsonfilmpodcast.bsky.social ... and even get a little question on the latter at 40.05 - open.spotify.com/episode/4rie...
Fellow Media and English teachers, this is interesting.
(I had never heard of cottagecore, clearly I'm getting old!)
open.spotify.com/episode/0Kuu...
(I had never heard of cottagecore, clearly I'm getting old!)
open.spotify.com/episode/0Kuu...
Are we cooked? How social media shapes your language | Adam Aleksic
TED Talks Daily · Episode
open.spotify.com
June 21, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Fellow Media and English teachers, this is interesting.
(I had never heard of cottagecore, clearly I'm getting old!)
open.spotify.com/episode/0Kuu...
(I had never heard of cottagecore, clearly I'm getting old!)
open.spotify.com/episode/0Kuu...
Interesting info graphic...
May 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Interesting info graphic...
May 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
New Audiobook @georgethepoet.bsky.social talking woke in my ears seems fitting this week.
May 13, 2025 at 6:11 AM
New Audiobook @georgethepoet.bsky.social talking woke in my ears seems fitting this week.
A bit out of date but a bit of Shirky doing what he does best.... open.spotify.com/episode/2hHv...
The potential US TikTok ban — and what's at stake | Clay Shirky
open.spotify.com
April 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A bit out of date but a bit of Shirky doing what he does best.... open.spotify.com/episode/2hHv...
Mickey 17 is excellent.
March 14, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Mickey 17 is excellent.
They definitely understood the assignment. @bertsbooks.bsky.social are good for sourcing books... and for packaging them!
February 20, 2025 at 9:59 AM
They definitely understood the assignment. @bertsbooks.bsky.social are good for sourcing books... and for packaging them!
February 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
@bertsbooks.bsky.social hello, do you have any Stormlight Archive books? My son is ripping through the series...
February 16, 2025 at 11:19 AM
@bertsbooks.bsky.social hello, do you have any Stormlight Archive books? My son is ripping through the series...
Oh gosh. APP. Not good times.
Basically, Ofsted has just created an enormous APP grid. What could possibly go wrong?
February 3, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Oh gosh. APP. Not good times.
Nice little crossover moment. The Only Girl in the Orchestra (O'Brien, 2024), Oscar nominee, has the daughter of Sunrise: A Tale of Two Human's George O'Brien. Orin O'Brien was a proper kick-ass trailblazer who really just wanted to blend in.
January 26, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Nice little crossover moment. The Only Girl in the Orchestra (O'Brien, 2024), Oscar nominee, has the daughter of Sunrise: A Tale of Two Human's George O'Brien. Orin O'Brien was a proper kick-ass trailblazer who really just wanted to blend in.
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Please continue to share this picture to raise awareness of the plight of cats trapped in a folk music environment.
January 25, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Please continue to share this picture to raise awareness of the plight of cats trapped in a folk music environment.
Well. I've actually deleted X now.
January 20, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Well. I've actually deleted X now.