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Helen O’Hara
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Violinist - Dexys Midnight Runners, Dexys, Tanita Tikaram, Tim Burgess.
Author - ‘What’s She Like’ - a memoir.
Signed copies available at route-online.com
Happy birthday Yoko Ono
@yokoono.bsky.social
February 18, 2026 at 9:55 AM
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I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
February 17, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Wishing everyone a LOVELY weekend. Happy Valentines Day ❤️
February 14, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Congratulations Matt Weston! 🥇 🇬🇧
Sensational performances 🤩
February 13, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Excellent documentary about Little Richard and his huge influence on other artists. Great footage & interviews. Available via @bbciplayer.bsky.social
Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock 'n' Roll
Featuring interviews and exclusive archive footage, this documentary tells the extraordinary story of a music icon: the self-proclaimed architect of rock 'n' roll.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 9:14 AM
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LOVE Hand Painted Cotton Shift Dress, 1960s
#RobertIndiana
February 8, 2026 at 10:23 AM
A wonderful article from 2019 about Jimmy Miller by his sister Judith. The cover of a forthcoming biography about the Stones has prompted me to share this again.
I had the honour of being in the studio with Jimmy for a day when Dexys were trying out producers which I write about in my memoir.
A Tribute to My Brother, Music Producer Jimmy Miller, on the 25th Anniversary of His Death
“Nothing lasts, except the music.” Jimmy Miller was deep into a hash-induced soliloquy about life, love, loss, and music, contemplating the fleeting nature of fame, as we walked to Olympic Studios on ...
www.tabletmag.com
February 8, 2026 at 9:35 AM
This is out in April. By Bob Spitz.
Cover from Exile On Main Street era.
February 8, 2026 at 8:07 AM
From the scrapbook
Sounds 1982
📷 Adrian Boot
#DexysMidnightRunners
February 7, 2026 at 5:32 PM
RIP LaMonte McLemore 💛
Let The Sunshine In ☀️
2.22 one of the greatest song transitions
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟱𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 | 𝗔𝗤𝗨𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗨𝗦 ♒︎ 𝗟𝗲𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗜𝗻 - [Extended]
YouTube video by MrHaagsesjonny1
youtu.be
February 7, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Fabulous banjo by Tony Hicks.
Great song 🧡
The Hollies - Stop Stop Stop from Swiss Television, 1975
YouTube video by The Hollies Official
youtu.be
February 7, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Enjoy your weekend everyone 😊💜
February 7, 2026 at 7:09 AM
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On This Day in Music

1949 - RCA Records
issued the first ever 45rpm single, the invention of this size record made jukeboxes possible.
February 1, 2026 at 8:47 AM
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Wishing all a merry Février and blessings for Imbolc.
🖼️ Grasset
February 1, 2026 at 11:39 AM
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Magnificent documentary by writer (and one time New York taxi driver) Michael Goldfarb, about Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, 70s New York and the transformed city of today www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Archive on 4 - Taxi Driver at 50: New York, Then and Now - BBC Sounds
The film Taxi Driver is 50 years old. Michael Goldfarb looks at New York then and now.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 1, 2026 at 11:23 AM
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BREAKING | Alcaraz beats Djokovic at Australian Open final to complete career grand slam and make tennis history
Djokovic v Alcaraz live: Australian Open latest score updates from historic final
As Djokovic bids for the grand slam singles record of 25 titles, Alcaraz can become the youngest man in history to complete the career set
www.independent.co.uk
February 1, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Have a wonderful weekend everybody 🩷
January 31, 2026 at 8:49 AM
The thrill receiving a postcard 🧡
January 29, 2026 at 6:54 PM
A delightful escape from the world for an afternoon! Brilliant puppetry.
Gillian Lynne Theatre, Drury Lane.
January 29, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Superb exhibition at Two Temple Place, London - ‘The Weight of Being’
Vulnerability, Resilience & Mental Health in Art.
John Wilson McCracken ‘Man in Pub’ & ‘Moving Torso’
Robert Olley ‘The Coal Bandits’
Geraint Evans’A Zen Garden’
January 28, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Jessica Rankin
‘in the air/a memory’
@whitecube.com
Paint and embroidered thread
Worth getting close 🧵 🪡 🎨 💛
January 28, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Have as great weekend everyone! 🩵
January 24, 2026 at 6:36 AM
PLR royalties day (public library loans) First time. Proud my book is borrowed. 😊 Dad took me to the library every week, I took my sons & I hear that my 6 month old grandson is now a regular 🧡📚
January 19, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Wishing Dolly Parton the happiest of birthdays. ‘Jolene’ from Glastonbury 2014 🔽🎶❤️❤️❤️
Dolly Parton performs Jolene at Glastonbury - BBC
YouTube video by BBC
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January 19, 2026 at 8:24 AM