Olthwaite
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Where does it go from here? Is it down to the lake I fear? Ay-yah-yah-yah. Dave Griffiths. Newspaper sub (print). Used to make Barmcake magazine.
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I've collated all 23 parts of the Velvet Underground Press Myth into one post. From January 1966 each month has its own post with clippings from regional press: full of live reviews, plenty of reviews of the album, NIco and many strange and obscure VU things
grantmcphee.substack.com/p/the-velvet...
grantmcphee.substack.com/p/the-velvet...
The Velvet Underground Myth: 1963-December 1967, Parts 1-23 collected
The Velvet Underground Myth: 1963-December 1967, Parts 1-23 collected
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January 18, 2026 at 8:17 PM
I've collated all 23 parts of the Velvet Underground Press Myth into one post. From January 1966 each month has its own post with clippings from regional press: full of live reviews, plenty of reviews of the album, NIco and many strange and obscure VU things
grantmcphee.substack.com/p/the-velvet...
grantmcphee.substack.com/p/the-velvet...
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Please get in touch if you are an illustrator who wants to get involved with our next zine - submission details all here - general-witchfinders.teemill.com/blog/call-fo...
A thread - 1 of 4
🧵 We make a twice yearly British horror zine and our next edition is the Beltane 2026 issue. General submissions will open after Christmas, but we are starting this thread now to connect with illustrators, ideally UK based, who might want to be part of it.
🧵 We make a twice yearly British horror zine and our next edition is the Beltane 2026 issue. General submissions will open after Christmas, but we are starting this thread now to connect with illustrators, ideally UK based, who might want to be part of it.
January 19, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Please get in touch if you are an illustrator who wants to get involved with our next zine - submission details all here - general-witchfinders.teemill.com/blog/call-fo...
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Apart from my usual wedding speech services I’m also offering a ChatGPT Speech Fix for people who’ve gone to AI and are disappointed with the outcome. All the details are available on my recently updated website www.mathew-owen.co.uk/ai-speech-fix - thank you for reading, and please do share 👍
AI Speech Fix Service | Mathew Owen | Manchester
Used ChatGTP for your wedding speech and you're now regretting it?
Don't worry, I can fix it.
www.mathew-owen.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Apart from my usual wedding speech services I’m also offering a ChatGPT Speech Fix for people who’ve gone to AI and are disappointed with the outcome. All the details are available on my recently updated website www.mathew-owen.co.uk/ai-speech-fix - thank you for reading, and please do share 👍
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ENDS TODAY!
There’s 20% off all my unframed prints with code GAILSALE
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/prints
Ends 18 January
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/prints
Ends 18 January
January 18, 2026 at 10:28 AM
ENDS TODAY!
Went to the supermarket with a tea towel around my neck. Tried to style it out as an outré cravat as if I was in Duran Duran or summat.
January 18, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Went to the supermarket with a tea towel around my neck. Tried to style it out as an outré cravat as if I was in Duran Duran or summat.
Likely Lads pyjama action. I think I had those blue ones when I was a nipper
January 17, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Likely Lads pyjama action. I think I had those blue ones when I was a nipper
Always have to treble check rogue/rogue when I put them in a headline. Rouge traders (red-faced butchers, make-up artists or pantomime dame suppliers).
January 17, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Always have to treble check rogue/rogue when I put them in a headline. Rouge traders (red-faced butchers, make-up artists or pantomime dame suppliers).
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Yorkshire folk!
The daughter of a friend's friend is making a film about the bands that played at Minsthorpe High School in the late 80s/early 90s – the likes of the Weddoes, Cud, House of Love etc.
They're trying to track down the teachers who put the bands on – Mel and Trev. Anyone know them?
The daughter of a friend's friend is making a film about the bands that played at Minsthorpe High School in the late 80s/early 90s – the likes of the Weddoes, Cud, House of Love etc.
They're trying to track down the teachers who put the bands on – Mel and Trev. Anyone know them?
January 14, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Yorkshire folk!
The daughter of a friend's friend is making a film about the bands that played at Minsthorpe High School in the late 80s/early 90s – the likes of the Weddoes, Cud, House of Love etc.
They're trying to track down the teachers who put the bands on – Mel and Trev. Anyone know them?
The daughter of a friend's friend is making a film about the bands that played at Minsthorpe High School in the late 80s/early 90s – the likes of the Weddoes, Cud, House of Love etc.
They're trying to track down the teachers who put the bands on – Mel and Trev. Anyone know them?
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I don't normally go in for this clickbait thing or having adverts associated with my various online activities, but times are hard and we all have to make a living. ....
January 12, 2026 at 11:46 PM
I don't normally go in for this clickbait thing or having adverts associated with my various online activities, but times are hard and we all have to make a living. ....
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Molly in the Blackburne Arms, Liverpool, 1972, photo by Tricia Porter.
January 12, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Molly in the Blackburne Arms, Liverpool, 1972, photo by Tricia Porter.
My favourite Bowie song - Where's My Sausages? Phil Cornwell's bob-on impression. m.youtube.com/watch?v=NEjc...
Phil Cornwell a.k.a David Bowie "Where's my sausages"?
YouTube video by Steven Prestidge
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January 10, 2026 at 11:34 AM
My favourite Bowie song - Where's My Sausages? Phil Cornwell's bob-on impression. m.youtube.com/watch?v=NEjc...
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This film based on my story from Dance Move is now BAFTA longlisted. There was such an incredible group of people, all playing their parts, so that this project actually happened. Just brilliant.
January 9, 2026 at 9:25 PM
This film based on my story from Dance Move is now BAFTA longlisted. There was such an incredible group of people, all playing their parts, so that this project actually happened. Just brilliant.
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Related to this I lost a lot of work in December because I was ill, and my diary is currently very empty.
If you need some writing, research or a voice or anything else similar doing, please let me know!
I'm very flexible (despite hurtling towards middle age at an alarming speed).
If you need some writing, research or a voice or anything else similar doing, please let me know!
I'm very flexible (despite hurtling towards middle age at an alarming speed).
I'm immunosuppressed.
I got my flu jab this year and STILL got flu before Christmas and was really, really ill.
This sort of bullshit needs to be nipped in the bud because it's terrifying.
It's not a matter of opinion. There's no "two sides".
I got my flu jab this year and STILL got flu before Christmas and was really, really ill.
This sort of bullshit needs to be nipped in the bud because it's terrifying.
It's not a matter of opinion. There's no "two sides".
Farage: "I believe in vaccinations when they're vaccinations. I don't think what happened with Covid were vaccinations. You have to keep having them every 6 months."
Conspiratorial nonsense.
Some vaccinations like Covid shots require multiple/seasonal doses because immunity fades & viruses change.
Conspiratorial nonsense.
Some vaccinations like Covid shots require multiple/seasonal doses because immunity fades & viruses change.
January 8, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Related to this I lost a lot of work in December because I was ill, and my diary is currently very empty.
If you need some writing, research or a voice or anything else similar doing, please let me know!
I'm very flexible (despite hurtling towards middle age at an alarming speed).
If you need some writing, research or a voice or anything else similar doing, please let me know!
I'm very flexible (despite hurtling towards middle age at an alarming speed).
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Before Keith Harris teamed up with Orville, there was his frankly terrifying rabbit sidekick Percy Picktooth
January 8, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Before Keith Harris teamed up with Orville, there was his frankly terrifying rabbit sidekick Percy Picktooth
Chalamet's got a 'must-have windbreaker' apparently (The Observer). I must admit I thought windbreakers were jaunty nylon/wooden pole affairs to stop sand blowing onto sandwiches on beaches. Chalamat appears to be wearing a shell suit top or a skinny anorak.
January 4, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Chalamet's got a 'must-have windbreaker' apparently (The Observer). I must admit I thought windbreakers were jaunty nylon/wooden pole affairs to stop sand blowing onto sandwiches on beaches. Chalamat appears to be wearing a shell suit top or a skinny anorak.
Bad moon rising (430pm)
January 3, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Bad moon rising (430pm)
Single-track rail line at dusk. Strong Johnny Cash/Lonesome Whistle vibes with a soupçon of Arthur Askey/Ghost Train.
December 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Single-track rail line at dusk. Strong Johnny Cash/Lonesome Whistle vibes with a soupçon of Arthur Askey/Ghost Train.
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I've got a new collection coming out in 2026 (Thin Places in Hard Concrete) so you'd better crack on and read the previous two.
Between them ‘Municipal Gothic’ and ‘Intervals of Darkness’ have 27 stories full of haunted buildings, haunted people, and working class weirdness. Obviously *I* think they're great – but so do strangers who owe me nothing!
👉 www.amazon.co.uk/Municipal-Go...
👉 www.amazon.co.uk/Intervals-Da...
👉 www.amazon.co.uk/Municipal-Go...
👉 www.amazon.co.uk/Intervals-Da...
December 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I've got a new collection coming out in 2026 (Thin Places in Hard Concrete) so you'd better crack on and read the previous two.
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7 reasons why The Thing (1982) is a Christmas film:
1) snow
2) bearded men concealing surprises
3) compulsory party games
4) introverts shunning group activities
5) digestive issues
6) revellers bursting open to reveal partially assimilated canine lifeforms
7) knitwear
1) snow
2) bearded men concealing surprises
3) compulsory party games
4) introverts shunning group activities
5) digestive issues
6) revellers bursting open to reveal partially assimilated canine lifeforms
7) knitwear
December 25, 2025 at 8:39 AM
7 reasons why The Thing (1982) is a Christmas film:
1) snow
2) bearded men concealing surprises
3) compulsory party games
4) introverts shunning group activities
5) digestive issues
6) revellers bursting open to reveal partially assimilated canine lifeforms
7) knitwear
1) snow
2) bearded men concealing surprises
3) compulsory party games
4) introverts shunning group activities
5) digestive issues
6) revellers bursting open to reveal partially assimilated canine lifeforms
7) knitwear
Merry Christmas chums! May your Yule be cool and your barms be bountiful. Peace, love, roast potatoes and gravy.
December 25, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Merry Christmas chums! May your Yule be cool and your barms be bountiful. Peace, love, roast potatoes and gravy.
Rail replacement buses with Merry Christmas signs. What do you think Councillor Duxbury?
December 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Rail replacement buses with Merry Christmas signs. What do you think Councillor Duxbury?
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Reckon that's Egyptian Italic or similar, cast in metal, cos the A doesn't have the little serif at the top.
precastreinforced.co.uk/2024/04/22/t...
precastreinforced.co.uk/2024/04/22/t...
That mysterious font is Festive, not Stymie
What is that font? You know, THAT font? The chunky italic lettering you see on launderettes and council blocks, on post-war churches and new town butcher’s shops, across the UK. The font you’re thi…
precastreinforced.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Reckon that's Egyptian Italic or similar, cast in metal, cos the A doesn't have the little serif at the top.
precastreinforced.co.uk/2024/04/22/t...
precastreinforced.co.uk/2024/04/22/t...
Oof! Tremendous Slaithwaite Town Hall font action. Pleasingly retro. I think @raynewman.bsky.social identified this font on another building but I can never remember what it was called so I think of it as Ray Newman.
December 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Oof! Tremendous Slaithwaite Town Hall font action. Pleasingly retro. I think @raynewman.bsky.social identified this font on another building but I can never remember what it was called so I think of it as Ray Newman.
Argh! Fanny Cradock is putting mincemeat in an omelette on one of the minor channels - and then putting icing sugar on top. Double argh! Good spatula work to get the ommers out of the pan though.
December 21, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Argh! Fanny Cradock is putting mincemeat in an omelette on one of the minor channels - and then putting icing sugar on top. Double argh! Good spatula work to get the ommers out of the pan though.