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Our huge, heartfelt thanks to Sam Fender, who’s donated his £25,000 Mercury Prize winnings to Music Venue Trust... after already making sure £1 from every ticket on his recent tour went to support grassroots music venues.
November 11, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Our huge, heartfelt thanks to Sam Fender, who’s donated his £25,000 Mercury Prize winnings to Music Venue Trust... after already making sure £1 from every ticket on his recent tour went to support grassroots music venues.
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Oh wow! A London Underground station being officially Listed is always great news - this one especially so. Southwark station, 1999 by MacCormac Jamieson Prichard, has just been Listed at Grade 2. Now for the other JLE stations. @c20society.bsky.social
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-...
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-...
November 11, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Oh wow! A London Underground station being officially Listed is always great news - this one especially so. Southwark station, 1999 by MacCormac Jamieson Prichard, has just been Listed at Grade 2. Now for the other JLE stations. @c20society.bsky.social
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-...
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-...
Indeed
November 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Indeed
Incompetence and failure is the objective.
The impossible dream some people on the British right are chasing is that you can have a BBC News operation that retreats from detail and expertise, that takes dictation from the government, but this will only create incompetence and failure when it suits you:
To fix the BBC, focus on competence and cash
Corporation fails to learn from criticism, while politicians have consciously reduced its scope for quality journalism
www.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Incompetence and failure is the objective.
First of two games for me today, starting with Arsenal v Chelsea women watching from enemy territory.
November 8, 2025 at 11:56 AM
First of two games for me today, starting with Arsenal v Chelsea women watching from enemy territory.
This is a good one!
If you’re a Pavement enthusiast (that’s everyone, right?) then get your paws on this lively & comprehensive Ultimate Music Guide from @uncutmagazine.bsky.social I took a deep dive into Brighten The Corners (their best, imo) & tracked Malkmus’s solo adventuring but there’s a ton of w/e goodness here.
November 7, 2025 at 12:47 PM
This is a good one!
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My doctor didn’t say, listen to Fela Kuti albums every day, in order of release as best you can, and twice through at least for maximum Afrobeat. But it would’ve been splendid advice, because it’s increased the measure of joy in my life considerably.
November 6, 2025 at 11:08 AM
My doctor didn’t say, listen to Fela Kuti albums every day, in order of release as best you can, and twice through at least for maximum Afrobeat. But it would’ve been splendid advice, because it’s increased the measure of joy in my life considerably.
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I went on the hunt for London’s last remaining jukeboxes for The Times. You can probably guess where this ended. www.thetimes.com/uk/london/ar...
On the hunt for London’s last, great pub jukebox
The city used to be home to hundreds of jukeboxes, but one by one they disappeared and now only a handful remain
www.thetimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:50 AM
I went on the hunt for London’s last remaining jukeboxes for The Times. You can probably guess where this ended. www.thetimes.com/uk/london/ar...
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Essential for anyone interested in London's histories.
Really pleased to announce the launch of the all-new, all-dancing, London Lives website - www.londonlives.org It has been thoroughly re-engineered to facilitate more types of search, and redesigned for phones and tablets. The team very much hopes peope like it. 1/
London Lives
www.londonlives.org
November 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Essential for anyone interested in London's histories.
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@radiohead.wastehq.social reviewed: stunning return for rock’s radical chiefs
Thom Yorke and co reviewed at Moviestar Arena, Madrid, November 4, 2025
Thom Yorke and co reviewed at Moviestar Arena, Madrid, November 4, 2025
Radiohead reviewed: stunning return for rock's radical chiefs
Radiohead reviewed live on their first concert for seven years, at Moviestar Arena, Madrid, November 4, 2025
www.uncut.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 10:27 AM
@radiohead.wastehq.social reviewed: stunning return for rock’s radical chiefs
Thom Yorke and co reviewed at Moviestar Arena, Madrid, November 4, 2025
Thom Yorke and co reviewed at Moviestar Arena, Madrid, November 4, 2025
I went on the hunt for London’s last remaining jukeboxes for The Times. You can probably guess where this ended. www.thetimes.com/uk/london/ar...
On the hunt for London’s last, great pub jukebox
The city used to be home to hundreds of jukeboxes, but one by one they disappeared and now only a handful remain
www.thetimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:50 AM
I went on the hunt for London’s last remaining jukeboxes for The Times. You can probably guess where this ended. www.thetimes.com/uk/london/ar...
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I wrote a piece about London music halls for The Times ahead of an exhibition at The London Archive. @victorianlondon.bsky.social was among the contributors. www.thetimes.com/uk/london/ar...
London’s music halls back in the spotlight at new exhibition
Bawdy and sentimental, these venues are hiding in plain sight — but their initial purpose is long gone. A new exhibition tells their story
www.thetimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I wrote a piece about London music halls for The Times ahead of an exhibition at The London Archive. @victorianlondon.bsky.social was among the contributors. www.thetimes.com/uk/london/ar...
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Carshalton has a new - INCREDIBLE - record shop @lookingforthemagic.bsky.social Really amazing stuff inside (and plenty of heykidsrocknroll.etsy.com goodness)
November 1, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Carshalton has a new - INCREDIBLE - record shop @lookingforthemagic.bsky.social Really amazing stuff inside (and plenty of heykidsrocknroll.etsy.com goodness)
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If you are looking for something spooky but also tuneful to watch tonight, my film All You Need Is Death, about a couple of musicologists who get themselves in trouble by recording a song that was never meant to be recorded, is available on many streamers;
linktr.ee/paulduane
linktr.ee/paulduane
paulduane | Instagram | Linktree
Paul Duane is a writer. producer and director based in Dublin.
linktr.ee
October 31, 2025 at 5:37 PM
If you are looking for something spooky but also tuneful to watch tonight, my film All You Need Is Death, about a couple of musicologists who get themselves in trouble by recording a song that was never meant to be recorded, is available on many streamers;
linktr.ee/paulduane
linktr.ee/paulduane
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I'm sure I've posted these before at Halloween and I probably will again. This is a series of spirit photographs I inherited from my mum, who dealt in antiques and bric-a-brac in north-west England, collected all kinds of oddities and probably bought them at auction. 1/5
October 31, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I'm sure I've posted these before at Halloween and I probably will again. This is a series of spirit photographs I inherited from my mum, who dealt in antiques and bric-a-brac in north-west England, collected all kinds of oddities and probably bought them at auction. 1/5
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On the demolition of the East Wing and the USA's recrudescent belly-rubbing wahoo-yahoo architectural rampage
The dissolution of certainties about US power now has its perfect visual emblem in the form of bulldozers reducing the East Wing to rubble. @willwiles.bsky.social considers what lies ahead for the White House and looks back at another spectacular demolition marking the end of an era buff.ly/2ikkJLf
So, goodbye East Wing. What lies in store for the West Wing?
The dissolution of certainties about American power now has its perfect visual emblem – in the form of bulldozers reducing part of the White House to rubble, writes Will Wiles
apollo-magazine.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:42 PM
On the demolition of the East Wing and the USA's recrudescent belly-rubbing wahoo-yahoo architectural rampage
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If you do find something useful in Songs of Seven Dials, I’d be really grateful if you could find the time to leave a review on Amazon (you don’t have to have bought the book there). It makes a real difference in getting books like this noticed.
October 29, 2025 at 10:31 PM
If you do find something useful in Songs of Seven Dials, I’d be really grateful if you could find the time to leave a review on Amazon (you don’t have to have bought the book there). It makes a real difference in getting books like this noticed.
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Bush Hall has great acoustics and still holds performances, maybe not so different from its original purpose. Wilton's is still in use too
I wrote a piece about London music halls for The Times ahead of an exhibition at The London Archive. @victorianlondon.bsky.social was among the contributors. www.thetimes.com/uk/london/ar...
London’s music halls back in the spotlight at new exhibition
Bawdy and sentimental, these venues are hiding in plain sight — but their initial purpose is long gone. A new exhibition tells their story
www.thetimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Bush Hall has great acoustics and still holds performances, maybe not so different from its original purpose. Wilton's is still in use too
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Interested in the history of Seven Dials or London or the 1920s and 1930s? I'm doing some walking tours of the Dials with @stanfordstravel.bsky.social on Sat 15 Nov.
There's loads to see, but Seven Dials is so small you don't need to walk far.
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/songs...
There's loads to see, but Seven Dials is so small you don't need to walk far.
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/songs...
October 29, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Interested in the history of Seven Dials or London or the 1920s and 1930s? I'm doing some walking tours of the Dials with @stanfordstravel.bsky.social on Sat 15 Nov.
There's loads to see, but Seven Dials is so small you don't need to walk far.
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/songs...
There's loads to see, but Seven Dials is so small you don't need to walk far.
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/songs...
I met Don McCullin at an exhibition of his work 15 years ago and his obvious despair at the horror and futility of what he witnessed was profound.
Extraordinary, shocking images all taken by one man. Just astonishing, really. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘It’s been a cesspit, really, my life’: war photographer Don McCullin on 19 of his greatest pictures
At 90, McCullin has spent seven decades recording conflict and tragedy – while escaping snipers, mortar fire and capture. He reflects on pain, pride and regret
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I met Don McCullin at an exhibition of his work 15 years ago and his obvious despair at the horror and futility of what he witnessed was profound.
I wrote a piece about London music halls for The Times ahead of an exhibition at The London Archive. @victorianlondon.bsky.social was among the contributors. www.thetimes.com/uk/london/ar...
London’s music halls back in the spotlight at new exhibition
Bawdy and sentimental, these venues are hiding in plain sight — but their initial purpose is long gone. A new exhibition tells their story
www.thetimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I wrote a piece about London music halls for The Times ahead of an exhibition at The London Archive. @victorianlondon.bsky.social was among the contributors. www.thetimes.com/uk/london/ar...
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UK-based followers. Is any of you privileged enough to live in a constituency still held by the Conservative Party? If yes, would you be up for contacting your MP to see if their response to a short question is similar/the same to one I just received from *my* Tory MP?
If so, please DM me.
If so, please DM me.
October 28, 2025 at 12:43 PM
UK-based followers. Is any of you privileged enough to live in a constituency still held by the Conservative Party? If yes, would you be up for contacting your MP to see if their response to a short question is similar/the same to one I just received from *my* Tory MP?
If so, please DM me.
If so, please DM me.
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This is tremendous from @steviechick.bsky.social - pull up a comfortable chair.
(Can't help feeling he should probably just write a book about Husker Du!)
thequietus.com/interviews/h...
(Can't help feeling he should probably just write a book about Husker Du!)
thequietus.com/interviews/h...
Plans That They Made: Hüsker Dü Interviewed | The Quietus
Stevie Chick talks to Bob Mould and Greg Norton about Grant Hart, American punk and paving the road for Nirvana
thequietus.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:10 AM
This is tremendous from @steviechick.bsky.social - pull up a comfortable chair.
(Can't help feeling he should probably just write a book about Husker Du!)
thequietus.com/interviews/h...
(Can't help feeling he should probably just write a book about Husker Du!)
thequietus.com/interviews/h...
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Very pleased to receive this new book by Daniel Rachel - a catalogue of Rock’s flirtation with fascist symbolism that builds into a relentless polemic. Important and timely
October 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Very pleased to receive this new book by Daniel Rachel - a catalogue of Rock’s flirtation with fascist symbolism that builds into a relentless polemic. Important and timely
Judging by early reactions to the Electric Nebraska 82 box set, my review for Uncut is holding up pretty well. This is amazing music and a great package. www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/albu...
Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska '82: Expanded Edition – the myth is real!
Just in time for Hollywood, Bruce finally opens the vaults for Electric Nebraska – and wow
www.uncut.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Judging by early reactions to the Electric Nebraska 82 box set, my review for Uncut is holding up pretty well. This is amazing music and a great package. www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/albu...