Rich Turner
@richturner.bsky.social
Plays and teaches Fiddle and Accordion. Interested in politics, history, cricket and trains. @richturnermusic on Instagram, Threads, YouTube and TikTok. Green Socialist. Winchester, England.
Pinned
Written by the Manchester fiddler while studying for an MA in Irish Music in Limerick, and recorded by the band Flook on their album Haven. I prefer to play it more slowly, in appreciation of its lyricism and wit.
Mikey Kenney (fiddle) and Anna McLuckie (clarsach) at The Forge, Basingstoke, 01/02/2026. Ostensibly on tour to promote Mikey's album 'Tiny Little Light,' in practise, he's very much the Liverpool Irish icing on Anna's rich, Scottish, cake. Warmly recommended.
February 2, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Mikey Kenney (fiddle) and Anna McLuckie (clarsach) at The Forge, Basingstoke, 01/02/2026. Ostensibly on tour to promote Mikey's album 'Tiny Little Light,' in practise, he's very much the Liverpool Irish icing on Anna's rich, Scottish, cake. Warmly recommended.
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Every household in the UK should be given a free copy of 'The Fraud' as an act of public service
Labour would never get a vote again
#DontVoteLabour
Labour would never get a vote again
#DontVoteLabour
January 30, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Every household in the UK should be given a free copy of 'The Fraud' as an act of public service
Labour would never get a vote again
#DontVoteLabour
Labour would never get a vote again
#DontVoteLabour
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Don't stop talking about Palestine
January 23, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Don't stop talking about Palestine
Written by the Manchester fiddler while studying for an MA in Irish Music in Limerick, and recorded by the band Flook on their album Haven. I prefer to play it more slowly, in appreciation of its lyricism and wit.
January 22, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Written by the Manchester fiddler while studying for an MA in Irish Music in Limerick, and recorded by the band Flook on their album Haven. I prefer to play it more slowly, in appreciation of its lyricism and wit.
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This week the government quietly published a 'Global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security assessment': www.gov.uk/government/p...
Meant to be out last year, but rumoured to be blocked by Number 10: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The judgements are stomach-churning
Meant to be out last year, but rumoured to be blocked by Number 10: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The judgements are stomach-churning
January 21, 2026 at 9:55 PM
This week the government quietly published a 'Global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security assessment': www.gov.uk/government/p...
Meant to be out last year, but rumoured to be blocked by Number 10: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The judgements are stomach-churning
Meant to be out last year, but rumoured to be blocked by Number 10: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The judgements are stomach-churning
From Heart of Glass to Message in a Bottle, music, and the ways we relate to it, are personal.
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1979 And All That
Part 3: Hearts of Glass and Stone
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January 21, 2026 at 8:34 AM
From Heart of Glass to Message in a Bottle, music, and the ways we relate to it, are personal.
open.substack.com/pub/richturn...
open.substack.com/pub/richturn...
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Christian Adams @Adamstoon1 on #Trump names #TonyBlair as a member of the "Board of Peace" for #Gaza @Telegraph – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
January 17, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Christian Adams @Adamstoon1 on #Trump names #TonyBlair as a member of the "Board of Peace" for #Gaza @Telegraph – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
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🤗 Tommorrow @zackpolanski.bsky.social is in #Bradford!
📽 Our event is fully booked but you can watch it live on our YouTube channel.
📌 Make sure you don't miss it by hitting the 'Notify me' button today.
✅️ And don't forget to subscribe to our channel!
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📽 Our event is fully booked but you can watch it live on our YouTube channel.
📌 Make sure you don't miss it by hitting the 'Notify me' button today.
✅️ And don't forget to subscribe to our channel!
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Zack Polanski: The Road to a Green Bradford
YouTube video by Bradford District Green Party
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January 17, 2026 at 12:17 PM
🤗 Tommorrow @zackpolanski.bsky.social is in #Bradford!
📽 Our event is fully booked but you can watch it live on our YouTube channel.
📌 Make sure you don't miss it by hitting the 'Notify me' button today.
✅️ And don't forget to subscribe to our channel!
youtube.com/live/rPMjS2P...
📽 Our event is fully booked but you can watch it live on our YouTube channel.
📌 Make sure you don't miss it by hitting the 'Notify me' button today.
✅️ And don't forget to subscribe to our channel!
youtube.com/live/rPMjS2P...
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Free bus travel for under-22s.
Investing in young people and public transport to build a fairer, greener country! 🚌 💚
Investing in young people and public transport to build a fairer, greener country! 🚌 💚
January 17, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Free bus travel for under-22s.
Investing in young people and public transport to build a fairer, greener country! 🚌 💚
Investing in young people and public transport to build a fairer, greener country! 🚌 💚
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10 WEEKS TILL WE MARCH
The countdown is on.
Join us in London on 28th March. For love, hope + unity.
Sign up: togetheralliance.org.uk
#Together
The countdown is on.
Join us in London on 28th March. For love, hope + unity.
Sign up: togetheralliance.org.uk
#Together
January 17, 2026 at 10:00 AM
10 WEEKS TILL WE MARCH
The countdown is on.
Join us in London on 28th March. For love, hope + unity.
Sign up: togetheralliance.org.uk
#Together
The countdown is on.
Join us in London on 28th March. For love, hope + unity.
Sign up: togetheralliance.org.uk
#Together
The Worcestershire Hornpipe.
A tribute to the late Rod Stradling, whose Old Swan Band recorded this floor-filler back in the 1970s, with a three fiddle line-up.
A tribute to the late Rod Stradling, whose Old Swan Band recorded this floor-filler back in the 1970s, with a three fiddle line-up.
January 17, 2026 at 4:43 PM
The Worcestershire Hornpipe.
A tribute to the late Rod Stradling, whose Old Swan Band recorded this floor-filler back in the 1970s, with a three fiddle line-up.
A tribute to the late Rod Stradling, whose Old Swan Band recorded this floor-filler back in the 1970s, with a three fiddle line-up.
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Ask The Experts: Ask A Drunk Guy Who Needs To Get Something Off His Chest
Ask A Drunk Guy Who Needs To Get Something Off His Chest
Dear Drunk Guy Who Needs To Get Something Off His Chest, I’m a single mom with a 2-year-old son, and the people in the apartment above us play loud music that wakes him from his naps. They turn it dow...
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January 16, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Ask The Experts: Ask A Drunk Guy Who Needs To Get Something Off His Chest
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I remember when they gave Obama the Nobel Peace Prize, and he then spent eight years drone bombing the **** out of everything he could.
January 16, 2026 at 1:24 PM
I remember when they gave Obama the Nobel Peace Prize, and he then spent eight years drone bombing the **** out of everything he could.
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“We’re gonna need a bigger bus”
January 12, 2026 at 1:51 PM
“We’re gonna need a bigger bus”
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NATIONAL MARCH FOR PALESTINE
END THE GENOCIDE
HANDS OFF GAZA
STOP ARMING ISRAEL
SATURDAY 31 JAN 2026
12 NOON
CENTRAL LONDON
END THE GENOCIDE
HANDS OFF GAZA
STOP ARMING ISRAEL
SATURDAY 31 JAN 2026
12 NOON
CENTRAL LONDON
January 12, 2026 at 2:45 PM
NATIONAL MARCH FOR PALESTINE
END THE GENOCIDE
HANDS OFF GAZA
STOP ARMING ISRAEL
SATURDAY 31 JAN 2026
12 NOON
CENTRAL LONDON
END THE GENOCIDE
HANDS OFF GAZA
STOP ARMING ISRAEL
SATURDAY 31 JAN 2026
12 NOON
CENTRAL LONDON
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Nigel Farage here nailing Nadhim Zahawi's absence of principles.
So, turns out Nigel Farage was correct all along, when he said “I thought Zahawi had principles. Tonight we learn he's just about climbing that greasy pole, as so many of them are”?
January 12, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Nigel Farage here nailing Nadhim Zahawi's absence of principles.
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China deploys new 1 MW Wind Turbine that can generate energy at $0.02 a KwH and is far more reliable because it operates at higher altitude.
Meanwhile moronic USA bans clean energy and has average electricity costs approaching $0.20 a KwH.
Meanwhile moronic USA bans clean energy and has average electricity costs approaching $0.20 a KwH.
January 10, 2026 at 5:54 PM
China deploys new 1 MW Wind Turbine that can generate energy at $0.02 a KwH and is far more reliable because it operates at higher altitude.
Meanwhile moronic USA bans clean energy and has average electricity costs approaching $0.20 a KwH.
Meanwhile moronic USA bans clean energy and has average electricity costs approaching $0.20 a KwH.
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Britain’s “special relationship” is looking one-sided • The EU confidently defends shared values • Liz Truss falls silent on her beloved Trump • In Epping, neighbours sang carols to reassure refugees after far-right intimidation
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social
Pecksniff: Starmer’s appeasement is no sanctuary in Trump’s terrifying new world
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
eastangliabylines.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Britain’s “special relationship” is looking one-sided • The EU confidently defends shared values • Liz Truss falls silent on her beloved Trump • In Epping, neighbours sang carols to reassure refugees after far-right intimidation
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social
I made a Substack.
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1979 And All That
A memoir of musical transition
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January 10, 2026 at 5:59 PM
I made a Substack.
open.substack.com/pub/richturn...
open.substack.com/pub/richturn...
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From George Monbiot
January 6, 2026 at 8:18 AM
From George Monbiot
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I'm afraid there *is* an obvious answer: it can't.
January 6, 2026 at 7:10 AM
I'm afraid there *is* an obvious answer: it can't.
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All three people on the Sky News review use the word 'kidnap' to describe what the US has done (although the host remembers to add the words "if you see it that way").
Unlike over on the BBC, where people are under strict instructions not to use that word.
Unlike over on the BBC, where people are under strict instructions not to use that word.
January 6, 2026 at 7:19 AM
All three people on the Sky News review use the word 'kidnap' to describe what the US has done (although the host remembers to add the words "if you see it that way").
Unlike over on the BBC, where people are under strict instructions not to use that word.
Unlike over on the BBC, where people are under strict instructions not to use that word.