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Simon McCorry
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Part Indian part British producer & “cellist sound-sculptor of ambiguous environments”

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A moment that changed me: in the bombed-out ruins of an apartment block, I saw a book I’d translated
The sight of my work, torn and singed but still legible, made me realise the importance of translating and protecting stories – so they remain when everything else falls away
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January 7, 2026 at 7:42 AM
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With Trump’s military action in Venezuela, the US has made every other country less safe | Volker Türk
This weakens the only mechanism we have to prevent world conflict, namely the UN. The international community must stand up for the rule of law, says UN high commissioner for human rights Volker Türk
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January 5, 2026 at 11:09 PM
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One thing that has been a pleasure recently has been plugging in my phone into my car pulling out tracks randomly from my Bandcamp & Apple Music. Nice clash genres. A track of a friend came up which I heard in a new light and it’s a bit of a gem

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Temporal Discoveries, by Phonsonic
7 track album
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January 3, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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no ambiguity here

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Trump says US will be ‘very strongly involved’ in Venezuela’s oil industry after military attack
US president made comments after US military special forces captured Venezuelan president and wife
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January 3, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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hundschopf, Croquettes
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Other Lands
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Radx
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Felix Machtelinckx
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Gregory Paul Mineeff
The Music Liberation Front Sweden
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Trevlad Sounds
Sound Frequency Manager
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January 1, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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My Christmas and the last couple of months until the 18 Jan in Birmingham.
December 21, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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‘We’ve got more in common than what divides us’: a Muslim-Jewish kitchen in Nottingham counters hate and hunger
As antisemitism and Islamophobia rise, a community centre brings people together over shared meals, offering an antidote to food poverty, social isolation and division
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December 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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The ethnic cleansing of the US will destroy it | Heba Gowayed
Trump’s racist remarks on Ilhan Omar and Somali immigrants reveals his vision for the US as a white Christian nation
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December 14, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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Three albums I’ve released this year. All collaborations. Two with now long time collaborator @polarseas.bsky.social

‘wellspring’ on homenormal

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There are still CDs of this available on my Bandcamp
wellspring, by anthéne & simon mccorry
8 track album
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December 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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It appears this government is as corrupt as they come

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Has the British public been tricked about what the Filton trial videos really show?
Starmer desperately needs the trial of six peace activists who targeted Israeli arms firm Elbit to go his way, and bolster his government's claim that Palestine Action is a terrorist organisation
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December 10, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
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December 10, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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‘We’re living in terror’: fears in southern Syria over Israel’s growing occupation
Residents say incursions and raids have increased since forces first entered country a year ago after fall of Assad
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December 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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During the pandemic, I started walking the same route near our house (as was allowed), taking photographs from a series of set locations each time. I carried on for 5 years.

This is a video showing the life of a field over that 5 year period.

Goes well with ambient music...

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A walk through time (Position 6)
YouTube video by Craig Winstanley
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December 8, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I’ll never forget the look of hatred Nigel Farage had for me at school, simply for existing
The Reform UK leader doubts people can recall their abuse from years ago. I’ve never forgotten his – it felt malicious
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December 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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This has always been about anti immigrant racist far right rhetoric - the pretence at unity and ‘patriotism’ just gaslighting

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‘A mini Battle of Cable Street’: the English neighbourhoods still grappling with the meaning of the flags
The controversy over flags has faded from the national agenda – but street by street, late at night and with ingenious new equipment, their raising and removal is the subject of a roiling dispute over...
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December 4, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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London church unveils artwork to commemorate African-born abolitionist
Che Lovelace paintings in St James’s church are first permanent art commission to honour Quobna Ottobah Cugoano
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December 4, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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This is ridiculously inhumane considering British history and debt to the region

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UK rejects visa for girl left destitute in Jamaica by Hurricane Melissa
Lati-Yana Brown’s parents had asked for application to be expedited so she could join them in UK after house ruined
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November 28, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Removal of judge in Palestine Action ban legal challenge ‘deeply concerning’
Unusual last-minute change means panel of three will now hear case rather than Mr Justice Chamberlain
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November 26, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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Have a few CDs of ‘wellspring’ collab with @polarseas.bsky.social

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wellspring, by Simon McCorry, anthéne
8 track album
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November 24, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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ICE-style raids on Britain's streets: that's all Labour's brutal asylum reforms will achieve | Stella Creasy
If we want to ‘stop the boats’, we need to stop the BS when it comes to what creates refugees, and how to respond to them, says Labour MP Stella Creasy
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November 17, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Final checks and prep being done for tonight's #MixedFeelings... Nestled among some other chilled bangers will be @faexoptim.bsky.social, @gribbles.co.uk, @simonmccorry.bsky.social, @seismictc.bsky.social, @karenvogtmusic.bsky.social, @invesvpo.bsky.social & more. Catch you at 10pm? xx
skylabradio.com Skylab Radio @skylabradio.com · Nov 10
⚠️ 1.5 hours to go for this months edition of #MIXEDFEELINGS with KATY JAY - some gremlins in the network today as none of our posts have gone out this afternoon. Urgh, Mondays! Anyway - join Katy at 10pm UK/IRL TONIGHT for 2hrs of chilled music curated from the heart, blended in a mixtape style.

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November 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians
IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy
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November 10, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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Israel’s underground jail, where Palestinians are held without charge and never see daylight
Exclusive: Detainees at Rakefet include nurse deprived of natural light since January, and teenager held for nine months
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November 9, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Where is the Gaza ‘peace process’ really going? | Ahmad Ibsais
Israel turns the violence up and down at will, maintaining full dominion over Gaza and the West Bank, then calls each pause a generous ‘ceasefire’
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November 9, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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A ‘magic pill’ made Israeli violence invisible. We need to stop swallowing it | Diana Buttu
For years, I pressed Palestinian interests in peace talks. The response to Trump’s plan proves the international community hasn’t learned from catastrophe
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October 6, 2025 at 6:53 AM