Martin Fitzgerald
@4hundredblows.bsky.social
Author of Ruth and Martin’s Album Club. Screenwriter - Campbeltown ‘69 (in pre-production)
Currently writing The Umbrella Man and Other Stories
Managing Editor @NottinghamJournal.bsky.social
Currently writing The Umbrella Man and Other Stories
Managing Editor @NottinghamJournal.bsky.social
Record Mirror - 1980
It was while The Jam were deep in the the heart of Texas that Polydor called to let them know that Going Underground had entered the UK charts at number one. They packed their bags and took the Concorde home.
It was while The Jam were deep in the the heart of Texas that Polydor called to let them know that Going Underground had entered the UK charts at number one. They packed their bags and took the Concorde home.
November 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Record Mirror - 1980
It was while The Jam were deep in the the heart of Texas that Polydor called to let them know that Going Underground had entered the UK charts at number one. They packed their bags and took the Concorde home.
It was while The Jam were deep in the the heart of Texas that Polydor called to let them know that Going Underground had entered the UK charts at number one. They packed their bags and took the Concorde home.
Here they are!
November 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Here they are!
Launching tonite!
November 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Launching tonite!
November 14, 2025 at 10:17 AM
JFK’s grandson has announced he’s running for Congress. Which will make Netflix happy
November 13, 2025 at 10:28 PM
JFK’s grandson has announced he’s running for Congress. Which will make Netflix happy
Apparently the Arctic Monkeys were formed here too, but they only get a fraction of the real estate
November 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Apparently the Arctic Monkeys were formed here too, but they only get a fraction of the real estate
In a Kennedy pub in Sheffield
November 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM
In a Kennedy pub in Sheffield
Streeting used the same JFK “joke” a year ago. Never trust a man who repeats bad JFK jokes.
November 12, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Streeting used the same JFK “joke” a year ago. Never trust a man who repeats bad JFK jokes.
Bob Dylan, Cardiff - 1966
November 10, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Bob Dylan, Cardiff - 1966
I’m interviewing Dr Toni Glover in Dallas in a few weeks - an 11-year-old witness to the JFK assassination. The theme of the talk is “how witness testimony changes over time.” The woman featured in the conference literature is NOT Dr Toni Glover. No notes.
November 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I’m interviewing Dr Toni Glover in Dallas in a few weeks - an 11-year-old witness to the JFK assassination. The theme of the talk is “how witness testimony changes over time.” The woman featured in the conference literature is NOT Dr Toni Glover. No notes.
Related trivia, but the promoter of this event - Ed McLemore - was interviewed by the FBI over his connections to Jack Ruby. Ruby loved the wrestling.
November 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Related trivia, but the promoter of this event - Ed McLemore - was interviewed by the FBI over his connections to Jack Ruby. Ruby loved the wrestling.
I’ve always loved this photo of Squeeze. They look like a mish-mash of three different bands
November 7, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I’ve always loved this photo of Squeeze. They look like a mish-mash of three different bands
Finished this a few days ago - as featured on @backlisted.bsky.social - and I can’t shake the ending. Recommended.
November 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Finished this a few days ago - as featured on @backlisted.bsky.social - and I can’t shake the ending. Recommended.
November 7, 2025 at 11:47 AM
The ref when he turns up at Madrid’s end of season party
November 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The ref when he turns up at Madrid’s end of season party
From a trip last year - the room in the Chelsea Hotel where Dylan wrote Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands
November 4, 2025 at 11:26 AM
From a trip last year - the room in the Chelsea Hotel where Dylan wrote Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands
Quote with your favourite film and album from the year you were born.
November 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Quote with your favourite film and album from the year you were born.
Now the book is finished, I can begin the important work
November 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Now the book is finished, I can begin the important work
I’ve seen this book being advertised and my first of many questions is, how did they get a horse onto a roof?
October 28, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I’ve seen this book being advertised and my first of many questions is, how did they get a horse onto a roof?
Prunella Scales in David Lean’s Hobson’s Choice - a fine film.
Unrelated trivia - the brass band at the start of Sheila Takes a Bow was sampled from this film.
Unrelated trivia - the brass band at the start of Sheila Takes a Bow was sampled from this film.
October 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Prunella Scales in David Lean’s Hobson’s Choice - a fine film.
Unrelated trivia - the brass band at the start of Sheila Takes a Bow was sampled from this film.
Unrelated trivia - the brass band at the start of Sheila Takes a Bow was sampled from this film.
Finished! 81,200 words, 21 chapters, one trip to Dallas and another to Leamington Spa. It will be out in Spring and, if you were wondering, the font on this title page is called Oswald.
October 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Finished! 81,200 words, 21 chapters, one trip to Dallas and another to Leamington Spa. It will be out in Spring and, if you were wondering, the font on this title page is called Oswald.
Buddy Holly and the Crickets visit the Gunn and Moore cricket factory in Nottingham in 1958
October 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Buddy Holly and the Crickets visit the Gunn and Moore cricket factory in Nottingham in 1958
God bless Alexis Gauthier
October 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
God bless Alexis Gauthier