Adrian Curcher
@adriancurcher.bsky.social
He/Him. Professional book buyer. Amateur Father.
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Small boats are a manufactured crisis. Small boats are a manufactured crisis! So good to see someone saying this
No other party says the basic truth: migration is good for Britain.
The real problem? Inequality, soaring bills, underfunded public services.
That’s driven by the greed of the super rich and the Labour government who serve them - not by migrants.
The real problem? Inequality, soaring bills, underfunded public services.
That’s driven by the greed of the super rich and the Labour government who serve them - not by migrants.
September 11, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Small boats are a manufactured crisis. Small boats are a manufactured crisis! So good to see someone saying this
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Anti-social by Andrew Marantz was such a seminal book in understanding Trumps first term. So great to get his view on the current state of affairs.
Somewhere along the line, the Democrats went from being perceived as the party of working-class people to the party of scolds and snobs. Andrew Marantz reports on how this perceived shift has affected the political loyalties of young people—especially young men.
The Battle for the Bros
Young men have gone MAGA. Can the left win them back?
www.newyorker.com
March 18, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Anti-social by Andrew Marantz was such a seminal book in understanding Trumps first term. So great to get his view on the current state of affairs.
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Becky Burke of Book Island (a picture book publisher in the UK founded by my fellow Tokarczuk translator Greet Pauwelijn) was "detained" by ICE at the Canadian border on 2/28. Her father asked that her story be shared in case someone can help her. He writes:
March 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Becky Burke of Book Island (a picture book publisher in the UK founded by my fellow Tokarczuk translator Greet Pauwelijn) was "detained" by ICE at the Canadian border on 2/28. Her father asked that her story be shared in case someone can help her. He writes:
Watching Jurassic Park with my son for the first time. And he turned to me and said:
“Oh so this is like Lego Jurrasic Park but with real people and more boring.”
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“Oh so this is like Lego Jurrasic Park but with real people and more boring.”
😑
December 31, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Watching Jurassic Park with my son for the first time. And he turned to me and said:
“Oh so this is like Lego Jurrasic Park but with real people and more boring.”
😑
“Oh so this is like Lego Jurrasic Park but with real people and more boring.”
😑
August can't come soon enough!
Christmas has come early this year... Say hello to our first wave of acts playing End of The Road 2025.
Explore the lineup here: endoftheroadfestival.com/line-up/music/
Explore the lineup here: endoftheroadfestival.com/line-up/music/
December 6, 2024 at 12:07 PM
August can't come soon enough!
Christmas has official begun in our house. Every morning now starts with my 3 year old demanding “Christmas Train” (aka Polar Expeess)
November 24, 2024 at 7:53 AM
Christmas has official begun in our house. Every morning now starts with my 3 year old demanding “Christmas Train” (aka Polar Expeess)
I will always remember being 19 and going to the first museum of everything show in London and seeing the giant Henry DaRger artworks they had on display there. Spent about an hour in that one room reading about his life and looking at his gorgeous art. Was so immersive and moving.
November 22, 2024 at 9:04 AM
I will always remember being 19 and going to the first museum of everything show in London and seeing the giant Henry DaRger artworks they had on display there. Spent about an hour in that one room reading about his life and looking at his gorgeous art. Was so immersive and moving.
Tonights listening is this beautiful record by the Eric Chenaux Trio. Wonderful woozy off kilter jazz. ericchenaux.bandcamp.com/album/deligh...
Delights Of My Life, by Eric Chenaux Trio
7 track album
ericchenaux.bandcamp.com
November 21, 2024 at 7:28 PM
Tonights listening is this beautiful record by the Eric Chenaux Trio. Wonderful woozy off kilter jazz. ericchenaux.bandcamp.com/album/deligh...
Well I wasn’t expect to be crying within a minute of opening this app today!
November 21, 2024 at 6:17 PM
Well I wasn’t expect to be crying within a minute of opening this app today!
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YOU’RE RIGHT- - -
November 20, 2024 at 1:13 PM
YOU’RE RIGHT- - -
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Silbury Hill with moon and moat
November 20, 2024 at 8:40 AM
Silbury Hill with moon and moat
Loved the first Seawind of Battery album and this new one is even better, providing a beautiful soundtrack to the first icy morning of the year.
seawindofbattery.bandcamp.com/album/east-c...
seawindofbattery.bandcamp.com/album/east-c...
East Coast Cosmic Dreamscaper, by Seawind of Battery
6 track album
seawindofbattery.bandcamp.com
November 20, 2024 at 8:59 AM
Loved the first Seawind of Battery album and this new one is even better, providing a beautiful soundtrack to the first icy morning of the year.
seawindofbattery.bandcamp.com/album/east-c...
seawindofbattery.bandcamp.com/album/east-c...
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This beautiful performance is soothing my sore head this morning.
Yes! That’s one I share with people who don’t know how. It is incredible. youtu.be/s-9osMKSyb0?...
Richard Dawson | Wooden Bag | the Blank Session
YouTube video by blanksessions
youtu.be
November 17, 2024 at 7:46 AM
This beautiful performance is soothing my sore head this morning.
Is it just my kids that can sense a hangover from a mile off and react by waking up 2 hours earlier than usual? 😴🥱
November 17, 2024 at 7:30 AM
Is it just my kids that can sense a hangover from a mile off and react by waking up 2 hours earlier than usual? 😴🥱
Love it when we’re in the car and my son asks to add a song to his playlist.
Today’s addition makes me think I’m doing a half decent job at this parenting business.
Today’s addition makes me think I’m doing a half decent job at this parenting business.
November 16, 2024 at 4:14 PM
Love it when we’re in the car and my son asks to add a song to his playlist.
Today’s addition makes me think I’m doing a half decent job at this parenting business.
Today’s addition makes me think I’m doing a half decent job at this parenting business.
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My cartoon for this week’s Guardian books…
November 16, 2024 at 12:04 PM
My cartoon for this week’s Guardian books…
Well I know what I’m forcing the boys to watch this afternoon.
If you're feeling depressed (or joyful tbh!) there is a playlist of 94 full, correctly sequenced episodes of Moomin on YouTube, and no one can stop you from watching every goddamn one of them
Moomin Episodes In Order
Share your videos with friends, family, and the world
youtube.com
November 16, 2024 at 9:24 AM
Well I know what I’m forcing the boys to watch this afternoon.
I found my wife’s childhood copy of The Hobbit and somehow I’ve never read it before. Only a chapter in and I’m already enchanted.
#booksky 💙📚
#booksky 💙📚
November 16, 2024 at 7:59 AM
I found my wife’s childhood copy of The Hobbit and somehow I’ve never read it before. Only a chapter in and I’m already enchanted.
#booksky 💙📚
#booksky 💙📚
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If you're into the weird strain of trad folk music coming out of Britain, Ireland and beyond at the moment, you might like my quarterly column Radical Traditional at The Quietus, a mixture of reportage, interviews with key players, and reviews
The latest issue is here:
The latest issue is here:
Radical Traditional: Folk Music for Autumn, by Patrick Clarke
In the second instalment of his guide to the best in new, forward-thinking folk music, Patrick Clarke explores the relationship between musicians old and new
thequietus.com
November 15, 2024 at 4:32 PM
If you're into the weird strain of trad folk music coming out of Britain, Ireland and beyond at the moment, you might like my quarterly column Radical Traditional at The Quietus, a mixture of reportage, interviews with key players, and reviews
The latest issue is here:
The latest issue is here:
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Since moving here from the hellscape that is X, my feed is somehow now full of posts about how awesome libraries are and I am HERE FOR IT! Support your local libraries, they provide a warm space safe for everyone and the free gift of knowledge!
November 15, 2024 at 11:32 AM
Since moving here from the hellscape that is X, my feed is somehow now full of posts about how awesome libraries are and I am HERE FOR IT! Support your local libraries, they provide a warm space safe for everyone and the free gift of knowledge!
