Kaoru
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I am a Japanese immigrant in Norwich, UK and have a penchant for bands that sing three-part harmonies.
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It’s the first weekend in UK shops for the new Electronic Sound, which marks 50 years of KRAFTWERK’s ‘Radio-Activity’. You can also buy the mag directly from us, bundled with a seven-inch of THE DIVINE COMEDY’s dazzling cover of the album’s title track. electronicsound.squarespace.com/shop/magazine
December 13, 2025 at 9:17 AM
It’s the first weekend in UK shops for the new Electronic Sound, which marks 50 years of KRAFTWERK’s ‘Radio-Activity’. You can also buy the mag directly from us, bundled with a seven-inch of THE DIVINE COMEDY’s dazzling cover of the album’s title track. electronicsound.squarespace.com/shop/magazine
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NEW ISSUE OUT NOW! We’re marking 50 years of KRAFTWERK’s ‘Radio-Activity’ in this month’s Electronic Sound and we’re bundling the mag with a yellow vinyl seven-inch featuring THE DIVINE COMEDY’s epic version of the album title track. Get your copy now at electronicsound.squarespace.com/shop/magazine
December 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
NEW ISSUE OUT NOW! We’re marking 50 years of KRAFTWERK’s ‘Radio-Activity’ in this month’s Electronic Sound and we’re bundling the mag with a yellow vinyl seven-inch featuring THE DIVINE COMEDY’s epic version of the album title track. Get your copy now at electronicsound.squarespace.com/shop/magazine
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OUT NOW: Electronic Sound Magazine With Divine Comedy 7"
Buy at: electronicsound.squarespace.com/shop/p/issue...
This issue features an interview with Neil. Order the bundle for a yellow vinyl 7" with an epic version of 'Radio-Activity' by The Divine Comedy. More info in the link.
Buy at: electronicsound.squarespace.com/shop/p/issue...
This issue features an interview with Neil. Order the bundle for a yellow vinyl 7" with an epic version of 'Radio-Activity' by The Divine Comedy. More info in the link.
December 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
OUT NOW: Electronic Sound Magazine With Divine Comedy 7"
Buy at: electronicsound.squarespace.com/shop/p/issue...
This issue features an interview with Neil. Order the bundle for a yellow vinyl 7" with an epic version of 'Radio-Activity' by The Divine Comedy. More info in the link.
Buy at: electronicsound.squarespace.com/shop/p/issue...
This issue features an interview with Neil. Order the bundle for a yellow vinyl 7" with an epic version of 'Radio-Activity' by The Divine Comedy. More info in the link.
My older daughter’s review of the Gary Numan gig in Bristol has now been published in Epigram, the student paper epigram.org.uk/review-gary-...
Review: Gary Numan @ Bristol Beacon
Synth pop pioneer Gary Numan delivers an impressive and emotional show that fills the grand concert hall at Bristol Beacon with a creeping black-and-red mist, celebrating the 45th anniversary of his g...
epigram.org.uk
December 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
My older daughter’s review of the Gary Numan gig in Bristol has now been published in Epigram, the student paper epigram.org.uk/review-gary-...
Went to see The Last Dinner Party last night and they were incredible. Pleased to find out they’re influenced by Peter Greenaway/Michael Nyman. faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-director...
The director that inspired The Last Dinner party's new album
The Last Dinner Party have garnered fans from their very clear artistic identity. But much of it was inspired by this director.
faroutmagazine.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Went to see The Last Dinner Party last night and they were incredible. Pleased to find out they’re influenced by Peter Greenaway/Michael Nyman. faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-director...
Gen Z opinion - my older daughter’s written about the Lily Allen album in the student paper. It’s spot on: epigram.org.uk/tell-me-ever...
Tell me everything: the parasocial appetite for songwriting truth
Lily Allen bares all on her first album release in seven years, ‘West End Girl’. Much to the pleasure of the hungry internet masses, she forfeits the raw details of her public divorce. But to what ext...
epigram.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Gen Z opinion - my older daughter’s written about the Lily Allen album in the student paper. It’s spot on: epigram.org.uk/tell-me-ever...
Sad to hear Mani has died 😢
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Sad to hear Mani has died 😢
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Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.
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Here's another view of Denys Lasdun's University of East Anglia basking in the late afternoon sun
November 8, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Here's another view of Denys Lasdun's University of East Anglia basking in the late afternoon sun
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Denys Lasdun’s University of East Anglia 1966/7 - the ziggurats looking particularly gorgeous in the late afternoon sun. Photo taken in 2018
November 8, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Denys Lasdun’s University of East Anglia 1966/7 - the ziggurats looking particularly gorgeous in the late afternoon sun. Photo taken in 2018
Why can’t us immigrants just exist? Can we just be neither bad nor good, just live?
November 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Why can’t us immigrants just exist? Can we just be neither bad nor good, just live?
I really could do with an iron infusion… www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Tired all the time? There may be a simple reason for that
Levels of fatigue among women in Britain are soaring, and this isn’t the kind that can be cured by a nap. What lies behind the exhaustion epidemic?
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I really could do with an iron infusion… www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
I did not know Mont-bell had opened in the UK! I’m not particularly outdoorsy but their stuff would be perfect for the UK weather.
October 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I did not know Mont-bell had opened in the UK! I’m not particularly outdoorsy but their stuff would be perfect for the UK weather.
I find it odd that a non-celebrity version of the Traitors is now referred to as a “civilian” version.
October 19, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I find it odd that a non-celebrity version of the Traitors is now referred to as a “civilian” version.
When an artist plays a same venue 2 nights in a row and they switch up set lists and the night you didn’t go had your favourite songs 😔
October 13, 2025 at 10:52 PM
When an artist plays a same venue 2 nights in a row and they switch up set lists and the night you didn’t go had your favourite songs 😔
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RED ALERT! It’s the first weekend in UK shops for the new issue of Electronic Sound, with GARY NUMAN on the cover. You can also buy the mag together with a red vinyl seven-inch featuring two tracks from Numan’s seminal ‘Telekon’ album direct from us at electronicsound.co.uk/issue130garynuman
October 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
RED ALERT! It’s the first weekend in UK shops for the new issue of Electronic Sound, with GARY NUMAN on the cover. You can also buy the mag together with a red vinyl seven-inch featuring two tracks from Numan’s seminal ‘Telekon’ album direct from us at electronicsound.co.uk/issue130garynuman
It seems like Norwich (at least UEA LCR) is back on the touring route for bands. Which is great. It’s been rubbish for too long (well for me at least)!
September 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
It seems like Norwich (at least UEA LCR) is back on the touring route for bands. Which is great. It’s been rubbish for too long (well for me at least)!
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This remains an awful and unfair proposal. For one thing, a lot of people genuinely struggle to find time to volunteer, and for another and more importantly, it’s not volunteering if you’re being compelled to do it!
Labour looking at Reform's racist policies and saying "we"ll have some of that". These aren't just discriminatory, by making migrants meet higher standards than the average person, they automatically treat migrants as if they are criminals on community service.
#r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
September 29, 2025 at 6:28 AM
This remains an awful and unfair proposal. For one thing, a lot of people genuinely struggle to find time to volunteer, and for another and more importantly, it’s not volunteering if you’re being compelled to do it!
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Another nation fighting Russian tyranny, and winning. As Arthur says in that piece, the fight against Reform is also a fight against Russian tyranny. We should be a single-minded as Moldova is.
September 28, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Another nation fighting Russian tyranny, and winning. As Arthur says in that piece, the fight against Reform is also a fight against Russian tyranny. We should be a single-minded as Moldova is.
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Should we be grateful that a Labour PM belatedly takes a stand against racism? No. Too low a bar. But there's very little hope around and I'll savour what I get.
September 28, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Should we be grateful that a Labour PM belatedly takes a stand against racism? No. Too low a bar. But there's very little hope around and I'll savour what I get.
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It's particularly important that the PM talks about racism. We can see it metastasising in the mainstream and until now No.10 looked too terrified to call it by its name. Saying the word is the first step to challenging it.
September 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
It's particularly important that the PM talks about racism. We can see it metastasising in the mainstream and until now No.10 looked too terrified to call it by its name. Saying the word is the first step to challenging it.
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Very good to hear him say this. I cannot understand why these comments always seem to come two weeks after the fact, but it's much better than nothing.
NEW - Keir Starmer says that Reform UK's policy to abolish indefinite leave to remain is " a racist policy. I do think it is immoral.”
September 28, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Very good to hear him say this. I cannot understand why these comments always seem to come two weeks after the fact, but it's much better than nothing.
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1/ There’s quite a lot of misunderstanding by good journalists about how right to work checks operate. It’s not illegal to work without having provided proof of your right, as James goes on to say later in the thread. And employers are not under a legal duty to conduct checks: ID is not mandatory.
Not sure day one of the latest ID card rollout went very well at all, not least because the government couldn’t answer the absolute core question about why they’re being introduced.
The case is that digital ID will be required for anyone to get work. The problem is ID is already mandatory. 🧵
The case is that digital ID will be required for anyone to get work. The problem is ID is already mandatory. 🧵
September 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
1/ There’s quite a lot of misunderstanding by good journalists about how right to work checks operate. It’s not illegal to work without having provided proof of your right, as James goes on to say later in the thread. And employers are not under a legal duty to conduct checks: ID is not mandatory.
Come on someone (I mean politicians) please call out Farage that he is racist and a heartless human being like Sadiq Khan did with Trump? Trying to deport ILR holders (like me) is inhumane.
September 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Come on someone (I mean politicians) please call out Farage that he is racist and a heartless human being like Sadiq Khan did with Trump? Trying to deport ILR holders (like me) is inhumane.
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Keir Starmer’s spokesperson asked for the PM's response to Nigel Farage’s plan to deport hundreds of thousands of people living and working completely legally in the UK, replies that he thinks it is “unworkable” and “unfunded”.
So his objection is that they’ve got their sums wrong
So his objection is that they’ve got their sums wrong
September 22, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Keir Starmer’s spokesperson asked for the PM's response to Nigel Farage’s plan to deport hundreds of thousands of people living and working completely legally in the UK, replies that he thinks it is “unworkable” and “unfunded”.
So his objection is that they’ve got their sums wrong
So his objection is that they’ve got their sums wrong