Andy Finney
@delverie.bsky.social
Ex-broadcaster and data-wrangler … copyright, infrared and Elektra Records fan … archiving my past … music collection not as big as it was … the odd photo … and with a disobedient memory.
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Just up on the Telegraph, a thorough and thoughtful piece about the wrongheaded policy changes at WAC. Thanks to Kate Murphy, @illuminations.bsky.social, @unamccormack.bsky.social and @marklewisohn.bsky.social for giving up their time. Gift link here
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/65a1031...
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/65a1031...
The BBC scandal of 2025 that went unnoticed
The Written Archives Centre has closed its doors to the public, despite being funded by the licence fee
www.telegraph.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Just up on the Telegraph, a thorough and thoughtful piece about the wrongheaded policy changes at WAC. Thanks to Kate Murphy, @illuminations.bsky.social, @unamccormack.bsky.social and @marklewisohn.bsky.social for giving up their time. Gift link here
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/65a1031...
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/65a1031...
I’ve just been reminded that the BBC Domesday Project will be 40 years old next year!
December 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I’ve just been reminded that the BBC Domesday Project will be 40 years old next year!
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🚨CREATOR GROUPS and their allies are calling on the UK government to make its intentions on AI and copyright clear, and drop its support for a copyright exception in favour of Big Tech. That story all the week’s key developments in Charting Gen AI. grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/pressure-g...
Pressure grows on UK government to finally get off the fence on AI and copyright
#85 | Equity members back action over AI | Hollywood launches AI coalition | Animators raise Disney AI concerns | WaPo staffers voice AI podcast fears | Adobe sued over AI |✨AND: Another fine AI mess?
grahamlovelace.substack.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:52 AM
🚨CREATOR GROUPS and their allies are calling on the UK government to make its intentions on AI and copyright clear, and drop its support for a copyright exception in favour of Big Tech. That story all the week’s key developments in Charting Gen AI. grahamlovelace.substack.com/p/pressure-g...
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THREAD.
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
December 20, 2025 at 9:21 AM
THREAD.
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
A seasonal infrared greeting photo of Saint Hilarion Castle, in the Kyrenia mountains in Northern Cyprus
December 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
A seasonal infrared greeting photo of Saint Hilarion Castle, in the Kyrenia mountains in Northern Cyprus
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NOW OUTSIDE PAYWALL
A guided tour of President Trump's 33-page, $5 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation
How some parts are strong, some parts are weak - and why a strict legalistic analysis will not tell the whole story.
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-guided-t...
By me
A guided tour of President Trump's 33-page, $5 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation
How some parts are strong, some parts are weak - and why a strict legalistic analysis will not tell the whole story.
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-guided-t...
By me
December 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
NOW OUTSIDE PAYWALL
A guided tour of President Trump's 33-page, $5 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation
How some parts are strong, some parts are weak - and why a strict legalistic analysis will not tell the whole story.
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-guided-t...
By me
A guided tour of President Trump's 33-page, $5 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation
How some parts are strong, some parts are weak - and why a strict legalistic analysis will not tell the whole story.
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-guided-t...
By me
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Thanks Cambridge Independent for this week's spread on my new book 'Time & Space' - can you spot the special guest at my book signing (not Rory)?
December 17, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Thanks Cambridge Independent for this week's spread on my new book 'Time & Space' - can you spot the special guest at my book signing (not Rory)?
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It’s time for the UK government to rule out an AI copyright exception.
Stand up for British creatives, and pave the way for an AI industry that can thrive without exploiting millions of people.
My piece in today’s Times:
www.thetimes.com/business/tec...
Stand up for British creatives, and pave the way for an AI industry that can thrive without exploiting millions of people.
My piece in today’s Times:
www.thetimes.com/business/tec...
December 15, 2025 at 10:50 AM
It’s time for the UK government to rule out an AI copyright exception.
Stand up for British creatives, and pave the way for an AI industry that can thrive without exploiting millions of people.
My piece in today’s Times:
www.thetimes.com/business/tec...
Stand up for British creatives, and pave the way for an AI industry that can thrive without exploiting millions of people.
My piece in today’s Times:
www.thetimes.com/business/tec...
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Damn. I was really hoping I'd get to send THAT birthday card to Stanley Baxter. I wish I'd seen him in panto - common consent has it that he was the best dame of all, and it's easy to believe. However, I did get to meet him a few times, and I interviewed him at home for one of my books.
December 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Damn. I was really hoping I'd get to send THAT birthday card to Stanley Baxter. I wish I'd seen him in panto - common consent has it that he was the best dame of all, and it's easy to believe. However, I did get to meet him a few times, and I interviewed him at home for one of my books.
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Long shot, but does anyone in Switzerland have an emergency Theremin to loan tomorrow night ( Friday 12 December )?
#ViaMardot is playing a show in St Gallen, and the airline lost her equipment!!!
We can help pay for a courier if needed, please share to get this message out!!
#theremin #switzerland
#ViaMardot is playing a show in St Gallen, and the airline lost her equipment!!!
We can help pay for a courier if needed, please share to get this message out!!
#theremin #switzerland
December 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Long shot, but does anyone in Switzerland have an emergency Theremin to loan tomorrow night ( Friday 12 December )?
#ViaMardot is playing a show in St Gallen, and the airline lost her equipment!!!
We can help pay for a courier if needed, please share to get this message out!!
#theremin #switzerland
#ViaMardot is playing a show in St Gallen, and the airline lost her equipment!!!
We can help pay for a courier if needed, please share to get this message out!!
#theremin #switzerland
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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I remember this story from a few years back: edition.cnn.com/2014/03/27/l...
Teen to government: Change your typeface, save millions | CNN
A teen’s science fair project led him to realize that changing fonts could save the U.S. government millions of dollars.
edition.cnn.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:50 AM
I remember this story from a few years back: edition.cnn.com/2014/03/27/l...
Several broadcast presenters saying Storm Bram and some variation of Stoking in the same sentence. We get it!
December 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Several broadcast presenters saying Storm Bram and some variation of Stoking in the same sentence. We get it!
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A recent digital addition to the APTS Archive is a fascinating diary from the Lines Termination Room at Alexandra Palace - Oct 1937 to Oct 1938. Contains 40 pages of notes on equipment usage, operation times, & faults, also early mention of BBC engineer Mr. Harry Rantzen, father of @ERantzen.
December 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
A recent digital addition to the APTS Archive is a fascinating diary from the Lines Termination Room at Alexandra Palace - Oct 1937 to Oct 1938. Contains 40 pages of notes on equipment usage, operation times, & faults, also early mention of BBC engineer Mr. Harry Rantzen, father of @ERantzen.
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open.substack.com/pub/rorycell... Removing a cataract is a pretty routine operation but for me, with only one functioning eye, it felt like the stakes were high
The Miracle of Sight
How I lost it and got it back again
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:13 AM
open.substack.com/pub/rorycell... Removing a cataract is a pretty routine operation but for me, with only one functioning eye, it felt like the stakes were high
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Today’s campaigns against the BBC, from Donald Trump to The Daily Telegraph, have a surprisingly long history.
In our latest article, David Nowell Smith explores how commercial rivalries inspired the first accusations of left-wing bias at the BBC.
In our latest article, David Nowell Smith explores how commercial rivalries inspired the first accusations of left-wing bias at the BBC.
The Surprising Origins of the BBC’s ‘Left-Wing Bias’
David Nowell Smith explores how commercial rivalries inspired the first accusations of institutional bias at the BBC.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
December 8, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Today’s campaigns against the BBC, from Donald Trump to The Daily Telegraph, have a surprisingly long history.
In our latest article, David Nowell Smith explores how commercial rivalries inspired the first accusations of left-wing bias at the BBC.
In our latest article, David Nowell Smith explores how commercial rivalries inspired the first accusations of left-wing bias at the BBC.
The other day I was shielding my eyes again the sun and someone saluted me back!
December 6, 2025 at 10:29 AM
The other day I was shielding my eyes again the sun and someone saluted me back!
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Get a load of this. 😆
December 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Get a load of this. 😆
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An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
December 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
A bit of motoring in the country has taken us via the Sandbanks ferry, round to Wareham; where beautiful light showed the quay at its best. Thence to Tesco (for samphire) and home betimes.
November 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
A bit of motoring in the country has taken us via the Sandbanks ferry, round to Wareham; where beautiful light showed the quay at its best. Thence to Tesco (for samphire) and home betimes.
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Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
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‘… “It will be on the platform – people will be able to see it, touch it, watch it leave. But they won’t be able to get on. The taxpayer will be paying five days a week for empty trains.”’
Soon-to-be-axed 7am Manchester-London train will still run – but without passengers
Exclusive: Rail regulator pulls Avanti service from timetable from mid-December but it is needed for staff travel
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:33 AM
‘… “It will be on the platform – people will be able to see it, touch it, watch it leave. But they won’t be able to get on. The taxpayer will be paying five days a week for empty trains.”’
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So, happy 50th anniversary to Melody Maker’s review of Bohemian Rhapsody: “Queen, with a suitably baroque vocal orchestration, contrive to approximate the demented fury of the Balham Amateur Operatic Society performing The Pirates of Penzance”
November 29, 2025 at 10:26 AM
So, happy 50th anniversary to Melody Maker’s review of Bohemian Rhapsody: “Queen, with a suitably baroque vocal orchestration, contrive to approximate the demented fury of the Balham Amateur Operatic Society performing The Pirates of Penzance”
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Muscular Christianity.
“Wear some headphones, kid. And put your shoes back on”
“Wear some headphones, kid. And put your shoes back on”
November 29, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Muscular Christianity.
“Wear some headphones, kid. And put your shoes back on”
“Wear some headphones, kid. And put your shoes back on”
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@avantgardening.pl, in case you missed this.
November 25, 2025 at 10:24 AM
@avantgardening.pl, in case you missed this.