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The Orb: 'In the day you could get away with anything because nobody else was doing it'
Eighteen albums into his adventures with electronic music pioneers The Orb, Alex Paterson chuckles when asked if he’s driven on by a creative restlessness. “I think it’s called enjoyment,” says the 66...
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"If you tried to put Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry and David Gilmour together it might sound a little bit weird, but if you put The Orb with either of them you’ve got a result in both cases" - @theorblive.bsky.social talk to @yorkshirepost.co.uk
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www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...
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Some very exciting news! The Big Midweek - which follows @stephenhanley6.bsky.social 19 years in The Fall is available to pre order from TODAY in Audiobook form! 💥 Narrated by Stewart Lee! Published on 26th November! 💥 www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Big-M... or www.amazon.co.uk/Big-Midweek-... !!
November 11, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Some very exciting news! The Big Midweek - which follows @stephenhanley6.bsky.social 19 years in The Fall is available to pre order from TODAY in Audiobook form! 💥 Narrated by Stewart Lee! Published on 26th November! 💥 www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Big-M... or www.amazon.co.uk/Big-Midweek-... !!
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As the Yorkshire Post enquires, what is the point of Ofwat?
When Yorkshire Water get away with paying greedy Nicola Shaw from a parent company, pretending this isn’t a replacement for the bonus she shouldn't get because of their appalling pollution record? 🤮
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/environ...
When Yorkshire Water get away with paying greedy Nicola Shaw from a parent company, pretending this isn’t a replacement for the bonus she shouldn't get because of their appalling pollution record? 🤮
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/environ...
Ofwat says off-shore payments to Yorkshire Water boss do not flout bonus ban
Campaigners have slammed Ofwat after the water regulator found that the undisclosed off-shore payment of £660,000 to Yorkshire Water boss Nicola Shaw did not flout the Government’s bonus ban rule.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM
As the Yorkshire Post enquires, what is the point of Ofwat?
When Yorkshire Water get away with paying greedy Nicola Shaw from a parent company, pretending this isn’t a replacement for the bonus she shouldn't get because of their appalling pollution record? 🤮
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/environ...
When Yorkshire Water get away with paying greedy Nicola Shaw from a parent company, pretending this isn’t a replacement for the bonus she shouldn't get because of their appalling pollution record? 🤮
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/environ...
"It just seemed to nicely encapsulate the whole album" - #Leeds band Green Gardens talk to @yorkshirepost.co.uk about their second album, Thistlesifting
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www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...
Green Gardens: 'Thistlesifting is kind of hard to say, in a nice way'
By singer and guitarist Chris Aitchison’s own admission, Thistlesifting, the title of Leeds indie band Green Gardens’ second album, is a bit of a mouthful. “It’s the last song on the album and it was...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
"It just seemed to nicely encapsulate the whole album" - #Leeds band Green Gardens talk to @yorkshirepost.co.uk about their second album, Thistlesifting
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...
"If you tried to put Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry and David Gilmour together it might sound a little bit weird, but if you put The Orb with either of them you’ve got a result in both cases" - @theorblive.bsky.social talk to @yorkshirepost.co.uk
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...
The Orb: 'In the day you could get away with anything because nobody else was doing it'
Eighteen albums into his adventures with electronic music pioneers The Orb, Alex Paterson chuckles when asked if he’s driven on by a creative restlessness. “I think it’s called enjoyment,” says the 66...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
"If you tried to put Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry and David Gilmour together it might sound a little bit weird, but if you put The Orb with either of them you’ve got a result in both cases" - @theorblive.bsky.social talk to @yorkshirepost.co.uk
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...
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What a way to spend a Sunday afternoon!
Join Louder's great friends @rosieauthor & #RalphDartford for:
THIS IS HOW I FIGHT: A celebration of writing. From novels to poetry to lyrics and more
Sunday 16th November, 4pm, The Innsde Hotel
All tickets: tinyurl.com/mryp2vcr
Join Louder's great friends @rosieauthor & #RalphDartford for:
THIS IS HOW I FIGHT: A celebration of writing. From novels to poetry to lyrics and more
Sunday 16th November, 4pm, The Innsde Hotel
All tickets: tinyurl.com/mryp2vcr
THIS IS HOW I FIGHT:A celebration of writing:ROSIE GARLAND & Ralph Dartford
THIS IS HOW I FIGHT: A celebration of writing with ROSIE GARLAND and Ralph Dartford. From novels to poetry to lyrics and more
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November 11, 2025 at 9:34 AM
What a way to spend a Sunday afternoon!
Join Louder's great friends @rosieauthor & #RalphDartford for:
THIS IS HOW I FIGHT: A celebration of writing. From novels to poetry to lyrics and more
Sunday 16th November, 4pm, The Innsde Hotel
All tickets: tinyurl.com/mryp2vcr
Join Louder's great friends @rosieauthor & #RalphDartford for:
THIS IS HOW I FIGHT: A celebration of writing. From novels to poetry to lyrics and more
Sunday 16th November, 4pm, The Innsde Hotel
All tickets: tinyurl.com/mryp2vcr
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I do not understand the Labour government's reticence over defending the BBC and social media regulation. Their long-term survival basically depends on it. Their cowardice in the face of it may be the single thing they are most remembered for.
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on.ft.com/3JVxC1Z via @FT
BBC faces ‘existential’ threat after exit of top executives
Broadcaster’s deepest crisis in recent history comes amid fresh questions over its future role in British society
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November 11, 2025 at 7:35 AM
I do not understand the Labour government's reticence over defending the BBC and social media regulation. Their long-term survival basically depends on it. Their cowardice in the face of it may be the single thing they are most remembered for.
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on.ft.com/3JVxC1Z via @FT
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“I think they spoke about a different experience, maybe an experience which is more universal than we think” - @herbiem.bsky.social talks to @yorkshirepost.co.uk about his solo project, new label and the future of The Lounge Society
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...
Herbie May: 'In a post-lockdown world I had a self-imposed lockdown of a kind'
Herbie May describes the last 18 months as a “total, radical deconstruction and subsequent reconstruction” of himself after flying a little too close to the sun during the flurry of attention accorded...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
“I think they spoke about a different experience, maybe an experience which is more universal than we think” - @herbiem.bsky.social talks to @yorkshirepost.co.uk about his solo project, new label and the future of The Lounge Society
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...
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"That £1m signing fee was wildly exaggerated. But that said, things did change very quickly" - Clare Teal talks to @yorkshirepost.co.uk ahead of her show at Bradford Live
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art... #jazz
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art... #jazz
Clare Teal: 'You’re never not from Yorkshire'
A quarter of a century has passed since Clare Teal, the jazz singer from Kildwick in North Yorkshire, first came to national prominence. She would go on to be fêted by Sir Michael Parkinson, reported...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
"That £1m signing fee was wildly exaggerated. But that said, things did change very quickly" - Clare Teal talks to @yorkshirepost.co.uk ahead of her show at Bradford Live
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art... #jazz
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art... #jazz
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“I’ve always stood by everything that I’ve done, even if I see massive flaws in the thing” - Ed Kuepper of The Saints 73-78 talks to @yorkshirepost.co.uk
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...
The Saints: 'People were weeping – not because we were playing badly'
Critics have long disputed who was the very first punk rock band, with The Stooges, The Ramones and Rocket From The Tombs among the leading candidates. But over in Australia, The Saints had as good a ...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
“I’ve always stood by everything that I’ve done, even if I see massive flaws in the thing” - Ed Kuepper of The Saints 73-78 talks to @yorkshirepost.co.uk
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...
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What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
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This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
Not long now until @lthanwordsfest.bsky.social… a preview from @yorkshirepost.co.uk
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...
Louder Than Words, the UK biggest music-literary festival, returns for its 13th year
Louder Than Words Festival of music and writing grows louder each year. Now in its 13th edition, this remains the only festival that truly interrogates that enduring love affair between music and the ...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Not long now until @lthanwordsfest.bsky.social… a preview from @yorkshirepost.co.uk
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...
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Looking forward to welcoming Clock DVA legend Adi Newton to our annual Louder Than Words festival next week for an in conversation. Tickets and details below. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/second-sig...
Second Sight Project: Adi Newton and Pete Webb in conversation
The definitive work on Adi Newton, icon of industrial-rooted electronic & experimental music inc Clock DVA, The Anti Group & The Future
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November 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Looking forward to welcoming Clock DVA legend Adi Newton to our annual Louder Than Words festival next week for an in conversation. Tickets and details below. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/second-sig...
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It's Louder Than Words Festival next weekend. Here's a Louder event from the vaults, Eliza Carthy In Conversation With Ian Clayton from 2018. There's a bit of music too.
Eliza Carthy In Conversation With Ian Clayton
YouTube video by Route TV
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November 9, 2025 at 9:14 AM
It's Louder Than Words Festival next weekend. Here's a Louder event from the vaults, Eliza Carthy In Conversation With Ian Clayton from 2018. There's a bit of music too.
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Todmorden Book Festival was just great. Two more Maybe I'm Amazed 2025 dates remain: Manchester Louder Than Words next Sunday, and London/Tower Hamlets WriteIdea (which is free) on Sat 22nd. Tickets etc:
Manc: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/maybe-im-a...
London: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/john-harri...
Manc: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/maybe-im-a...
London: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/john-harri...
November 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Todmorden Book Festival was just great. Two more Maybe I'm Amazed 2025 dates remain: Manchester Louder Than Words next Sunday, and London/Tower Hamlets WriteIdea (which is free) on Sat 22nd. Tickets etc:
Manc: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/maybe-im-a...
London: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/john-harri...
Manc: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/maybe-im-a...
London: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/john-harri...
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This time next week we’ll be indulging with @billybragg in conversation with @johnrobb77
It’ll be our final session of #Louder2025 & what a weekend we’ll have had!
You coming?
Peruse and choose your events here and see you in Manchester 14-16 November!
louderthanwordsfest.com/whats-on/
It’ll be our final session of #Louder2025 & what a weekend we’ll have had!
You coming?
Peruse and choose your events here and see you in Manchester 14-16 November!
louderthanwordsfest.com/whats-on/
November 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This time next week we’ll be indulging with @billybragg in conversation with @johnrobb77
It’ll be our final session of #Louder2025 & what a weekend we’ll have had!
You coming?
Peruse and choose your events here and see you in Manchester 14-16 November!
louderthanwordsfest.com/whats-on/
It’ll be our final session of #Louder2025 & what a weekend we’ll have had!
You coming?
Peruse and choose your events here and see you in Manchester 14-16 November!
louderthanwordsfest.com/whats-on/
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Here at Louder we LOVE to intersperse our programme with live music so it's GREAT to add TV Smith to #Louder2025
He'll be in conversation + acoustic treats Sat 15th Nov, 2.15pm @innsideuk #Manchester
All tickets & info: tinyurl.com/ymh3u4az
Photo credit: Kevin Winiker
He'll be in conversation + acoustic treats Sat 15th Nov, 2.15pm @innsideuk #Manchester
All tickets & info: tinyurl.com/ymh3u4az
Photo credit: Kevin Winiker
TV SMITH in conversation with John Robb - with acoustic treats!
TV SMITH will be in conversation with Louder's John Robb - he'll also be incorporating acoustic treats.
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November 8, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Here at Louder we LOVE to intersperse our programme with live music so it's GREAT to add TV Smith to #Louder2025
He'll be in conversation + acoustic treats Sat 15th Nov, 2.15pm @innsideuk #Manchester
All tickets & info: tinyurl.com/ymh3u4az
Photo credit: Kevin Winiker
He'll be in conversation + acoustic treats Sat 15th Nov, 2.15pm @innsideuk #Manchester
All tickets & info: tinyurl.com/ymh3u4az
Photo credit: Kevin Winiker
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Not long now!!!
Don't forget that Darling @LordWakering Daryl Easlea will be giving his Sunday Sermon at #Louder2025!
The Complete History of Literary Pop in Six Records.
Sunday 16th November, 10.30am The Innside, Manchester.
All tickets: tinyurl.com/5xf92zwj
Don't forget that Darling @LordWakering Daryl Easlea will be giving his Sunday Sermon at #Louder2025!
The Complete History of Literary Pop in Six Records.
Sunday 16th November, 10.30am The Innside, Manchester.
All tickets: tinyurl.com/5xf92zwj
Fast Forward: The Complete History of Literary Pop in Six Records
Join Louder stalwart Daryl Easlea for a look at 6 key pop records influenced by books, poems and polemic. Could be an intermission quiz too!
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November 9, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Not long now!!!
Don't forget that Darling @LordWakering Daryl Easlea will be giving his Sunday Sermon at #Louder2025!
The Complete History of Literary Pop in Six Records.
Sunday 16th November, 10.30am The Innside, Manchester.
All tickets: tinyurl.com/5xf92zwj
Don't forget that Darling @LordWakering Daryl Easlea will be giving his Sunday Sermon at #Louder2025!
The Complete History of Literary Pop in Six Records.
Sunday 16th November, 10.30am The Innside, Manchester.
All tickets: tinyurl.com/5xf92zwj
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We know it's early but let's get jiggy with some #Louder2025 Fedtive Fun!
Join the brilliant Marc Burrows as he shares the story of the Chritmas Number 1 with Iain McDermott
Saturday 15th November, 8.15pm at The Innside, Manchester.
All tickets: tinyurl.com/4th5vbw5
Join the brilliant Marc Burrows as he shares the story of the Chritmas Number 1 with Iain McDermott
Saturday 15th November, 8.15pm at The Innside, Manchester.
All tickets: tinyurl.com/4th5vbw5
MISTLETOE VINYL: The Story of the Christmas No1 with Marc Burrows
Join author, comedien and musician MARC BURROWS for a fun exploration of the peculiarly British phenomenon - the Christmas Number 1.
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November 8, 2025 at 11:34 PM
We know it's early but let's get jiggy with some #Louder2025 Fedtive Fun!
Join the brilliant Marc Burrows as he shares the story of the Chritmas Number 1 with Iain McDermott
Saturday 15th November, 8.15pm at The Innside, Manchester.
All tickets: tinyurl.com/4th5vbw5
Join the brilliant Marc Burrows as he shares the story of the Chritmas Number 1 with Iain McDermott
Saturday 15th November, 8.15pm at The Innside, Manchester.
All tickets: tinyurl.com/4th5vbw5
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Our #Louder2025 Sunday will be brilliant!
We love working with partners & this event with @McNidderGrace will be excellent!
Join renowned guitarist Martin Barre @TullGuitarist in conversation
Sun 16 Nov, 2.15pm @innsideuk #Manchester
Tickets: tinyurl.com/y35jz2ez
We love working with partners & this event with @McNidderGrace will be excellent!
Join renowned guitarist Martin Barre @TullGuitarist in conversation
Sun 16 Nov, 2.15pm @innsideuk #Manchester
Tickets: tinyurl.com/y35jz2ez
MARTIN BARRE: Renowned Jethro Tull guitarist in conversation
Join us to celebrate the long-awaited autobiography of Martin Barre – JETHRO TULL’S lead guitarist - with this very special in conversation
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November 8, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Our #Louder2025 Sunday will be brilliant!
We love working with partners & this event with @McNidderGrace will be excellent!
Join renowned guitarist Martin Barre @TullGuitarist in conversation
Sun 16 Nov, 2.15pm @innsideuk #Manchester
Tickets: tinyurl.com/y35jz2ez
We love working with partners & this event with @McNidderGrace will be excellent!
Join renowned guitarist Martin Barre @TullGuitarist in conversation
Sun 16 Nov, 2.15pm @innsideuk #Manchester
Tickets: tinyurl.com/y35jz2ez
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Join Holly & David of Cult DIY band @TheLovelyEggs for Book Club LIVE! at #Louder2025!
No set reading, not ponsey or pretencious & they don't drink wine! A GREAT event in store for sure! Just come along & join the fun!
Sat 15/11, 6.15pm. The Innside, Manchester.
All tickets: tinyurl.com/4js6v9vn
No set reading, not ponsey or pretencious & they don't drink wine! A GREAT event in store for sure! Just come along & join the fun!
Sat 15/11, 6.15pm. The Innside, Manchester.
All tickets: tinyurl.com/4js6v9vn
Cult DIY band The Lovely Eggs bring their book club LIVE to #Louder2025
You've gotta have a Book Club at a Book Fest! Join Holly & David of Cult DIY band The Lovely Eggs for their book club LIVE at #Louder2025
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November 8, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Join Holly & David of Cult DIY band @TheLovelyEggs for Book Club LIVE! at #Louder2025!
No set reading, not ponsey or pretencious & they don't drink wine! A GREAT event in store for sure! Just come along & join the fun!
Sat 15/11, 6.15pm. The Innside, Manchester.
All tickets: tinyurl.com/4js6v9vn
No set reading, not ponsey or pretencious & they don't drink wine! A GREAT event in store for sure! Just come along & join the fun!
Sat 15/11, 6.15pm. The Innside, Manchester.
All tickets: tinyurl.com/4js6v9vn
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DOCUMENTARY UK PREMIERE
‘HOW TANITA TIKARAM BECAME A LIAR’
SUNDAY 9TH NOVEMBER
BFI, SOUTHBANK
6-7.30PM
Tickets: www.docnrollfestival.com/films/how-ta...
‘HOW TANITA TIKARAM BECAME A LIAR’
SUNDAY 9TH NOVEMBER
BFI, SOUTHBANK
6-7.30PM
Tickets: www.docnrollfestival.com/films/how-ta...
Doc'n Roll Films - HOW TANITA TIKARAM BECAME A LIAR
Distributing & screening underground music & arts documentaries in Cinemas, TV & VOD globally!
www.docnrollfestival.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
DOCUMENTARY UK PREMIERE
‘HOW TANITA TIKARAM BECAME A LIAR’
SUNDAY 9TH NOVEMBER
BFI, SOUTHBANK
6-7.30PM
Tickets: www.docnrollfestival.com/films/how-ta...
‘HOW TANITA TIKARAM BECAME A LIAR’
SUNDAY 9TH NOVEMBER
BFI, SOUTHBANK
6-7.30PM
Tickets: www.docnrollfestival.com/films/how-ta...
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If I had a gun to my head I could whittle my collection of Kate Bush records down to three albums... just... and Aerial would be one of them.
Happy 20th birthday to Aerial... which only came out yesterday not 20 years ago. Surely.
thequietus.com/opinion-and-...
Happy 20th birthday to Aerial... which only came out yesterday not 20 years ago. Surely.
thequietus.com/opinion-and-...
What kind of Language is this? Kate Bush's Aerial At 20 | The Quietus
Matthew Barton looks back twenty years to the Kate Bush album Aerial that seemed to take forever to arrive but was worth the wait
thequietus.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 AM
If I had a gun to my head I could whittle my collection of Kate Bush records down to three albums... just... and Aerial would be one of them.
Happy 20th birthday to Aerial... which only came out yesterday not 20 years ago. Surely.
thequietus.com/opinion-and-...
Happy 20th birthday to Aerial... which only came out yesterday not 20 years ago. Surely.
thequietus.com/opinion-and-...
"That £1m signing fee was wildly exaggerated. But that said, things did change very quickly" - Clare Teal talks to @yorkshirepost.co.uk ahead of her show at Bradford Live
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art... #jazz
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art... #jazz
Clare Teal: 'You’re never not from Yorkshire'
A quarter of a century has passed since Clare Teal, the jazz singer from Kildwick in North Yorkshire, first came to national prominence. She would go on to be fêted by Sir Michael Parkinson, reported...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
"That £1m signing fee was wildly exaggerated. But that said, things did change very quickly" - Clare Teal talks to @yorkshirepost.co.uk ahead of her show at Bradford Live
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art... #jazz
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art... #jazz
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I'm also here with @petepaphides.bsky.social and Peter Hooton: www.waterstones.com/events/water...
November 5, 2025 at 8:36 AM
I'm also here with @petepaphides.bsky.social and Peter Hooton: www.waterstones.com/events/water...