Andrew Fenwick
@fenwick.me
✍️ Dazed & Confused / The Guardian / Metro / The Quietus / Football Weekends / Vice / The Prague Post / Radio Free Europe
🍷 Uncorked: Wine Without the Bullshit (Thirsty Dog Press)
🇬🇧🇨🇿 Whitley Bay x Praha
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🍷 Uncorked: Wine Without the Bullshit (Thirsty Dog Press)
🇬🇧🇨🇿 Whitley Bay x Praha
www.thirstydogpress.com
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A simply incredible wordsmith. Brazil alone, never mind Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, Last Crusade and Empire of the Sun. What a legacy. www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/n...
Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88
A theatrical sensation since the 1960s, whose dramas included Arcadia, The Real Thing and Leopoldstadt, Stoppard also had huge success as a screenwriter
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
A simply incredible wordsmith. Brazil alone, never mind Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, Last Crusade and Empire of the Sun. What a legacy. www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/n...
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Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
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Delighted to have had the chance to write about Beatle ‘historiography’ in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
The long and winding road: Stuart Maconie on why our opinions about the Beatles keep changing
Fans and historians have spent 60 years debating what the band means – and which member is greatest. Will the returning Anthology project and Sam Mendes’s planned biopics create new arguments?
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Delighted to have had the chance to write about Beatle ‘historiography’ in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
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With his usual mixture of sarcasm and acuity, Frederich Kittler called Rock Music, “a misuse of military technology.”
November 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
With his usual mixture of sarcasm and acuity, Frederich Kittler called Rock Music, “a misuse of military technology.”
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Guy Fawkes signature and Guy Fawkes signing for an Evri parcel
November 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Guy Fawkes signature and Guy Fawkes signing for an Evri parcel
Going in... 🪖 @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social @forumbooks.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Going in... 🪖 @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social @forumbooks.bsky.social
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Every time I come across this photo it completely stops me in my tracks. Crude oil supertanker Esso Hibernia under construction at Swan Hunter shipyard, Wallsend, during 1970. The scale and spectacle of this thing is incomprehensible. (📸 Harriet Berney)
September 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Every time I come across this photo it completely stops me in my tracks. Crude oil supertanker Esso Hibernia under construction at Swan Hunter shipyard, Wallsend, during 1970. The scale and spectacle of this thing is incomprehensible. (📸 Harriet Berney)
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#REMTop30
#MusicChallenge
5) Texarkana
My favorite from Out Of Time.
Mike Mills on lead vocals was the perfect choice.
“A melodic style that has drawn comparisons to The Moody Blues.”
youtu.be/p16q-w2OuI4?...
#MusicChallenge
5) Texarkana
My favorite from Out Of Time.
Mike Mills on lead vocals was the perfect choice.
“A melodic style that has drawn comparisons to The Moody Blues.”
youtu.be/p16q-w2OuI4?...
Texarkana
YouTube video by R.E.M. - Topic
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September 26, 2025 at 2:42 AM
#REMTop30
#MusicChallenge
5) Texarkana
My favorite from Out Of Time.
Mike Mills on lead vocals was the perfect choice.
“A melodic style that has drawn comparisons to The Moody Blues.”
youtu.be/p16q-w2OuI4?...
#MusicChallenge
5) Texarkana
My favorite from Out Of Time.
Mike Mills on lead vocals was the perfect choice.
“A melodic style that has drawn comparisons to The Moody Blues.”
youtu.be/p16q-w2OuI4?...
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September 26, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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Listening for the 5th time. It gets better and better with repeats.
Listening to Mr. Isaacs for the first time. I can report that this a killer roots joint with some nice dub touches sprinkled in.
September 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Listening for the 5th time. It gets better and better with repeats.
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Anyone who supports ID cards on the grounds that “if you’ve got nothing to hide you have nothing to worry about” should be banned from having curtains.
Mark Thomas’s People’s Manifesto
Mark Thomas’s People’s Manifesto
September 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Anyone who supports ID cards on the grounds that “if you’ve got nothing to hide you have nothing to worry about” should be banned from having curtains.
Mark Thomas’s People’s Manifesto
Mark Thomas’s People’s Manifesto
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Fleetwood Mac is a band made up of British and American musicians, yet the one named Lindsay Buckingham is not British.
September 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Fleetwood Mac is a band made up of British and American musicians, yet the one named Lindsay Buckingham is not British.
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A great birthday gift from @nicolablackwell.bsky.social a Robert Smith plant pot for my fern!
Pot by @dyeworksprint.bsky.social
Pot by @dyeworksprint.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 7:38 AM
A great birthday gift from @nicolablackwell.bsky.social a Robert Smith plant pot for my fern!
Pot by @dyeworksprint.bsky.social
Pot by @dyeworksprint.bsky.social
So can I purchase a 'Palestinian Chicken Enthusiast' t-shirt without spending 14 years in the slammer under the Terrorism Act? Asking for a friend...
August 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM
So can I purchase a 'Palestinian Chicken Enthusiast' t-shirt without spending 14 years in the slammer under the Terrorism Act? Asking for a friend...
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An incomparable legend.
July 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
An incomparable legend.
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Hoorah for Héctor Bellerin (even if he was a Gooner).
Cool men read. Tell all the boys in your life. They need to hear it.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Cool men read. Tell all the boys in your life. They need to hear it.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
‘Literature has completely changed my life’: footballer Héctor Bellerín’s reading list
Former Arsenal player wins admiration for his taste in books, but admits one novel defeated him
www.theguardian.com
July 19, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Hoorah for Héctor Bellerin (even if he was a Gooner).
Cool men read. Tell all the boys in your life. They need to hear it.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Cool men read. Tell all the boys in your life. They need to hear it.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Atmospheric and assured, debut novels don’t come much finer than this from Issa Quincy. 🙌 @grantabooks.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Atmospheric and assured, debut novels don’t come much finer than this from Issa Quincy. 🙌 @grantabooks.bsky.social
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27 people — including a priest, professor and health workers — were arrested today under terrorism laws.
Their crime? Peacefully holding signs opposing genocide.
This is how we sleepwalk into fascism.
Their crime? Peacefully holding signs opposing genocide.
This is how we sleepwalk into fascism.
July 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
27 people — including a priest, professor and health workers — were arrested today under terrorism laws.
Their crime? Peacefully holding signs opposing genocide.
This is how we sleepwalk into fascism.
Their crime? Peacefully holding signs opposing genocide.
This is how we sleepwalk into fascism.
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An urgent message from The Wire magazine
Running an independent music magazine is becoming increasingly difficult. We need your support
www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...
Running an independent music magazine is becoming increasingly difficult. We need your support
www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...
An urgent message from The Wire magazine - The Wire
Running an independent music magazine is becoming increasingly difficult. We need your support
www.thewire.co.uk
May 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM
An urgent message from The Wire magazine
Running an independent music magazine is becoming increasingly difficult. We need your support
www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...
Running an independent music magazine is becoming increasingly difficult. We need your support
www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...
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Publishing has a serious class problem.
It is one of the most socially exclusive of all creative industries.
Please, if you can, read this.
@thebookseller.com
@ipghq.bsky.social
thebeemagazine.com/publishings-...
It is one of the most socially exclusive of all creative industries.
Please, if you can, read this.
@thebookseller.com
@ipghq.bsky.social
thebeemagazine.com/publishings-...
Publishing’s Class Problem
When you’re a child, your social class doesn’t determine how good you are at reading and writing. Yet half of our published writers are from middle-class backgrounds, and only 10 per cent are working ...
thebeemagazine.com
May 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Publishing has a serious class problem.
It is one of the most socially exclusive of all creative industries.
Please, if you can, read this.
@thebookseller.com
@ipghq.bsky.social
thebeemagazine.com/publishings-...
It is one of the most socially exclusive of all creative industries.
Please, if you can, read this.
@thebookseller.com
@ipghq.bsky.social
thebeemagazine.com/publishings-...
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At the age of 44, Bohemian's Josef Jindřišek scored in his final home appearance as they beat Liberec 4-1.
He became the oldest player to score in the top flight of Czech football. Fair play.
He became the oldest player to score in the top flight of Czech football. Fair play.
May 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
At the age of 44, Bohemian's Josef Jindřišek scored in his final home appearance as they beat Liberec 4-1.
He became the oldest player to score in the top flight of Czech football. Fair play.
He became the oldest player to score in the top flight of Czech football. Fair play.
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Previously unreleased Fall material hits the shops-ah...
So, happy 55th anniversary to perhaps the finest of all newspaper headlines mulberryhall.medium.com/odd-this-day...
April 28, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Previously unreleased Fall material hits the shops-ah...
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April 17, 2025 at 9:44 AM
April 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM