Jeff Evans
@jeffevanswriter.bsky.social
Beer, television, music, quizzing, not necessarily in that order. Author: The Penguin TV Companion, Rock & Pop on British TV, numerous books on beer; former editor of the Good Beer Guide; question writer for Mastermind and other TV series.
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If you don’t like the BBC, I suggest that you go to America and watch their TV for a day. It gives you a migraine. The BBC also keeps the standards of the other outlets relatively high. If you think we watch shit now, imagine it with no BBC. And they actually care about drama, children’s, factual.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
If you don’t like the BBC, I suggest that you go to America and watch their TV for a day. It gives you a migraine. The BBC also keeps the standards of the other outlets relatively high. If you think we watch shit now, imagine it with no BBC. And they actually care about drama, children’s, factual.
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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.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
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...
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The BBC is now in a fight for its life. It enemies will be happy www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The BBC is in a fight for its survival
The BBC only has itself to blame for its handling of a serious error in a documentary on Trump. But its demise—as the US media landscape shows—would l...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The BBC is now in a fight for its life. It enemies will be happy www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
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Not enough attention is being paid to the effective closure of the bulk of one of the 2 or 3 most important public archives for modern British history. A terrible own goal for the BBC as a public-service agency.
WAC wrong-headedness
(that's the BBC Written Archives Centre)
I've brought together the key links for the campaign against the changes which now make independent and exploratory research at WAC impossible - and why this matters.
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/wac-wrong-he...
(that's the BBC Written Archives Centre)
I've brought together the key links for the campaign against the changes which now make independent and exploratory research at WAC impossible - and why this matters.
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/wac-wrong-he...
WAC wrong-headedness - Illuminations
John Wyver writes: Some of you will know that I have been very involved over the past months with attempts to reverse the wrong-headed changes to access at the BBC Written Archives Centre (above, with...
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Not enough attention is being paid to the effective closure of the bulk of one of the 2 or 3 most important public archives for modern British history. A terrible own goal for the BBC as a public-service agency.
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Number of pubs stocking draught Bass passes 1,000 as AB Inbev's sales drive takes hold. So distribution has nearly trebled from a couple of years ago. Latest directory of stockists: nationalbassdirectory.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
November 6, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Number of pubs stocking draught Bass passes 1,000 as AB Inbev's sales drive takes hold. So distribution has nearly trebled from a couple of years ago. Latest directory of stockists: nationalbassdirectory.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
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The WAC is a hugely important resource for historians (I've made extensive use of it on multiple projects) and these hugely significant changes are an effective bar on access.
WAC wrong-headedness
(that's the BBC Written Archives Centre)
I've brought together the key links for the campaign against the changes which now make independent and exploratory research at WAC impossible - and why this matters.
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/wac-wrong-he...
(that's the BBC Written Archives Centre)
I've brought together the key links for the campaign against the changes which now make independent and exploratory research at WAC impossible - and why this matters.
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/wac-wrong-he...
WAC wrong-headedness - Illuminations
John Wyver writes: Some of you will know that I have been very involved over the past months with attempts to reverse the wrong-headed changes to access at the BBC Written Archives Centre (above, with...
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 8:56 AM
The WAC is a hugely important resource for historians (I've made extensive use of it on multiple projects) and these hugely significant changes are an effective bar on access.
Bar towel of the day.
November 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Bar towel of the day.
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He appeared on all of the band's releases from 1977's "Packet of Three" EP through 1991's "Play": ultimateclassicrock.com/squeeze-gils...
Squeeze's Classic-Era Drummer Gilson Lavis Dead at 74
Bandmate Jools Holland paid tribute to his 'dear friend and long-standing drummer.'
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November 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
He appeared on all of the band's releases from 1977's "Packet of Three" EP through 1991's "Play": ultimateclassicrock.com/squeeze-gils...
Just watched Back to the Future at the cinema again. Tremendous.
November 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Just watched Back to the Future at the cinema again. Tremendous.
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spread Samir Zitouni’s name far and wide
November 4, 2025 at 11:24 AM
spread Samir Zitouni’s name far and wide
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You regular reminder that Lulu's Youtube channel is a television archive that puts the BFI to shame. From about 1975 she's been taping all her own TV appearances (or getting them to run off tapes for her archive). Happy birthday Lulu! youtu.be/BJmJH3tQlMQ?...
Lulu - It Don't Come Easy (Whittakers World Of Music, 02nd Jun 1971) Ringo Starr Cover
YouTube video by Lulu
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November 3, 2025 at 8:28 PM
You regular reminder that Lulu's Youtube channel is a television archive that puts the BFI to shame. From about 1975 she's been taping all her own TV appearances (or getting them to run off tapes for her archive). Happy birthday Lulu! youtu.be/BJmJH3tQlMQ?...
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🎵 #VinceTaylor performs 'A Whole Lotta Twistin' at 6:30am for CINEBOX MEMORIES on #TPTV
November 4, 2025 at 5:30 AM
🎵 #VinceTaylor performs 'A Whole Lotta Twistin' at 6:30am for CINEBOX MEMORIES on #TPTV
#Roxy fans. Tune into #Mastermind tonight. I set the questions.
November 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
#Roxy fans. Tune into #Mastermind tonight. I set the questions.
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The sheer grifting determination of these ghouls knows no bounds. Even as we hear the man charged is a British national who lives in Peterborough with police suggesting no obvious terror link, they cling desperately to the idea this is somehow linked to immigration. Shameless stuff.
November 3, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The sheer grifting determination of these ghouls knows no bounds. Even as we hear the man charged is a British national who lives in Peterborough with police suggesting no obvious terror link, they cling desperately to the idea this is somehow linked to immigration. Shameless stuff.
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On this day in 1936:
The start of the BBC’s regular TV service from Alexandra Palace.
See programme archive, oral history interviews - and some amazing images from those pioneering days:
The start of the BBC’s regular TV service from Alexandra Palace.
See programme archive, oral history interviews - and some amazing images from those pioneering days:
The Birth of TV
www.bbc.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 9:47 AM
On this day in 1936:
The start of the BBC’s regular TV service from Alexandra Palace.
See programme archive, oral history interviews - and some amazing images from those pioneering days:
The start of the BBC’s regular TV service from Alexandra Palace.
See programme archive, oral history interviews - and some amazing images from those pioneering days:
Bar towel of the day.
October 29, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Bar towel of the day.
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Historic riverside pub reopens in time for Halloween
#Oxon #Oxfordshire
🔗: https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/...
#Oxon #Oxfordshire
🔗: https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/...
Historic riverside pub reopens in time for Halloween
A historic riverside pub in Abingdon has reopened following a brief period of closure
www.oxfordmail.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Historic riverside pub reopens in time for Halloween
#Oxon #Oxfordshire
🔗: https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/...
#Oxon #Oxfordshire
🔗: https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/...
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FAO publicans who love cask ale: Joule's is looking for someone to operate The Coopers Tavern in Burton-upon-Trent. They emailed us to ask if we'd share this because, we gather, they really want someone who will be excited to run this particular pub.
www.joulesbrewery.co.uk/vacancy/coop...
www.joulesbrewery.co.uk/vacancy/coop...
Coopers Tavern - Joule's Brewery
The Coopers Tavern, Burton-on-Trent
Key Features Real Ale and Cold Beer Cask Ale from the Barrel Live Music Dog Friendly Real Fires Guest Beer Provision Bar Snacks Street Parking Beer Courtyard ...
www.joulesbrewery.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 5:55 AM
FAO publicans who love cask ale: Joule's is looking for someone to operate The Coopers Tavern in Burton-upon-Trent. They emailed us to ask if we'd share this because, we gather, they really want someone who will be excited to run this particular pub.
www.joulesbrewery.co.uk/vacancy/coop...
www.joulesbrewery.co.uk/vacancy/coop...
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I think it's appalling that Britain's most enduringly popular family don't pay income tax or VAT, but it's hard to deny how much joy they bring to the general public. That chandelier gag alone...
October 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I think it's appalling that Britain's most enduringly popular family don't pay income tax or VAT, but it's hard to deny how much joy they bring to the general public. That chandelier gag alone...
Still nothing on the BBC website as far as I can see.
Nothing on the BBC Radio news this morning. Nothing I could find on their website. This is an MP from the party whose lead in the opinion polls normally ensures them wall-to-wall coverage. She spouts racist nonsense for which even she feels obliged to apologise. What on earth are they playing at?
Reform’s Sarah Pochin forced to apologise after claiming adverts 'full of black people' drive her 'mad’ | LBC
The Runcorn and Helsby MP was responding to a viewer live on air who complained about the demographics of advertising.
www.lbc.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Still nothing on the BBC website as far as I can see.
Please read this and help us defend public access to this remarkable resource. It's a place I know and love, somewhere where the people and the materials have been of boundless assistance to my work (and my passion) for more than 30 years.
MUST READ! In the latest CST blog about the damaging changes going on at the BBC Written Archives Centre, @marklewisohn.bsky.social delivers his cri de cœur squarely at those who came up with or are signing-off on this policy shift. Please read and share widely.
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DEFENDING THE WAC: MARK LEWISOHN LOOKS AT WHY RENEWED APPRECIATION IS URGENTLY REQUIRED
I was asked to write an op-ed piece saying why I think the BBC’s Written Archives Centre (WAC) is a unique and brilliant resource, which I can do because it’s both – and why, therefore…
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October 24, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Please read this and help us defend public access to this remarkable resource. It's a place I know and love, somewhere where the people and the materials have been of boundless assistance to my work (and my passion) for more than 30 years.
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A sadly ironic end to the history of Ringwood Brewery that played a key role in the small brewers' revolution
Ringwood Brewery sold to property developer @teamdb.bsky.social
Ringwood Brewery sold to property developer
Carlsberg Britvic has sold Hampshire's Ringwood Brewery to Pennyfarthing Homes, a move that will see the historic site turned into the business’s new office headquarters.
www.thedrinksbusiness.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:30 AM
A sadly ironic end to the history of Ringwood Brewery that played a key role in the small brewers' revolution
Celia Imrie farting makes the BBC News homepage. This is where we are.
October 16, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Celia Imrie farting makes the BBC News homepage. This is where we are.
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Where to find Fuller's Vintage Ale on draught.
Here's the full list from Fuller's. Bear in mind limited availability! #BskyBeer
October 14, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Where to find Fuller's Vintage Ale on draught.