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LeighB
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happiness & kindness
dad & hubs; music, words, laughs with good people & the positive stuff allowed only.
(one of them Bainbridge's)
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Great albums I heard this year 7/7 - my album of the year

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caroline 2 by caroline (released 2025) - mesmerising, ambitious beauty
December 10, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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My favourite read of 2025 - 6/6

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Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor, translation by Sophie Hughes - one of the best things I've ever read in any year - a word torrent; moving, filthy, funny, disturbing
December 9, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Great albums I heard this year 6/7

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Lux by Rosalia (released 2025) - a religious experience, a voice from heaven

Getting Killed by Geese (released 2025) - magnificent, off kilter, wry lyrics, all energy - so nearly my album of the year ...
December 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Great albums I heard this year 5/7

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It's a Beautiful Place by Water from Your Eyes (released 2025) - every kind of guitar style, often in the same song

In the Wind of Night, Hard-Fallen Incantations Whisper by Sirom (released 2025) - the title just about sums it up
December 8, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Great books I read in 2025 - 5/6

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The Art Question by Nigel Warburton - a good head scratch about whatever the hell art is

Department of Speculation by Jenny Offill - tight, punchy, wanders & ponders
December 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Great books I read in 2025 - 4/6

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Africa and the Blues by Gerhard Kubik - where Western music comes from

Karla's Choice by Nick Harkaway - a wonderful writer taking the baton of another writing god
December 5, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Great albums I heard this year 4/7

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Crooked Wing by These New Puritans (released 2025) - if late period Talk Talk recorded in a haunted mansion

Drive to Goldenhammer by Divorce (released 2025) - warm, ambitious songwriting & musicianship
December 5, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Great books I read in 2025 - 3/6

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Femina by Janina Ramirez - recovering remarkable women in medieval times

White Holes by Carlo Rovelli - let's go down a black hole, quantum physics poetry
December 4, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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Great albums I heard this year 3/7

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Swaken by Bab L'Bluz (released 2024) - pulsating North African power

A View with a Room by Trish Clowes (released 2022) - tight, creative jazz quartet with rich songs
December 4, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Great albums I heard this year 2/7

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No Name by Jack White (released 2024) - consistent quality punk blues
Vinte Palavras ao Redor do Sol by Catia de Franca (released 1979) - unstoppable Brazilian rhythm
December 3, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Great books I read in 2025 - 2/6

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For Thy Great Pain have Mercy on My Little Pain by Victoria Mackenzie - two special women & their revelations

The Big Picture by Sean Carroll - Who are we? (Nearly) everything about everything
December 3, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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bless Beth
November 25, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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3 great recent science reads, up above

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November 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Wonderful program Cerys. Oh god you’re doing a drum spesh soon I think. Will email a suggestion or two🕺🏻🕺🏻🎼
October 26, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Love the Bebeto track, once again my Shazam is groaning.

This is a lovely bit of almost spiritual, orchestral, Brazilian stuff, you might like

Oracao 18 (pra viver junto) by Luiza Brina

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October 12, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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always enjoy your articles, but when both you and the Quietus recommend Sirom, well, I've got to get that record, thank you
October 10, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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bang on right
October 10, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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Wonderful music & stories as always. Reminds me of Eskimo Song by Hugo Largo, an absolute sparse beauty. Anyway, another full Shazam playlist, keep them tunes coming please. Ta Leigh
October 5, 2025 at 10:37 AM