Leigh Jones
@leighsus.bsky.social
Freelance journalist. Investigations, writing, broadcast, newsreading, BBC Radio Newcastle etc
Editor, The Teesside Lead.
🔗 https://theteessidelead.substack.com
Used to work in music. Ex-Yorkshire Post Teesworks expert. Oh, and once I saw a blimp.
Editor, The Teesside Lead.
🔗 https://theteessidelead.substack.com
Used to work in music. Ex-Yorkshire Post Teesworks expert. Oh, and once I saw a blimp.
I mean if you can just sharezone the thing why not.
November 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I mean if you can just sharezone the thing why not.
GMCA have been using it, but this Guardian article cites the source as being Alamy.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
November 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
GMCA have been using it, but this Guardian article cites the source as being Alamy.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Amassing succulent vibes.
November 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Amassing succulent vibes.
Just a snippet of the hour-long Day of the Dead parade in Oaxaca last night.
November 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Just a snippet of the hour-long Day of the Dead parade in Oaxaca last night.
In Oaxaca for Day of the Dead.
Very hard to describe just how incredible the vibe is. Every corner you turn there's a band and a load of people blocking the road, dancing.
Children and adults alike dressed up and in make up.
Incredible.
Very hard to describe just how incredible the vibe is. Every corner you turn there's a band and a load of people blocking the road, dancing.
Children and adults alike dressed up and in make up.
Incredible.
October 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
In Oaxaca for Day of the Dead.
Very hard to describe just how incredible the vibe is. Every corner you turn there's a band and a load of people blocking the road, dancing.
Children and adults alike dressed up and in make up.
Incredible.
Very hard to describe just how incredible the vibe is. Every corner you turn there's a band and a load of people blocking the road, dancing.
Children and adults alike dressed up and in make up.
Incredible.
He was just playing but I could really do without having "Mexican dog bite" added to the anecdote repertoire.
October 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
He was just playing but I could really do without having "Mexican dog bite" added to the anecdote repertoire.
Here's how the Pacific is looking this morning.
(Moments later I was bitten by a dog)
(Moments later I was bitten by a dog)
October 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Here's how the Pacific is looking this morning.
(Moments later I was bitten by a dog)
(Moments later I was bitten by a dog)
There's no hyperbole when I say going to Arena Mexico tonigbt to watch lucha libre was bucket list stuff for me.
Bonus to see Hechicero (even though for some weird reason he was performing in Wolverhampton just six days ago).
Bonus to see Hechicero (even though for some weird reason he was performing in Wolverhampton just six days ago).
October 25, 2025 at 5:37 AM
There's no hyperbole when I say going to Arena Mexico tonigbt to watch lucha libre was bucket list stuff for me.
Bonus to see Hechicero (even though for some weird reason he was performing in Wolverhampton just six days ago).
Bonus to see Hechicero (even though for some weird reason he was performing in Wolverhampton just six days ago).
Just absolutely loving it all.
October 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Just absolutely loving it all.
If you are into Modernism and anti-colonial art, get yourself to Mexico.
October 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
If you are into Modernism and anti-colonial art, get yourself to Mexico.
This one did fine dining upstairs and is in the Michelin guide, and has a taco bar downstairs 🤤
October 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
This one did fine dining upstairs and is in the Michelin guide, and has a taco bar downstairs 🤤
Here I am after 24 hours if travelling to get to Mexico City going straight out to get some tacos.
October 24, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Here I am after 24 hours if travelling to get to Mexico City going straight out to get some tacos.
In Charles de Gaulle Airport a week before Halloween, and in the French dedication to absolutely-not-doing-that-yank-shit they've got their Christmas trees up.
Even more miraculously, Shakin Stevens' Merry Christmas Everyone is playing.
Even more miraculously, Shakin Stevens' Merry Christmas Everyone is playing.
October 23, 2025 at 9:34 AM
In Charles de Gaulle Airport a week before Halloween, and in the French dedication to absolutely-not-doing-that-yank-shit they've got their Christmas trees up.
Even more miraculously, Shakin Stevens' Merry Christmas Everyone is playing.
Even more miraculously, Shakin Stevens' Merry Christmas Everyone is playing.
Thinking about the fact Wrexham fans couldn't go to the Netherlands this summer to see the team playing "per instructions from local authorities".
This sort of thing isn't common, but it's not unusual.
This sort of thing isn't common, but it's not unusual.
October 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Thinking about the fact Wrexham fans couldn't go to the Netherlands this summer to see the team playing "per instructions from local authorities".
This sort of thing isn't common, but it's not unusual.
This sort of thing isn't common, but it's not unusual.
If you use other people's copyrighted material in a new musical work (eg using lyrics previously published), you need to get permission from the copyright holder to use it.
Reznor said he approved the use in a 2000 NME interview.
www.nme.com/news/music/n...
Reznor said he approved the use in a 2000 NME interview.
www.nme.com/news/music/n...
October 17, 2025 at 6:58 AM
If you use other people's copyrighted material in a new musical work (eg using lyrics previously published), you need to get permission from the copyright holder to use it.
Reznor said he approved the use in a 2000 NME interview.
www.nme.com/news/music/n...
Reznor said he approved the use in a 2000 NME interview.
www.nme.com/news/music/n...
Woke up thinking of what TV was like when I was a kid and it was all the same faces on different shows despite their qualifications eg Michael Winner and Linda Lusardi etc.
Feels like everyone we saw spent half their lifetime at big lunches.
It was like an endless One Show but nobody was plugging.
Feels like everyone we saw spent half their lifetime at big lunches.
It was like an endless One Show but nobody was plugging.
October 16, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Woke up thinking of what TV was like when I was a kid and it was all the same faces on different shows despite their qualifications eg Michael Winner and Linda Lusardi etc.
Feels like everyone we saw spent half their lifetime at big lunches.
It was like an endless One Show but nobody was plugging.
Feels like everyone we saw spent half their lifetime at big lunches.
It was like an endless One Show but nobody was plugging.
The latest event I put on with @alexniven.bsky.social and @pdkmitchell.bsky.social takes place in Newcastle this Saturday.
We have Owen Hatherley coming to @alphabettitheatre.bsky.social to discuss his new book for the latest @lortburnspecials.bsky.social.
🎟️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/alphabetti-t...
We have Owen Hatherley coming to @alphabettitheatre.bsky.social to discuss his new book for the latest @lortburnspecials.bsky.social.
🎟️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/alphabetti-t...
October 14, 2025 at 7:02 AM
The latest event I put on with @alexniven.bsky.social and @pdkmitchell.bsky.social takes place in Newcastle this Saturday.
We have Owen Hatherley coming to @alphabettitheatre.bsky.social to discuss his new book for the latest @lortburnspecials.bsky.social.
🎟️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/alphabetti-t...
We have Owen Hatherley coming to @alphabettitheatre.bsky.social to discuss his new book for the latest @lortburnspecials.bsky.social.
🎟️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/alphabetti-t...
Can't wait to see this guy on a flag.
October 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Can't wait to see this guy on a flag.
It's Friday. I'm practically not working for a month after today. I got a huge tax rebate paid into my account this afternoon. I got some potentially exciting news for an idea I've had. And to top it all off... Chippy tea.
October 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
It's Friday. I'm practically not working for a month after today. I got a huge tax rebate paid into my account this afternoon. I got some potentially exciting news for an idea I've had. And to top it all off... Chippy tea.
I love the Mad Max films which is probably why this 20 year period of his career is so truly insane.
October 9, 2025 at 6:51 AM
I love the Mad Max films which is probably why this 20 year period of his career is so truly insane.
Independence Day (1996).
October 8, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Independence Day (1996).
Only two weeks until our next Lort Burn Specials event at @alphabettitheatre.bsky.social in Newcastle.
We've got Owen Hatherley talking about his new book and the impact of European emgires on 20thC Britain plus the usual other great stuff.
Tickets: www.alphabettitheatre.co.uk/lortburnspec...
We've got Owen Hatherley talking about his new book and the impact of European emgires on 20thC Britain plus the usual other great stuff.
Tickets: www.alphabettitheatre.co.uk/lortburnspec...
October 4, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Only two weeks until our next Lort Burn Specials event at @alphabettitheatre.bsky.social in Newcastle.
We've got Owen Hatherley talking about his new book and the impact of European emgires on 20thC Britain plus the usual other great stuff.
Tickets: www.alphabettitheatre.co.uk/lortburnspec...
We've got Owen Hatherley talking about his new book and the impact of European emgires on 20thC Britain plus the usual other great stuff.
Tickets: www.alphabettitheatre.co.uk/lortburnspec...