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Techie, writer, music lover, gliding instructor, living Forest of Dean in England.
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Keith's Music Box is a UK online music show I present every Thursday. The music centres on the 80s but from all decades. Chat, stories about the songs, and a few laughs Join us this evening, 8pm UK time, right here::

www.mixcloud.com/live/KeithsM...

Pic is a clue to a track I'll play.

#uk #music
Guy with a pack on his back riding a white bike on the road.
November 27, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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Beautiful if cold morning here in the Forest of Dean.

#uk #wales
View through trees across a valley where the lower land is covered by mist
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Why is the BBC kowtowing to Trump?
rutgerbregman.com Rutger Bregman @rutgerbregman.com · 2d
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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November 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Keith's Music Box is a UK online music show I present every Thursday. The music centres on the 80s but from all decades. Chat, stories about the songs, and a few laughs Join us this evening, 8pm UK time, right here:

www.mixcloud.com/live/KeithsM...

Pic is a clue to a track I'll play.

#uk #music
Two pink lilies (flowers)
November 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Small club in Cardiff last night. Packed to see Dea Matrona. I knew it would be good so I got there early to get to the front. But they weren't good. They were amazing! The best band you've possibly never heard of.

#deamatron #livemusic #wales
Two girls playing guitars in a band.
November 19, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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Keith's Music Box is a UK online music show that I present every Thursday. The music is centred on the 80s but from all decades. Chat, stories about the songs, and a few laughs Join us this evening, 8pm, right here:

www.mixcloud.com/live/KeithsM...

Pic is a clue to a track I'll play.

#uk #music
Middle aged man with white beard and glasses holding a tambourine
November 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Watching the shenanigans from the UK side of the Atlantic, I can't believe what I'm reading.

The president is asking the Supreme Court to allow him to not feed the poorer parts of society - surely electoral gold dust for the Democrats - and you have the Democrats giving in.

What am I missing?
November 11, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Keith's Music Box is a UK online music show that I present every Thursday. The music is centred on the 80s but from all decades. Chat, stories about the songs, and a few laughs Join us this evening, 8pm, right here:

www.mixcloud.com/live/KeithsM...

Pic is a clue to a track I'll play.

#uk #music
An adult, probably mother, taking the temperature of an apparently sick child lying in bed.
October 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Keith's Music Box is a UK online music show that I present every Thursday. The music is centred on the 80s but from all decades. Chat, stories about the songs, and a few laughs Join us right now, right here:

www.mixcloud.com/live/KeithsM...

Pic is a clue to a track I'll play.

#uk #music
A TomTom GPS telling the user to do a U turn
October 16, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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What an afternoon! My human put this Halti collar on me. If I could give a review, it would be lucky to get ONE STAR. Awful afternoon. Even found it hard to chat to other dogs. Hateful. Anyone have the number for PuppyLine? #dogs #labrador #puppy
Young dog with Halti collar on looking annoyed at camera
October 16, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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Keith's Music Box is a UK online music show that I present every Thursday. The music is centred on the 80s but from all decades. Chat, stories about the songs, and a few laughs Join us this evening, 8pm, right here:

www.mixcloud.com/live/KeithsM...

Pic is a clue to a track I'll play.

#uk #music
The words "Get well soon" spelt out in Scrabble letters
October 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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September 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Keith'Keith's Music Box is a UK online music show that I present every Thursday. The music centres on the 80s but from all decades. Chat, stories about the songs, a few laughs Join us this evening, 8pm, right here:

www.mixcloud.com/live/KeithsM...

Pic is a clue to a track I'll play.

#uk #musics
Two pictures of young ladies driving
September 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Pet parrots which typically live alone (whilst those in the wild live in large flocks) were given the technology to call each other. They would use it for up to three hours a day, and developed favourite friends 💔
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When a parrot wanted to connect with a distant friend, a touchscreen showed a selection of other birds available online. The parrots learned to activate the screen, designed specially for them, by touching it gently with their tongues rather than pecking aggressively with their beaks. "We had 26 birds involved," said Hirskyj-Douglas. "They would use the system up to three hours a day, with each call lasting up to five minutes." The interactions ranged from preening and playing with toys to loud vocal exchanges. "When we went through the data, we found that most of these parrots had favourite friends," said Hirskyj-Douglas.
September 12, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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"Well, I was asleep on the floor and when I woke up I was on the forbidden sofa. I've no idea how that happened."

- Roxie, Labrador, age 6 months (and cute)

#uk #dogs
Dog on sofa looking very guilty
August 31, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Took Roxie, the 6 month old Labrador, for a walk in the forest. She found the perfect stick. Good puppy.

#uk #dogs
Dog lying down in woods with paw over a stick
August 30, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Keith's Music Box is a UK online music show that I present every Thursday. The music is centred on the 80s but from all decades. Chat, stories about the songs, and a few laughs Join us this evening, 8pm, right here:

www.mixcloud.com/live/KeithsM...

Pic is a clue to a track I'll play.

#uk #music
Witch in black with broomstick
August 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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We're fortunate enough to have a trees-on-the-skyline sunset most evenings. Gotta love England 💕 🇬🇧
Sunset, top 2/3rds sky, bottom dark trees on skyline
July 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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I don't really care what JD Vance has to say (but I'm not in the US). Seems he doesn't care what anyone has to say.
June 19, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Attwood.

Has it been banned in the USA yet?
It was after the catastrophe, when they shot the President and machine-gunned the Congress and the army declared a state of emergency. They blamed it on the Islamic fanatics, at the time. Keep calm, they said on television. Everything is under con- trol. I was stunned. Everyone was, I know that. It was hard to believe. The entire government, gone like that. How did they get in, how did it happen? That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary. There wasn't even any rioting in the streets. People stayed home at night, watching television, looking for some direction. There wasn't even an enemy you could put your finger on.
June 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Always a fab view on top. #uk #gliding #soaring
Looking down through clouds to airfield Looking across the tops of clouds
May 31, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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"A provision in the proposed spending bill would restrict the authority of federal courts to hold government officials in contempt when they violate court orders. [...] judicial orders are meaningless and can be ignored."

C'mon America, stop trying to be a first world country.

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A Terrible Idea
Dean Chemerinsky discusses the reconciliation bill’s provision that would restrict federal courts’ authority to hold government officials in contempt for violating court orders
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May 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Good view from my room window this evening. #soaring #uk #flying
An airfield in evening, gliders on the ground, windsock and moon visible
May 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Keith's Music Box is a UK online music show that I present every Thursday. The music is centred on the 80s but from all decades. Chat, stories about the songs, and a few laughs Join us this evening, 8pm, UK time:

www.mixcloud.com/live/KeithsM...

Pic is a clue to a track I'll play.

#uk #music
Picture of a smiling laughing clown's face
May 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM