Neil Brand
@neilkbrand.bsky.social
Composer, writer, broadcaster, musician, into film, theatre, and all things entertainment - touring regularly. www.neilbrand.com #composer #filmmusic #writer #broadcast
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Translation: "PLEEEEASE forget about the EPSTEIN FILES!"
November 28, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Translation: "PLEEEEASE forget about the EPSTEIN FILES!"
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Magic Rays season: the documentaries
More on the screenings at BFI Southbank in January; go here for my first notes on the documentaries that we will screen on the 8th and 15th of the month.
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/magic-rays-s...
More on the screenings at BFI Southbank in January; go here for my first notes on the documentaries that we will screen on the 8th and 15th of the month.
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/magic-rays-s...
Magic Rays season: the documentaries - Illuminations
John Wyver writes: As noted earlier in the week, I have curated a screening season at BFI Southbank in January to tie in with the publication by Bloomsbury and the BFI of Magic Rays of Light: The Earl...
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Magic Rays season: the documentaries
More on the screenings at BFI Southbank in January; go here for my first notes on the documentaries that we will screen on the 8th and 15th of the month.
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/magic-rays-s...
More on the screenings at BFI Southbank in January; go here for my first notes on the documentaries that we will screen on the 8th and 15th of the month.
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/magic-rays-s...
I just learnt that over £100,000 of NHS funds have been wasted on defending bullying instead of paying frontline staff fairly.
Sign the petition to demand that Gloucestershire Hospitals Trust investigate how their CEO, Kevin McNamara, treats NHS staff. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Sign the petition to demand that Gloucestershire Hospitals Trust investigate how their CEO, Kevin McNamara, treats NHS staff. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Say no to bullying of NHS staff
Treatment of striking NHS staff
This helps to explain the treatment of NHS workers on strike in Gloucestershire in recent months.
A small but mighty group of workers have been on strike since...
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November 27, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I just learnt that over £100,000 of NHS funds have been wasted on defending bullying instead of paying frontline staff fairly.
Sign the petition to demand that Gloucestershire Hospitals Trust investigate how their CEO, Kevin McNamara, treats NHS staff. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/sa...
Sign the petition to demand that Gloucestershire Hospitals Trust investigate how their CEO, Kevin McNamara, treats NHS staff. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/sa...
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Excuse my language but …
I am so fucking tired of shit like this.
I am so fucking tired of shit like this.
November 26, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Excuse my language but …
I am so fucking tired of shit like this.
I am so fucking tired of shit like this.
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A key piece of radio history given its due finally
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The Truth about The Truth About Christmas
No matter what you may have read, the first BBC audio drama was actually broadcast on Christmas Eve 1922 – and it was genre-adjacent. The Truth About Christmas was written by Phyllis Twigg, a…
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November 26, 2025 at 9:42 AM
A key piece of radio history given its due finally
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Sorry to see 'Wycliffe' actor Jack Shepherd has gone. Watched him recently in the 1977 BBC adaptation of Dracula and he was fantastic as Renfield.
November 25, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Sorry to see 'Wycliffe' actor Jack Shepherd has gone. Watched him recently in the 1977 BBC adaptation of Dracula and he was fantastic as Renfield.
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The president of the United States is insane. Full stop.
November 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The president of the United States is insane. Full stop.
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R.I.P. Jack Shepherd www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jack Shepherd: English actor and star of Wycliffe dies at 85
He will be remembered for his roles as TV detective Charles Wycliffe and fictional Labour MP Bill Brand.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 6:42 AM
R.I.P. Jack Shepherd www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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and THIS is how i realise that sag-aftra includes radio artists!
November 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
and THIS is how i realise that sag-aftra includes radio artists!
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my campaign to have radio included in the baftas has once again been rejected on the grounds that “british academy radio, film and television awards” makes for a “frankly upsetting” acronym
November 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
my campaign to have radio included in the baftas has once again been rejected on the grounds that “british academy radio, film and television awards” makes for a “frankly upsetting” acronym
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It has been pointed out to me that this means 2.5 billion-dollar AI music company Suno has spent less money on music than many individual music fans
Billboard got access to Suno’s investment pitch deck.
It revealed that Suno has spent $32 million on compute, and $2,000 on training data.
Let that sink in.
www.billboard.com/pro/suno-cre...
It revealed that Suno has spent $32 million on compute, and $2,000 on training data.
Let that sink in.
www.billboard.com/pro/suno-cre...
November 25, 2025 at 10:28 AM
It has been pointed out to me that this means 2.5 billion-dollar AI music company Suno has spent less money on music than many individual music fans
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Robbie Gibb said if he doesn't get his way, he'll blow the BBC up. It's ridiculous that a man like that has a spot on the BBC's board. Our public broadcaster MUST be independent. Agree? Sign to get Gibb sacked:
Sack Sir Robbie Gibb from the BBC board
Robbie Gibb said if he doesn't get his way, he'll blow the BBC up. It's ridiculous that a man like that has a spot on the BBC's board. Our public broadcaster MUST be independent. Agree? Sign to get Gi...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Robbie Gibb said if he doesn't get his way, he'll blow the BBC up. It's ridiculous that a man like that has a spot on the BBC's board. Our public broadcaster MUST be independent. Agree? Sign to get Gibb sacked:
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Current #TheArchers Xmas Special odds
7/2 Brian dies
2/1 Amber bins George
4/1 George goes postal then scales St Stephen’s
6/1 Long awaited tree surgery accident
8/1 Kate’s accountant has a coronary
11/1 Ruth embraces her Sapphic tendencies
18/1 Leonard accidentally puts viagra in the Xmas pud
7/2 Brian dies
2/1 Amber bins George
4/1 George goes postal then scales St Stephen’s
6/1 Long awaited tree surgery accident
8/1 Kate’s accountant has a coronary
11/1 Ruth embraces her Sapphic tendencies
18/1 Leonard accidentally puts viagra in the Xmas pud
November 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Current #TheArchers Xmas Special odds
7/2 Brian dies
2/1 Amber bins George
4/1 George goes postal then scales St Stephen’s
6/1 Long awaited tree surgery accident
8/1 Kate’s accountant has a coronary
11/1 Ruth embraces her Sapphic tendencies
18/1 Leonard accidentally puts viagra in the Xmas pud
7/2 Brian dies
2/1 Amber bins George
4/1 George goes postal then scales St Stephen’s
6/1 Long awaited tree surgery accident
8/1 Kate’s accountant has a coronary
11/1 Ruth embraces her Sapphic tendencies
18/1 Leonard accidentally puts viagra in the Xmas pud
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Mark Gatiss is coming Through The Square Window!
(Our) Christmas (special podcast) is coming! The episode will be out Dec 17. Play the clip below with sound on for a tiny preview of our guest - Mark Gatiss
November 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Mark Gatiss is coming Through The Square Window!
I'm at Matrix Arts near Abingdon on Sunday with my show about music and silent movies! www.trybooking.com/uk/events/la...
Neil Brand
Neil Brand, composer, writer, broadcaster and pianist, opens up the treasure house of the art form of which he has been an undisputed master for...
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November 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I'm at Matrix Arts near Abingdon on Sunday with my show about music and silent movies! www.trybooking.com/uk/events/la...
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It's Doctor Who Day. To celebrate, I've edited and designed a new digital bookazine for @radiotimes.bsky.social, collecting the best of the magazine's articles and rare photography from the show's early years. Download it FREE from www.radiotimes.com/doctor-who-t...
November 23, 2025 at 10:11 AM
It's Doctor Who Day. To celebrate, I've edited and designed a new digital bookazine for @radiotimes.bsky.social, collecting the best of the magazine's articles and rare photography from the show's early years. Download it FREE from www.radiotimes.com/doctor-who-t...
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EVENT: Join C20 President @SamiraAhmedUK
for our annual Xmas Lecture: From Cathedrals to Cooling Towers–Global stories about the buildings that bond us.
🗓️ Tue 2 Dec 2025 6.30pm – 8pm
📍 The Gallery, Cowcross St+Online
🎟️ Book tickets: @c20society.bsky.social
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for our annual Xmas Lecture: From Cathedrals to Cooling Towers–Global stories about the buildings that bond us.
🗓️ Tue 2 Dec 2025 6.30pm – 8pm
📍 The Gallery, Cowcross St+Online
🎟️ Book tickets: @c20society.bsky.social
secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
November 23, 2025 at 10:35 AM
EVENT: Join C20 President @SamiraAhmedUK
for our annual Xmas Lecture: From Cathedrals to Cooling Towers–Global stories about the buildings that bond us.
🗓️ Tue 2 Dec 2025 6.30pm – 8pm
📍 The Gallery, Cowcross St+Online
🎟️ Book tickets: @c20society.bsky.social
secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
for our annual Xmas Lecture: From Cathedrals to Cooling Towers–Global stories about the buildings that bond us.
🗓️ Tue 2 Dec 2025 6.30pm – 8pm
📍 The Gallery, Cowcross St+Online
🎟️ Book tickets: @c20society.bsky.social
secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
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I’m not one to horn-toot but I am so happy to have received my first Emmy nomination for this show and for these characters I love playing so dang much... and so very grateful to be sharing a category with my incredible friends.
I was convinced this would never happen.
I treasure this nomination.
I was convinced this would never happen.
I treasure this nomination.
November 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I’m not one to horn-toot but I am so happy to have received my first Emmy nomination for this show and for these characters I love playing so dang much... and so very grateful to be sharing a category with my incredible friends.
I was convinced this would never happen.
I treasure this nomination.
I was convinced this would never happen.
I treasure this nomination.
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Join us this Sat, 12PM, for our special #WW1 double bill with #SilentFilm The Battle of the Somme (1916) with live music by Stephen Horne + Stanley Kubrick’s Paths of Glory (1957) on #Bristol’s biggest cinema screen: ti.to/film-noir-uk...
Thanks to @filmhubsw.bsky.social & @20thcflicks.bsky.social
Thanks to @filmhubsw.bsky.social & @20thcflicks.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Join us this Sat, 12PM, for our special #WW1 double bill with #SilentFilm The Battle of the Somme (1916) with live music by Stephen Horne + Stanley Kubrick’s Paths of Glory (1957) on #Bristol’s biggest cinema screen: ti.to/film-noir-uk...
Thanks to @filmhubsw.bsky.social & @20thcflicks.bsky.social
Thanks to @filmhubsw.bsky.social & @20thcflicks.bsky.social
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"i hate it when podcasters plug their patreons" yeah and i hate it when sainsbury's make me pay at the checkout
November 19, 2025 at 1:56 PM
"i hate it when podcasters plug their patreons" yeah and i hate it when sainsbury's make me pay at the checkout
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Libraries coordinate on book disposal to safeguard rare texts www.timeshighereducation.com/news/librari...
Libraries coordinate on book disposal to safeguard rare texts
As shelves fill up and costs mount, new scheme allows librarians to discard underused books if more than seven copies exist elsewhere
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November 19, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Libraries coordinate on book disposal to safeguard rare texts www.timeshighereducation.com/news/librari...
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I think “conspiracy group”is a fair description of Together UK. One of its leading members has harassed grieving widows at the National Covid Memorial Wall and published it online.
Fresh from advising Morgan McSweeney last week, Labour peer Maurice Glasman addressed the annual conference of a pro-Reform group that has spread myths about the Covid vaccine and has claimed Starmer is "destroying Britain".
📝 New @desmog.com story 👇
📝 New @desmog.com story 👇
Influential Labour Peer Maurice Glasman Addressed Pro-Reform Conspiracy Group’s Conference
High-profile Labour peer Lord Maurice Glasman was one of the keynote speakers at the annual conference of the Together Declaration, a conspiracy theory group with ties to Reform UK. Together held its ...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:05 AM
I think “conspiracy group”is a fair description of Together UK. One of its leading members has harassed grieving widows at the National Covid Memorial Wall and published it online.