Steve Morgan
@stevemorgan68.bsky.social
Freelance journalist, reluctantly freed cat slave. Sport/music obsessive - 30 years-plus hackery, from local papers to FourFourTwo, FA, ECB, LTW, WSC, Manchester United, Wisden, Guardian, Observer. Got a record played on Radio One twice, won an award once.
The Ace of Spades, the Ace of Spades… Kingston’s go-to night spot for the A3 boy and girl racers in 1933. Dancing til 3am!
Footage here:
youtu.be/OV_OVKVPo5Q
Footage here:
youtu.be/OV_OVKVPo5Q
November 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The Ace of Spades, the Ace of Spades… Kingston’s go-to night spot for the A3 boy and girl racers in 1933. Dancing til 3am!
Footage here:
youtu.be/OV_OVKVPo5Q
Footage here:
youtu.be/OV_OVKVPo5Q
No-one would have believed in the last years of the 20th century that a secondhand vinyl copy of War of the Worlds would set you back £25 in 2025. Ooh, la.
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
No-one would have believed in the last years of the 20th century that a secondhand vinyl copy of War of the Worlds would set you back £25 in 2025. Ooh, la.
Found this cave painting by Keith Haring’s tribal ancestors
November 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Found this cave painting by Keith Haring’s tribal ancestors
Going through some old snaps - found this lovely one from The Clissold Arms, which as all good Kinks fans will know, is over the road from where the Davies' boys grew up & played their first gig. They've a fair bit of old Kinks stuff in there, well worth a visit for those who celebrate.
November 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Going through some old snaps - found this lovely one from The Clissold Arms, which as all good Kinks fans will know, is over the road from where the Davies' boys grew up & played their first gig. They've a fair bit of old Kinks stuff in there, well worth a visit for those who celebrate.
Somebody had to. It might as well be me.
November 11, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Somebody had to. It might as well be me.
Have often thought about this note left by Joe Strummer to Mick Jones. Wonder what the argument was about?
November 10, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Have often thought about this note left by Joe Strummer to Mick Jones. Wonder what the argument was about?
Pop(py) music: not too late, hopefully for #weekendsingles
November 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Pop(py) music: not too late, hopefully for #weekendsingles
I took this pic of our lovely Syd (left) and Nancy. It’s now been 71 days since we lost Nancy, who went 80 days after Syd. They are still in every corner of my eye. It’s an extraordinary connection we make with these things that cannot speak, or at least in vowels and consonants.
November 9, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I took this pic of our lovely Syd (left) and Nancy. It’s now been 71 days since we lost Nancy, who went 80 days after Syd. They are still in every corner of my eye. It’s an extraordinary connection we make with these things that cannot speak, or at least in vowels and consonants.
Always worth flagging up Stewart Lee’s imminent arrival
November 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Always worth flagging up Stewart Lee’s imminent arrival
Just spotted this graffito above what used to be PC World in Kingston. It reads: ‘Not my beautiful house’
November 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Just spotted this graffito above what used to be PC World in Kingston. It reads: ‘Not my beautiful house’
Found a 1976 copy of this corker at home. Always a great read around Christmas.
November 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Found a 1976 copy of this corker at home. Always a great read around Christmas.
Still trying to unravel this
November 4, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Still trying to unravel this
‘Would you like to come in?’
November 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
‘Would you like to come in?’
Finally catching up with this fine documentary on Power, Corruption and Lies I recorded nearly two years ago.
Here’s a very excited young Bernard talking about synths
Here’s a very excited young Bernard talking about synths
November 2, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Finally catching up with this fine documentary on Power, Corruption and Lies I recorded nearly two years ago.
Here’s a very excited young Bernard talking about synths
Here’s a very excited young Bernard talking about synths
That’s what I call a low sun
November 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
That’s what I call a low sun
I’m Spartacus 3.0
October 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I’m Spartacus 3.0
The apostrophe people think you need in CDs and DVDs weirdly never applies to books’s
October 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The apostrophe people think you need in CDs and DVDs weirdly never applies to books’s
I think about lyrics far more than I used to. At 57, I’m not sure anyone is summing things up any more succinctly than Robyn Hitchcock, who has always made a habit of it. Here’s the opening verse of 1974…
October 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I think about lyrics far more than I used to. At 57, I’m not sure anyone is summing things up any more succinctly than Robyn Hitchcock, who has always made a habit of it. Here’s the opening verse of 1974…
That time my daughter and Nancy put their talents together to make a new Charles II
October 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
That time my daughter and Nancy put their talents together to make a new Charles II
A rather excellent Friday night in the company of the honey-tinged vocal stylings of Amelia Coburn at that Royal Albert Hall they have now. Who doesn’t need a bit of folk goth to kick off the weekend?
October 24, 2025 at 10:50 PM
A rather excellent Friday night in the company of the honey-tinged vocal stylings of Amelia Coburn at that Royal Albert Hall they have now. Who doesn’t need a bit of folk goth to kick off the weekend?