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Tom Robinson
@tomrobinson.com
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UK-based songwriter and broadcaster (b.1950). Rock Against Racism, Glad To Be LGBT+, Sometime DJ on BBC Radio 6 Music https://linktr.ee/tomrobinson
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Caption competition ?
November 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Oh no - the wooden mice are at the nuts again...
November 7, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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HEALTH UPDATE: see alt text on image for full text...
HEALTH UPDATE: In recent years I've had a low level version of a fairly common heart condition called Atrial Fibrillation (AF). I normally keep it controlled & safe with medication. Had a flare-up after last Tuesday's gig in Shoreham and had to go back to my GP in London for an ECG and to change the medication. Regrettably this meant cancelling our Norwich show on Wednesday, which will now be rescheduled to January. After some bed rest I was then able to play Cambridge, Nottingham and Sheffield this week with no further heart issues. I'm seeing a consultant on Monday with a view to sorting it out permanently ASAP, so all good! This all comes at the end of an 26 date tour at the age of 75 - playing to amazing audiences - many of whom have grown old with me. The response has been phenomenal, with a number of sell-out shows and standing ovations most nights. Thanks so much for your support in the last 50 years. We have just 4 shows left to play, including London's Camden Town on Thursday and a wild tour-end party at legendary Dorset venue The Exchange, in Sturminster Newton Do come and join us if you can! HEALTH UPDATE: In recent years I've had a low level version of a fairly common heart condition called Atrial Fibrillation (AF). I normally keep it controlled & safe with medication. Had a flare-up after last Tuesday's gig in Shoreham and had to go back to my GP in London for an ECG and to change the medication. Regrettably this meant cancelling our Norwich show on Wednesday, which will now be rescheduled to January. After some bed rest I was then able to play Cambridge, Nottingham and Sheffield this week with no further heart issues. I'm seeing a consultant on Monday with a view to sorting it out permanently ASAP, so all good! This all comes at the end of an 26 date tour at the age of 75 - playing to amazing audiences - many of whom have grown old with me. The response has been phenomenal, with a number of sell-out shows and standing ovations most nights. Thanks so much for your support in the last 50 years. We have just 4 shows left to play, including London's Camden Town on Thursday and a wild tour-end party at legendary Dorset venue The Exchange, in Sturminster Newton Do come and join us if you can! HEALTH UPDATE: In recent years I've had a low level version of a fairly common heart condition called Atrial Fibrillation (AF). I normally keep it controlled & safe with medication. Had a flare-up after last Tuesday's gig in Shoreham and had to go back to my GP in London for an ECG and to change the medication. Regrettably this meant cancelling our Norwich show on Wednesday, which will now be rescheduled to January. After some bed rest I was then able to play Cambridge, Nottingham and Sheffield this week with no further heart issues. I'm seeing a consultant on Monday with a view to sorting it out permanently ASAP, so all good! This all comes at the end of an 26 date tour at the age of 75 - playing to amazing audiences - many of whom have grown old with me. The response has been phenomenal, with a number of sell-out shows and standing ovations most nights. Thanks so much for your support in the last 50 years. We have just 4 shows left to play, including London's Camden Town on Thursday and a wild tour-end party at legendary Dorset venue The Exchange, in Sturminster Newton Do come and join us if you can! HEALTH UPDATE: In recent years I've had a low level version of a fairly common heart condition called Atrial Fibrillation (AF). I normally keep it controlled & safe with medication. Had a flare-up after last Tuesday's gig in Shoreham and had to go back to my GP in London for an ECG and to change the medication. Regrettably this meant cancelling our Norwich show on Wednesday, which will now be rescheduled to January. After some bed rest I was then able to play Cambridge, Nottingham and Sheffield this week with no further heart issues. I'm seeing a consultant on Monday with a view to sorting it out permanently ASAP, so all good! This all comes at the end of an 26 date tour at the age of 75 - playing to amazing audiences - many of whom have grown old with me. The response has been phenomenal, with a number of sell-out shows and standing ovations most nights. Thanks so much for your support in the last 50 years. We have just 4 shows left to play, including London's Camden Town on Thursday and a wild tour-end party at legendary Dorset venue The Exchange, in Sturminster Newton Do come and join us if you can!
November 2, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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October 29, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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From @privateeyenews.bsky.social No. 1661...
Dinosaur footprints in the foundations for a new road with traffic cones and a notice saying "newly laid concrete – keep off". A dinosaur supervisor clad in high viz safety gear is surveying them angrily. Caption: "oh, for fuck's sake!"
October 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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NORWICH has more churches per square mile than any other city north of the Alps, plus 2 cathedrals. Of its 31 surviving medieval church buildings 9 are still used for worship, while this Wed (Oct 29) we're playing at one of the remaining 22: #NorwichArtsCentre. Last few tickets at bit.ly/TR25Norwich
October 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Episode 4 in my season of shows for @amazingradiouk went out last Saturday: see Linktree in profile for <<REWIND>> link, see ALT text on image for full tracklist...
*BRODIE MILNER - Hedonist *SANS SOUCIS - Air *SNAKE EYES - No Cars *KIKI ANNETTE - Arrows *MILITARIE GUN - B.A.D.I.D.E.A *GWENNO - N.Y.C.A.W. *JHON ALLAN - Brother *PROUD MEGAN - This Will Pass *GOLDFISH DON'T BOUNCE - Poor Boy *STRAIGHT GIRL - Limon *BLINO - Growing Pains *BEKAH BOSSARD - More *GEORGE BLOOMFIELD - Just Don't Feel The Same *SCALER feat. ART SCHOOL GIRLFRIEND - Mirage *HOWLING BELLS - Unbroken *WALT'S FROZEN HEAD - Cancel The Haircut *RIA RUA - Its A Hit *MiiRACLES - Cry For Your Supper *NIA ARCHIVES & CLIPZ - Maia Maia *ANAMOE DRIVE - Walking The Cow *GABRIELLE SEY - Colourblind *GURRIERS - Erasure *YAZMIN LACEY - Wallpaper *JOE WINTER - It's True *DEATH SELLS - High Low *PAVEY ARK - Yesterday Is Done *HANNAH SCHNEIDER - Lighthouse *BRODIE MILNER - Drinking Martinis in the Olive Gardens Of Gethsemane *TEEN JESUS AND THE JEAN TEASERS - Mother *JOE HOLTAWAY & CHRISTA AWAD - Two Million Parts Take My Hand *CATALINA CARA - What a Feeling *PETER MARTIN - Hide and Speak *FRENCH EXCHANGE - Medication Nation *COURTING - The Twins 1969 *FRANKIE ARCHER - The Demon Lover *RAPHAEL DOYLE - I Come From Ireland *TENDAI RINOS MWANAKA - For Mberikwazvo Rendering *THE MAGPIES - Painted Pony *HAYLEY MORTON - Tea with Florence *LEO MKANYIA - Amani Peace *THE INTERN - Joe DiMaggio Dunks His Donuts *KOJEY RADICAL - After Winter *BENYAYER - Domiray *RHYDIAN DAFYDD - Make The Sign *LUCY KITCHEN - In My Corner *SKINNY PELEMBE - Oh Silly George *UMBRELLABOY - You've Been Here Before (feat NESSEN) *ZOOLOOK - Power Of The People (remix)
October 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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After a storming week in the North, this week my marathon UK tour with Adam Phillips and the amazing @seygabrielle takes us to the South and West of England... For full list of dates see profile link or tomrobinson.com/gigs
On tour this week with Gabrielle Sey... * Wed EXETER * Thu SALISBURY * Fri OXFORD * Sat DEAL tomrobinson.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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My daughter Ms Freshnet, on her first visit to Sydney, tells me that the white ibis is a major pest in the city, known locally as the "bin chicken" for its garbage extraction skills...
October 18, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Calling MANCHESTER, BUXTON & NOTTS! Last chance for our friends in the North to join Tom Robinson & Adam Phillips live in Bury with the amazing Gabrielle Sey this Saturday. There's also this Wed (15th) in Buxton - and at the end of the month we play one final E.Midlands show in Nottingham on 31st.
October 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Cheers Alan - we did, thanks ! Feel free to drop me a line if any of the rest are closer and you fancy coming. We can usually smuggle in a guest or two even on the sellout shows
October 10, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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LEICESTER TONIGHT: Dear BlueSky chums we have a couple of spare tickets on our guest list for tonight's show at The Y Theatre with #GabrielleSey. If you live locally and fancy a night out, drop me a line via tom(at)tomrobinson(dot)com and I'll add your name +1 to the list :-)
October 8, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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CALLING THE WEST COUNTRY: my 50th Anniversary UK Tour kicks off this week in LIVERPOOL BRISTOL, CARDIFF and PLYMOUTH. Less than 20 tickets left now for Liverpool, Cardiff's sold out. But you can still catch us in Brizzle on Thur and Plymouth this Sat - see link in biog for list of all 27 dates...
September 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Our house has an infestation of wooden mice... 🤷‍♀️🐁
September 28, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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Ah man, don't get me going with Bishop Brennan! Jim Norton's in a league of his own. His reading of Ulysses is my favourite audiobook performance of any work of literature I've ever heard anywhere. He creates 100% distinct voices for every single character, even walk-ons like the English soldiers.
September 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Agreed. And what a cast!
September 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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TONIGHT SAT 20 SEPT 2025 on @amazingradiouk - a brand new Tom Robinson Show from 9pm-midnight (UK time): see linktr.ee/tomrobinson for listening and rewind links. ALSO: TOM ROBINSON TOUR DATES AUtUMN 2025. Celebrating 50 years since debut LP release in 1975. Again, see linktr.ee/tomrobinson for info
September 20, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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The small island of Ortigia is the historical centre of the city of Syracuse in Sicily, established by Greek colonists in the 8th century BC it became the religious and political center of the city, with major temples, markets, and public buildings.
September 15, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Ti amo Giulia...
September 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Buongiorno Siracusa...
Narrow Mediterranean street dappled with sunshine, viewed from a small balcony with the sea at the end of the road.
September 11, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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This Saturday night from 9 pm to midnight the new Tom Robinson show launches on @amazingradio.com. For full tracklist see Alt Text on image...
OLIVER ANDERSON - The Ballad of Syd and Waz YAZMIN LACEY - Two Steps THE MICRO BAND - Magical Animals HARBOTTLE AND JONAS - Loki GUERILLA TOSS - Psychosis Is Just A Number THE INTERN, RAEDY, NOBODY's FACE - Gucci Adlib BENEFITS - Blame ZKELETONZ - Re-unite PAPA TOPO - Jácara, Zarabanda, Pavana BIG SPECIAL - God Save The Pony ARLO PARKS - Caroline THOMAS TRUAX - The Future is Leisure BILLY NOMATES - Plans TRUOMEGA - WDYLM? JAMES DEY - The Answering Stone ALICE OFFLEY - Don't You Mess With Me FALLE NIOKE - Say Say Say ADRIAN QUESADA - Primos ft. HERMANOS GUITIERREZ SQUID - The Hearth And Circle Round Fire GEMMA HAYES - Another Love WHITEHORSE - Red Riptide TOM A SMITH - I Don’t Want You To Have To Remember… GHOSTPOET - I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep KOKOROKO - Just Can't Wait D. SCOBIE - Supermarket Raceway DOMINIQUE ADAMS - Wood Eye PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING - Towards The Dawn TAURA LAMB - Cravings THOSE FUCKING SNOWFLAKES - Straight Pride Month RIZ AHMED - Where You From SLOW FICTION - When LUVCAT - Vicious Delicious ROXY GIRLS - Like A Buoy PATAWAWA - Strange THE GASLIGHT TROUBADOURS/THE MIRORIM - Choosing An Illusion KAMILEON - Karate Dojo METRONOMY - Contact High [Ft MIKI & FAUX REAL] NGEZI KA MASANGANA - Tjhagala Rodo JULIA HOLTER - In The Green Wild ONE WORLD ORCHESTRA - Sin Frontera SCALER - Broken Entry (Radio Edit) SALOMEA - Twirl Up TOM HOUSTON - Jimmy and the Mammoth THE NEW EVES - Cow Song BRIAN BILSTON - Alexa, What is There to Know About Love? MARRY WATERSON & DAVID A. JAYCOCK - Sing Me Into Your Tune SALIF KEITA - Chérie PEGGY SEEGER - Sit Down CHRIS WOOD - Spitfires ANNA MEREDITH - Sawbones TAKEDA - Sugar Mountain
September 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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I'm proud of England too. Here's some hi res flag artwork for anybody who wants to hoist it.
St George's flag with slogan "REFUGEES WELCOME HERE"
September 1, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Carspreading: when big cars make our cities smaller. SUVs have gone from 3% to 30% of existing cars in the past two decades. So obviously not everybody loathes the blooming things as much as I do. But if you do, and would like to read more blatant anti-SUV propaganda, see link in biog.
August 31, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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John Oliver on the famine in Gaza. Posted on Insta by #NevineElazeinab
August 31, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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BLACKOUT THE SYSTEM. Locally across the USA, Sept 16-18. Read how, why and more:
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August 23, 2025 at 9:38 AM