Ian McMillan
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I was a New Face of 1984 in Harper’s and Queen magazine
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. Early stroll soundtrack: beautiful morning music
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Soundwaves - A soothing soundtrack for quiet evenings - BBC Sounds
Fresh, imaginative music from the UK’s brightest creative talents.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002s4cl?partner=uk.co.bbc
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Fred and I wait outside the shop. I say it’s nice to see it getting lighter and he mishears and agrees that it’s breezy. He tells me he saw my sister in law walking past his house yesterday. The shopkeeper arrives and we carry the papers in.
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Yes I think so
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Morning Dave
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31 minutes ago
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Early stroll. The availability of birdsong. One day I’ll sit and count all those fallen leaves. Morning is opening across the sky. Curtained light from a bedroom window. A green watering can, almost invisible in a garden.
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Each unwritten word Sits in the long sharp pencil Like a sleeping song
about 2 hours ago
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The Book Vault
about 16 hours ago
We were pleased to meet and support
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as part of Barnsley last night. Here is Greg signing books for people after the event, we will have signed copies of all Greg's books available in store from tomorrow!
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. Evening stroll soundtrack: journeys in jazz presented by Alyn Shipton
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Jazz Record Requests - Ethiopia to Japan and beyond! - BBC Sounds
Alyn has music from across the globe including artists from Ethiopia, Japan, America.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002rt6v?partner=uk.co.bbc
about 11 hours ago
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about 12 hours ago
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Herb Tate
about 18 hours ago
sunday headlines a world of drama in the corner shop
#haiku
#senryu
#SenryuSunday
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Thank you Ken! Glad you enjoyed it!
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about 12 hours ago
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Jeremy Benson
about 12 hours ago
Late stroll. The spotlight moon is gently washed by lapping strips of fluffy cloud, their pastel greys on fading blue; then blanketcloud envelopes sky, & moon peers where it can, illuminates thick strands of fog above, a saddened patch of eye, which blinks, and then is gone.
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Glad you enjoyed the show!
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about 12 hours ago
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Afternoon stroll soundtrack: a fascinating discussion on authority
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Free Thinking - Authority - BBC Sounds
Anne McElvoy and guests discuss authority in politics, business, education and the family.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002rt1l?partner=uk.co.bbc
about 17 hours ago
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Afternoon stroll image: blossom time
about 17 hours ago
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about 20 hours ago
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. Late morning stroll soundtrack: more fantastic sonic experiments
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New Music Show - TECHNO-UTOPIA - BBC Sounds
Cutting-edge and experimental new music in live performance, plus interviews and features.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002rryy?partner=uk.co.bbc
about 20 hours ago
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I find it a bit strong. I like Lidl Assam.
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about 23 hours ago
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Yep
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about 23 hours ago
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Aye
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about 23 hours ago
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Pinch punch first of the month. I realise now I shouldn’t have tried that in the queue at the bus stop.
about 24 hours ago
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First cup of tea: now the room becomes a room with a view.
about 24 hours ago
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Loads
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about 24 hours ago
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Chris Lee
1 day ago
#MorningObservations
Mild. Mist encroaching. The miniature golden galaxy of a budding gorse. An orange truck carrying boulders uphill. Revving chainsaws. Felled pines. Piled logs. A cyclist with a Dali-esque moustache. The smell of fried bread...
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Working on a poem for me and ace artist Paul Digby’s Fish and Chips project.
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Miranda Keeling
2 days ago
The sun rises over Durham Cathedral. A man shouts, ‘Money for nothing!’ Two teenage boys eat steaming hot pasties. A little girl looks at me and shrugs. I walk past the old cinema and remember a film I watched there.
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early stroll soundtrack: such a great ear-stretching edition of The New Music Show! I’ll listen to more later.
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New Music Show - TECHNO-UTOPIA - BBC Sounds
Cutting-edge and experimental new music in live performance, plus interviews and features.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002rryy?partner=uk.co.bbc
1 day ago
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I am the only customer in the shop. The Sunday Bloke is sorting the papers out. There is the tiny drama of the till briefly not working. I notice how many kinds of gin there are.
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Margegardenlady
1 day ago
What's a blackbirds favourite breakfast? Tweetabix! Boom Boom!
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Early stroll. The horizon’s pale forehead. A sleeping taxi dreams of long distances, empty roads. That daffodil’s piece for solo yellow trumpet. A cat runs towards Tesco. A bike light on the hill teaches me about distance and perspective.
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Rehearsal and show Both at the very same time: That’s birdsong’s magic
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Looking forward to seeing Salena in Barnsley on Monday!
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Tom Jenks
3 days ago
Week 8 of documenting everything I lose and find in 2026.
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Jeremy Benson
1 day ago
Late stroll. A metal fence is a row of retrained giant paperclips. The sign light flickers and the word ‘bridge’ comes and goes, making metaphors swirl. Two sofas on a drive cling as they solemnly await their fate. An audience of hydrant signs watches on impassively.
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Nether night
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evening stroll soundtrack: a brilliant exploration of music in Chicago by Gilles Peterson
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Gilles Peterson - Winter in Chicago, with Gilles! - BBC Sounds
Gospel, jazz, and footwork: Gilles presents highlights from his recent trip to Chi-Town.
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Greg Jenner (Historian)
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I’m in Barnsley which has beautiful buildings, a charming social history museum, a lovely art gallery, and this very moving memorial to the tragic colliery explosion of 1866 that killed nearly 400 men and boys
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Making zines at the Civic. So much zine fun!
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Ian McFee
2 days ago
Just had to down tools to give my undivided attention to 'Just Friends' from the 'Charlie Parker With Strings' album played on Jools Holland's 'Earlier' show on Radio 3. Stunning improvisation melded with sympathetic orchestration. Highly recommended.
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Zine making!
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The first mention of the internet appears in Shakespeare. King Lear, Act Two, scene one: Lear: why, fie sir!
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Of course
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Wally Smith
2 days ago
First cup of tea: clarity of thought seeps in with each sip.
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Ha!
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First cup of tea: dipping my toe in the day’s lovely waters.
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