Two peers suspended from House of Lords for breaking lobbying rules

Thanks to all who came last night to Wadsworth CC . A superbly crafted professional set from special guests @Plumhall which had audience singing before a simply magnificent performance from @ranagri.bsky.social

TONIGHT! with the wonderful band @ranagri.bsky.social and very special guests @plumhall.bsky.social So proud to be able to promote this bill at a small friendly venue. Looking forward to tremendous and busy musical evening (and #pieandpeas before the gig!)

On this week's show (221), I chat with (Katrina and Jamie) Gilmore & Roberts about A Winter Union That tour starts next week and you can find out more about it at awinterunion.com

Gilmore and Roberts and the other folk luminaries Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage and Jade Rhiannon arrive in West Yorkshire to play at #mytholmroyd #calderdale on Friday 5th December #culturedale #folk #roots #Christmas

It's only a month until A Winter Union play #Mytholmroyd Community Centre. It's going to be one of those wonderful pre-Christmas things events that fill you with a warm glow and festive feel. What a treat!?

West Yorkshire date for the A Winter Union on their Christmas Tour 5/12. #mytholmroyd Community Centre HX7 5AF #folkmusic #culturedale @wegottickets.bsky.social

So why does the BBC label the academic and economist Faiza Shaheen an "activist" but refuse to do the same for the former academic, turned anti-migrant activist Matt Goodwin?

Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.

Tomorrow near #hebdenbridge award winning acoustic music from multi award winners Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman #folk #singersongwriter

If it’s #Folk it’s #pieandpeas! How could anyone resist 😋 @elizamarshall.bsky.social

#OTD 1913 • An explosion at the Universal Colliery, Senghenydd, killed 439 miners and one rescuer ⛏️ www.library.wales/discover-lea... #Wales #History

Great Music Month today Sat 15th November 7.45 Doors 6.45 Wadsworth Community Centre HX7 8RY #hebdenbridge @ranagri.bsky.social + Plumhall #pieandpeas

2 weeks today Saturday 25th October award winning acoustic music duo play near #hebdenbridge

Thanks to independent for opportunities to promote This time @kathrynandsean.bsky.social at #hebdenbridge #livemusic text 07731661053 or via @wegottickets.bsky.social

I found some bluegrass in the middle of the woods in Central Park! This is the Rachel Herman Trio with "Blue Ridge Cabin Home" #nyc #newyorkcity #centralpark #livemusic

Gig TONIGHT with Phil Beer of @showofhands.bsky.social Albion Band etc etc #hebdenbridge #livemusic #folkmusic #blues #fiddle #slideguitar #pieandpeas Some tix on the door or via @wegottickets.bsky.social

Don't miss out on Phil Beer in just over a week at Wadsworth Community Centre in Old Town, #HebdenBridge. wegottickets.com/event/646596...

When the nights are in and great #Music, good company and pie, peas and a pint are what it takes to warm your cockles. Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman Saturday 25th October, 6.45pm doors for a 7.45pm start. Wadsworth Community Centre, Old Town, #HebdenBridge #Folk wegottickets.com/event/654804

We are so lucky in the #UpperCalderValley to have great #Music in so many special #Venues. Here's a festive show at #Mytholmroyd Community Centre from A Winter Union on 5th December, 2025 wegottickets.com/event/675102

Been listening to Maddie Morris CD after a recent gig Alongside most beautiful singing the sympathetic accompaniment adds a great deal

We're excited to announce a special #Christmas show with A Winter Union at Mytholmroyd Community Centre Nr #hebdenbridge 5.12.25 "Just fantastic" #Calderdale #folk @wegottickets.bsky.social

Huge congratulations to Martin Carthy for being nominated for the Mercury Music Prize! @comesingitplain.bsky.social @klofmag.com klofmag.com/2025/09/mart...

The multi-instrumentalist half of Show of Hands, member of Feast of Fiddles -o'ne of the most popular ambassadors for acoustic roots music. A dazzling instrumentalist, he is perhaps best known as a top flight fiddler’ also sings a bit at #hebdenbridge @wegottickets.bsky.social

Tonight at #shipley looking forward to double header with Hazjak and Pete Dilley at @topicfolk.bsky.social

Join us at a friendly small Pennine venue to see wonderful multi instrumentalist Phil Beer playing a solo show #hebdenbridge 3 weeks today @wegottickets.bsky.social @showofhands.bsky.social

Sowerby Bridge #rushbearing with the Rushcart, Brass Band, #morrisdancers and mummers #calderdale #Culturedale

If you’re running a grassroots space, now is the time to apply. This fund has already helped transform the live music landscape, so let’s make sure more of our grassroots can benefit.

That’s why we’re glad to see Arts Council England and DCMS reopen their Grassroots Music Fund. This is about securing the sustainability of the sector which is helping the grassroots industry develop talent, grow audiences, and keep music alive in local communities.

Great to receive a bespoke poster from @kathrynandsean.bsky.social for their 30th Anniversary tour stop in #westyorkshire gig #hebdenbridge @wegottickets.bsky.social

UK-MED medical aid for #Gaza Fundraiser at Wadsworth Community Centre HX7 8RY #hebdenbridge on Saturday 4th October #calderdale

UK-MED medical aid for #Gaza Fundraiser at Wadsworth Community Centre HX7 8RY #hebdenbridge on Saturday 4th October #calderdale

British baby dies from whooping cough as vaccination rates fall

Yesterday posters went up the Calder Valley for Phil Beer’s gig near #hebdenbridge #livemusic

Wonderful multi-instrumental, half of the West Countryʼs award winning acoustic duo, Show of Hands, with a great deal of material to draw on, proud to host Phil Beer at Wadsworth Community Centre #hebdenbridge #folk #blues #americana @wegottickets.bsky.social

This Sunday at Hebden Bridge Trades Club the remarkable Tim Dalling - performer, clowner, songwriter

Added extra tickets on line from our quota for this special evening near #hebdenbridge with the immense Ranagri and special guests Plumhall

Poem: Food Bank by Lorraine Mariner

Added special guests Plumhall to the Ranagri bill. 2025 Cropredy Live review. (Plumhall's) "songs are deep & thought provoking ....Michelle has the voice of an angel, she & Nick harmonise beautifully. Nick is a wizz on any type of guitar." #folk @wegottickets.bsky.social #acousticmusic #pie&peas

A great ambassador for folk and acoustic music is Phil Beer, formerly of Show of Hands. We're proud to welcome him to Wadsworth Community Centre #livemusic #hebdenbridge #folk #acousticmusic

Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death, largely by upgrading pedestrian and cycling infrastructure and reducing speed limits to 30kmph, via @semafor.com yle.fi/a/74-20174831

"Boycott Israel until the people of Gaza are given adequate food, water and aid. "We stand in solidarity with the resistance of Palestinian, Jewish and Israeli people to the genocidal policies of the current Israeli government.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Stewart Lee, stand-up comic, presents a new Radio 4 series What Happened to Counter-Culture? Heading this queue of disruptives are the Beats with Ginsberg christening this very production. Simon Warner reviews the show at Rock & the Beat Generation simonwarner.substack.com/p/radio-review…

‘They slaughtered us like animals’: the inside story of how one of the biggest atrocities of the Sudan war unfolded in Zamzam

2 months time 27/9 Phil Beer at Wadsworth Community Centre #hebdenbridge @wegottickets.bsky.social

Patreon is one of the best ways to support independent artists in these times. I am able to support my illustrator, videographer, engineer, and other independent creatives I collaborate with through this. From £3 p.m. that allows me all this, and much more. www.patreon.com/posts/132837...

The Wainsgate Weekender yesterday was excellent @jondoranmusic.bsky.social and Janice Burns gave a superb flawless performance stunning guitar work from Henry Parker and stirring passionate playing from Lewis Pugh

This is such a good article on British Universities www.economist.com/britain/2025... From The Economist, and has contradicted my lazy assumptions in so many ways. With contributions from @nickhillman.bsky.social Tom Richmond and others 1. They're expensive and well funded 1/