"This is the one thing we didn't want to happen"

#OtD 27 Mar 1993 the Red Army Faction (aka the Baader-Meinhof group) blew up the Weiterstadt prison under construction after removing everyone from the premises, causing $93 million in damages. It was to be the group's last armed action. Learn more: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...

The biggest threat to free elections is the far right spitting out their dummies whenever the electorate show them the door. They do it every time, tantrum throwing twats.

NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT Out mid-October, 'Creative Journeys' published by Manchester University Press - a collection of interviews with artists, actors, writers and musicians. Check out the list of who's included and all the info here; davehaslam.substack.com/p/new-book-a...

In a restaurant in Prague and pleased to report that the exercise ring on my watch has just congratulated me on movement. I have literally just walked to the dessert trolley to choose tiramisu #result

NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT Out mid-October, 'Creative Journeys' published by Manchester University Press - a collection of interviews with artists, actors, writers and musicians. Check out the list of who's included and all the info here; davehaslam.substack.com/p/new-book-a...

Convincing case that Matt Goodwin used AI tools to write his book. spectator.com/article/did-...

Having cancer is neither brave or a fight. It is a cruel & unrelenting disease. You just have it. And your outcomes are because of the incredible medical treatments available. To state that someone bravely fought it implies that those that died were neither brave or fought hard enough. Stop this.

Can’t help feeling it’s the word ‘patriot’ that should be in inverted commas here, not ‘drunk’, Manchester Evening News. www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...

Once again, individual consumers are expected to change to save capitalism from its addiction to fossil fuels. It’s never the oligarchs or the governments that keep us hooked who are expected to change.

Dave Haslam, the doyen of the Manchester Music scene has a new book coming out. Spotted Kevin Rowland, Andy Weatherall, Barney, Jarvis and of course Terry 🖤 on the list of interviewees - sounds like its going to be great! davehaslam.substack.com/p/new-book-a...

NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT Out mid-October, 'Creative Journeys' published by Manchester University Press - a collection of interviews with artists, actors, writers and musicians. Check out the list of who's included and all the info here... davehaslam.substack.com/p/new-book-a...

We are delighted to be publishing Dave Haslam’s intimate collection of creative interviews, 'Creative journeys', this Autumn. Read the announcement on @davehaslam.bsky.social's Substack, or on @thebookseller.com now. Available to pre-order now from all good bookshops & online. #booksky

We are delighted to announce that we will publish @davehaslam.bsky.social's collection of creative interviews, 'Creative journeys', this Autumn. Read Dave's announcement below. #booksky

Seven months off but already looking forward to the new @davehaslam.bsky.social book in October open.substack.com/pub/davehasl...

NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT Out mid-October, 'Creative Journeys' published by Manchester University Press - a collection of interviews with artists, actors, writers and musicians. Check out the list of who's included and all the info here... davehaslam.substack.com/p/new-book-a...

Cringe inducing cheese mongering embarrassment this guy - #1 in the list of the worst things about Brit Pop, and it’s a long list.

French General Michel Yakovleff very unimpressed by Trump for begging Europe to get involved in his Iran War, He says that it would be like buying tickets for the Titanic after it hit the iceberg.

You may know many of the threads of this story, but Dave Haslam skilfully overlocks those loose threads and subtly stitches the fabric, weaving together two iconic figures of the north. Essential reading. Ian Curtis & David Hockney – the story of a connection open.substack.com/pub/davehasl...

fighting the institutional adoption of ai is slow and difficult. but as individuals, we can still largely opt out, at least from direct use. i sincerely believe that those who do so will find solidarity in creativity, imagination, and humanity. in intelligence.

If we made the green energy transition this war would be unthinkable and these authoritarians wouldn’t be in power — not in the US, not in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia, not in Russia. Hydrocarbons are killing our freedom and just plain killing us.

Trump to the UK, 6 March: "We don't need them any longer... We don't need people to join wars after we've already won!" Trump six days later: Publicly begs for the UK to send warships.

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How on earth was this company awarded any contracts by UK government and why on earth have they not been kicked out?

Guess the leather didn't run smooth on the passenger seat.

More detail - "Any form of sleep or rest throughout the night was impossible due to festival noise / loud techno singing / megaphone announcements"

More detail - "Any form of sleep or rest throughout the night was impossible due to festival noise / loud techno singing / megaphone announcements"

Morrissey isn't cancelling his show tonight in Valencia but it's cancelled. Or something...

Morrissey isn't cancelling his show tonight in Valencia but it's cancelled. Or something...

Our dependency on fossil fuels makes us vulnerable. Wars across the world are pushing up prices for households in the UK. Why keep waiting for the next crisis? We need to transition to clean power as fast as we can to protect people and our economy. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Go figure. 🫩

This is an absolutely huge jump in oil prices. It's also why Europe needs to get off fossil fuels asap (beyond climate change impact). We can't be beholden to this.

Oil prices wouldn't be all over the news today if more of our economy was powered by local, secure renewable energy. This isn't an "energy crisis". It's a fossil fuel crisis. 44% of UK electricity came from renewables in 2025. More of that plus an electrified economy => no more oil shocks.

These bastards love a chance to profiteer... "Oil companies are among the few risers on the FTSE 100 index this morning, with Shell (+1.7%) and BP (+1.4%) benefitting from the surge in crude prices"

Heaven’s on the back seat of my Cadillac.

Worth reading by @chriscurtis94.bsky.social. Abundantly clear to anyone that spends a cursory amount of time on public opinion that economic insecurity, exacerbated 10x by cost of living crisis is driving political force of our time, fuelling Labour’s woes chriscurtismk.substack.com/p/who-actual...

Dispelling an urban myth, @davehaslam.bsky.social determined some years ago that not *every* sale cost Factory Records!

Thanks to @davehaslam.bsky.social for reminding me that this hit the shops 45 years ago today www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vSs...

I cannot wait for the insights on this! He's going to: 1. Sample some local street food. 2. Ride a train. 3. Visit a temple. 4. Not mention the pogroms that the serving Prime Minister presided over. 5. Smile at some elephants. 6. Top up his kids' private school fees. 7. Say "India is changing".

NME, forty four years ago today 5th March 1982, front cover star the genius Martin Fry. 'Poison Arrow' had been released four weeks earlier (I still know all the words).

FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

NME, forty four years ago today 5th March 1982, front cover star the genius Martin Fry. 'Poison Arrow' had been released four weeks earlier (I still know all the words).

I’m struck by how every day the admin is like “whoever could have foreseen these consequences?!” when the consequences thus far — evacuations, the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, rise in gas prices, etc. — are all the literal most obvious consequences.

Another fantastic article. A great read!

When film maker Michael Winterbottom took camera crews into a specially built replica of the Haçienda to film the club scenes for '24 Hour Party People'. Friday 2nd March 2001.

The story of what happened 25 years ago today when 800 people went to a film set in a warehouse in Ancoats to film the Haçienda scenes for '24 Hour Party People'. It was freezing but amazing!!! open.substack.com/pub/davehasl...

The story of what happened 25 years ago today when 800 people went to a film set in a warehouse in Ancoats to film the Haçienda scenes for '24 Hour Party People'. It was freezing but amazing!!! open.substack.com/pub/davehasl...

Monday morning. Throw yourself around to this and you'll fly through the week. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpSO...

You see, war isn't *all* bad

It really is one of the greatest unforced errors I’ve ever seen in British politics - they have a huge majority and, from day one, have had a laser focus on squandering it though obsessing over people who will never vote for them, and spitting in the faces of those who might.