Anyone lost anything in Ludlow?

This is literally what the Telegraph campaigned for.

Happy Christmas everyone.

Happy Christmas everyone.

He's a Christian like I'm a poorly baked lemon curd pie circling Pluto

Sending love to everyone who finds the Christmas period an uphill climb. There are a hundred very valid and totally understandable reasons for this. Whether you reach out for help, or hunker down in your cave, good luck. We’ll get through this.

Sending love to everyone who finds the Christmas period an uphill climb. There are a hundred very valid and totally understandable reasons for this. Whether you reach out for help, or hunker down in your cave, good luck. We’ll get through this.

Britons poorer than they were in 2019, as living standards continue to fall news.sky.com/story/briton...

New from @mattcarr.substack.com open.substack.com/pub/mattcarr...

#OtD 21 Dec 1892 radical journalist and suffragist, Rebecca West, was born. She helped found the feminist journal, The Freewoman, and later worked with Emma Goldman to assist Spanish anti-fascist refugees stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9356...

V sensible for Labour to focus their entire policy strategy on the 8% of voters they’re losing to the right and permanently alienate the 29% they’re losing to the centre/left.

Jeffrey Epstein & David Walliams leading all the bulletins but Kemi Badenoch knows that only men from ‘different cultures’ pose a threat to women.

Nan Goldin, Johnny Marr, Emily Maitlis, Eve Babitz, and a night in Preston... davehaslam.substack.com/p/my-cultura...

Every time there's a breaking story about a celeb's treatment of women, everyone in the book world asks, "Is it finally Walliams?" Well, it finally is.

Funny animal videos no longer being trustworthy just fucking sucks all around. I love the wonder of animal behavior and what it says about the experience of being alive. It's because it happened in reality that it's so fun. It's not fun if it was just made up. There's no wonder there.

I’m increasingly uneasy about the flood of AI images on social media. They are mostly absurd and frustrating. They may sometimes be creative experiments, but the fact that so many users take them at face value says a lot about our collective loss of visual literacy. www.facebook.com/groups/ancie...

Ian Curtis on stage with Joy Division at the Bains Douches, Paris. 18th December #otd in 1979 #JoyDivision #IanCurtis Photo by Danny Dupic.

Fuck all of you saying "this is inevitable" or "it's here deal with it" or even "it's fine"/"it's not a big deal". Be antihuman on your own time. This is a moveable needle. It's ruining lives (mine included already), ruining the environment, ruining art and creativity, isn't needed and isn't wanted.

Ian Curtis on stage with Joy Division at the Bains Douches, Paris. 18th December #otd in 1979 #JoyDivision #IanCurtis Photo by Danny Dupic.

My favourite single of the year is by Nutty Nys (I’ve linked to it in the article). Nan Goldin ‘This Will Not End Well’ my favourite exhibition…

My favourite single of the year is by Nutty Nys (I’ve linked to it in the article). Nan Goldin ‘This Will Not End Well’ my favourite exhibition…

davehaslam.substack.com/p/my-cultura... Books, music, films, etc etc.

davehaslam.substack.com/p/my-cultura... Books, music, films, etc etc.

Don Van Vliet aka Captain Beefheart died #otd 17th Dec 2010. He's pictured outside the Bluecoat gallery in Liverpool at the opening of an exhibition of his paintings in 1972. Beefheart's connection with Liverpool grew via his friendship with DJ/promoter Roger Eagle.

This is honestly so fucking weird. Why are all these people shilling for Russia. All these flag shagging loons. We really do need a proper investigation into this shit. It has to be money and we need to find out.

Don Van Vliet aka Captain Beefheart died #otd 17th Dec 2010. He's pictured outside the Bluecoat gallery in Liverpool at the opening of an exhibition of his paintings in 1972. Beefheart's connection with Liverpool grew via his friendship with DJ/promoter Roger Eagle.

Disco star, the great singer-songwriter Sylvester died 16th December #otd in 1988. He died from complications arising from the AIDS virus and left all future royalties from his work to San Francisco-based HIV/AIDS charities. Sylvester in his Ritz sweater on a plane, November 1971.

Sat down and read this fantastic little book from @confingopublishing.bsky.social this morning. Ranging from Jamaica to New York to Paris to Manchester and its near neighbour, the old industrial town of Stockport, this is an amazing tale of cultural connections. Almost flawless. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 💡📚 #booksky

Just a little something for U.S. Customs and Border Protection to read when they sweep my social media if I mistakenly get on a plane to the States…

Happy 70th birthday to the subject of the coolest cover shot in the history of rock n' roll. Paul Simonon, as photographed by Pennie Smith.

Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.

7News Australia reports that the hero who jumped and disarmed one of the terrorist shooters His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed A 43 year old married father of two He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland No experience with guns He was walking past He has two bullets in his arm

📸 @trustafox.bsky.social

Investigation by Andy Hughes, co-host of The Crime Agents and LBC crime correspondent, into whether a London police officer was operating a grooming gang in the capital. He speaks to @newsagents.bsky.social about his report, and the accusations of a cover up. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY5B...

Children queuing for soup at Manchester's Wood Street Mission, c.1900. Created 1869 and still in existence continuing to support struggling families and help children across Manchester and Salford. Donate here - www.woodstreetmission.org.uk/support-us/d...

Condolences to the US tourism industry on your imminent death, because no fucker is providing personal details of their entire family or a decade's worth of private and business email addresses just to get into your crappy banana republic

December 9th #otd in 1961 the first time the Beatles played in southern England. Billed as a Battle of the Bands. Representing Liverpool - the Beatles. Representing London - Ivor Jay & the Jaywalkers. I wonder who won? It must have been very close...

BREAKING: Bernie Sanders just now:

Heartworms at Band on the Wall last night was a brilliant gig, so much intensity and creativity. Audience were captivated. My recent interview with Heartworms here - davehaslam.substack.com/p/one-of-the...

Heartworms at Band on the Wall last night was a brilliant gig, so much intensity and creativity. Audience were captivated. My recent interview with Heartworms here - davehaslam.substack.com/p/one-of-the...

Attacking the Greens for not being keen on NATO doesn't strike so hard in an era where the President of the United States is setting fire to the NATO alliance in real time. We should have pivoted to a more European focused security model years ago and the next best time would be now.

More shenanigans captured by Martin Parr - Moss Side, 1972.

RIP Martin Parr. What an amazing body of work he leaves us. Always had a lot of fondness for his photo of the shenanigans one evening at the Union Hotel, Manchester. 1974.

December 7th 1938, newspaper report on the dissolution of Bette Davis’s marriage with Harmon “Oscar” Nelson. The stated reason for the divorce? The actress read too much. The report goes on to say: Harmon “usually just sat there while his wife read ‘to an unnecessary degree.”

We asked 100 people, should the Epstein files be released? Our survey said….

Very few St George’s flags around, not even rain soaked and miserable-looking. However, in Manchester earlier today a Che Guevara flag was flying.

Heartworms on stage in Japan. My new and exclusive interview with Heartworms here - davehaslam.substack.com/p/one-of-the...

Heartworms on stage in Japan. My new and exclusive interview with Heartworms here - davehaslam.substack.com/p/one-of-the...