Indonesia is moving to ban LGBT+ content across digital platforms. Activists warn this will fuel harassment and arrests. Urge lawmakers to reject the Broadcasting Bill and defend free expression – censorship is not protection. a.allout.org/s/W7EXN/

Listen again to my River of Sound show on Resonance FM yesterday – from 1 hour in: www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/ri....

This coming Sunday, from 3pm-4pm, I'll be playing rivers music and reading from my London's Lost Rivers books on @resonancefm. It's part of River of Sound: 24 hours of experimental programming with the Totally Thames Festival. Really looking forward to this! www.resonancefm.com/programmes

A new law could give millions better rights at work, but corporate lobbyists & politicians are trying to gut it. Tell the Government: protect workers, not profits! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/uk...

Atomic Albion is here! Limited edition hardback and lovely paperback. Launching 22 Sept but already available from @strangeattractor.bsky.social

Edinburgh Fringe round-up: 15 shows all well worth seeing. At least three completely outstanding, including Ontoerend Goed's Thank You For Being Here, Hannah Moscovitch's Red Like Fruit, and Anemone Valcke & Verona Verbakel's The Ego. Thanks @edfringe.bsky.social! tombolton.co.uk/2025/08/24/e...

I won't stay silent while queer visibility is censored in Germany's parliament. Rainbow flags stand for dignity and human rights – not “circus.” 👉 Tell Klöckner: Stop the rainbow ban! a.allout.org/s/vQa4A/

The Atomic Albion book launch is officially happening on Monday 22 September @thesociallondon It's free, but you need to register. Come along if you're at a loose end in central London on a Monday night. thesocial.seetickets.com/event/atomic...

My new book, Atomic Albion, is now available for pre-order from Strange Attractor... and there's a limited edition hardback too which comes with a poster. Details of the September launch to come. strangeattractor.greedbag.com/buy/atomic-a...

West Ilsley car park on the Ridgeway, above Didcot.

My forthcoming book, Atomic Albion: Journeys Around Britain's Nuclear Power Stations has a cover, and I'm giving an online talk about what's inside. Expect deep time, nuclear priests and strange buildings. Tuesday 17 June, 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm, £6 - £10 thelasttuesdaysociety.org/event/atomic...

The Giuseppe Pennone show at the Serpentine Gallery is excellent - bronze trees, laurel leaf walls, piles of box leaves...

A thread of London documentaries currently on BBC iPlayer from the 1950s to 1990s. Well worth a look... (1/18) 🧵

Factory Floor, back together and blowing everyone away at Corsica Studios.

Lovely morning in Wendover at Real Magic Weekend talking to @joedunthorne.bsky.social about his remarkable book, Children of Radium. Lots more good stuff coming up tonight and tomorrow. @realmagicbooks.bsky.social @caughtbytheriver.bsky.social

We're up to 1994! Can you help us race past the awful era of 'Country Life' vs 'Roll With It' towards the glorious release of The Fall's Unutterable in 2000? Join tQ today!

The Quietus Mk II is a year old this week, and to mark this we're running a sale to offer over a third off our top tier subscriptions. My life is 100% less stressful thanks to the new site, but tQ will die without subscribers (as will most of the media 1/4) thequietus.com/news/the-qui...

Join us and authors @joedunthorne.bsky.social, @drtombolton.bsky.social & Rowe Irvin at the third annual @realmagicbooks.bsky.social Real Magic Weekend in Wendover at the end of the month. More info/tickets: www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/05/real...

First outing for Atomic Albion, due in June from @strangeattractor.bsky.social - talked nuclear power stations @caughtbytheriver.bsky.social lovely Day Out.

Gary Owen's adaptation of Ibsen's Ghosts @lyrichammersmith.bsky.social is an utterly gripping evening. Best theatre this year, so far? playsinternational.org.uk/ghosts-lyric...

Solidarity with all 🏳️‍⚧️ people today.

Well, I really like this. Folk music + electronics is often terrible, but Daniel McIntyre is a visionary and his new Lullahush album is great. thequietus.com/quietus-revi...

I'll be talking to Justin Hopper about my forthcoming book, Atomic Albion, at Caught by the River's Day Out - Sat 3 May. Really looking forward to this, the first outing for my travels around the UK's 16 nuclear power stations...! www.tickettailor.com/events/caugh...

My book, Low Country, is one of the vast library of works used my Meta without permission or payment.

I did something on the steady Europeanisation of the West End - you can roll your eyes at celebrity Ostermeiers and people fainting at The Years, but I feel like angry 2012 bloggers would simply refuse to believe any of this would have been possible without a bloody revolution

Love Quinquis!

I'm pleased to have played a small role in the unearthing of this Maltese psych monster - Hypogeum 68, by UFO67. Can a recording that no one knew existed even be called lost? Who cares! All that matters is Hypogeum 68! urthona.bandcamp.com/album/hypoge...

95 UK women murdered by men in 12 months 2,959 VAWG offences recorded daily Rape convictions: 2.7% And yet this IWD, Spotify are promoting content teaching men how to “pimp hoes”

Ex-Easter Island Head at the ICA - really special, and supported by Hyperdawn who are also very very good.

Ah, this had a big influence on me when it first came out, 20+ yrs ago. All killer, culminating in The Herald by Comus which is absolutely majestic.

What a joy it always is when @craigfortnam.bsky.social’s North Sea Radio Orchestra surface with their hard-to-classify steely delicacy youtu.be/fOaTVszhgYE Forthcoming album just announced

Frankenstein meets tech fantasy: Kandinsky's 'More Life' @royalcourttheatre.bsky.social tombolton.co.uk/category/the...

Currently appearing at UK bus-stops. More of this pointed ridicule, please.

This is the first confirmed event for my new book, 'Atomic Albion: Journeys Around Britain's Nuclear Power Stations', due out in May. I visited each of Britain's 16 nuclear power stations to discover how they are entwined with Britain's fitful dreaming. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/atomic-alb...

'‘Blood on My Blanket’ and ‘Wagon’ go full fugue, spinning layer upon layer of repetition and shift. They are ecstatic pieces. If any album can succeed in breaking through the veil, this is surely it.' #Moundabout - Goat Skull Table buff.ly/418486R

I think plenty of people now understand that Richard Dawson is a once-in-a-generation kind of talent, globally as well as locally, but even by his own standards End Of The Middle is a truly great LP, his best since Peasant IMHO, FWIW.

The End of the Middle - my piece for @thequietus.com on Richard Dawson's quietly devastating new album. thequietus.com/quietus-revi...

Bolted (Deconstructed) ∞ March 7th Beatless, improvised reworkings of each track from my album Bolted, raising money for food banks in Liverpool 🔩 🌱 Digital: forestswords.lnk.to/bolted-decon... 💿 Ltd edition CD + signed card: found.ee/forest-bc

Being a spell for passing between worlds: my review of Moundabout's Goat Skull Table. thequietus.com/quietus-revi...

Now, this will blast February away!

Needing inspiration from past activisms? Come hear me talk about the mud, dancing, and resistance of radical environmentalism + non-violent direct action in 1990s Britain, as part of the Historical Geographers Seminar Series (online), 18th Feb, 17.30 (London time). Book for a link

David Tennant and Cush Jumbo's @donmarwarehouse.bsky.social Macbeth at the cinema - a stunning production which works exceptionally well even without headphones. tombolton.co.uk/2025/02/06/m...

Oh no - this is the last thing we need. The Prince Charles is a cultural treasure, and must be saved.

'Bat Girls & Acid Boys: The Spontaneous Drawings of LeighBowery & Friends' - edited by Richard Torry & Jonny Trunk. Available late Feb. Look out for some of the images on show at the Tate Modern, London, as part of their forthcoming Leigh Bowery exhibition. strangeattractor.co.uk/shoppe/bat-g...

I co-run a 3 day 2 stage festival called Acid Horse, at the beautiful Barge Inn, Wilts, overlooked by genius loci, the Alton Barnes Chalk Horse. 2025 is on! May 23 - 25 ft. Matmos & Regis (see 🧵 for more) Email Acidhorsewilts at gmail dot com & cc John at the quietus dot com to find out more!

Teeth of the Sea at the ICA - such a goood band!

I loved Amy Jeptha's A Good House at the Royal Court Theatre: hilariously uncomfortable satire with some wild performances. tombolton.co.uk/2025/01/23/a...