What are the chances? Sliding-doors moments in music history silentwordsspeakloudest.blogspot.com/2026/06/what...

As Mik Critchlow said when speaking about Tish Murtha “to photograph the tribe you have to be part of the tribe” and he wasn’t wrong.

Magnificent stuff. "Matt Bellamy, with his voice like Jeff Buckley accidentally sitting on a testicle." 👏

'I don't find anything I've done shocking': Lydia Lunch gives reliably good interview silentwordsspeakloudest.blogspot.com/2026/06/i-do...

The evolution of the beautiful game.

Two-fifths of news stories about net zero don't mention climate change. 🤯

'Sold down the river': Brexiteers feeling disillusioned and betrayed a decade on silentwordsspeakloudest.blogspot.com/2026/06/sold...

Many “gender critical” groups are funded by right-wing actors who are pushing legal attacks on abortion, drag queens in public, sex education, etc. This is why it’s painfully ridiculous that such groups claim they aim to protect women’s or gay rights — GC groups are fuelled by those opposed to both.

can’t believe a narcissist is being so publicly humiliated by a reflecting pool

We regret that our event on Extreme Heat: Improving governance and strengthening action around the world has been cancelled due to the red extreme heat warning issued by the UK Met Office. Our apologies to everyone who was planning to attend the event.

Anger is a (positive) energy: on documentary Gentle, Angry Women and the significance of the Greenham Common protest then and now silentwordsspeakloudest.blogspot.com/2026/06/ange...

FUCK

Keir Starmer resigns, as Andy Burnham confirms he will run to replace him as Labour leader and PM.

i think, if I tried to boil it down to a sentence, it'd be: "All politicians are hated by their opponents - but Starmer went out of his way to be hated by his supporters too."

Album review for Buzz: The Gods Laugh - Alison Cotton silentwordsspeakloudest.blogspot.com/2026/06/divi...

In the end, there were just a lot more human rights abuses than I was expecting from the human rights lawyer.

Rare red warning. Risk to life. Stay out of the sun. Avoid unnecessary exposure. Picture editor: "Counterpoint: Run the fun-on-the-beach shots?" We won't improve heat coverage until we stop illustrating public health emergencies with beach photos. www.independent.co.uk/weather/heat...

#NowPlaying thebesnardlakes.bandcamp.com/album/the-be...

This is objectively crazy isn't it? It's already been said repeatedly on here but *can you imagine* the news agenda if a Muslim man (or any non-white person for that matter) had roamed any UK street attacking people???

The shock of the new? Alexis Petridis digs around in the music press archives to qualify/correct a few myths about punk silentwordsspeakloudest.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-...

Pass the mic, pet: Mike D makes his UK solo debut in North Shields silentwordsspeakloudest.blogspot.com/2026/06/pass...

Micky Quinn's become a Chicago mobster, I see.

Friday youtu.be/ac_gYDm8ZoI?...

Congratulations to Andy Burnham for winning The Masked Singer.

As ever, a cracking annual day of volunteering at @caerheritage.bsky.social's Trelai Park archaeological dig yesterday. Weather was kind, and we got our hands dirty excavating the Bronze Age roundhouse floor. Thanks to all the gang!

Recommended - it's a nice little free-but-welcoming-donations museum we stumbled on last month. Staff were lovely. A reminder to check out more of the exhibits closer to home at St Fagans, though...

Album review for Buzz: In Grief or In Hope - Big Brave silentwordsspeakloudest.blogspot.com/2026/06/grie...

It was a pleasure talking to you @s-w-s-l.bsky.social - thanks for the incisive questions! And yes, huge credit to @workersgallery.bsky.social

Excellent and very fun book this from @wadeywade.bsky.social - a vital history, but written in a style that doffs a cap to Smash Hits in the period covered (which I very much enjoyed). So do yourself a favour and grab a copy.

Raised voices: I spoke to @myfanwytristram.bsky.social about her project/'documentary comic' Noisy Valley, which tells the protest stories of residents in and around the Rhondda silentwordsspeakloudest.blogspot.com/2026/06/rais...

RIP Mark Rothko. You would have loved how the hydrogen peroxide bleach is only turning the Reflecting Pool blue around the perimeter

Morning all. The corner of Little Ship Street, Belfast 1955. Photograph by Bert Hardy.

#NowPlaying The Gods Laugh - Alison Cotton alisoncotton-uk.bandcamp.com/track/i-am

Tuesday

Virtual insanity: on the social media ban for kids silentwordsspeakloudest.blogspot.com/2026/06/virt...

Reform’s latest idiotic, racist idea: imposing a tax on companies that hire foreign workers And the perfect person to introduce it. A corrupt, opportunistic, nasty little tosser. If you loathe Jenrick, you’ll love this… www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

#NowPlaying marisaanderson.bandcamp.com/album/cloud-...

'We are clamping down on the harm caused by social media. 'Read all about it on the Nazi pogrom deepfake abuse website'

This #RefugeeWeek, we stand #WithRefugees 🧡

Album review for Buzz: Snowdrop by Mono silentwordsspeakloudest.blogspot.com/2026/06/flow...

Today’s independent front page Brexit has been a disaster – it’s time the guilty men felt some shame

The three genders (nonbuynary)

Morning all. Dublin, 1963. Photograph by Koen Wessing.

Great thread. And sadly familiar.

New on the blog - fried chicken, cheese toasties and craft beer by the seaside at Kegbelly's #Penarth pop-up gourmetgorro.blogspot.com/2026/06/kegb...

#NowPlaying ... And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - s/t

Tyney dancers: @rosieniven.bsky.social tells the story of legendary Newcastle nightclub "the Boat" silentwordsspeakloudest.blogspot.com/2026/06/tyne...