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@nwisser.bsky.social They arrived! Will DM you shortly but thank you so very much, they're lovely 🫂x

Blog post with a few photos taken at a really wonderful gig at Firebug, Leicester on Friday 12th September. christweedphoto.uk/2025/09/14/f...

The beautifully designed poster for last night's JJ Lovegrove Thank You Party gig at Firebug, Leicester. Suitably inspired by the cover of Penguin Classics book covers, as JJ's new album is inspired by the works of D.H. Lawrence. It was an amazing night & I'm now working through a few photos I took.

I'm not on twitter anymore, but this tweet from 2 years ago is sadly more accurate than ever

Why doesn't the Govt accept that public ownership of water is a matter of survival as well as national security?

I know phones can go MUCH louder than they did during the emergency alert because I hear cunts playing their little tiktok videos out loud on the tube every day.

New single out today johnserrano.bandcamp.com/track/granad... From upcoming album "Still Alive" Thanks for your support 💙 #jazz #flamenco #folk #MonochromeMotif

Farage leaving the ECHR would take away YOUR right to ... 🔥 A fair trial 🔥 Fair laws 🔥 Protection from execution 🔥 Protection from discrimination 🔥 Protection from torture 🔥 Protection from slavery 🔥 Freedom of speech 🔥 Freedom of lifestyle 🔥 Freedom to decide if you want or don't want children

One of my favourite heather views in the #peakdistrict, especially at sunset, when the light floods over the moors and makes every flower glow. Standing amid the huge boulders on the Iron Age hill fort of Carl Wark, you can look towards Over Owler Tor and lose yourself in a stunning sea of colour.

With @jjlovegrove.bsky.social at The Flapper, Birmingham last night. A hugely enjoyable set, one of a fab line-up of indie artists. Small music venues - you can’t beat them 👏🏻 JJ’s most recent digital EP/LP are on Bandcamp for “name your price”. You’d be daft not to listen! jjlovegrove.bandcamp.com

All this flag nonsense is ridiculous Grow up FFS

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August 21st, Sainsbury's Fosse Park, Leicester. Christmas apparently....

Parachute jumps for charity cost more to the NHS than they raise on average according to a 1999 study

Judi is getting closer to her target. Last push. Music now on 'pay what you want' & merch reduced. substack.com/@jjlovegrove...

Quite possibly my favourite ever PG track. ‘The Rhythm of the Heat’.

@nataliehaynes.bsky.social on the Library of Alexandria: ‘cherish your libraries … they are places that scare people who don’t want us to think for ourselves’. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... In the week I discussed book bans on Dros Ginio: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

And finally getting around to listening to ‘Live at WOMAD 1982’ from Gabriel. The gig photographer part of me absolutely adores this photo. It’s also a good reminder not to worry over much about grain & blowing highlights.

Love this song by Nick Waterhouse, just so chilled. The bass is sublime. Also love the album cover. I bought just the single track on Bandcamp, I should probably add the album to my wish list. ‘Late In The Garden’.

You know those cover versions that are considered to be actually better than the original? Yeah, this is one of those!

I’d like to echo everything Chris says here and if you’ve ever listened to any of @jjlovegrove.bsky.social songs, here’s a chance to support her new EP.

A short blog post in support of the hugely talented J.J. Lovegrove and her project to record her latest D.H. Lawrence inspired EP. christweedphoto.uk/2025/08/15/s...

🚨Thrilled to announce I’ll be playing this years Sonic Boom Festival in Burton-on-Trent 🚨 This one’s special ✨ A full town takeover of live music, with 50+ artists, 1 ticket & music spilling from back rooms, bars, libraries, market halls & lots of other unexpected corners across Burton..

Locked in a historic house…shoes off…ghosts in the floorboards…funding hill climbs… a cancelled tour & the most intimate demo I’ve ever shared 👩🏻‍🦳🖤 🎧 open.substack.com/pub/jjlovegr...

I had a wee visit to Avebury on Saturday, just a walk around the circle and down the avenue rather than an exploration of the wider landscape on this occasion. I think this one has always been my favourite stone over the 35 years of my visits.

PSA: Food banks shouldn’t need to exist in the UK. Let us explain why... 🧵

New YouGov polling. A monumental failure of our political class to educate, a monumental failure of our media to report fairly, for a generation

Over the coming weeks, I'm going to revisit the archive of the Mediaeval Mythbusting Blog. Here's where it all started, nearly 5 years ago, with a look at the evidence for Nottingham's oldest pub. Is it the Trip, Sal, or Bell? triskeleheritage.triskelepublishing.com/mediaeval-my...

Bluesky told me I needed to perform an age verification. Just did it using the facial scan option. It seems that I am an adult, at least in appearance.

Steve Reed missing the target, like Diana Ross at the 1994 World Cup. Tackling the Water Industry by changing the regulator, is like tackling foul play by changing the referee. Something as fundamental as water should not be an 'industry'. It should be a public service! www.gov.uk/government/n...

Remember all that fulminating in the billionaire press about "free speech" (ie their freedom to abuse Muslims, trans people etc with impunity)? Now that people are being arrested for speaking about an issue of the utmost gravity, the self-appointed guardians of liberty have fallen strangely silent.

Playing with radial masking in Lightroom on some of my gig photos. Ro Jordan at Soundhouse, #Leicester 24/03/2023. Ro just happened to stare right into my lens as I took this. I'm not sure if she was annoyed at me snapping away 🙃 Sorry, Ro! #LiveMusic

How is this ever a clause in an employment contract in 'The Land Of The Free'... or anywhere?

Yup, this is it economist.com/the-world-th... from The Economist

It's so important to support your local theatre, café, bookstore, bakery, and library. They are little corners of magic in a world full of chaos. Without them, a town loses a piece of its soul. Keeping them around not only saves them, but in many ways, also saves us.

Having 'a bit of a moment' during 'Things Only The Dark Knows'... I've had one of *my* GnTs (oh, two actually...) - so that's fine... jjlovegrove.com/album/things...

Never before have John Lennon’s words rung so true to me. Trouble is, religion, racism, xenophobia, and greed fuck it all up. We are all destined to ultimate failure until we realise this.

Welford Road Cemetery, #Leicester yesterday. This particular angel has fascinated me for decades. I think it's a hauntingly beautiful work of art.

Recently, I've been shooting in raw and jpeg with my X-T5, mainly to take advantage of in-camera cropping when shooting. I delete the jpegs after importing into Lightroom. Why has it only just occurred to me to utilise both SD card slots in the camera, with raw on one and jpeg on the other? 😱🤣

I was heading to a location to take a photo for a personal project that has been taking me way too long to complete. Playlist on shuffle in the car, and just as I arrived at the location, the song which was the inspiration for the photo came on. jjlovegrove.com/album/the-li...

When the principles af equality & diversity are under attack, I thought it would be a good time to study the subject. I am very proud of gaining my first academic certification since 1986. #TQUK #Equality #Diversity #HumanRights

MUST READ explainer from @ukandeu.bsky.social👇 Does the European Convention on #HumanRights REALLY stop foreign criminals being removed from the UK? 🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/explainers/d... #ECHR #ChickenNuggets

Join me on Substack. I’ll send you little letters with all the quiet thoughts & things before they become songs ✨ substack.com/@jjlovegrove...

Big clash: I'm on at Glasto at the same time as Rod. (It's OK, Rod, I don't think I'll be leeching the punters away from you. I'm on in the children's area: @kidzfield )

I’m back and ready to share a year of incredible adventures with you!! Do come and see me 1pm on Sunday as part of the Free University of Glastonbury at the Crow’s Nest by Park Stage! Can’t wait xxxx #glastonburyfestival @glastonbury.bsky.social

“Multiple analyses have now found that Google’s AI overviews have resulted in declines of 70 to 80 percent in the click-through rates to the web pages from which they derive their information. That’s 70 to 80 percent fewer visits to web pages”

Yeah, I *really* miss Duo too! Constantly nagging little git.

It’s Monochrome Monday why not check out the video for the new @john-serrano.bsky.social & yours truly’s single. youtu.be/_pDQcrz5Ea4?...