Got my ticket. Attending a Manics gig from my settee, wearing my PJs, snacks at hand will be new, and frankly very Nicky!!

Got stuck in a traffic queue due to roads works on the Ullswater road last week. Probably the only time I have been quite happy in such a situation. Perfect view. #nature

From a musical wizard, to wizards of another kind. About to dive into @rachelmorriswriter.bsky.social The Years of the Wizard. A magical weekend or #reading ahead🧙‍♂️

Really enjoyed #reading @alexlarman.bsky.social book Lazarus. A fabulous insight into late era Bowie.

A Waterfall of thanks to @sarahg1705.bsky.social for my vintage #Beatles birthday gift😍

Delicious Italian hot chocolate at my fave cafe @faerylandgrasmere.bsky.social

Lovely birthday haul from @samreadbookseller.bsky.social Many thanks for the 24hr order turn around for the Dylan book❤️

Petrol companies are not just profiteering. They are doing it whilst waving wads of £100 notes and baring their arses to drivers as the pull onto the forecourt. Cheapest place near me has gone up 6p litre unleaded since Friday night🤬

My Mam’s very first #mothersday gift was me, as I was born on the day itself. Miss her every day❤️

Highway of Diamonds: Black America Sings Bob Dylan arrived in post today. It’s ace!! #nowlistening

I’m all in favour on animals on #banknotes due to the slang opportunities it opens up. You could borrow a ‘badger’, lend an ‘owl’, donate a ‘squirrel’….

Reverend Jesse Jackson called on each of us to be heralds of change, to be messengers of hope; to step forward and say “Send me” wherever we have a chance to make an impact. How fortunate we were that Jesse Jackson answered that call. What a great debt we owe to him.

It’s all go round mine this morning.

Watched the Ch4 news whilst putting a sideboard together. Margo Marmalade just giving it the final quality check.

Can’t say I’ve ever looked forward to the Channel 4 news, so much…

Any excuse to whip this out. I annoyed whatshisface, the Wombles man on Twitter with this once. Penblwydd Hapus Yoko.

Was awoken by the proverbial smash, bang and wallop. The feline perpetrator claims to have been sleeping at the time🙀

Not able to go to see #Suede tonight at Newcastle City Hall due to being struck down by lurgy😿. Selling tickets at less than cost price: secure.ticketmaster.co.uk/rs/3E006316C...

Oooo James Dean Bradfield & Nicky Wire solo albums released on vinyl for Record Store Day. Exciting.

Is there also a GRAMMY for being the queen of the whole damn music business since 1953? Thank you. It belongs to Mavis Staples.

Highly entertaining evening at the #Newcastle City Hall with @sarahg1705.bsky.social and Elvana.

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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Currently #reading this and pondering how such a man of such intellect and compassion begat such ignorant f***wit of a namesake son.

#nowlistening to the Mahalia Jackson box set I picked up for 50p at charity shop

In 1980, Tyne Tees' magazine show for teens, CHECK IT OUT, gave kids in the North-East of England the lowdown on nuclear war. And it's a delight from start to finish. Future 'The Tube/Top of the Pops' producer Chris Cowey there, with the perm and mussie.

Fabulous read. Remains one of my favourite to programmes ever.

It’s more pink than blue sky this morning

10 years since we lost Bowie. Can we all agree that the world has gone to hell in a handcart since that day?

Whilst not one of my fave songs, I have always had a real soft spot for Bowie's Jazzin For Blue Jean short film. Remember watching it when it was premiered on TV, Chanel 4 I think. Really showed his very British humour: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXvA...

Just been out in #snow and #ice to go to local shop. Hiking boots, walking poles, full mini arctic explorer mode. Local postie was out on round, wearing shorts obviously!!!!

Watching Bowie: The Final Act. Enjoying the Bowie-ness of it, but God it's all over the bloody place.

Discovered today that #walking in #snow is a really good way to clean off the mud from #hiking boots!

Lovely article on the artistic riches immigration has brought into our society. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Crikey! Nipped into kitchen to make some soup and scones, returned to discover the Oompa Loompa president has knocked the insanity dial up to 11.

First trip of the year to #Durham Cathedral.

A fabulous evening. Can't believe how long ado it was though. I also remember the next day the stadium was host to Songs of Praise with Cliff Richard. Was rudely awakened that morning by a gaggle of CR fans outside our B&B loudly comparing their enormous number of Cliff badges.

Just been to put petrol in car and saw my first #easter egg display of season in garage🤬

Of the #books I have read this year these are my faves. Including @keithcameron2.bsky.social @johnharris1969.bsky.social @atahualpavasari.bsky.social JL Carr was a rediscovery in the lovely new Quince Tree Press edition. #booksofbluesky💙📚 #reading

Lovely cliff top #walk this morning. North Sea very choppy.

Here’s an interesting interpretation of RS Thomas’s ‘Christmas Eve’, by the Manic Street Preachers… #NoswylNadolig #Manics #RSThomas youtu.be/PtmnGvwRfV0?...

Right, cranberry sauce has been made, the Baileys poured and a seasonal Miss Marple is on telly…. Merry Christmas one and all

Note to shops: it’s crazy busy, with queues all around shops and out the door. So perhaps not the best time to try & persuade customers at the till to sign up to your loyalty card. Just sayin 👿 #xmasshopping

The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.

"Freeeeee!" A quite touching summation of the FAAB sessions. Lovely. youtu.be/-699G6yCZPY?...

#nowplaying this #folk gem I unearthed in my late aunt & uncle’s small vinyl collection.

Bought one of those heated clothes dryers. Sadly, John Lewis mucked up order and instead dispatched a 3 tier heated cat bed. #catsofbluesky

The unseasonal weather is causing havoc in the yard. My hyacinths are already peeking through.

45 years later I still clearly remember hearing the news on the radio, as I got ready for school, about John Lennon’s murder.11 year old me couldn’t comprehend it. I still can’t.

JOHN LENNON was taken from us 45yrs ago today, aged just 40. Every year on the anniversary of his death, the National Trust leave the bedroom light on in John’s childhood home, all night. Always missed, always loved.❤️