This is exactly the kind of despicable scaremongering that Aseem Malhotra has made his modus operandi. Insinuations, hearsay, anti-vaxx, non-evidence-based, lurid, self-enriching, anti-scientific claptrap. Of course Reform UK lapped it up. 1/4

This perfect piano trio album is utterly gorgeous. It glows with positivity. Even the track Shadows is light and playful. It is exactly what I need in my world right now.

Coles Corner has a 20th anniversary edition out today. Remind yourself how good it is theafterword.co.uk/richard-hawl...

More Songs About Buildings And Food gets the full peel-back-the-curtain Super Deluxe treatment today. theafterword.co.uk/talking-head...

Greg is having a bad week and it's only Wednesday. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

This is tragic - please please vaccinate your children against measles! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... here is Indie SAGE report on preventable childhood diseases - including measles! Screenshot from report below. please share! independentsage.org/wp-content/u... 1/2

Artists with the most albums in my collection: Miles Davis John Coltrane Aretha Franklin Lee Perry King Tubby Marvin Gaye David Bowie Joni Mitchell Bob Dylan The Rolling Stones The Beatles Elvis Costello

Happy 40th birthday Cupid & Psyche 85 #ScrittiPolitti #Cupid&Psyche85 theafterword.co.uk/40-years-of-...

Keith Jarrett - New Vienna, released today, proved that the possibilities with solo piano are endless. #keithjarrett #solopiano theafterword.co.uk/keith-jarret...

There were only four "perfect"albums when I was sixteen! 😉

To escape the world, just listened to this episode on Ticket To Ride, The Beatles most pivotal recording, from The History Of Rock In 500 Songs. Marvellous. 500songs.com/podcast/epis...

The GP contract is out Part of the 7.2% increase needs to pay the NI ARRS counts as "core" 🙁 Keeping the online system open til 6:30 is risky. One day an urgent problem will be left overnight. We need to turn it off earlier to give us time to deal with everything www.england.nhs.uk/publication/...

Reposting this because I've added links to two podcasts, recorded by rank amateurs having fun. There are suprisingly few podcasts on Steely Dan #SteelyDan

Some interesting comments on The Afterword thread about the reissue of Steely Dan’s Katy Lied theafterword.co.uk/steely-can-k...

By the middle of December, only 37% of those eligible for a flu jab - including the over-65s, under- 17s, NHS workers, carers, pregnant women and people with long-term health conditions such as asthma and diabetes - had been vaccinated.

Repost with a cool song that's under two minutes youtu.be/8mOGY6dzVss?...

Benson on his morning backwards walk gathering sticks. His personal record is eight.

PFI is the worst mortgage ever. You pay eye-watering interest rates, are tied into extortionate maintenance costs and, at the end, you have to give the property back in the condition it was in originally.

Some thoughts on Laura Nyro's gargantuan, career-spanning CD box set, Hear My Song, released today. theafterword.co.uk/laura-nyro-h...