I've so enjoyed @thehorrors.co.uk hosting on 6 Music recently too! Pals hanging out, talking happily, generously but not intimidatingly about music. They're not showing off but spreading their love of bands and songs.

I've got my final videos from my last show on the @suedehq.bsky.social UK tour from the Cliffs Pavilion in Southend last Friday. The first video is of a full band 'Daddy's Speeding', only 1 of 2 Dog Man Stars they hadn't yet played on this tour: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr1L...

More @suedehq.bsky.social videos! These are from Tuesday's show at the Bath Forum. First up is the Antidepressants' joyful group song of unity, 'Dancing With the Europeans': www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPey...

Thank you @stringbeanjen.bsky.social They’re a band that have never disappointed live!

Suede and socialism! Too rare a combination. Fab review of a glorious night in York this month. Thank you, @susandarlington.bsky.social & Morning Star! morningstaronline.co.uk/article/sued...

I love local journalism! Reporting from @somersetlive.co.uk , a review of last night's gorgeous @suedehq.bsky.social show at the opulent art deco Bath Forum: www.somersetlive.co.uk/whats-on/gal...

This was SO beautiful, fragile and heart-bursting last night at the Bath Forum. 💞

What a thoughtful piece on @cypressmine.bsky.social in the @irishtimes.com . The inteview demonstrates their enduring depth and quality. And I love that they want to look forward! They've just released a fabulous album so yeah, let's do it, let's do it again...🎶🎸 www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...

And now 3 videos from the spellbinding 😉 @cypressmine.bsky.social at Crane Lane Theatre, the reason I went to Cork at the weekend. The first is a new song, 'Angler' off their shiny new album, 'Pulling All the Clouds Apart': www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg3A...

I've got 2 videos of the Cork band 'WITHOUT THE' (where are they online?) who supported @cypressmine.bsky.social at the Crane Lane Theatre in Cork on Saturday. A really fab, upbeat and fun band, also of yore but now back. Here they are with their song 'Louise': www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb4j...

What a Cork-tacular weekend! I'm starting to upload my @cypressmine.bsky.social videos. They're the reason I interrupted the Suede tour to fly over. I'll first share 3 videos from their in-store at Music Zone in the Cork 'burbs. First up is new song, 'Safe Highway': www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxva...

Something went awry with my @suedehq.bsky.social videos from York but I've fixed 'em now! So I've got 2 videos from the York Barbican and the first is the lush 'Sometimes I Feel I'll Float Away': www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERmI...

Suede @suedehq.bsky.social played the @yorkbarbican.bsky.social on Saturday. My first time in this venue made for a spectacular Suede show. I videoed 2 songs. The first is 'Sometimes I Feel I'll Float Away'. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDdF...

Went to York yesterday for my next @suedehq.bsky.social show. I love seeing gig reviews in local media. This is a lovely one from the @yorkshirepost.co.uk ! www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...

Gig #2 on the @suedehq.bsky.social UK tour was at G Live Guildford on Tuesday. I videoed 2 songs. The first is Bloodsports' 'Sabotage': www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrh3...

"...the room no longer being in Folkestone but now in ‘Suedeworld’. This immersion is expanded upon before songs, with Suedeworld being cruel and unforgiving. The remedy to this cynical and dystopian feeling? The hope that is laced in the songs that come after."🤩 www.kentonline.co.uk/whats-on/new...

What a woman! An inspiration. Let's continue her work. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

A fabulous @louderthanwar.bsky.social review of Saturday's @suedehq.bsky.social at @leascliffhall.bsky.social in Folkestone. (Note it was 'The 2 of Us' rather than 'The Wild Ones' that was played by Brett and Neil only). Onward to Guildford tomorrow! louderthanwar.com/suede-4/?fbc...

"The term ‘nanny state’ is rooted in gender stereotypes that cast care as weakness...Reframing the term...could help us see these interventions not as intrusions but as investments in collective wellbeing, a social contract of sorts." @thekingsfund.bsky.social www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

The @suedehq.bsky.social UK tour has begun! My first show of the tour was their first show too, at the @leascliffhall.bsky.social in Folkestone. A perfect location to start! I filmed 2 songs. The first is their show opener and that of 'Antidepressants - DISINTEGRATE! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov75...

Looking forward to hearing the new song 'Tribe' on the current @suedehq.bsky.social UK tour! Who knows, they might have even more surprises for us. www.nme.com/news/music/w...

Interview w/ @cypressmine.bsky.social by @learnandsing.bsky.social . Exciting times for this reformed band! I'm very much looking forward to seeing them in lovely Cork in mere weeks. 💚https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-41783129.html

Thoughtful blog by Lisa Hallgarten, a current volunteer with #AbortionTalk among a lot of other SRH work, on the recent death of Diane Munday and what we can do to carry her work forward. www.abortiontalk.com/post/reflect...

This looks superb! I've just ordered it. 💚

Important thread mixing humour with reminders to know your body, get it checked out, screen when you can.

Thoughtful analysis on the inequity of physical activity and government policy (or lack of): www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-..., @thekingsfund.bsky.social

Pure joy! 🌞

Rest in peace, English abortion rights activist Diane Munday, who's died at age 94 abortionrights.org.uk/press-releas...

My first gig of the new year was on Monday, seeing #BernardButler at @greennote.bsky.social Camden. It's BB's now annual new year celebration and I love it. I videoed 2 songs of his. The first is a new song! It may be called 'Love Song': www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdzG...

I'm selling my ticket for #BernardButler at The @greennote.bsky.social this Sunday as I'm going on Monday instead. Do share! www.twickets.live/app/block/36...

This made me smile. It must have been fun to make! ☺️

This is sweet. 🤓

On World AIDS Day, we honour those we’ve lost and recommit to ending new HIV transmissions. We’re making progress on our mission to reach zero new diagnoses by 2030, but there’s more to do. Test often, treat early, fight stigma, invest in prevention. bit.ly/3KzpR27 #WorldAIDSDay #HIVTesting

London continues to lead the way in preventing new HIV transmissions. Now to tackle stigma of the virus and people living with it. Let's do it, let's meet those 2030 goals in London and across the country. #WorldAIDSDay

I saw the season-perfect @theclientele.bsky.social at the cosy and intimate St Pancras Old Church on Wednesday and have 3 videos from the evening. The first is 'Bonfires on the Heath': www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiJs...

You're very welcome, Andrew! And welcome back to the fabulous Felt Tips, one of indiepop's finest social documentors accompanied by chiming guitars.

I've got some videos from my concert visit to the the O2 Bournemouth Academy last week. #MissKaninna opened the show and she was so fierce and fab! Here she is with her song, 'Mob Ties': www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK4K...

After seeing @kneecapceol.bsky.social again last night at O2 Bournemouth Academy, let's revisit the late @manchanmagan.bsky.social 's banjo + spoken word version of Kneecap's CEARTA in the Uptown neighbourhood in north Chicago, my 'second' hometown: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-4L...

Pleased to have played my part in getting this landmark legislation on the statute book!

This is good. Have had recent conversations about how the media names and frames perpetrators. www.wrc.org.uk/blog/can-we-...

Yes, we need a contraception campaign! Thank you, Naomi. @londonsexualhealth.bsky.social www.londonsexualhealth.org/news/2025/9/...

@thisisyourparty.bsky.social Hi there, if my nearest regional assembly (south London, but I think there should be a West London one!) is booked out, is there a waiting list I can join? Or should I take a risk and show as inevitably some people won't attend? Thank you.

Such a thrill to see @suedehq.bsky.social last night on Jools Holland. They kicked off the show with 'Dancing with the Europeans' and closed the show with 'Disintegrate'. I could sense how much Brett wanted to jump up on the monitors. He also asked the audience to "sing it!" during DwtE!

After a really powerful local meeting in Southall last week, I'm getting more excited. It's inspiring to start fresh. It was eye-opening to learn there that not even legendary activist Suresh Grover (active since the 70s) had joined a political party until now! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I've got 2 videos from Saturday's Robert @forsternet.bsky.social + his Swedish band show at @unionchapeluk.bsky.social. The first is 'I Love Myself (and I Always Have)': www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKoi...

This week at the Vagina Museum, the Reproductive Justice Initiative present a retrospective on decolonising contraception. An installation is on display, and you can join us for an evening conversation on Thursday www.outsavvy.com/event/29889/...

I've got 3 videos from last night, night 1 of @selfesteem.music-social.com 's Brixton Academy run. Such a powerful night of ferocious women and the best talent of this country. The first is the dark and weird @nadineshah.bsky.social who I always love seeing wail live. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe_y...

I do sign a lot of petitions. I admire those who take to the streets regularly. We must have the right to do so. -->😡 The Government wants to ban repeated protests & jail those who defy them. Stand up for our democratic right to protest - sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...

Time for a guidance and policy update, UK: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

The battle between my home state + my second home state I do not want realised: apnews.com/article/wisc...  Wisconsin Planned Parenthood pauses abortions amid federal Medicaid funding cut