I'm on an April video roll-here are my final ones. I went to Dublin at the end of April to see #TheBigStarQuintet a supergroup consisting of Norman Blake (who I'd seen 6 days prior!), Mike Mills, Chris Stamey, Jon Auer + Big Star's Jody Stephens. Here's Norman! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jsda...

The day after KNEECAP, I went to see #ButlerBlakeAndGrant at @cadoganhall.bsky.social . What a change! It was such a beautiful night and it was a perfect space for those harmonies to ring out over. The first song I recorded was 'Girl With a Little Black Number.' www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAJ6...

Belated video upload! @kneecapceol.bsky.social at Circuit in Kingston last month playing new songs the week before their new 'Fenian' came out. Good fun to see them in such a small sweaty space. My first video is 'Occupied Six': www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Bsx...

Superb blog from @thekingsfund.bsky.social, this time on the evidence base for better patient admin across NHS services. I've experienced some of this frustration but nowhere near what ppl w/ long term conditions may experience. Much learning from e-services www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

The deadline to register to vote for the 7 May elections is coming up! Get in there by 11:59pm on 20 April 2026 to vote on 7 May 2026. It's gonna be my first time voting in the UK! (In addition to working both at a polling station and counting the next day - phew!). www.gov.uk/register-to-...

Last week, #PetShopBoys played five nights of 'Obscure' shows - a collection of gigs for the fans - b-sides, album tracks and songs not played live. I was at night 1 at the #ElectricBallroom in Camden. I've got 5 videos from this special night. First, 'Jack the Lad': www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydmW...

Thoughtful blog fr @thekingsfund.bsky.social on slow policymaking. Relevant to my work: "Maybe we would now have a world class system for training strategic commissioners...skilled in assessing need and designing pathways across all services that support health." www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

Totally agree with this review from Laura Snapes at the @theguardian.com of last night's fabulous, intimate and *obscure #PetShopBoys show at Camden's Electric Ballroom. What a treat it was! www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...

I'll share my videos from my recent @suedehq.bsky.social 'Dancing With the Europeans' tour holiday across Spain & Switzerland. First was Seville in Spain for the band's gig at Cartuja Center CITE. I filmed 'We Are the Pigs' which includes 'HALLELUJAH's from Brett! 😄 www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQB5...

Love seeing this international women's day march in front of #MarinaCity as reported by Northwestern, my alma mater: @thedailynu.bsky.social @medillschool.bsky.social news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/watc...

I've 2 videos from @suedehq.bsky.social 's Paris show last Saturday. For some reason, one seems to be stuck uploading to YouTube so I'll start with this one, which was later in the set. It's the debut album classic SO YOUNG. Sing along! youtube.com/watch?v=DLT3DeaHoGo&feature=youtu.be

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!