"Christmas morning was always tense at the Schrödingers" Cartoon by Viluissimo - from the current Xmas issue of @priveteye.bsky.social

So very sorry to hear of Chris Rea's passing. A fine artist & genuinely big-hearted human being. We first met in 1974 when he and my first band were managed by Teesside legend John McCoy. By 1994 Chris was an international star but played on my album Love Over Rage as a favour for a penniless mate.

For anyone in need of a daft three minute chuckle this weekend, here's Spike Milligan youtu.be/p-IU-NQ8c14

"Let me just get some proof of delivery"... cartoon by Martin Ross from @privateeyenews.bsky.social No.1665 - on newsstands now. An annual Private Eye subscription is £48 quid for 26 issues. www.subsonline.co.uk

Albums of the Year hear tracks from exceptional albums of 2025 BBC 6 Music Sunday 6-8pm www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Together for Palestine’s charity single LULLABY is out today 12th December. Let’s make compassion this year’s real winner and get Christmas #1 for Gaza’s children. Buying from Bandcamp will count towards the chart & pass on the maximum of your money: togetherforpalestine.bandcamp.com/album/lullaby

From the latest @privateeyenews.bsky.social cartoon by Dink: "Latest UK espionage report from LinkedIn: Colin Watkins has Mandy from Accounts in the Secret Santa".

Episode 6 of the Tom Robinson Show on @amazingradio.com went out on Sat 6 Dec 2025 at 9pm. Rewind/Listen Again link: amazingradio.com/shows/the-to.... For full tracklist see Alt Text on picture...

#TheRebelBear Instagram has even better pics of the new bronze pigeon atop The Duke www.instagram.com/p/DRIL7HlDOBN/

HEALTH HEART & HERNIA UPDATES / GABRIELLE SEY / PAUL WELLER / MAIL ORDER CDs / NEW RADIO SHOW / SOLD OUT GIGS... All the news that's fit to print in the latest TR newsletter - now online at mailchi.mp/tomrobinson/...

Happy weekend everybody! If you would like to make it that little bit more joyful, do yourselves a favour and watch this video at least once: youtu.be/-tfH1nty62U

ARTISTS! BANDS! MUSIC FANS! Can you lend FOTN your ears & expertise this weekend to help some deserving artists find a wider audience? Please drop by the Listening Post & tell us your favourite tunes at freshonthenet.co.uk/batch591 Big love & warm thanks if you’re able to help x

UPDATE: finally got that hernia op last week. Now back home for rest & recovery for next 5 wks til Xmas. Then at the end of January it's back out on the road for 10 extra duo shows by popular demand. Winchester's sold out already, Cromer & Stourbridge going fast: full details at tomrobinson.com/gigs

The Tom Robinson Show returns to Amazing Radio tonight (Sat 22 Nov). Listen live from 9pm via amazingradio.com/onair or after broacast via Rewind link: amazingradio.com/shows/the-to...

THE SECRET LIFE OF THE FORD CORTINA on BBC iPlayer. [Full disclosure: a much younger, slightly camper version of me appears about 5 mins into this classic Arena film by the late great Nigel Finch...] www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford

"So we asked ourselves: how could we make the common bicycle heavier, more dangerous and, ultimately, reliant on electricity" From @privateeyenews.bsky.social No.1662 - on newsstands now.

To suggest that having lived a life so grim that even an English tribunal will grant you asylum, and to have somehow managed to get here at great risk to life, is a "golden ticket" is absolutely fucking contemptible. Shame on this so-called Labour Party.

This literally made me laugh out loud this morning www.instagram.com/reel/DRFLjdo...

"Surely the clearest indication of the BBC's fundamental truthfulness and integrity is the number of known liars who wish to destroy it." Isabella Stone Sheffield

Lest we forget.... youtu.be/lyZ_fQFwb4s

Caption competition ?

Oh no - the wooden mice are at the nuts again...

Tom Robinson, Adam Phillips & Gabrielle Sey playing Atmospherics: Listen To The Radio live on tour - video by Andy Simons youtu.be/w4auXmg1a94 Last 4 shows: Wed SOUTHAMPTON - The Brook Thu LONDON - Cecil Sharp House Fri BIRMINGHAM - MAC Sat STURMINSTER - Exchange See: tomrobinson.com/gigs

HEALTH UPDATE: see alt text on image for full text...

"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain." This James Baldwin quote is hitting harder than ever.

From @privateeyenews.bsky.social No. 1661...

MEGATON 📢 OUT NOW! Stick it on your favourite playlist… You can thank us later. #sleafordmods #megaton

NORWICH has more churches per square mile than any other city north of the Alps, plus 2 cathedrals. Of its 31 surviving medieval church buildings 9 are still used for worship, while this Wed (Oct 29) we're playing at one of the remaining 22: #NorwichArtsCentre. Last few tickets at bit.ly/TR25Norwich

Episode 4 in my season of shows for @amazingradiouk went out last Saturday: see Linktree in profile for <<REWIND>> link, see ALT text on image for full tracklist...

After a storming week in the North, this week my marathon UK tour with Adam Phillips and the amazing @seygabrielle takes us to the South and West of England... For full list of dates see profile link or tomrobinson.com/gigs

My daughter Ms Freshnet, on her first visit to Sydney, tells me that the white ibis is a major pest in the city, known locally as the "bin chicken" for its garbage extraction skills...

Calling MANCHESTER, BUXTON & NOTTS! Last chance for our friends in the North to join Tom Robinson & Adam Phillips live in Bury with the amazing Gabrielle Sey this Saturday. There's also this Wed (15th) in Buxton - and at the end of the month we play one final E.Midlands show in Nottingham on 31st.

LEICESTER TONIGHT: Dear BlueSky chums we have a couple of spare tickets on our guest list for tonight's show at The Y Theatre with #GabrielleSey. If you live locally and fancy a night out, drop me a line via tom(at)tomrobinson(dot)com and I'll add your name +1 to the list :-)

Yeah me too - nicely put @hollyhockcottage.bsky.social ...

CALLING THE WEST COUNTRY: my 50th Anniversary UK Tour kicks off this week in LIVERPOOL BRISTOL, CARDIFF and PLYMOUTH. Less than 20 tickets left now for Liverpool, Cardiff's sold out. But you can still catch us in Brizzle on Thur and Plymouth this Sat - see link in biog for list of all 27 dates...

Our house has an infestation of wooden mice... 🤷‍♀️🐁

Still cracks me up every time youtu.be/oBJ_PwpoIvs?...

TONIGHT SAT 20 SEPT 2025 on @amazingradiouk - a brand new Tom Robinson Show from 9pm-midnight (UK time): see linktr.ee/tomrobinson for listening and rewind links. ALSO: TOM ROBINSON TOUR DATES AUtUMN 2025. Celebrating 50 years since debut LP release in 1975. Again, see linktr.ee/tomrobinson for info

The small island of Ortigia is the historical centre of the city of Syracuse in Sicily, established by Greek colonists in the 8th century BC it became the religious and political center of the city, with major temples, markets, and public buildings.

Ti amo Giulia...

Buongiorno Siracusa...

TOM ROBINSON 50th ANNIVERSARY ACOUSTIC TOUR youtu.be/i2TEqdlr4YI?...

Update: 850+ people were arrested yesterday. UK continues to ignore pleas like these.

This Saturday night from 9 pm to midnight the new Tom Robinson show launches on @amazingradio.com. For full tracklist see Alt Text on image...

[Repost from @amazingradio.com] The Tom Robinson Show starts this Sat from 9pm on Amazing. Marking 50 years since his first LP release in 1975, and 40 since his presenting debut on the BBC World Service, we're delighted to welcome Tom Robinson to the Amazing platform amazingradio.com/shows/the-to...

I'm proud of England too. Here's some hi res flag artwork for anybody who wants to hoist it.

Carspreading: when big cars make our cities smaller. SUVs have gone from 3% to 30% of existing cars in the past two decades. So obviously not everybody loathes the blooming things as much as I do. But if you do, and would like to read more blatant anti-SUV propaganda, see link in biog.

John Oliver on the famine in Gaza. Posted on Insta by #NevineElazeinab