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

CALLING HALIFAX: if you know and care about legendary local venue Square Chapel please sign this petition to save and re-open it www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/sa...

BLACKOUT THE SYSTEM. Locally across the USA, Sept 16-18. Read how, why and more: blackoutthesystem.com

The 1978 TRB favourite "Long Hot Summer" played live by drummer Siân Monaghan with the current Tom Robinson Band in August 2025 youtu.be/gRkdY9P6jA8

From Private Eye No.1656 on newsstands now... HISTORIC PEACE DEAL Chamberlain rates Hitler meeting "Ten out of ten'. By Our Munich Staff Piers Inourtime (For transcript see alt text)

"Klanglich könnte man sagen, dass es den Ball aufnimmt, den Joy Division zwei Jahre zuvor fallen ließen, und ihn entschlossen über die eigene kreative Ziellinie trägt." Welchen deutschen Song Tom Robinson empfiehlt, hört ihr jetzt im Ein Song Reicht Newsletter: einsongreicht.de

Repost of #MiriamMargolyes from #BigIssueUK on #Gaza

TOM ROBINSON News Update Aug 2025 mailchi.mp/tomrobinson/... Health scare "only" a hernia Stonewall Riots documentary Hot Peaches in London 1976 TRB's new drum demon Siân 3 shows near LDN next week

Here's @natogreen.bsky.social on point as ever...

STONEWALL: THE RIOTS THAT TRIGGERED THE GAY REVOLUTION. In June 1969 a police raid on a Greenwich Village bar exploded into a night of violent protest. It was a watershed in LGBTQ+ history. 57 min BBC radio documentary hosted by Tom Robinson, first boradcast in 2019: soundcloud.com/tomrobinson/...

LISA KNAPP & GERRY DIVER ON TOUR Autumn 2025 in support of their brilliant duo album Hinterland. See linktr.ee/knappdivermu... for full info & box office URLs

Sutton Sound Lounge have invited TRB to perform at their open air funfest Folk In The Park on Sat 16 Aug at Manor Park, SM1 4AH (see bit.ly/TRB25Sutton) Headliner is legend Richard Thompson. His phenomenal solo sessions for my shows on @bbc6music.bsky.social were a highlight of my radio career.

As Stephen Yaxley Lennon's public profile continues to rise, so do the chances of this Graham Keyes cartoon coming true each time TRB goes out on tour...

The past is another country…

HIGH BUDGET REMAKE OF DAS BOOT starring Adam Phillips and Lee Forsyth Griffiths shot enirely on location backstage at The Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis last year. The Tom Robinson Band will be surfacing in Huddersfield & Bedford next week with @hensbens.bsky.social Full list: tomrobinson.com/gigs

The Tom Robinson Band make a long-awaited return visit to The Stroud Subscription Rooms on Friday 15 Aug with special guest Nick Parker & new drummer Siân Monaghan as part of our brief UK Summer tour. Tickets: bit.ly/TRB25Stroud Doors 7pm, Show starts 8pm. Full 2025 tour dates: tomrobinson.com/gigs

Best profile slogan of the month by a country mile comes courtesy of @derrickfromtexas.bsky.social : "OBEDIENCE IS FUTILE"

Diane Abbott faces an investigation for saying: "There must be a difference between racism which is about colour and other types of racism..." for full story see ALT text

*CALLING GRASSROOTS MUSIC MAKERS* Top tip: get an account at Amazing Radio. You don't have to be a 'new' or 'emerging' artist - or even based in UK. It only costs £3/mo for unlimited uploads & a chance to sell yr music to listeners. See alt text for full info & Linktree for signup URL

TRB HIT THE NORTH: Tom Robinson Band are playing a one-off show in W.Yorks this summer at Parish in HUDDERSFIELD on Thu 31 July. Opening the show are HENS BENS - Glasgow's answer to Devo - who make music in BLOCK CAPITALS and just released their debut album. Tickets available from bit.ly/TRB25Parish

CALLING CHROME USERS / AI HATERS How to turn off Google AI Overview results in Chrome, by @zensnapple on Reddit. This method works if you search from the URL bar at the top. But not from the main Google search box on your homepage. To view/copy/paste the text from this screenshot, see Alt Text.

Had a lovely visit to the toon last week for the #Generator awayday

@benefitstheband.bsky.social Hey Kingsley - remember this? www.bbc.co.uk/webarchive/h... T x

That time in July 2019 when @billybragg.bsky.social dropped by #NP6Music to be an on-air human jukebox for @bbc6music.bsky.social listeners... photo by @stokesie.bsky.social

The Coffer illusion: circles or rectangles ? Apparently people in UK & US see it mainly as rectangles, while people in rural Namibia typically saw it as containing circles. From yesterday's @theguardian.com

Time now for the Missing Words round…

Loving the #TransOnTrains thread on BlueSky

Stunning pic by @themadjeff.bsky.social - well worth following for outstanding #photography, BluChums...

Letter in today's @theguardian.com

Watching the river flow... South London's River Wandle quietly rippling past the busy thoroughfare of Garratt Lane.

Repost of an Insta repost (by David Holmes) of @mrjamesob.bsky.social commenting on the storm of media and political outrage over @bobvylanlyricaday.bsky.social. James seems to believe the actual daily mass killing of civilians is an even bigger outrage than anti-IDF sloganeering at Glasto.

Top 25 UK news publishers ranked. Looking at time spent with sites, UK-owned publishers are distant third-place in terms of total time spent online behind he US and China. pressgazette.co.uk/media-audien...

"We've got to give Farage a chance. He's coming across well. What options have we got? I know some of his family, I know his brother, and I quite like him." Photograph by Samir Hussein.

Oh amazing - have only just discovered that my sometime Twitter chum @wmarybeard.bsky.social came over here to BlueSky ages ago... Mrs Freshnet and I can warmly recommend the audiobook of SPQR - and, even better, Emperor Of Rome. Being read by Mary herself makes a major difference.

WANNA WATCH KNEECAP AT GLASTO? As @seanmason87.bsky.social says: I would hope the BBC's argument is "look, we didn't book them. Some people like them. Some don't. It's on iPlayer. Watch it or don't. Impartiality." But I'm watching it before it ends up getting taken down.

Somebody we know doesn't want to go for a walk...

@benefitstheband.bsky.social hey Kingsley - great to see you on here!! X

Revellers attending summer solstice celebrations during sunrise at Stonehenge last Saturday. Extraordinary photo by Jaimi Joy - featured in centre pages of today's @theguardian.com