Excellent new music from Old Mercia - recommended! open.spotify.com/album/1sxGbV...

Am late to this but sisterswithtransistors.com is a wonderful inspirational film

A Thousand Feasts by @nigelslater.bsky.social is a mesmerising delight - like Sei Shonagan’s The Pillow Book with more cooking but the same joy at fresh snow and beautiful gardens. Recommended

Wilko: Love and Death and Rock n Roll @swkplay.bsky.social is a total delight - recommended!

Clemency Burton-Hill is magnificently brave in the impressive My Brain: After The Rupture on @bbc and @bbciplayer superb and important. Bravo!

Mussolini: son of the century is superb- and very timely. Directed by Joe Wright for Sky

#RyeLane film is a delight!

Love this by John Atkinson

If you’re struggling to write a poem for a loved one for Valentine’s Day, take heart: even the great poets had to start somewhere.

Uproar- a magnificent trawl through gossipy political satire and scandal - the memes of Georgian England - by @historyalice.bsky.social is a total delight! Recommended

Joanna Page’s Wild Life on #bbc2 #iplayer is absolutely wonderful! Balm for the soul

If you're up early tomorrow morning for some reason, this is your reminder that the UK has a brilliant pass of the International Space Station, which passes overhead about 6.07am (check timings for where you are at heavens-above.com). Worth pointing out to anyone small who has woken you up...

Medieval Horizons, Why The Middle Ages Matter by @ianmortimer.bsky.social is fascinating, important and a great read - very quotable - we stand on the shoulders of medieval giants

#WolfHall soundtrack is ethereal magical superb

#WolfHall was magnificent

Happy 45th birthday to London Calling. Released by The Clash on this day in 1979 ▶️ open.spotify.com/album/6FCzva...

Strong Message Here by @aiannucci.bsky.social and @helenlewis.bsky.social on #bbcradio4 #bbcsounds is superb

Word of the Day is a true favourite, as some of you will know. Apricity (17th century) is the warmth of the sun on a winter’s day.

Kentish hops. Real ale IKEA style

Some fabulous art will be here - 61 Lower Pantiles 29 Nov- 8 Dec