When you spend the weekend telling everyone in the media that your going to have dinner with your BFF Donald at Mar-a-lago. Then you fly 4,450 miles only to find out that BFF is 72 miles away at Doral, Florida. And you were never invited by him anyway.

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Sunday. Man reading a book with sika deer, Nara Park, Mount Wakakusa, Japan : 1960’s. 📸 Hans Silvester.

The Rebellion! exhibition opens in June at Newcastle City Library and will be there for three months. It is an exploration of protest as an essential part of our cultural identity in the face of draconian anti-protest legislation.

45 years ago today, I nipped into Newcastle and bought this. Aged better than an expensive wine and still sounds like it was recorded tomorrow. Happy 45th birthday FAC.33

Mark E. Smith and Ian McCulloch of Echo & The Bunnymen backstage at Eric’s in Liverpool in 1978, photograph by Michael Finkle. It would have been Mark E Smith’s 69th birthday today. “When I’m dead and gone My vibrations will live on In vibes not vinyl through the years People will dance to my waves”

Happy Birthday @dojo007.bsky.social from me and Tina! Have a funkin’ top celebration day xx

Gothic Tuesday in the Suuunnshiine!! #easbyabbey #yorkshire

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David Bowie and Geoff MacCormack travelling the Transsiberian railroad, USSR, 1973

Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft. The Sound of Sunday being supplied by the Space Jam Glam Cops @3quatermass.bsky.social The post-rave sounds of a Glam Rock Joy Division with J.G.Ballard setting the controls to the heart of the cosmos, with a Disco Hawkwind grooving along. Slayed indeed!

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Massive thanks to Veterans for Veterans for taking time out today for visiting my auld man and the other ex-servicemen in Washington Lodge Care Home today. As the saying goes : “Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're worthless, but because they're priceless”.

Matt Goodwin pictured here,leaving Gorton and Denton with Nigel Farage.

I see The Green Party won the Gorton and Denton By-Election, beating The Monster Raving Loony Party. And The Monster Raving Loony Party.

Russell Brand's lawyer, probably : “Hey Russ, be sure not to dress like a sex pest carrying a Bible for your hearing” Russel Brand: ……

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In this day and age , it seems impossible to voice a controversial, debatable opinion on Social Media, without a significant backlash. However, sometimes the compulsion to put your voice out on a digital speakers corner can overwhelm. However: Hash Browns should never be on a fried breakfast.

Birthday Boys Happy 63rd Birthday King Monkey and Happy 76th Mr.Manchester “You either make money or make history “

Prince Andrew uses his one phone call to call Babestation.

Morning. Leonard Nimoy going down to Liverpool with The Bangles in 1984.

..in the middle of our street

“When you're younger, you can eat what you like, drink what you like, and still climb in to your 26-inch-waist trousers and zip them closed. Then you reach that age- 24, 25- your muscles give up, they wave a little white flag..” Carter USM 30 Something is now officially 35 years old ( Something).

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The final curtain falls for a movie legend. Robert Duvall’s journey from Boo Radley in 1962’s “To Kill a Mockingbird “ to 'The Apostle' defined seven decades of cinematic excellence. He brought an unmatched level of integrity and nuance to the screen. “Charlie don’t Surf”

Hello Manchester. Bar’s open!

Post an image you can hear

As it’s Peter Gabriel’s Birthday today , as well as his extensive back catalogue , he should be equally lauded for his exceptional Soundtrack work. His score’s for Scorsese’s groundbreaking “Last Temptation of Christ “ and Alan Parker’s magnificent “Birdy” released in 1984 are unique and ageless.

Bass, how low do you go? A few snaps of @peterhookthelight.bsky.social taken over the years. 70 years young today. Happy Birthday Sir.

Indeed

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Taxi Driver was released 50 years ago. This film literally changed everything and was so far ahead of its time in how it explored themes of alienation & radicalisation. Not to mention one of the best on-screen performances ever.

Morning 📸 Claude Gassian :: Mick Jagger in the Hotel de Crillon in Paris in 1985

Sunday

Good Morning.

Bar’s open!!

Nice introduction to Tish Murtha’s work, sadly the praise and acclaim was never realised while she was alive. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Television, and original Blondie bassist, Fred Smith, April 10, 1948–February 5, 2026. If your going to be in two bands, might as well be those two.

Give that man a …

In 1879, Joseph Wilson Swan demonstrated the first practically usable incandescent filament electric light bulb to 700 people at the Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne. #OnThisDay A wonderful place to visit.

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“I was having a quiet meal at Pizza Express in Woking, when I suddenly noticed a young woman choking on some Garlic bread. As I went to lay her down and clear her airways, my trousers accidentally fell down and my Mam give her 12 Million pounds”

Sunday. Marrvellous.

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The Saturday Bar is open!

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Nigel Farage arrived in Newcastle today for a special meeting and lunch at Hibou Blanc in High Bridge Street. Unfortunately for this restaurant, this won’t go well for their future in the business, it is already getting cancellations. We don't like catering to right wing extremists.

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