The great and the good, and me, at the U.K. launch of Piers Hemmingsen’s second volume of ‘The #Beatles In Canada’. I genuinely cannot recommend these two volumes highly enough.

'The Beatles In Canada - The Evolution 1964-1970' (Audio Companion Disc For The Book) [2025] is my disc of the day. Here's a recent interview with the author Piers Hemmingsen: youtu.be/JrRjpBx-Vxw?... #thebeatles

You know what? Let’s not fact check the idiots who think Ayatollah Khameini, the Iranian supreme leader killed today, was the same guy as Ayatollah Khomeini, who led the Islamic Revolution in 1979. Let them believe he was 124 years old. In fact, persuade them he was kept alive as a head in a jar.

Well, as everyone else is doing it …

This is my lovely friend Matt in concert tonight in Rathfriland. He's an amazing songwriter not afraid to talk about genocide and the horrors of this world.

In 2020, Matt recorded this album, working with songwriters from Ireland, Palestine and Sierra Leone. It's powerful without feeling heavy-handed. Feels like we should listen to this tonight.

I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

After a US-Israeli strike on a girls’ elementary school in Minab, Iran, rescuers dug through the rubble for survivors. The death toll is still rising, with more than 80 confirmed dead so far.

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Only A Northern Song has often been dismissed as insubstantial (see below) but in this illuminating analysis, @stevenc63.bsky.social reveals hidden depths and provides many new insights. Have a listen!

Remembering BRIAN JONES — born 84yrs ago today.

As a professional military strategist, I just wanted to make sure everyone has a full understanding of the American strategy in Iran, thank you for your attention to this matter

The #Beatles, New York, Peppermint Lounge, February 9 1964

This should be a front-page scandal.

@stevenc63.bsky.social @beatlespod.bsky.social new evidence has emerged...

literally peak. stanley tucci is amazing.

About a decade ago I found a website for BOLLOCK ENTERPRISES - a US kitchen worktops company, hence their website bollocktops.com - which caused much amusement to everyone in the UK I showed it to. Anyway, went to look again and FOR SOME REASON they now geo-block access from the UK

tragically his sister has been convicted in the court of public opinion - wait a moment, I'm getting a note that it was a regular court.

Wow! Incredible new insights into the many deep layers of Only A Northern Song from @stevenc63.bsky.social . The meaning of those chaotic trumpets at last! Also Steven's views about where the Beatles brand is going in the 2020s. An absolutely outstanding episode. Don't miss it! #Beatles

Enjoyed this episode very much. Always great to hear @stevenc63.bsky.social Obviously this was done to mark one year since he came on the Beatles Walking Tour in Liverpool with me!

This was fun to do, and genuinely made me re-think my opinion on an often overlooked song. Repost far and wide!

New episode! Nothing is Real's @stevenc63.bsky.social joins Tim to unpack George Harrison’s Only a Northern Song; publishing woes, psychedelic chaos and the Beatles' first meta-commentary. Listen now on all podcast platforms: www.buzzsprout.com/1820033/epis... #beatles #thebeatles #beatlesforever

For anyone like me who assumed John Davidson's interview with Variety would be pauwalled, it's not, and it's worth reading! variety.com/2026/film/aw...

There's a great podcast on BBC Sounds, part of a bigger series called... Steven Cockcroft and Jason Carty @stevenc63.bsky.social & @jasoncarty.bsky.social Get it at www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

Finishing touches today, indoors. Might put this painting of Anerley Hill up for sale tomorrow maybe.

In case you're not aware, there's a Wayne Shorter doc on Amazon Prime. It came out in 2023 and it's fantastic

Revenge is a Granita dish best served cold.

Incredibly, this is not a parody.

Owl Dances along to Mexican Gospel choir (also would definitely buy an album of this music) youtube.com/shorts/KT704...

The 18-year-old, who's a U.S. citizen, has been living alone in his family home since Feb. 4, 2025. That's when immigration authorities removed his five siblings from the United States — four of whom are U.S. citizens, including his 11-year-old sister — (cont.) www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

I know I keep banging on about my designs but it’s not easy being a small business at the moment. Take a look at my wares and please repost. gailmyerscough.co.uk Thanks!

Good. Next case, please.

24 February 1962 The Beatles played at the YMCA on Birkenhead Road, Hoylake, Wirral (as seen in this ancient photo). They were paid £30 (at the time, vastly more than they were used to getting), an argument followed over how long they would play for and they were supposedly booed off stage

The greatest. Her Oeuvres Electroniques box set would be one of the things I would grab first if the house was burning down. RIP www.theguardian.com/music/2026/f...

John, Paul, George & Ringo.

Terrifying in its rapidity - it's taken just 27 years, 2 months and 3 days since scandal first broke.

A classic act.

Uncut's Album Of The Month

France blocks US ambassador’s access to officials after he fails to attend meeting

The Analog Africa label has spent 20 years bringing us African scream contests, cosmic sounds of Cape Verde, Brazilian western soundtracks and Beninese vodou, now @mojomagazine.bsky.social wants to know your pick of their releases. Hit me with the what and the why and let's make this definitive.

Jeez. This is awful. Well done Victoria Derbyshire for not letting it go #StudentLoansScandal

I've been through the desert on a

Kemi Badenoch crashes through the red flags. My SKETCH. thecritic.co.uk/inne...

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I've never seen this before, it's lovely - Michael Nesmith performing Propinquity on The David Frost Show in 1971.

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