Banishment to #Sandringham, in Norfolk, will give him some of the best bird watching opportunities he could hope for…https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/01/andrew-mountbatten-windsor-planned-to-meet-jeffrey-epstein-after-his-prison-release-emails-reveal

Happy Halloween! 

If this doesnt make you laugh you don’t have a funny bone…https://youtube.com/watch?v=NlMT-oEIQuo

This is where the jazz standard Autumn Leaves comes from… youtube.com/watch?v=R41h...

Sad to hear about Dave Ball. A somewhat overlooked but key figure of 80s pop. RIP www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...

Real inneresting #436 www.theguardian.com/education/20...

This is the news we’ve been waiting for…https://www.instagram.com/reel/DP0Z6fkiPpd/?igsh=MTR4Y2NkejUwcGRkNg==

Dead interesting, as one would say in Manchester…https://youtube.com/watch?v=VPkLUOfugjo

Legend! RIP www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

Beautiful poem from the late great Michael Longley and very poignant in light of recent developments…

Real inneresting #462 youtube.com/watch?v=Umc1...

The media is devoting a lot of words to this waste man. He will not be the next #Tory leader - they’ll go for a more ameliorative figure like Jeremy Hunt. Get your bets on now…https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/07/robert-jenrick-accused-of-fuelling-toxic-nationalism-with-birmingham-claims

Cheer yourself up with a bit of Beach Boys genius for a Sunday morning. To think that this masterpiece gets thrown away on countless TV adverts, usually in some brutally edited form…Sacrilege! youtube.com/watch?v=ofBy...

Another giant leaves “uz”. RIP Tony Harrison…https://martyncrucefix.com/2016/10/06/tony-harrisons-them-and-uz/

It seems that it’s easy to put #Bruno off when he’s taking penalties. Opponents know that now… #BREMUN

First time I saw these birds was in Egypt in 2011. Never thought I’d see them here…https://www.birdguides.com/news/massive-glossy-ibis-arrival-reaches-britain-and-ireland/

One of the all-time great bass players. RIP

Tens of thousands of pink footed geese arrive in Scotland after 800-mile journey | STV News share.google/ffy5rjQaBFSJ...

Disney is no longer associated with magic and innocence in the minds of millions now. There are mistakes - and there is catastrophic cowardice that changes your brand identity. Boycott Disney.

About time…https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/21/uk-recognises-palestine-as-an-independent-state

This is a properly interesting discussion about the supposed benefits of #Trump’s visit to the #UK…https://youtube.com/watch?v=fHsTw5qSFF4

That’s Disney+ cancelled in our house…https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c203n52x1y9o

What a sad piece of news. One of the cinema greats…https://www.theguardian.com/film/live/2025/sep/16/robert-redford-dies-tributes-cinema-hollywood-legend-latest-news-updates

Good Friday night viewing…https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p01m5wh5

I find this programme quite inspiring…https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/aug/31/channel-4-educating-yorkshire-review-the-joyful-return-of-this-school-show-is-just-the-blast-of-optimism-we-need

I could never find this, now here it is…https://open.spotify.com/track/2JkKcyAOm3PU2MMWHCr8eW?si=AJ99DNDOQ0ikVR9HmqJb3Q

700+ arrested. 70 charged with terrorism-related offenses for holding a placard. Amnesty International calls it for what it is: absurd and unlawful. We can't let this go unchallenged. Sign the letter: www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/end-...

Showing the endangered leader of an invaded country my hats

RIP Terence Stamp, Terry from Waterloo Sunset…https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/aug/17/terence-stamp-star-of-superman-films-dies-at-87

#Arsenal are a mixture of #Barcelona and the #Watford of old. #MNUARS

Real inneresting: how tin from Britain changed the ancient world…https://projectancienttin.wordpress.com/

Good luck at #Barca, Marcus…https://youtube.com/watch?v=LvME6mDoc_o

Real inneresting on the viability of air conditioning in the UK… www.newstatesman.com/environment/...

If #MUFC let #Garnacho go to #Chelsea that will be an act of criminal stupidity.

RIP Bob Andrews, member of the the great Brinsley Schwarz, producer extraordinaire and Graham Parker and the Rumour keyboard player, for whom he arranged this classic… youtube.com/watch?v=F0A-...

Real inneresting…https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/30/lionesses-england-women-football-euro-2025-hobbies-piano-lego

Great interview with Stevie Wonder…https://youtube.com/watch?v=WSjVcoSKL5s

The history of drum machines…#realinneresting youtube.com/watch?v=4d89...

Neil Young at Hyde Park yesterday. This is what it was like…https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jun/29/neil-young-at-glastonbury-review-ragged-glory-from-a-noisemaker-who-never-treads-the-easy-path

Tonight brings the first full moon of summer: the Hay Moon 🌕🌾 Named by Anglo-Saxons for the hay harvest, it’s also called the ‘Buck Moon’, a Native American name marking the time young deer bucks grow new antlers. Celts knew it as the Wyrt or Mead Moon, for herb gathering. Moonrise: 22:15*

If you need a lift, listen to this podcast. And if you don’t find it funny you can have your money back..,https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0lmn366?partner=uk.co.bbc

Check out my brother’s podcast, with musical excerpts by me…https://open.spotify.com/episode/1tNdoxTZ3jDOCsnuQ46CbB?si=S8SkzhonT1-_w37DruHwVw

Looks inneresting…https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n12/patricia-lockwood/arrayed-in-shining-scales

Lalo Schifrin, RIP…https://open.substack.com/pub/tedgioia/p/how-lalo-schifrin-composed-the-mission?r=1wf534a

Looking forward to delving into some of this material…#Ireland www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

I finally got around to watching the #Kneecap movie. It’s a bit like Slade In Flame meets Bobby Sands…

Some good news…https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/26/ash-trees-evolve-resistance-dieback-study

This is a terrible development for Manchester…

Midsummer…https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/gallery/2025/jun/21/2025-summer-solstice-at-stonehenge-in-pictures

New song by Ron Sexsmith. Celebrate! youtube.com/watch?v=7-JG...