'WITH THE FAR-RIGHT AGAIN ON THE RISE, THIS IS A SHOCKING & HIGHLY NECESSARY BOOK' Book of the Week! @yorkshirepost.co.uk @duncanseamanyp.bsky.social 15/11 MANCHESTER @lthanwordsfest.bsky.social Buy Now geni.us/ThisAintRock...

@whitelands.bsky.social are playing this Sat as part of Live At Leeds In The City. They gig at The Wardrobe, and I should specify that this is 6 St Peter’s Square, yes there are two Wardrobe venues in Leeds I discovered during another gig mix up. 😆 www.thewardrobe.co.uk/event/live-a...

Busy Busy! Getting there! #Louder2025 nearly set! You coming? 14-16 November @innsideuk #Manchester. UKs biggest Music Lit Fest. Peruse and choose events here: louderthanwordsfest.com/whats-on/

Happy official release day to vari/ations - Ode to Oram album @nonclsscl.bsky.social

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We are down to the last few copies of the Membranes 'What Nature Gives...Nature Takes Away' album vinyl/CD...buy now before we run out! membranes.bandcamp.com/album/what-n...

"The people who said we were miserable and boring had never been to a Smiths gig" - Mike Joyce talks to @yorkshirepost.co.uk about his memoir, The Drums www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...

It's Louder Than Words Festival this weekend. One almost constant at the festival is Funky Si. He's usually knocking about somewhere, bringing cheer. Here's a talk of his from the vaults. Si interviewed by Mike Bennett in 2016.

Some very exciting news! The Big Midweek - which follows ⁦‪@stephenhanley‬⁩6.bsky.social 19 years in The Fall is available to pre order from TODAY in Audiobook form! 💥 Narrated by Stewart Lee! Published on 26th November! 💥 www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Big-M... or www.amazon.co.uk/Big-Midweek-... !!

As the Yorkshire Post enquires, what is the point of Ofwat? When Yorkshire Water get away with paying greedy Nicola Shaw from a parent company, pretending this isn’t a replacement for the bonus she shouldn't get because of their appalling pollution record? 🤮 www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/environ...

"It just seemed to nicely encapsulate the whole album" - #Leeds band Green Gardens talk to @yorkshirepost.co.uk about their second album, Thistlesifting www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...

"If you tried to put Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry and David Gilmour together it might sound a little bit weird, but if you put The Orb with either of them you’ve got a result in both cases" - @theorblive.bsky.social talk to @yorkshirepost.co.uk www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...

What a way to spend a Sunday afternoon! Join Louder's great friends @rosieauthor & #RalphDartford for: THIS IS HOW I FIGHT: A celebration of writing. From novels to poetry to lyrics and more Sunday 16th November, 4pm, The Innsde Hotel All tickets: tinyurl.com/mryp2vcr

I do not understand the Labour government's reticence over defending the BBC and social media regulation. Their long-term survival basically depends on it. Their cowardice in the face of it may be the single thing they are most remembered for. on.ft.com/3JVxC1Z via @FT

“I think they spoke about a different experience, maybe an experience which is more universal than we think” - @herbiem.bsky.social talks to @yorkshirepost.co.uk about his solo project, new label and the future of The Lounge Society www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...

"That £1m signing fee was wildly exaggerated. But that said, things did change very quickly" - Clare Teal talks to @yorkshirepost.co.uk ahead of her show at Bradford Live www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art... #jazz

“I’ve always stood by everything that I’ve done, even if I see massive flaws in the thing” - Ed Kuepper of The Saints 73-78 talks to @yorkshirepost.co.uk www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...

What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC. This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting. iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...

Some early morning Zoom calls involved in this #SplitEnz feature for Vive Le Rock. Available now from all good newsagents.

Not long now until @lthanwordsfest.bsky.social… a preview from @yorkshirepost.co.uk www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...

Looking forward to welcoming Clock DVA legend Adi Newton to our annual Louder Than Words festival next week for an in conversation. Tickets and details below. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/second-sig...

It's Louder Than Words Festival next weekend. Here's a Louder event from the vaults, Eliza Carthy In Conversation With Ian Clayton from 2018. There's a bit of music too.

Todmorden Book Festival was just great. Two more Maybe I'm Amazed 2025 dates remain: Manchester Louder Than Words next Sunday, and London/Tower Hamlets WriteIdea (which is free) on Sat 22nd. Tickets etc: Manc: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/maybe-im-a... London: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/john-harri...

This time next week we’ll be indulging with @billybragg in conversation with @johnrobb77 It’ll be our final session of #Louder2025 & what a weekend we’ll have had! You coming? Peruse and choose your events here and see you in Manchester 14-16 November! louderthanwordsfest.com/whats-on/

Here at Louder we LOVE to intersperse our programme with live music so it's GREAT to add TV Smith to #Louder2025 He'll be in conversation + acoustic treats Sat 15th Nov, 2.15pm @innsideuk #Manchester All tickets & info: tinyurl.com/ymh3u4az Photo credit: Kevin Winiker

Not long now!!! Don't forget that Darling @LordWakering Daryl Easlea will be giving his Sunday Sermon at #Louder2025! The Complete History of Literary Pop in Six Records. Sunday 16th November, 10.30am The Innside, Manchester. All tickets: tinyurl.com/5xf92zwj

We know it's early but let's get jiggy with some #Louder2025 Fedtive Fun! Join the brilliant Marc Burrows as he shares the story of the Chritmas Number 1 with Iain McDermott Saturday 15th November, 8.15pm at The Innside, Manchester. All tickets: tinyurl.com/4th5vbw5

Our #Louder2025 Sunday will be brilliant! We love working with partners & this event with @McNidderGrace will be excellent! Join renowned guitarist Martin Barre @TullGuitarist in conversation Sun 16 Nov, 2.15pm @innsideuk #Manchester Tickets: tinyurl.com/y35jz2ez

Join Holly & David of Cult DIY band @TheLovelyEggs for Book Club LIVE! at #Louder2025! No set reading, not ponsey or pretencious & they don't drink wine! A GREAT event in store for sure! Just come along & join the fun! Sat 15/11, 6.15pm. The Innside, Manchester. All tickets: tinyurl.com/4js6v9vn

DOCUMENTARY UK PREMIERE ‘HOW TANITA TIKARAM BECAME A LIAR’ SUNDAY 9TH NOVEMBER BFI, SOUTHBANK 6-7.30PM Tickets: www.docnrollfestival.com/films/how-ta...

If I had a gun to my head I could whittle my collection of Kate Bush records down to three albums... just... and Aerial would be one of them. Happy 20th birthday to Aerial... which only came out yesterday not 20 years ago. Surely. thequietus.com/opinion-and-...

"That £1m signing fee was wildly exaggerated. But that said, things did change very quickly" - Clare Teal talks to @yorkshirepost.co.uk ahead of her show at Bradford Live www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art... #jazz

I'm also here with @petepaphides.bsky.social and Peter Hooton: www.waterstones.com/events/water...

Tanita Tikaram’s Ancient Heart was such a formative record, it taught me so much about voice as texture. Was a pleasure to speak to her for this week’s tQ Baker’s Dozen: thequietus.com/interviews/b...

“I’ve always stood by everything that I’ve done, even if I see massive flaws in the thing” - Ed Kuepper of The Saints 73-78 talks to @yorkshirepost.co.uk www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...

“I think they spoke about a different experience, maybe an experience which is more universal than we think” - @herbiem.bsky.social talks to @yorkshirepost.co.uk about his solo project, new label and the future of The Lounge Society www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...

“There are a one or two Beatles songs which are a window into how fascinating James’ mind is” - @johnharris1969.bsky.social talks to @yorkshirepost.co.uk about his book Maybe I’m Amazed www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...

Vinyl record made from coal dust in north-east England will aid climate change discussions, creators hope. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

There's a great piece about my book Maybe I'm Amazed in today's @yorkshirepost.co.uk by @duncanseamanyp.bsky.social. And I'm doing an event at the Todmorden festival this Friday. Tickets here www.ticketsource.co.uk/todmorden-bo...

SEND briefings & speculation continues. Half-explained at best, this is exactly the kind of stuff that terrifies parents & carers apple.news/ABwmTz2dwS8u...

Why are people in Caerphilly more articulate than the political class at highlighting the issues facing people? Such a phenomenal snapshot of where we are - a microcosm of the factors we’re fighting as a society 🧵 Cracking stuff from @johnharris1969.bsky.social youtu.be/N79jV1waf4g?...

‘The world said I was dead - in so many ways I was’: Paul McCartney on the lost years after the Beatles

🔥 Coming up fast!! Can citizens and journalists unite to hold back authoritarianism and protect democracy? On 4th November at 7pm, join our live (free!) online event with: ▪️George Monbiot ▪️ Nafeez Ahmed ▪️ Yasmin Alibhai-Brown ▪️ Nick Lowles Book now: bit.ly/BylinesHope

Hurry! Hurry! Last 4 tickets for @blurofficial Dave Rowntree in conversation at #Louder2025. Join him with @johnrobb77 Saturday 15th November, 8pm at The Innside, Manchester. All tickets and info: tinyurl.com/bdfnrjda

A few thoughts on @durandurancom.bsky.social at @cooplive.bsky.social for @yorkshirepost.co.uk www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...

"In those hazy crazy early 80s I had a blast hanging out with Soft Cell" - @anniehogan-dns.bsky.social, Vicious Pink, Riccardo Mulhall and more share memories of Dave Ball of Soft Cell with @yorkshirepost.co.uk www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...

"Every collaboration is an expression of us, but Immersion is the true expression of us" - Colin Newman and Malka Spigel talk about @immersionhq.bsky.social to @yorkshirepost.co.uk www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...

"Newer songs from their 2020 ‘comeback’ album Made Of Rain do not sound out of place amid such long-standing audience favourites The Ghost In You and Mr Jones" - The Psychedelic Furs at Leeds Stylus reviewed for @yorkshirepost.co.uk www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...

On Saturday, Stephen Mallinder and Chris Watson played together as Cabaret Voltaire for the first time in 44 years. I was genuinely knocked out by it. Was an outrageously good show that felt like a real privilege to witness. Reviewed for @thequietus.com. thequietus.com/quietus-revi...

"Newer songs from their 2020 ‘comeback’ album Made Of Rain do not sound out of place amid such long-standing audience favourites The Ghost In You and Mr Jones" - The Psychedelic Furs at Leeds Stylus reviewed for @yorkshirepost.co.uk www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/whats-on/art...