Ripple in still water, When there is no pebble tossed Nor wind to blow. You who choose to lead must follow, But if you fall, you fall alone. If you should stand, then who's to guide you? If I knew the way I would take you home... youtu.be/QmMjY6tXaEo

I used to do fundraising for Haven House. And in the last couple of years I have learnt what dying looks like. I hate the Labour Party with every fibre of my being. I hope the bastards making these decisions die in fear and pain. They deserve it. socialistworker.co.uk/news/lack-of...

One Solution- #revolution

@alexcallinicos : US raid on #Venezuela exposes brutal lesson: socialistworker.co.uk/alex-callini...

On this day in 1890, writer and revolutionary Victor Serge was born. Originally an anarchist, Serge travelled to revolutionary Russia and became a Bolshevik and revolutionary socialist. Read more about his life here: bit.ly/3n17r8G

"In a statement the International Guild of Pigs and Associated Farmyard Swine or the GPAS pointed out that they are sentient and show signs of self preservation but that doesn't seem to get them many rights." I wonder what Claude tastes like barbecued?

A glorious rendition of Joe Morley's "A Georgian Breeze" from Chris Sands with Alexis Rogerson on fortepiano. Chris tells me this was one of the first banjo tunes he ever heard, it was played to him by the chap he bought his first banjo from! #ClassicBanjo #Banjo #BanjoFeed youtu.be/tQik4DcTckM

Your grandad shot at nazis taxed the rich and built the NHS You mum fought for equality and fairness, nonetheless we sleepwalked into the arms of bastard billionaires Now you hang flags from lampposts and mouth pantomime prayers

The best GSfC of the Gatis era? No arch winking at the camera or is it real or not Scooby Doo business. Atmosphere, character and chills. Nice one! A Ghost Story for Christmas, The Room in the Tower: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002p1v6 via @bbciplayer

Just had a chap in to fix my satellite dish. "To be honest" I told him "there's only one channel watch on this." His face split into a grin and he asked "Talking Pictures?" "Yes" I said to which he replied "I hear that all the time!" #TrueStory @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social

It's that day when I share this song I produced for an organisation called No Glory a few years back. The donkeys are wearing poppies the lions should wear something else. youtu.be/DaMhuefxiNw?...

I have a proper pub gig coming up in one of Sheffields best pubs. A banjo picking evening of folk songs, music hall, protest songs, ragtime, dreadful jokes and some truly enormous choruses to sing along with! Saturday 29 November The Sheaf View, Sheffield S2 3AA Starts 8:30.

I hope the Devil waterboards you for all eternity.

You may be cool. But you will never be Pete Seeger in a suit playing long neck banjo against the New York skyline cool. #BanjoFeed

"Not every exasperated petty bourgeois could have become Hitler, but a particle of Hitler is lodged in every exasperated petty bourgeois..." Trotsky. www.thestar.co.uk/news/politic...

Douglass Crockwell, American (1904-1968), Machinists, 1932, oil on canvas, 121.9 x 91.8 cm, private collection

"Reform councillor Alan Preest, from the Forest of Dean District Council, branded the letters "childish" and "silly". "Russ Chandler, a banjo player resident in Sheffield branded Cllr Preest a "knob head..." Total respect to whoever is behind this! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Here's a treat - a brilliant new arrangement of Habanera from the opera Carnen by the classic banjo guvnor Chris Sands... #banjofeed youtu.be/-V8zeIhIlYk?...

God he gives more than his scripts deserve. #TheFilmCrowd

A wonderful canter through the films of Britain's first domestic horror star, the glorious Todd Slaughter from @darkcorners3.bsky.social A great revivalist of Victorian melodrama too. "Hammer Horror is his unofficial legacy" - I like that. Polish it off..! youtu.be/KdaFx2We_Gc

'The Drums of the Fore and Aft, and Other Stories' by Rudyard Kipling illustrated by Sarah Noble in 1912 #BanjoFeed

DAMN YOU @indicator.bsky.social FLASH SALES ON PAYDAY!!! DAMN YOU TO HELL!!!!

Having used Spotify for years have decided to pivot over to Tidal Not just because Spotify are evil but I am astonished at how much better the sound quality is. I didn't think I'd really notice but It's got so much more space and depth.

You may be cool but you will never be Lon Chaney Jnr in Wolfman makeup having a nap on an alsatian cool...

Blimey, what with Mandelson and Kirk my schadenfreude meter is off the chart today!

Hitler and his mob wouldn't have stood a chance if only we'd had sneering AI generated art back then.

This is how to do toilet...

Franz Marc : Dreaming Horse, 1913

AI generated thumbnails for YouTube videos got naff REALLY quickly!

@socialistworker.bsky.social says Starve Israel of Arms...

Why Marxists must be dreamers with a plan 👇Utopianism isn't just pie in the sky thinking, but longing for a better world must come alongside a clear plan to radically change the system socialistworker.co.uk/teach-yourse...

There’s a genocide in your living room Do you think that you should take action There’s plenty of folk trying to scare you off There’s plenty of other distraction... @protestfamily.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=wton...

Look at my cacti. Aren't they nice?

Ozzy wrote a great song. Shame his missus never listened to it... youtu.be/LQUXuQ6Zd9w?...

Celebrating #otd b.1867 in Cudham,Kent, international music hall legend Harry Relph aka 'Little Tich'. @musichallsociety.bsky.social @youngalison.bsky.social @charlieholland.bsky.social @roadsw9.bsky.social @billyrough.bsky.social @thevicsoc.bsky.social @heathertweed.bsky.social

Peggy Pryde was born #OTD 1876 in Lambeth. For #songsheetsaturday here's her 'The Song of the Thrush' (1897), also performed by her mother, Jenny Hill. Music by George Le Brunn & words by Walter Hastings, inspired by Charles Reade's 1856 novel 'It's Never Too Late to Mend' partly set in Australia.

After the media damage is inflicted and seen by millions of eyes,you receive a private email to say there's no evidence and no action,seen by two people only There's no public apology. They don't send this to media or post it on police accounts We will continue to fight. We will continue to win.

This Saturday at the Samuel Worth Chapel, Sheffield I'm playing a set as part of the Back to the Bones Festival event to raise funds to restart the Sharrow Festival. Protest songs, Music Hall, ragtime banjo and more! It's a great line up of local talent and I'm on at 7:15. Free admission too.

It's too hot to do anything tonight so I watched this documentary about early cartoons and it's just fabulous! Check it out! youtu.be/q7iIeQ0XiSE?...

'Gatti’s Hungerford Palace of Varieties. Second Turn of Katie Lawrence' (1903) by Walter Sickert (Yale Art Gallery)

For any beer drinkers out there (like me). You should be aware that Vocation, my local brewery and nationally recognised, has started trading direct into Israel. They have chosen now, of all times, to open up this income stream. I have complained and they have ignored it.

Thanks to everyone (and there were loads of you) who came to see Charlotte and I play the Samuel Worth Chapel here in Sheffield last night. They say a gig is only ever as good as it audience and we had a fantastic bunch last night. I'll be back on July 12th as part of the Sharrow Festival.

And if the wars should rise again And England be in want of men She'll have to scour the country round To find the lads who plough the ground... A two hundred year old sing that is still relevant today. youtu.be/GvB-NYCosLQ?...

Some hardcore Marxism postering from South London right here... #marxism2025

Philomena Cunk wades into the debate... @musichallsociety.bsky.social

Love Music Hate Racism “stands with Kneecap” while Toddla T speaks out against “musical elite” secret letter to drop them from Glastonbury... www.nme.com/news/music/l...