heading to #Aberdeen on Sat 6th June to see a new multimedia exhib at the #Art Gallery by @cathkeay.bsky.social @emmabowen.bsky.social & VictoriaHume - don't miss it! sites.aberdeencity.gov.uk/AAGM/whats-a...

From the vantage point of disability, four interdisciplinary artists challenge ableism in the arts in a new group show at Dundee Contemporary Arts We Contain Multitudes is available to see at @dcadundee.bsky.social until 26 Apr

Born #onthisday in 1868, the US sociologist + civil rights activist W. E. B. Du Bois. Celebrate with a look at the stunning hand-drawn "infographics" he made with his students, depicting conditions of African-American life in 1900: publicdomainreview.org/collection/w... #otd #BlackHistoryMonth

For Edinburgh readers and writers... www.eventbrite.com/e/typewronge...

Looking forward to playing #Birmingham #Jazz Club @1000trades.bsky.social with the wonderful musicians of Monsterosa on Feb 6th - come & join us!! birminghamjazz.co.uk/gigs/2026-02... vimeo.com/916527752 @birminghammn.bsky.social

Fantastic outcome! brilliant to see Nnena Kalu achieving this for her amazing #art

Monsterosa had the best of times playing @cadoganhall.bsky.social for EFG London Jazz Festival 2025 last week!! Thanks so much to everyone who joined us #jazz #songs #London

Absolutely gone at this story from Harris on FB, the last sentence is pure Atlantic coast magic.

Dusting off the deluxe #swiftie friendship bracelets from my niece Isobel for the #Monsterosa gig @cadoganhall.bsky.social as part of #EFGlondonjazzfestival on Friday 21st November 12-2pm efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk/events/monst... more tickets just released! #italocalvino #London #jazz

looking forward to #Hejira bringing their Joni magic to #Edinburgh on 6th Nov!! www.thevoodoorooms.com/events/hejir... #music

In non-Bella news I'm doing a talk at the Edinburgh Futures Institute 'Patrick Geddes and the Anarchist Strain of Town Planning' is on 30 October. It's free and open to all - but book your tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/patrick-ge...

Once again it is #BandcampFriday! And once again, Monsterosa's LP The Seasons in the City is a great way to acknowledge the occasion... monsterosa.bandcamp.com/album/the-se... #jazz #songs

Tomorrow night I'm playing @thehortonepsom.bsky.social #Epsom with Monsterosa!! thehortonepsom.org/events/monst... see you there for #jazz #songs like vimeo.com/916527752

well now! most excited to announce Monsterosa will be part of the EFG London Jazz Festival, performing @cadoganhall.bsky.social on 21st November efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk/events/monst... can't wait to see you all there in November #London!

fantastic to read this UK Jazz News preview of the Alexander Hollweg exhibition at 606 club in #London launching on 29th September with Monsterosa! #jazz #art #London ukjazznews.com/alexander-ho...

It is still Bandcamp Friday.

Still some of #BandcampFriday to go! Why not check out Rebecca Hollweg's beautiful singing on Monsterosa's The Seasons in the City to brighten your September? monsterosa.bandcamp.com/album/the-se... #jazz #songs

Monsterosa are playing the 606 Club in #London on 29th September with a show of Alexander Hollweg's amazing art - don't miss this! www.606club.co.uk/events/view/... #jazz #art #songs

very excited to be playing @thehortonepsom.bsky.social #Epsom on 26th Sep with Monsterosa thehortonepsom.org/events/monst... come & join us for #jazz #songs like vimeo.com/916527752

Hello #Surrey!! on 26th Sep Monsterosa will be bringing Seasons in the City to #Epsom @thehortonepsom.bsky.social with the fab Mike Outram & Paul Cavaciuti joining thehortonepsom.org/events/monst... sounds like vimeo.com/916527752 see you there! #jazz #songs

#Bandcamp Friday is almost upon us! you might want to woander down to the Monsterosa page tomorrow & check out The Seasons in the City, #jazz #songs that are 'a joy to listen to” (UK Jazz News) monsterosa.bandcamp.com/album/the-se...

The old Gilmerton Limestone Mines. They collapsed and caused a major emergency more than twenty years ago. 300 homes had to be demolished and replaced. The area looks much nicer as a result and the lovely Fernieside Community Park was created on the site of the collapse. #Gilmerton #Edinburgh

August is approaching, which means the return of the everyone’s favourite festival: the Edinburgh Traditional Building Festival 🛠️ Explore the full free line-up here: ewh.org.uk/edinburgh-tr...

Don't miss: Director of Creativity and Impact, Shetland Arts, Shetland. Salary: £50,000. #artsjobs

Well, looks like there's still 24 hours or so to get a nomination/vote in to this year's Parliamentary #Jazz Awards ... ukjazznews.com/four-days-to...

On Wednesday 9th, #Monsterosa play The Spin in #Oxford with Pete Oxley at Tap Social - going to be fab night, do join us! spinjazz.com/events/p/the... #jazz #songs

This Monday #Monsterosa play Toulouse Lautrec in #London WITH extraspecial rare visit from Julian Ferraretto on violin! www.toulouselautrec.co.uk/etn/monstero... vimeo.com/916527752 see you there!

5 days to go till #Monsterosa play Toulouse Lautrec in #London 7th July WITH the spectacular JulianFerraretto! www.toulouselautrec.co.uk/etn/monstero... vimeo.com/916527752 #jazz #songs ukjazznews.com/monsterosa-t...

‘My hospital notes said: estimated female’: jazz musician Gill Hicks on being caught in the 7/7 bombings

#Monsterosa on tour July! 7th London www.toulouselautrec.co.uk/etn/monstero... 9th in Oxford spinjazz.com/events/p/the... 10th Ashburton ashburtonarts.org.uk/events/monst... vimeo.com/916527752 #jazz #songs @cerysmatthews.bsky.social

Another date for the diaries of #Monsterosa fans - delighted we'll be playing @thehortonepsom.bsky.social on 26th September thehortonepsom.org/events/monst... see you there in the autumn #jazz #songs #Calvino #Epsom

good times with Allan Wylie & #RiverAnnick at The #Jazz Bar #Edinburgh last night! Thanks so much to TJB, our lovely audience & that hard working rhythm section...

going to be playing this new one of Allan W's at the River Annick gig tonight at #Jazz Bar #Edinburgh 9:15 come & hear how the rest goes... www.eventim-light.com/uk/a/6670240...

more gig news! another outing for #Monsterosa on 9th July at The Spin in #Oxford, with the mighty Pete Oxley on guitar spinjazz.com/events/p/the... playing #jazz #songs like this vimeo.com/916527752

playing #jazz bar #Edinburgh TOMORROW night with The River Annick, this time w Tim Lallemant and Timmy Allen. 9.15 start!! www.eventim-light.com/uk/a/6670240... Here's us recording w Mario C & Allan B

This Thursday at #Edinburgh #Jazz Bar I'm playing with #The River Annick www.thejazzbar.co.uk/tickets/ feat. #AllanWylie, #AlanBenzie, #TimmyAllan & #StuBrown - can't wait!!

River Annick at The #Jazz Bar #Edinburgh on 26th June! With Allan Wylie, Stu Brown, Tim Lallemant & Timmy Allan www.thejazzbar.co.uk/tickets/

The purple grapes are hanging in great big bunches.

Exciting news for July - #Monsterosa playing at Toulouse Lautrecs #London on the 7th 7:30 WITH Australia's mighty Julian Ferraretto on violin for one night only!! See you there, obvs #jazz #songs www.toulouselautrec.co.uk/etn/monstero...

Those within striking distance of RIBA's bookshop at 66 Portland Place, London, might like to know it's having a clearance sale (closing Saturday!) with 50% off and available titles including my own 'Modern Playhouses: an Architectural History of Britain's New Theatres, 1945-1985'...grab a bargain!

ARTEMIS—featuring Renee Rosnes, Ingrid Jensen, Nicole Glover, Noriko Ueda & Allison Miller—performed music from their album "ARBORESQUE" on NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert! Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ynf... Find the album on LP, CD, download or stream it: artemis.lnk.to/ARBORESQUE

Very excited to be playing #Edinburgh #Jazz Bar on 26th June with mighty new band The River Annick www.thejazzbar.co.uk/tickets/ feat. #AllanWylie, #AlanBenzie, #TimmyAllan & #StuBrown - do join us!

New on the Noise of Art Jeff Merrifield - The Shetland Years As a new short film pays tribute to Shetland’s counter cultural polymath, a brief look at the great collaborator of Ken Campbell. open.substack.com/pub/neilcoop...

And the queues…have begun 🫡 #RSD25

If you're roaming the record shops of #London for #RSD tomorrow, a wee reminder that #SoundsOfTheUniverse in Soho & #VinylVanguard in Walthamstow stock Monsterosa's The Seasons in the City on vinyl vimeo.com/916527752 #jazz #songs

#RecordStoreDay tomorrow! And Monsterosa's The Seasons in the City sounds great on vinyl. Just saying... In Edinburgh it's at @thornerecords.bsky.social #umbrellavinyl #greenhouserecords @assaiedinburgh.bsky.social @undergroundsolution.com vimeo.com/916527752

As a young woman, Ruth Asawa (1926-2013) learned to draw while in an internment camp for Japanese-Americans with her family during WW2. She later became a renowned sculptor #WomensArt

Your favourite record shops are going above and beyond for Record Store Day (@recordstoredayuk.bsky.social) this Saturday – for events at @monorailmusic.bsky.social, @voxboxmusic.bsky.social, @undergroundsolution.com and more, check out our round-up!

Really enjoying this classic Sesame Street segment, two minutes of freestyle jazz riffing on saxophone factory footage