Time to update the Northern Scum T-shirt 👍

And just look at the quality of the competition 🙏

This is excellent 🙏

'I’ve been doing this job for a long time now, and Adolescence may well be the only genuinely perfect show I’ve watched in that entire time. No matter where you look, or how hard you scrutinise it, you are met with nothing but wall-to-wall excellence' www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Mani forever 🙏 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nice one to the 10 people who've already registered for the OFFICIAL KESHED ONLINE LAUNCH on 5th Feb, the week before publication. Anyone wanting to join the fun, feat. me being interviewed by @regretteruane.bsky.social etc, please email [email protected] and I'll add you to The List 👍😎

Some positive news 🙏 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It’s QVC time, Christmas edition 🎄 Open 11–5pm every day till Christmas Eve (or till I fall over 😅). T-shirts restocked, music/art/culture books, merino beanies, alpaca socks, coffee & candles. In-person, no postie panic. South Side secret. Big love, Richie X

'To be insulted by these fascists is so degrading' David Bowie. It's no Game.

Brilliant album 🙏

As some of you will know, I've been working on book about punk - part teenage diary, part serious reflections on the times, from the NF to Peter Sutcliffe. Here's a podcast interview about it, which you may like to listen to / like / share / whatever... CC x open.spotify.com/episode/3LpY...

The most powerful man on earth is unravelling. Physically and more importantly, mentally. There are no reasonable, dissenting or cautioning voices in his ear. He has completely surrounded himself with enabling sycophants. Emboldened by the cowardice of world leaders, he is only going to get worse

Help needed: the beautiful design of the teeshirt by @weare1of100.bsky.social using my book’s title & design (copyright @ortacpress.bsky.social is now on a lot of US knock off sites. Don’t buy them, obvs, but any advice as to what to do if anything will be gratefully received: look at this BS!!

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This is amazing 🙏

Insider trading will eventually be revealed as one of the biggest scandals of the Trump administration. And that is up against some stiff competition. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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FIFA have essentially politicised football. Unequivocably. Therefore, they have completely lost all rights to sanction any individual player for political protest or display of allegiance on the pitch.

Thanks to everyone who has bought/shared. If anyone wants to help out by reposting the original tweet below that'd be really, really appreciated,thank you. @memorialdevice.bsky.social could you do the honours if you're about, pls?

This is an absolutely beautiful new album from @drtechnical.bsky.social 🙏 lyndonscarfe.bandcamp.com/album/outfal...

After sitting on it for 6 months wondering whether there was any point releasing any more music I’ve gone for it and uploaded a new album to Bandcamp ready for publishing tomorrow. If this seems like an underwhelming piece of promo I can only apologise. I hope someone out there enjoys the music.

Day 4 #adventsingles 🎶 @memorialdevice.bsky.social

The new South Yorkshire Police Federation Chief at her desk.

A brilliant book indeed. Highly recommended

Going in again: Bodies by Ian Winwood. Brilliant book 🙏

It is strange, unique - a novel, collage & psychogeographical document - probably the truest account of being in a band that I’ve ever read, & an essential document of 80s Britain @memorialdevice.bsky.social

Just finished reading this. As per Kim Gordon’s review on the front cover “I wanted to live in this book” @memorialdevice.bsky.social

Lots to unpack here. None of it good.

This book by @epwebber.bsky.social is brilliant. Up there with Seumas Milne's The Enemy Within. Yes, that good 🙏

HOLY MOLY! 🙏

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Clearapathra is genius 🙏

An actual work of art 🙏

A COAL FIRED fryer 🙏

Covid truths: tens of thousands of people died unnecessarily due to Johnson's incompetence, indecisiveness and sheer laziness. This includes assembling the worst cabinet in British political history to aid and abet him.

In my corner of the bass-playing universe there was life pre- and post-Mani. He brought a liquid, melodic funkiness that EVERYONE copied. And when I finally met him he was exactly how you imagined him: joyful, generous, unstarry (& more of a star because of it) and wickedly funny. A life well lived

Not one single bad word about Mani. Anywhere 🙏

Yes! 🙏

Young people are the future 🙏

Stunning 🙏

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Glory be 🙏

The new version of John Bulmer’s book The North looks fantastic but will only happen if it hits its target on Kickstarter. This is a book which needs to be published, please support it if you can www.kickstarter.com/projects/fru...

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New Whitby door knocker 🙏⚓️

Ultravox! were as good as Ultravox were bad.

The Church of Keenan 🙏

The greatest review you've never read about the greatest band you've never heard 🙏 louderthanwar.com/review-memor...

Desplat's Frankenstein soundtrack is majestic 🙏