Starmer says past governments have been "squeamish" talking about immigration. Bullshit. Starmer isn't bravely breaking a taboo. He's blaming vulnerable people & deflecting attention from the super rich who hoard power & wealth. Want something better? join.greenparty.org.uk

This is great news for Londoners! #BookSky 💙📚 🍰

had the urge to do this since the moment i saw this post! #pixelart

Susan Choi / David Szalay You’ve gotta have a system #BookerPrize

Although I say I am not going out with Colin, he doesn't seem to know it yet.

Very good so far, fella wears his Proustfluence like a badge, but let’s see if I can finish it…

I regret to advise you that Jelly Babies are currently being sold in a “retro” design bag to capture the “nostalgia” of “yesteryear”, ie 1995.

Surf’s Down, in all fairness.

Six-fingered Joseph Cotten.

This is a good answer.

Bloody Foreigner. Coming over here, with their 50th anniversary tour.

What about a podcast called Late Greats about late works by songwriters/authors/filmmakers etc. Does this already exist? Oughtn’t it?

And a nice old church.

Lads, it’s only the oldest windmill in Britain (allegedly)

Who’s this fella?

One day I shall walk from Ivinghoe to Wivenhoe, then you’ll all be sorry/confused.

Newly added to the word pile. In praise of Free As A Bird and songs within songs. www.patreon.com/posts/in-oth...

Are we not men?

Just saying a four member Beatles reunion is possible but it would involve three drummers - take that Adam & the Ants

My favourite anecdote from Penn Jillette -- he met George Martin, they talked a couple of hours, he said "So, I know you get asked this every time, I know you must be sick of it, I feel like shit doing this, but I have to ask. What were they like? What was it like working with Flanders & Swann?"

It’s true. She’s so underrated. Most of her backlist is Print on Demand, which is INSANE, and Darkmans is a £20 pb! Well done @grantamag.bsky.social for picking her up, this one is brilliant. Now pls buy the backlist and let’s get Barker back back back.

I love how Jellycat have run out of things do make cute toy versions of so are going ever more off piste: an egg with a wedding veil. Vampire frog. An exploded eye ball. A tongue. Toilet duck. Pat Sharp’s hair.

A belated happy 30th birthday - 12th August 1995 - to one of greatest singles of all time, Sugar High by Duffy AKA Stephen Duffy and the Velvet Crush. www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4rs...

I thought they’d split up ages ago?

Hey, political parties, I'm a decent human being who cares about other human beings. How about pandering to me for a bit?

@essj.bsky.social You disabled replies so just to say, Backlisted has been independent of Unbound for several years, and John Mitchinson doesn’t present it anymore. It’s been very tough for them to be associated with this as it’s nothing to do with them.

"Whatever you think of JK Rowling's opinions, you have to admit that the money's great."

BTW my belief is that in the cover photo of this record Simon and Garfunkel are sitting on one of these, hopefully one day AI can reveal this truth

This is a whole team of fun. www.imdb.com/title/tt2377...

This is one of the best books I’ve read this year

Yes, you’re all correct, this is wonderful.

A fabulous book

Glenn Tilbrook’s let himself go.

Why Men Should Considering Reading Dorothy Richardson's Pilgrimage: “In all the two thousand pages of Pilgrimage there is not one effort to see the world from a man’s point of view.” From Derek Stanford's obituary of Richardson, 1957. #Pilgrimage2026

“Got any Gauhaus?”

Friday afternoon.

What was supposed to be a night of music and joy turned into a deeply personal mistake playing out on a very public stage.

Another day, another revelation…

I’ve just discovered Os Mutantes so my life is now complete.

Fucking hell, this is something.

Worst breakfast ever.

Revisiting this album (thanks to a @outonbluesix.bsky.social post) and this track now to me seems to have a real Frank Zappa feel to it. open.spotify.com/track/4tOsRw...

Out walking in the Art Nouveau quarter of Brussels, desperately hoping to bump into @sparksofficial.bsky.social

There’s practically no mention in the entirety of the internet about Ghost Haddock by Strangelove. You’d think it’d have been blogged to kingdom come in the noughties. Anyway, it’s rad, isn’t it?

Might start putting the umlaut back into my name. It’s the kind of pretentiousness which money just can’t buy.