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To make up for the lack of video, here's one from last week where we had our Political Editor Chris Builder (@garethgwynn.bsky.social) on the show to report back on the Reform UK conference - or at least, what he could remember about it. podfollow.com/NonCensored

New NonCensored out now! • Meet the British civil servant tasked with working out what is and isn’t a “genocide” • Eshaan Akbar explains how Ant & Dec were dethroned • Political Editor Chris Builder reports what he can remember from the Reform conference

Just had a letter from Pasta Evangelists saying "it's been a while since you've ordered anything from us" - Which feels like being sent catalogue of replacement parts for an Anderson shelter in 1947.

You should. It really is quite something.

If you’re in Edinburgh, go and see this, it’s a joy.

I am doing @theacms.bsky.social tonight for, I think, the first time since Brexit. I've been awake since 3:50. It starts at 23:55. And look how many "a"s are in late.

In the night we reached 300 signatures. A rapid rise but also a clear statement from the community that this is a retrograde decision causing widespread worry about the future of research - not just of the BBC, but almost anything within its century-plus global and cultural reach. Please join us.

Any tips on where I could buy a cheap walking stick in Edinburgh? Surely there's a charity shop with an umbrella stand full of them?

(VERY hastily designed) Flyer Reveal! Obviously I'd love to give you all one in person, but time is of the essence and logistics may not allow - so please print off and fling in a bin at your earliest convenience. And then come along! Cyril (WIP) 4pm, 20-24 August, Hotel Indigo York Place (PWYW)

Saw this show a couple of weeks ago and it's really good

In 1923, the station director of 5WA, the first ever BBC radio station in Wales, was sacked less than 48 hours after the inaugural broadcast for being drunk in his office.

(VERY hastily designed) Flyer Reveal! Obviously I'd love to give you all one in person, but time is of the essence and logistics may not allow - so please print off and fling in a bin at your earliest convenience. And then come along! Cyril (WIP) 4pm, 20-24 August, Hotel Indigo York Place (PWYW)

I was lucky enough to see @garethgwynn.bsky.social's show in London but YOU can now see it if you're anywhere near Edinburgh! It's about his great-grandfather Cyril who was a seafarer, farmer & poet. Cyril 4pm, 20th-24th Aug Venue 79: Hotel Indigo EH1 3JD Plus, look at the lovely jumper costuming👇

One for @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social - I was reading this morning about the Asda 'Price Promise' stones that were erected across the country in the 90s loststonesofasda.wordpress.com Some are definitely on the way to being archaeological monuments, such as this one in Trumfleet, South Yorkshire

Today, apparently, is National Potato Day in America, so if you’d like an absurdly long thread of root-vegetable-native-to-the-Americas content, you’ve come to the right place. We begin with the potato monument in Biesiekierz, Poland, because, well: look at it. Of course we do

This was a lovely post from @alexlynch.bsky.social but at the time there were no "future performances". Pleased to say, there now are. It's about my great-grandfather who was a seafarer, farmer and poet. Come along! Cyril (WIP) 4pm, 20th-24th August Venue 79: Hotel Indigo, York Pl (EH1 3JD) PWYW

You're not in Edinburgh are you? Having told people I am not doing EdFringe this year, it turns out I am. I'm doing my show Cyril (WIP) in Hotel Indigo York Place at 4pm from 20th-24th. It's about my great-grandfather and I don't do it in-character, despite everything Tom's photo might suggest!

Calling historians and researchers. The BBC Written Archives Centre has changed its access rules without consultation. This means an end to proper independent research into the BBC's rich history. 178 have already signed the open letter. Please join the campaign here: tinyurl.com/bbcwaccampaign

You're not in Edinburgh are you? Having told people I am not doing EdFringe this year, it turns out I am. I'm doing my show Cyril (WIP) in Hotel Indigo York Place at 4pm from 20th-24th. It's about my great-grandfather and I don't do it in-character, despite everything Tom's photo might suggest!

I regret to inform my writer friends that the Best Big Book has been written. You need to make your book smaller or settle for second best. Sorry.

NEW SOUND HEAP WITH @jlukeroberts.bsky.social OUT NOW It’s got Kate Cheka, @jonnydonahoe.bsky.social @jonnydonahoe.bsky.social, @alexisdubus.bsky.social, @alicefraser.bsky.social, @garethgwynn.bsky.social, @soozuk.bsky.social, and @alisonspittle.bsky.social in it!

@scriblit.bsky.social Is there a prize for the coolest place to spot one of your books? Because I saw two copies of "Wish You Were Here" in this horror/vampire/zombie themed alcove of Addyman's Bookshop in Hay-On-Wye called the BatCave.

The show has survived fact-checking by someone who knows Gower well. Phew. The next hurdle is my family seeing it - so do come along tonight for what is v likely the last time I'll get to do it all before they take a red pen to the script. @camdenfringe.bsky.social camdenfringe.com/events/garet...

Really enjoyed this last night, go and see it tonight!

Nice review in Nation.Cymru for Cursed in the Lost City. Hats off to Molly the reviewer for noticing that so far, there has Only Been One Bed six times. nation.cymru/culture/draf... Diolch!

This is tonight (and tomorrow and Wednesday) if you are in striking distance of London and fancy coming down. I'll be wearing my best jumper (also tomorrow and Wednesday) (it's become part of it).

Devastated by this news. Lynda Shahwan was one of the loveliest, most talented people I’ve ever worked with. A wonderful friend and colleague at BBC Wales, who has died while on holiday in Canada. Thoughts are with Sharif and all the family. www.bbc.com/news/article...

In today's ep, we keep you abreast of the latest news about the Jacobinius Arse Syndrome crisis. Featuring: @mikewozniak.bsky.social @tneenan.bsky.social @mmaarrow.bsky.social and sueharrison123.bsky.social‬. Thanks to @garethgwynn.bsky.social for production help.maximumfun.org/episodes/bee...y/

IN CONVERSATION WITH: Gareth Gwynn @CamdenFringe "I have been constantly dogged by the question of how Cyril would feel about it being left to me to tell his life story." #interview #camdenfringe #whatson wp.me/pdXz8Y-5UZ

"So I'd say... Water at 0... Then dill at, say, 3? And then maybe chive at 8 or 9? That still gives us a bit of space if we discover anything hotter than that." - Mr Scoville, introducing his "scale".

Recently got asked one of those default interview questions about "Name someone who inspires you". I've always struggled with these questions, as I'm not one to put people on pedestals. But then I remembered someone who legitimately inspired me in every way A former student of mine 1/15

Hmmm, new Ts&Cs for the post just dropped. I dunno about this...

It says a lot about AI that I'm working my way through some 100+ year old editions of the Radio Times, read the first paragraph from this advert from 1924 and thought "Bah, they've got to you too". Also, in para 2, those look like m-dashes to me. Can't be too careful.

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Every British person on the internet is complaining about you

I can't believe it has taken until 2025 for this to happen - but you can now buy Kenny from South Park's coat. You can't deny, he's a good looking lad with the hood down. www.paramountshop.co.uk/products/sou...

V excited to make my debut as a supernatural podcaster on this week's Soundheap, thanks to an appearence on Spookyspookspookspookspook.

@CamdenFringe.bsky.social #Interview: @garethgwynn.bsky.social's Cyril "Cyril was a seafarer in the First World War and then a farmer – but he was also a poet. He became a bit of a local celebrity" 28 July, Aces and Eights #theatre #fringe #comedy #poetry everything-theatre.co.uk/2025/07/inte...

From w/c 2 June 1983 : Your new BBC Radio neighbour Radio York hits the airwaves as the Radio Times gave you what to look forward to. #80s

I'm doing the Camden Fringe on 28-30 July. (6.30pm, Aces and Eights, Tufnell Park). It's a show about my great-grandfather, Cyril (aka "The Bard of Gower") and is a work-in-progress - but some of Cyril's stuff is 80+ years old, so I'm calling those bits "run-in". camdenfringe.com/events/garet...

Jarvis Cocker, Glastonbury 2025.

Life comes at you fast

There's too many #glasto channels. Someone will say "loving Max Geldray on the Poppyfield stage" and then I have to spend five minutes checking BBCs One, Two, Three, Four, plus eight online feeds - one of which is currently showing Radiohead from 1997. I feel like a Gallery Producer losing his grip.

"And if you ask your doctor for a weight loss drug and they say yes, you'll hear this noise..."

I bloody loved Paul Ritter in Chernobyl.

This time last year I was working with @maxkinnings.bsky.social on a BBC Radio 4 show about Rik Mayall based on audio the pair had recorded together while writing The Rik's "autobiography". A lot of people asked me what Max might do with the audio next. This is the answer. I cannot wait to read it.

It’s May 1981 with the fantastic stand-up comedian and comedy writer @littlemaddles.bsky.social live at the Machynlleth Comedy Festival. We chat Vogue, Cats, Madeleine's work on Harry Hill's TV Burp and how she found out about the death of Diana on the way to Amsterdam. pod.fo/e/2d79db

The surest sign yet that the YouTube recommendation algorithm has completely given up on me.

The CD-i is the most incredible gaming platform ever created

Wow! The first Xennial pope?!