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Stand with Ukraine

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The soundtrack to the Wild Twin years compiled by Phil Oates. Tune in! open.spotify.com/playlist/72K...

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As I walk through This wicked world Searchin' for light in the darkness of insanity. I ask myself Is all hope lost? Is there only pain and hatred, and misery? And each time I feel like this inside, There's one thing I wanna know: What's so funny 'bout diversity, equity and inclusion?

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I just heard that Trump has sacked the coaching staff of the Kansas City Chiefs and appointed himself quarterback #kennedycenter

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He who fails to learn the lessons of Animal Farm is doomed. Fullstops. Period. #RiseUp

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I've said it before and I'll doubtless have to say it again. Those who fail to learn the lessons of the past are doomed to have Santayana quoted at them

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The sweet pretty things are in bed now of course The City Fathers are trying to endorse The reincarnation of Paul Revere's Horse But the town has no need to be nervous Tombstone Blues #BobDylan

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A chat I had with the lovely folk at Misadventures in Music about Liverpool's Bohemian underground of the 60s and 70s and the Pool of Life film. urbanistamagazine.uk/exploring-th...

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I, for one, am totally behind Trump's commitment to Free Speech. Now all those banned books can return to schools and libraries.

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What's so funny 'bout peace love and understanding? What's so scary 'bout diversity, equality and inclusion?

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👋 Take a walk with me around the Stanley Dock Conservation area. There is so much to discover exploring the heart of Liverpool's historic docks system such as; The North Warehouse, The iconic Tobacco Warehouse, The Victoria Tower (The Docker's Clock), The Bascule Bridge + much more! #liverpool

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Bricks #AlphabetChallenge #BforBB

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Netley Abbey #alphabetchallenge #AforAngles #AforAbbey

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A trip to #Liverpool on Wednesday morning so I’ll be taking another 4 copies of Dickens’s Christmas Carol which I leave around for people to pick up and take home.

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My article on the Girdwoods of Lurgan has been published in the Craigavon Historical Society Review. Form an orderly queue.

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WILD TWIN is The New European's Nonfiction Book of the Year. Thanks to Charlie Connelly for his brilliant words . Full article is here (subscribers) www.theneweuropean.co.uk/a-literary-y... @littletollerbooks.bsky.social @charlieconnelly.bsky.social @theneweuropean.bsky.social

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Arrived safely. Lovely.

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SILK ROAD "Our stories long, our futures untold..' One of the big hitters; I can't imagine there'll be a gig we don't play this. A song in two movements - an instrumental inspired by a Hungarian classical vinyl I had on, and me trying to be in The Bunnymen open.spotify.com/track/0gGVCU...

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Told you so

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